Spot on. It has to be communicated then promoted and possibly incentivized.

Where'd they post this statement, I can't find it. I believe you, just sort of a Doubting Thomas on these sort of matters. There is also a Hyatt or something right there on campus, can't we just get 15-20 rooms comped/reduced rate through the playoffs for some sort of corporate partner recognition TBD?

Most of the students that I've met around the tailgates have been upperclassmen by a wide margin. CMT is onto something; hopefully the game marketing is ramped up in the common spaces and dining halls and around town. The good DrMike brings up a very valid point as well as far as rides out of town. Going to be interesting... $1 beer and $1 hot dogs would be epic. Crank it up to $3 or $5 or have some sort of package deal ($3 beers/$5 for a beer and dog until we float "X" number of kegs of cheap beer?). Tap it and they will come...

Could turn into Cleveland's infamous "Disco Demolition Night" back in the 70s

Tarleton is also offering $1 hot dogs AND $1 beer on Saturday! Priorities baby!

I'm with you, AggieFinn, on the potential for a crazy game in Missoula. However, I feel like the Yotes are hot and I wasn't that impressed with the Griz vs. Montana State. Just for fun, I'll take South Dakota in that one.

Bobcats roll.

Torn on Nova vs. Tarleton. I watched the first quarter of Villanova-Harvard, which probably skewed everything, but I thought Villanova looked the part. They totally dismantled Harvard in every phase. I have not seen anything on Tarleton other than how great they are. I'm guessing they're faster, which is typically my preference, so I'll take Tarleton at home, but I think the weird start time favors the visitors.

Alright, looking at that UND facility:

Football dorms attached to the building? BRILLIANT. Probably not moving out of there during a playoff run.
Team dining hall: NECESSARY. At a UC, you could probably combine all sports, or the sports that share a building, but that seems to be an area that bothers Plough.
Position meeting rooms: I'm not sure of how that works at Davis, but I don't think every group has their own room.
Weight Room: ours might be nicer. Not sure on the Nutrition Station. That is a MUST.
Locker Room: not sure, haven't spent time in ours but guessing the new one at UND is nicer.

All in all, we're probably not that far behind, but the housing/nutrition pieces are bigtime pieces that always seem to come up in the off-season or this time of year. We need to feed our guys at an elite level and figure out what to do with them if we're going to be playing during finals week every year!

Going rate in college hoops for young starters to develop is in the $300-400k range. Immediate impact starters from G5 schools to P4 schools is $1m. That comes from an agent acquaintance this afternoon. He doesn't do football but thought it might be similar. Said that BB has more money than FB except at the very top, especially in the mid-majors. Thought young football guys would be closer to $150-250k but that was a guess. Every case varies by school/need/perceived upside

All pure speculation. Good for the brands to be mentioned with MWC and conference re-alignments. I'm sure the artists formerly known as the Go-Go's across the Causeway would love to be mentioned with such regard. But hey, I hear applications are up (unlike their stingers)!

Holy crap! That is really impressive, way to go, Ty! That kid probably got bored covering the WRs in the NESCAC, that's bad football. However, you wouldn't want to bump into any of those teams in the Academic Decathlon or Spelling Bee. Glad he got out of there and is on our side! Three semesters?! That's incredible

Ty is interesting. If he graduated from Tufts in two years and is working on a grad degree already, that is freaking impressive. Perhaps he has one season remaining? If anyone knows or can figure it out, let us know. The top Corner comment is debatable but I am not interested in furthering that conversation. We would all love to see #3 on one side and #11 on the other again in 2026!

I like this guy! Sort of an Andy Reid vibe to him. His comments about NDSU bodybuilders at about the 15 minute mark are great.

Reading body language, he definitely respects Plough and our team speed. "Bigger and faster than expected." He's an accomplished coach and very good at what he does, teams are perennial playoff teams, if they lose, it will be from travel fatigue and that UCD is better.

The Bermites were late arriving on Saturday night, but there were some hard core kids and families doing their thing out there in the second half. Balls were flying, bodies were rolling at high speed down the berm, a few little dudes were strutting their stuff when the scoreboard went Flex Cam. Great scene!!!

Yes, he seems like a dynamic person. Great to hear he's a scholar on top of the fun loving nature and leadership abilities. Future is definitely bright for that kid!

We can live with those flags in the right situations. He and Dixon are running mates. Both high energy guys that bring the juice in all that they do. The loss of Dixon as a spiritual leader will be mitigated by the return of Williams.

That's a big one! He's the best of the group, and Simpson has been very impressive at times. Love the edge that Williams plays with, brings a little nasty to the TE position. Good group of young TEs coming up, will be interesting to see who emerges. May also be a Portal position to address with as much 12 personnel that Plough uses.

What about a Fullback? Any suspects on the roster? I hate seeing us on 3rd down inside the 3 yard line in the Shotgun.

The money will not be crazy for any of our guys coming off of this season. I can come-up with reasons for that for each of them but will not go there. We love them because they're our guys; but very few are actual big-money, Power 4, plug-and-play starters today (you don't pay for back-ups). Two of them are close, but the rest are either a bit slight, a bit short, or damaged goods at this juncture. No knocks on any of them, because if we can bring all of them back, maybe lose 1-2, get the Connors boys back, we're staring a Top 5 pre-season FCS football team in the face. Also, a serious national title contender who plays their toughest Big Sky game at home next year! We're in a great spot for this season and next, I wouldn't worry too much about any exodus this off season primarily because I don't believe the market is what many people imagine it to be.

I am in 100% agreement with your opening paragraph. I am also highly impressed with your usage of the word "chicanery". Haven't heard/read that in a while, kudos to you!

Great to hear about the Facebook growth! It's all of these platforms: social media, message boards, THE Pod, etc. that contribute to spreading the gospel of what's happening with Aggie Football and grow fan bases. Fired-up to be a part of it, and if I was on The Facebook, I would join!

I'm retiring from Rocket Dog posts (we've spelled her name 4 different ways). I'll give her another shot this week.

Kai has done a nice job, very solid #2 type. Holds onto the ball, hits it where he's supposed to, doesn't do too much. My gut tells me Vargas plays this week. I watched him run and jump around and celebrate a TD last Saturday night and thought, "he's ready to come back."

By the way, losing coaches are required, or at least expected, to appear before the press after NCAA Championships games. They flew charter, the plane will wait.

(Am I going to hell for that last post?)