We have more healthy experienced depth than ever. I think it is unappreciated how lack of depth contributed to our 2019 disappointments. Guys got health and we added some great freshmen.
With the number of weapons we have on offense, the opposing defense really has to have their act together. They can’t have anyone who can’t cover and they can’t focus on just stopping the run or the pass. Cal Poly not sound enough to deal with us. I think a team has to be more physical than we are to beat us, and that’s getting harder.

Poly’s line had some injuries last week.
This game reminds me of when we scored 50 against Portland State in the seventies. Portland State had a new coach, moving up from high school, Mouse Davis with the run and shoot offense. We blew them out at home, but then they got their program in gear started sending QBs to the pros, and won the next four times we played them if I recall correctly

A guy drafted ahead of Marino vs a free agent

Have to factor in Pro careers and not classify someone as D2

We still have a lot of talent in our subs. Love Hutton, he runs like a running back and catches like a reciever.

It looks like it’s been 1000 games since someone painted the water tower. Time for the legacy logo on there.

Let’s let Hastings play with some of the starters. Get comfortable so we have a backup

They held NDSU to 3 yards on 23 rushing attempt. In 2005

No

Harrell kind of bobbled the ball when he first got it. Him carrying the ball is a little exciting in more than one way.

They’re both listed at the rush position in the depth chart. It seems that’s where players go to disappear at least stat wise.

I suppose that position is basically a weak side defensive end. That’s probably the role Peacock played in 2018, but not Eaton. Since there are no stats coming from that position, maybe the defense doesn’t have a rush player on many downs. Seems like we have a lot of talent sharing the one position, I wonder how locked into a specific role players are. Do Eaton and Peacock ever play at the same time?

How does Cal Poly team get to Davis? And vice versa. I was astounded that Southern Utah took a two day 10 hr bus trip to Cal Poly and practiced at their midway stop.

if you can stream from Internet replays are on demand on big sky site
https://bigskyconf.com/sports/2015/11/19/WatchBigSky.aspx

Wow, he captured the football flying out of bounds on the twelve yard punt in the first frame. Oh, I guess that’s just an emoji.

The word “pending” doesn’t belong. Nothings pending approval prior to having a plan.

Pretty fast progress to have approvals pending when protocols and procedures are not yet determined. Or maybe that’s not what they meant.

I hope that the number of guys who are in competition for playing time makes complacency unlikely. This being the first home game, hopefully we’ll see some of the guys who weren’t on the travel squad.
I’m curious, do you think Cal Poly and Eastern offenses are substantially the same given the history of the head coach, the offensive line coach and the offensive coordinator at Eastern? I doubt Eastern’s offensive coordinator who was new last year changed the playbook much given their prior success. Seems that this game will be good preparation, including the scrambling QB.

I’m not saying your team can’t beat us, even twice. I was responding to the argument that out scoring the opponent 17-3 in the second half might indicate something. I concede that rust and new system, new players etc. contributed to your team falling behind so quickly. I also think Southern Utah is definitely better than their record, despite that 12 yard punt.

Since the authors don’t know what the poll means, neither do we. As TatCCHris says,it could be how hot the team is at the moment, which makes it hard to complain coming off a loss. However if those are the best teams, Poly has a steep challenge to get three wins out of their schedule, with four games against teams in the top 3. They would have to beat one of the top three along with NAU to get two wins. I don’t put much credence in teams climbing back into games to make it close. When teams are behind by huge margins at half time, the second half rally shows effort, but it’s like points in garbage time in basketball; doesn’t mean they could do it when it meant something,

Caden McCloughan was Poly’s starting strong safety. He is a junior transfer. He is also Kent McCloughan‘s grandson. Kent played and starred for the Oakland Raiders in the sixties, as a two time all pro cornerback. He held the Nebraska state record in the 220 until 2012. Good genes.