I am hoping one of our new strengths is our 6’4” 220 QB Hunter Raquet (I think he has a good chance to beat out Hamler for the starting job).

I was referring to 6’6” Lamson (8 starts mostly at left tackle) and 6’6” Richardson (11 starts at right tackle).

I am not saying you can not play tackle at 6’3”. What I am saying is most coaches are looking for longer bodies to play tackle at this level in a passing offense. They want longer arms to hold off pass rushers.

Cal Poly is solid in the interior OL. I think going into camp Friday I believe the two players at the top of the depth chart at tackle are Garrett Weichman (6’4” 315 redshirt Junior) at right tackle and Charles Lincoln (6’4” 290 redshirt Freshman) at left tackle. I would bet the taller freshmen will get some reps in games this spring trying to get them ready for fall of ‘21.

UC Davis starting tackles last year were 6’6” and have long arms to hold off edge rushers. Cal Poly starting tackles last season were 6’3”. Great run blockers who were not ask to pass block much. 6’3” is ok as an interior OL not so good when trying to pass block at the college level.

Cal Poly brought in 3 freshmen OL that are 6’5” to 6’6” this fall. They just signed a 6’7” tackle that will be on campus this fall.

Looking at the UC Davis roster the 5 freshman OL are
6’4”, 6’5”, 6’5”, 6’6” and 5’11”. I would be very surprised if the 5’11” player plays tackle.

Eaton’s TD was the play of the game against Cal Poly last season. Cal Poly had some built some momentum and play put an abrupt halt to it.

The biggest question for Cal Poly this spring would be O-Line. Most were recruited to run the triple option. Not a lot of length to run a more traditional pass heavy offense.

No triple option at Cal Poly anymore. Walsh retired and former EWU coach Beau Baldwin is now the head coach at Cal Poly. Cal Poly will run a Multiple offense. Standard offense will have one back, a TE and 3 WRs.

2020-21 CAL POLY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Feb. 27 - at UC Davis
Mar. 6 - Weber State
Mar. 13 - Southern Utah
Mar. 27 - at Eastern Washington
Apr. 3 - at Northern Arizona
Apr. 10 - UC Davis

2020-21 UC DAVIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Feb. 27 - CAL POLY
Mar. 6 - at Idaho
Mar. 13 - at Weber State
Mar. 27 - IDAHO STATE
Apr. 3 - EASTERN WASHINGTON
Apr. 10 - at Cal Poly

Don’t feel too bad about losing 2 coaches. Montana State’s head coach Jeff Choate just took the Co-Defensive Coordinator/LB coach position at Texas. The coach that was the front runner to take his place had he taken the Boise State head coaching job, Kane Ioane, is rumored to be leaving for Boise State.

I have a feeling that Cal Poly Safety coach Cody VonApen might follow Plough and Keane to Boise State. He was a Grad Assistant last year in Boise.

From footballsccoop:

Boise State: UC Davis (FCS) offensive line coach Tim Keane has joined the staff in the same capacity. He follows offensive coordinator Tim Plough, who also came from UC Davis.

Northern Colorado opts out of Big Sky Spring schedule.

It is actually better now we that they are back to an even number of teams which makes scheduling 6 games with byes after weeks 3 and 6 for each of the remaining 8 teams possible.

Weber State has been at the top of the Big Sky the last 3 years under Jay Hill. They return Josh Davis and are always one of the top defenses in the Big Sky. I think replacing Constantine might be a benefit. They have a 6’5” 230 pound QB transfer from Middle Tennessee State they are pretty high on and I was never that impressed with Constantine.

All that said my ranking is just a guess with not a lot of research. I was hoping to see what others think.

Dixie State is a member of the WAC.

Also with Southern Utah heading to the WAC in 2022 that will leave the Big Sky with 12 football playing members. I think there is a good chance the Big Sky goes to two six team divisions. Each team plays the 5 teams from their division and 3 from the other division.

My guess at Divisions:

North: EWU, PSU, UM, MSU, UI and ISU

South: UCD, CP, Sac, NAU, WSU and UNC

Another possibility:

Pacific: EWU, PSU, UCD, Sac, CP and NAU

Mountain: UM, MSU, UI, ISU, WSU and UNC

How do you ranked the 9 teams that are playing this spring?

Here is my guess (emphasis on guess):

1) Weber State
2) Eastern Washington
3) NAU
4) UC Davis
5) Idaho
6) Idaho State
7) Cal Poly
8) Northern Colorado
9) Southern Utah

DrMike where did you find the new schedule?

Looks like Cal Poly went from hosting the Aggies in week two to traveling to Davis April 3rd.

Too funny DrMike. Thanks for making me laugh.