Hopefully HR has a complete game. Go Ags!

I was impressed with both Ds. Not sure if the offensive flatness for both teams was just that, flatness, or the strong Ds taking away the plays. I was not that impressed with MSU.

Weber - MSU 7-7 at half. Real defensive battle. The announcer keeps pronouncing Weber like the BBQ. And just as i wrote that he corrected it, lol.

Yeah,they're 5-1. Maybe 5-2 helps us as the playoff picks get closer?

A video was posted this morning on homecoming

I know it’s sacrilegious to look ahead, but……..we’re going to need that outside containment when Barriere comes to town.

Yeah, they used to blitz him from the outside. I’m not sure what changed.

Looking at how ISU picked us apart with their back up QB supports the “sacks by” figure. We need to get to their guy and protect ours. Hopefully HR has a good day. He needs it as much as we do.

It sure seemed like when we were in panic mode, (end of third into fourth) the faster tempo was an improvement. And HR looked better. Not sure why we dropped the no huddle approach.

Ok, gotcha. The article shows the gradient on the top 50. Maybe the more meaningful gradient would be the bottom 50?

River, I’m missing your point. Surely FCS coaches can be lured away. So can HS coaches. Coaching salaries are a distinction between FCS and FBS, and something that needs to be considered.

For what its worth, what are some of the coaches earning in the FBS? This would have to be one of the line items in your FBS budget.
https://247sports.com/ContentGallery/Highest-paid-college-football-coaches-ranked-154935994/#154935994_19

At #22, David Shaw, Stanford, 4.8 million
At #1, Nick Saban, drum roll please, 9.1 million

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/no-surprise-aggies-tumble-in-poll/?fbclid=IwAR2UaFQNYWTbwCK0tAsBWH1MjW8Wvf8N6WbrUhlBHU_IA9qhH3xO8qblk8I

“I kept thinking we’d eventually have a breakthrough and get things going like we have all season, but it just didn’t happen,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins at his weekly press conference.

“A true sportsman will tip his cap to Idaho State. They made the plays they needed to make to win and we didn’t. They came out swinging and they gashed us with some heartbreaking plays, some real knockout blows,” Hawkins added. “I told our guys that you can lose the game, but don’t lose the lesson. If it can make you better, then it’s a good thing. We’re still a good football team. We’re still 5-1. I know my greatest learning experience as a coach has always been when something bad happens.”

When the internet was just getting rolling, a computer nerd buddy told me once you put something out, even if deleted, it can always be found. I wonder if this investigation will reveal more career ending content.

There was a very thorough response to his recent article on his FB page. I’m not sure if he responded.

Yeah, several of us have commented on the change in him after the second game. But maybe its too easy to put it all on his shoulders. The stat i would love to see is the time he had the ball from snap to pass in the first two games compared to subsequent games. Maybe the problem is our protection. Or opponents adjustments.

Sounds like their fans are calling for the coaches head.
A quick look at their stats - they average 94 yards on the ground and 170 in the air. They have been outscored, on the ave, 17 - 30. They give up about the same number of yards on the ground, 181, through the air, 208.
They are 2-4 with a win over NAU.
We should easily win this, but the “any given Saturday” syndrome hopefully won’t bite us.

Yet this is the most talented team the Aggies have ever fielded, per coach. My money is on the thought that we learn from this and finish strong. But it was painful to watch.

Stirring the kettle sells papers. I wonder how much of the fbs talk BD really believes. And I consider myself one of his fans, i usually enjoy reading his stuff.
And talking S. Alabama. Loosing to those guys was a real low point for me. Remember all the coaches they had? They had enough to field a team, lol.