CSUN RATTLED 'N' ROLLED : PORTLAND ST. 34, CSUN 21.Byline: Chris Branam Staff Writer This wasn't a football game played with bodies. It was played with brains, and Cal State Northridge had almost none at all. The Matadors lost their cool, then their focus, and they eventually gave away their hopes for a conference title and a shot at the postseason in a 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: 34-21 loss to Portland State on Saturday night in front of 10,153 at Civic Stadium. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge (5-4) had its three-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" snapped and, at 4-3 in the Big Sky, is eliminated from the conference title race. The Matadors needed help to win the championship, anyway, with a combination of wins and losses by other teams that could confuse a math major. The 15th-ranked Vikings (8-2, 6-1), tied for the Big Sky lead, rattled the unranked Matadors with aggressiveness - during and after the whistle. CSUN usually retaliated with slaps, shoves and trash-talking, and the officials, who never look for an excuse to call a penalty on CSUN, weren't forgiving. Northridge was flagged 15 times for 125 yards. ``The refs were getting on us from the opening kickoff,'' said CSUN cornerback Chazz Moore, a Portland resident who guaranteed a Matadors victory earlier this week. ``I do think people on our team were a little out of control, including myself.'' Some of the most flagrant fouls A flagrant foul is a serious contact foul involving unnecessary and/or excessive and/or intentional contact in sport. There is a specific National Basketball Association foul termed a flagrant foul. were embarrassing. A sampling: Linebacker Brennen Swanson, Northridge's Buchanan Award candidate as Division I-AA's top defensive player, was called for a facemask face·mask n. A protective or disguising cover for the face, often enveloping the entire head: wore a facemask while diving; a skier's facemask; armed robbers who wore facemasks. while sacking sack·ing n. A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth. sacking Noun coarse cloth woven from flax, hemp, or jute, and used to make sacks Noun Jimmy Blanchard in the first quarter. That mistake led to a touchdown. Mel Miller The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , CSUN's senior cornerback who played two years at Washington, interfered twice in the end zone, and both penalties led to short touchdown runs. CSUN was flagged twice before the game was a minute old; linebacker Cos Abercrombie was called for holding on the Vikings' first play and the Matadors were offside off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. on the next snap. CSUN interim head coach Jeff Kearin was called for unsportsmanlike conduct Unsportsmanlike conduct (or unsporting behaviour, or archaically ungentlemanly conduct) is a term used in many professional sports to refer to a particular player or team who have acted inappropriately and/or unprofessionally in the context of the game. when he vehemently argued a call with three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. left in the first quarter and the game tied 14-14. ``The kids weren't bad, I was bad,'' Kearin said. ``I lost my concentration early. I let outside stuff get to me.'' After Kearin lost his cool, the Vikings calmly scored 10 unanswered points in the second quarter, including the second short touchdown run by fullback Steve Jakubowski, who plowed in from 1 yard with 5:06 left in the second quarter. Jakubowski's first scoring run was bizarre. On second-and-goal with 5:45 left in the first quarter, he ran up the middle and disappeared under the CSUN defenders. Thirty seconds later, Jakubowski was laying on the pile when the side judge gave the Vikings a touchdown. The Matadors were still hot over the touchdown call on Jakubowski's run when PSU PSU - power supply unit scored again, on a 34-yard touchdown interception return by safety Tyler Kemhus. 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. , playing on a sore left ankle, completed only 15 of 32 passes for 256 yards and was intercepted twice. ``I should have had a solid game plan for a less-mobile quarterback,'' Kearin said. After the interception, though, Brady responded quickly. On the next possession, he threw a middle screen to Terrence Jones, who sprinted across the field and down the sideline for a 55-yard touchdown. The Matadors opened the game with a nine-play, 71-yard drive that ended on Jaumal Bradley's 3-yard touchdown run. It was the sixth scoring run for Bradley this season; he didn't score any on the ground last year. Bradley had 85 yards on 18 carries, but he was frustrated 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: by CSUN's offensive effort. A week after getting a season-high 581 yards in a win over Weber State, the Matadors had only 356 Saturday. ``We get lost in our offense sometimes,'' Brady said. ``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. what we're trying to do sometimes.'' CSUN vs. Portland St.: A closer look THE HERO Portland State safety Tyler Kemhus, who picked the perfect time for his first interception of the season. He picked off Marcus Brady in the first half and returned it 34 yards for a momentum-shifting touchdown. THE GOAT CSUN receiver Terrence Jones, who dropped two passes on the Matadors' first drive of the second half. Either play could have been a first down; instead Northridge had to punt. Jones later caught a 40-yard touchdown pass, but it was too little, too late. STAT OF THE GAME Charles Dunn's 100 rushing yards for Portland State all came in the second half. Dunn, the former Muir High standout, injured his shoulder on a tackle by CSUN's Brennen Swanson on his first carry and didn't return until the third quarter. QUOTE OF THE GAME ``We lost to a mediocre team. There were a lot of bad calls . . . we didn't play to the intensity level of our practices this week.'' CSUN cornerback Chazz Moore, who guaranteed a Matadors victory earlier this week. Notebook: Gimpy gimp 1 n. A narrow flat braid or rounded cord of fabric used for trimming. Also called guimpe, guipure. [Perhaps from French guimpe; see guimpe. Brady loses timing, leaves early PORTLAND, Ore. - First it was the right ankle that bothered him. Now it's the left. Cal State Northridge quarterback Marcus Brady didn't play the Matadors' final series in their 34-21 loss to Portland State on Saturday night after limping badly throughout the second half. ``Marcus' timing was affected by his ankle,'' CSUN interim head coach Jeff Kearin said. ``We wanted to take him out two or three times. That kid competes; he didn't want to come out.'' Brady, who injured his left ankle against Weber State last week, said he should be able to play this week against Southern Methodist. He completed 15 of 32 passes for 256 yards against Portland State. Great finishers: Last week, after CSUN had two drives of 90 yards or more in the fourth quarter of the 30-28 win over Weber State, Kearin said he's bet anybody a dollar the Matadors had scored on ``at least five or six'' drives this season that started inside their own 10. Everyone pay up. Kearin was right. The CSUN sports information department confirmed the Matadors have scored touchdowns on 5 of 6 drives of 90 yards or more this season. Just as impressive, the Matadors are 15 of 16 on drives that started inside their own 20 this season. Ending a drought: Jefferson High, CSUN cornerback Chazz Moore's alma mater ma·ter n. Chiefly British Mother. [Latin m  ter; see m , won its first Portland Interscholastic League The Portland Interscholastic League (PIL) is a high school athletic conference in Portland, Oregon that is a member of the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA). Competition among member schools dates back to at least 1900. title in 30 years Friday night - at Portland State's home field, Civic Stadium. Not a big fan: Kearin said he prefers 6,500-seat North Campus Stadium over versatile Civic Stadium - which was built for baseball but has hosted football games for 35 years. ``I really like our stadium better,'' Kearin said, ``because it's ours. This is not a bad place, but it's a baseball stadium.'' Kearin's outlook might be biased and tainted taint v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints v.tr. 1. To affect with or as if with a disease. 2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See Synonyms at contaminate. 3. by past experience. In 1997, the last year CSUN played here, Matadors fans were forced to sit in the uncovered outfield seats, high above the visitor's sideline. ``They sat our fans right up there,'' Kearin said, pointing to the seats. ``It was pouring rain the whole game. Torrential rain. Biblical rain.'' CAPTION(S): photo, box PHOTO CSUN's Mel Miller mixes it up with Portland State's Terry Charles in the end zone in the first quarter. Brian Hendrickson/Associated Press BOX: CSUN vs. Portland St.: A closer look |
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