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Defense shines, new punter impressive, quarterbacks still battling

Apr 21, 2012
Defense shines, new punter impressive, quarterbacks still battling

By Bill Bradley, SacStateSports.com Editor Sacramento State’s spring football season ended Saturday morning with a spring game that offered a mixed bag. The game, which was run by situations and not as a traditional football game, was played in about 75 degree weather that warmed up quickly as the 1 1/2-hour event went on...

Football is back as Hornets begin spring practice

Mar 28, 2012
Football is back as Hornets begin spring practice

For the Sacramento State football team, spring football in 2012 marks the beginning of a new chapter in the program’s history. 2011 was a season full of highs and lows that saw the Hornets defeat Oregon State in Corvallis, beat Montana for the first time ever, and win a game without completing a pass. ...

Hornets hope to shine for NFL teams at Sacramento State Pro Day

Mar 12, 2012
Hornets hope to shine for NFL teams at Sacramento State Pro Day

Sacramento—With the NFL Draft Combine over and the NFL Draft starting April 26, teams will turn their scouting focus to Pro Days for a closer look at potential NFL prospects. Sacramento State will hold a Pro Day at Hornet Stadium on Tuesday at 10 a.m., and will be open to the public.  A Pro Day consists of...

Sac State Morning Call: Big Big Sky Tourney Win Edition

Mar 9, 2012
Sac State Morning Call: Big Big Sky Tourney Win Edition

Can you believe the Sac State women’s basketball team pulled off its first-ever victory in the Big Sky Conference tournament? The only problem is that now the Hornets get to face host and No. 1 seed Idaho State. Even they win the next two games, though, they get to go to the Big Dance....

Sac State Morning Call: Big Sky Women’s Tourney Edition

Mar 8, 2012
Sac State Morning Call: Big Sky Women’s Tourney Edition

Today’s the day the women’s basketball team plays in the Big Sky Conference tournament. The team, which won four games last season, deserves huge props for making such a big leap in one season under coach Jamie Craighead to 12 victories: Today’s video comes from the vault a year ago. It’s a conversation last...

Sac State Morning Call: Wednesday Edition

Mar 7, 2012
Sac State Morning Call: Wednesday Edition

Yes, we’re a little behind, but we’re going to try to play catch-up this morning.  Enough with the chit-chat: Let’s get to the link: Today’s best read came from the San Jose Mercury-News, which had a feature on SabreCats Coach Darren Arbet. The Sac State grad will be inducted into the Arena Football hall...

Sac State Morning Call: Friday Edition

Mar 2, 2012
Sac State Morning Call: Friday Edition

Yes, we can confirm the rumors: With men’s basketball season complete at Sac State, we’ve cut the schedule for Morning Call to every other day. We’ll still give you lots of links and lots of news hang your stinger on. Speaking of links, here they are: In honor of Dylan Garrity winning the Big...

Sac State Morning Call: Catchup Edition

Feb 29, 2012
Sac State Morning Call: Catchup Edition

OK, so we took a few days off from the morning call after men’s basketball season ended. OK, so we’re playing catchup. But on a drizzling day like today we get excited because spring football is just a week away. SacStateSports’ Kyle Madson will soon have coverage on that. Links, please: In case you...

Commentary: This season was building block for future Hornets men’s basketball

Feb 26, 2012
Commentary: This season was building block for future Hornets men’s basketball

COMMENTARY By Bill Bradley, SacStateSports.com Editor It’s not hard to see there was little patience for Hornets men’s basketball Coach Brian Katz this season. Boosters, fans and students probably expected a bigger improvement from last season’s 7-21 mark. They probably wanted to see a bigger jump from a team that shot 40.1 percent last...

Hornets season ends with buzzer-beater

Feb 25, 2012
Hornets season ends with buzzer-beater

By Bryan Metcalf, SacStateSports.com staff writer Compiled from web reports POCATELLO, Idaho – Joe Eberhard made sure his first season at Sacramento State would end with a bang. With 1.3 seconds left, the junior transfer from Irvine Valley JC nailed a three-pointer to give the Hornets a 70-67 victory over the Bengals of Idaho...