good to have TT. I think the issue has been his knee. He’s got a brace and probably can’t do the fast cuts he used to do.

Stupid penalty will give better field position to Idaho.

TD! Pace on offense seems to be the answer. That is what Abilene Christian did.

Man. Needed a first and goal from 1 not the 10.

Idaho is pulling out all stops and Aggies are clearly not prepared. Gonna need some major adjustments.

It’s late back here and I think I’m going to have to turn in soon.

There offensive plays are quite varied and making it tough on the defense.

Gonna need a turnover or something to change momentum. Passing on third and long is not going to be a good situation to be in.

34-16 NAU. Another pick by NAU.

Weird that Idaho State game in Pocatello is being called by Montana State crew.

NAU 27 Sac 9 after pick.

SUU wins 28-17 so wins by teams UCD has beat doubles? Eck needs to change his statement.

a ucd website indicated some came from added students fees the students voted for. That likely was just used to service whatever debt was borrowed as the student fee income stream would be over several/many years.

I know Idaho has played stiffer competition but I think getting them to 3rd down could be important.

Idaho 3rd down conversion rate = 0.26
Opposition rate = 0.40

UCD 3rd down conversion rate 0.37
Opposition rate 0.33

Obviously Idaho has been successful keeping opponents out of the end zone.

one Lung antique tractor. The game against Nevada - Reno 1977 or 1978 was the craziest and loudest ever. I think 13,000 SRO crowd. It seems to me that Idaho or Montana State should bring similar enthusiasm but that hasn’t been the case recently.

Not sure if the link below will result in a paywall for others but it shows how football (in part) and attendant social aspects can attract students from other locations - in the cited case from northeast to south. Tuition/fees (lower in south) also a big part. I know students from NE came to NC State because out-of-state tuition was cheaper than NE schools in-state. There’s a big tailgating/football Saturday vibe here too.

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agree with your post. I think the one thing that folks don’t notice about Idaho is they don’t have a high scoring offense. I think this will be a low scoring game (yes Idaho has a stout defense) and the game could be determined by turnovers. If Rex ia back, I see the possibility of a couple picks of their young QB Wagner as the Aggie D has shown that propensity. Limiting their run game will be important.

regardless of which view is taken, it’s going to take a lot of money, whether it comes from big donors, naming rights bought by corporations, or whatever endowment money is available for a allowable expenditures. I suspect the pushback at USC about playing an FCS school had financial (as in I won’t donate) implications.

So whomever has money or has connections to money will always have the greater influence.

good. I was thinking pre-game would be a good “teaching” opportunity.

Does the university-sanitized band play and sing Aggie fight after all touchdowns? Play/sing hot time after turnovers?

- teach freshman and students some of the traditional

- How about putting the lyrics to Aggie fight in the big screen while band sings it?

-What do soldiers going off to war do? Sing
-What did Welsh coal miners do when going off to the mines do? Sing hymns
-what did the Aggie Band-uh do when parading from band room to Toomey field do? Sing
-what makes a muskrat guard his musk? Oops, wrong metaphor.

As for critical game moments, how about the band playing? When watching the Tennessee-Oklahoma game both bands were engaged. A few bars of the Hussite War hymn, a few bars of Mars (bringer of War) from Holst’s The Planets. Back and forth. It was awesome and I heard no canned music. I guess I am a dinosaur but my point is it gets the band and students/fans to participate rather than having a glorified DJ push buttons. I went to several games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville (Tennessee) while a grad student and there is nothing like the whole crowd singing Rocky Top while the band plays.