Aggies stay at 12 in the coaches poll

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll

Don't know I missed that one lol. Absolutely game of the week. I'm picking the Dukes in that match up.

Aggies move up 1 spot (12 to 11) in the Athlon poll for beating upon a pioneer league team... Yet Montana State moves up 3 (9 to 6) for... Beating up on a pioneer league team :chin:

https://www.athlonsports.com/.amp/college-football/fcs-rankings-top-25-power-poll-following-week-2-2021

They are an FCS transitional team (played Sac State and Weber State first 2 games) and are averaging 5 points scored on 231 yards per game. They are allowing 30 points scored on 448.5 yards per game. I think Davis should be able to comfortably win this game, but any given Saturday and whatnot.

Hahaha he's not QUITE 7', but very tall standing at 6'7 and 230. Sized more like a TE than a QB. Davis has struggled in the past with QBs that take the ball upfield themselves, but I would like to think that the defense is up to the challenge against a team who is averaging 5 points per game through the first 2.

For what it's worth (and it's not much to be perfectly honest), Massey is giving the Aggies a 98% chance of winning this game. Massey is honestly pretty favorable to Davis right at this moment as they are predicting us to win every game minus Weber where they are giving us a 48% chance of winning... so a coin toss. Again though, to be very very clear, this is just a random metric and I don't put a lot of stock into it.

After an exciting 2-0 start on the road, the Aggies finally get to play in front of a home crowd against the Dixie State Trailblazers. Dixie State comes into this game with an 0-2 record to start the season with losses to Sacramento State (7-19) and Weber State (3-41). In both of their games played so far this season, they were within striking distance going into halftime but just couldn't hang in the 2nd half.

On offense the Trailblazers are led by QB Kody Wilstead who has completed 53% of his passes on the season for 226 with 2 interceptions and no passing touchdowns quite yet. Wilstead is also able to run the ball, gaining 93 yards on 18 attempts with a touchdown. RB Quali Conley has added 55 yards on 16 attempts. In terms of receiving the Trailblazers top targets so far this season have been WR Jalen Powell who has 103 yards on 10 receptions and WR Keith Davis with 6 receptions for 75 yards.

Honest assessment is that the Dixie State offense has looked anemic through 2 games, but Sac State and Weber State is a tough start to the season for an FCS transitional team. I don't think that the Aggies are going to make it much easier for them.

On defense the Trailblazers are led by LB Malaki Malaki who has 20 tackles (14 solo) with 1 tackle for loss through the first 2 games. DL Livingston Paogofie has 5 tackles for losses including 2 sacks. As mentioned previously, their defense was able to hang with Sac State and Weber State (for at least the first half in the later game).

All in all, I think that this is another game that the Aggies should win by a comfortable margin in front of a home crowd, but you can't allow yourself to play down to competition. We have to come out firing on all cylinders like we did against USD and make substitutions once you're in a good position. We have to continue to limit mistakes, I think we've only had the 1 turnover so far this season.

GO AGS!

I think a combination of the Aggies being very good and the Toreros having a down year. As I had earlier in the thread this was the first time in as long as I can remember that USD wasn't picked to win the pioneer

No good on 4th down. Turnover on downs and that's the game. Aggies win 53-7.

Almost another interception. 4th and goal for the Toreros

Punt return was 85 yards

Tompkins returns a punt for a TD. Kid is magic with the ball in his hands.

Hastings? It looked just okay. Accuracy wasn't quite there on a lot of his passes, but he has the muscle to get it decently down field.

Aggies forced to punt after a negated big gain. Whelan lands it inside the 10

Oooof offensive PI called

almost none of the 40 were through the air. Dump off and scramble.

Gomez redeems himself on his FGs... Aggies up 46-7

Tompkins with a big reception from Hastings

Hastings in now

Man... Thomas makes me nervous on his punt returns. You gotta just take the fair catch sometimes.

Tompkins wildcats in for the touchdown. Gomez nails the extra. Aggies up 43-7