Do they not test their equipment? (Unless in their eyes a ooc game before school starts is the test.)

Actually that was something I wondered about the Facebook game last week: I bet the tech problems would have been worked out before the game had it been an East Coast ranked matchup instead of G5/FCS in California.

I'm guessing not, my understanding is that from a technical standpoint that would be a very different beast from a live stream just starting from whenever they turn it on.

This stream is the MU renovation all over again; didn't that get delayed like a year?

Keelan "Backslash" Doss

DOSS ALL THE WAY

Same.

Also, stream started; I'm getting it here: http://www.bigskyconf.com/sports/2015/11/19/WatchBigSky.aspx

... but with no audio. Anybody have audio? Are we even supposed to have it?

Seems like a perfect balance between the classic branding and modern look.

Also, I don't know how well this might have been visible on the broadcast last week, but those helmets are really shiny. It's almost like they never get put on the ground.

Is Dr. Hexter still at UCD? I tried to find out and the Provost's page wasn't updated or something.

Great arrangement if so.

Penny was named MWC offensive player of the week for his 190-something yard performance.

It'll be interesting to see how SDSU stacks up against ASU next week.

I wouldn't say for sure. Gould put together respectable showings against Oregon and Nevada in his last two years.

Nevada and SJSU should be regular fixtures IMO. Both leave open the possibility for occasional upsets (or at least respectable performances) and make for easy road trips for players and fans alike. Obviously we wouldn't get one of the two of them every year but if those two appeared every four years I would completely support that.

Fun fact: UC Davis scored more points against SDSU than 7 different FBS teams in their schedule last year. In fact the Ags scored more against SDSU than Fresno, UNLV, SJSU, and Hawaii combined.

And the margin of victory for State was smaller than in 4 of those FBS games.

I think the Ags will be all right, or SDSU is in trouble. Maybe both.

That's crazy considering some FCS schools played FCS or even DII opponents this week.

That's Qualcomm Stadium for you. Literally the only redeeming aspects are the fact that it has a football field in the middle and its proximity to campus. Doesn't help when many people are just there for the fireworks and it's like 100 degrees out.

Also, inspection looks like the Ags do indeed have new away uniforms with an updated font. Nothing fancy; the block CAs on the home jersey are replaced with the horseshoe logo here.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda/sports/m-footbl/auto_aa_storywide_new/12822020.jpeg

The shiny gold helmets with blue pants are a slick look IMO. Not very traditional I guess but a solid option for non-rivalry/homecoming games.

Just got home. Good game and way for UCD to turn it on at the end, even if it was against the second string. I tentatively *want* to say that the Ags will be fine against FCS competition but I also suspect SDSU might be a little worse this year.

Alumni "tailgate" (if you can call an air-conditioned indoor social a tailgate) was really well put-together and had a great air of optimism. Didn't get a chance to speak to Chancellor May but he was making the rounds and seemed very supportive of athletics and approachable in general.

Didn't he get a punt return TD on like the first play? Their individual talent level was crazy

I am 90% sure that the Grad has a laptop or something hooked up to their projector (for the purposes of Big West TV) so it's a good bet they'll have the game barring a licensing issue.

SDSU's current talent level doesn't put them on the level of top 10 Boise or some of the recent pac12 teams I think. Remember it was only a few years ago that the Ags played Stanford with Hogan and McCaffrey on the field.

This might be among the most tickets ever distributed for an Aggie game though; I don't know how big Autzen is but it can't be too much larger than 50k.

I've never tried parking at the Q so I can't say for sure. It's going to be a zoo either thing you try.

If you for sure have access to parking somewhere along the line then it might be worth it to Trolley in. It's somewhat less hassle so long as you're willing to be patient and and be packed like sardines.

I'm not going to turn my back on my favorite college sports forum for the coolest matchup I could have wished for. Nor did I ever expect to find unique information here that wasn't available elsewhere and/or posted early enough so that I could be confident the staff would eventually find it on their own.

I do want to diffuse things here and admit I spoke too harshly before -- all I want to point out is that we need to be cautious in general of inside information. You were totally right at the time to post (and as an Aggie fan I was super excited to read it) it because it was in the newspaper. I totally agree that this particular game probably won't be determined on such vague info.

Whether or not I decide to do anything about it is my problem; I'll sleep on it. There's a good chance that the coaches won't care what I have to pass on to them anyway, as you said. I admit I was wrong to stir the pot in the first place, while I stand by my note of caution I don't think I should have brought in the SDSU athletics stuff at all, and for that I apologize for the apparent antagonism.