I see the team that is more prepared than any other team to go FBS is looking outstanding once again.

Sac wins 49 - 28, Damian Henderson rolling at RB. Nobody else really stands out statistically, thought about six RBs broke off long gains.

Sac put up 525 offensive yards, and 142 kickoff return yardage. The Go Go only had 17 passes, and the D recorded 3 sacks.

This is Mercyhursts' second year as a full fledged FCS program.

Cal Poly 56 - 7
Hawaii 14 - 0 - halftime

Mercer (1-1) - 22 - 21 over Wofford (0-3)

Final scores week 3:

South Dakota 24 Northern Colorado 17 in OT
Montana 24 North Dakota 23
Montana State 41 San Diego 7
Idaho 20 Utah Tech 7
Northern Iowa 17 Eastern Washington 14
Weber State 42 McNeese State 41
Cal Poly 56 Western Oregon 7
Northern Arizona 52 Southern Utah 49
Sac State 49 Mercyhurst 28
Hawaii 23 Portland State 3

South Dakota appears to be not all that great this year. Or maybe this game was their version of our 2024 game against Portland St. But they lost at Lamar (6-5 in 2023 and 7-5 in 2024) and then needed OT to beat Northern Colorado (1-22 combined the last two years). Of course Northern Colorado only lost by 7 to Colorado St so who knows.

Ed Lamb is a good coach. I think he has Northern Colorado headed in the right direction.

I had kind of forgotten Lamb went there -> his SUU teams seemed to own us back during his regime. They certainly aren't the 2-22 Bears of his first two years.

UNC looks like a vastly improved, back to basics, scrappy team this season. Good on Lamb for bringing that program back to relevancy --- hope the players aren't getting discouraged they're right there. I think they can take Houston Christian on the road and Idaho State at home. They certainly played Colorado State and South Dakota tough.



Ed Lamb at the start of the season:

Cal Poly looks a lot better this year. Pitt transfer QB has a strong arm. I would expect them to beat Stephen F Austin and play at Sac while 3-0. They should win a few more Big Sky games this year.

Cal Poly beating SF Austin in Texas is a bold prediction.

Yes.

Still a nice scheduling job getting that game.

Ah well, Cal Poly played them tough for the first half. In any event they are better than last year. They should definitely win more games this year than last.