The 18th-ranked Vikings dropped their second straight game to open the 2007 season. This time it came at the hands of UC Davis, 26-17, in PSU's home opener on Saturday.
Glanville, the former NFL coach who has brought lots of hype to the Rose City, is 0-2 in his first try at college coaching, including the latest meltdown in front of 12,022 fans at PGE Park.
“A giant disappointment,” said Glanville in a postgame interview with the Oregonian. “I thought that we had control of the game right before the half, but made a crucial mental error and did things we can't do.”
Davis scored 23 unanswered points and stuffed the Vikings' offense six times from the 1-yard line midway through the fourth quarter to preserve the nonconference win.
“I don't want to take anything away from UC Davis,” Glanville said. “They deserved to win, but I thought we helped the cause. We helped the cause more than you can do and expect to get a win.”
Party-pooper
Idaho State celebrated the start of the John Zamberlin era with a 37-11 win over Southern Oregon on Saturday at Holt Arena.
But the Bengals (1-0) celebrated a hair too much for the first-year coach's liking.
Idaho State committed 14 penalties for an additional 150 yards for Southern Oregon - 31 more yards than the Raiders gained on offense.
One penalty in particular got the 51-year-old coach fired up.
Senior safety Terrance Calloway returned a first-quarter interception 45 yards for a Bengals touchdown and a 10-2 lead. Calloway included a flip into the end zone, which drew a celebration penalty.
“We've worked hard to eradicate that from us and to think of the team,” Zamberlin said in an ISU release. “When you score a touchdown you hand the ball to the official because you are going to be back there again, so that was frustrating.
“Victories come hard, so you have to enjoy the victory, but we have to work and clean up some things. We have to play smarter.”
The Bengals did tally 512 yards of offense, though, on their way to ISU's first win in six games - which drew a few postgame smiles.
“We celebrate together,” Zamberlin told the Idaho State Journal. “It's not ‘me,' it's ‘we.'”
In passing
Northern Arizona's passing attack came up short time and time again against the Arizona Wildcats, but luckily it didn't show on the scoreboard.
The Pac-10 school opened up the playbook en route to a 45-24 win Saturday at Arizona Stadium. The same can not be said for the Lumberjacks (1-1).
NAU finished with 187 yards passing, compared to 295 for UA.
“It's one thing to be daring, but you have to have the time to do that,” said Lumberjacks coach Jerome Souers to the Arizona Daily Sun. “I think the difference between the passing games was they had the time to throw and we didn't.”
Junior quarterback Lance Kriesien went 22-of-39 on his passes, which works out to 4.8 yards per attempt.
“There were some misfires out there,” said Kriesien, who did score twice on short runs. “It's one thing to practice, but coming out here under the bullets we kind of had some miscues.”
Northern Arizona tried to avoid the Wildcats pressure by throwing more to the shorter, underneath routes.
Jacks quarterbacks attempted just two passes longer than 15 yards in the air. One - late in the third quarter - was completed.
“As an offense, we always try to move the ball, so it's frustrating when we get the looks we want and can't execute,” NAU receiver Alex Watson said. “We just weren't clicking, so that definitely frustrated us the whole game.”
The good news is Northern Arizona scored the most points its ever had against Arizona in the two teams' 10-game series. The Cats, who lead the series 9-1, beat the Jacks 31-12 in 2005.
Rad Chadron
Chadron State might be 3-0, but the Division II squad is 2-0 in the eyes of the Big Sky.
For the second year in a row, the Eagles beat an FCS team from the BSC when they blew out Northern Colorado 31-0 on Saturday at Greeley's Nottingham Field.
But unlike the 35-24 whooping Chadron State put on Montana State exactly one year ago and a day, the Eagles dominated every phase of the game against the lowly Bears (0-2).
“To me, this loss is just a disappointment, something that should never happen,” Northern Colorado LB Asa Matthews told the Greeley Tribune. “We are a lot better team than that, than we performed. It hurt us.”
The Bears, a Division II powerhouse under former coach Joe Glenn, jumped to Division I-AA in 2005. This is the first season Northern Colorado is eligible for conference titles.
Chadron, ranked No. 5 in D-II polls, won its 16th straight regular-season game.
“I am not really shocked with anything these guys do,” Chadron State coach Bill O'Boyle told the Greeley Tribune. “I'll put them up against anybody. The size, the money, the scholarships, any of that stuff. I don't think it matters to these guys. That is what is so special about them.”
Chadron's win got the attention of Fort Lewis College coach Ed Rifilato, whose team plays in the same league as the Eagles, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
“I don't know if they (the Griz) are as good as Chadron in our league,” joked Rifilato after his team fell 49-0 to UM last Saturday. “They're just tormenting the Big Sky.”
Reporter Nick Lockridge may be reached at 523-5298 or by e-mail at nick.lockridge@lee.net
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