Let’s see if this is one of the rare instances we don’t let them escape
Nope

Yeah

Great camera work

Clearly pass interference

I share your concern. I like the way Sac has handled multiple QBs. They change them in the middle of drives and don’t have a controversy. We should do something similar.

There is a tendency with coaches to play the guy who can execute the game plan in a predictable manner, and not throw crazy interceptions.
Hastings has been reliable at doing what he does. Is that the right call? Maybe not. But Hastings has won the two games he started and also managed the game winning drive against Weber.

They’ve got a link to the game notes on the schedule. But still lame. They are now not promoting road games, it seems.

How lame of the enterprise story to say Cal Poly was Hastings’ first start.

Hey I’m not disputing that. Just pointing out that our three games are against the three most productive offenses. I didn’t say they were unbeatable.
Our schedule this year has been easier than usual and we’ve sometimes been playing teams that had offensive shortcomings. Not the case these last three games.

how about points? Do they count?

One of the implications of these three opponents being the best offenses in the league is that our defense hasn’t been tested by this level of FCS offense,
so having faith in them is really a matter of faith, and not experience.

The next 3 games are against the three top offenses in the Big Sky in both yards and scoring in Big Sky games.

I see that Luka Nixon, a second team all Big Sky pick this spring hasn’t played since the Weber game. He missed some games prior to that one, Luka was really a big factor this spring.
Also Casey Granfors, who made 3 tackles on special teams against Tulsa, a pretty impressive feat hasn’t played since Dixie.
I assume both are injured.

Tulsa has been a major disappointment this season. If they had not fumbled the ball through the end zone they would have likely scored and we would not be a top 10 team.
Really, imperfect as it is, judging teams purely by a matrix of all teams comparative scores is the best method. For one thing it’s objective. Second, whether a team wins sometimes is pure luck, Not ranking a team based on their having one more loss than another leads to the kind of injustices we’ve been noting.
Northern Iowa is ranked by Sagarin higher than any Big Sky team.

No QB chatter, talked a bit about tackling bigger backs. Carson Crawford handled a number of questions, He presents himself very impressively.

How can the FCS coaches poll have Montana #10 and Sac #22 ?
Ranked 12 places higher than Sac who beat them at home and also has only one loss to a FCS opponent?

yep I overlooked that one

Sagarin list several different ratings for teams, one of which weights more recent games heavier. At one time they had a rating based on wins and losses, but now all algorithms use only point differentials. Our next game we’re picked by various algorithms to win by between 4.75 and 7.91 points, with the closer margin based on both teams recent performance. In summary a close game.

I don’t think Davis has covered a point spread since Weber game. I’m not talking specifically from a gambling point of view but point spreads reflect a consensus of opinion, Davis has underperformed week after week, relative to score expectations.

A lot of the polls are too influenced by where teams were in early polls. Teams get ranked based on last season or first couple of games and then it’s hard for a team to move up. Based on point differential and record this season Sac should be right there with us.

Part of their inconsistency might be due to their true freshman, class of 21 QB. They also have a freshman running back, a big guy at 6’2” 225 who had 177 yards rushing against Idaho. Their QB is a scrambler more than a runner, very mobile. They can be explosive,
This is a better team than anyone we’ve played this season in BigSky other than Weber.