WSU Game Day Thread: Weber State Visits Sacramento State

We expect former Coach Sears and his Hornets team to finish tonight's game with their tails tucked between their legs

Keep your eyes on this page, Weber State football fans, as our Weber State Wildcats  travel to Sacramento, California where they'll face Big Sky Conference rival, the Sacramento State Hornets at Hornets Stadium this evening.  Kickoff for this technically non-conference, pre-season game is set for 7:00 pm. (MT) folks.

The Weber State Wildcat Club provides the pre-game setup:

After a home loss to the top team in the nation, the Weber State football team returns to action Saturday night to face a familiar team and a former head coach. The Wildcats will hit the road to play at fellow Big Sky Conference member Sacramento State Saturday night in Sacramento in a non-conference game. The Hornets are coached by former WSU head coach Jody Sears.

Read on:

• WSU returns to action Saturday at Sacramento State - WSU Wildcat Club

And here's a little more hype, just to whet your football appetites:

• Weber prepares to face familiar foe - KSL News
• Ex-WSU football coach: 'They are stronger, more physical' - Standard-Examiner
• QB Green turns in BYU blue for Wildcats' purple - Standard-Examiner
• The Signpost Athlete of the Week: Sept. 10 - Signpost
• Turnovers, rushing key for Weber versus Sacramento State - KSL News

The local Sacramento sports media offer a few pre-game words on this topic, too:

• Sac State’s new coach will face old team Saturday at Hornet Stadium - Sacramento Bee
• Football Welcomes Weber State for Home Opener - Sac State website

Information overload? Not for true Wildcat fans, wethink...

Once again our Wildcats come into tonight's game as underdogs, according to  Sportsbet.Com, although the predicted 6-point spread is laughably slight:

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The 'Cats have handily beaten the point spread for two weeks running.  Why not again tonight?

Tonight's game will be broadcast live via the usual online sources, of course:

• KLO 1430 AM/103.1 FM (audio)
• America One Sports (video)

Pull up your Barcaloungers® and pop up your Orville Redenbachers®, Wildcats fans. We expect former Coach Sears and his Hornets team to skulk into the Hornets locker room after tonight's game with their tails tucked between their legs.  Write that down, so you don't forget it, by the way.

Go Wildcats!

Update 9/13/14 10: 42 pm: WSU Wildcats get their ass kicked 42-31:

• Wildcats lose third straight, 42-31, despite late surge

At this juncture, we're seriously considering indefinitely suspending our six-year weekly pre-game WSU story series, folks.  Like many Wildcats fans, we're growing ever more fed up with our constant string of sadsack, mistake-prone losers.