William and Mary over Charlotte 41-24 - but is is Charlotte who got thumped by FAU.

However W&M looked real good. Strong running game and good pass rush. As Archie Bunker said “Jeez of course they won, it’s two colleges”.

... or you can just go to

https://bigskyconf.com/stats.aspx?path=football&year=2021

but that would be no fun ;-).

yah, field position. Lousy punt coverage on that setup SJSU. PSU also had that punt that was touched by receiving team player who wasn’t thinking (or thought Kelly has touched it).

Portland State definitely looked better than SJ State. The inability to punch it in from the 1 yard line in first half and the inability to get just 1 first down on their last drive sealed their loss. Portland’s QB looked very good (he is mobile too) and Beau Kelly had a big game. Portlands 3 turnovers didn’t help but were’t turned into scores. PSU is going to give some folks problems in the big sky.

problem has been that our offensive line and running attack has not been overpowering (flashes but not up to the best on the big sky) so we do need production out of our qb. Maier (with Doss) provided that. If we had a defense like the Montana Schools and Weber we could have different expectation of qb production. But even as such, I am not clear that Hastings is the best option in any case.

Cody Hawkins referenced a “new quarterback” in his video. Hastings is not new.

well it’s a third-party source and maybe Dunning has a bad source, so I still have hope some Dixon or Newman will troy out as starter. Experience is fine, but it has to be backed up by (good) performance. I’m going to real bummed if Hastings starts against Cal.

No chance of winning with Hastings. Aggies were never in games versus good teams with him. I just don’t get the bias towards Hastings with Hawkins. Nothing against the kid, but if you want to win and improve you go with someone else. I had thought Newman would be the logical choice with a bit of mobility and his experience. Or give Dixon a shot if he has the strong arm and is decently accurate.

Hope Dunning is wrong. Maybe just surrender any chance of win and find a quarterback within the first 2 games.

Chris Brown (running back) was the reason Cal won in 2019. Aggies couldn’t stop the guy especially in second half. He changed his name after 2019 I believe.

My father told me all about that game and Dick Bass.

Game notes are pretty obviously not official as many of us have noted errors. I don’t know if there is any ncaa regulation that requires staff to release personnel info to the opposition. With all of the HIPAA stuff, seems like everything is much more secretive. SIDs I would think handle this stuff.

agreed. QB play is going to be a large part of how successful this season will be.

Press conference - game 1
https://youtu.be/KqS-QSWk3c8

Hawk coy about starting qb.

History (and current notes) have shown many errors and omissions in these game notes. In the series history section, they have the 2006 game against Montana State in Bozeman as a loss (13-2) when the Ags routed them 45-0. Don’t they have a fact checker?

Maybe the staff is just keeping Cal’s defensive coordinator in suspense.

it previously had been indicated on the ESPN app as Pac-12 network but doesn’t show now. When I look on my sling subscription it does show on Pac-12 Bay Area as “new” from 4-7:30 EDT. The description is old and is for the 2019 game - which adds to the confusion but it does list as “new” and at the correct time - so I am pretty sure it will be aired. It is also listed on the Cal football schedule as such.

This shows all FCS by specific metrics (team stats and rankings) - should be able to navigate from here:
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fcs/current/team/28/p2

Attached file (excel) has the above team stats pulled for all big sky conference 2021. You can "slice" by metric on second sheet.

45-7 at half in Vegas. Could have been worse final score. A bunch of special teams miscues by Idaho state in first half - ironic as their coach was special teams coach at Cal.

I am sure ESPN+ will have the games (other than cal). They cover big sky football. I actually will be at the Montana State game with wife. Payed a ransom for a couple of tickets through a third party site. Game is already a sellout. Assume all on the board will be watching that game at home or at sports bar.

Having little knowledge of the prospective qbs, a did a little search to find the size stats on some good FCS qbs. My thought is that in todays game a qb has to have at least some mobility and the first 3 in the list are very good at that. My first instinct is that Newman would be the one to try first due to alleged mobility. I know that HR size was a concern (although only real injury was concussion).

Eric Smid (Sam Houston)
6’1” 180
Tommy Mellot
6’ 0” 195
Asher O’Hara
6’ 195
Jake Dunniway
6’1” 198

Newman is listed at 6’1” 200 on ccsf site but 6’0 195 on ucd site so I would trust the latter as not so inflationary.

From what I seem to hear, Dixon has a strong arm, and if accurate that would be a real plus. I am a bit concerned with mobility at his size (this is just an assumption). I guess my point is that Newman is really no smaller than these other QBs that have had successful careers.

assuming meters, slow for yards. Like NASA mistakes, units count :-).