I only watched half of the highlights so far. Great catch by young WR Chaz Davis, GREAT catch by Harrell on a long, excellent throw by HR.

Did we improve on QB pressure?

When Tulsa broke out the "juju hat" on the sideline during the game for RB Prince, I felt it was a bad move by them.

https://twitter.com/TulsaFootball/status/1433607673048616962?s=20

Tulsa beat several ranked teams last year!, and competed in others.

Beat UCF (#11)
Beat SMU (#19)
Lost to #11 Oklahoma State (16-7)
Lost to #6 Cincinnati (27-24)

They beat Navy and Tulane, easily could have been 8-1.

I believe Coach Gould brought back the cheer. Nobody knew it.

Their post-game was pretty gloomy, lots of personal fouls and penalties for a veteran team.

UCD - Tulsa Highlights

https://youtu.be/JOoBt8ayZDg

Sac Bee, Joe Davidson

UC Davis football team stuns Tulsa. Were the Aggies really huge underdogs?

"Tulsa loses to Cal. Cal Davis."

https://twitter.com/SacBee_JoeD/status/1433662275353595905?s=20

Kevin Blue, Ph.D.@kevinablue

Yo, nice win guys! Congrats
@CoachHawkinsUCD and team!

Ags fans: remember that this was the replacement game for USC. So in the end, we got paid twice and end up with an FBS road win!

Love it! (HR mustache link.)

https://twitter.com/Rphillipstexas/status/1433623685462646790?s=20

KEY GAME Saturday

Sac State Hornets at ... Dixie State! 7PM, ESPN.

I just learned Dixie State is in a transition from DII to DI. Only part way through.

The old adage that recruiting is half the battle. Buchanan came up huge, RedFrosh. I don't think QBs were attracted to a plodding, predictable offense. So bad.

I will appreciate him so much more when he is a professional in the NFL or CFL.

Is he one of the guys who broke our backs, at home, when they went like 95 yards in 4 or 5 plays? Nightmare.

IF we take care of business with San Diego, we could have a full house vs Dixie State ... AND create a wonderful first impression for 2 years worth of new students and transfers.

FWIW, EWU & UNLV tied 20-20 in the 4th Q.

Hawks take to a writer.

https://twitter.com/BrianMacWriter/status/1433642973863030786?s=20

240,000+ followers & good picture

Brett McMurphy@Brett_McMurphy

Huge win for Dan Hawkins & UC Davis over Tulsa. Aggies were prohibitive underdogs but upset TU 19-17 #GreenDotCity

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1433623277428166660?s=20

Tulsa World: UC Davis 19, Tulsa 17: Aggies shock Hurricane in season opener

"An uninspiring and uneven performance in the season opener turned into a full-blown disaster Thursday night for the University of Tulsa, which lost to an FCS-level team for the first time in 35 years.

"A three-touchdown favorite, the Hurricane was affected by costly suspensions, avoidable penalties and a general lack of efficiency, resulting in a dismal 19-17 defeat against UC Davis at H.A. Chapman Stadium....

".... I’m not taking anything away from UC Davis, but I felt like most of the time it was us stopping us and not the other way around...."

Why did Tulsa even pass?

Cameron Salerno@cameronsalerno1

UC Davis beats Tulsa (FBS) 19-17 in the season-opener. Whitney/ARC product Hunter Rodrigues was terrific going 28/35 for 311 yards. He also threw a touchdown to McCallan Castles. The UCD defense made plays.

IMO, the Big Sky is the best FCS football conference in the country.

https://twitter.com/cameronsalerno1/status/1433623904078106637?s=20

Jesse Gavin@JesseGavin1

FCS UC-Davis defeated Tulsa 19-17 tonight. Davis is currently coached by Dan Hawkins, who you might remember from his “This ain’t intramurals, brother” rant while he was head coach at Colorado.

Random stats that jump out.

Defense

Venable - 9, 6 solo - Soph
Buchanan - 8, 4 solo, 1 sack - Red FROSH - PICK
Trimble - 7, 4 solo, 1.5 sacks - Junior
Perryman - 5, 3 solo - Junior
Eaton - 5, 2 solo - Soph
Hansen - 2, PICK

We also had contributions from guys like Calvin Mouisset w 2 tackles.

Red Zone attempts
Ags 4 of 4
Tulsa 1 of 3

3rd Down Efficiency
Ags 10 of 19
Tulsa 2 of 10

Tulsa averaged 7.9 yards per carry... thank you for throwing the ball!

We're building a resume for upsets.

- Stanford
- San Jose State
- Tulsa

No UC Davis PSA tonight?

Except for run Defense. Major win.

MVP shared between:
- Harrell
- Venable
- Rodriguez
- Gomez (oversight)
- Tulsa 12 penalties & 3 TOs

Would be a major statement. We've gone to our bench on D.

Harrell, Rodriguez, Venable huge.

Ugh. Not impressed w that play calling. We have stud TEs, are they busy helping the O line w protection?