I was listening to a Commerce podcast and they were saying that their starting QB from last season may be a no go to start the season against the Aggies due to a lingering injury. It's tough to know what we're actually going up against considering they have a revamped offense, have brought in a lot of transfer portal players, and return a pretty solid looking defense... but I will say this, a loss in any capacity in this game is not acceptable if we're pushing for the playoffs this year. We have what looks like at this point in time a pretty favorable conference schedule and we really need to come out of non-conference play 2-1.

In the same podcast that I was listening to the hosts gave each other 5 categories to pick from for predicting the Davis game (likely loss, possible loss, toss up, possible win, and likely win) and they both picked possible win which was a little surprising to me, but I guess it shows they have confidence going into this season.

Idaho is definitely benefitting from having a competent coach at the helm as well as a rising star QB in McCoy to lead what should be a vicious passing attack with Jackson and Hatten, but to a certain degree I feel like they are currently overrated despite being a playoff team last year. I see them as top 15, not necessarily top 10 or better that some polls have them in. That's not to say that they won't continue to improve and could be very good this year. In fact, if they can keep the coaching staff together then they could push to become a FCS powerhouse with the resources they have. They have a tough schedule with 2 FBS (even if Nevada was very bad last season), both Montanas, Sac and Weber (both have new coaches and player turnover). They could end up in a situation similar to us like last season where we were likely better than a handful of teams that made the playoffs, but the record simply wouldn't get us in.

I saw some folks online just calling for a California conference. The implosion of the Pac 12 could have a huge impact on the future of west coast football.

California
Cal Poly
Fresno State
Sacramento State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Stanford
UC Davis

It's pretty bad. For reference, this is what SJSU is sending out as their official offer graphic in comparison to ours.

Kids post all kinds of pictures in regards to offers. Most post pictures when they receive verbal offers and they either make those themselves or get them from private graphic design stores online. A dead period just ended so schools were sending out "official" offers as opposed to just the verbal offers and this is the pic that came with ours. Pretty much all schools do the same thing.

That is the official image being sent to the players from the team. A lot of the guys who we already knew had offers are posting the same one. Whoever created the picture certainly made some choices... not sure if good ones, but choices nonetheless.

New offer on RB Beau Phillips out of Snoqualmie, WA! GO AGS!

Per 247, 3 star QB Damon Wrighster will be on campus for a visit tomorrow. Will be interesting to see if we can land a commitment.

Maybe I'm just misremembering, but this feels like the first time in awhile that the coaches have ranked us higher than the media.

I'll be honest and say that 3 stars means very little in predicting success. I only include it because it is simply a rating that is available, but the star system doesn't mean a whole lot until talking about the 4 and 5 star players and even then the system is far from perfect.

3 star DB Jordan Jones commits to UC Davis! GO AGS!

New offer on WR Santino Varvel out of Waddell, AZ! GO AGS!

New offer on ATH Owen Long! GO AGS!

New offer on 3 star LB Jackson Sievers! GO AGS!

New offer on 3 star DL/OL Brandon Nazworth! GO AGS!

I think the players can commit whenever they want, but the LOI signing periods are in December and February

First commitment! 3 star edge rusher Isaiah Sanders commits to the Ags!

New offer on OL Jezniah Thurston! GO AGS!

2 new offers! LB Preston Jernegan and ATH Kyle Hill! GO AGS!

Idaho had a good season under a new head coach, made the playoffs, and have a young QB that was clearly a standout this last season but I'm with you in that I'm not sure they are top 5... yet.