There's a player participation chart in every box score:

https://ucdavisaggies.com/boxscore.aspx?id=2749&path=football

You would have to choose "Participation" in the pull down link.

If accurate, I presume one can deduce which defensive linemen played in the game or not.

I don't know much about Northern Iowa, so I spent time reading their message board.

It sounds like the fans want to fire their coach for years. UNI has lots of talent every year, but they never seem to play up to their potential. It fits a pattern of being a 7-5 team, win the first game of the playoffs, and then lose the second round. Their fans are tired of that since UNI used to perform a higher level during their glory years.

Their plays are a predictable run on first down, run on second down, then pass on third. (I don't know if that's true though.) They have a pretty good field goal kicker. UNI also has a reputation of being undisciplined with many penalties. They play very well against talented teams, and then play pretty badly against weaker teams. They're pointing this as the coach's fault.

Their fans aren't a happy bunch. Nevertheless, they seem to like their playoff drawing.

Northern Iowa seems to be the second scariest 1st round team. I think James Madison is the scariest.
Northern Iowa also seems to play very well or very badly, and I can't interpret why. As you've mentioned, they play worse on the road.

Massey says UCD's chances of winning

2nd round game: 67.26%
Quarterfinals: 20.03%
Semis: 11.76%
Championship: 2.25%

https://www.masseyratings.com/tourn?t=1026

North Dakota State has a 64.97% chance of winning the championship.

So when will tickets be on sale?

Northern Iowa vs. Lamar. What should UC Davis know about them?

How about the #3 vs. #6 matchup at Cheney? I don't like that.

Hmmmm... Not happy with the #3 vs. #6 matchup if we get that far.

This is for thoroughness that @CK2 had mentioned earlier:

#7 in Stats FCS:
https://twitter.com/FCS_STATS/status/1064021465417297920

Just outside of a seed here:
https://www.college-sports-journal.com/fcs-playoffs-til-i-die-final-2018-playoff-prediction/

One #8 seed and two non-seeds advancing to the next round here:
https://herosports.com/fcs/football-hero-sports-bracket-projections-nov17-2018-ajaj

I didn't see anyone post our three NLI's:

Non-seeds here:
https://www.dratings.com/predictor/ncaa-football-predictions/fcs-playoff-projections/
http://www.bisonville.com/forum/showthread.php?39744-FINAL-Bracketology&p=1310813#post1310813

#8 Here:
http://nobowls.com/

It looks like UCD has won. I'm busy doing something else. Can anyone confirm?

Uhh. ... My livestats say UCD is slightly winning in OT. No one is commenting? Or is everyone paying attention to the Causeway?

Since the UC Davis Health Stadium snuck up on practically all of us, when do you think phase 3 will start? I shall define phase 3 as significantly expanding the number of seats in the stadium.

This might help increase the chance of the game being played on Saturday! :)

https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/uc-davis-rocks-camp-fire-wildfires-facebook-13392272.php

Edit: I think it's working! The air quality index just dropped from 151 to 114! :)
Edit2: Holy crap! Auburn is at 824 right now! Is this the side effect of the rock throwing?

... heh.

I'm quite sure they don't factor fire containment in the equation just as much as I'm quite sure Sagarin and Massey don't factor key injuries in their equation.

Edit: The forecast is way off for today anyway since it forecasted air quality of 6 to 21.