CSUN HAS NO OPTION AIR FORCE HAS ITS WAY WITH MATADORS IN 49-POINT ROUT AIR FORCE 55, CSUN 6.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo. - The defense was supposed to be better. And the offense was supposed to be a high-powered machine once again. Neither happened Saturday for Cal State Northridge. The result was another lopsided lop·sid·ed adj. 1. Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than on the other. 2. Sagging or leaning to one side. 3. loss to a Division I-A program. Air Force thrived on the option and ran for 583 yards en route to a 55-6 win over CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge in front of a near sellout sellout The distribution of all the securities in a new issue by the selling group. crowd of 50,166 at Falcon Stadium Falcon Stadium opened in 1962, at a cost of $3.5 million, and has a current seating capacity of 52,480. The first game was on September 22, 1962, when Air Force defeated Colorado State 24-0. From 1956-61, Air Force played its home games at various sites across the state. . The Matadors had just two first downs in the first half, leaving a tired defense to try to contain the option. ``That's the most beautiful thing to watch when it's run right,'' CSUN coach Jeff Kearin said. ``And their quarterback (Mike Thiessen) was impressive, especially with the way he threw the ball. I don't think we expected them to throw as well as they did. They mixed it up.'' Air Force threw for 115 yards, 13 more than CSUN. Ironically, CSUN had more rushing yards (125) than passing (102). It's probably the only time that will happen all year. The Matadors can only hope it's the only time they're involved in a game like Saturday's. CSUN trailed 27-0 at halftime. ``We had some mental breakdowns For the EP by Black Flag, a punk rock band, see . Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden, acute attack of mental illness such as depression or anxiety. but at the same time, you have to give their defense credit,'' running back Terrelus Wright said. ``Their defense played well. But we weren't ourselves. The Cal State Northridge they saw is nothing like the team we really are.'' CSUN didn't get a chance to show off its offensive weapons because it couldn't get any drives established. The run wasn't working. When quarterback Marcus Brady Marcus Brady (Born September 24, 1979) is a quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. College career He attended Cal State Northridge as a business major, where he started 43 straight games. dropped back to pass, he either didn't have time or overthrew receivers. His receivers didn't help by dropping several passes. And Brady, who's so adept at scrambling, never had anywhere to run. It wasn't pretty. ``We couldn't get anything going,'' Brady said. ``It was frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . We fumbled or went three-and-out, and that's like a turnover to me. We couldn't get into a rhythm and it showed.'' CSUN committed three turnovers. The Matadors fumbled four times but recovered two. Brady was 15 of 29 for 102 yards, one touchdown and one interception. ``Not too much was different,'' Brady said. ``We just weren't executing. I thought our offensive line did great. There were a couple of sacks, so I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if they were tired physically, but they did good.'' Thiessen ran for 109 yards on 10 carries and scored once. Running back Scott Becker had 97 yards on 13 carries. Seven different players scored touchdowns for Air Force, and 16 players ran the ball. Air Force struck first, using a three-play, 45-yard drive to score. Qualario Brown took a pitch left, ran down the sideline sideline See on the sidelines. , faked a defensive back and scored from 25 yards out. CSUN went three-and-out before Air Force went on a 14-play, 77-yard drive that spanned 5 minutes, 44 seconds and resulted in a 27-yard Dave Adams field goal. On CSUN's next series, Wright fumbled on the second play, and Air Force drove 35 yards to score in just three plays. ``I liked the way our offense controlled the ball,'' Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry Fisher DeBerry is the former head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy, a position he held for 23 years. He has led 17 of his 22 teams to winning records and 12 have captured a bowl bid. said. ``That was a factor we had coming into the game because we had so much respect for their offense. They do such a good job of spreading you out all over the field and trying to isolate you one on one. I thought at times our defense really chased the ball well and we had some fine open-field tackles.'' CSUN wasn't in the open field much. Every time either Wright or Bruce Molock got a handoff Switching a cellular phone transmission from one cell to another as a mobile user moves into a new cellular area. The switch takes place in about a quarter of a second so that the caller is generally unaware of it. , there wasn't much room to run. Molock had the longest run of the day - a 54-yarder down the right sideline to the Air Force 13 - that set up CSUN's only score, a 6-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Drew Amerson. That culminated a seven-play, 80-yard drive. ``Basically, it was our mental breakdowns,'' Wright said. ``We couldn't drive and get first downs. We only had (two) in the first half. We hurt ourselves. Overall, in the second half, we started fighting back. We realized that if we'd done that in the beginning, it could've been a different outcome.'' But it wasn't. CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: CSUN defenders couldn't stop Air Force quarterback Mike Thiessen on Saturday. Christian Murdock/Associated Press Box: (1) BIG SKY CONFERENCE (2) STANDINGS |
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