Portland State's head coach and resident golden quote was in fine form Saturday, even after his Vikings sustained a 48-9 thumping by Pac-10 basement dweller Washington State in Pullman, Wash.
The Cougars (1-3) piled up a whopping 638 yards of total offense, and five different players scored in a game Glanville called “a carload of ugliness,” according to the Oregonian.
Rogers was tended to on the field for 15 minutes by emergency medical personnel before being taken to Pullman Memorial Hospital.
The senior suffered a “stable cervical spine fracture that is non-surgical,” Bill Drake, WSU's assistant athletic director for athletic training, told the Oregonian. Rogers, who was moving his arms and legs after the game, is expected to be in recovery for three to four months.
Rogers was in the game because Cougs starter Kevin Lopina left with a bruised right shoulder in the second quarter.
Third-stringer Marshall Lobbestael, a redshirt freshman, led WSU to three touchdowns and a field goal in his first four possessions at the helm.
“It was obviously a win we wanted and we got,” said Paul Wulff, who picked up his first victory at Washington State after eight seasons at Eastern Washington. “It felt great. It felt awesome. Now we move forward. This team is taking steps. It's maybe not as fast as we want, but it's a step.”
Portland State, meanwhile, was a study in stoogeness, stumbling all over the field.
On the first play of the second half, the Vikings lined up with 10 players on defense.
“That wasn't the worst,” Glanville said. “The Cougars ran three plays with 10 guys and they probably gained yards. That's probably even worse.”
Glanville even made sure to empty his bench in the game, with one particular purpose in mind.
“I wanted everybody to experience that,” Glanville said. “When you're covered up with stink, be sure nobody gets on the plane that doesn't have a little bit on them.
“I don't want one guy riding back saying he wasn't a part of that. We all were a part of that, especially me.”
Portland State fell to 1-2. The Vikings open Big Sky Conference play Saturday at Sacramento State.
Eastern explosion
The game was much closer than it looked - or Eastern Washington wanted - but the Eagles scored the final 21 points to beat Western Washington 52-31 on Saturday in Cheney, Wash.
It was the 63rd meeting between the schools, and the Division II Vikings had the game tied at 31 into the fourth quarter with their former NAIA rival.
But the explosive Eagles did just that, scoring three touchdowns in just over seven minutes to salt the game away.
EWU standout quarterback Matt Nichols found Aaron Boyce from 10 yards out to start the binge, followed by two TD runs from Tyler Hart.
Western quarterback Adam Perry threw for 349 yards against a leaky Eagles defense, which surrendered 515 yards.
“Our guys just kept believing and kept playing,” first-year Eagles coach Beau Baldwin said in an EWU press release. “We didn't play our best football tonight - no question about that. I'm not going to apologize for victories, that is the ultimate goal. We definitely have to come back after this. It's hard for me to know right away because there's a lot of emotion right now, both good and bad. We evaluate the film, get a better feel, and then do whatever we can to make the corrections that need to be made.”
The Eagles (1-2) open Big Sky play at home against Idaho State on Saturday.
No North Dakota joke
A slow start doomed Idaho State in a Thursday night showdown with undefeated North Dakota of the Great West Conference.
The Bengals mounted a fierce rally after trailing 31-7 in the third quarter before falling 38-35.
Idaho State scored three unanswered touchdowns, capped by a brilliant 13-yard dash by senior running back Ken Cornist to pull within 31-28 with 9:03 left in the game.
But 4-0 North Dakota responded with a 12-play drive that ate up 6:40 on the clock and culminated with a TD pass to Marcis Tibesar.
The Bengals managed a touchdown on the last play of the game for the final margin.
“It's pretty evident: We didn't play well defensively,” ISU coach John Zamberlin told the Idaho State Journal. “We didn't tackle well. It wasn't anything new we haven't worked on.”
Idaho State, at 0-3 and with Eastern Washington and Montana State as its next two opponents, is facing its worst start since 1997 when the team stumbled to 0-5 under Tom Walsh in his first season.
The great Gerard
Northern Arizona defensive back K.J. Gerard came through Saturday like the All-American he is, helping the Lumberjacks hold off Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah.
The senior intercepted a pass in the end zone with 23 second left in the game to preserve a 19-14 victory.
Gerard, who earlier had three pass interference calls go against him, stepped in front of Tysson Poots to make the pick.
“It's every defensive back's dream right there,” Gerard told the Arizona Daily Sun. “I was on Poots and I was just hoping that the quarterback was going to throw to him. The ball went up and I was able to get in front of him and come down with it. It was a great feeling.”
Northern Arizona (2-1) opens Big Sky play at Northern Colorado on Saturday.
Fumble bumble
Northern Colorado junior quarterback Bryan Waggener fumbled at the 1-yard line with 19 seconds left in the game as the Bears fell 38-35 to Texas State (2-1) of the Southland Conference in Greeley, Colo.
Waggener's fumble was preceded by a controversial call when Bears senior tight end Ryan Chesla was called down at the 1 on a 30-yard catch and run.
The two teams rolled up 975 yards of total offense, with Northern Colorado (0-2) totaling 568, including 392 yards passing by Waggener.
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