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.

You can’t be disappointed when players don’t come back for additional years after graduating, especially when in some cases like Poerio it would be year six.
Gilliam had a capable replacement, the quality they miss from Gilliam is his outstanding durability.

It is incorrect to blame the loss to Eastern Washington or Montana on a deficit of offensive talent other than to concede that with Larison we would have won both.
The EW game loss was sealed by allowing 217 yards on three drives in the 3rd quarter. Montana gained 148 yards on two of their drives in the third quarter. Well coached teams make very productive adjustments against the D. Losing those games has been a team effort.

Pretty sad when intense academic requirements is a b average in an era of HS grade inflation.The course requirement might block some, I wonder how many students don’t get in because they missed the visual and performing arts course.
That young QB at Idaho State went to a good Catholic High School in Santa Rosa. It would be surprising if he wasn’t UC eligible.

Lots of opinions about him having the job due to nepotism. Our offense and QB productivity have fallen off this year when Cody Hawkins is no longer Offensive Coordinator and QB coach.

My eye test keeps telling me Davis could be a dominant defense, i’m kind of baffled that they can’t quite put it all together.

No one wants to give Cody Hawkins some credit for the job he did here as offensive coordinator and QB coach?

Do we miss much maligned Cody Hawkins?

Guess who the Box score lists as wearing number 70 and starting the game?
He is alleged to have started every game, but he hasn’t generated any statistics. Which makes sense because he hasn’t played. I mention this not because I have anything against Luke but they are not crediting a sophomore transfer from Nebraska who has stated every game since coming here, and wears #70.

70 Roncevich,Luke

Date Opponent
08/31/2023 Texas A&M-Commerce
09/09/2023 Oregon St.
09/16/2023 Southern Utah
09/23/2023 Eastern Wash.
09/30/2023 Cal Poly
10/07/2023 Montana
10/14/2023 Weber State
There are no statistics for this selected season available for this player.

The offense looked better playing from behind last week. Tonight they had bad field position and a lead that they nursed. Against Montana they were throwing the ball downfield with some success.

If Weber had played the guy they benched Davis would have lost. The Weber QB was about the worst I’ve seen, considering how he had so much trouble holding onto the ball, was so short he got balls tipped, and didn’t run or pass well.

Typical of our defense this year to give up a big play at the most inopportune time. It feels like the opposing coaches have a few plays they know will work, and sure enough they do.

Weisser played against Northern Arizona until the end of the game, what makes him questionable?

According to the box score we are playing a defensive lineman at left tackle and he starts! Only people that have read my weekly posts about this know what I’m talking about.
Seriously I think the only guy out has been David Main, who got a leg injury a few games back. I’ve never seen anyone roll so far as the guy that cut his legs out. Not saying it was intentional but it was weird.

For some unknown reason Babb doesn’t play or get thrown to a lot.
Gbatu had a good game and is probably the number 3 receiver now. If they don’t win this week they’ll probably be playing the guys who will be here next year.

No one criticized Babb, but he doesn't seem to be the deep threat that people are hoping for.

It wasn’t just that LL was getting a high percentage of the running back plays, he was carrying the ball all the time in one way or another, receiver, running back, wildcat QB, returning kicks.

Our problem isn’t which receivers we play, we gained 359 yards receiving. Babb may not be as fast as he was as a freshman, he looks a little heavier.
The fake punt may be a situation as described a few years ago, where the players in the field can call it, based on how they read the punt return team. The other 4th down play was an incomplete pass on 4th and 3.
Which brings us to the tendency of Davis to pass on traditional running downs and run on passing downs. With our injuries at running back we’re not going to have success running on running down and distance situations.
The Montana game was lost by the long Montana touchdowns, and not getting stops on third down. Special teams weren't that good either.

i think in this last game after getting behind we saw some long completions and we certainly had a diverse group catching passes. Gbatu, Hutton, Davis, Babb, the tight ends, and Fisher. Fisher is a dangerous receiver. Before this last game I thought our passing game had fallen off due to the change in coordinator, but I’m not so negative now. I’m more disappointed in the defense,

Davis’ offense is fourth in conference game rushing yards and is averaging 5,4 yards per carry. This is with Larison missing 2.5 of the 3 games, and Tompkins missing 1.5 games, and Perez missing all of them. On the other hand only Montana of the three teams we played has a good rushing defense.

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The issue is lack of depth at running back, not lack of good guys at the top of the depth chart. UCD has better run blocking than when Plough and Keane were here. Since they left we run more and are better at it. This is not a knock on them but people and teams get better at what they do. But if you intend to be a running team you need more than a couple of guys you have confidence to play. To get more than two guys you need to give out a running back scholarship or two every year. Davis hasn’t
We had downfield passing in this game and we had 359 yards receiving. We have reliable receivers. Chaz Davis to name one has had good games against Cal, Oregon State, Eastern Washington and Montana.