“Life’s going to remind you that it’s not about perfection,” Hawkins said of the unexpected loss. “I’ve had a number of championship teams in my career, but I’ve never had an undefeated season. We’re still a work in progress.”
For his part, Idaho State head coach Rob Phenicie, whose team is now 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the Big Sky, said, “We got a monkey off our back. We were 0-5 against UC Davis.”
Phenicie sensed an upset was possible by the way his team practiced all week.
“Our kids talked the talk on Monday and they walked the walk today. It was cool,” he noted shortly after the final gun sounded. “I was expecting we’d have to score a lot of points to win this game. Davis has a really good offense and a great system. But we had a great game plan and getting those three turnovers really helped.”
The Aggies had an uncharacteristic three interceptions in the game, including several that killed promising drives.
Noted Hawkins, “I always say that whoever wins the turnover battle is likely to win the game. Two of those interceptions
came in the red area, so that really hurt us.”
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