Horse hockey!

Outstanding player from a strong SoCal league. Good get for the Ags!

Look into places like Naples and Wellington, Florida. Big money sport. The only "ag" component is handled by migrant stable boys so the rich girls can jump and the rich boys can play polo. Rodeo is ag, and if we want to start a rodeo team, I'm all about that. Not saying equestrian girls are not athletes or athletic, but their horses are the real draw! It is not a mainstream sport and does not warrant University investment, period. Crying sexism or the dread Title IX? Let's start a women's flag football program which would create MORE opportunities for women than this elitist exhibition event. This is a moot point.

Sonny Lubick Steakhouse in Fort Collins is a worthy stop...

Good get, welcome Malachi!

How about that beer garden on the one end of the stadium?! Since we've been talking on this thread about facilities, that has been my inspiration piece for Davis. I UCD did nothing but create that beer/wine garden pavilion area, beefed-up their press box and offered luxury suites, and placed a small upper deck on one side, it would look and feel like a sporting attraction. Has anyone been to Bakersfield JC? Imagine something similar with suites and only one deck and you have a home run that would hold 15k or so. Husky Stadium back in the day was originally a bowl; they added one deck to it, then finally the other. Very doable from an engineering standpoint and relatively less expensive.

One could absolutely design some pretty cool, San Diego State/Hawaii-esque historic uniforms/helmets with that dragon from the shield or those dragon heads on the Viking ships surrounded by the native symbols, etc. I don't expect much given the creative past at Portland State.

Western Washington had some cool Viking symbols back in the day. What about the longboat, that could be unique and they could borrow from PJ Fleck for the theme. I don't hate the PS shield; I thought the NY Jets look was the best of the ones that were shown. I did not know the shields represented different clans, thanks for the history lesson. When I think Viking armor/weapons, my first thought is always of the helmet, then the shield, then typically an axe. Just how it goes in my mind.

Why not just copy the Minnesota Viking horn helmet. Timeless!

Man, I don't think I like any of those :rofl:

I did go to this link: and looked at the helmet history. The 1987-1993 Viking head is probably my favorite, but I like classic logos. He has reincarnated from Valhalla as a throwback helmet several times. The space helmet Viking is really bad.

Green and black with Vikings as a mascot does not feel like it should be this difficult

If we had a dollar for the tampering that is occurring, we would be rolling in the dough. I am still not used to the Fighting "Hawks"...

The Mrs. and Sons Madden Center is definitely an upgrade for Cal Poly. They may have been using the worst facilities in all of Division 1 football for many years, and I am happy for them. I really like their HC and if anyone is going to get them back on track, it will be Skip.

I don't recall how I focused on ISU as a road team somewhere, but yeah, I don't think they belong on national TV but I don't make that call. Beauty of it is, I don't have to watch them if I don't want to.

Have a good weekend fellas!

What's the basis for Cal Poly? Just curious. Tons of transfers, new coach with a defensive pedigree, they could creep into that 4-4/5-3 range in Conference.

Idaho is intriguing to me. They have everything going for them but I don't think the "new" staff is a draw. If they don't improve, they should cut bait. That is too good a job to be languishing in the bottom third of the Big Sky.

I project Idaho State finishing at or below last year's 6-6 overall/5-3 in conference mark.

So, getting back to the "Who's the biggest improver in the Big Sky this year" question: I'll take Southern Utah. They weren't even in the conference last year so I guess that doesn't count. I'll take the low-hanging fruit: Portland State. I'll say they make a 2+ win improvement off of the 1-7 in '25, even with their nasty uniforms.

PSU underachieves with their uniforms. Where are the fashion police on this board? Where would you go with those things? A team I grew up playing against had black pants/green jersey/white helmet, which grew on me over the years and I saw they were still rocking the same kit a few years ago and it was nice. I would probably try to get a black helmet and replicate the Ravens look (black helmet and pants/green top with a black top to mix in). Thoughts?

All's quiet on the Western Front...
Nothing out of Portland to discuss yet. Not even a kickoff time.
Aggies probably heading into finals soon.
SMU is pre-season #19 in one poll I found.
Montana is continually overrated in every poll.
Too early for early commits, if that is even a thing at FCS.
Tahoe jerseys vs. UNC on 10/24 and Nevada still sucks. THAT'S OUR LAKE!
Temperatures creeping up.
Waves are flat in my area.
No more Tom Steyer commercials to endure. Not meant to be offend anyone, just sick of those commercials.
Anything you guys care to discuss?

I can see Papa Hawk as a draw, but the kid hasn't done anything yet. Except beat the Ags on a blocked punt. That's not enough for ESPN2
Interesting. Also what I just realized is that some of the ESPN dates listed are Friday night games. I don't support college football on Friday nights, leave that for the kiddos.

Reported loss of Bell sucks as depth is often the difference between living and dying in the playoffs. IF it is the case (still listed on the roster today), next man up. A "source close to the program" is probably accurate... Bummer.

ESPN isn't really looking at premier match-ups with that line-up. Best game on there is likely MSU @ Idaho. How does Idaho get two games? Why does Idaho State even get one? The Brawl probably gets an ABC or ESPN slot, but the ESPN2 games are real yawners if you're not a Big Sky aficionado.

Akem does a good job.

Good investigative work. Absolutely no way there will be two FCS/Big Sky games televised.

It can always be moved, depends on existing contracts with conferences slated to play in that slot. Usually get a late (5pm PST) SEC game sometimes, but they could move the Davis kickoff to 8pm our time. Who knows

Exactly. Tremendous opportunity for the program

I can't imagine the UC Davis-Montana game not being televised on one of the ESPNs as well. Probable Top 10 matchup in the best conference in FCS football.

Amen and agreed. Keep em coming!