i hope that the missing game notes are just delayed, not no longer produced. Some schools don’t make them. They used to have a media guide each season.

Sac State, an institution one would think Davis has resources to compete with, has actual game notes posted. I think players and their families like to see their name mentioned in print. The large majority of players being mentioned in Davis press releases are those with all conference recognition, and those names are repeated in every release. Sac in contrast actually has game notes, complete with an actual 2 deep chart.

A negative outcome of this game doesn't portend anything in the Big Sky but it would seriously diminish the likelihood of getting seven wins. This team like Southern Utah, Idaho State, Cal Poly,, Northern Arizona, is a team we should beat handily but upsets happen. Any loss to one if the above teams would need to be offset by beating Weber, Montana or Sac.

The position coach said so in the preview.

i too like to look at it. I hope its out on Monday.
Last year they listed a guy who didn’t get in a game all season, but still, it will be interesting who they have in what positions on the offensive line and linebacker, defensive back.
There will be some juniors sophomores and redshirt freshmen that they forgot to mention in the position videos that will be in the depth chart, and we have some transfers from last year that might get into the depth chart.

Maybe they have a 500lb elephant formation where that’s the weight or the tight end and the fullback,
These same guys have a podcast where one explained what an Aggie was. This from a branch of Texas A&M! But i’m grateful they cover the team. It’s a rare event when we are playing an opponent with less publicity than us.

I think their offense struggled so much after losing their QB for the last three games that they think the offense was their only issue. Statistics can lie, when a team has no offense the opposing offense doesn't call the same game, making the defense look better. Example: they are proud that they held Incarnate Word well below their average but they were not in the game,

The speculation on The Lion Wire blog is that Peter Parrish will be the starting QB. Former four star 247 recruit as a dual threat QB, began at LSU, transferred to Memphis, then to East Mississipi Community College, where he lost the starting job.
Link to the Texas A&M fan “analysis” of the game,
https://thelionwire.com/2023/08/26/the-pre-snap-read-lion-offense-vs-aggie-defense/

yep. I doubt many football strength coaches would say a kid (Leon-Guerrero) playing running back should still be 6’ and 180lbs after a year. I bet he isn’t.

I think wholesale changes when a team is bad like Cal Poly is more likely to lead to improvement, while wholesale changes when a team is good like Sac or Weber is likely to lead to regression. Texas A&M was a transition team that suffered from QB injuries, so they were neither good nor awful. They have a tradition of winning at a lower level, like Davis did in 2005.
The challenge of this game is that their offense will be un-scouted, its conceivable they will get some points off of the unexpected, their defense is thought to be good. It might be a low scoring game and they have a good field goal kicker and we have a new one. Add in some risk of bad weather, and that Davis has a new offensive coordinator, QB coach, and also have to replace some key personnel so there are things one can worry about. If we have a good game plan and our offense scores its usual amount of points we should win.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the roster weights are often not updated. Fisher is new so he’s probably got his listed weight, but both Mateo Perez and Leon-Guerrero haven't varied by a pound, very unusual if they actually weigh these guys annually.

Now Weatherunderground says 89 degrees at 7PM and 76 at 10PM. Apple shows a couple of degrees warmer.

No, they changed the forecast. It was on my phone and you can drill down to see a graph. It was a different graph than this Thursday, with the peak temperature after game time. Friday Sept 1st looks like that now.

New 10 day forecast, only a high of 90.. Hope this one is correct.

Winston Williams was one of the recruits in 2021 with the most offers. Unsurprisingly didn't play as a true freshman as we had a lot of depth, had some unknown injury last year. So totally without game experience here for two years and the roster has him as a junior. He should be at most a sophomore.

The ten day forecast for Commerce Texas calls it to be 101 between 8 and 9PM. Thats the high for the day.

Tulsa 9//2/2021. i think that qualifies, although opinions may vary. It is 200 miles from Commerce by air. Kickoff was 6:30, temperature 93 degrees, wind 12mph.
Tulsa was worn down at the end of the game,

They don't need to limit these videos to 2:00 minute for two position groups. Each coach could find enough to say if you gave them two minutes apiece. Are they running out of memory in their camera or something? Maybe the producer is thinking these are for the 30 minute local news?

Sagarin has his starting ratings out for the year. These are supposedly based on recent history of the team over time, but how much time they don’t say. Davis is third in the Big Sky following Montana State and Sac State. Davis, Idaho, Montana and Weber all within a point of each other., so essentially tied.

They estimate a line of 19.07 for the game against Commerce.

That affected Granfors and Poerio less for some reason. Kraft who does return has a pretty decent average per catch as well.
I’ll just add that I’m not disputing that we don't throw many deep balls. But the players that somehow got more yards per catch are mostly gone. And I’m not trying to define the problem being the QB, the receivers or the plays. However, I do recall seeing a bunch of catches for negligible gain.

There are a other tall receivers. Chad Davis, who caught five passes against Cal is 6’3.
I’m a fan of Babbs. He was so dangerous after the catch before he missed a year.
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I think part of the short average gain per completion is we threw many passes for one or two yard gains, checking down as a safety valve or running screens that gain little. Its not all due to not catching balls downfield.