“ Also, any news on Larison's injury?”
My hunch is they keep it quiet for a while to make teams prep for him.

I’d like to see what Harper can do. BTW Dixon was on the side lines with what looked like a knee issue.

Somebody earlier commented that every year pre-season they get their hopes up, that this is going to be the breakout year, then disappointment. I have the same sentiment. We just don’t seem to get over the hump. But on the bright side, our defense looks solid. I’m just not going to get my hopes up anymore and just roll with the punches.

This one stung like the year we lost to S. Alabama. Something is obviously different with Miles this year compared to last. Lordy, he was the top QB on the stats sheet for completions, fewest pics, etc. The turnovers were the difference in this game. Even against Commerce, we had 4. Last night he made some really poor choices including throwing balls out of bounds making it impossible for the receiver to bring it in.
Harper brings a few twists to the position. He’s a lefty and a much better scrambler than Miles. But our coaches never seem to make a QB change during the season.
We are a middle of the pack Big Sky Team.

The SLAC score was 27-36 Vandals

Good on the Vandals!
SLO - ouch. I’m starting to feel sorry for them. Historically such a strong program. Remember that dreaded triple option? They were a force to be dealt with. Hopefully they can turn it around so the golden horse shoe has meaning again.

Idaho 13 SLAC 3 end of the half

Yep

Game day. Let’s beat the Eagles!

SUU forced us to beat them through the air by completely stymieing our running game, 93 total yrds on the ground, maybe 40 in the first half? I expect EWU to have the same game plan. Another big question will be whether EWU’s pass rush is as effective as SUU’s was. I noticed that on predicted pass plays, SUU brought in 4 new linemen who I presume were their pass rushers. It seems like they weren’t blitzing that much and that their front 4 were handling it. As you mention, we need to control the line.
I see Bob is taking us by 7. I’m thinking more like 3.

I think they one of those triangular fold out signs out in front. If you come in on the east side and never walk past the 50 yard line near the press box you’d never see it. But they have a good selection.

Aggie swag can be bought in the Bruce Edwards room, right under the press box. They were open for business at the SUU game. Welcome back Amurden.
BTW, you can also buy swag downtown, in the ARC, and of course the bookstore.

Same here in the valley.

Smoke in the valley today. Hopefully that won’t affect Saturday.

Very true. My wife and I were impressed with how polite and well spoken the players were when we met them at the Team Aggie gathering. Chubba surprised me. Here is this big guy who is actually soft spoken and very humble. Meeting them then watching them perform added a new dimension to our game day experience.

Hopefully they were “honest” mistakes and not willfully ignored by the line judge(s). I can think back about a few calls during various causeways that i thought were home town calls. Do they use local refs or are they league assigned from out of town?

After watching EWU-Fresno, EWU has another good QB who is a strong scrambler. SUU dropped >300 yards on us in the air. I think our secondary is really going to get tested this week by EWU. Too bad we didn’t get them last year when they were down. As others have mentioned, this game is a pivotal contest in the big picture for this season.

On the bright side our kicking game looks solid, Hastings didn’t have any pics, and Larison is turning out to be a game changer.
Miles was under a ton of pressure and had to roll out to stay away from the rushers. On the other hand, SUU #12 had more time to pick his shots. We didn’t get any sacks (and neither did they). While this was a better game for Miles, I thought he was putting a lot of fire on his passes, sometimes being a little behind the receiver. Gale had several drops that i think were related to that.
The “no call” interference on the north west endzone where the suu defender pushed our receiver from behind likely would have been a TD.
SUU is looking good. Right now we look to be a middle of the pack big sky team. On to EWU. I really dislike their coach, and while I would like to see us embarrass them, I’m not so sure we have the ammo to pull it off.

Toke, if you can log into your account on your phone or tablet, you should be able to get it on any smart tv. The sign in will ask you to go to their website, type in the provided code, and you’ll be on board.

26-9 Beavers over SDSU, final.