Why did he pull himself from the game?

I hope Hawk doesn't take that same approach next year with Cal and NDSU. There's no way Memorial Stadium could prepare a team for the Fargodome. And we won't be able to take half the game off against the Bison.

Announcers claimed frustration, I was guessing hand checking / bumping / harassing D.

I heard the announcers claim UCD representatives in interviews claimed Stanford experience would prepare the team for the noise.
Plough on the otherhand specifically talked about how the noise had messed up his teams game plan when he was OC at NAU. I’m sure that voice was heard by Hawkins
So it was probably just some players saying they had experience in adverse environments taken out of context.

Montana Records

1. "The outcome featured the Grizzlies’ largest margin of defeat at home since 1985, ..."

2. "was tied for the most points they allowed at Washington-Grizzly Stadium,"

3. "included their most points given up in a half since 1995"

4." and had the most points surrendered by a Bobby Hauck-coached Montana team."

http://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky-conference/university-of-montana/where-does-montana-s---loss-to-uc-davis/article_f1fb1984-9a46-5da5-9fba-6287163e1639.html

What a way to make up for previously going winless against Montana in 7 tries!

I completely agree with you, I doubt the coaches thought Stanford = Montana, but i think they are even overwhelmed by the level of noise. Talking to locals after the game, and from reading some post-game comments by their comment, that noise level was exceptional even by their standards.

In the second half, we made some adjustments to our snap's that seemed to make a big difference. left guard looked back at QB and pointed his hand forward when Maier was ready. Snap followed soon after. That got everyone more in sync. In first half, there seemed to be long pauses between when QB was ready and when the ball was snapped. Add in some late DL shifts (and some timely signals called by their DL/LB's.....one that FINALLY resulted in a defensive delay of game in the 2nd half) and that caused many of the jumps. That adjustment gave us a chance to get the run game going and get the rhythm back in the pass game.

When we got ready for the first snap of the game, it was DEAFENING on the field. I didn't go to the Oregon game (Autzen gets loud), but this was BY FAR the loudest i've ever heard a stadium. and it got LOUDER when he had a false start on the first play! 'Toto, we ain't in Davis anymore!'

They got quiet early in the fourth quarter.
What makes this win sweeter is they really gave us their best shot, we certainly didn’t sneak up on them. Fans were sky high, team was sky high, and now deflated. Sweet.

right near the end, one of our backup DB's dropped what would have probably been a pick-six on a 3rd and long. as he jogged off the field, one of their remaining fans mumbled 'nice hands, 4'. i turned and looked at the guy and said 'seriously? 46 points in a row and you heckle a backup?'. a sea of stunned faces in that stretch.

On a Montana thread, they said a long time Davis writer - read Dunning - said Davis had never faced such noise.

yeah, and they are also claiming we played dirty. They must be ignoring the ankle or incident.

And...they had 2 weeks to get more healthy and to watch film and prepare for us. This must be one of our most "challenging" wins ever...

They have some fans who are very upset commenting about that video clip posted on twitter that was mentioned in a post above claiming...sour grapes if you ask me...

It wasn’t just the ankle incident of course. immediately before that they were slapping and clawing at Modise for ten seconds after he was down. Following a rough tackle well after he was stopped and the play should have been blown dead. That’s when things started to get heated in that possession.

Saw this over on AGS.

The only visiting teams ever to win at Wa-Griz Stadium:

Idaho
Portland State
Cal State Fullerton
Eastern Washington
Nevada
Delaware
Southern Utah
Youngstown State
Hofstra
Montana State
North Dakota State
Western Illinois
Cal Poly
Massachusetts
Northern Arizona
Coastal Carolina
Weber State

and now...UC Davis!

Go Titans
One year in the late 70s Fullerton was the only team to beat San Diego State in a year where SDSU tied USC and annihilated 13th ranked Florida State yet didn’t get a bowl invite at 9-1-1

Ya, they were bad. The bi*tched about a push-off by Keelan Doss on that TD late in the game - where there was so clearly not a push-off. They also made up some BS about Doss having a bad attitude.

I know. I wonder how long ago that was? Fullerton played football from 1970-1992 and Wa-Griz Stadium opened in 1986.

Have they updated their AGS signature yet? :cool:

Not yet.

Same

and now...UC Davis! — BlueGoldAg

They'll need to get used to it :).

I just watched the replay and I take back my original criticism of the Montana announcers. Sure, they were homers but they were fair and very complimentary of the Aggies for the most part. They were particularly impressed with Maier, the quick strike Aggie offense and the stellar job by the Aggie defense.

The game did look a little chippy at times in the first half but, for what I could see, it was a hard fought clean game with some tough hitting going on. I especially like the fact that the Ags controlled their emotions in the second half and went about their business without a lot of celebrating or trying to show up the Griz.

Most impressive to me was how Maier controls the game and is able to make throws under heavy pressure from awkward positions. Our defense overall was really good and Devon King had the game of his young career as an Ag along with Mason Moe who had a monster game. Once our offense got in a rhythm they were off to the races. Impressive.

Montana and the Aggies are both young teams so we should have a heck of a game when they come to Aggie Stadium next year.

This was indeed a signature win for the Aggies in the D1 era.

They also mentioned how young we are, only 6 seniors starting? ... I think 1 pick was thrown right at King.

We seem faster and deeper.

Did you notice a few seconds of jawing between Hawk and Tucker? I like it.

Is it possible the NAU game will be sold out?

Depends on the students.

Bloody Mary's?

i dont think sold out, but it should be a solid turnout. Too bad its in the middle of the afternoon.

According to our last Idaho State home game, "...the third sellout crowd in Aggie Stadium history."

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/10/13/football-capacity-crowd-witnesses-homecoming-classic-14-uc-davis-wins-in-ot-44-37.aspx?path=football

So, yeah. It will sell out.

As a matter of fact, I just bought my tickets for the Northern Arizona and Eastern Washington games just now.

I'm guessing that the Aggie home game will sell out that day, but the Eastern Washington game will sell out before that game day.

what Stanford noise? I was there and the place seemed nearly empty, and I don’t recall any problems with noise and false starts. . And even playing Wazzu there was a lot of empty seats. A very erudite but quiet crowd.

I would also say that at least one of the Montana announcers had nothing but good things to say about Maier. Of course after what he did-hard not to.

I’ve got to admit it was funner listening to the Montana announcers on the replay. Once you know we win their biased view doesn’t grate.

Oh boy, the Griz have it bad ... read this eGriz post:

"...Programs like Davis and Portland State have all the advantages over UM in terms of facilities, fan support, boosters, you name it."

Huh?