What a gift, two back to back critical calls go our way. Whew. Too many mental errors.

- negated TD (ineligible TE)
- O line penalty (2nd and 8 becomes 2nd and 13)
- 2 runs on the 2-minute drill??
- QB circuitous rollout on 3rd to last play w 12 seconds on the clock, taking 7-8 seconds on the play (meaning 90% chance of only 2 offensive plays, not 3)

I appreciate the teams fortitude, but where is our leadership? Why come out flat against a lesser but deadly opponent?

the ball doesn’t need to cross the line. The only requirement is that the front of the ball touches the “front” of the goal line.

There are no cupcakes in the Big Sky. I hope this is a wake up call.

Exactly. I get the feeling the team and maybe coaches were gleaning the press and social media about Idaho win rather than seriously preparing for this game. This shows what is needed to contain a mobile quarterback. I’m retired so I am allowed to glean and bask :-).

Incredible

Poly and EWU will not be easy games. Take the damn points when they’re there. (Two weeks in a row now?) And I agree, do your homework and prepare for the next game. We’ll do fine. Just one game at a time. Glad to see the Aggies finish strong today.

Miles Hastings - 36/53 (67.9%), 398 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, 1 fumble

Lan Larison - 23 carries, 124 yards, 9 receptions, 109 yards, 1 TD

CJ Hutton - 7 receptions, 106 yards, 1 TD

Trent Tompkins - 7 receptions, 90 yards, game winning TD with 0 seconds left on clock

The veterans showed up.

If there is anything positive to identify in this game is that good teams sometimes win very ugly games. They didn’t give up the last couple minutes. Portland could have put the game away with a first down.

I thought we lost when time ran out. Turned the tv off, left for my grandsons game only to hear on the radio that we won. Wow!

A lot to clean up and I get flashbacks to defenses of years past that struggled with mobile QBs. Nonetheless they showed some grit coming back on the last drive

Lan is crazy

Is it heartbreaking if they are used to i

:-) Guess you have a point. Maybe more just numb at this point. Will be interesting how they respond or not next game.

The CP game should get them focused.

Like us Ags who are A's fans the last few years.

Does MH have 2 personalities? Last game he looked great, rolling out, high completion percentage, master general. Today was the underthrows and missed receivers.

I accept that you are correct after reading the rule.

BaseballAtDobbins: I hope so. Will periodically check their game with Idaho State.

Ucdavisaggies.com brief presser:

"The short story: Senior wide receiver Trent Tompkins hauled in a game winning touchdown pass as time expired to cap off a 94-yard drive that gave UC Davis an exciting come from behind victory at Portland State.

Hastings finished with 398 yards passing, going 36-for-53 with three passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown

Senior running back Lan Larison finished with 124 yards on 23 carries and caught nine passes for 109 yards and one touchdown

Senior wide receiver finished with 106 yards receiving on seven catches, scoring his first receiving touchdown of the season in the third 100-yard receiving game of his career

Junior defensive back Rex Connors led the Aggies with 12 total tackles (10 solo) and added 0.5 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss"

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2024/10/5/football-no-9-uc-davis-scores-walk-off-touchdown-escapes-portland-state-with-27-26-win.aspx

I need to have you talk to my wife :-).

Miles definitely had some sailed passes and the 2 turnovers, but I don't think this was necessarily a bad day from him as a whole. He made some big passes when needed most.

I mean, the offense still put up 550 yards of offense, but for whatever reason (mistakes, poor play calling, divine intervention) we just cannot materialize points. I said earlier in the season that it feels like we're allergic to scoring and that has continued to ring true.

From the parts I saw, the Aggies had poor starting field position on a number of drives which likely contributed to yards/points ratio. A couple of “sailed” throws by Miles appeared to be due to avoiding linebacker tips/interceptions but the one to Gbatu on the late hit penalty was sailed. But overall quite a good game for him I’d say.

Yeah, maybe I phrased my first sentence poorly. I don't think Miles was really the reason today was such a close game is what I was trying to say.

I missed the early part of the game where they dropped 14 quick points on us, but some key issues:

- coming out flat (an ongoing problem)
- special teams allowing the rookie return man to burn us for a big gain
- TE /WR miscues on the TD pass
- struggling to establish a run game
- 2 running plays when we had limited time to go 95 yards
- limited pressure on QB?

Our schedule is perfect w 2 winnable games and then a needed bye before Showtime.

I did t see the fumble but did see the int. When you throw the ball 55 times (although a lot of shorter throws) a pick is likely to happen. Chachere here had a very good game. Some incredibly open receivers - DBs improved in second have but either coverage or schemes (zone/man) were not working at all in first half.

your last bullet point was very obvious to me (I didn’t see all of game)

The end of first.half.play that negated.a touchdown is in the coaches. 2nd game in a row where they had illegal procedure in a key plays. That is on the coaches.
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The slow starts are definitely a concern of mine. Tough to win when you go down multiple scores in the 1st quarter. Obviously not impossible as we saw today, but 0 chance that works against MSU.

True in the ultimate sense. However if whomever covered up the tight end knew from the play call that the TE was going out on a route and not just blocking - one would think that he wasn’t thinking. But yes the coaches need to drill that stuff in. I do see a lot of calls these days on illegal formations - many of those due to more than 4 in backfield and many times a tackle backed off the line so as not get burned by an edge rusher.

Yeah, Davis has it pretty good compared to Portland State. There were 2,519 in attendance, but it felt more like 1,500. I counted maybe 30 students. It was great to see AggieFinn and catch up.

They definitely did not look like a 4-1 team.

Soft 5-1 now.

Got to win your clunkers and today seems like a clunker. As others have said, I’ll take it but they need to play better going forward if they’re going to make the playoffs.