Ba is playing well, maybe the most improved. Murphy had to play bigger minutes than normal and they went after him.

Someone pointed out the fouls were likely due to tired legs - good observation. Playing a competitive game and coming back less than 24 hours is a challenge. Hats off to both squads. One thing I noticed is the Saturday games get a little chippy. Thankfully, refs and coaches have been very good to get things settled.

are they having to follow the small group practice? Sounds like we’re running groups of 25, with several sessions back to back to back. Long days for coaches and staff, logistics task to get the right group together for each day/session

And a win! Never easy but gutty on a short turnaround. Pepper was huge. Shaw did some good things. I’ll wear my autographed Brian Shaw BB camp shirt in his honor!

Big guys have lots of fouls. What happened to Hoagland?

Down 2 8 to go

Nice run to take the lead. Fouls might be a problem down the stretch

Beach much more aggressive today getting us in foul trouble. Down 13-10 with 12 to go in half

I’ve scheduled my outdoor exercise around the game so I can listen to Scott Marsh while exercising. Sweeps are tough, but we could really use one

Sounded like coming into camp Rodrigues and Hastings were ahead of the pack. Tompkins got very muscular. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him moving around the field as a slot receiver, or wildcat, a bit like we did with Spencer a couple years back.

might be easiest to start a Saturday game thread

Defense was very good yesterday, and we’ll need to repeat that effort today. I expect FT back to normal ( on both sides), so if we can continue to shoot above average, our chance for a sweep is good.

Long Beach hasn’t had much of impact in the Big West the past few years. They always schedule tough preseason and used to salvage overall record with good conference runs. Not so much lately

Pepper was really big down the stretch. He converted 4-4 FT that kept the game at two possessions down to the last minute. Manjon’s winner was a great play.

Ba had some nice defensive plays. Be nice to get Squire back - he contributes on both ends and gives us a bit of swagger.

1-8 on FTS? Wow. We’ve been around 85% all season

I think women are on ESPN3. Fuller’s 3 at the end stops the flow, up 4 at half

Doesn’t show a live stats link for men’s and I can’t watch

3:00 tip-off from the email I received today, Saturday at 1:00

I see we are 7 point favorites which is a bit surprising.

I understood it to be the pool

agree on anthem and half time show. Halftime was okay. I missed the message trying to be sent with the masked dancers (anti plastic surgery I guess....reminded me of twilight zone with Donna Douglas). I like Eric Church but his voice isn’t great for anthem and duet didn’t mess. And I’m anti-guitar when it comes to the anthem.

From what I was hearing today, Tampa’s pass defense really took away the short passes that KC often breaks into big gains with their speed. Much of that was getting a TON of pressure against a beat up line with only 4 rushers. Tony Romo commented about the two deep safeties taking away the deep routes, but they could do that because KC couldn’t run and they could stuff the short passes with the other 5.

yes

If I understood the TV promo, we are still practicing with a split squad. Not ideal for preparing for a real game