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San Jose State to host Colorado State for Set The Expectation game on Saturday

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose State Spartans hope to turn their luck around when they welcome the Colorado State Rams to CEFCU Stadium on Saturday night. The Spartans will play their second straight home and conference game in the South Bay.

Here are all the details on the Saturday night showdown:

Saturday’s game
San Jose State vs. Colorado State
Saturday, October 6, 2018
CEFCU Stadium, San Jose, Calif., 7:30 pm PT
CBS Sports Network

SJSU’s record
0-4, 0-1 Mountain West. Most recently, the Spartans lost to Hawaii, 44-41 in five overtimes on September 29.

CSU’s record
1-4, 0-1 Mountain West. The Rams lost to Illinois, 34-19, on September 22. CSU had a bye week for the week ending September 29.

Radio
KLIV (1590 AM, San Jose) originates SJSU football broadcasts. Justin Allegri calls the play-by-play. Kevin Richardson provides commentary. The CSU broadcast begins at 3:30 pm PT with a pregame show.

SJSU’s network affiliate is KION (1460 AM/101.1 FM, Salinas).

Television
The CBS Sports Network will provide play-by-play coverage of the SJSU vs. CSU game. Rich Waltz calls the play-by-play. Aaron Murray provides analysis and commentary.  Jordan Daigle is the sideline reporter.

The live telecast is scheduled for 7:32 pm PT.

Tickets:
• sjsuspartans.com/tickets and ticketmaster.com.

Athletics Ticket Office, 1393 S. 7th Street, San José, CA 95112, weekdays, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

For home games at CEFCU Stadium:
• New modern family plan
• Spartan alumni season ticket
• Pricing in a distinct seating section

Series history
CSU leads the series, 5-4. The Rams have wins in the last two meetings between these teams including a 42-14 triumph last year in Fort Collins. SJSU’s last win in the series was a 34-27 road victory in 2013.

Five overtimes
SJSU’s recent 44-41 five overtime loss to Hawaii on September 29 is the longest game in Spartan football history and by a MW member since the overtime rule was enacted prior to the 1997 season.

The game was the third time in SJSU’s 10 overtime games that more than one overtime period was necessary. The Spartans lost a double overtime game to Boise State at home, 56-49, on November 13, 2004, and a triple overtime contest to Navy at home, 58-52, on November 22, 2013.

Of SJSU’s 10 overtime games, three are against Hawaii and all of them were played in San Jose. The Rainbow Warriors are 3-0 against the Spartans in overtime games.

SJSU now has played 18 periods of overtime in its 10 games.

Four hours, four minutes
Each of SJSU’s first two home games this season lasted four hours and four minutes. The UC Davis game on August 30 didn’t have a commercial format while the Hawaii encounter on September 29 did through Spectrum Sports/Stadium.

Best of the week
Quarterback Josh Love’s 451 passing yards in the five-overtime loss to Hawaii was the best by a FBS player in games played the week ending September 29, 2018. The 451 yards ranks seventh best through five weeks of regular-season action.

Passing Yardage Totals for Games Played the Week Ending September 29
Quarterback, School                                               Opponent            Yardage
Josh Love, San Jose State                                        Hawaii                      451
Gardner Minshew, II, Washington State                    Utah                            445
Jon Wassink, Western Michigan                                Miami (Ohio)             439
Kyler Murray, Oklahoma                                            Baylor                          432
Riley Neal, Ball State                                                  Kent State                  402
Charlie Brewer, Baylor                                                Oklahoma                  400

Trend broken vs. Hawaii
The Hawaii game marked the first time this season only one quarterback played for SJSU. Josh Love played the entire game against Hawaii and passed for a career-best 451 yards and matched a career-high with three touchdowns.
In each of SJSU’s first three games, the Spartans used at least two quarterbacks. Love, Michael Carrillo and Montel Aaron played in the opener vs. UC Davis. Aaron and Carrillo were the quarterbacks at Washington State. Love and Aaron called the signals for the Spartans at Oregon.

Tops of the week
Josh Oliver led all FBS tight ends in single-game receiving yardage for games played the week ending September 29. Oliver had 158 yards and a touchdown on eight receptions–the second time this season he had eight catches in a game.

Tops at his position
For the fourth consecutive week, Josh Oliver is the leading pass receiver among FBS tight ends. Oliver is averaging 6.75 receptions a game and has 27 catches for the season. He and Missouri’s Albert Okwuegbunam (5.75/game) are the only two tight ends listed among the FBS’ top-50 pass receivers in games played through September 29.

20 of Oliver’s 27 receptions this season resulted in a SJSU first down.

Oliver’s 336 receiving yards are the most of FBS tight ends.

Most in FBS
SJSU, Texas State and Utah State are the three schools this season to attempt six field goals in a game. Texas State and Utah State attempted six field goals in games ending the week of September 8. The Spartans’ six field goal tries occurred in their five-overtime loss to Hawaii, 44-41, on September 29.

San Jose State announces game times vs. Army West Point and Nevada

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By: Ana Kieu

In collaboration with the Mountain West and ESPN, San Jose State now has its game times for its October 13 non-conference contest with Army West Point at Levi’s Stadium, and the November 17 conference encounter with Nevada in CEFCU Stadium.

The first SJSU-Army football game will have a 12:30 pm PT/3:30 pm ET game time on October 13. ESPNU will provide live coverage from Levi’s Stadium, the home of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on January 7, 2019.

Army (3-2) has its bye weekend for the week ending October 6 while SJSU (0-4, 0-1 MW) hosts Colorado State this Saturday at CFECU Stadium in a 7:30 pm PT contest.

The SJSU-Nevada football game on Saturday, November 17, will have a 2:00 pm PT game time. ESPN3 will provide the broadcast coverage from CEFCU Stadium on the SJSU campus.

Tickets for all SJSU home football games are available through sjsuspartans.com or by calling the SJSU Athletics Ticket Office at (408) 924-7589.

Cal Bears Football podcast with Morris Phillips: Perfect no more, the Ducks sink Cal’s defense in first loss 42-24

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Photo from calbears.com: Cal Bears’ Patrick Laird rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown against Oregon last Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley

On the Cal Bears podcast with Morris:

#1 How effective was Oregon’s (2-2) quarterback Justin Herbert against the Cal (3-1) defense on Saturday?

#2 The Ducks who lost to Stanford were after blood after Cal got a 10-7 lead the Ducks and Herbert managed a comeback for Oregon to a 28-10 lead.

#3 Herbert ended up throwing for 225 yards and a 42-24 win over the Bears.

#4 How much help were Herbet’s teammates on both sides of the ball for Oregon?

#5 Cal heads to Arizona (2-2) next, the Wildcats got edged by USC Saturday 24-20. Can this be on of those close games on Saturday between these two teams?

Morris Phillips does the Cal Bears podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NCAAFB podcast with Michelle Richardson: TSU’s Christian Abercrombie in critical condition following head injury; Ohio State scores 2 TDs for late win; Cardinal get beat on home turf 38-17

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On the NCAAFB podcast with Michelle:

#1 Tennessee State linebacker Christian Abercrombie suffered a head injury against Vanderbilt is in the hospital in critical condition

#2 The Ohio State Buckeyes got two touchdowns late in the game against Penn State for a 27-26 win.

#3 No. 8 Notre Dame got a 38-17 win over No.7 Stanford Cardinal. Cardinal running back Bryce Love injured his ankle. The ankle gave Love the same problem in the 2017 season.

Michelle does the NCAAFB podcast each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Still smarting from loss to Stanford, Oregon releases their frustration on Cal in 42-24 win

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By Morris Phillips

BERKELEY, Calif. — Among the numerous elements contributing intrigue to Saturday’s Oregon-Cal matchup, one factor stood out: Ducks’ quarterback Justin Herbert–the loosely defined best player on the field–had the ability to hand deliver the outcome for his team.

And the result? Yeah, Herbert was good as advertised, but he sure had a lot of assistance from his pissed off Oregon teammates. In a mere matter of minutes before halftime the whole puzzle interlocked, and the Bears saw their 10-7 lead evaporate into an insurmountable 28-10 deficit.

Oregon cruised to a 42-24 win behind Herbert’s 225 yards passing and two touchdowns. But the real stars were Herbert’s ax safe teammates–on both sides of the ball–who were fiercely committed to erasing the memory of last week’s epic home loss to Stanford.

As always under coach Justin Wilcox, the Bears were fastidiously prepared and engaged, just outclassed by Oregon. Turnovers hurt; Oregon’s Drayton Carlberg sacked Brandon McIlwain, who fumbled, and watched LaMarr Winston Jr. race 61 yards on a scoop-and- score, the capper to Oregon’s 21-point explosion before halftime.

Bigger issues were presented by the Ducks’ speed and quickness in their defensive front, and their robust run game that was a question coming in due to injuries. Starter Tony Brooks-James, nicked up in the Stanford game, was only used on kickoffs. But backups Travis Dye and CJ Verdell both ran for over 100 yards as the Ducks found success running, which reduced the pressure on Herbert in the passing game.

Three takeaways from SJSU’s tough 44-41 homecoming loss to Hawaii

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — There’s no doubt that the 2018 Homecoming Game inside CEFCU Stadium was a blast between the San Jose State Spartans (0-4, 0-1 MW) and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (5-1, 2-0 MW) on Saturday night. But for the Spartans, it was sort of the same old rubbish, as they dropped a heartbreaker 44-41 in a whopping five overtimes.

Let’s get straight to my three takeaways from SJSU vs. Hawaii. As always, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section. Thanks for reading.

3. Not only one, but two Josh’s
Never underestimate the power of a young man named Josh. In this case, there were two young men named Josh who made Saturday’s game a breakout type of game.

Spartans quarterback Josh Love finished with 3 touchdowns and 451 yards and completed 28 of 49 attempts. Spartans tight end Josh Oliver finished with 1 touchdown, 8 grabs, 158 yards and 70 long gains and posted a 19.8 average.

2. Why didn’t the Spartans go for the 2-point conversions?
The Spartans should’ve gone for the 2-point conversation when Roberson scored his first touchdown of the game, a 4-yard passing touchdown from quarterback Josh Love, and Crawford kicked in the extra point for a 31-24 lead over the Rainbow Warriors midway through the fourth quarter. If that successfully happened, then SJSU could’ve snatched a 32-24 lead and perhaps would’ve put the game out of reach for Hawaii.

That way, SJSU likely wouldn’t have had to play through five overtimes, only to absorb the heartbreaking loss. But, we can’t change the regulation events, so the Spartans should’ve gone for the 2-point conversion when Roberson scored a 13-yard rushing touchdown, his second touchdown of the game, and kicker Bryce Crawford kicked in the extra point to tie the game 38-38 in the second overtime.

1. What happened to the kickers?
The Spartans had to answer with a touchdown in order to beat the Rainbow Warriors. If you watched the game, you’ll know that never happened, as both Crawford and the Rainbow Warriors’ kicker Ryan Meskell pretty much struggled in the 5 overtimes.

No one really knows what happened to Crawford and Meskell except for themselves, which may actually be a good thing because they got every right to feel ashamed of themselves (if they do feel that way).

In the end, it was a hard-fought game between the Spartans and Rainbow Warriors. All we can say is that the Spartans have to prepare for next week’s matchup vs. Colorado State and the Spartans’ coaching staff has to do whatever it takes to turn things around or else.  Spartan fans, don’t forget to check out Brennan’s press conference at Simpkins Stadium Center on Monday afternoon at 1:00 pm PDT on KLIV 1590 AM.

No. 8 Irish knock off No. 7 Cardinal 38-17

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By Daniel Dullum
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Ian Book, in his second game as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback, engineered the No. 8-ranked Fighting Irish to their fifth win of the season without a loss Saturday. No. 7 Stanford was the victim in Notre Dame’s 38-17 win at South Bend, Ind.

The Irish held Stanford to 229 yards of total offense, doing the job defensively with five sacks of Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello, nine tackles for loss, an interception and breaking up eight Cardinal passes.

Notre Dame also held the Cardinal (4-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) to a second-half 46-yard field goal by Jet Toner and no points in the fourth quarter.

Not helping the Cardinal was losing the services of Bryce Love in the fourth quarter due to an ankle injury. Love, who finished with 73 rushing yards on 17 carries, spent most of last season dealing with a chronic ankle sprain.

Book, meanwhile, completed 24 of 33 passes for 278 yards and four touchdowns. Dexter Williams paced the Irish running attack with 161 yards and one touchdown, and Miles Boykin caught 11 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown.

Love scored on a 39-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, which tied the game at 7-7. Stanford tied the game again in the second quarter at 14-14 when Costello tossed a 4-yard TD pass to JJ Arcega-Whiteside.

After that, it was all Notre Dame. The Irish went ahead to stay on a Book TD pass of 10 yards to Chase Claypool with :39 remaining in the first half.

Notre Dame made it a two-possession game when Book found Boykin for an 8-yard touchdown.

Costello completed 15 of 27 passes for 174 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Arcega-Whiteside and Trenton Irwin each caught five passes for the Cardinal.

Alijah Holder led a busy Cardinal defense with eight tackles and two assists, with Paulson Adebo finishing with seven tackles and one assist. Sean Barton, Malik Antoine and Joey Alfieri each had six tackles.

The Cardinal return home next Saturday to host the Utah Utes. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. PT.

San Jose State loses 44-41 to Hawaii in the fifth overtime

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a much-needed bye week to recharge and refresh, the San Jose State Spartans returned to CEFCU Stadium on Saturday to host the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in the university’s annual Homecoming game.

Prior to Homecoming, the Spartans’ Twitter announced this year’s SJSU football captains: Dakari Monroe, Bryson Bridges, Boogie Roberts and Josh Oliver. All four players deserved their respective titles. The Spartans’ other captain was Mayor Sam Liccardo. Liccardo received some boos and heckles, but ignored the negativity around him.

The Spartans survived an early scare just minutes into the first quarter. Jesse Osuna went down with an apparent injury, but he managed to get up off the ground after nearly five minutes. Spartan fans cheered and clapped when Osuna got up.

The Rainbow Warriors got on the board first. Ryan Meskell scored a 25-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead with 7:45 left in the first.

The Spartans’ Twitter diverted the fans’ attention to the SJSU men’s basketball players who were at Homecoming to show some love to the SJSU football players on the field.

The Spartans trailed the Rainbow Warriors 3-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The Spartans flipped the script just moments after the first quarter. Boogie Roberts scored a two-yard rushing touchdown and Bryce Crawford kicked a PAT to snatch a 7-3 lead just 35 seconds into the second quarter.

The Spartans grabbed a 14-7 lead at the 10:04 mark of the second quarter, as Bailey Gaither caught a pass from Josh Love for a 55-yard passing touchdown and Crawford kicked a PAT.

Gaither, however, appeared to be in pain following his touchdown. Gaither had his left ankle checked out while covering his face with a towel. Gaither didn’t return to the game.

The Rainbow Warriors held onto the red zone, but the Spartans refused to allow a scoring play. Crawford kicked a 24-yard field goal to extend SJSU’s lead to 17-3 with 6:12 left in the second quarter.

The Rainbow Warriors brought themselves back into the game with an 18-yard passing touchdown by Elijah Dale from Cole McDonald and a PAT from Meskell. Hawaii pulled within seven points, but continued to trail SJSU 17-10 with 2:21 left in the second quarter.

The Spartans took their first timeout of the first half. That being said, the final 21 seconds of the second quarter was crucial for SJSU. After a couple of failed passes, SJSU took their second timeout with nine seconds left on the clock. That wasn’t the solution either. SJSU proceeded to use their third timeout with five seconds back on the clock. Crawford attempted a field goal, but it missed the crossbar.

The Spartans settled for a 17-10 lead over the Rainbow Warriors at halftime.

The Spartans were alarmed for a moment, but continued to cling onto a one-point lead, 17-16, with 9:13 left in the third quarter. John Ursua caught pass from McDonald for a three-yard passing touchdown, but Meskell failed to kick in a PAT.

The Spartans took a 24-16 lead just 53 seconds later. Josh Oliver caught a pass from Love for a 14-yard passing touchdown and Crawford kicked in a PAT.

The Spartans had some good looks that wowed the Spartan fans in attendance. Jonathan Lenard, Jr. collected his first career pick. Also, Tre Hartley helped the Spartans’ process in getting a first down.

The Spartans led the Rainbow Warriors 24-16 at the end of the third quarter.

The Rainbow Warriors tied the score 24-24 at the 12:45 mark of the fourth quarter. Ursua caught a pass from McDonald for a three-yard passing touchdown and Marcus Armstrong-Brown was successful on the two-point conversion.

The Spartans went ahead 31-24 at the 10:07 mark of the fourth quarter. Malike Roberson caught a pass from Love for a four-year passing touchdown and Crawford kicked in a PAT.

But the Rainbow Warriors refused to back down. Hawaii tied the score 31-31 with 4:34 left in the fourth quarter. Ursua caught a pass from McDonald for a four-yard passing touchdown and Meskell kicked in a PAT.

Neither team made the necessary go-ahead play in order to win, so the Spartans and Rainbow Warriors headed into the first overtime with a 31-31 tie. Hawaii got the first overtime possession.

The Rainbow Warriors snatched a 38-31 lead. Dayton Furuta scored a one-yard rushing touchdown and Meskell kicked in a PAT.

The Spartans quickly tied the score 38-38. Roberson scored a 13-yard rushing touchdown and Crawford kicked in a PAT. As a result, the two teams headed into the second overtime with a 38-38 tie.

Meskell missed two field goals, so the two teams headed into the third overtime with a 38-38 tie.

The third time clearly wasn’t the charm as Meskell missed his third field goal in the third overtime. The Spartans had their chance to get ahead, but Crawford missed his go-ahead field goal. The two teams headed into the fourth overtime with a 38-38 tie.

Crawford, however, kicked a 20-yard field goal to put the Spartans ahead 41-38. The two teams headed into the fifth overtime and this specific statistic signaled the Spartans’ first fifth overtime game at CEFCU Stadium.

Meskell kicked a 35-yard field goal to tie the game 41-41. The Rainbow Warriors then scored what appeared to be a touchdown, but the officials called it out of bounds and subsequently handed a five-yard holding penalty.

Meskell kicked another 35-yard field goal to put the Rainbow Warriors ahead 44-41. Shortly after, Crawford received an opportunity to kick in another game-tying field goal for additional playing time, but missed it wide right.

The Spartans fell to the Rainbow Warriors 44-41 in the fifth overtime.

Notes
Spartans’ possible starters
OFFENSE: Justin Holmes, Justin Snyder, Troy Kowalski, Trevor Robbins, Jake Colman, Deano Motes, Josh Oliver, Josh Love, Malike Roberson, Bailey Gaither and JaQuan Blackwell.

DEFENSE: Bryson Bridges, Boogie Roberts, Sailosi Latu, Jesse Osuna, Kyle Harmon, Ethan Aguayo, Jamal Scott, Dakari Monroe, John Toussaint, Tre Webb and Jonathan Lenard, Jr.

Up Next 
The Spartans host the Colorado State Rams next Saturday at 7:30 pm PT on CBS Sports.

SJSU inducts former Green Bay Packers WR James Jones into San Jose Spartan Athletics Hall of Fame

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose State Spartans inducted former Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones to the San Jose Spartan Athletics Hall of Fame during halftime of their 2018 Homecoming Game versus the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors inside CEFCU Stadium.

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Of course, Jones was honored to be inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, but there’s more to the 34-year-old than you’d think and I’m not only saying because I’m a longtime Packers fan. Jones was born and raised in San Jose, Calif. to a poverty-stricken family. Jones lived in many homeless shelters with his mother before he lived with his paternal grandmother during his high school years at Gunderson High School, where he played three sports: basketball, track and field, and football. Jones later earned the quarterback MVP honors in his senior year at GHS.

Unlike some other football prospects, Jones chose to stay close to home and fine-tuned his existing skills at San Jose State University with the much-needed help of wide-out coach Keith “K-Dub” Williams. Jones played college football at SJSU for three years before entering the 2007 NFL Draft, where he was drafted 78th overall by the Packers in the third round. Jones had two stints with the Green and Gold–one from 2007-2013 and the other in 2015. Jones seized a Super Bowl XLV championship ring following the Packers’ 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on February 6, 2011.

Jones announced his retirement on September 6, 2017. After that, Jones became a NFL Network analyst.

Jones posted pretty good statistics in both stints with the Green and Gold. In the regular season, Jones had 45 touchdowns, 5195 yards and 360 receiving yards in 120 games and 62 games started. In the postseason, Jones had four touchdowns, 491 yards and 35 receiving yards in 13 games and six games started.

San Jose sports podcast with Ana Kieu: New Earthquakes coach, same old results; San Jose State has yet to defeat Hawaii in Nick Rolovich era

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On the San Jose sports podcast with Ana:

1. The San Jose Earthquakes fired head coach Mikael Stahre and assistant Alex de Crook last week. Assistant coach Steve Ralston has been serving as interim head coach since then, but was unable to win in his first match, as the Quakes lost 4-3 to Atlanta United at Avaya Stadium last Wednesday.

2. On a positive note, San Jose made Destinee Coronado, a young ovarian cancer patient, their honorary captain for the night versus Atlanta last Wednesday.

3. The Quakes were in L.A. to take on LAFC in MLS’ newest rivalry last Saturday. LAFC shutout San Jose 2-0. What went wrong?

4. The Quakes remain on the road. They’ll take on the Houston Dynamo this Saturday. Houston is an on-and-off team, so what should San Jose do in order to defeat them?

5. In Mountain West football, San Jose State has yet to defeat Hawaii in the Nick Rolovich era. The Spartans’ last win against Hawaii came in 2015 by a final score of 42-23.

6. The Spartan coaching staff was on the road last weekend to find new Spartans throughout California. Currently, there are 95 Spartans from California. How important is it to have hometown guys on this team?

Ana does the San Jose sports podcasts each week for SportsRadioService.com!