Seems like the kind of guy that would be a good mentor and friend to the student athletes. I agree with Dr. Mike, seems down to earth but maybe a bit too laid back. I have to wonder what he has up his sleeves come game time :).

Regarding news coverage, I dumped the Bee about a year ago. Their home delivery cost was higher then what I was willing to pay for the level of news I was getting. The Daily Democrat (we call it the daily disappointment) actually has been doing a good job covering Aggie Sports. Last fall they were covering the Hornets on about an equal level with the Aggies. I dropped the editor a note telling him they really should be covering local sports, and let the Bee cover regional. He agreed with me partially, then about 4 months went by and the Hornets have essentially disappeared from their sports coverage.

Great insight into a team most of us know very little about. Your coach made a comment in an interview about the challenges of playing a team outside of the home conference. This is something I have missed since our D2 days when playoff appearances were the norm for us. Excitement is brewing out west.

FWIW, I pinged a NI beat writer to refrain from using 'UC-Davis'. He agreed — movielover

Not sure it is the same guy, but they like "Cal Davis" also.

Wow, anyone else surprised at how quiet the UNI fan forum is for a team that has been fairly consistently good to great over the last 10 to 15 years and are currently in the 2nd round of the playoffs?

Agreed. I posted over there to stir up conversation. I think they see the writing on the wall regarding this game.

Captain Aggie worked on campus, i think he was a janitor for facilities. He lived in Woodland. He continued to come to games, he sat in section 122 and would always be in the Bruce Edwards room at half time. I always greeted him when i saw him. The last time i saw him, maybe 5 years ago, it looked like his health was poor. While doing the Captain Aggie gig, he got in a little heat with the administration which i dont want to put out publicly. He had a great costume and was good at working the crowd.

Or maybe a HS coach that wants to move up, err, down, lol.

Are you guys talking about “Captain Aggie?”

Coaches show at El Macero. Not sure if this is open to the public or not.

And have them bring their cow bells!

Wow, coach of the year last year and shown the door this year. And they just renewed his contract.

Good find on the videos Finn. Found the comments by the UNI coach interesting regarding being happy with their offensive performance against Lamar. They won, barely. He does sound like a nice guy though.

05, if you have to go to will call one of the grandmas, uncle finn, or one of us can watch little 05.

They posted the ticket link on FB urging people to buy tickets ahead of time. I commented that the link was broken, never heard anything back.

Still a bit early to be sure. The best forecast we get will be 24 hours before game time but at 48 hours
we’ll have a good idea.

Zander This has been the worst season's for Aggie Pack attendance that I can remember except for the game with ISU and there's little to no leadership for those that do show up.

I know for a fact that this rides heavy on Blue and Hawk and they are working hard to fill the stands. Who manages the Aggie Pack? The band-uh sure has it figured out in terms of when to make noise, when to be quiet. Maybe the pack should fall under the auspices od the band-uh.

If we beat UNI i beleve we would host Nicholls since they were not seeded.

Does anyone know if we are going to honor our seniors on 12/1 considering they missed out at the Causeway?

It was modest. Primarily athletics members and their families and maybe a dozen fans. Lots of kids playing and having a fun time. Finn and I were there. Glad i went. Was able to chat with coach and Blue. Both are very welcoming and appreciative of the fans.

I will never forget that hail mary pass to the north end zone and the bleachers emptying out to the field.