FG NO GOOD

REX!

We get the ball to start the 2nd half. We can get back in this.

TOOOOUCHDOWN AGGIES!

Offense is looking rough man

So on 3rd and short and we can see the box is stacked and we still send a run between the tackles... Okay...

Drive stalls out. FG good

7-3

Well... Not an ideal start

The big day is here! Win and we're in!

GO AGS! BEAT THE HORNETS!

New offer on 3 star DB Will Fowler out of Fresno! GO AGS!

Already half way there! Good work guys!

GO AGS!

Dunning takes the Ags by 3. Who saw that one coming :rofl:

What make O'Hara dangerous is that he can actually throw the ball even though he looks to run first. He has a higher completion percentage and a much better TD:INT ratio than Dunniway. Skattebo is really really good, but I think it's O'Hara that makes that offense as a whole work.

I doubt that Sac will really be resting guys unless they start blowing us out early. They are on the verge of a perfect season, it's a rivalry game, and they have the chance to douse what remaining playoff chances we have. They want to win this one and they want to win it badly.

Mascheroni has picked up another Pac 12 PWO... Oregon

The coaches poll has consistently had us lower than the others over the last several seasons for whatever reason. Have to beat Sac State.

Frankly I was worried the reffing was going to be a total sh*tshow early in the game with the phantom face mask and then the targeting call that got picked up.

That's what I said at home watching the replay. I don't think it was just the Michael Jackson dance. It was the combo of that with the bye bye wave. I think he would have gotten away with each one individually, but not both. Oh well, things worked out on the kickoff.

I can't remember a Causeway Classic with this much meaning in recent memory at least. One team going for an undefeated season in one of the toughest conferences in FCS while the other pretty much has to win in order to make the playoffs.

Skattebo is going to do damage as he has against pretty much every single opponent this season, but I think the key to this game is going to be limiting Asher O'Hara. I would say that we've done... just okay... against really mobile QBs. We can't completely sell out and stack the box against him every play because he can still get you with his arm, but we have to be diligent in making sure that we're at the very least spying him. If we can do that we might be able to keep Dunniway in the game for more snaps and while I wouldn't call him a bad QB or anything he is in the bottom half of the conference in completion percentage and interceptions thrown.

Speaking of interceptions thrown, turnovers in general could play a huge role in this game. Davis is one of the best teams in the country in terms of turnover margin sitting at +12 while Sac is mediocre at best in margin at -1. Not saying they can't force turnovers or anything, but they also aren't the best team in terms of ball security. Hastings has really improved his ball security this season which has definitely been a factor in our play in the 2nd half of the season.

It's time for the Causeway Classic folks! The Aggies are headed across the causeway to take on the #2 ranked 10-0 Hornets and it could not be a bigger game for us in terms of getting into the post season. Sac State will absolutely foaming at the mouth to complete the perfect regular season and to keep the concrete slab in Sacramento for the 3rd straight year.

On offense, Sac State is scoring 43 points per game while averaging 256.7 rushing yards per game with 29 TDs on the ground and 229.9 passing yards per game with 23 TDs through the air. Any team nearing 500 yards of offense per game is going to be tough to slow down and they can punch you in so many different ways it just makes them incredibly difficult to play against.

The Hornets have returned to their 2 QB system featuring Sr QB Jake Dunniway and Sr QB Asher O'Hara. Dunniway is their more pass heavy QB and has completed 134/222 (60.36%) passing attempts for 1698 yardswith 16 TDs and 9 INTs. O'Hara is their true dual threat QB who has completed 55/72 (76.39%) passing attempts for 575 yards with 7 TDs and 0 INTs. As mentioned, O'Hara is their 2nd best rusher with 159 rushing attempts for 781 yards (4.7 avg) with 17 TDs.

The Sac State running attack features maybe the best running back in the conference in So RB Cameron Skattebo. He currently has 150 attempts for 1161 yards (7.7 avg) with 5 TDs. He runs like a tank and is incredibly difficult to bring down. He's been held under 100 yards only 3 times this season. Jr RB Marcus Fulcher has also gotten some touches with 55 attempts for 344 yards (6.1 avg) and 6 TDs.

The Hornets have 2 main receiving threats that we will have to keep an eye on. Jr TE Marshel Martin leads the team in receiving with 40 receptions for 538 yards with 8 TDs. Sr WR Pierre Williams has 34 receptions for 500 yards with 6 TDs. There's a sharp dip in yards production after that, but they do have a total of 7 guys with double digit receptions this season so they can still spread the ball around if it's required.

On defense, Sac State is only allowing 21.90 points per game and limit their opponents to 128.1 rushing yards per game and 239.9 passing yards per game. Strangely enough, the team that dropped the most points on Sac this season was... Utah Tech with 33. The only other team to drop 30 on them was Weber. So while our offense has been a juggernaut lately, they will absolutely be tested in this one.

The Hornets are led on defense by Sr LB Armon Bailey who has 71 total tackles with 12.5 TFLs, 6 sacks, 4 PBUs, and 2 forced fumbles. They have also gotten significant production from Sr DB Marte Mapu who is 2nd on the team in tackles with 57 total with 4.5 TFLs, 1 sack, 2 INTs, and 1 forced fumble. They have decent depth and can rotate a lot of guys in and out so they rarely slow down on defense.

The Aggies and Hornets have 4 common opponents over this season in Cal Poly, Northern Colorado, Idaho, and Weber State. The Hornets obviously went 4-0 against those opponents where they beat the snot out of Cal Poly and Northern Colorado as expected and had very narrow wins over Idaho and Weber, beat both of them by a FG. We had the close loss to Weber and just had the fairly convincing win over Idaho.

All-in-all, do I think that the Aggies can head over to Sacramento and play spoiler to the Hornets perfect season while simultaneously locking themselves into a playoff spot? My heart says "HELL YES THEY CAN" while my brain says "sure, it's definitely a possibility". Massey is giving the Aggies a 32% chance of pulling out the win which feels about right to me honestly. Weird things happen in rivalry games, so I don't see why we can't get the W!

GO AGS!