11/11 games:

Bakersfield 86 North Dakota State 81
Hawai'i 76 Pacific 66

I watched a good portion of the Bake game and the runners are very much improved over last year. They came back from an 11 point halftime deficit and beat a solid NDSU team. The Runners shot 58% from the field and they have a lot of quickness and length. They could make some noise in the Big West this year.

The Cats have a very impressive, articulate head coach. He seems to know the Aggies like the back of his hand. I certainly don't think we're going to out coach him; this game is going to be decided mano-a-mano on the field by the players.

I'd take that draw. Villanova would be a tough opponent.

We're frustrated with it in our pressers too. I mean, how hard can it be to pass a handheld mic around?

Ha ha...nope...I'm actually a retired shrink so I've got the gift of gab! I've been told by folks before that I would have been a great salesman because I like to talk with folks and exchange stories...my wife just rolls her eyes at times...

Just wondering if tickets are still available, my son may be in the Bay Area for work at the end of the week and has been thinking of extending his stay to attend the game. — Cats2506

There are seats still available. Most of the Cat fans will be in sections 101, 102 and 103 and there are still seats in those sections. That's on the east side of the stadium. The west side has some seats available as well but that will predominately Aggie fans.

Here's where you can get tickets:

https://ucdavisaggies.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:UCD:FB2425:FB1116:&linkID=twucd&dataAccId=779&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_twucd

Spot on!

First of all, welcome to our forum and thanks for taking the time for giving us your thoughts about the game.

It looks like there will a lot of Bobcat fans making the trip to Davis and, in all likelihood, they will be louder than us. We don't have the kind of fan support that the Montanas and the Dakotas have especially with our students but there's a lot of excitement about the our team currently so, hopefully, that will put more fans in the stands. Plough is really trying to build the fan base here and make our house a difficult place for visiting teams to win.

Cat fans will find a very welcoming environment here. There won't be the huge amount of tailgating that you are used to in Bozeman but Aggie fans would love for Cat fans to stop by and say hello. Hopefully, we'll have a good, exciting, injury free football game on a beautiful fall evening this coming Saturday.

Great trip and game report, Mike! Thanks for taking the time to write it up for all of us who weren't there in person. Let us know what your hearing from the inside about the upcoming Montana State game too.

Big Sky Games for Week 12 Saturday 11/16:

Northern Arizona at Northern Colorado - 11 am
Portland State at Montana - 12 noon
Idaho State at Eastern Washington - 1 pm
Sac State at Cal Poly - 2 pm
Weber State at Idaho - 5 pm
Montana State at the Aggies - 5 pm

Current Big Sky Standings after Week 11:

The Aggies increased their lead in votes over South Dakota in both polls this week and we would be one of the top 4 seeds going into the playoffs if this was the final poll before the playoff selection. There's so much on the line for the Aggies in our next two games. The door is open for this team to make a huge statement in the FCS and in Aggie football history.

FCS Coaches Poll for Week 11:

Montana State has played consistently well throughout the season wheras Davis has only played to that same level for the last few games. Davis had a pattern of giving up scores late to make games they had control of early narrow wins. Idaho game is an example of that. — Riveraggie

That's a valid point. We need to remember also that we had a bunch of key defensive players who got injured and early in the season and were out for quite a while. There were so many players at certain positions that the Aggies had to adapt by moving players around into new positions and by modifying our defensive schemes for damage control. I remember Plough saying that this was the "year of the broken hand." Some of those players are have healed up enough to be back in action now and I think we saw just how good our defense can be in the win over Montana when they are more healthy.

Cal Poly 99 Menlo 66
Hawai'i 80 San Jose State 69

Massive sections of tickets have been sold in funky parts of the stadium, I can only think that this means the Bobcat fans are coming, and coming in a big way. — AggieFinn

I just browsed the Montana State forum and you're right, there are a lot of Bobcat fans coming to the game. They even have a charter flight that's already sold out.

Most of their fans seem to think the Aggies are a good team but not up to the level of Cats. Most are predicting a Montana State win by 10-24 points. A few think it will be a tough battle. They think Larison is a great RB but the big difference is they have 3 great RB's. They also think their D line will dominate our O line and that will force Hastings into risky throws.

Some of their score predictions are really funny:

Cats 38 Agricultural Academics 23
Bobcats 45 Unibrow U 15
Your Montana State Fighting Bobcats 35 The Mustache Club 24

They have a very active forum: https://bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/viewforum.php?f=20

Great game experience report! It sounds like everyone had a great time!

Great post, NCagalum. Thanks for taking the time to write up such a good report.