The difficulties continue for NDSU as they trail North Dakota 28-17 at the half.

Deion Sanders and Shedeur Sanders post-game press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/live/WtRr9R3VUAQ?si=TXzhQzkXpXEJcdDZ

Wow...what an incredible comeback win for Stanford and a crushing loss for Colorado! The game was played at Colorado too. Great win for the Cardinal!

In the second quarter with Colorado rolling, the head referee threatened to penalize Colorado with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty if the public address announcer kept playing loud music while Stanford was in formation ready to snap the ball. The crowd, of course, booed the ref heavily.

The Aggies got swept in straight sets at Long Beach (25-10, 25-19, 25-20) today. The Ags are now 4-3 in conference play and 9-8 overall.

Vegas has us as 7.8 point favorites and predicting a final score of 28-20 Aggies.

https://www.wsmv.com/sports/betting/2023/10/14/weber-state-uc-davis-college-football-picks-predictions/

The Aggies beat Riverside 2-1 on the road yesterday and improve to 3-1-2 in the conference and 7-5-2 overall.

The Aggies scored first but CSUN evened the game in the second half and the game ended 1-1 tie. The Ags are now 2-2-1 in the conference and 5-5-3 overall.

The AGS Poll for Week 6 has the Ags tied at #33:

#2 Montana State
#3 Idaho
#5 Sac State
#19 Montana
#24 EWU
#31T Weber State
#33T Aggies
#37 NAU



https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?341572-AGS-Poll-Results-2023-Wk6

The Ags fall to #27 in the STATS Perform Poll for Week 6:

#2 Montana State
#3 Idaho
#4 Sac State
#16 Montana
#21 EWU
#22 Weber State
#28 Aggies
#40 NAU



https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/stats-perform-fcs-top-25

Aggies fall out of the Top 25 in the FCS Coaches Poll for Week 6:

#2 Montana State
#3 Idaho
#5 Sac State
#10 Montana
#23 Weber State
#27 Aggies
#33 EWU
#37 NAU



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

Thanks for the link.

I noticed that the press was turning the mic off after they asked their questions this week so we didn't hear all that scratching noise that we had in the previous pressers. That's something that we were complaining about for weeks so maybe someone in the athletics administration actually reads our forum once in a while. It certainly made a big difference in the sound quality so good job for whomever finally corrected the problem!

I've said this before but I'll say it again, you have to be so impressed with the players we have not only from an athletic perspective but also just how bright, articulate and humble they are. I really like hearing from them. They are great examples of what Aggie Athletics and Aggie Pride is all about.

Hawk said Larison may suit up for the Weber game and that he's running a bit now but he's getting used to the brace on his knee. That's good to hear but it also makes me think he's not fully healed up since he still needs a protective brace. I would think that a brace would certainly impede some of his natural ability as well.

Big Sky Schedule for Week 7 (all times are Pacific Time):

Sac State @ Northern Colorado - 12 noon
Portland State @ Northern Arizona - 12 noon
Eastern Washington @ Idaho State - 3 pm
Cal Poly @ Montana State 5 pm
Aggies @ Weber State 5 pm
Montana @ Idaho 7:30 pm

The Aggies defeated Hawaii today in Davis 3-2 and stand at 2-1-2 in conference play and 6-5-2 overall.

The Ags had a good win over #13 Pacific 16-10 today in Stockton.

Yes, and, since Fisher is from the Portland area, he probably had family and friends in the stands and Hawk wanted to get him into the game so they could see him play. Nice move on Hawk's part to do that at the time.

Regarding our running backs, it seems we aren't going to see much of Chukwudobe. I think there's something in his "100% full throttle downhill" running style that Hawk feels isn't the best for us. Fisher looks like he has some real talent especially for a true freshman but Hawk has said he prefers to redshirt him. I'm not sure if he's already played to much too be redshirted at this point though.

Still possible to get to 7 wins and therefore an at-large bid (I think a Big Sky team with no bad losses gets the nod at 7, like Idaho last year). — Zander

I love the optimism, Zander. Maybe it's just me still feeling a bit hungover from yesterday's disappointing loss but I'm feeling less optimistic by the week. By all accounts, this is not a strong Montana team by their standards by any means. They've struggled this year against weak competition and appear to be a middle of the pack Big Sky team and I think that's exactly where we are also...right in the middle.

Here's how I think we stack up today in our remaining games given what I've seen of us and the rest of the league so far:

Weber does not appear to be as strong as they typically are but we're playing in Ogden and we always have a tough time with them. I think we'll be slight underdogs going into that game.

NAU nearly beat Sac on the road. They're a really good football team and Sac hasn't dropped off much from last year's success. I think we would lose by at least 14 points to either of those teams if we played them next week.

I'd say the Portland State game is a toss-up at this point with the Vikings having a slight edge since the game is in Portland and game at Idaho State is going to be much tougher than most folks expect.

I see us, at this point, going 4-4 in the conference at best. We simply haven't shown that we can beat the better teams in the Big Sky. Hawkins keeps telling us that the program finally has the talent and depth to be a contender for the Big Sky title but we're not seeing it yet. The games against EWU and Montana were close but we aren't winning those kind of games and those teams are not as good as Montana State, Idaho and Sac.

Injuries on offense have hurt us for sure and a lot can change between now a the end of the season in the Big Sky. I'm a loyal fan and I'll be rooting for us until the end but I'm just not that optimistic at the moment given how things have gone so far this season.

Our special teams play was not good tonight and Montana took advantage of it.

Nice set of photos from the game:

https://www.sacbee.com/sports/college/article280266794.html