Sac State coaches forced to adapt recruitment efforts amid stay-at-home order
May 15, 2020
College sports coaches have been fostering new and innovative ways to recruit players amid the stay-at-home order to ensure they still have successful teams and are able to bring in the right players for their programs. The year-round recruitment process usually entails visits to the campuses, facilities...
DOUBLE COVERAGE S1E14: 2020 NFL Draft Recap
Shaun Holkko and Mack Ervin III
April 29, 2020
This week on Double Coverage, hosts Shaun Holkko and Mack Ervin III go over the NFL’s first virtual draft, and talk about where the top rated quarterbacks went, how they feel about their favorite picks, which draftees have Sacramento connections, their favorite moments and more. Music: Funkorama ...
Sac State football team adapts workouts to stay-at-home orders
April 29, 2020
The Sacramento State football team, as well as teams across the country, have been forced to adapt to the closure of nearly all training facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic by sending out training programs and holding virtual meetings. The Hornets saw a lot of success last season with an opening 77-...
Sac State defensive lineman signs with NFL’s Cleveland Browns after going undrafted
April 25, 2020
Another Sacramento State football player has made it to football’s promise land. Defensive lineman George Obinna, who holds the school’s single season and career sack record, signed with the Cleveland Browns as a free agent Saturday after going undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft. Obinna made t...
10 new members and entire 1988 football team to be inducted in Sac State Football Hall of Fame
April 10, 2020
The Sacramento State Football Hall of Fame will induct 10 new members and the entire 1988 team, which made it to the Div. II semifinals, for their 2020 class. In a State Hornet exclusive interview, Dave Hall, chairman of the Sac State Football Hall of Fame Committee, revealed that linebacker/center a...
‘I knew my time would come eventually if I kept working’: A football player’s 2,172-mile journey
March 31, 2020
After the last whistle blew to end the Sacramento State and University of California, Davis game, starting defensive back Prince Washington celebrated a Cinderella season that saw the Hornets win the Big Sky title for the first time in school history. The success of the 2019 season has tremendous meaning to the players and coaches of the Sac State f...
SPORTS PODCAST: Man-to-man with Sac State football alumnus DeAndre Carter
Ian Edwards, Robyn Dobson, and Robbie Pierce
February 13, 2020
On this week’s episode of The State Hornet Sports Podcast, sports writer Ian Edwards phoned in 2015 graduate Sac State wide receiver DeAndre Carter, who currently plays for the Houston Texans. The two discuss Carter’s time at Sac State then the NFL as well as how he transitioned between the two...
SPORTS PODCAST: Super Bowl commercial review
Robyn Dobson, Brooke Uhlenhop, Luis Platero, and Robbie Pierce
February 6, 2020
For this week’s State Hornet Sports Podcast, sports editor Robyn Dobson and writers Brooke Uhlenhop and Luis Platero discuss the funniest, weirdest, most confusing and most Baby Nut-involving Super Bowl commercials. Music: Rumble by Bensound.com...
DOUBLE COVERAGE S1E2: NBA All-Stars, NFL Honors, Super Bowl 54 recap
Mack Ervin III, Shaun Holkko, and Robbie Pierce
February 4, 2020
This week on Double Coverage, Mack and Shaun zone in on the NBA All-Star rosters before tackling the NFL Honors awards and the Super Bowl. Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)...
Sac State student goes viral for Jimmy Garoppolo impersonation
January 31, 2020
When the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship game to secure their spot in Super Bowl LIV, 49ers fans celebrated the team’s seventh Super Bowl appearance in franchise history with joyous enthusiasm. Nate Baba, a Sacramento State senior, and 49ers fan decided to c...
