In fact, I think I just talked myself into going and getting a gyro right now. Lunch time.

Let me potentially date myself - but this is also a call to those who are competent enough to cover the demand:

Buckhorn BBQ and/or Ludy's?
Taqueria Guadalajara
Woodstock's Pizza (& Sudwerk)
Burgers & Brew
Good Friends Hawaiian Poke
Maybe Froggy's or Nick the Greek? Would love a solid Gyro at the game.

Subtle reminder - Poly has a primetime game the night before the Aggies play the Vikings.
Friday 8/28. That's a great get for SLO.

In all honesty, after everything that has happened and all that Rex has already shown on the field. Why even risk him in a scrimmage? If he's healthy or just 90%, I'd sit him either way...maybe ramp it up next week..

What's the over/under on Rex getting any rushes this season?

Don't forget to check out Samuel's channel!
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSamuelAkemShow

Clee gets to open his college career in earnest only 20 minutes away from where he played HS ball at Jesuit in Beaverton.

Was it SW of the Genomics building? ie, are they building Lot 53 up?

Didn't realize, but Nova and William & Mary are also moving to the Patriot League for football starting this season --- Richmond moved last year --- the PL also includes Lehigh, Lafayette and Holy Cross as well. This is a dramatic improvement to the football conference.

Sounds like there might be a social event downtown Portland Friday, 8/28 afternoon around 5 pm.

Dude, Lamson's back for another season? He was listed as a senior last year...yup, 6th year, played all season as a 'senior'. Guess he didn't really play much at Syracuse his RFr. year - had an season ending injury, so yeah, he gets the 6th season, like Rex and Porter did. Well, the Dowlers are back, Lamson's back -- good luck going against that FCS.

Little bit too much love for me with South Dakota State at No. 3, but 3 through 9 I'd say, it's kind of an Any Given Saturday - we'll see how this all shakes out...and there will be a couple of surprises in the middle of the rankings as always. Mercer took a serious shot after their 0-47 blowout loss against South Dakota at home in the opener of the '25 Playoffs. That will leave a mark on their program for some time - and with their star freshman QB Braden Atkinson transferring to Oregon State there's good reason to be skeptical.

@ San Diego is always a tough game.

Based on what I saw, it looks like ESPN+ is dumping a lot of the bad broadcast quality games to FCS schools...ie, they aren't even bothering to broadcast FCS vs. FCS games.

Hope he has a clause to renegotiate - they're on a fast track trajectory to the upper echelon of the conference... a lot can happen in 6 years.

Some Idaho State recent media:

Seeing those chairs brought back a lot of memories...I also remember in those '03, '04 and '05 seasons we had some pretty epic games with Poly...they had (and still do) some serious studs on defense. Always within a touchdown either way -- then we officially moved up and Poly went on to slaughter us for a few years under Ellerson -- '07 and '08 the Mustangs were dominant.

Then somewhere around 2018 - the year we were one defensive stop away from the Semi-Finals, the Aggies began to just annihilate the Mustangs routinely. Last year's game in SLO was hopefully an indicator of a return to competitiveness between the programs. Rivalries are only good when both teams are good.