I know! He's got it out for the Ags for some reason over on AGS....like he knows a whole lot about Big Sky football since his team is Delaware. I was going to respond but it's not worth the time and effort...

I’m at the game and this is really, really ugly…

I didn't think we played particularly poorly on defense in the first half against Pepperdine. They were just on fire. They were hitting everything they put up: 67% overall and 72% from 3. Many of those shots were contested and they still drained them.

We stepped up the defensive intensity in the second half and that got us back into the game but then they hit a two tough shots in the final minute that did us in.

I think we have played pretty good defense so far which is typical for Jim Les teams but the offense is a work in progress. The upside on offense has been the interior play of Anigwe which is something we having been missing for a while. However, the scoring has been concentrated among Anigwe, Pepper and Manjon and we aren't getting much help from anyone else.

Our perimeter shooting has not been very good either and we need that to be successful. Fuller is playing a lot of minutes but is in a shooting slump. Hopefully, he'll break out pretty soon.

Our opponents will continue to clog up the middle as long as we can't show we are more dangerous from the outside. Teams have been making it very difficult for Manjon to drive inside and he's having to rely more on his jump shooting.

That run and gun offense used by their previous coach is gone. They weren't very successful with it and that's probably why they had a coaching change.

Nice. Tickets are included for season ticket holders also.

Parking is pricey depending upon how close you want to get to the Golden 1 Center. If you're ok walking .4 mile you can get a parking permit for $5-11. Otherwise, closer parking is $20-25.

https://www.parkwhiz.com/golden-1-center-parking/uc-davis-vs-sacramento-state-1151044/?seller_id=2402%2C2403%2C2345%2C2371%2C2372%2C2373%2C2374%2C2377%2C5964

The Ags are ranked #16 in the final AFCA FCS Coaches Poll. Click on the image to enlarge it.

#5 Montana
#6 EWU
#9 Montana State
#11 SDSU
#12 Sac State
#16 UC Davis

The FCS fans over on the anygivenday forum are voting overwhelmingly that SDSU will beat the Ags. Out of 48 votes, only 4 are for the Aggies and a lot of the talk is that the Ags have been "exposed and will get rolled." I'm not surprised that they see the Aggies having a less than 10% chance of a win.

https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?288163-2021-Fall-Playoffs-Round-1-UC-Davis-South-Dakota-State

Unfortunately, I think you're right.

Utah State is now 4-1 with their only loss coming from the Ags. They've won 4 straight:

84-74 over Richmond
87-79 over Penn in 2 OT
85-58 over New Mexico State
73-70 over Oklahoma

It's still under construction. It's slated for completion in August, 2022.



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Right you are, Toke:

UCSB 81 Chicago State 50
CSUN 79 Dixie State 73
Riverside 95 Bethesda 57
Irvine 82 Pepperdine 48
UCSD 71 Sac State 56

The Sagarin and Massey ratings both have SDSU at #2 overall. This is a very tough draw for the Ags. The Jackrabbits could easily run through us and Sac.

Tale of the tape and stat rankings (click the image to enlarge):

They're both beasts, Sure wish that the Ags had had Skattebo on their radar for recruiting. He would have been a great addition to our RB's also.

Welcome to the our forum. We'll be big underdogs in this game and I just hope we can be competitive and don't get completely blown out. We're pretty beat up on the OL and have lost our two, top WR's. We have not found solid consistency among the 3 QB's we've used this season either and our pass rush has been practically non-existent against the better teams we've played. We've been struggling of late and are just glad to be in the playoffs. I hope we can give you a good game but the odds are steep against us.

2021 FCS Fall Playoff Bracket (click the image to enlarge):

SDSU is a very good football team and the Dana J Dykhouse Stadium, 19,350 capacity, is a very tough place to play.