I'm not sure why no one posted this earlier:

Arkansas State's Facebook page says game will start at 5:52pm. Also, due to technical difficulties, there is no livestream. Does anyone else have any good alternative suggestions?

Keelan Doss is listed as inactive again. Other than the Raiders acquiring more receivers within the past handful of weeks, I'm curious if there's a different reason why Keelan is inactive

According to the Wikipedia for the UC Davis Health Stadium:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_Health_Stadium

"UC Davis Health Stadium is a 10,743-seat multi-purpose stadium."

We had 11194 when Cal Poly visited.

The post above says, "Hawk wants to see 12,000 this Saturday."

So what's the real official capacity?
Are we counting attendance in a funky way, or are we going against fire safety standards?

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/ncaa-d1/ratings
https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/fcs/ratings
https://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=8200&s=308075

Here are the rankings of all Division I teams on our schedule after 8 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

27 North Dakota State (26)
47 California (36)
82 Sacramento State (99)
89 Montana (75)
103 Weber State (104)
124 UC Davis (120)
128 Montana State (126)
131 North Dakota (136)
134 Portland State (140)
163 San Diego (163)
168 Cal Poly (157)
200 Southern Utah (197)
210 Lehigh (218)

Here are the rankings of all FCS teams on our schedule after 8 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

1 North Dakota State (1)
4 Sacramento State (6)
5 Montana (2)
8 Weber State (8)
11 UC Davis (11)
13 Montana State (13)
15 North Dakota (19)
17 Portland State (23)
41 San Diego (39)
44 Cal Poly (33)
72 Southern Utah (69)
82 Lehigh (88)

Next up is Weber State at home.
Massey predicts a 56% chance of winning with a score of 31 to 28.

It's always entertaining to look at early bracketology brackets.

We have our bubble burst here:
http://www.nobowls.com/

We play against North Dakota in the first round here:
https://www.dratings.com/predictor/ncaa-football-predictions/fcs-playoff-projections/

The Raider wide receiver position sounds like one big musical chairs:

https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2019/10/10/20908858/raiders-cut-wide-receiver-jj-nelson-re-sign-marcell-ateman-to-active-roster

Another starting receiver is out of Oakland. Thursday of their bye week saw J.J. Nelson cut, making for three of the team’s starters released just five games into the season.

The first was Antonio Brown who requested and was granted hi released two days before the start of the season. Stepping in for him was to be Nelson, who had filled in for Brown in camp while the problem child was trying to fight a losing battle with the NFL over his helmet.

The problem was Nelson had an ankle injury he had been dealing with most of the preseason, so Ryan Grant got the first start across from Tyrell Williams. Two week ago Grant was released after putting up just

Nelson would start one game in week three, catching four passes for 36 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown was the Raiders’ only score against the Vikings and it came on a flea-flicker.

The following week, Nelson was back on the shelf after feeling some tightness in his leg prior to their game in Indianapolis. He would miss their game against the Bears in London as well which no doubt raised some big questions about his overall durability.

Tuesday the Raiders traded a 5th round pick to the Bills to acquire WR Zay Jones. With his acquisition, they waived Marcell Ateman. Now two days later, instead of putting Ateman back on the practice squad, they re-signed him to the active roster and cut Nelson instead.

The Raiders receiving corps is now Tyrell Williams, Zay Jones, Hunter Renfrow, Trevor Davis, Keelan Doss, Marcell Ateman, and Dwayne Harris.

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/ncaa-d1/ratings
https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/fcs/ratings
https://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=8200&s=308075

Here are the rankings of all Division I teams on our schedule after 7 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

26 North Dakota State (30)
36 California (39)
75 Montana (79)
99 Sacramento State (118)
104 Weber State (99)
120 UC Davis (125)
126 Montana State (108)
136 North Dakota (122)
140 Portland State (160)
157 Cal Poly (155)
163 San Diego (165)
197 Southern Utah (208)
218 Lehigh (216)

Interesting tidbits:
Portland State moved up 20 spots after beating Idaho 24 to 0.
UC Davis has moved from #13 to #11 for all of FCS.
Sacramento State is currently favored to beat us.

Next up is at #197 Southern Utah.
Massey predicts an 84% chance of winning with a score of 41 to 27.

I'm not a fan of the cameraman.

Commentator just said, "Officially a sell out, I'm told."

Doss caught the first pass of the game.

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/ncaa-d1/ratings
https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/fcs/ratings
https://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=8200&s=308075

Here are the rankings of all Division I teams on our schedule after 6 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

30 North Dakota State (38)
39 California (33)
79 Montana (93)
99 Weber State (105)
108 Montana State (115)
118 Sacramento State (146)
122 North Dakota (133)
125 UC Davis (121)
155 Cal Poly (149)
160 Portland State (166)
165 San Diego (170)
208 Southern Utah (201)
216 Lehigh (229)

Interesting tidbits:
Sacramento State is now ranked higher than UC Davis.
Sacramento State is ranked #11 in the FCS rankings.
UC Davis improved one spot to #13 in the FCS rankings.
North Dakota State is now #30 in the all Div.I rankings.
Montana moved up to #79 in the all Div. I rankings.

Next up is #155 Cal Poly at home.
Massey predicts an 81% chance of winning with a score of 37 to 24.

I think Tehran Thomas, Crawford(?), and Harrell are out today. That's a lot of offensive power missing.

My Pluto TV stream started working about two minutes.
However, when I said that in the previous Pluto TV game, it immediately stopped working for me.

Keelan Doss just caught a 14 yard pass for a first down. Is that his first reception in the regular season?

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/ncaa-d1/ratings

Here are the rankings of all Division I teams on our schedule after 5 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

33 California (20)
38 North Dakota State (36)
93 Montana (119)
105 Weber State (114)
115 Montana State (123)
121 UC Davis (102)
133 North Dakota (130)
146 Sacramento State (154)
149 Cal Poly (160)
166 Portland State (161)
170 San Diego (174)
201 Southern Utah (195)
229 Lehigh (236)

UC Davis and California are the biggest losers in this week while Montana is the biggest winner.
Modest ranking improvements are made for Sacramento State, Cal Poly, Montana State, and Weber State.
The latter two teams pass UC Davis in this week's rankings.

Next up is #133 North Dakota.
Massey predicts a 50% chance of winning with a score of 27 to 28.

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/ncaa-d1/ratings

Here are the rankings of all Division I teams on our schedule after 4 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

20 California (30)
36 North Dakota State (35)
102 UC Davis (112)
114 Weber State (117)
119 Montana (124)
123 Montana State (119)
130 North Dakota (130)
154 Sacramento State (166)
160 Cal Poly (163)
161 Portland State (164)
174 San Diego (197)
195 Southern Utah (195)
236 Lehigh (236)

There are several significant ranking improvements after 4 games:

California jumped from #30 to #20 after defeating #70 Mississippi.
UC Davis jumped from #112 to #102 after doing better than expected vs. North Dakota State.
Sacramento continues to climb after losing against #48 Fresno State.
San Diego jumps from #197 to #174 after beating #163 Harvard.

Next up is #119 Montana.
Massey predicts a 72% chance of winning with a score of 35 to 28.

I'm just glad we survived the first quarter.

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf2019/ncaa-d1/ratings

Here are the rankings of all Division I teams on our schedule after 3 Games:

Ranking - School - (Previous Week)

30 California (32)
35 North Dakota State (31)
112 UC Davis (106)
117 Weber State (112)
119 Montana State (123)
124 Montana (118)
130 North Dakota (130)
163 Cal Poly (147)
164 Portland State (161)
166 Sacramento State (178)
195 Southern Utah (198)
197 San Diego (193)
236 Lehigh (236)

Sacramento State has moved up double digits again after a 50-0 win against Northern Colorado.
The biggest rank drop is Cal Poly after losing against Oregon State 45-7.