BSC Week 7 Review
Lance Berndt & Kris Kallem, BSC Contributors | October 20, 2015
Kris Says-
UC Davis 27 Northern Colorado 56
The Bears jumped all over Davis early leading 42-0 at the half. The UNC tandem of freshman quarterback Jacob Knipp and sophomore running back Brandon Cartegena were responsible for 6 touchdowns. Northern Colorado is at 4-2. Their schedule becomes much more difficult so I don’t see them competing for a playoff birth but at least their future looks bright.
Eastern Washington 45 Idaho State 28
Cooper Kupp goes off on the Bengals catching 14 balls for 162 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also throws a touchdown to quarterback Jordan West on a flanker reverse and returns a punt for a touchdown as well. The Eagles defense plays it’s best game of the season forcing four Bengal turnovers, and holding Idaho State to under 400 yards of total offense.
Sacramento State 0 Southern Utah 44
The Hornets were down to their 3rd string quarterback and it showed, only gaining 187 yards of total offense against a dominating Thunderbird defense. Southern Utah cornerback Ammon Olsen lights up the Hornet defense with 5 touchdowns and 421 passing yards. This the Thunderbirds second straight 44-0 shut out. They have now given up only 10 points total to their last 4 opponents. Southern Utah is looking like a legit conference championship contender.
Lance says-
Portland State 59 Montana State 42
To put some reality into how this game actually played out, 14 of the first 16 offensive possessions (excluding MSU’s one play drive before the half) resulted in a touchdown. I’ve seen games with frantic scoring at the end of a game, but I don’t know if I’ve seen one with such back and forth scoring to start the game. The score was 56-42 at the end of the third quarter. All Portland State had to do was stop the Bobcats on two drives in the first quarter and that basically sealed the game because they scored a TD on their first 8 drives. The very talented and deep Vikings backfield once again shined gaining 465 yards with David Jones racking up 285 of those and 3 TDs on just 23 carries. QB Alex Kuresa also threw pretty well with 217 yards and a TD and only 4 incompletions. This is a statement game for Portland State as they continue their brutal conference schedule.
Weber State 25 North Dakota 24
North Dakota controlled this game as they held the lead for 52 straight minutes. Weber State never gave up, though, and slowly took advantage of UND’s weakness at both quarterback and secondary and finally took the lead with 5:38 left in the game. Jadrian Clark threw for 273 yards and 3 TDs for the Wildcats, with receiver Darryl Denby hauling in 7 receptions for 130 yards and 1 TD. Freshman running back John Santiago ran for 157 yards and a TD to lead UND. It wasn’t just offensive success for Weber State. Josh Kealamakia nailed both a 43 and a 48 yard field goal to boost the special teams. Emmett Tela led the defense with 10 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and an interception.
Players of the week:
For the offense it’s David Jones of Portland State. As I stated earlier he ran for 285 yards and 3 TDs on 23 carries. This was the fifth-best rushing game in Portland State history.
On defense Emmett Tela from Weber State takes the honor. Tela had both a fumble recovery and interception in the fourth quarter of the win over North Dakota.
For Special Teams, it is Eastern Washington’s Cooper Kupp. His electrifying 76 yard punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter provided to be very beneficial in their win over Idaho State.
