San Diego State Aztecs

[Blakehawk54]

Season 3 is here and I thought I would do a little week by week update here for The Sons of Montezuma

Week 1:

At FSU

The Aztecs started the year with a night game on the road against a Top 5 ranked Seminole team. Always a heated rivalry anytime Coach Blake and Coach Dong face off and this years game was no different.

On paper the Seminoles looked to have the advantage and the game plan was simple for the Aztecs; control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, limit the big plays for the Noles and win the turnover battle.

Tonight the Aztecs were able to do all three:

SDSU ran the ball 24 times for 160 yards and 2 td's led by Chase price with 17 carries for 115 yards and 2 td's
FSU ran the ball 20 times for 19 yards and a td but the Aztecs were able to sack the QB 4 times.

The Aztec defense was also able to limit the Seminole offense to 3 plays of 20 or more yards.

The defense also stepped up forced two key turnovers, one being a key redzone interception by Freshman CB Adam Weatherford.

The big question mark coming into the year was how will the Aztecs replace all everything MLB Jake Fely and can the defense make enough plays this year to win ballgames. During the offseason SDSU changed from a 3-4 base to a 3-3-5 and at times were a little lost on assignments but for the most part they performed well.

Key Plays: Two key plays both happened on defense. The first was OLB Tyler Morris picking off the option pitch on FSU's first drive of the second half that led to a SDSU FG. The second was Adam Weatherford's int of Coker in the endzone to end a scoring threat.

The San Diego offense replacing two key starters looked dominant and their well balanced attack resulted in only having 4 3rd down attempts all night. (one was end of game kneel down)

Players of the Game:

Offense: Chase Price- the rb had 4 catches for 17 yards to go along with his 17 carries for 115 yards and 2 td's

Defense: Weatherford made the biggest play of the game with his momentum swinging int in the second half so he deserves a lot of credit. Honorable mention goes to the SDSU defensive line. They played dominate football against a weaker then usual FSU line holding the Noles running attack to 19 yards and sacking the qb 4 times.

Next up AT Georgia

 

[Blakehawk54]

Week 2 Between the Hedges

For the Second week in a row the Aztecs are on the road to face a top 10 team. For the second week in a row the Aztecs come out on top 38-16.

The game featured a trio of the nations top running backs and both teams were able to run the ball successfully.

Georgia scored first with a M. Morgan fg from 44 yards out. Two plays later Chase price Chase Price took the hand off ran up the middle made two guys miss and broke a tackle and raced 72 yards for the touchdown and the 7-3 lead. Georgia answered back with a long drive and a couple of key third down conversions one of which was a 49 yard run by qb LeMay. Guley capped off the drive with a 3 yard td run to make it 9-7 Dawgs.

The Aztecs didn't waste much time marching down the field and starting the second quarter with a TD pass from S. Thomas to D. Hardwick from 13 yards out to make it 14-9 Aztecs. The Aztecs followed that up with a stop and then added a 47 yard FG from Seamus McMorrow to make it 17-9 Aztecs. About 11 seconds later Gurley broke two tackles and sprinted 75 yards for the td to make it 17-16 Aztecs. The Aztecs then ran their 2 minute offense to near perfection with C. Jeffries squeezing the ball between to Bulldog defenders to Larry Clark with 10 seconds left in the half giving the Aztecs a 24-16 half time lead.

The Bulldogs put together a long clock controlling drive to open the 3rd quarter and drove down inside the Aztec 10 when Scott Sedberry intercepted the pass from LeMay in the back of the endzone to end the Bulldog scoring threat. The Aztecs drove down the field and capped the drive off with a qb keeper from 17 yards out from Thomas to make the score 31-16 after 3 quarters.

The bulldogs started the 4th quarter with the same way the 3rd ended. Another int ended any hopes of a Bulldog comeback as the Aztecs quickly capitalized off of the turnover and scored on a 6 yard fade to TE D. Bierria from qb C. Jeffries to make it 38 to 16.

Last week the Aztecs shut down the run of the Seminoles and struggled against the pass. Against the Bulldogs the Aztecs Shut down the pass holding Georgia to 105 yards on 5-16 passing and 2 ints. Georgia ran the ball effectively running for 192 yards on 18 attempts and 2 tds.

San Diego State had another great day offensively running for 254 yards on 30 carries and 2 td's led once again by Chase Price who had 16 carries for 153 yards and a td.

The Aztecs also completed 15-19 passes for 153 yards and 3 td's in their 2 qb system.

Key plays: The TD right before the half by Larry Clark was definitely a huge momentum changer going into half time and the final blow came on the Sedberry Int in the end zone to stop any ideas of a Bulldog comeback.

Players of the game
Offense- Chase Price 4 catches 28 yards and had 16 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Defensive- Stan Sedberry the senior had a team high 5 tackles and the huge second half int in the end zone.

Next week the Aztecs return home to face the Cal Bears