And that sentiment resonated at Qualcomm Stadium throughout the entirety of Saturday night, as the Bears were defeated by San Diego State 45-40 in an exciting shootout that went to the wire.
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Now they need to follow through and beat the Golden Bears to extend their winning streak to 12 games and perhaps gain some strong national respect.
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The second field goal came after Cal’s Evan Rambo picked off Chapman on the first play of the fourth quarter, snapping SDSU’s string of 254 passes and a school-record 13 games without an interception. The Aztecs limited New Hampshire – granted, an FCS team – to 70 yards through the air and just 71 on the ground, helping them secure their 11th consecutive victory, the second-longest streak in the nation behind Alabama. Webb threw for 441 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score in a 51-31 victory against Hawaii in Sydney, Australia.
“I think we took the challenge pretty well”.
“I’m sure their fans are appreciative of the product they’ve got, and I would anticipate them having a really good crowd”. So what does that tell you? Despite not putting any points on the scoreboard, the Wildcats flew back east with some defensive positives and coach McDonnell more confident than he was a year ago.
Vegas sees it differently, but that’s just Long being Long. And while the hurry up successfully got the Bears 52 yards downfield to the SDSU 23-yard line, Webb was intercepted again, looking to connect with Hansen in the endzone for a second time. None of them will be much tougher than this one on the border.
SDSU: Pumphrey lived up to the Heisman hype brought on by the 50-foot banner hanging from a residence hall on the San Diego State campus. It hardly has the exposure of the $250,000 billboard OR placed near Madison Square Garden in NY to promote Joey Harrington in 2001.
Pumphrey leads all active FBS players in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, 100-yard games and all-purpose yards.
Donnel Pumphrey, who ran for almost 1,700 yards in 2015, carried 21 times for 98 yards and a score. Faulk finished second to Miami’s Gino Torretta in the 1992 Heisman balloting. Senior QB Davis Webb is averaging 481.5 yards after his first two games with Cal and the Bears have averaged 617 total yards this season. Pumphrey completed the game with 98 yards rushing and a touchdown, as well as 41 yards receiving on four catches.
CAL INJURY UPDATE: LT Aaron Cochran (sprained right knee) will return.
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The second half started similarly, as the Bears went to the hurry-up offense to tire the Aztec blitz. Cameron Saffle added 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss for the Golden Bear defense. The home team has won all seven meetings. Pumphrey now has 4,651 career yards in a collegiate career that has spanned three years and two games. The Bears are just the second Power 5 team to visit Qualcomm Stadium since September 17, 2011, and just the third team from a current Power 5 school to play the Aztecs at home since September 3, 2005.
