Where is the chicken lunch this week, West Sac? No notice, no desire for fans and alums to attend?

Is Angus McClure selling himself again? I believe he pitched himself for our gig.

Another long time assistant who has never been HC, and never been a coordinator. Where have I read that bio before?

Jody Sears gets to 7 wins, I think Sac would be foolish to let him go. Right now they look great, tough defense. Doesn't mean I sign him to a LT deal, but I think I give him 2 or 3 years.

After the current turnaround and a young squad? WTF?

It's good for us if Sac stays relevant.

Don't forget marketing / PR as part of the equation. We got into NCAA March Madness, and our ICA rep went Debbie Downer.

"The journey continues,” said the UCD ICA official, “This is a moment of togetherness. For us to be where we are, that’s enough. This is a moment of hope. That’s how I would put it.” ...

“We’re known for our academics,” he said."

Will the game ever return to Hughes Stadium?

Another commit from Whitney HS in Rocklin, linebacker Nick Eaton. Via twitter. 6'3", 215#s.

Scan down to tweet #2 to see how WR Kraft stated his commitment.

https://mobile.twitter.com/kooper_r98

I thought Hawkins was the rah rah guy, but recently I've felt he is more like the ambassador / CEO... which is fine if it works.

At Aggie Stadium?

Yes.

Plough, Hawk and Speckman mistake #1 was thinking we could run 85% of the time, and predictable plays. Mistake #2 was running 80% of those plays thru one average RB. Mistake #3 was adjusting far too late.

Vast improvement in our Off schemes. I sat with HS coaches who predicted our plays. Imagine where we would have been w/o ManZan.

Offense - goes from D- to a B/B+. Need run game and clean up spotty play calling / adjust quicker / 2 minute offense / put teams away when up.

Defense - Coach Tucker had to know we were thin to bring in so many JC recruits. Just need talent and deveopment, or new scheme that gives our kids a chance to succeed?

Special teams - ??

Yup. President Trump has gone out of his way to gain the release of several prisoners / hostages in the past.

Now, what will UCLA do with the Hangzhou Three?

FWIW, UCLA football has had 5 football commits de-commit, and a 6th is up on rape charges.

Presudent Trump intervenes, players on way back to California.

OldAggie, going from 1.65 to 5 or 6 DI wins is progress.

The Bee, "Causeway Classic Finally Means Something".

"In came new coach and a familiar face in Dan Hawkins, the fiery one-time Aggies fullback. UCD at 5-5 has shown marked improvement, has been entertaining and the Aggies feature a bona fide star in receiver Keelan Doss."

San Diego is 8-2, hardly horrible. The losses to EWU and NAU not blowouts.

Sac looks very tough, and they are young. Can we beat a solid team?

Go Ags!

Bball topic, not FB.

Landing JM was huge, so the ability to identify and land him is important. The offensive tempo and passing scheme many believe is a better approach. The last 3 yrs of Coach Gould we totaled 5 DI wins, so we have already matched that. We need the D and ST to step up.

We are winning the games we should win. I'd hope with M & D to have at least 1 'upset'. I thought we started w the wrong O gameplan w NAU, and adjusted too late. Surprised this Sat, given the hype. Growing pains. Next year will probably be tougher w a Montana, and PSU and SLO back.

Win Saturday!

Norcalpreps says WR Justin Kraft from Rocklin has committed to us. 247 lists him as a ** recruit.

Go Ags!

Given our sideline celebration vs SLO and ocassional penalty nightmares, we can't bank on anything. Discipline.

Already a big improvement young Aggie!

No one has mentioned their trick play throwing to their offensive lineman.

Will we come out flat again?

I think it was Mason Moe. I just looked up the rule, its a little more involved than I thought. He may have been penalized b/c the receiver hadn't yet become a ball carrier. If penalized in the 2nd half, he sits 1st half at Sac.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/2/16218244/targeting-rule-ncaa-rulebook-helmet-crown-head-to-head-defenseless

The first muffed return put us in a deep hole which we never seemed to recover from. And they were w/out 2 studs.

I'm told we may have one DL contributor redshirting.

Zander. Step off the ledge. I think most are happy with our progress, and we had a massive recruiting class which should jump start the improvement.

Liked the shovel passes (??) over the middle, and the pass & lateral play. Loved the 20 or 25 yard pass over the middle to Doss, not sure why we couldn't try something like that earlier. Modise had a nice night.

Special teams seemed lost. Are they distracted by the video boards and promotions? Blocked punt and one muffed return happened when we were facing the video board. Not sure when we started the pregame hugging and flowers, can't that be handled afterwards or at the yearly football banquet? Not sure if this is a common practice.

Odd that we come out flat with a playoff spot on the line. Given a comeback was a longshot, I would have given TThomas and others some PT. Not sure about the targeting call.

Part of the explanation, 3 day weekend. Not every game was packed at the Toom. No coverage in The Aggie. I was shocked we still had free tshirts at 3:30, and surprised at all the community late arrivals. Atmosphere, food, video board substantially better.