Starting with excellent field position at the Cal 34, the Aggies moved quickly into the red zone before facing a critical fourth-and-1 at the Cal 9.
However, Trent Tompkins attempted to pick up the first down on the right side of Cal’s defensive line but was stopped for a two-yard loss by safety Daniel Scott in what turned out to be a dramatic shift in momentum.
Hawkins said afterward that there was no thought of going for a field goal and a potential 10-0 lead in that situation.
“Against a team like Cal, you’re not going to win by kicking a field goal in the red zone,” he said.
“It’s a tough road, for sure, but this is the level where we want to be and it’s the level where we are, and the cool thing is that we’re in the fight,” Hawkins noted.
“Every game comes down to a few plays, so we’ll learn from this game, flush it and move on. Nobody in South Dakota cares about what happened here today.”
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