Huge first play. At the very least we've flipped the field.

Alright, not the worst thing there. Idaho still needs a TD and a 2-point to tie. At the very least, we need to get a couple first downs and hopefully make them burn some timeouts.

However, I'd much rather just not let them get the ball back.

For sure on the trick play. Definitely don't like that sort of thing on 4th down. I was strictly defending the choice to go for it rather than the play call.

It's a win probability thing. You're probably increasing your chances of winning slightly more by going for it than you are by kicking the FG. There's more risk obviously if you don't get it (TD and 2 pt + FG and you're in OT or 2 TDs and you're behind). But there's more reward if you do (keep the drive alive, burn more clock, potentially get a TD to go up 18).

I like the aggressiveness on 4th and short. Chance to burn more clock and kill the game.

However, for those that watch/follow more than me, do they direct snap to Larison fairly often? I probably would have preferred throwing the ball with the guy who is 23-29 on the game.

Just keep that clock moving.

Well now we know who to blame if we lose. LOL.

Yep. This is a winnable game if we can score a few points.

In a vacuum, I’ll take being down 1 at half. Giving up a return TD immediately after taking the lead hurts though.

Obviously it's unlikely to happen, but it would be quite nice if we were 8-1 going into Mont, Mont St, Sac St.

So 8-4 to get in means we have to win two of

at Cal
vs. Idaho
at Eastern Wash (they haven't been good the last two years but we also lost to them in 2023)
at Montana
vs. Montana St
at Sac St

while not blowing some other game in there. Going to be tough with the four Big Sky teams (besides EWU) being ranked in the top 10. I assume the Montana's will be good again. Sac took a step back last year so with the coach having left so who knows what they'll be. Idaho was really good last year but we'll see if it's a one-off.

So UCSD is ineligible for the Big West tournament and also the NCAA Tournament but they get to go to the CBI? That seems odd. Would have been nice for the Aggies to get an extra game or two (if they wanted it).

Personally I'm fine with the NCAA splitting it up 2 and 2 between the small schools and the large schools. I thought for sure they'd just make all four 16 seeds as the play in games. I'm sure some of that is money though in that they probably get better ratings and sell more tickets including some larger schools.

67.8% FT shooting team hits 87.5% tonight. That, Pepper going 7-21 and Traore going 12-17 (mostly the latter two) were the difference.

They've got a lot of guys in the 60's on FT's too. Extend the game and make them hit pressure FTs at that point.

Just under 30 seconds left and Pepper comes down and takes a long 3. Go to the basket for a 2. You don't need a three there. Plenty of time left.

I'm pretty sure Davis wants to win just as much as Long Beach does.

Going to need someone besides Pepper and Johnson to score. They've got 39 of our 54 points. And in Pepper's case, he's not shooting well (6-18).

Just keep playing like the did the last 10-12 minutes of that first half and we'll be good.

Playing much better the last few minutes. Not nearly as hesitant offensively as they were at the beginning.