LOL. Good one.

With bad grammar to boot. Must have BS’d his way through his PhD orals.

Man, he’s gone to the dark side. I don’t know the full story but it seemed Plough really liked Dixon, and seemingly at the expense of Gale. My guess is that Plough valued blocking at tight end - a lot of 12 packages and maybe that was not Gales forte. Maybe Gale would have been better used by not having him bulk up and just using him as a tall rangy and fast wide out. In my opinion, Gale was one of the most underutilized talent on the team.

sac State’s president is in sales and marketing. I’ve always like the Dilbert cartoon that likened marketing to “liquor and guessing” although Wood is more smooth smoke blowing. Davis has the better leader (Chancellor May) by far.

Just saw Chubba Mae on an AT&T commercial early in the Penn State - Notre Dame game.

Agreed about the decision not to punt on the first half. I don’t think NDSU missed a single tackle - that was a major factor as some runs were 1 missed tackle from a big run if not TD.

Well, the Ags held Montana State to fewer points than NDSU.

yah. For the athlete and player Mellot is, his passing skills, including reading coverages was not great tonight. That’s just from relying on his legs historically which has worked, but Miller played the more complete game and was much better in the pass game. That was the difference tonight.

Cam Miller has played a phenomenal game. Very smart veteran QB.

NDSU tackling has been excellent. Prevented some big plays despite the Mellot run . A real classic going.

Miller playing a perfect game so far.

Can get cold in Texas. I think they should have left this game on a Saturday afternoon. At least a few degrees warmer and in the sun.

Line of scrimmage wins games. Glad to see the Ags getting some linemen recruited.

NDSU controlling the game on first quarter 14-0. Only 1 possession for Montana State in first quarter (will get ball with a minute or so left in 1st quarter.

Great audible for Miller when MSU only had 4 in the box (no nose guard up middle) and no backers up the middle. Miller went 60 yards or so for TD. Bad scheme by MSU. Total bust.

looks like 3rd or ? chance. I have to chuckle when I see the word “committed” in all caps for dudes who have been at two or three schools. Sort of like a guy “committing” to his third or fourth marriage.

Merry Christmas to all.

I really liked Hunter Rodriguez. He had some wheels. That season (2021) was off to a great start, then Hunter was concussed at Weber. That Idaho State game was weird, Hunter did not have a good game and I wonder if his concussion and laying out a couple of games affected him. The keys were turned over to Miles and he struggled a bit that year and the SDSU game was painful. Also lost the causeway. I agree that it would be good to have a QB who can extend plays and run when necessary. The flip side is to not be a pull it down and run after first read is not there QB. That impairs development and risks injuries.

I guess Cotton taken due to size. Personally I hope Bains ends up staying. Great tackler.

In all honesty, Brock and Dwight deserve a break

Agreed. They have jobs and families. Love their podcasts - a great inaugural season, hope they can continue with football next season.

If you go to New Orleans, I’d highly recommend the fairly new WW II museum, although that sort of thing is not what most people go to New Orleans for. It is outstanding. However Jan./Feb. is a much better time to go - very hot and humid in the summer months.

The 2 QB system is rare and now days is realized only with a second QB who is a runner and is used in wildcat. QB is the one position in which reps and development is required. Messing with a QB rotation normally benefits no one - look at Montana for instance. That was a disaster.

Re: Lan, he was exceptional and you get him the ball as much as possible. He won multiple games for the Ags. You could argue that he could have used a few more breaks. He was durable, and it was an unfortunate break when he went done in the quarterfinal game.

Ironically I think playing more skill position players is more logical when you have a .500 team and are not going to make playoffs. Then you have the opportunity to evaluate game time performance and develop others. But when you are in a great run and headed to the playoffs, you go with the best unless they need breathers or are injured.

An exception on the other end may have been Montana State as they had 3 very good runners of similar performance, and had put most games away so early they could pull starters. However, when they needed the starters in in the fourth quarter in Davis, they were gassed which could be attained to not being in a lot of fourth quarters.