“He has a great ability to diagnose the defense and deliver the ball accurately.” “There’s no question Carson Strong is an NFL player,” said Brennan, whose defense held Strong to 260 yards last year and shut out the Pack in the second half at Sam Boyd Stadium. He’s only faced San Jose State once in his career, throwing one touchdown last year.
He has also thrown at least one touchdown in his last 22 games. The Pack is led by quarterback Carson Strong, who has thrown for 2,883 yards and 24 touchdowns this year and leads the Mountain West at 360.4 yards a game. Scoring points likely won’t be a problem for the Pack on Saturday. Mitchell’s Pack lost to the Spartans 10-0 and scored just 15 points all season in nine games. Just two Pack coaches, Chris Tormey in 2000 and Clarence Leon “Brick” Mitchell in 1934, have ever lost to San Jose State in a game played in Reno. He’s one of the best coaches in the country but he doesn’t get that kind of love.”
“I don’t think he gets enough credit for how good he is. “Jay Norvell is an excellent coach,” said Brennan of the Pack head coach. San Jose State (5-4, 3-2) has lost nine consecutive games at Mackay (allowing an average of 41 points a game) and is just 2-13-2 in Reno since the rivalry began in 1899. The Pack will also take an eight-game winning streak at Mackay Stadium into Saturday’s home game. The Wolf Pack, 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the Mountain West, has won four of its last five games, averaging 42.6 points a game over those five games. “This is such a challenging game in all three phases.
“They are incredibly hard to defend,” said Brennan, who guided the Spartans to a 30-20 victory last season over the Wolf Pack in Las Vegas. Brennan’s comments this week, though, suggest that spread might be too small. The Wolf Pack was a 10-point favorite this week in Nevada sports books to beat the defending Mountain West champions. “They have excellent players at every position.”
“Nevada is an excellent football team,” said Brennan, whose Spartans will take on the Wolf Pack Saturday night (7 p.m., FS2, 94.5-FM) at Mackay Stadium. San Jose State Spartans coach Brent Brennan apparently is a big Nevada Wolf Pack football fan.
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