Not really. I expect all the playoff teams will be tough. I do, however, think that Montana would be more ready for us if we do play them again but I also think we are the better team.

I just like to see us play someone we've never played before. I saw another projection that had us playing the winner of Villanova - Drake and I think that would be a more interesting game. We don't often get a chance to play teams from the east or midwest.

I've seen a projected bracket that has Montana at #11 and, If they win their first round game, they would be coming to #5 Davis. I really hope we get to play someone else.

Hornet head coach Andy Thompson was emotional in defeat after speaking with his team.

"There's a lot of hurt in that locker room right now," he said.

"I'm very proud of how they fought to the last whistle. I just wanted us to be one point better than our opponent today. Our guys did everything they could to win a game for this school. I don't think there were many people who thought this was going to be a three-point ball game."

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Here's a photo that shows that Winston Williams did get his right foot down in the back of the end zone before going out of bounds. Sac felt they got robbed but they didn't. It was a great catch by Williams.

Miles Hastings is now the UCD single-season passing leader in both yards and TD's with 3,745 yards and 32 TD's.

I don't think that there is any head coach in college football who is more genuine, humble and gracious than Tim Plough. We are lucky to have him.

just surprised we couldn’t put him on the ground! — DrMike

Conklin was impressive. He's athletic and elusive and we just couldn't get to him. Can you imagine how good Sac might have been without all the injuries they had this season? I think they would have been right up at the top of the conference if they had stayed more healthy?

Well, a huge thanks go to all of you who financially helped to keep Lan here!

How the hell are FCS programs that are not flush with the kind of money that the big programs have going to be able to keep their best athletes? Big time college football and basketball programs are being run like big corporations who just eat up the smaller programs to continue to enrich themselves . It just doesn't seem right to me...

Here's another bracket projection that has the Ags as the #5 seed who would play the winner of the Villanova - Lehigh game:

https://theanalyst.com/2024/11/fcs-playoff-bracket-predictions-night-before-selection-sunday

Lan Larison hits 2K All-Purpose yards on the season and is the nation's leader in All-Purpose Yards. Larison becomes the first Aggie in program history to reach the massive milestone!!

Portland State 40 Northern Colorado 17

The Hornets shredded the Aggie pass defense and that's got to be a big concern for us heading into the playoffs.

Not so much for us because of our academic requirements. Anyone who we offer could also get into Sac but not everyone that Sac offers would meet our academic requirements. Sac can cast a wider net whereas ours is more limited so we don't really compete head-to-head much. Sac also utilizes the portal more than we do.

College Sports Madness has a projected bracket that has us as the #6 seed and would play the winner of the Illinois - Drake game. Here are their projected seeds:

#1 Montana State
#2 NDSU
#3 SDSU
#4 Mercer
#5 South Dakota
#6 Aggies
#7 Richmond
#8 Idaho

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/fcs-football/bracketology

Idaho 40 Idaho State 17

They'll be tough and I think it will be a challenging game for the Aggies. We've seen some improvement with the Ags recently and I hope that continues.

It's incredible that Larison was so dedicated to being an Aggie that he would turn down that kind of money...wow...we are so fortunate to have him!

However, it's sad that the big schools with huge amounts of NIL money will now be able to try and buy the best FCS players and, you know what, you can't blame a lot of the kids who decide to move up for a big paycheck. There are a lot of college football and basketball players come from low income families and that kind of money could be huge for them and, even those who didn't come from disadvantaged backgrounds, would certainly be tempted to have that kind of money while they are in college. FBS schools are going to decimate the best talent in the FBS with offers of big bucks.

The San Diego win over Toledo by 35 points is astonishing! Toledo was on a 5 game winning streak and came into the game averaging 89 points per game.

Did you also hear Scott Marsh say the Lan Larison was offered $400,000 in the off season to transfer to an FBS school? Did I hear that right?