Brutal. I think it's good to have a contrary perspective but this is probably a bit of hyperbole on the contrarian side.

A couple of things stood out to me:

• Only a few of Hawkins' seasons were winning seasons -- the piece misstates that it's been 2 of the last 5 when really it's been 3 of the last 5, and there are decent odds of this season as well (if you take Massey's 45% chance to win tomorrow plus some small chance of winning @Sac). 3/6 with potential for 4/6 is far better than the 6 years preceding Hawkins.
• It was interesting to break down where Hawkins' wins have come from but I bet if you broke down a lot of BSC teams' records you'd see a substantial chunk of their wins coming from the bottom half of conference and unnoteworthy non-conference games. Sac also has a protected rivalry with Poly, and EWU has one with Portland State, etc. Not to mention the other schools get D2 teams on their schedules which we pretty much have stopped doing.
• We used to lose games to the above teams, sometimes badly. It's not clear to me what other hire except some bonkers signing like Petersen could satisfy admin and fans alike and also drag us from being one of the worst teams in D1 to a team that's actually going .500+ with our recruiting limitations.

Oh I agree, that was just before my time.

Stunned. This might be the most exciting win I've seen for any Aggie sports team, period, since I've been a fan.

(Probably it isn't the biggest upset on paper compared to something like WBB upsetting Oregon, but I'm thinking also in terms of the historical record and Cal's proximity).

Great aggressiveness on the boards and defense. Not perfect, but holding up really well even while mismatched.

It's like the shooting talent of the Corey Hawkins era team has been pasted on to the scrappy defensive teams after that

Held in the end but it is concerning how easy Bengals made it look for most of the drive.

32 is a 5-TD lead less an opposing team FG. Actually a relatively likely score differential given how the Aggie offense and defense alike have performed against weaker teams these days.

Edit: Whoops, missed the second page of replies with multiple people getting there before me

I don't agree with Weber beating Sac being good for us or even mattering that much for playoff purposes.

Best case for us I think is Idaho and Sac winning every remaining game other than when we beat them. Second best scenario is us beating a really good Idaho, losing close to undefeated Sac, and some other upsets for bubble teams.

In fact Cal Poly might be who I'm rooting for the hardest this weekend, that might eliminate Montana from the bubble

As long as we continue to be unranked, I reluctantly say run up the score. Unlike most blowouts we actually have something to gain by adding a few TDs

Side note, I’d put this as one of the best and tightest haltime shows since the band reformation, minus the intentionally bad puns.


The bands past and current excel when they’re doing something recognizable but not overplayed or stereotypically marching band things, and so things like Ghostbusters and Rocky Horror nail that vibe

I thought Doss is #1

Fielding Three guys who can and do take snaps and throw passes in on the same red zone package is killer against these —well, not top FCS defenses

Curiously, despite our concerns on here about the reliance on the run game and short passes, UCD is now 16th in the nation in yards per play (slightly ahead of Sac, NDSU, and Jackson State for example).

Aggies are actually creeping up there in a lot of stats, especially offensive and penalty related stats, and you can start to see why the ratings like Massey and Sagarin think this is a top 25 team based on performance vs the schedule

Edit for more examples:
Total Offense - #11
Fewest Penalties Per Game - #3
Passing Offense - #13
Completion Percentage - #9
Rushing Offense - #28
Yards/Rush - #12
Turnover Margin - #3

Position in bracket is irrelevant if you're not in the top 8, as I understand it. Having a cushion against other bubble teams is the "only" benefit to having more wins if you're not a 1 or 2-loss team already. (A huge benefit though).

Agree it's a virtual lock that somebody else (likely MSU) gets the auto-bid.

That's what I was just thinking. Sac State losing here makes a conference title marginally more doable but that's out of our control anyway. Sac winning here puts us in a better playoff situation.

Although, I'm guessing we're a lock at 7-4 if Sac is halfway decent by the time we play them.There would have to be serious time zone bias by the committee to not pick a 7-win team with our schedule.

Defense was on the field a lot because the O was scoring so fast; I'm wondering if there's a "sweet spot" where a slightly better opponent might have somewhat fewer (or at least not proportionally more) rushing yards vs a fresher Aggie D and/or against the starters for longer in the game.

Nope. 75-yard TD for LL on first play

They finally get a TD, presumably on our backups.

Time to see Dixon on our next drive maybe? (Or get Tompkins some reps)

Our rushing corps is having a party out there

I just do not understand decisions like that. It barely moves the needle in terms of chance of victory and it isn't even guaranteed 3, as we just saw.

Huh, an I formation in a post-Gould Era Big Sky game, now I've seen everything