Ags move up 3 spots from #11 to #8 in the FCS Coaches Poll:

The Aggies move up 2 spots to #6 in the Stats Perform Poll:

There are so many of these polls. Which one is the "official" one or is there such a thing? — Toke69

The NCAA Selection Committee for the FCS Playoffs relies on the FCS Coaches Poll and the Stats Perform Poll as part of the criteria for selecting teams for the playoffs. Both of those polls are released every Monday during the season and can be found here:

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/afca-fcs-coaches-poll

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/afca-fcs-coaches-poll

You gotta feel for the PSU players. I’m sure that we would feel like we got a raw deal if PSU had beaten us in the same fashion but the Ags don’t make the the calls…the refs do…and the Ags just took advantage of it.

Someone over on AGS said something to the effect that the Bug Sky obviously wanted the Ags to win and they were probably speaking to the side judge through his ear piece to call Tompkin’s catch a TD. What a bunch of nonsense!

Big Sky Week 6 Final Scores:

Montana State 55 Northern Colorado 17
Idaho 23 Northern Arizona 17
Weber State 55 Montana 48 (OT)
Idaho State 41 Cal Poly 38
Aggies 27 Portland State 26

What a heartbreaking loss for Cal. Undefeated, #8 Miami comes back from being down 35-10 to beat the Bears with a TD with 26 seconds left in front of a sold out crowd. Damn...Cal is now 1-26 against Top 10 teams since 2004.

Vanderbilt was 0 of 60 against top 5 teams until today when they beat #1 Alabama. Wow!

My wife and I were driving to the Bay Area and were only able to listen to the first 3 quarters. We tuned into live stats with 1 second to go in the game and we shocked when we saw that the Aggies scored!

I saw some posts over on the AGS forum where they were saying that PSU got robbed and the final Aggie score was clearly not a TD. What happened? Was it a TD or did we just get a huge break from the refs?

The Ags are obviously not emotionally ready to play on either side of the ball.

Lackluster start...

WOW...this is amazing! Who would have thought that all those brainy Cal kids get excited like this for a football game?

Everyone knows that Cal has had lots of financial problems and they've struggled to put fans in the seats of their renovated stadium but just look at the enthusiasm that has been generated with Miami coming to town. It will be interesting to see if the students' excitement is shared by the Berkeley community and the game actually draws a huge crowd.

This reminds me of how the students turned out for those few basketball games some years ago when ESPN came to town. Just having ESPN in the arena excited the students. Can you imagine how excited they would be if we were playing against nationally recognized competition as well? This is what could happen in Davis too if we were playing on a bigger stage nationally. I hope that our AD and our chancellor watch this video.

Great story. Thanks for posting it, Amurden.

Unfortunately, those days of regular rainstorms in the PNW and northern California are largely a thing of the past now and, instead, we find ourselves praying for rain and hoping that the wildfires don't turn into raging firestorms that consume everything in their path.

For sure! Personally, Coors Light taste smells like kerosene to me and probably tastes about the same!

Dunning picks the Aggies by 28:

AGGIES over PORTLAND STATE ... The Aggies have won four in a row. The Vikings have lost four in a row. Enough said. Take the Ags by 28.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/bobs-picks-welcome-to-the-big-ten?utm_source=publication-search

Here's a little tidbit of PSU history from the past that a few of us old timers might remember:

Longtime FCS fans will remember that this is the same Portland State that attracted national attention in 1980 when head coach Mouse Davis invented the run-and-shoot and the Vikings beat Delaware State 105-0.

Quarterback Neil Lomax had seven touchdown passes in that game. In the first quarter. And placekicker John Kincheloe set a record that will never be broken by going 15-for-15 on extra points.

Also that year, Portland State beat Cal Poly Pomona, 93-7, and Weber State, 75-0.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/vikings-looking-for-first-win-of?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=149743241&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Looking at the Barnum's bar tab, I'm surprised to see that Coors Light won big over Oregon's own Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA that's brewed locally in Bend!

From Bob Dunning's column, "The Wary One:"

COMPETING PRIORITIES ... My friend Eric sent me a headline from The Sacramento Bee that stated "Sacramento State to build new football, multi-use stadium" and another headline from CalMatters that stated "Cal State budget woes: Officials warn of layoffs and academic cuts."

Who is going to win this battle?

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/friday-fish-fry-has-either-debate?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=149742658&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email