I was a student at Davis 72-74, and I remember Lou Bronzan as a player, but they never mention his playing career in the Hall of Fame release besides that he played. I think he had a prominent role although I don’t recall the details and there certainly were some memorable games in that period.

Sagarin is all based on a matrix of point differentials, winning the game doesn’t count. Sac’s, narrower losses to San Jose and Fresno are better than Eastern Washingtons loss to Nevada is part of it.

They put Winston Williams in the backfield to block for Larison on a direct snap. TEs have similar skills as fullbacks. They have a bunch of tight ends, if they want to borrow one for that role.

SUU lost by a missed extra point in overtime to Tarleton a couple of weeks ago, have an FBS win and their running back has gained 1,000 yards already.

Regarding Eastern Washington whats the expectation for Verner and McWilliams playing in the game?
Alexander had an uneven game, although I’m glad he is still around.

The ranking of FCS teams filtered from Sagarin’s list includes two transitioning teams, so Davis would be number nine without those

All these stats are Big Sky Conference only.

Eastern Washington’s offense is similarly productive to Davis’ but they are much more effective rushing averaging 5.9 yards a carry to Davis’s 3.7.
Eastern Washington had 286 net yards rushing against Sac State, and 263 against Montana. They average almost six yards a carry. Their two running backs are similar in size to Larison, both 6’ tall 217 and 212 lbs, Their running QB taylor is also 6’ 200+ lbs..On the Sac State broadcast they said the offensive line has over 200 starts. Stopping the run is going to be a challenge.

Both teams complete a high percentage of passes, but Eastern throws less than half as many for less yardage per attempt. Interesting that Davis trails only Montana State in yards per pass attempt, and Montana State throws only about a third as much.

I wish they had run that swinging gate play.

Tompkins wasn't wearing the knee brace for the first time this season.

Winning against the California rivals is important for recruiting. Cal Poly more than Sac for the academically oriented prospects. Most the players were probably recruited by both teams.

Goligoski is rangy and quick and should be playing given the injuries at the position.
Can’t believe Miles forgot Tompkins TD reception last week.

They don't need to choose between them but Fisher has more talent as a ball carrier.

20 -10 NAU after an 88 yards 14 second NA U drive. Unbalanced line running play.

Northern Colorado and Idaho State both have more yards rushing than UC Davis in conference games, Davis is last in the conference in rush yardage among teams that have played two games..
I’m not making a prediction. Could go either way. Plough could decide once again that we can’t run the ball, and call a pass heavy game, or Larison could have a huge day, putting the lie to the stats.
We’ll see. The run game has been disappointing this year and we are at the point of the season where people say teams are what they have shown.

Cal Poly leads the rushing category in Big Sky conference play, averaging 292.5 yards per game. Davis has been middle of the pack in rushing defense giving up 151 yards.
Davis’ is averaging a horrendous 88 yards a game on the ground 2.8 yards per carry. Cal Poly is yielding a meagre 96 yards per game at 3.2 yards per carry.

Remember when Cal Poly changed coaches and abandoned the Triple Option, and the conversation that they needed taller offensive linemen? Now the tallest of their offensive linemen at the top of the depth chart is 6’4”

Sarac was third on the depth chart and he started so in that sense they had no one else on the depth chart.
Would be weird to me if they don’t cross train their linebackers. I see Sam Goligoski played, and might have been at that position, but maybe just on special teams or elsewhere.

Lucche’s photo is from a good angle because it shows how deep Tompkins feet are in the endzone. The photo in NCagalum’s post is the one the broadcast spent time on and it is from an angle that minimizes the distance, as it was from a camera behind the 15 or so. By replaying the catch you can see Tompkins caught the ball with his left arm and his chest while then bringing his right hand to the ball. Ball had to cross the goal line for Tompkins to catch it against his body, given how deep Tompkins feet are in the end-zone.

They now call the position that last year they called Rush $. In the depth chart Garretson is 1, followed by Cloyd and Sarac. Garretson played against Idaho but not the prior or the following game. Cloyd has been out for a while as you said. Also they have been without two backup DEs,, The pattern last year was that they took Maae or Toki out on passing downs and played one of Carrillo or Carrade to get more mobility

At the rush linebacker along with veteran Luka Sarac who is a veteran, they could play Kyle Hill a freshman 6’5” 3 star edge recruit. He has played in one game this year and that briefly, maybe on special teams. The team should have the freshmen ready to play mentally and the kid has the physical gifts,

The stats are wrong or Scott Gordon is wrong, which is it? think it’s the stats because they have a history of errors, but I think they will have difficulty correcting the official stats, which are managed by the NCAA. I don’t think they’ll take Scott Gordon’s word for it. If Fisher doesn’t play in four of the next six games, it is moot.

Fisher did not play in five games last year. Neither did Souriolle. Both are listed as playing in Northern Arizona and not thereafter.
Fisher is listed with no stats for the game. Would they burn a year of eligibility and not give him a carry? And if they did would they not give him a carry in subsequent games?
All of last years freshmen are listed as sophomores even ones who never set foot on the field since keeping track of eligibility is so difficult.
Also: The Aggie Pride Podcast user account on this board responded to my query in the UC Berkeley game thread by asserting Fisher didn’t burn his redshirt status. I assume they have some foundation for that statement.