D*mn! They beat us on "Average time of possession."

Background
-game played in December 2018
-visiting team had not won a game against home team in last decade
-home team plays on a field with color of team’s primary color (I.e., not “normal” green colored field)
-visiting team’s head coach has returned to his alma mater and has turned program around

Result: Visiting team won
I am sure some of you have already rung in on your Jeopardy buzzer
Let’s have an encore!

did i read the ESPN schedule correctly...the NDSU game is on at noon EDT? 11:00 kickoff local time? that's pretty early!

Hawkins >> Tedford. Aggies Win!!

you got the daily double!

Thanks for your reasoned input. So since our game weeks ago, how many players have you lost for this season to injury? Two?

Hawkins is great. FWIW, when we're up big, maybe the last 5 minutes or so, he has used 2 different backup QBs. One game it was longer than that, we had 2s and 3s playing in a blowout win, and the opposing team scored several TDs. I believe he eventually brought JM back to settle things down.

I believe the ESPN announcers said we play over 30 young men on Defense. Did you catch any of our game?

three since the Davis game. All big time players defensive players. One of them has a chance to be back (no clue on odds).

Gunner Talkington (3rd string) has played late in some games late in the season. But not as much as Barriere got to play while Gubrud was still kicking. Coach has been frank about needing to play Barriere and give him reps. That was in garbage time early in the season, but now that he is the starter it means leaving him in until the other team concedes. Nicholls was still kicking onsides at 2:00 so Gunner only got a couple snaps on Saturday.

If you are asking if I saw the Davis/UNI game, yes in part. I got home from the Eastern game in time to sit and watch the second half of talks game. The defensive discipline was impressive, especially getting key turnovers. I feel like Doss disappeared late in the game. Wanted to see him make an impact to put the game to bed, but defense did the job just fine. I thought you guys channeled the Weber way more than the Eastern way on Saturday, to give a style comparison of what I saw.
And y’all got the outcome I was cheering for.

Doss was the man in the first half, what a class act.

Without a doubt! He was getting heaps of praise for it too. I didn’t make it back in time to enjoy that part.

A great team can weather the storm when a key player goes quiet. Aggies did just that!

Did you guys see Hawk's interview after the game?

https://twitter.com/UCDfootball/status/1069756982104514560?s=20

I keep thinking I can't be any more glad than I already am that he's coach, and then I keep getting proven wrong.

it seemed like they were rotating in some of the redshirts on defense (noticed a #6 pass rushing, #69 playing nose). Given the new redshirt rules allowing them to play 4 games, I was pleased to see them mix those guys in for some fresh depth... and killer experience.

Hawkins is the man! What an ambassador for the university and not just the football program. He's in the post game interview quoting statistics about the Viticulture program.

i believe there are NCAA restrictions on roster size for the playoffs (we had fewer suited up last week than for a normal home game), so i don't think we'll be bringing any extra players.

Are the home and away roster size the same in playoffs? We had new guys making appearances, like Lance Babb and Chris Venable

I know. Things many of us here know by heart, but so few communicate them!

Did the department solicit interest in a charter flight for alumni and fans?

Local TV Viewings??? The Grad, Plainfield Station, ???

This is all great...I'm just loving that we are still talking football!

Aggies in Cheney...again...this time, even colder.

If we wear our all whites, we will be invisible! Like the white horse in the background.

I got the impression home and away were the same. Seems fair. There were a number of players who would normally be suited up hanging around the student tailgate. I was told it was due to playoff rules

So those new freshmen players, who are probably redshirting, must have been replacing someone out due to injury.
Babb came in I think briefly when Kraft went off with some injury.
Any idea what the status of Khris Vaughn was/is ?

Or Hawk is cagey enough, knew we had flexibility with Northern Iowa at home, and wanted to give some R&R to a few guys that are dinged up in preparation for an epic war in Cheney?

I think Hawk takes them one at a time; we certainly couldn’t take UNI lightly. I hope we have everyone healthy but might not. It’s an enigma.

It allllllllll depends on this guy right here, if he plays lights out we can win it:

And do our playmakers make plays?

He’s too short

Too Short!

The main key to the game to me is the how well we do on both sides of ball in the trenches. Jake needs time to make his reads. I think we'll be in trouble if they are able to consistently bring pressure and Jake has to throw early because the pocket is collapsing.

Our D line will have to be more stout than they were in the first game too. We need to be able to slow their running attack down a bit at the LOS so their RB's aren't slashing through the holes and getting up to a full head of speed in the first few yards . They were running ball at will on us in the second half of the first game.

The dual threat that Barriere poses for us is a tough problem for any defense. Will our D line be able to get some pressure on him and make him make a few unwise, hasty decisions and will we be able to keep containment if and when we are able to bring some pressure?

We won't win a shootout with them. We need our defense to make a few big plays and create a couple of turnovers that, hopefully, our offense can take advantage of.