I was at many of those great Aggie upsets that have been mentioned.

For me, I think the Stanford game was the most shocking Aggie upset though. I mean, D2 Davis beating FBS Stanford. That's crazy! It really was Davis vs Goliath!

I'd put our win over Nevada-Reno as the second biggest upset. Nobody gave us a chance. Reno was unbeaten and #1 in the nation coming off a 77-0 thrashing of Sac State if I remember correctly. The Toom was packed with SRO 5-10 deep around the field. The place was electric and the stream engine was smoking, wheezing and whistling like crazy.

We were so undersized compared to the Wolfpack players that it was ridiculous yet we took control of the game and never looked back. I remember the Reno players walking around like they didn't know what had hit them. This was Sochor's signature win, IMO.

Of course, those were the D2 glory days and it's a whole era now. The Tulsa win gave us a glimpse of where Hawk is taking this program. I think he has his sights firmly set on eventually bringing a FCS National Championship to Davis. Exciting times for Aggie fans!

Oh yeah, I totally forgot that Tulsa had 9 players suspended for the game. So they weren't at 100% full strength.

Regardless, the Aggie defense bent but didn't break and came up with the big play when they needed it and the offense kept grinding and did a very nice job of converting 3rd downs. There's a lot to look forward to with this team but I fully expect some very tough games against the usual suspects in the Big Sky.

We’ve already defeated the toughest team on our schedule — Riveraggie

I think the jury is still out on how good Tulsa really is. They were certainly big on their lines with very athletic LB's and their RB was a load for sure but I wasn't impressed with their QB. They were also very inconsistent and really did shoot themselves in the foot with mistakes and penalties.

I'll be curious to see how they do as they continue. Maybe Ohio State will only beat them by one point when they play because that would mean we're better than OSU! :rofl:

I think many of the things you noted are contributing factors for sure. It is true, however, that the more rural areas are largely more conservative than the more densely populated cities and coastal areas of northern California and I have found that there are a significant number of folks who live those rural areas who don't like seeing cyclists on "their roads."

For example, a couple of years ago was riding a 75 mile route from Foresthill out and back to French Meadows. This is a very remote route with lots of climbing. I would say that I came across less than 10 cars all day. Mosquito Ridge Road is narrow and it has a fantastic 19 mile climb section that is popular with cyclists although I didn't see a single cyclist the day I was riding it.

I was on the final return climb back up to Foresthill when I heard a vehicle chugging loudly behind me so I hugged the edge of the road as best I could. A large, dual-wheeled pickup truck pulling a horse trailer pulled up alongside of me, slowed down and a guy in a cowboy hat screamed at me to "get the f...k off the road."

I hadn't seen a vehicle in a half hour and there was no vehicle coming in the other direction so he could have easily given me space. He didn't because he obviously didn't like cyclists being on the road even though I wasn't impeding his driving in any way at all.

This is not an isolated incident for me in rural areas like that. Don't get me wrong though. I know that the majority of folks in these rural areas are not like that guy. It's just that I've had many, many more encounters like that in rural areas like that than I've ever had in more densely populated areas around Winters, Napa, Sonoma and the coast etc.

I met a cyclist on the American River Bike Trail one day who was from Plymouth and we got to chatting a bit. I told how I really enjoyed riding up in that area. His reply to me was, "I don't ride there anymore. The rednecks don't like cyclists. They'll get you killed."

On a side note, two months ago I hit some uneven pavement on a high speed, downhill, curve and my front tire pinch flatted which is essentially a sudden blowout of the tube inside the tire casing. Well, I went over the bars and hit the pavement hard. I bruised and scraped up just about everything on the left side of my body but the worst was the injury to my rib cage. I'm nearly healed now although my ribs are still not quite right.

I'm getting up there in my years, 75 in a week, and I know the risks of cycling at the level that I choose to participate in it. However, it's a sport that I love passionately. I wish it were less risky but it is what it is and I choose to continue to ride on the roads in the hills as long as I can still do it.

That's good to here, 69aggie. In areas like that, which are popular with road cyclists like myself, drivers are much more safety conscious and considerate of cyclists. I've ridden a lot on the roads around Winters, Lake Berryessa, Pope Valley, the mountains around Napa and Sonoma, areas west of Santa Rosa to the coast and along the coast from Jenner to Bodega Bay and inland from there. For the most part the motorists in these areas are considerate of cyclists. Of course, I've encountered some idiots on occasion who were driving way too fast and did not give me a safe space but, for the most part, I've generally had good experiences.

In places like Winters, for example, cyclists are important to their economies. They frequent the small mom and pop stores along their biking routes and eat in restaurants like Steady Eddy's in Winters. I've spent a lot of money over the years eating at Steady Eddy's after long rides. Great food, by the way!

I have also ridden a lot in the areas around Plymouth, Sutter Creek, Ione and the small towns like Volcano, Fiddletown and Fairplay. These areas are much more conservative and the drivers there are not as considerate towards cyclists. I love riding in the hills of Amador County but I've also had more close calls from angry drivers, especially men in their pickup trucks, than I can remember. The same goes for the hills around Penryn and Newcastle and outlying areas around Auburn, Colfax, Coloma and Placerville.

Attitudes towards cyclists change as the geographic area becomes more conservative. The more conservative and remote the area, the greater the intolerance towards cyclists. At least that's been my experience and I've spent a lot of times riding these scenic, country roads.

I mostly ride by myself on these long rides that I like to do. It worries my wife that I could get hit by an intolerant driver when I'm out riding some remote route in the foothills and then just be left for dead. I can't say it doesn't worry me at times like when I hear a vehicle coming way to fast around a curve when I'm ahead on the edge of a road with no shoulder. I guess I just accept the risk because I love the solitude and beauty of cycling in these breautiful places.

97 degrees in St George, Utah, at kickoff for the Sac @ Dixie State game. Televised on ESPN+.

Typical Sac State: late hit on the first play of the game.

USC 30 SJSU 7 Final

Hauck has no class which makes him an ass! He's right up there with EWU's classless Aaron Best.

Final scores:

Poly 28 San Diego 17
Wyoming 19 Montana State 16
North Dakota 35 Idaho State 14
Idaho 68 Simon Fraser 0
NDSU 28 Albany 6
Iowa State 16 Northern Iowa 10

True! We played pretty well against Trey Lance when we nearly beat the Bison a couple of years ago.

South Dakota State 42 Colorado State 23. Chalk up another FCS win over an FBS team.

The top teams in the FCS seem to be getting better and better. I think some of the best athletes on these top FCS teams like the idea of actually getting to play rather than be a reserve on an FBS team and that they also like having a decent chance to play in the FCS playoffs and possibly play for a national championship. All of that with less pressure than there is in FBS and more time to be a student. Compelling reasons to play on a good FCS team...

Kansas 17 South Dakota 14 The Jayhawks scored a TD with 1:10 to go to escape the upset.

I swear, it seems like Barriere has been around for 8 years! I think he's still playing at EWU just so he can terrorize us!

I like his accuracy and his ability throw on the run and improvise. His ball has a nice tight, spiral just like Jake had too. He's pretty slender so I'm glad he didn't get crushed often by those big Tulsa D linemen and LB's. Our O line did a nice job against Tulsa's size and protecting Hunter.

EWU 35 UNLV 33 in 2/OT (Barriere was 29-39 for 374 yards and 3 TD's and 2 Int's)
Sam Houston State 42 Northern Arizona 16
Arizona State 42 Southern Utah 14

From the Davis Enterprise:

“For us to find ways to win these kind of games is great,” Hawkins told the Enterprise. “If you’re going to be a great team, you have to find a way to win close games. Anytime you go on the road and win, it’s big. Anytime you beat an FBS team, it’s big. This is just another steppingstone for the Ags. We have a bunch of guys who really believe in themselves.”

Tulsa had one final chance to get the ball back, as the Aggies faced a third-and-4 at their own 49 with 2:03 left and Tulsa out of timeouts.

Always the riverboat gambler, Hawkins called for a pass play that would have stopped the clock if incomplete, but Rodriguez was on target for an 8-yard gain to Gilliam and the Aggies took two snaps in the victory formation to secure the win.

“Sometimes you just need to put the ball in your own hands and trust your guys to make plays,” Hawkins said. “You can get too conservative in situations like that and give the other team a chance to win. Hunter had a heck of a game and we knew if nothing was open he would eat the ball and stay in bounds. We really trust him to make the plays.”

Full article here: https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-take-down-hurricanes/

From the Tulsa post-game quotes:







Post-game comments here: https://tulsahurricane.com/documents/2021/9/3//All_quotes_UC_Davis.pdf?id=31912

Happy flight home!!