The 105 scholarship limit is an attempt by the top conferences to restrict competition.There was a temporary need to increase the scholarships because of the extra year of eligibility, that need is about expired.
The top FBS teams will have sitting on their bench unused talent that used to be in conferences like the Mountain West. The top conference’s level of play will very marginally increase while lower level conferences talent and FCS will significantly decline, and not be as competitive for TV contracts.

No one cares about the student enrollment in bowl games. Haven’t heard anyone not wanting their school to play Notre Dame because they don’t have 10,000 undergrads.

Thanks. The totality of peoples contributions is worthy of mention.
Storage is cheap these days, they should retain the old rosters of players and coaches so people can look this stuff up. You can’t even find out who the coaches were in 2010.

Biggs the QB in 72 was a Little “All-American”. Davis was selected to go to Atlantic City to play in the Boardwalk bowl, inside the Atlantic City Convention hall, against Massachusetts . The dimensions allowed only shallow end zones and while Davis racked up lots of yardage they could only score 14 points because they couldn’t pass into the end zone,
Back then the offensive line was between 210 and 240 lbs, so when they played scholarship schools it was tough to run. Might have been the first game ever on TV for Davis, i don’t know.
Biggs graduated and then 1973 Jim Speck was a true Freshman QB, threw for 419 yards against Boise State at Toomey field, and Davis lost 32-31. Couldn’t get a pass rush against Boise’s much bigger line.

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.