DavisAggie beat me to it. But here is my reply:

He is in high school, who doesn’t put on a few pounds at that age especially if they lift.
I’m showing my age here but Tony Dorsett weighed 155 lbs as a freshman

Virtually the same size as Matteo Perez, 3 lb. lighter.
Interesting that the stats on him show no fumbles in 483 carries. That’s almost unbelievable.
They didn’t throw to him much.
https://www.maxpreps.com/or/portland/westview-wildcats/athletes/jordan-fisher/football/stats/?careerid=hn3g03kqcrvrb

He replied to your Purdy post.

A problem with the spring bowl game idea is that the seniors will have moved on, they are done and don’t take part in spring practice. Now add in the transfer portal, and in the spring you don’t have a lot of the players from the fall team, and you’ve added different ones.

Probably right especially when their competition for the game can’t generate much revenue. I was surprised how many empty seats there were in most of the playoff games I watched in the first and second rounds. They won’t get in with a losing record though. Davis would draw better than many of those teams,

We can lose juniors as well. About half of the “juniors” are class of 18 and have been here five years already. Logically those guys have completed their degree requirements.

I don’t think he started slow and unimaginative. He became OC in spring of 2021, new quarterback, and they chose to be run oriented, which they were effective with. First game they ran for over 250 yards in a win against a ranked opponent, Idaho. Then in the fall, against Tulsa they won by throwing for over 300 yards. His teams were generally balanced and effective. Plough never beat an FCS ranked opponent, and Cody Hawkins did three times, once each season. Idaho twice and Weber once.

Now we need a QB coach. Taylor Chapatte might be a candidate as he filled that role for two years at San Diego.
Kevin Burke Has also been a QB coach at Mount Union.

I thought our running game was the best I can recall, although I have to admit I didn’t watch much during the Gould years, so I think Mike Cody did a good job,

The Gopoly article says he’s going to be offensive coordinator for Arizona State.
Seems premature to fire him to me. He only had two seasons.

So is that his current status, or the status he’ll have when he transfers? He can be a current undergraduate and still a graduate student at his next institution, if he graduates in the meantime. Not saying if he is or is not a graduate student here but logically he doesn’t have to be.

He’s probably graduating this year which is college year five for him. Maybe he’s graduating this quarter.

And at the Cal Poly Game they would chant “You will work for us”. Kind of tasteless,

I get your point. But in this specific case it’s best to cut your losses. It’s a picturesque campus, but I don’t know what challenges they have recruiting, Maybe it’s a tough sell.

Colorado was Montana States opener, Davis blowout of Montana State was game 3 and would have been more shocking if Montana State hadn’t lost to Chadron State in game 2.
Montana States coach was a folksy guy. Here is his comment after the Chadron game:
A considerable amount of credit, Kramer said, goes to Woodhead, who dominated the game and allowed Chadron State to hold the ball for 11 minutes in the third quarter and 36 minutes of the game. "He's good," Kramer said of Woodhead. "He's really good. He reminds me of (Walter Payton Trophy candidate) James Noble of Cal Poly, and we haven't beaten Cal Poly since Robert E. Lee was marching north."

I’m sure they were devastated to lose him.
When a coach publicly blames his players for losses he has to move on.

To the extent that Davis takes it as serious, it puts them at a disadvantage, Majority of schools will just let someone enroll. Does NCAA even require a degree objective? If they do it’s likely a second BA would do, something you could gain in a quarter or two.

Too many years of eligibility is detrimental to the college game. You get guys hopping around without the degree objective as a stabilizing influence, so then teams rent a roster.
It won’t be as bad after the COVID classes attrit.

Even Smalley didn’t play much his first year.. His stats this year are nearly double those from last year, which corresponds to how much he played.
In regards to playing younger players, they’ve always played young players, if they are that good. It depends on depth at the position. Jim Speck started as a freshmen in 1973 only a year after freshmen became eligible. in Hawkins era he has played Jaylin White, Devon King, Teddye Buchanan, Jake Parks, Chubba Maae etc as new arrivals. Other recent recruits like Rex Connors had to wait a bit, as did his whole recruiting class.
This years team was very deep. When you have guys who’ve been with the program, are veterans and have significant remaining eligibility, it’s tougher for transfers or new recruits , Depth on teams is going to revert to normal in a year or two.
Kraut I think might still show something, as he was essentially changing positions.

Idahos run defense entirely collapsed in the second half. I was just thinking to myself that they were doing a lot better against S.E Louisiana than the Davis game when suddenly they ran out of gas. If the game went to overtime I wouldn’t have liked their chances.