Especially this year.....

There should definitely be tickets available right up until game time. The team has only been drawing around 7,000 and capacity at Spanos is around 12,000

thanks, i went ahead and made my contribution to cal poly and bought a ticket. Hope i can get down there.

I do not expect a sellout with our record over the last two seasons, but if there is a Cal Poly football game that has any chance of selling out this season it will be this game. The Aggie fans will travel and they will bring their band. If the game is a dud the battle of the bands after the game should be good. It is also family weekend so that should also increase attendance. I just hope we can at least make a game of it.

From the highlights it looks like what I would expect from a TO team. Defense is going to have to contain and not allow the big play. I think our offense should be able to do some damage to them though.

Whatever's on that EWU tape, I hope we do that.

That will require Cal Poly to fumble the ball right into your defenders hands taking it the distance. We didn't block well in that game, but we made up for it by not tackling.

AggieFinn is fired up!

I always thought SLO was a great warm up for the Bison.

If our offense can stay as explosive as it has been most of the year, the Ags win easily. I see it going like this...CP 10 plays 53 yard drive for a punt...UCD 3 plays 82 yards for the TD. If CP gets behind early, it will be long day for the Mustangs. If, however, CP can D-up early, and keep the ball in their hands for scores, its a close game until the 4th when their luck runs out. Time of possession is not relevant if we score every time.

Ditto on that :).

Be careful what you wish for.........

CP has proven that at times TOP means little.

TOP is the most over-rated statistic in football. Option teams eat clock, but often struggle in 3rd and long, and are in big trouble if they get down early. If its a score-fest, I think CP is cooked.

We want Bama :rofl:

You're probably right but the Mustangs have actually won score-fests in the past. It basically requires them to score on pretty much every possession.

At times I wonder if there's much difference between NDSU and Bama :joke:

You're not wrong. Sagarin currently has NDSU ranked at 32... that ranking includes FCS and FBS.

They could have easily scored 75 off Cal Poly but they were humane.

We'll we're not as big as those guys, but we'll make up for it by being slower. I can remember an Aggiedad joking about that from his playing days back in the 70's. Always slower, always smaller, but more united and together than any team they ever played.

Moving up in conferences can be a financial burden, as good as NDSU is at playing football (and a decent basketball team), you have to fund things across the board and upgrade across the board. Money, Money, Money

Some say the MAC (nearest school is about 600 miles away), some say the Mountain West - nobody has called the Bison about joining (can't imagine they want the Bison all over their butts in football, which is exactly what would happen).

I don't put much into those ratings. I'm super happy with our success, but put anyone from 1-AA into a Major, or even mid-Major, and they are fighting to stay off the basement floor. They can beat the San Jose States, but I think they get creamed by SDSU's, Boise St's, and Frenso State's of the world far more often than not.

I tend to agree but imagine if they had 85 scholarships instead of 63? Me thinks SDSU, Boise and Fresno want no part of that.

I honestly think NDSU is an exception to that situation. I think they would transition and be just fine. They wouldn't be a powerhouse by any means but they would be far from the basement. If I remember correctly they have beaten every FBS team they've played in the last 7 or 8 years including teams that aren't pushovers.

JMU could probably make the move too...less so than NDSU...but they could beat some FBS teams as well...

I'm quite sure none of those school fear NDSU joining their conference with 85. Frenso played Bama last year. Comparing a successful FBS to a successful FCS program is silly...not a level playing field. Davis, thanks to Hawk and donors, are starting to get close to the other programs for facilities, swag, and intangibles, but they are far off from most of FBS. Do you really think Boise State (Sagarin #43) won't kill NDSU (Sagarin #32). How about Oregon (Sagarin #34)?