The Eagle defense is not as bad as advertised.

Broadcast team isn't shy about puling for EWU are they?

#116 is pretty bad considering there are only 129 FCS schools. #98 is not a whole lot better, but let's not rely too much on statistics,

I remember following the team on the internet and (if my memory serves, which is increasingly not the case) I saw the playoff loss to EWU on one of the ESPN channels. First time I ever saw that red field, ugh.

I forgot how badly they slipped after 2021. Too bad we didn't play them in 2022.

Despite being an 8 year member of this chat group, I confess that I was not following Aggie football anywhere near as I am since I was able to see the games on ESPN+. I know the sa state of our series with EWU, but would you folks surmise that the game tomorrow is our best chance, ever, of beating the Golden Eagles?

This is incredibly thorough and the writing is well done. You sure you don't write for SI?

I stand corrected. It's women's beach volleyball plus men's volleyball, and men's swiming/diving as well as women's water polo. All staying in the Big West.

The faculty NCAA rep for Hawaii is a friend of mine and he told me that the move is effective as of 2026, but the sports that the MWC does not have, e.g. women's volleyball, will stay with the Big West.

From 1993-1999 the old WAC was this:

Air Force
Hawaii
Brigham Young
Utah
Boise State
New Mexico
San Diego State
UNLV
UTEP
Wyoming
(San Jose State and UNLV were added in 1997)

So, yeah, it's close.

Not good for me, an Aggie in Hawaii who won't get to see them play in Hawai`i after this season.

Hawai`i exiting the Big West is a negative for me since that has been my only chance to see the Aggies play live in men's basketball, even though I've only seen one victory.

My younger self probably could have figured that out. Thanks.

I notice that Sac State is 21 while EWU is 28. They have the same record and a similar strength of schedule, but one would think that the Golden Eagles win would put them ahead of Sac State.

CBS Sports has UCD ranked #6:
and some site called College Football Network has the Aggies at #5. https://collegefootballnetwork.com/fcs-top-25-power-rankings-2024/

Why has Sac State been ranked so high? Reputation?

The top 8 seeds get a bye.

Eastern Washington looks like they're going to beat Sac State in Sacramento. Ags better be ready next week.

Hard to evaluate players in the 4th quarter because the Cal Poly defense was probably demoralized and just wanted to get the game over, plus I'd guess that many of them were second stringers. There should be a bit of concern over the pass defense as the Poly QBs got some pretty long plays completed and there were no sacks until the end of the game.

Dobbins a real find.