Where do you see it’s rounded up an integer?

I don’t know, the Enterprise makes it sound like they need to be at 4 games or less (unless the appeal is won) regardless of the number of playoff games in which we participate.

Are you suggesting we want a non-seed to have a chance at playing 5 playoff games instead of a seed which limits us to 4? Teams that aren’t seeded rarely get even 3 games in the postseason. If we get a top 4 seed, which probably only happens if Montana loses either to Sac or MSU, the first 2 playoff games would be at UCDHS making 3 total additional contests not that unrealistic to expect.

Same. Missoula for a quarterfinal or semifinal game sounds brutal and as of right now that’s a likely scenario for us unless they lose a game.

We don’t play Montana this year which means we need to rely on others to beat them. Looking at the rest of their schedule, the best shot of that happening is either @Sac or MSU in Missoula for the Brawl. I love to hate on Sac as much as the next Aggie, but I will always choose the better outcome for UCD even if it means a Sac win.

That said, if the Griz run the Hornets off their home field in front of a 20k crowd and national audience that will be enjoyable as well.

Montana beat a top 10 UND. Not only does Sac have 0 ranked wins, they also lost to Cal Poly which Montana beat 28-9.

I guess I just don’t understand the PR strategy here. I much prefer Coach Plough’s approach of giving every opponent a lot of credit and respect. If you lose to a team you’ve just said is trash, what does that make you? I know we need to cheer for a Montana loss next week to help us get into the top 5 but you kind of just want to see Sac lose for karma reasons. Best outcome might be a 3-0 Sac win or something.

Yeah but they look at the FCS rankings, both informally when determining that mid season top 10 but also formally as one of the criteria the night before selection sunday

It’s a shame we have MSU in Bozeman instead of (and/or not in addition to) Montana in Davis this year. Not sure how big sky scheduling works but seems like either or both of those games could have happened as the reverse of last year. Seeing how Montana has fared against ISU and Cal Poly makes me like our chances against the Griz in Shredville. Conversely I frankly wouldn’t be surprised to see MSU run away with the game given that it’s at their place and the weather will probably really suck compared to California

For those who haven’t watched it, it sounds like the coaches already applied for a medical redshirt but the NCAA denied it and they are appealing. Plough said the NCAA’s position is that the Mercer game counts as one of the contests toward the 30%, which he doesn’t think is fair if the stats don’t count.

Based on his comments, it sounds like 4 games out of 11 (36%) would be considered “30% or fewer contests” of the season’s contests but 5 games out of 12 (41%) wouldn’t be. So the most likely conclusion I think we can draw from what he said is that the NCAA rounds the 30% limit up to the nearest integer (ie. 30% of 11 games is 3.3 which means you get 4 games max) for the purposes of the medical redshirt threshold.

Another, non-mutually exclusive, way to interpret his comments is that they’re trying to argue the twins played 4 games instead of 5 because regardless of how the NCAA rounds or doesn’t round, having 4 instead of 5 preserves the possibility of getting under 30% with playoff games.

It seems crazy that when the game’s official outcome is literally “No Contest”, the NCAA would consider this to be a contest for the purposes of the medical redshirt rule.

I can’t see a Plough coached team doing this. They will be taking two weeks to prep for ISU and taking pride in how they’re able to do that.

With both brothers out, I wonder whether they would want to apply for a medical redshirt to play together next year. Couldn't find much online about whether the 30% max number of contests is rounded up, but if it is then an 11 game season would allow up to 4 appearances (3.6% rounded up to 4 games) which is what they both have. The Mercer no contest could have been a blessing in disguise for them if they go that route.

Alternatively if the NCAA applies this rule as a hard "cannot exceed 30.00%" then this can be motivation for the team to play 3 games in playoffs for 4 to be less than 30% of the season.

Thinking, lol

Here’s a panorama of the crowd during the second quarter

Maybe it’s because I went not during halftime, but I only waited a couple minutes each time I went to get food

Isn’t that Coach Plough at 1:50?

I think that’s the only time the fans have ever rushed the field at Aggie /UCD Health Stadium right? What a night, I was a student too and loved celebrating on the field with the team.

It doesn't help that we didn't stop a single drive. 10 drives, 10 TDs.

I was interested in your question and looked into it:

Top 40 public universities by research expenditures:

University of California, San Francisco – Medical center, no football
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – FBS (Big Ten)
University of Washington, Seattle – FBS (Big Ten)
University of Wisconsin–Madison – FBS (Big Ten)
UCLA – FBS (Big Ten)
UC San Diego – No football program
UNC–Chapel Hill – FBS (ACC)
Ohio State University – FBS (Big Ten)
Georgia Tech – FBS (ACC)
University of Pittsburgh – FBS (ACC)
University of Maryland (CP & Baltimore) – FBS (Big Ten)
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) – FBS (Big Ten)
Texas A&M University – FBS (SEC)
University of Texas MD Anderson – Medical center, no football
University of Florida – FBS (SEC)
Penn State University – FBS (Big Ten)
UC Berkeley – FBS (Pac-12, joining Big Ten)
University of Texas at Austin – FBS (Big 12)
UC Davis – FCS (Big Sky)
University of Arizona – FBS (Pac-12, moving to Big 12)
Arizona State University – FBS (Pac-12, moving to Big 12)
Indiana University (Bloomington) – FBS (Big Ten)
Purdue University – FBS (Big Ten)
Michigan State University – FBS (Big Ten)
Rutgers University – FBS (Big Ten)
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign – FBS (Big Ten)
UT Southwestern Medical Center – Medical center; no football
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) – FBS (AAC)
University of Utah – FBS (Pac-12, moving to Big 12)
University of Virginia – FBS (ACC)
University of Cincinnati – FBS (Big 12)
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus – Medical center, no football
University of Iowa – FBS (Big Ten)
University of Colorado Boulder – FBS (Pac-12, moving to Big 12)
North Carolina State University – FBS (ACC)
University of Nebraska (Lincoln & Medical Center) – FBS (Big Ten)
UC Irvine – No football program
Virginia Tech – FBS (ACC)
University of Georgia – FBS (SEC)
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) – Medical center, no football

Back at the hotel and enjoying this thread a lot. Sucks that the feed was so bad! Really a roller coaster of a game, especially after dragging the family out to St George and down 7-24 at one point. But the comeback made it worth it.

Temperature was in the 90s but it didn’t really feel that hot. But that’s from a fan who was sitting in the stands and not playing on the field. Still, it did feel like Davis evening temperature so I would imagine the heat shouldn’t have had much of an impact on the team. Humidity wasn’t noticeable.

Proud of the way the team rallied and got it done!

What section do the away fans sit in?

Yeah or if they really want it in the South then maybe put it in a dome

Ok so then what genius decided Montgomery, AL at this time for this game?