I’m been struggling what to write after 70-7
victory by the
Lobos. Seriously, I had this historical thing about the ancient Aztecs
(in
Mejico) ripping the hearts out of their sacrifices for their gods and
how the
Lobos ripped the current Aztecs of San Diego State’s hearts out in the 1st
quarter… But that is a little gory… But it does sound kind of cool.
Then I
thought, who wants a break down of every drive… Well we’ve seen those
in the
local rags and we never want to sound or look like the local rags! So
with that
being said…
So
with that being said I think I’ll just talk about
Rocktober! You know… October and Rocky equals Rocktober… Okay we could
try
that…
Earlier
this year Coach Rocky Long talked about this team
being talented but young and that as the season progressed they would
get
better. As they learned what they needed to do they would continue to
grow as a
team and hopefully realize their talent.
One
thing we know for sure about any Coach Long team is that
they know how to adapt and overcome adversity. Lose Donovan Porterie…
Gruner
and now Tate have stepped up. Ferguson goes down, Baker steps up, Baker
goes
down, and Wright becomes a huge part of the offense. Jenkins and Bustos
go
down, in comes Konte and Hooks. Clark and McPeek suffer through nagging
injuries, Bowe really steps up his game… This week it was C Erik Cook
went down
and Ben Contreras steps up.
Rocky
keeps saying no bye week has really limited the Lobos
practice time and hitting time and every player is suffering from some
sort of
nagging injury to bumps and bruises. Yet, by the looks of Saturday
afternoon’s
thrashing of the Aztecs you couldn’t really tell.
It
was U-G-L-Y for the Aztecs as the Lobos jumped on them
21-0 in the first quarter as Brad Gruner scored his 1st of
three
touchdowns (2 with his feet, 1 in the air) Rodney Ferguson scored the 1st
of his four TDs and Jaymar Latchison scored his first touchdown of his
career
as budding DL star Brett Kennedy caused a huge fumble that Jaymar
scored with,
and the route was on…
Jaymar with the TD!
After
that it wasn’t a matter of how much was scored as who
did it and how. The Lobos opened up a 49-0 lead and the only negative
had to be
that James Aho had a field goal blocked…
How
dominating were The Hitmen? Well the Lobo offense rolled
419 yards rushing, 28 first downs, and giving up no sacks! It was total
domination by not only the 1st team Hitmen, but at times
every
position was loaded with backups as starters received some valuable
rest as
this team turns around for Air Force on Thursday night.
Brad
Gruner quite possibly had his best game as a Lobo. His
passing was on target going 8-11 and a TD to Chris Mark. His legs were
even
better!
What
can you say about the running backs? 2 one hundred yard
rushers and 8 rushing touchdowns… How does it get any better then that?
Rodney Ferguson for a Touchdown!
On the defensive side of the ball the only
negative had to
be they gave up 1 touchdown in the 3rd quarter. Otherwise it
was a
thing of beauty as the Lobo defense front was credited with 16
quarterback
hurries and a pair of sacks. When the SDSU QB’s did get a chance to
toss them
Lobo defensive backs were there to provide a solid wallop or just
defend the
pass being credited with 8 pass break ups. Seriously the Lobo defense
was a
stone wall and how many Aztecs were carted off after suffering a Lobo
pounding…
I
do want to mention the 4th quarter as a pair of
cool things happened. The Lobos were driving with Matt Quillen running
the
ball. He was pounding the SDSU hapless defense and as the 3rd
quarter was running out I told Wes… “I just hope that they don’t score
until
they come to The Red Menace Zone… I wanted the fans to celebrate “Q’”
first
Lobo TD! Thank the football gods as the 3rd quarter ended
with the
Lobos on the 6-yard line. We immediately broke out the Got Syrup sign,
as every
Lobo Hitmen was a backup! We wanted them to receive TRM love as well… Q
didn’t
pop through his first time but did his second and only on
TheRedMenace.com will
you find the video of Quillen’s first TD run!
Click
here for the
Quillen TD video
Click
here for an
interview with Matt Quillen
Click
here for an interview with Frankie Baca
Click
here for Rocky Long Post game!
The scoring didn’t end for the Lobos there as little used
Terrence Brown took off up the right side for a 37 yard score…
And
thankfully the scoring was over as we were throwing kids
up in the air for every score the Lobos had… That was 350 “push up” if
you
will…
Things that went right
Ummm…
Everything!
Things that went wrong!
Searching
high and low all I can come up with is giving up
the one TD!
Offensive
Player of the Game
The
Hitmen!
I
know Rodney scored some great touchdowns but every member
of Coach Lenz’s Hitmen squad has to be happy for the holes they blew
open for
their RB’s! So for all you big fellas that don’t get the recognition
well, you
know your boys in The Red Menace have nothing but love for you!
Defensive Player of the Game
Clint
“The Killer” McPeek
Not
only was he laying the lumber but Clint also showed some
really nice coverage skills with 3 pass break ups to go with his 6
tackles and
pair of QB hurries. Nobody wants to see #11 coming up at you… They tend
to
cringe…
Special
thanks to all the Lobos that came up for the Lobo
Leap! Have to mention big Matt Streid coming up and making the Leap!
Talk about
a mass of humanity! I’ll tell you what though…
Nobody and I
mean NOBODY loves their Lobos like us
mutts in The North End Zone!