I guess that shows how small time FCS football is if it is unheard of for opponents to scout games. Maybe it is rarely the head coach, but so what?

Exactly. It seems like a whole lot of sour grapes to me. I think Hawk mentioned that he got to watch Cody coach during the Bye week and that he also got to visit his grandkids. I think Barnum is making a lot of assumptions that something nefarious was going on and he'll probably try and use his "conspiracy theory" as a way to motivate his team.

A man surnamed Barnum is trying to start a circus ?

Maybe if Hawk wore his pirate attire they wouldn’t have recognized him, lol.

They played at Hillsborough, right?
I could be mistaken, but THERE ARE NO SEATS ON THE VISITING SIDE OF THE STADIUM. Where is Hawkins supposed to sit? I suppose he could have sat in the endzone, but who wants to sit there? Especially when you can sit anywhere you want (with 2,100 people in attendance)

It wouldn't matter where he sat, he would have heard every word coming from the bench anyway.

If PSU wins that ISU game, I bet we hear nothing about this.

Perhaps a little gamesmanship by Hawkins to get in this guy's thick head..... hahahaha

It's all a bunch of stupid nonsense. Even if Coach Hawkins were able to absorb every detail of Portland State's gameplan it wouldn't matter. Hawkins does not play in the game: his players do. And those players at this time are not collectively playing well. If I were Barnum I'd be like, "Look all you like Dan, you still won't be able to beat my team" There's a reason why football is played by athletes and not by nerds who just observe the game and analyze it. UCD's problem is not lack of information; it's lack of execution.

What a stupid distinction to make about it being ok to see his son play but not coach. Does he even understand how parent/child relationships work ?

Also, football in Portland is pointless anyway. Clearly the University of Portland understands this and doesn't waste the resources on a football program.

pretty solid take right there.

PDX is a Soccer City, which is the main reason the Vikings were kicked out of the downtown stadium.

New PSU Chancellor thinks differently.

https://youtu.be/7fBLCKBVNm4?si=-Gt-Ss923vEmP5xX

Am I missing something? Why is this against an unwritten rule?

Because usually they play with no one watching,

Iron sharpens iron; he should be glad the Hawk is there

That seems to be based more on enthusiasm than fact. She will learn lol. That this team has to play out in a subarb in a generic sports park speaks volumes about how much the university (minus the chancellor) and community value it. This is like how Seattle U's baseball team (no football program...hmm....) plays 25 miles away im Bellevue in a community park size-appropriate for a little league game. To their credit Seattle actually got their branding on it.

I didn't realize that the NCAA had a rule against teams scouting future opponents?

I will say in all honesty, that moving the team out of downtown probably helps attendance, but that Hillsboro field is terrible. it's a bad venue to call home.

As for the Aggie HOME game this Saturday, here are highlights from the thrashing the Aggies took in 2016 (Ron Gould):

As I understand it, based mostly from what I know about the Harbaugh/Michigan situation, is that you can’t have a hired member of the program intentionally be in person at a future opponents game with the intention of scouting that team. I think the real issue is taking video (specifically of signs) to correlate with subsequent offensive plays or defensive alignments.

The reality is anyone can simply subscribe to ESPN+ for $11/month and watch any future opponents game and rewind etc. to his hearts content. So I think the main issue is intentional
“Research” with regard to signs, e.g., taking video of signs relayed, prior to and outside of the head to head game. I got a chuckle from the college game day sign at the U of Utah that said “Michigan stole my other sign”.

I think Barnum is over-reacting. Barnum is tight with Bobby Hauck and hired his son Robby. That right there ought to tell you something.

i was at a game when Davis had a bigger margin of victory over PSU.

Trivia question when was that game?

2017

1974 W 50–21.

Went to a Seattle game vs UOP in March 2020, just when Covid was starting to impact the US but had not caused cancellations yet. It's a nice field but in a park far from anything. It was strange that they played in a suburb. Met a friend of mine and Ag alum who was team chaplain for the Tigers and two of his friends.
Took a crowded bus home from Seattle as a Sounders game had just let out and from that point I decided I didn't want to do that again.