Was there the slightest doubt what was going to happen as soon as Jake went under center? I know the coaching staff loves the little trickery and wrinkles but there was nothing subtle about that. Sure, it isn't a bad 4th and 1 play when you're Army and all of your plays start like that, but the element of surprise is lost when we do it.

Also, that RB got like 10 extra yards because our guys couldn't bring him down

False start penalty negates a failed 4th and 1 that may have also been a fumble

Just a roller coaster of mediocrity there

UND player was wrapped up, breaks free, and gets a TD.

Doesn't matter if our recruiting has improved (convo from earlier) if the players can't actually execute.

Special Teams just put them in a bad position

Offense looks a little better, ok. Defense needs to figure stuff out and I'm not confident they will...

I agree recruiting is better than it has been on paper. Maybe I'm just jaded from watching years of FCS teams outrinning our guys. At any rate, it doesn't hurt to assume the worst when prepping for games.

In regards to last season, we didn't get to playoffs because of the defense, that's for sure. We got there because we could put up points and when we were in a tight spot you could just chuck it in the general direction of Keelan and he'd make the play. I'm hyperbolizing but you get the drift, we had specific tools that really worked and could compensate for weaknesses

What's always been going on. Offense is leaving the D out to dry and the Hawks are just way faster and better at execution than us

Urgh.

If we expect to go into every game with a tossup in terms of athleticism and/or a speed/size disadvantage -- which we have to assume we will -- then the focus should be on execution. And yet literally that seems to be the lowest on the priority list (I'm also including the poor tackling from the Montana game, not just penalties).

I said two seasons ago that I was concerned that Hawkins really focused on the low-hanging fruit when rebuilding the program by switching to the spread and getting a good QB. A TON of the problems that plagued the Gould years are still there and this year we don't have the offensive firepower to overcome it.

Great as I was writing this we just had an RB avoid like 7 of our guys for like 25 yards

I get having some teams having more athletes than is on the field. The academic requirements will make that unavoidable sometimes.

But seriously, we're basically just not covering them

For me, yeah. Maybe 30% of the time a bit of improvement and 70% of the time it's about the same.

https://bigskyconf.com/sports/2015/11/19/WatchBigSky.aspx

Edit: I see you addressed the root sports issue earlier

my understanding was that Root Sports holding the rights is the problem this tone as they can't/won't interface with Pluto. Doubtful it has anything to do with the steam issues from the Lehigh game

My understanding was that the college sports thing was a side effect that wasn't necessarily considered that much during the passage of these bans. The idea, as much as I understood it, was to block state agencies from paying employees to go to conferences and such at these other states.

I also remember reading that perviously scheduled games are exempt, and there's some leeway in moving money around so ADs can claim donors are paying for the trips and not the state. But yeah, I'm wondering if it would make sense to have an exception for school teams

Kickoff TD helps explains how they're already at 28. I was stunned when I turned on the game

Bossy cow-cow

I would only expect sellouts to occur later in the season, either for Cal Poly, homecoming, or playoffs specifically. I see there's plenty of seats still available so you should be fine buying at the gate.

Get west side tickets if you can. No point looking into the setting sun if you don't have to

SDSU has a better win percentage against the Pac-12 since 2016 than any actual Pac-12 team, and more Pac-12 wins outright than Oregon State in that time period

From the Raiders subreddit:

Keep us updated friends

So we're up 32-28? Had to step away from the stream

Edit 31-28?