Just saw more lightning

I think at least 30 minutes if lightning in the area. But cells are popping up here so could be longer.

Couldn’t tell from the stands if the kick was low or if someone broke through the line to block the kick. Those 3 points would have been big.

yah, I was pleasantly surprised with Vargas. Quite a few Aggie fans here. Sitting next to Paul Sheldon’s mother-in-law.

Defense is after it so far.

wow. A big upset. Many “experts” were really talking up Incarnate Word.

10-0 Idaho State. Bengals have a 6’6” wide out who is also a high jumper. UNLV has yet to figure out how to stop ISU. Bengals may surprise some people this year.

Though both teams are from out of state, for unexplained reasons Mercer will serve as the home team, which means the Aggies will get to call the coin toss and Mercer personnel will be in charge of serving box lunches in the press box.

Don’t know where Bob got that from. All sources I have seen have Davis as the home team - and get the west stands where I’ll be sitting regardless so the sun is at our backs.

Ran into Rocko DeLuca and another administrator near the state capitol this morning. He was nice enough to introduce himself.

Q: Anthony’s experience coaching in the Fargo Dome

Do you know the Aggie team hotel in Montgomery? (Maybe it’s top secret )

Sorry about the wisdom teeth.

Rodrigues was really fast, but yah, don’t really want you QB running all the time and being subjected to punishment.

The weather forecast for the kickoff at 7 pm is 82 degrees with 76% humidity and a "feels like" temperature of 85 with a 15% chance of a thunderstorm.

Translates to a dewpoint of 72 degrees. Sultry but it could be worse in Alabama this time of year. Living in the south it’s all about dewpoint that doesn’t change with the temperature but lets you know how much water vapor is on the air.

We’re going to go with the cheap $23 tickets in the stands versus the climate controlled ESPN zone at $104 that does include food and access to stands. Rain is of more concern I think.

My wife and I will be going to the game (we’re in the Raleigh area), and will fly to Atlanta). PM me if you’d like and maybe we can meet up at the game.

From another one living in the mid-south to south, yes definitely the humidity is the killer. Yesterday the dewpoint was up to 79. Free wet sauna.

Great episode with Miles. I am pretty impressed with the effort and professionalism especially with you two having full time jobs and kids. From my perspective I would not be disappointed if you needed to spend a little less time on the podcast but know that we love what you are doing.

Gametime is 6:00 pm local (Central Daylight) and with it being on ESPN it likely won’t be over till nearly 10:00 pm local (11:00 pm Eastern for Mercer who are from Georgia). I guess they could bus back, but it would be late.

I like the focus on (and I hope Plough is correct in his assessment of) the O&D lines for this year. I think that has been one of the impediments in the goal of getting into the top echelon come playoff time. Depth will be important.

Enjoyed the Bronson and Fibich interviews. Quite a contrast with Gogo TV.

Agreed, especially in football and basketball. Use them and forget them.

I’m not sure about where week 1 lands. The brackets aren’t released until the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving (not Saturday historically to allow for the dust to clear on Saturday’s game. 13 weeks inclusive of the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving in 2026 is Aug 29 which is the same week as Aug. 27 the stated date when a game is allowed to be played. So it seems to me to be 13 weeks inclusive is the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving.

re:the video, I noticed Marion telling players to “trust the program …. “ and that “some of you guys have gone sideways”. Seems that it would be difficult to trust a program that is less than a year old (with no games played yet) and where many (or all) claims have not eventuated and are ringing hollow. It is good that he stated that success doesn’t come without hard work, but then later in the recruiting clip has all of those very expensive cars lined up as eye candy (I noted that the editor missed a recruit dropping a MF bomb in that segment. Maybe that is a feature and not a bug).

He quite poignantly says now football was a way out for him - yet 95% or more of his players won’t make the NFL. An occasional “study hard” or “attend to your coursework and get a degree for your future” would be nice. Maybe he does communicate that but it is sure not evident in the tenor of the video.