He was injured in the second or third game. Grant played in so few games this season he can get a medical redshirt.
This is already his third year with the Aggies after two years of JC.

I saw a post on the Rhodey board, that claimed Davis' defense was rated 100th. Based on that the poster felt the game would be fun for them..
Of course that includes the Washington game, which distorts the stats. A better measure of Davis' defense is the Big Sky Conference games where Davis is second best defense in the conference in scoring defense and third best in yardage. And that is almost entirely without the Connor twins, and five of the conference games were without Ty Richardson who is playing well.

And they posted it!

If Pinnick is 6’ 200lbs he is not that small. Is he?
There is a tendency to think the elusive guys are small. Warren Moon was 6’3”

Ulonzo was durable. Have to factor that in with comparing to Lan.
Gale spent four years here and found himself a seldom used player. There are a host of spot players who don’t think its worth coming back for a fifth year if they are number 3 or 4 on the depth chart. We had a safety/ cornerback senior this year who called it a day, even though he was on the fall camp roster. Could have used him

They are balanced, but more rushing plays than passing plays, more yards passing. They are second in the conference in passing yardage, and third in rushing yardage.
Pinnick is gifted, Like your guy he is evasive, and has a strong arm. Pinnick completes 69% of passes for 9.5 yards per attempt. He has givens up quite a few sacks because he extends plays. Stats are for the eight Big Sky games.

For me Massey matchup tool says a most likely score 31 to 24' 72% Chance of Davis winning.

https://masseyratings.com/game.php?s0=627248&oid0=6516&h=-1&s1=627248&oid1=8200

The game matches number eight seed and number 9 seed so may be the most competitive game. One side feels gypped that the other got what they think they earned
Teams from opposite sides of the country provides more regional interest than games like Stephen F Austin vs Abilene Christian.

San Luis Obispo not Goleta

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Jordan Fisher was the higher rated between he and Carter Vargas on 247sports. . Carter was rated about the same as this years recruit Aden Jackson. Should they all have expectations?

Not very meaningful to compare teams with different strength of schedule by looking at stats.
The SI playoff stats article has Davis rated low on defense, but Davis is the third best Big Sky team in yards per carry and yards per game and ranks in top half in most defensive stats if you look at conference games.
Makes a difference when your stats include games against Washington and Montana State.
Davis played most Big Sky games without one of its top cornerbacks who is now back. That contributed to the loss to Idaho State.

The Brown game was played at a professional soccer teams stadium. The two teams play every year. The Governor had a press conference to promote the game and attended. I suspect no Governor has attended the Causeway.

Unfortunately the ESPN games.aged.out of espn. Here is one from Youtube

Most of the guys out for the season have been out for over.a month. Missing games doesn't help marketability.
It.would be interesting to know who is out for the season, we can only guess, but many of them aren't in line for a payday. Davis is only missing four starters even if you include Vargas as one. Of.those.starters two, the Connors, may not have eligibility. Winston Williams is going.to be devalued because he has an injury history. We've lost players who weren't consistent starters before, but it is unlikely there is a big market for them..

We now have one running back with meaningful experience available. Rotating running backs isn’t the same negative impact as rotating QBs, and its a position where players get hit every carry, run routes and block, so more likely to need a breather. I suspect if we had more blowouts reserves would play more, but Plough doesn’t play reserves until the very end.

The problem with Davis is not that they play two running backs, its that they should play three or four, like Sac or Montana State. Vargas isn’t leaving because the coach said he was the number 2 running back a few games into his first season except for some token carries last year.
Fisher is a redshirt sophomore.

They are both talented. Fisher is a small as an NFL prospect but so what, this is college. Fisher has plenty of it factor.
Plough made fisher wait unused while he featured Lan. Then early in this season Plough said fisher was so good that Plough said he must be the dumbest coach in America not to give Fisher more carries. Vargas was getting plenty for a guy in basically his first year. Remember that the last games of the season, starting with Idaho State were the best rush defenses on the schedule.

Interesting that Rhode Island had AP All American transfer to Memphis and then change his mind and return to Rhode Island. AJ Pena.

How tall do you think he is? I admit he doesn’t look to be 6’0” and weigh 200lbs that the roster says. The Davis roster usually not prone to exageration.
Example Christian Knoos who was a highly regarded recruit this year was listed on 247sports as 6’0 is on the roster as 5’10”
Maybe someone has stood next to Pinnick or watched a basketball game in person when he was a senior in HS.