He didn't completely ditch the cowboy hat. He just didn't have it on all of the time. I saw him with a light colored one when they showed him on the sidelines at one point.

He won't mention Sac by name once, mark my words. Probably not even during game week! — Pacifico

Why?

You might want to add Davis and maybe UCD student also.

I thought it was interesting that Plough had something positive to say about nearly every team in the conference except Sac when he was talking about how he felt the other Big Sky teams were doing so far this year. This year's Causeway is going to be an intense affair...

We seem to be a team that's is still putting the pieces together with our young QB and lots of new players. The first 2 games were a mixed bag and the Washington blow out was bigger than most expected. This game should give us a better idea about the overall strength of this team at this point in the season.

Final scores week 3:

South Dakota 24 Northern Colorado 17 in OT
Montana 24 North Dakota 23
Montana State 41 San Diego 7
Idaho 20 Utah Tech 7
Northern Iowa 17 Eastern Washington 14
Weber State 42 McNeese State 41
Cal Poly 56 Western Oregon 7
Northern Arizona 52 Southern Utah 49
Sac State 49 Mercyhurst 28
Hawaii 23 Portland State 3

SUU 49 NAU 42 with 4:30 to go.

28-25 Sac with 3:30 to go in the 3rd.

SUU and NAU tied at 32 with 9:16 to go.

Sac is up 28-18 now...burning the Lakers with their speed...

NAU 42 SUU 35 with 13:30 to go.

Sac scores on a long bomb with 30 seconds to go in the half and take the lead 21-18. Sac has a lot of speed at WR and they've been throwing a lot of long balls.

NAU and Southern Utah are tied at 14 at the half.

Poly 35 Western Oregon 0 at the half.

10-7 Mercyhurst at the end of the 1st Q.

Mercyhurst scores after Sac turned the ball over on downs on their own 40 and the Lakers take the lead 10-7. Marion has shown that he's a riverboat gambler in his first 3 games.

Sac moves right down the field a TD with big plays on their opening series and lead Mercyhurst 7-0 early.

Things like that happen on a regular basis for teams when they are playing in Missoula.