47-36, Irvine calls timeout!!

GREAT move by Konrad to put the lead in double digits and make this game feel like it's been blown open

TIED 26-26 at the half, great 1 second play to Hall to close out

Up by one after the first quarter. UCI is good on defense and stifled the Aggie offense these past few minutes

Won the ToP battle and had both more passing yards and more rushing yards. I guess "turnovers are the difference" might be the takeway but even that isn't really much of an explanation because I think they only got 3 points of TOs and one of them was essentially a punt equivalent

Did Rodrigues even attempt 300 yards "worth" of passes before the final desperation drive? Didn't seem like it, but that might be selective memory.

Seems like despite being a spread offense on paper, the coaches really want to run a more conservative ground game, but at tempo with trick plays thrown in. It can devastate ok/so-so defenses but Weber was just too good for that.

Aggie defense has taken a step forward this year but not as far of a step as we initially thought. Can't help but think that some previous UCD teams would have been smoked by this offense.

Playcalling seems about the same to me, maybe a little better, but with more healthy talent on the roster than last year. Doesn't make it anything to write home about, just less of a liability but still something that showed today.

Clock and timeout errors are inexusable when you're playing from behind against a better team, and not even in a particularly hostile environment. It sounds unreasonable but I literally expect perfection in this kind of area from UCD squads. We're not going to outrun and out-muscle the top teams in the FCS, but we can decide that we're going to execute better than them.

And just like that Wildcats lead.

URGH turnover on downs after a nice-looking drive

At least we burned some time and kept the D off the field for a few minutes

Weber has figured out that Aggie defenses can't stop even an average running QB

I'm 1-2 more stops away from changing my Instagram bio to "UC Defense Class of '16"

Nice 40-yard FG from Gomez. Hopefully it was just first-game jitters last week

Wait can we free kick of an out of bounds punt?

Is it meme play time?

Might mean a pick six happening in the next 2 minutes lol

Will Whelan become the third consecutive Aggie punter to play on Sundays?

These shots Weber is taking are scary. Few inches away from disaster this time

This weird season and the program's gradual rise has disguised the fact that this is maybe our second or third-biggest FCS game ever in terms of quality of opponent and what's on the line. But I think we're up for it. Go Ags!

Given everything this year, 10-8, a top half finish, and a trip to the semis is not a bad result at all. This program is far above the level it was at back when I first started at Davis

I am reminded of the San Diego State-Weber game where SDSU won 6-0 on FGs. This was an FBS team that beat UCLA the next week.

Weber's defense is terrifying.

Irvine wins by 9.

Not much to say I think. Aggies need to do what they've been doing and win the games they're supposed to on paper. There will be teams much tougher than Irvine in the NCAAT.

Edit: And I don't want to discredit UCI, they earned their place in the final and have had a very good season, and could definitely win tomorrow.

Watching this game I realized I'm not sure we want Cal Poly over Irvine, or indeed if what's going on in the game is even an upset. They're basically identical in Massey, and Cal Poly is actually ahead in NET rankings. Basically comes down to whether one thinks it's advantageous to play a team for the first time or play one that you've already played twice