Who needs offense?

Tompkins is suited up today, I noticed. Not sure how many snaps he'll get but I was mildly surprised to not see him once they were within the 5.

Massey gives us an 81% win probability, and that might be a little low since I doubt it knows how to account for little things like missed PATs and FGs being such difference makers in prior games (i.e. we're disproportionately likely to lose a close game, thereby affecting the inputs to rankings, but that doesn't speak to a particular risk of not being able to hold on to a lead against an opponent we're supposed to beat).

Anyway, overall game thoughts is remarkably zero complaints. the 1s cruised even with Tompkins out.

I know we can debate whether or now we should run any trick plays in a game where the outcome was decided the 1st quarter, but that particular trick play was super interesting because it was Hastings running something approximating the unbalanced 2-pt package that Tompkins usually runs. That lateral to LL is something Tompkins has the arm to easily do -- and of course we know he's a perfectly fine receiving threat too -- so I think the goal of that play was to force future opponents to prepare for yet another wrinkle in that package. Larison also looked at one point like has going to cut inside and run it.

Oh and speaking of extra points, it looks great that Gomez is dialed in. 8/8 on PATs if I counted right.

I think there might be a bit of a perception problem that the security team would need to address if their main job is seen as checking tickets and making people pour out beverages at the gates, and not actually breaking up rowdiness

9100 tickets distributed sounds about right. There were a lot of people in concession lines, hanging out in the scoreboard shade, etc. There actually was very limited availability when buying tickets for some friends Sat midday, even in sections where it looked 1/3 empty in the stands.

Also I'm wondering if a lot of students ordered "just in case" tickets to kinda just swoop in and out of the game / maybe some bailed due to the heat at kickoff. I did see some students looked like they were dressed for the game walking AWAY at the beginning, and a friend at UCD told me they actually missed the game because it was the first one with the non-7PM start

I assumed there was a technical glitch going on because the ticker on the Cincinnati/Tulsa game straight up said that the UCD game was streaming, when it in fact did not seem to be.

Totally agree that we were getting the short end of the stick because we're a smaller profile school and fanbase. But that's also frustrating and a bit circular, because what was at stake here was literally this team's main opportunity to get a national TV audience and therefore build its profile. By the time our game was on ANY platform, it was 10:40 East Coast time and basically just a regionally broadcast game at that point.

I agree we didn't have a shot at Chambers and he brings a lot to the table. I guess I'm venting that I want us to get to the point where we do have the ability to go 2-deep with this level of athlete at key positions. If that's actually impossible because of recruiting limitations, then we're in deep trouble if we're hoping to build anything more than consistent 7 or 8-win seasons (even that looks like it won't be consistent).

It’s harrowing that MSUs backup QB is considerably more productive than our second year (ish) starter

Inexcusable from ESPN

Having an Eags QB put 400 on you is basically a rite of passage at this point.

Interesting to see Johnson cruising at Montana, this is his third(?) D1 program. He beat eventual Pac-12 champ Utah helming San Diego State last year, though with bad stats

My random thought today was a potential severe irony of some of the comparisons to Gould's strategies and offensive production -- If this year's team had Gould's scheme and kicking/punting talent, we might actually be 2-2 or 3-1 right now.

To be clear I'm not advocating returning to that offense, just that I'm frustrated that -- this and last year at least -- a lot of the changes from the Gould era seemed to be purely aesthetic on O.

Was the point of the Team Center renovation to expand locker room space to take up where the coaches offices used to be? Or is it split now where the away locker rooms are in the BFTC and the home locker rooms are in the EFAC?

I seem to remember there basically wasn't enough space for two full sets of locker rooms before; I'm guessing that was one of the goals of the renovation either way.

I wouldn’t call this a noteworthy statline for Hastings despite the yards and lack of TOs. Weber was probably happy to give him short or no gain passes all day considering they knew by now we wouldn’t go downfield, struggle in kicking, and use a throughly scouted fourth down play on short yardage.


Weber played exactly how they needed to except they maybe didn’t count on the Aggie defense just being that good. With an average Aggie D from prior years this would have been 24-12 or 31-12 and I think that would make the Aggie offense seem much worse in comparison

Yeah, this is a different team than when I started watching in the Gould years because we’re not losing due to being hopelessly outmatched on the field anymore, we’re losing because of very specific issues of bad execution.

Ironically doesn’t feel less frustrating

In the range where Trent probably could have gotten the first but I like taking the points and getting Gomez some confidence

Nothing I’d say is really surprising yet, except maybe the exact level of dominance by sac.

I don’t think either team winning our game would be considered a surprise unless it’sa blowout

Beautiful day for football.

My own captain obvious take is that Weber is getting a lot of credit for performing as they should against what we know to be a weak schedule (if USU is as bad as they’ve looked). But either way both teams will have a chance to prove themselves on roughly even territory tonight.

Go Ags!

https://www.college-sports-journal.com/college-sports-journal-sagarin-fcs-top-25-sept-17/

After three games Sagarin is higher on Davis than pretty much any media outlet or poll and maybe anyone except Hawkins. It also thinks we've had by far the toughest schedule in the top 10.

On the other hand, it also thinks Weber is closer to SDSU than to UCD.

I think we officially did sell out the season last year or close to it because the first few games were limited to exactly 10k for COVID reasons.

I don't think profile played a role because we haven't had any home games other than Cal Poly and Sac State that would stick out to a casual fan that I recall. I'm pretty confident in saying that the students and new fans didn't turn out to see UTU/Dixie State last year; they turned out because marketing was good, the team has generally been much improved, and Davis football has become an increasingly desirable product.