The McCourty twins both made it to the NFL. The Griffin twins as well both made the NFL, but we're highly productive at UCF.

Porter Connors named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Cal. 13 tackles, 1 sack, fumble recovery returned for a TD. GO AGS!

Man, Idaho fans are already whining that Eck's kid didn't get it in the replies.

https://x.com/BigSkyConf/status/1830637595531108729

Yes, this is an absolute 'must win' game for us if we want even a chance at making the playoffs given our schedule this year and as you stated we need to make it a rather comfortable win at that.

With the updated Massey ratings after week 1, they are giving the Aggies a 97% chance of winning this matchup, but I do think the Lions should offer more of a challenge than they did last season. That being said, we will have the home field advantage.

Week 2 games:

Saturday, September 7
Idaho (0-1) @ Wyoming (0-1)
Western Oregon (0-0) @ Idaho State (0-1)
Montana (1-0) @ North Dakota (0-1)
Cal Poly (0-1) @ Stanford (0-1)
Northern Colorado (0-1) @ Colorado State (0-1)
Drake (0-0) @ Eastern Washington (1-0)
Maine (1-0) @ Montana State (2-0)
Portland State (0-1) @ Weber State (0-1)
Northern Arizona (1-0) @ Arizona (1-0)
Sacramento State (0-1) @ Fresno State (0-1)

- After their impressive performance against Oregon, we'll see if Idaho can pull off a FBS scalp against Wyoming. Was Oregon a fluke or are the Vandals for real? I don't see any other FCS vs FBS matchups where the FCS has much of a chance this week.
- Drake? Maine? How did these games get scheduled in the Big Sky?
- Montana @ UND and Portland State @ Weber State should both be interesting games.

This could also be a better chance for Lan to get going. Commerce was bleeding rushing yards to SDSU. In terms of total offense SDSU outgained them 468-180.

Sounds like your guys' assessment isn't too far from what the rest of the board saw during the game. Defense was lights outs and should carry over well to FCS play. Big question marks regarding the offense and special teams. We simply will not make the playoffs if we turn the ball over at this rate throughout the season.

Yes the line drive punts were very strange. Not sure if that is a coaching choice or the new punter is only capable of kicking that way.

The good
- First half offense was cooking Cal. Frankly we should have been up going into halftime.
- Defense the whole game. Only let up 1 TD in the 1st half. Forced a scoop and frankly held the Bears in check despite the number of turnovers from the offense.

The bad
- First game of the season kicking jitters? Missed FG and extra point didn't make the difference in this game, but they could in conference play.
- Not a fan of the pooch kicks. It did lead to some Cal confusion on 1 that almost caused a turnover, but also had 1 result in a kick 6. Just kick it out of the end zone.
- Red zone play calling; run up the gut, run up the gut, run up the gut...

The ugly
- 2nd half offense. Not much can be said that hasn't already. Turnovers galore and generally ineffective even when not turning the ball over. I expected things to slow down after halftime with Cal making adjustments, but the dichotomy was shocking. Looked like 2 different teams.

Biggest surprises are Idaho hanging around with Oregon and Cal Poly losing to San Diego. Idaho appears to be solid defensively, but even with that being the case Oregon should have mopped the floor with them. Kuddos to the Vandals. Cal Poly losing to San Diego is concerning for their program. San Diego is not the powerhouse of the Pioneer that they once were. Cal Poly has had decently good recruiting classes the last couple of seasons, but I'm not sure Wulff has this thing moving in the right direction.

50% completions with 3 picks is a rough stat line, but let's see how it looks against FCS competition. Defense played admirably all things considered.

I'm not going to read too much into this game in terms of QB play, but I can't say that I'm overly enthused.

That's like 3 or 4 bats at the line for Cal

This is where I'm at. I wasn't deluding myself into thinking a win was realistic, but this 2nd half is looking non-functional.

All scoring plays are automatically reviewed. It looked like it hit to me, but it got the clear.

Miles was looking sharp in the first half, but this 2nd half is looking a lot like last season. Staring down receivers, noodle arm under throws, and wildly inaccurate on anything longer than 5-10 yards.

Miles what the hell man

Was not expecting that half at all tbh. Ott was absent for most of the half and the Aggies controlled the pace of the game. Davis should be up, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

LETS GOOOOO

If Meyer keeps this up he's gonna have a very special season

Man the Ags really should be up at the end of the 1st. Kicking needs to tighten up.