I don’t see the next few weeks going well. Hope I’m wrong. — LeFan

I've been following Aggie football since the early 70's and I don't think I've ever seen a year so decimated with injuries. We've been hanging in there but, I agree, we could be in for a rough stretch. Hope I'm wrong as well...

Oh man, these injuries keep piling up. Just when you think it can't get any worse...

Lousy crowd but typical of early November. — DrMike

The official attendance was a whopping 893.

I didn't understand why NDSU got the ball to start the second half either since they won the tip at the start of the game. I figured I must be missing something since the Aggies didn't protest it.

TMZ obtained police dispatch radio from Kneeland's girlfriend, who told operators that Kneeland was armed, had a history of mental issues and told her that he would "end it all."

TMZ reported that the NFL also phoned Plano police after one of its players — believed to be Kneeland — "texted his family goodbye."

Officers responded to "a welfare concern" at Kneeland's residence at 11:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 5, according to the Star-Telegram's Nick Harris. A Plano Police Department spokesperson told Harris the officers did not make contact with anyone on the residence.

Kneeland was reportedly pursued by police after allegedly committing a traffic violation. Police said he refused to stop, leading to a pursue. Minutes after evading officers, Kneeland is said to crashed on soutbound Dallas Parkway. Police said he fled the scene of the crash on foot. Officers found Kneeland dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at 1:31 a.m. ET on Thursday morning.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/marshawn-kneeland-death-details-know-153435712.html

it sounds like the DB situation is dire. — DrMike

I've got my fingers crossed that it doesn't get even worse. I don't ever recall seeing so many serious injuries on the defensive side of the ball and mostly concentrated at the DB position. It looks like we have to score a lot of points in order to have a chance to win in the next 3 games...shootouts or whatever it takes...

Regarding the Aggies' sluggish first half:

“We got lucky to get out of there tied,” admitted Aggie head coach Jim Les.

“I was not at all happy with the way we played early and our lack of energy. We believe in truth telling in our program and there was a lot of truth telling flying around the locker room at halftime. But then our intensity, our effort and our physicality got better. We stress how you can impact the game in so many ways even when you don’t have the ball and that helped turn things around.”

Connor Sevilla post-game comments:

“I give all the credit to my teammates for finding me with the ball when I was open,” said Sevilla, a 6-1 junior from San Ramon.

“I have more confidence in myself this year and I felt great today. I’m blessed to have this opportunity this season.”

Added Les of his budding superstar, “He’s one of those guys who I actually have to kick out of the gym because he is such a hard worker. He’s not tall, but the size of his heart is enormous.”

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/sevillas-career-night-leads-aggie?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=178158091&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Just got home from the game. Very nice win for this very young Aggie team. There is a whole lot of potential on this team and it's going to be fun to watch them grow and get better.

In the post-game, radio interview, Les said he did not like the lack of energy in the first half and they "discussed" that at halftime. He also said that he really liked the way the team responded and came out in the second half with good intensity which was led by the team leaders.

We were getting killed on the offensive boards in the first half but we did a much better job of getting better spacing and blocking out in the second half. I thought our defense really turned up the heat in the second half also and that energized the offense and the 3's started dropping.

Niko had 6 blocks and I thought the foul on his 7th was not a good call. He looked straight up and down to me. Suljanovic, Stokes and Rawlins are impressive for true freshmen. Daugherty, Fagbemi and Esso-Essis were all in street clothes. Hope to see them back soon.

The Ags are 2.5 point favorites tonight but this scribe disagrees with the oddsmakers.

North Dakota vs. UC Davis pick, best bet

It is tough to fully evaluate what to make of UC Davis in the opening game given the DII opponent, but it was concerning to me the Aggies did not fully bury Menlo. The undermanned opponents trailed by just eight at halftime and cut the lead to the same margin with just over 13 minutes left to play. UC Davis was able to pull away late in the game, but Menlo still shot 40.0% from beyond the three-point line and if they did not have 28 turnovers would have had a chance to be in it at the end.

I think oddsmakers got this one wrong and am backing North Dakota State to win outright on the moneyline. They are 3-1 in their last four meetings against UC Davis. The Bison also have won 16 of their last 17 Wednesday games played at UC Davis stadium, University Credit Union Center.

There has been more turnover on the North Dakota State roster, but there is a clear concept for who they want to be as a team. UC Davis greatly struggled to score last year and lost their lone reliable source of offense. Being held to 42 points at halftime against a DII opponent is not convincing enough for me to put these concerns to the side.

Expect this matchup to serve as a bit of a wake-up call to the Aggies as they prepare to face true high level competition. If they open the game with the same lack of purpose, North Dakota State is capable of burying them. Count on them pushing the scoring level to a point that UC Davis cannot match and for this to be the story of this matchup. Capitalize on the +114 odds on the moneyline and look for the Bison to pick up their first win of the season.

Whole article here: https://dknetwork.draftkings.com/2025/11/05/college-basketball-prediction-pick-for-north-dakota-state-bison-vs-uc-davis-aggies-on-wednesday-11-5-25/

The problem with linking through the Aggie website is that it always takes you to KHTK 1140 AM even when the game is being preempted by the Kings. At least that's been my experience.

Do you know what internet station Wong is referring to?

I attend the home games and watch the away games on ESPN+. After the game is over, I listen to the radio, post-game interview on the drive home from the games in Davis. When the game is over on ESPN+, I tune into KHTK 1140 AM radio and listen to the post-game interview live online.

KHTK 1140 AM carries the Aggie games except when they get preempted by the Kings. You can listen to it online live but I don't know of any way to listen to these interviews except when they are being broadcast live though. You can google KHTK and go to their website to hear the live broadcast or you can link to KHTK through the Aggie Athletics website also.

I haven't figured out what radio station the games are broadcast on when the Kings game preempts the Aggie games.

I've never seen any press conferences for Jim Les like they have for Tim Plough. I was just thinking about this today and I think that both men's and women's basketball should have press conferences throughout the season just like football. The only time we hear from Les is in the post game, radio interviews.

I really enjoy your write ups. Very informative! I would love to see you do the same for the men as well.