Saturday night set up as an exciting night in San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium: A warm night, a beautiful stadium and a Pac-2 opponent in Oregon State. Instead, the Buckinghams’ Top 10 hit, “Kind Of A Drag” described the night perfectly for the locals.
Oregon State’s 21-0 victory was drab. Defensive contests can reflect two quality teams but this game offered no such flavor. The Beavers scored a TD in the game’s first minutes. Nothing happened until midway in the 3rd quarter. Aztec QB, Danny O’Neil, stretched his body at the goal line in an attempt to score. Fumble, recovered by the Beavers.
Oregon State tacked on 2 fourth quarter TD’s as they finsihed with 237 rushing yards. Even if Oregon State had not tacked on insurance TDs, the Beavers were not in serious danger as the anemic SDSU offense gained a paltry 179 yards in the game. Sean Lewis was hired as the Aztec coach in part because of his offensive background. Regretably, “Aztec Fast” morphed into “San Diego Slow.”
In the third year of Snapdragon, San DIego State has muffed its chances to capture momentum and hometown imagination. Its 3 home games against the Pac-12(2) have all resulted in resounding defeats.
The Odyssey hopes that Oregon State fares well in its coming tilt against Oregon but the Beavers gave little indication that this revenge-fueled rivalry will result in Beaver happiness.