The auto-bid for the Pioneer League really needs to be taken away.

Weber up on North Dakota 24-7

Man, no reason Davis shouldn't be in the Top 20, just fill it up every home game. Get them in the seats!

August Weather in Dallas Texas, United States. Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 96°F to 93°F, rarely falling below 85°F or exceeding 102°F.

Commerce is 1 hour NE of Dallas.

The fact Montana gets a home game, just irks me so bad.

It's win or get out there, I wouldn't be surprised if they're on a fast track to a non-Power 5 conference at this point, they've been playing lower level football for decades. South Alabama came to Davis in year 3 of their program's existence and won. By year 5 they were in the Sun Belt.

Maybe TAMC has an academic standard or something. Reading up on their history, and having just hired (and fired) a former Rice Head Coach, that sounds like they needed someone to manage some real student-athletes.

Learning here that former Vikings QB Wade Wilson is a TAMC alum.

Sounds like you better have DI 7 wins or be really juiced in. I think our scheduling team is taking this seriously judging by future opponents. Wouldn't sleep on TAM Commerce, in the middle of a huge recruiting bed in a state that worships Football. They'll be tough on the road to open 2023, and they'll only get better.

Indicative of them needing to find a way to score some damn points!

Man, watching that last 45 seconds or so was painful.

All Playoff games this Saturday are on ESPN+, except for the game in SE Missouri State @ Montana game...that's on ESPN 2, of course. Go Redhawks.

Took one look at that from the stands - had no desire whatsoever to venture down there. It was obvious Sac State was unprepared to handle the number of people who showed for the game - venue was crowded, which should've been expected based on ticket sales leading up the game, not enough space, not enough food trucks and/or other places to eat for the number of people there, and luckily, I went to the restroom early and got to watch the game without having to go back, wonder what the lines were like to use the facilities.

It's a little bit of a stretch to call Cal strong FBS

A lot of middle aged and older alum were at the game, they were wearing shirts from a time that had a lot of bad blood, and didn't have PC culture holding them back making nasty shirts. it actually kind of had me smiling waiting to get in, all that old school back and forth was sort of present...memories.

I would note to that Hornet fan that UC Davis has more playoff wins than Sac does in the past 4 years.

Seems pretty clear that the Montana AD has no objectivity whatsoever.

The bumbling Raiders manage to sweep the Broncos this season in Denver on a walk-off busted coverage TD in overtime.

Whoops.

I'm of the opinion that UC Davis, as they're doing it, is right there. They haven't crossed over as a "program", but reminding myself we started the year with a 2nd year QB, and Hastings had only a handful of starts when he started the season. Cody Hawkins was a first time OC at the FCS level, and there was a big learning curve at the beginning of the year. We were all harping on the offense, but they improved, thankfully with a string of teams that were beatable come mid-season, but none-the-less they put together a winning season despite some real setbacks in the off-season and during the season.

Defensively, Davis was fantastic - Montana State buzzsawed them in Bozeman, but looking at the Montana beatdown yesterday, you have to tip your hat to a very potent bunch of Bobcats.

I think the program as a whole, is much deeper than it has been...maybe the one thing missing is that transcendent offensive player that can open up the gameplan. We were WR by committee this year, Hutton certainly came on, but there was no standout, no go to playmaker...that role fell to Gilliam, who was phenomenal, but without a one-two or one-two-three punch, it can be easier for good teams to key and defend.

Davis is right there, but next season they need to win some of these bigger games if they want to contend for something beyond November. We said the same thing last year when Davis faded into the playoffs losing to those ranked teams.

We have some promising young players who took huge strides this year, encouraged by guys like Budgett, Larison, Rex Connors (a RFr.), Hastings, Venable, Kraft, Tompkins, Hutton, Buchanan, Poerio, Eaton, Sarale, Ford, Toki, Davis, Thorpe, Castles, Kennedy and Perez coming back.

Biggest holes to fill are Left Tackle, Center, Place Kicker and Cornerback... my opinion. Center, less so, because when Pettek went down I don't think Davis lost much of a beat offensively, the backup did well.

Amoah and Pettek graduate too.

Good luck in the playoffs Idaho, we'll be rooting for you