Chukwudobe wouldn't be able to do any better. Our O line is severely overmatched by their D line. Chukwudobe would not be able to run over 2 or 3 of their huge D linemen anymore than any other of our running backs.

San Jose State 59 Cal Poly 3 - Final
Wyoming 31 Portland State 17 - Final
Incarnate Word 42 Northern Colorado 7 - Final
North Dakota 34 Northern Arizona 22 - Final
Weber Stater 37 Northern Iowa 17 - Final
Montana State 10 South Dakota State 0 at the half
Idaho 14 Nevada 3 with 10:20 to go in the 2nd
Idaho State 7 Utah State 7 with 9:45 to go in the 1st

The Aggies lost their first game of the Trojan Invitational by a score of 3-0 to USC (25-19, 25-19, 26-24) and fall to 3-4 on the season. 2022 national semifinalist San Diego is up next for the Aggies at 3:30 pm Sunday.

A new sound system has been installed at the Aggie stadium.

I wonder if Stanford will continue to play the Aggies once they begin playing in the Big 10? The Big 10 may pressure the new schools to keep their RPI's high by scheduling tough non-conference games just as Gonzaga does in MBB.

The Aggie men would love to schedule St Mary's, Pacific, Santa Clara and USF on a much more regular basis but Gonzaga doesn't want those schools playing the Aggies very often because they feel a possible loss to the Ags can hurt their RPI's more than a win can help. Gonzaga wants their MWC opponents to keep their RPI's as high a possible so when the Zags play them it's better for their own RPI.

The Aggie Athletics website has posted a 30 game schedule for 2023-24 that includes 10 non-conference games. There hasn't been an official announcement so I'm not sure if the non-conference schedule is entirely complete.

The non-conference home games include Academy of Art, Portland State, William Jessop and Saint Mary's. The OOC road schedule is tough: Oregon State, Sac State, Boise State, Washington State, Weber State, and Stanford.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule

You're right. It looks like we have a home and hone with the Grizzlies. The Ags can schedule 2 more OOC games now.

I didn't know that they were posting an updated schedule as they add games. They've always waited until the schedule was complete before showing anything. I like that they're the they're posting the schedule now as it fills. I think it helps keep Aggie fans in the loop and interested before the actual season begins.

The Beavers have moved up to #16 in the FBS. Are they the highest ranked FBS team we have faced?

Nebraska was too much for the Aggies today in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the Cornhuskers romped to a 4-1 victory. The Aggies dropped to 3-4 on the year and will try and right the ship next week when EWU comes to town for a 5 pm game on Thursday, September 14th.

This guy predicts OSU 55-10 or so. Check out the cushy seats that they have now in Reser Stadium too.

This is great and it will really help us with our exposure in the greater Sacramento area.

I think the thing that will be so hard for us that was mentioned in the presser, is how that they have so many players who not only have great size but they have speed, agility and athleticism to go along with their size. I just hope we don't get physically beat up and come away with injuries.

Excerpts from The Athletic, "If Deion Sanders Wins, Scorched Earth Will Become Accepted Strategy."

This has been a dizzying and nauseating time in college athletics. School presidents had long ago proven themselves to be far more about revenue streams and media rights deals than academics. But they’ve mutated into some unrecognizable species with conference Armageddon. It’s Monopoly with 6-year-olds. University mission statements, written long ago in far more innocent times, now are less believable than anything crafted by the Grimms.

Some established football coaches, even those who’ve embraced the transfer portal to patch holes and improve their team, may not feel inclined to detonate their rosters to the extent Sanders did (86 new players! 57 transfers!). But some who believe their program is on the edge of spiraling might feel desperate enough to take that extreme leap — and they will be given the blessing to do so by their administration. Younger coaches seeking to climb the ranks quickly will follow Sanders’ blueprint. So will high-profile/celebrity-level former athletes who will convince themselves that they, too, can capitalize on their Q Scores and have success despite little or no coaching experience.

https://theathletic.com/4836250/2023/09/06/deion-sanders-colorado-buffaloes-college-football/

The Big West Boards is reporting that the Aggies will play in a 2 game MTE at Montana in Missoula.

11/14 vs North Dakota State in Missoula, MT
11/15 at Montana

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bigwest/2023-24-scheduling-thread-t27312-s230.html

It's going to be a huge challenge for sure.

FCS Coaches Poll (click on the image to enlarge):

3. Montana State
8. Sac State
9. Weber State
12. Idaho
13. Montana
14. Aggies



https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll

The AGS Poll has us at #12 (click on the image to enlarge).



https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?338328-AGS-Poll-Results-2023-Wk1

UCD is a perfect fit for him and the Aggies.

Against UC Davis

- Oregon State and UC Davis are meeting for the fifth time and first since 1930.
- OSU has won all four of the previous meetings, which occurred from 1927-30. All four games were held in Corvallis.
- UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins is 1-2 previously against OSU, while serving as the head coach at both Boise State and Colorado.
- Michael Frisina and Brandon Huppert, quality control analysts for the Beavers, have both served on the staff at UC Davis. Frisina was the special teams QC in 2021, while Huppert was the defensive line coach with the Aggies from 2017-20.

https://osubeavers.com/news/2023/9/4/football-beavers-open-completed-reser-saturday-when-hosting-uc-davis