I think the 11:00 start was a hinderance. There was a bus from Davis that was mostly full; not sure what time they had to leave. Alumni pregame section was full. Our section ( part of our season ticket packet ) was mostly empty. Some folk were standing in the breezeway but I think most didn’t make the trip.

On a somewhat related note, Harvard Bear San Diego 36-14 at Harvard

I was really surprised by the score.

EWU hanging with WSU down 38-24

Idaho State’s score vs Cal was a little surprising, maybe just garbage time points?

They did move down so they’ll be tough. Fresno beat them up 79-13 in week one before they beat D2 Western New Mexico 28-13. So not off to a torrid start. If we’re not too banged up and get focused on a FCS team, I like our chances

Looked to me like the timing was off with the pass game. Probably a combo of Stanford’s physical (and really good DBs), their front line getting enough pressure to disrupt passing lanes, and some new guys getting more looks. Maier was okay, considering the step up in defensive quality. He wasn’t helped by several early drops. We have to clean that up.

Defense was really solid today. Got decent pressure on the QB, did a good job against the run and battled against some big talented receivers. They were hurt with drive that started in great field position. Gives me real hope for the rest of the season.

Special teams? Bad, really bad. Short punts, and a blocked FG. Punting game was night and day vs last week. After the shank on the 2nd punt (first kick was a beauty putting them on their 15), punter seemed to be shaky. Directional kicks weren’t good, and line drives on the others. Gave them field position all day. Hopefully a onr-off and he’ll be back to his earlier form.

2-1 heading into a winnable home game. Be great to be 3-1 heading into a bye with some more winnable games following

I tried to find odds online. I think 5dimes had it as 26 points.

In contrast, San Jose is a 40 point underdog at Oregon. That’s a lot! That’s the extent of my gambling knowledge

USC started a frost QB who hasn’t looked good in either game. They ran the ball okay vs Stanford, but didn’t protect the QB well. I think Maier will get the ball out quick and hopefully avoid big sacks.

we’re sitting in 128. Those were included in our season ticket package

Coaches show is back tomorrow at 7:00 from Woodstock. I saw a schedule for the year on a game central link that showed no scheduled show last week.

i have a feeling it will be easier to convince my wife to make the trip to San Diego, instead of Fargo!

I believe you were sitting right behind me and my son.

I believe this is the first time we’ve played a team currently ranked in the top ten (9). Stanford was #13 when we last played them in 2014. Boise was a top 20 team when we played them, not sure about TCU

CORRECTION: according to the recap in ESPN, Boise was #5 at the time we played them!

maybe the new NCAA redshirt rule will come in handy. i read an article on Yahoo about Miami's liberal use of probable redshirts in their game last weekend vs. Savannah State. If i were a Power 5 school in this situation (game 3 vs. FCS), i might get my starters/backups off the field ASAP to avoid potential injury. Kind of like game 3 of the NFL preseason!

i think we might move the ball a bit better than 2014 because of Maier. Concern is they will get a ton of pressure on us with their front 4, and they can play with 6 DB to stop the timing patterns. Maybe that will open some run lanes for the backs. Hard to imagine us getting to the corner on runs like we have the past two weeks.

It will be much COOLER than in 2014, so we have that going for us.

Sounds like he landed on the back of his head when he lept up to break up the pass. They WISELY play it very cautiously with head injuries. Glad to hear he doing well.

I think the pecking order won’t sort out until the end of September. A lot depends on who you miss ( no Weber, MSU and NAU for us) in league

When I got back to the hotel I watched the end of ASU-MSU game. Fox 40 followed that with highlights of our game (curtesy of Pluto). That was neat to see. Looked like there were a couple reporters in the sidelines and camera trucks in the lot

Sac QB Thomson went down toward the end, not sure the extent. That would be a loss for them if he misses any games

yep I was thinking Annapolis and typed Ann Arbor

Couple other things about 2005

1) we scrimmaged them in the prior spring, some kind of joint practice. You think Fred and Foster made some notes?
2) they played at Ann Arbor the prior week. Big trip, lots of sightseeing, and then fly back cross country. A little let down coming back to, especially
3) since they had no crowd. Students hadn’t returned, fans were sparse

That Stanford wasn’t terrible, they finished 5-6, 4-4 in PAC 12. They lost an OT game to UCLA, squandering a lead of something like 27-3. They win that one, and they might have been a bowl team.