Laroja

Quote Originally Posted by steponaduck:

@Laroja  San Jose State is a dead over team for me this year. Could not stop Sac. State until the late stages of the game (See my write up on action network for that one). I was on Jose -3 and doubled down when they were +305 live down 14-0...Jose took control in the second half and the final ended up being 42-24, but there could have been many more points. Sac state was stopped on downs at the 1 inch line, they also missed a FG, and also threw a pick at the SJSU 7 yard line. So while San Jose State did win and cover with relative ease, the turnovers prohibited this one from being even more high scoring. Sac rushed 41 times for 177 and while Navy Ken knows how to stop the option, San Jose state was up against a weaker and undersized Sac State and really did not get penetration or control the line of scrimmage until the later stages of the third.  When Navy (SJSU Coach Ken Niamotulolo's old team, as everyone knows) would play AF/Army in the C-o-C games, there was much pomp and circumstance surrounding it, lots of pressure, and both sides would play keep away (service acadamy game unders 77% over 10 years) but SJSU is running the spread and shred this year, so no keep away to be found. I am concerned about AF running so poorly against Merrimack, so definately something to watch here, but I doubt AF will shut down the San Jose offense and whoever wins this will need to be at the 28 mark or so, so 28-21 or 28-24 seems reasonable in what should be quite a competitive game.  I saw AF was stopped on downs in the redzone against Merrimack, missed Two FG's, and was in third down alot, so there is certainly cause for concern on the AF side. With the turnover of offensive personnel from last year to this year, they might have just needed a game to figure things out and really get some game reps, of which they can correct somethings for this week. Or not, and they are just really bad. Merrimack was 17/30 passing but for only 103 yards, that is shockingly low, not nearly the same passing attack that AF will see from San Jose State, but they were able to run it somewhat effectively on the AF defensive front 7. Really just expect airforce might have been holding back a bit in a game that they completely controlled vs. Merrimack (MU scored on the last play of the game to make the final 21-6).