OK, I was reading the preview for Saturday’s Bear’s game against Sac State and there were a couple things they said about Sac State that really threw me off:

1. Sac State was 3-8 last year (tied for 6th place out of 8 teams). Yet they had “nine all-conference selections”. How can such a crappy team have 9 players who were the best at their position in the conference? There’s only about 25 positions (22 on offense and defense plus a punter, kicker, and maybe a return specialist or one or two others). I have a hard time believing fully 1/3rd of them came from one of the worst teams in the conference. I mean, was this academic all-conference selections? Or did it include 3rd string all-conference? What ever it is, there’s something wrong or misleading here.

2. Also odd, they were 3-8 last year and they’re returning 17 starters (that’s probably from the 22 on offense and defense), but they’re picked to finish last in the conference this year. What’s so wrong with this team? They didn’t even finish last, last year. What’s the story?

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