The commentator has called DeBruhl "Led" a number of times, so it has to be that he is seeing the "o" as a "d."

This game gives us an answer to the question: Where do the Ags get their scoring when Pepper is not shooting all that well? The answer: No one. Pepper just shoots more and UCD outscores opponents at the foul line.

Good to see Pepper heat up at the end of the half. Up to then, over half of his points had been on charity shots.

Interesting to listen to the play-by-play guy when he's neutral as opposed to when he was rooting for Montana on Sunday. He's not bad at doing both the play-by-play and the commentary.

I tuned in late. Did anyone say why TY didn't start? Maybe because DeBruhl has played better lately?

I'm pretty sure that Dan Hawkins put Boise State football on the map with his 53-11 record in the WAC and three top 25 finishes before handing the reins to Chris Peterson. At the time, the WAC was roughly what the Mountain West is now, so the level of competition was a step tougher than the Big Sky. I guess his success had a bit to do with Boise State's softer admission standards, but I can't imagine that back inn 2000, many quality players were enticed to go there, so Hawk must have done some great coaching against a harder schedule, so my question is: What happened to him at UC Davis?

I know I heard that this game was part of the Mike Montgomery Tournament and we're playing North Dakota State tomorrow as part of it, but I think I heard that Montana then plays NDSU on Thursday. I never heard of a three team tournament before, so I checked and sure enough, the MM "Classic" (I love how they call almost every team a classic; hyperbole is not dead) has only three times with games spread out over 5 days. I guess that helps the economy up there in Missoula.

In addition to 19 turnovers and 7 for 11 shooting from the foul line, the Ags didn't give Pepper any help. Only DeBruhl had double figures with 11 and he was the only other Aggie to hit a 3.

I didn't catch the name of the broadcaster, but he has to be one of the more biased ones I've ever heard. His enthusiasm for good plays by Montana is more than annoying. I also wonder about his knowledge of the game when he keeps suggesting that the Ags foul when down by double digits.

Looks like things are turning around! I think Coach Les has the Ags in a matchup zone and it's giving the Grizzlies problems.

The Grizzlies big man, Dischon Thomas is 6 for 7 and 15 points. Montana is hitting 54.5% of their shots. They've gotten a lot of layups and our turnovers aren't helping. On the other hand, their height advantage is not a factor so far as we're outrebounding them 17-15. I hope they cool off in the second half, but they're not going to go all Pepperdine for us.

I am not obsessing over this, but I can't help but think that Hutton must have been a little dinged up. For what other reason would he not see much action. Also, didn't he just end a steak of catching at least one pass a game for ? games.

If we lose to the Hornets, our playoff chances drop to zero, right? But if we win, what are our chances? We'd have a better Big Sky record than Sac State. Does it depend on how Northern Arizona does against EWU next week?

I heard Jim Les say that Eli Pepper was wooed by major men's B-ball programs but his loyalty and desire to get the team a Big West title kept him at UC Davis. Here's hoping that Rex Conners and Larison feel the same way. I hope they all also value the quality of their degree, which is second to none.

Whew! My heart is getting too weak for these kinds of finishes. Great win though. I note that 6 of the Aggies possessions started inside the Bengal 15. Between that and being 3/12 on 3rd down, it's very good that we have Lan Larison. He should be the FCS offensive player of the week.

What do you see that the OC needs to do better?

Anyone else think it odd that they have not thrown to Hutton once?

Larison now has 2/3 of the offensive yards.

Can Lan play defense?

Hastings is performing below average and his average isn't that great.

It's almost surprising that it's a tie.