NCAA: UC Davis moves up in Stan Becton's Week 12 Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll ballot

4. UC Davis (9-1) | Previous Ranking: 4 (Where I ranked them: 5)

UC Davis moves in front of South Dakota in my rankings after a strong second half to pull away from Montana, 30-14, in a top-10 clash.

NCAA: 2024 FCS playoffs automatic bid tracker and scenarios

Big Sky
The winner of the Montana State at UC Davis game in Week 12 will win the Big Sky's auto bid.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2024-11-10/2024-fcs-playoffs-automatic-bid-tracker-and-scenarios

It looks like we got some PTP back on defense. Who are they?

Rex Connors?
Cloyd Jackson?

Moroski & Reno at the Toom w Ara Parseghian?

If we beat MSU and Sac State, isn't it possible we host 2 or 3 home playoff games?

A BYE, and home field advantage are huge.

Any truth to the tale of a fan or two roasting a half slab of beef or a whole hog at the tailgate area?

Was it Fisher or Dobbins that had their helmet ripped off? I hope they're OK.

Sagarin moved us up to #5.

https://www.college-sports-journal.com/college-sports-journal-sagarin-fcs-top-25-nov-9-2/

Can students make TikTok videos showing Cal and UCLA students cheering? Old Aggie Pack games?

Has he invited Doss to the CFL?

Coach Plough post-game interview. And nobody mentioned he rocked a great navy CA jacket.

https://youtu.be/bk4pbjjQDhc?feature=shared

We were average during the Biggs transition into FCS, and we funded only half of the scholarship limits? So Biggs did a tremendous job.

Then the wandering-eye AD took a year to land a new HC, botched hiring Hawkins, and hired a career position coach. That was a disaster.

The CBS-televised 1982 semifinal playoff game at The Toom vs North Dakota State was amazing. 12,700, standing room only, capacity 10,500. I think we still had a dirt track, and the field was likely in mud bowl condition. The Bison players seemed massive, nothing like NCAC competition.

Our Ken O'Brien-led team was 11-0 and the Bison were 12-0. The winner went to Texas to play for a national championship.

Kenny went down w an injury early in the second half, and our defense had to carry the day. There were three stops inside the 30, including the last red zone series with under 30 seconds in front of the overflowing student section as time expired.

I almost feel bad that it will affect their recruiting.

It seems we have solid depth, we're peaking at the right time. We need to continue to battle.

Marsh is noting Biggs closeness with Plough. It sounds like he is more visible than when Hawkins was HC?

It seems we're getting stronger as the season progresses, players returning from injuries - Cloyd?, Simpson, others. It sounds like the home crowd was worth at least 7 points, maybe 10 tonight. Simpson, Dobbins, Fisher (4.6 YPC), Cloyd 2 sacks.

Refs didn't sound helpful.

Sac imploding. Next week huge. Signature win tonight.

Awesome! Go Ags! Listening to the Scotts.

Love Fisher, but 3 in a row a bit much.

MH 18 - 26, 155 yds
LL 12/ 44 yds
LL and TT 2 catches each
Six players w decent length passes, LL, TT, Simpson, Gbatu, Williams, Dobbins.

Meyer 6 tackles, Rex 5.

Montana gets the ball to open the half.