The defense gave up two drives for touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
They have underperformed their talent all season.

Or David Razor. He could play in each game and still redshirt,

I know everyone was waiting with bated breath to see if they could list the starting lineup correctly. And the answer is….. NO.

They still list a defensive lineman as starting at left tackle, And that guy doesn’t wear number 70.

[ I happened to watch again some of the Montana game. Hastings had two 25 to 30 yard in the air completions in the third quarter against Montana. He also had two consecutive passes for losses, one to a running back and one to the tight end. I’m not sure Hasting has the arm to throw more than 30 yards effectively, so maybe they should figure out how to make the short pass plays work, or not call so many of them. There are two ways to increase the average per pass attempt and one is to not throw for losses. With Larison back they might just run in some of those situations.

On the coaching staff they have a receivers coach with a lot of experience at SFCC, Hawaii, and Washington State, a tight end coach who was the passing coordinator at San Diego, a running back coach who was passing game coordinator at Case Western, and an offensive assistant who was an offensive coordinator at Willamette, in addition to Cody and Shanbour. I don’t think the coaching staff are without ideas. Hopefully Cody is open to input from those guys.

True. On the other-hand Hastings is easier to catch than some other qbs. I think our line is not the problem

obviously our defense is the better performing unit. I think our defensive has the potential to be even better. They are so close to being able to dominate a game but haven’t done so yet. They tend to give up yards mostly in the second half.
Our offense will look a lot better with Larison and Tompkins. It will be interesting to see what they do with Tompkins. I think part of the answer to deeper pass plays is Gbatu.

. I don't think stats comparing teams which play vastly different schedules are meaningful. At this point of the season they have played enough big sky games that the conference only stats is much more meaningful.
Davis is
2nd in defense points allowed, defensive efficiency, defensive rushing yards & average per rush 2nd in points allowed
9th in points scored
5th in rushing yards and average per play yards (largely without Larison and limited Tompkins)
6th in passing and offensive efficiency.
11th in yards per pass attempt
Only two interceptions on offense and one on defense.

Even with our injuries at running back that left us playing without our best runner in 3 and a half of the four conference games we are still averaging 4 yards a carry in those games. Davis also is at the top of the conference in not allowing sacks. It is not o-line issues.
The games we lost were largely determined by Eastern Washington and Montana being very successful in moving the ball in the third quarter. I think that is indicative of the other team making adjustments Davis coaches didn’t have a quick answer for.

Eli Simonson #70. The transfer from Nebraska.
Sophomore, started every game,
They list another player as #70 and he gets all the participation stats even though I’ve never seen him on the field. That players jersey is #93

Are you referring to my post? I’m talking about the game stats where they list who started and who played. The box score, The information flows from the game statistics automatically into each players bio and the season statistics. The player participation tab of our games this year have never listed the guy who starts at left tackle, and at in early games messed up with the players that have duplicate numbers. A player who transfers here from out of state because he never got to play at his major college team, and then starts here the first game he is eligible, deserves to have that recognized so his friends back home can see that he is playing here.

Almost every college team posts a depth chart in their game notes. In our case it never changes and is not accurate anyway.
No college team gives information about medical issues. I think its violates medical confidentiality policies and perhaps even legal mandates

They have definitely regressed in the last couple of years. I don’t think its just the marketing department, the Athletic Department can’t even list game participants accurately. Seven games they list a players name that doesn’t match the jersey number. Don’t the people keeping stats look at the roster? Or if not the roster, the game notes? Somebody has their own incorrect roster and they are keeping score. One of the best practices of handling data is to have a single database, not have everyone keep their own list.

An interesting statistic is that Trent Tompkins has the lowest average gain per reception among wide receivers. i don’t know the reason for this but suspect his average is brought down by ineffective screen plays, or getting thrown short passes as the check down receiver in the hope he can do something with no blockers. I hope they can find a way to get more out of him as a pass receiver. While he was out or playing running back, Gbatu was very productive at wide receiver.

He’ll play also.

UC Davis football twitter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4jPn40S08c
Larison will be back. Perez not yet.

Hawkins mentions the factors in his press conference today. He credits a number of things, including Hastings calling the protection schemes they use, getting rid of the ball quickly, and the receivers running the routes so the QB doesn’t have to wait for them to break.

While on the subject of QBs, most teams are using two. It is disappointing that Tompkins couldn’t throw well enough to stay at QB, he runs better than most of the running QBs teams are using as a change of pace.

Comparative conference only stats

• NAU has thrown 6 interceptions vs Davis 2
  NAU has 3 interceptions, Davis only 1
  NAU averages 3.7 yards per rush Davis allows 3.1
  Davis averages 5 yards per carry NAU allows 4
  NAU leads the conference in sacks (14) Davis leads in fewest Sacks allowed (3)
  NAU much more a threat on kick returns.

They should at least have an offer for a running back.

I bet that visual and performing arts requirement keeps a lot of introverts out. Crap like that makes a school counselor who does a good job the primary admission requirement

Davis opened it up when behind against Montana, were productive when briefly behind against Weber. They play conservatively with a lead. That will be a better strategy with Larison and Tompkins healthy.