Fisher is QUICK... his acceleration is noticeable

Freshman Carter Vargas with a nice run!

And Carter Vargas adds his first career TD!

Vargas! St. Joseph High in Santa Maria. Well done young man!

My amateur eyes say Fisher hits the hole faster, runs harder, and is faster. WHY have we buried him on the bench?! Now averaging over 10 yards a carry.

There's this guy named Lan Larison. Now, Perez, he's a senior and does a lot of things on the offense, not just running the ball, but he blocks his butt off...so I think they want three full years of Fisher? Is that where we're at with Fish?

And then ...

I think we use the least amount of RBs in the Big Sky.

Valuable reps burning right now...good for all these underclassmen, just remember, shutouts don't matter next week when it's 25 degrees in the 4th quarter, and every Griz fan in Western Montana is screaming their lungs out.

Man our back up QBs can move! It's a nice skill set to see.

back up RB fumbles the ball, Bears ball

I'm following on my phone. Are all the second or third string guys in? A lost fumble can teach them a few things.

Sounded like it was a fumble on the exchange, just lack of reps, nerves.

Final

UC Davis 59
Northern Colorado 7

A beatdown from beginning to end. No real critiques in this one. Ags handled their business.

A bunch got in. 59 - 7 Final. QB Rasor very mobile, nimble.

How long did the backups play? For some reason I had heard that the game was a 2pm start and by the time I checked they were up big.

Do you think this clinches playoffs even if they (hopefully don't) lose out?

Welp, on to Cincinnati...on ESPN 2.

Scott Marsh Gordon several times this season has said that Mike Cody went to Boise with Plough, mistaking Mike.for.Tim Keane

wasn't Cody at College of Idaho w Moroski?

622 total yards, offense.

Backups in late Q3, all 4th quarter when we opened the floodgates.

??I thought UM was in Missoula.

Ha, "On to Montana." just doesn't have the same ring!

Cody and Plough both moved to Northern Arizona after Biggs retired, with Cody moving to College of Idaho in 2016. Cody returned to Davis and briefly overlapped with Plough in the Covid era, but no football was played. Cody was going to be the tight end coach until Plough and Keane left, after which he took over Keane’s offensive line responsibilities.

Pretty good crowd today: 10,638. Perfect weather for an afternoon football game too.

Some stats:

Total offense: Aggies 622 UNC 283

Aggies: 309 yards rushing.
9 players got carries.

Larison: 14 carries for 143 yards and 3 TD's = 10.2 avg.
Fisher: 5 rushes for 43 yards = 8.4 avg.
Rasor: 2 for 37.
Vargas: 2 for 27 and 1 TD.

Hastings: 20-26 for 285 yards and 3 TD's.
313 yards total passing from 3 QB's..
10 players caught passes.

Gbatu: 5 receptions for 78 yards and 1 TD.
Gale: 3 receptions for 76 and 1 TD.
Tompkins: 5 receptions for 57 and 1 TD.
Williams: 2 receptions for 32 and 1 TD.

I think in HS they called him Big Fish.

How's our Center?

It's a long ways off but the GFS weather model says the Montana State game may be played during an AR. Attendance might suffer. But maybe the ground game with Larrison could negate any Montana State talent advantage.

I think Collier is OK. Something with his hand but they taped it up and he came back in.

I think you want a dry, non-windy game. Aggie passing game is much more dynamic than Montana State’s. Their strength is the running game so poorer conditions would fit their game better.

Looking forward to the next two weeks. Time to see what this team really has. The win over Idaho was a good one, but at Montana and home to Montana St are a step up (Montana specifically because it’s on the road).

Some defensive stats:

Meyer: 12 tackles, 11 solo, 2 TFL and 1 INT for 18 yards.
Rex Connors: 7 tackles, 4 solo.
Bains: 7 tackles, 6 solo, 1 TFL.
Porter Connors: 2 tackles, 1 INT for 64 yards.