SAN DIEGO –
Tegen Seeds was thrust into the highlight on Saturday evening at Snapdragon Stadium.
The redshirt freshman from Douglas was an integral a part of a skinny defensive deal with rotation together with
Ben Florentine and
Lucas Samsula.
Seeds blew up a gadget play out of a double swinging gate formation from San Diego State with an interception for Wyoming to maintain hope alive for the guests in what turned out to be a irritating 24-7 loss.
“It was pretty cool to get my opportunity this week,” Seeds mentioned exterior a somber visiting locker room after the Cowboys fell to 4-5 general and 2-3 within the Mountain West. “It was a blessing to have the ability to go on the market. They have been like, ‘Go do you’ – and I did that. …
“It means a lot. I’m a very proud Wyoming kid that was able to make that play. I’m blessed. I have a great opportunity every week to go out and make the best of it.”
UW’s protection did its greatest to maintain the staff within the bruising recreation towards the first-place Aztecs (7-1, 4-0), who will seemingly seem within the preliminary College Football Playoff rankings when they’re revealed on Tuesday.
Linebacker
Ethan Stuhlsatz racked up 10 tackles, security
Jones Thomas added seven tackles and security
Justin Taylor got here up with an interception in the long run zone to steer the Cowboys.
However, SDSU turned two interceptions into 10 factors and eventually put the sport away on Lucky Sutton’s 50-yard landing run with 2:55 remaining.
“Football is a team sport,” defensive finish
Brayden Wilson mentioned. “The defense has to do their best, and the offense has to do their best. It all works into one. They scored 24 points. That’s on the defense. That’s not on the offense. So, the defense, we need to stop them more.”
Every week after the excessive of a 28-0 Border War win over Colorado State, quarterback
Kaden Anderson and the Cowboy offense struggled for each yard towards SDSU’s suffocating protection.
Jovon Bouknight, in his second recreation as offensive coordinator, had a powerful script written for the opening drive.
Anderson threw a 23-yard dime to
Michael Fitzgerald II and
Landon Sims broke free for a 37-yard run to maneuver the Pokes down the sphere.
On third-and-goal, Sims accomplished a 3-yard landing move to
Sam Scott, who broke a deal with to get into the tip zone.
The remainder of the evening became a nightmare as Anderson threw three interceptions, Sims suffered a season-ending harm, Fitzgerald misplaced a fumble to finish a promising drive,
Erik Sandvik missed two lengthy area objectives and the Pokes’ self-inflcted wounds squandered a red-zone alternative within the fourth quarter with an opportunity to make it a one-score recreation.
“The defense played their butts off,” tight finish
John Michael Gyllenborg mentioned. “This was a big, big game. We all knew the repercussions surrounding it on this team. It’s tough. It’s tough, for sure. That’s really all there is to say.”
Sims led UW with 52 yards speeding and finishes his sophomore season 6-for-8 passing for 38 yards and a landing. Head coach
Jay Sawvel was requested if true freshman
Mason Drube would get a chance to see time at quarterback over the ultimate three video games of the common season.
“We’re going to look at a lot of things,” Sawvel mentioned. “We’re not done looking at all the layers and levels of this program. Look, we’ve got three games to go, but the expectation is that we’ve got four games. We’ve got to be able to put ourselves in that spot (to go to a bowl), right? But in order to do it, still, you’re going to have to play in a space where you make less mistakes than your opponent.”
The Pokes have an open date to regroup earlier than taking part in Fresno State on Nov. 15 at Bulldog Stadium.
“It’s frustrating but our offense will get it down during the bye week and we’ll keep rolling,” Seeds mentioned.
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