The only game that Cal Poly has been favored this season was Western Oregon. We were 3 point dogs against San Diego and 16.5 point dogs against Sac State.

The last few years only once or twice a year. That said, I expect this game to be sold out. It is homecoming, it is UC Davis and we are coming off a big win. It is also supposed to be a beautiful day. Sunny with a high of 76.

Against Sac we started our 4th string QB. To be fair he beat out our 3rd string QB who threw 3 INTs against SFA when he replaced an injured Deiffenbach. Deiffenbach leads the Big Sky in passing efficiency at 196.2. If he is cleared to play he is a difference maker.

I guess we will see in two weeks.

Deiffenbach went down halfway through the 1st quarter with an ankle injury. Cal Poly’s 2nd string QB Grisby is on the sideline in street clothes. 3rd string QB Alins struggling. SFA first TD set up by a bad INT by Akins. 2nd TD was on a punt return. I honestly think if Deiffenbach was in the game we would be up by 2 TDs.

Cal Poly gave one quarter FREE Tuition to one student against Western Oregon. The incoming freshman students attended the game as part of their Week of Welcome activities. Every year they boost the attendance for a home game that is during WOW week, but usually clear out at halftime. To win the tuition they had to be present at the drawing at the end of the the 3rd quarter and probably 80%+ were still in the stands for the drawing. Cal Poly plans to do that at every home game this year.

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

Montana State up on San Diego in Bozeman 10-0 with 10:35 to go in the first half.

Not sure. That one is a tough one for me to answer. Cal Poly struggled the last few years rushing. San Diego held Cal Poly to 135 yards rushing on 38 attempts (3.5 yards average). Not sure if that should be credited to a good rush D from San Diego or Cal Poly is still struggling. I think it may be a little of both.

the loss at USD is a bit of a shock. Poly beat USD up the first week. Torreros ran for nearly 300 yards but only passed for 94. SUU stats were skewed the other way, throwing got nearly 325 and running got 80 or so. Hopefully a chance to get our run game going and get our heralded TEs in the mix.


I don’t think Cal Poly is ready to challenge for the Big Sky Championship this season, but I think they are definitely improved and will surprise teams this year.

Well we certainly can’t go anywhere but up because we are in the basement right now. I also respect the Aggies and enjoy the rivalry. True student athletes.

Congrats on the win. To be honest after watching Cal Poly give up 52 points in the first half to PSU, I was expecting a much bigger beat down by the Aggies. I think we were fortunate that Larison did not play. He would have had a huge night against our D. I also think we would have been a little more efficient on offense had Huard played, but not near enough to keep it close. Good luck the rest of the season.

After last week I am not expecting much from my Mustangs. That said, I am hoping we can at least make it a competitive game.

My dad used to say we can HOPE in one hand and $&@“ in the other and see which one fills up first. I think after Saturday I will be left with a handful of $&@“.

At least you lost to the team that dominated the team that just dominated us. I feel CP is headed in the right direction as a program, but it is still a year or two away. The program was broken when Baldwin took over. Davis had a bad day against a ranked FBS team, but is going to compete with the best team in the Big Sky. CP is not there yet.

Not sure, but looking at their schedule Central Washington now have a home game next week against D2 #4 Angelo State.

CP had Central Washington on the schedule for next week and they pulled out late and left CP scrambling to complete their schedule. I believe it was Lincoln or nobody.

U. G. L. Y. We ain’t got no alibi.

They are all 3 Star and ALL great additions to both teams.

Here is how 247 rated each:

Chris Snyder Jr. (87)
Edward Schultz (86)
Delano Franklin (85)
Robbie Mascheroni (85)
David Rasor (84)
Izaiah Souriolle (83)

Rankings, especially at the FCS level are just an educated guess. We won’t know how good each of the above players are for a few years.

Cal Poly: #9, #14 and #16.

UC Davis: #25, #31 and #41.