Sac States football working hard to make a change

It has been no easy days for Sacramento States football team as they enter with still no win under the helmets after three games.
However, not all is lost, and spirits are still up as they jog into practice Thursday afternoon. Senior wide reciever Ryan Coogler says, “All we need is that first win to get us started then it will be no problem for us.” As he runs over to start his drills for the beginning of the practice.
The Sac State Hornets finished with a record of 4-7 last year in the place of fifth. “We had a lot of young guys on the team, now they are more experienced and more disciplined for college football.” Coogler says.
During the off season, the team reorganizing all of the coaches on staff except for two. Former defenisive back and Senior Stephon Paige says, “Hopefully that will help their team out because how we were lookin in the past was not doing us any good.”
During the footbal teams practices, all the positions break into there different groups sections to go over individual drills to warm up. When the are done with that, the teams work on their kickoff and receiving part of the games.
They stretch, and then simulate game time plays against their upcoming opponent. They put the second string player to simulate their next opponent so they can work on plays the other team runs.
Right after they finish that, they work on individual practice again, and then work on their plays.
After all of that, they get on the line and runsprints as a team to get better in shape. So people are probably wondering ‘Why does Sacramento State always has a losing record’ Well some players blame it on the atmosphere that they play in on road trips. Junior defensive cornerback Bryan Parker says: “When we go into Nothern Arizona or something like that, it is hard to simulate their elavation. We start to breakdown and get tired.”
With new coach Marshall Sperbeck, they are looking to improve on last years record and hopefully make it to the playoffs. Parker says that his new coach (Sperbeck) is excited and believes in the team, I believe that is why we haven’t lost any hopes of doing good this year.
Since the Hornets have only played one regular season games, they are still in good shapes to make the playoffs and even clinch a top spot for a good seed. As long as they keep their spirits up and maintain their cool Coogler says, they will be ok.

David Green