1-Man’s Opinion on Sports-Tuesday ‘AZTECS–FALL FROM GRACE’
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“AZTECS FOOTBALL–FALL FROM GRACE”
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No one expected this, this (3-6) San Diego State football season.
The season feels gone. The fans are definitely gone. The bowl hopes shot.
SDSU football, a bump in the road, air turbulence, off the rails, pot holes.
They haven’t beaten anyone this season, and now they have lost to the worst team in the league (New Mexico) and get to face one of the hotter teams in the league (UNLV) this coming weekend.
Coach Sean Lewis brought a pretty good resume to Montezuma Mesa, on offense, based on what he did as a head coach (Kent) and what he did as an Offensive Coordinator (Colorado-Syracuse-Bowling Green).
We have not seen much of that this season, and the stats bear everything out.
A defense now giving up (405YPG)…gashed for (1,016Y) the last two weeks
A red zone defense that has given uip 22TDs in 28-trips inside the 20
A defense that has allowed 32-TDs in 9-games
The Aztecs fast offense has slowed down too.
A 3rd down conversion rate of 35%.
An offense that has just 8-TDs in 27-trips into the red zone
A battered offensive line that has allowed 28-sacks. Has allowed the running backs to gain just (3.6YPC). And a wide receiver group averaging just 10-yards per catch.
It has been a disappointment of a season, and the fact that just (12,773) fans show up last week in the awful loss to New Mexico, a Lobos team, that was ranked 130th in the nation in defense.
Sean Lewis believes what he is preaching to the players, community, and the media. It just has not shown up on the field yet.
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Sean Lewis-Monday press conference:
Missed opportunities last weekend.
Had chances to make explosive plays-we did not
The red zone struggles continue
Four quarter fights and we have 3-weeks to get it back together
New Mexico was a good offensive team
We have to do a better job on explosive plays
We need to get off the field and get the ball back
Boise aside-we did not put our best foot forward.
We have played better-need to play better
Not where we want to be right now
Need to close the gap to get better
A few close plays could make the different situation overall record
Not satisfied right now.
We have to get better
No one’s expectation higher than mine
Fun challenge with unique system
Fun is to match 105-players with our system
We will connect this team together-players-coaches
They know and see the vision-excites them still
I appreciate the fans enthusiasm-support
It takes the community support to grow the program
Show up and pack Snapdragon to help us win
We want support to help retain our talent
Today’s college football-we need resources to
UNLV has really good athletes on their special teams
They have 5-punt blocks
They have dynamic kick returns-punt returns
They flip the games weekly with their special teams
Hajj-Malik Williams is in tier one of QBs we face
Run-throw..have not missed a beat
True dual threat QB-he forces you to contain him well
UNLV-very opportunistic defensive secondary..
They have 17-takeways this year
Get their hands on the ball alot
They play multiple fronts-
They have 2-transfer LBs from Arkansas
High motor-
Marquez Cooper-upset-yes..has high standards
We have alot of guys who think that way
He has 3-games left in his college career
Sand is running thru the hour glass
He owns what he controls and he gets results.
Rushing for 1,000-4 years in a row..amazing production
Great consistency to that individual
OL injuries have hindered him
I take for granted what he does-what he has done-he is amazing
Offense-we are loyal to winning..we have a brand that helps us win
We can go super fast but we can also grind
Playing at tempo gives us an advantage
We need to finish drives with TDs…not settle for FGs
If we go back, I only talk about putting good days together
No one is more frustrated than I am one
We have a journey-close the gap
The record will be the record..we will grow and get better
UNLV staff fixed decades of struggling football
They acquired players in the new era with new coaching staff.
I as a long time season holder who has committed to a 5 year $ to tge stadium and Student Athletes I am very upset and disappointed in the poor performance with our football that was initially promised to be a winner and represent SDSU with excellence!