3 Worst Things We Saw In The G5 In Week 8

Mistakes are magnified late in the season. Injuries and other unfortunate mishaps are as well. For the teams in this week's list, their circumstances are also

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Mistakes are magnified late in the season. Injuries and other unfortunate mishaps are as well.

For the teams in this week's list, their circumstances are also amplified by where we are in the season. If things aren't clicking the way they're supposed to by now, this just might not be the year. 

That's the unfortunate place we find ourselves for this week's 3 Worst Things We Saw In The G5.

Pretty Much Everything Temple Did

Brutal guys

I hope I can say I was here for the low point of the Temple football program

C'mon Owls 🦉
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— Patrick Eddis (@PatrickEddis) October 21, 2023

Temple were shut out at home by SMU 55-0 on Friday. It was just as ugly as it sounds.

Sure, the talented EJ Warner was out once again, but you can only put so much on the quarterback, anyway. They were 0-12 on third down and even managed to get the ball to SMU's one-yard line with no points resulting from the drive.

SMU had 563 yards of offense compared to a paltry 131 for Temple. Receivers couldn't receive, tacklers couldn't tackle, specialists couldn't special. Temple are 2-6 to start the season in the second year of Stan Drayton's tenure.

Grayson McCall Sent To Hospital With Head Injury

Grayson McCall is arguably one of the toughest players in Sun Belt history, but even he has his limits.

Coastal Carolina's leader veteran quarterback Grayson McCall had his head slammed to the turf while sliding during win over Arkansas State. He was carted off the field and transported to a local medical facility. He was “alert and conscious with movement in all his extremities” per a release from Coastal Carolina.

CCU head coach Tim Beck stated Monday that McCall's condition was "doubtful" for Week Nine and McCall would continue to be evaluated throughout the week. 

The hit seems like a fairly clear instance of targeting, but nothing was called. It may have cost the Chanticleers their chance at a Sun Belt title, depending on what happens in the next ten days or so. 

"I just don't understand it...I don't call the game, I just coach it," Beck said when asked his thoughts about the status of the hit.

San Diego State Losing 6-0 Against A Winless Team

Nevada and San Diego State in the second half. pic.twitter.com/FE8aKwtEZB

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) October 22, 2023

I genuinely don't want to take away from Nevada's first win in 411 days. But for the first 80% of this game, it felt like nobody wanted to win. 

Nevada made two field goals in the first half, but other than that, it was messy. -17 total penalties

-San Diego State went 0-10 on third down while Nevada went 3-12.

-Neither team threw for over a hundred yards

-SDSU punted six times and missed a field goal, plus Jalen Mayden lost a fumble. Nevada also punted six times and missed two field goals in addition to their makes.

San Diego State have now lost five of their last six. It's their third conference loss of the season, as well. 

The Aztecs also have the honor of being the first team to be shutout by Nevada since 2011.