The Bears just went off in the second half. I remember a shaky 2nd string Aggies getting lit up late too

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO AGS!

As per usual on Saturdays, when I'm all wired up after a week of building really cool, big s#@!...I found myself up at 3:30 am watching motivation videos while cleaning the house.

I came across the story of Inky Johnson, a kid who came from the absolute dirt poor Atlanta neighborhood of Kirkwood...and blazed a trail to the University of Tennessee after Coach Fulmer took a chance on him. Listening to Inky talk about his life as a youngster, and all the setbacks he has had....he still realizes that the work he put in and choices he made to get to that next level changed the whole trajectory of his family history. One of the best quotes is how Inky was offered 3 things to do when he went on his official visit to Knoxville: 1) Go to a BBQ 2) Go to the Basketball game or 3) Go to a Sorority Party...he chose none of them, just wanted to go back to the hotel, and all he talks about is how that was the first time in his life he slept in a bed all by himself. It's incredible.

Really, a great mindset and life philosophy, and I think it's this kind of energy you find around the right college football programs in America. I honestly think Hawk has brought this back to Davis, and I also think he picked up most of it from the original Zen master himself Jim Sochor.

Well, it's a big day on the road for the Ags. Nothing gets the blood pumping like an in-state rival.

To quote Lieutenant Jean Rasczak, "WARM IT ALL UP! EVERYTHING YOU GOT!"

The Hunt for Grey Hawktober

IT'S THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE! IT'S THE BIG SKY! IT AIN'T INTRAMURALS!



BAKE IT UP!

Dayuuuuumm!

We're talking Week 8, but these are the highlights from the defensive-fest between Weber and EWU last week

All the Aggies will find each other in Fargo, I've got a friend who still lives in town, an Engineer for Cass County, good guy, I'm sure he'll have something brewing. I might have to get back on Facebook to coordinate better with him.

I'm down with Hawktoberfest

The Great Grey Comeback

I see where you're going there! I'd be on that plane in a heartbeat. Can't wait for @ Fargo next year...been there once before but had to get in and out. This time, on game day I hear it's a real fun town.

Polls Closed

Let's bake it up on Saturday man.

#Horseshoe

Does the ISU coaching staff have any ties with Liberty? Interesting schedule pick up, good one too. We used to take trips to Texas and Youngstown and the Northeast. Not anymore of course.

There is some added luster to NDSU right now as they sit in the FCS level of football. They're perennial Championship contenders and play a hard nosed, high level of football that landed their former quarterback a Top 5 overall pick and now currently starts for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Winning a ton of games in FCS is more fun than being mediocre in a mid-level FBS conference - and I dare say it's healthier in that the pounding you take every week isn't as rough as that of a FBS schedule. However, that kind of beating is what the NFL looks for, those who possess the toughness to play at a high level through pain against the best college competition. There's a reason why the vast majority of NFL draftees and UDFAs are from the FBS programs.

Here's some film for you, check out the block by #87 (Fells) at 5:24. Blows out the DE, Doris with the easy run for a TD.

A couple of AST.com dudes going nuts at 5:40

That's great news! Glad they caught it before it got out of control!

How is Daniel Fells doing? I know he had some serious health ailments later in his NFL career that took him out of the game.

Plainfield Station is a slice of heaven on earth.

Moving up in conferences can be a financial burden, as good as NDSU is at playing football (and a decent basketball team), you have to fund things across the board and upgrade across the board. Money, Money, Money

Some say the MAC (nearest school is about 600 miles away), some say the Mountain West - nobody has called the Bison about joining (can't imagine they want the Bison all over their butts in football, which is exactly what would happen).

We'll we're not as big as those guys, but we'll make up for it by being slower. I can remember an Aggiedad joking about that from his playing days back in the 70's. Always slower, always smaller, but more united and together than any team they ever played.