The Weber state announcers on espn3 (KSL I think) are quite funny.

95 yard Scoop and score for JMU after JMU sets up Weber at 5 yard line after 2 personal fouls after they had stopped Weber on third down. QB trips over lineman fumbles ball and JMU scoops. Major turn of events 17-3 JMU

JMU up 10-3. Weber offense looks out of sync with Johnson at qb and evidently a injury shuffled offensive line ( some bad snaps).

….wet tissue paper at that.

Both Weber and JMU making mistakes early. 3-3. Shaheed is Weber’s best weapon. Will need to kick into/out of end zone and have good punts to neutralize him. Nice to have Whelan.

poly just scored, but unless they they stiffen on d they will be in trouble. They are using a new qb.

South Dakota up 14-0 on cal poly with about 12:00 left in first quarter. Poly secondary torched on second drive. Not looking good for poly.

Classic Eastern Washington - has to outscore opponents to win. If they make the playoffs, they will never advance far because of their porous defense.

poor Valpo. My mother-in-law graduated from there. At least they have a chance this week instead of the task of taking on NDSU in Fargo as last week.

MSU boat racing USD 21-0 first quarter. MSU quarterback Mckay running a lot in rpo.

Troy Anderson playing middle linebacker. Surprised he is still around but he is a load. MSU looks pretty tough.

Montana State blitzing on almost every down and owning USD so far 14-0 MSU late first quarter.

Referee called USD UC San Diego over PA.

UTC up 16-14 on Kentucky 4th quarter

OK I’ll offer another. Over the past 5-10 years Universities have gone full force into “diversity and inclusion” creating associate deans to oversee such efforts. Having worked at a research 1 university I have seen what is a good intention (getting rid of the good -ol boy system, turn into a self-perpetuating “goal” via these new offices and a silencing of opinions other than what is “politically correct”. We took (and I scheduled) implicit bias training which is a accepted reality. The only issue is that implicit bias seems to work in one direction only. There were times during “trainings” that faculty I knew that had differing opinions were at best patronized if opinion/beliefs were out of the acceptable norm. Regarding hiring, we would normally get maybe a 5-10 percent application rate of females (engineering department). There was at least a perceived pressure to hire females. The goal was not bad but the reality oftentimes differs from realisticallyachievable results. Our dean of engineering who was very pro shaking things up showed statistics that essentially showed thAt over the past 20 years, despite the push and programs to get more women in engineering, that the needle has not moved across the country. The problem with some of the diversity and inclusion goals is that it assumes everyone (or every “sector”) has the same interests and desires. That is not reality so there is resultant frustration. With all of these developments plus the recent gender confusion issues and focus (with encouragement to add “preferred” gender pronouns to e-mail signatures) I am glad to be retired from the university. Unfortunately it seems we cannot just treat people as human beings but need to divide by all sorts of categories real or contrived. I just think there have to be better ways for realizing fairness and treating people with respect. I will also add that these added diversity and inclusion deanships and programs seem, ironically, to be a requirement that many administrators and others treat as marketing, and a requirement of a university to be viewed positively, rather than be taken very seriously.

UT Chattanooga hanging with Kentucky at halftime 14-10 UKY.

in general, higher rankings should lead to a greater chance of home field advantage, but progressively would depend on who won the previous round if one advances. There are probably other factors I don’t know of that play into the location selection.

I think one thing that helped NDSU win all of those titles is that they always had the home field advantage in the playoffs, and the Fargo Dome is more of a home field advantage than most places.

MTV Aggie - I think you meant Merced, not Modesto. Modesto has a JC (I attended there many years ago) and I think they actually have a pretty good football team (I only remember going to to one game).

I don’t think academic excellence and good athletics and student/other support is mutually exclusive. I would note Stanford with the qualifier that their enthusiasm seems to stop at the Stanford band and it seems to be a wine and cheese social with fans sitting on their hands. I noted while watching college game day today, that many years ago, the Penn State students in the know had to explain to others the nuances of the game, traditions, etc., and it has culminated in white out crowds as will be the case today - I am not saying that is a goal.

What makes college football so great - in my opinion - are the traditions passed down that unite alums and current students - such things as marching bands/ fight songs/ others along with rooting for your universities team that builds a sense of community. I am a big Aggie fan ( particularly football) due to my participation in the Aggie band-uh many years ago when we were the principle cheering section for the team and went to all games. I do value the degree I got at UCD and know that it has a good reputation, but my “affection” is not to the calculus classes I took (well didn’t do so great) or the degree program I graduated in. Of course the team was very good then and winning certainly helped. In a water law class I took - an adjunct professor who was a lawyer from Sacramento, talked up the impending playoff game. Probably not something one would hear today.

I guess my point is that academics and athletics don’t necessarily have to be at odds (although I dont like transfer portal built teams- how much loyalty or concern about academics is shown there)? And I do admire teams that have more true student athletes, e.g. Davis, Stanford, Northwestern, (perhaps USD in past years) that win as much with coaching and playing smart as with pure athletic potential.

thanks b&g. That’s why I like the old nomenclature: 1A and 1AA - easier on the brain - at least mine.

Anyone know the status of Devon King? Is he injured? Not playing football now? I know the Ags seem to have good depth in the secondary, but I always thought he was their best cover corner and tackler. Just fun to see him play.

and you can fast forward the Leo ugh most commercials.

can’t “record, but can watch on demand for at least a week subsequently (maybe more but haven’t explored that).