The Ags move up 1 spot to #21 in the AGS Poll for week 5:

Big Sky Teams:

#2 Montana State
#3 Idaho
#6 Sac State
#17 Weber State
#21 Aggies
#22 Eastern Washington
#24 Montana



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

The Aggies move up 1 spot to #20 in the STATS Perform FCS Poll for week 5:

Big Sky Teams:

#2 Montana State
#3 Idaho
#4 Sac State
#13 Weber State
#17 Montana
#20 Aggies
#22 Eastern Washington



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

Ags move up 2 spots to #18 in the FCS Coaches Poll for Week 5:

Big Sky Teams:

#2 Montana State
#3 Idaho
#7 Sac State
#13 Montana
#14 Weber State
#18 Aggies




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

When the schedule was released, there were several folks here, including me, who didn't like the 4 pm start time since it can be still blistering hot here in early October and we were right to be concerned. The forecast is a high of 93 during the game which will be even hotter on the artificial turf. Not only is it tough on the players but it's particularly uncomfortable for the fans who can't find any shade in the stadium and half the stadium will be fully exposed to the sun for most of the game.

You would think that, that after having 14,742 fans at the SUU game, that we would at least match number that if not exceed it for this game against Montana. Unfortunately, some fans won't even come because of the heat and lack of shade in the stadium. Everyone on the east side of the stadium, including the students, will not only be getting baked but the sun will be directly in their eyes for most of the game.

We shouldn't be scheduling games during the heat of the day and early October can still be hot in the valley. I think it will probably be so uncomfortable for the students that many will leave early. Aggie stadium is a heat sump in hot weather and the athletics department blew it with a 4 pm start time in my opinion.

The Ags lost to UC San Diego today 3-1 and stand 1-1-2 in conference play and 5-5-2 for the season.

Fullerton edged the Aggies 1-0 today in a game where the Ags had 18 shots on goal to only 7 by the Titans and had 12 corners to only 3 for Fullerton. Unfortunately, the Aggies couldn't find the back of the net and Fullerton did.

Sac State 31 NAU 30 - Final

Sac made a pick in the end zone on a 12 yard pass by NAU with 1:34 seconds with Sac ahead 31-28. Then Sac took an intentional safety and won the game 31-30. NAU converted several 4th downs on their last drive and had a first down on Sac's 5 before Sac's corner made a great tackle for 7 yard loss and then Sac made the interception in the end zone.

Northern Arizona 28 Sac 24 at the end of the 3rd.

The Aggies beat CSUN in today 4 sets (25-20, 25-20, 22-25, 25-20) and are now 4-0 in the Big West Conference which is their best start ever in conference play. The win is also the last of the 14 straight road games the Aggies have played this year. They finally return to Davis for their first home game of the season against Cal Poly at 6 pm on Thursday, October 6th.

Now would be a great time to see Harper get some snaps.

Is the game call on KHTK in sync with the TV broadcast? The TV guys are almost unbearable to listen to.

Hastings is 15-30 for 109 yards = 7.2 yards per pass completion. Our longest pass completion is 8 yards...

Total yards: Ags 194 Poly 92.

We may be up by 17 at the half but our offense is still sputtering. We're going to need more than a good defense to be competitive with the better teams in the Big Sky.

Miles doesn't get much time very often but he's not been very sharp either. I hope we get a really big lead and we get to see what some backup QB's can do.

Have we seen Chukwudobe yet?

Yes, and he's constantly under pressure. We'll continue to see lots of short, quick passes until the OL can give him enough time to make the reads and for our receivers to get open on the the mid to long routes.

Our OL continues to struggle on pass protection.

Idaho is loaded. They are big and fast and they have an elite QB and great receivers.

Weber State 28 Northern Colorado 21 - Final
Montana State 38 Portland State 22 - Final
Montana 28 Idaho State 20 - Final
Idaho 44 EWU 36 - Final

The Aggies beat San Jose State today 15-12.