Can’t believe how fast our offense plays…fast and faster…not sure how they know what play is being called it’s so fast!

This game has started out just like I feared it would but hoped it wouldn’t…

Even with the Freshmen Run it looks like a smaller crowd than last week and quiet too…

Ooof…like a hot knife through butter…

NAU 34 Sac 16 - Final.

NAU could have won this game by an even bigger margin. Their defense was smothering with a furious pass rush. They also have a powerful RB.

Poly 29 Northern Colorado 7 - Final
NAU 27 Sac 9 at the end of the 3rd.

NAU 10 Sac 9 at the half
Poly 21 Northern Colorado 7 at the end of the 3rd

We've been pretty good between the 20's but only 7-20 for scoring TD's in the red zone. We have booted 10 FG's in the red zone so we have scored 17-20 in the red zone. We aren't going to beat the top Big Sky teams by kicking FG's 50% of the time when we get into the red zone though. TD's in the red zone are where we really have to improve...hopefully, that will happen today...

Poly 14 Northern Colorado 0 at the half.

I also saw that the oddsmakers give Idaho a 57.2% chance of winning and the Aggies 42.8%. We're definitely the underdog going into this one.

Huge game and my wife and I will be there.

The FCS Coaches Poll has the Ags ranked #11 and the Vandals at #4 with 1 first place vote also. The STATS Perform Poll has the Aggies at #14 and the Vandals at #4. The game has also be chosen to be the FCS Game of the Week over on the AGS forum.

The Vandals have already established that they are an FCS power to be contended with this year but there is still a lot of uncertainty as to just how good the Aggies are. If we win, we'll move up into the Top 10 but if we get blown out, we'll probably drop out of the Top 25.

This is a great opportunity for the Aggies to build on the excitement that we had with the big crowd last week and to firmly establish themselves as a strong Top 10 FCS team in the eyes of the ranking committees. We should have a really good crowd for this one...maybe even another record crowd and we need the crowd to get into it and be LOUD! Go Ags!

Great effort by the Ags to get a draw after playing most of the second half down a man.

Bob Dunning takes the Ags by 4.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/can-the-aggies-tame-the-vandals-in

Third-year Idaho coach Jason Eck says UC Davis running back Lan Larison is "the best offensive player in the conference," though he notes it hurts to see an Idaho native (Larison is from Caldwell) playing against the Vandals.

Eck did provide a little bulletin board material when he said he feels his Vandals have played a tougher schedule than the Aggies, given that UCD's three victories are over teams that are a combined 1-11 this fall

Both Plough and Eck agree that Idaho has one of the monsters of the midway in defensive lineman Keyshawn James-Newby from Helena, Montana. James-Newby has seven of his team's 13 sacks, causing Eck to note that numerous NFL scouts are aware of James-Newby's talents.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/no-11-uc-davis-vs-no-4-idaho-is-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=149476377&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Interesting that they have a 260lb wide receiver. — Riveraggie

Ooof...he's gonna be a load to bring down...

Portland Aggie explained a way to get an X (former twitter) post to show up as a post in our forum a couple of days ago. I just tried it and it works perfectly.

1. Click on the "up arrow" in the lower right hand portion of the original X post.
2. Then click on the "copy link" that pops up.
3. Then to post the X post in a topic here, click on the twitter icon (the bird) in the top row of icons and paste the copied X address into the "insert tweet" box that has opened.
4. Now edit that address and delete the X.com in it and replace it with twitter.com and hit the GO button.
5. The X post will now load and show up in your post.

https://www.aggiesportstalk.com/discussion/2343/how-do-i-post-an-x-twitter-post-directly-into-a-thread

If you know this as a fact then please tell us the total cost estimate and the a breakdown of the sources for the funding. I saw a statement that said there would be an increase in student fees but no money would come from the general fund.

It's great to hear that the injured defensive starters will be back on Saturday. Do you know if any other players on either side of the ball will still be out?

I think our defense has been the strength of the team so far this year. They've bent at times but they haven't broken and they've come up with the big plays that sealed the win for us in two games even while they had a significant number of injuries to key players. They've shown a lot of depth and toughness.

The defense will need to have another stellar performance in this game as well and not let the game get away from us. We all know that our offense has had their struggles especially in the red zone where it counts the most and, if we can't take advantage of our opportunities on offense again, it will be up to the defense to keep things close if we are to have a chance to win.

It's not likely that we can get down big and come storming back. Our wins have been over teams that are a combined 1-11 and, even though we are 3-0 against those teams, each one of those games was a struggle. A 3-1 record overall at this point is what we all hoped for but I think we also expected that our wins would have been more decisive and confidence building than they have been.

Right now, most of pollsters aren't sure if we belong to be in the top 15. A win would give us a significant boost and put us squarely on radar of the FCS nationwide. A close loss might not hurt us too much but we'd I think we'd still drop out of the top 15 and, if we get blown out, we'll drop out of the rankings altogether.

This is a huge game for us. We could possibly have another record crowd in the stadium and we need to play well if we want them to come back. I think this game is going to tell us a lot about whether or not we are ready to compete with the top teams in the Big Sky. Go Ags!