Tulsa coach saying nice things about the Aggies, as is typical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v2Qv6aN8pw

In Tulsa they are practicing in the heat
https://www.google.com/amp/s/tulsaworld.com/sports/college/tu/tu-football-practicing-in-the-heat-preparing-hurricane-for-early-season-games/article_7c7f35ac-0601-11ec-b042-fbe4c21e5bb9.amp.html

In later games Trent was involved a lot of non wildcat plays.
In finale against Eastern Tompkins ran nine times and passed nine times. I don’t know how many involved the wildcat as a formation, but not a lot.
In the fourth quarter he was in for a couple of drives, one of which ended with a touchdown. While Tompkins was in there were a bunch of carries by Larison in both drives
The second drive ended with him throwing four passes, I don’t know what formation these were from but they weren’t the classic wildcat plays where the QB carries the ball.

Maybe some bad play calling here, maybe not.
1st and 10 at EWU13 Timeout UC Davis, clock 02:27.
1st and 10 at EWU13 TOMPKINS, Trent pass complete to CASTLES, M. for 5 yards to the EWU8, out-of-bounds (Doyle, Ely).
2nd and 5 at EWU08 TOMPKINS, Trent pass incomplete to CASTLES, M..
3rd and 5 at EWU08 TOMPKINS, Trent pass incomplete to CRAWFORD, C..
4th and 5 at EWU08 TOMPKINS, Trent pass incomplete to VAUGHN, Khris.

https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/tu/article_994927b2-02d5-11ec-b4d9-abb34fbb0a7d.html
Above page is a quick look at Tulsa. I got prompted to sign in but closed the window and read it, so hope it’s available.
They graduated a QB but seem more settled at that position than we are by a long shot.
They have all their offensive linemen who started 2020, one 2019 OL starter who sat out 2020, and a transfer OL starter for Oklahoma State.
On the other hand two starting corners transferred.
This is a very experienced football team and won’t be like playing San Jose state in 2018 where the Spartans were clueless.
Note the difference in information available for fans compared to what we get here.

The basketball equivalent of FCS is called mid-major.
“The last time, as of 2021, a mid-major team won the National Championship was 1990 when UNLV won with a 103–73 win over Duke, since UNLV was then a member of the Big West and since 1999 has been a member of the MW; the Big West was not then considered a power conference, nor is the MW today.”
Because of the larger number of games, mid major basketball teams compete more frequently with major conference teams. But one might say they're not in the same league,; I think the winning percentages of those games would reflect that.

That’s an example of what they need more of. But are they going to do a position review? How long has it been since there was a coaches show? Why did no stories come out of sending coach Hawkins to the BigSky kickoff for media. Some other regions media reported his comment on this being the best team ever, Did that even get reported here? Anyone ask “why do you say that?” I think there is a story there.’

The Davis enterprise doesn’t offer much. Dunning isn’t really a sports reporter anymore, he’d rather be the community elder talking about bigger themes. We’re not going to add fans without team publicity, and the Davis Enterprise readership isn’t enough especially since the stories are behind a paywall. I thought the athletic department was going to do more stories on their website, including some by a former Davis Enterprise reporter but those haven’t been seen since COVID.
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is listening did it make a sound?

I think someone will pick him up but what school at our level is not going to have other running backs, and good ones? He had only two players ahead of him here, so he was going to get on the field, given the likelihood of injury. We need three running backs, so I wonder who will be the third guy now.

This is recycling his long standing opinion. Unfortunately a major college football team usually has press coverage not behind a paywall

Agree. Look how Cal and UCLA have done of late. Fan base won’t support the cost, general interest in college sports in California is in decline.

Julian Alessi is listed as of 8/11/21 roster
Number 88

There are a lot of RBs on roster, most untested. I recall one year Biggs had nine running backs which was unusual for his teams and commented on how useful it was for practice. We have eight not counting Dixon
I’m curious how Chukwudobe looks with his 195 weight. He had good speed, 10.99 100 meters in high school. The teams website has a profile of him from 2020 where they understate his track speed by a full second! Hope he still has the speed.. Speckman calls him “Shifty”.
Lots of underclassmen who we haven’t seen much of.

He’s going to have competition wherever he goes.

Linebacker is probably the most unsettled area of the defense, not for lack of talent but because there are a lot of guys in the mix.
Humorous error on player statistics for Zach Jones. He has inherited another Zach Jones stats. The prior one a walk on from Napa “hit like a sledgehammer” so maybe this one will too.

Sad to lose Babb. He was the most dangerous receiver after the catch. Good running the fly sweeps too.

Tysean White seems to have lost a lot of eligibility due to his one year of playing at the Naval Prep Academy. I guess that started the clock. We’ve got guys who’ve been on the team four seasons who are sophomores.
Who is Seeley?

The new version of the roster has updated weights of the players. This was something I was irritated about because with rare exceptions the roster weight of players never changed. But the new weights show some surprises. Some of these weight changes may have taken place over years, except for the newer guys. Here are some notable ones

Hunter Rodrigues is now 170 lbs, down from 180
Jaylin White is now 180 lbs up from 158
Lan Larison is now 199 lbs, up from 180
Trent Tompkins is now 189 down from 200
Luka Nixon is now 279 lbs, up from 230
Colton Lamson now 296, up from 285
Bryce Rodgers is 311, up from 285
Nick Eaton 237, up from 215

Now they put him first team preseason all American, so they’re consistent. But isn’t this a lot of praise for a guy whose caught 12 balls? Is this because they pay extra attention to FBS transfers or is this justified?

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2021/8/11/football-three-aggies-earn-hero-sports-preseason-all-america.aspx

We’ll have to wait and see how he does in comparison to the other defensive ends, I’m guessing that’s his position. But he seems like he’s a good prospect based solely on his size and numbers. Not saying he’s better than anyone else but seems like he adds depth.

Also gleaned from the roster is that the team promoted to assistant offensive line coach Jacob Thomas who was offensive line quality control this spring. He was run game coordinator at Azusa Pacific. Played at Azusa under a NFL Hall of Fame O lineman. That sounds like a good addition.
Cody was an Offensive coordinator at College of Idaho, Thomas was run game coordinator at Azusa, Speckman has been a head coach and offensive coordinator. Lots of offensive strategy experience on staff under the two Hawkins.

ANTONIO OLIVIERI. transfer from Azusa Pacific. Played a little as a freshman there. Good size at 235.
High school report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oAgPI29grk