Texas State entered Saturday’s game hoping to learn from last week’s catastrophic fourth quarter. Instead, catastrophe struck again.
During the last 15 minutes of last Saturday’s home game against Troy, the Bobcat offense committed multiple turnovers and the maroon and gold defense failed to get off the field in critical moments. Both units did the same against Georgia State on Saturday, resulting in a 28-16 loss at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium in Atlanta.
“To sum up this game, it really comes down to execution,” head coach Jake Spavital said. “We had too many penalties and too many stupid mistakes. I thought (Georgia State) executed when it mattered. Like I’ve said every week, I don’t question our fight or question our effort. But for us to get over that hump and beat teams like Georgia State, who doesn’t make many mistakes, we have to clean it up. We have to clean up our execution. We had too many drops. We had too many busted assignments. We had too many busted routes. I did think they established the line of scrimmage so that we couldn’t run the football. They did a good job of controlling the clock, especially in the second half.”
