Harvard? Unreal. I don't buy it.

CP has been great, but I'm always happy to see 2s and 3s get work for multiple reasons, including if they don't see PT, do they look to the portal? (Damon Wrighster supposedly is also nimble.)

Looks like the Ags stayed in the Playoff Committee Top-10:

1 North Dakota State 9-0 No. 1
2 Montana State 7-2 No. 4
3 Montana 9-0 No. 5
4 Lehigh 9-0 No. 7
5 Tarleton State 9-1 No. 3
6 South Dakota State 7-2 No. 2
7 Tennessee Tech 9-0 No. 10
8 Monmouth 8-1 No. 9
9 Harvard 7-0 NR
10 UC Davis 6-2 No. 6

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2025-11-05/north-dakota-state-montana-state-lead-fcs-football-committees-second-top-10-rankings?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MFB_20251105_Top%2010%20Reveal%202&et_rid=1190788987

Great Aggie football talk is the best!!

Happy to be here talking ball! I struggle keeping the threads straight, but I do remember saying that I supported CP as the starter 100%. I still do, because I believe he gives us the best chance to win. Grant positioned us to win the game at UNC but we played great defensively and on STs that week. That being said, the fact remains that:
a. Teams that get a punt blocked lost 90% of the time
b. Couple that with catastrophic turnovers as far as when they happened in the game and the fact we lost the turnover margin
c. Sacks are essentially considered turnovers by most coaches I've been around
= LOSS to inferior opponent

No excuses, but we can have some grace. CP practiced all week last week, looked great to start the game, and made some mistakes that inexperienced QBs will make. Part of the process, and part of being on the big stage. Growing pains. He's a big boy and there is nothing personal here, and I'm sure he has certainly heard it from his two QB coaches in film. No they've moved on. "You're either winning or learning." Tim Plough

I'm moving on to the Vandal thread, unless that's where I'm at right now. Love you guys, good night! GO AGS!

Having Sailorgabe back and Pacifico here has made this forum more fun. Glad to have all you folks :)!

Facts.

No I don't give brownie points. I'm a military man. You either do or don't do. We are UC Davis, our bar is high. We don't lower the bar if you can't make it, you get stronger until you meet it. If he was not ready to play he shouldn't have played. In all honesty, if the coaches had gone with the backup, we probably win this game.

Cooper looks like a different player this season. Physically I swear he grew an inch. But the biggest change is his outside shot. Last season his mechanics looked all out of sorts. Last night his form was better, ball rotation was good. He clearly put in time in the off season. Combine better shooting with his elite athleticism and aggressiveness and he’ll be one of our statistical leaders

Fitzgerald, Baker along with grad transfer where on in sweats. Didn’t see any braces or obvious injuries so hopefully they’ll be back soon. And a terrible site to see when Kanagasabay went down. Certainly looked like an ACL

Team looks like another solid group. It’s definitely Bennet’s team. The offense is just smoother when she’s at point. Liked the look of freshman Ersdala from Sweden and Letnfer from Alaska. Both look like they could develop into big contributors.

Enjoyed the energy in the crowd for last nights game. This team is going to live and die with pace of play. If they can rebound (or create turnovers) and get out in the break, they’ll be very competitive. If they get sucked into a half court game, things might be more difficult. Really liked a few of the newcomers. Most surprised with freshman Chas Rawlings from Folsom. He still needs to get stronger, but he played with a confidence that most first game freshman don’t. Omer started and is a gifted offensive player. He will need to toughen up his defense. Also looking forward to Fagbeymi when he gets over his wrist issue. Essos-Essis was in a boot so not sure what his prognosis will be. All in all, this should be a fun team to watch this season. And if some of the younger players develop over the season we will be a tough out come BW tourney.

I’ve learned to turn on closed captions on these pressers, lol.

I think this will be a very tough game for the Aggies. The Aggies have a lot of potential but, from what we saw against Menlo, we're definitely a work in progress.

Well that changes everything. Thank you for providing that clarification. The loss of those two players Dobbs and Jones must have really impacted his confidence in passing. Just a tough day overall. Hopefully he bounces back strong next week.

I'll take a look at the presser, thanks for posting!

Saw Niko at the football game last night. Honestly think his off court leadership will mean as much as his on court contributions.

The touchdown tower lighting looked good on tv. Looks like they installed a catwalk on top of the tower. Somebody ought to get the OSHA safety guy buttered up with a Cattlemen’s dinner because if they could get Gunrock up there it would make a sick cinematic flyover shot for promotional materials.

Not sure how NCAA's procedures for handling these appeals will play into it but on a moral basis it absolutely makes sense that NCAA should be generous with how to count/not count the Mercer game, we drew the short end of the stick there already

How about Cal Poly’s first 4 conference games:
@ Sac State
UC Davis
@ Montana
Montana State

GO AGS! BEAT THE LUMBERJACKS!

Aside from a few rows down near the field in Section 121, and the SE corner of seating alongside the band, the game looks to basically be sold out - still some GA left, with it being Homecoming, expecting a huge presence in the berms with kids running everywhere.

expand that dang stadium!

Isn’t Saturday a Homecoming Game? I would expect more students will show up.

On a separate note, didn’t the Basketball team used to have an annual “Break the Record Night” in the 90’s? Can this be marketed for football? (Although allowing more than 17,000 in a 10,000 seat stadium doesn’t seem very safe). Expand the seating capacity, Rocco! Great time to be an Aggie!

The Ags came back from being down 2 sets to beat UC San Diego 3-2 in 5 sets (21-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15, 15-12) to move to 5-0 in conference play which is the best ever Big West Conference start. They are now 9-4 overall and are riding a 6 game winning streak. The win sets up a battle for 1st place in the conference with Long Beach State on this Saturday, October 11 at 11 a.m. in the University Credit Union Center.

Aggie fans can make Saturday a double header by going to the volleyball game at 11 a.m. before attending the Aggie football game vs Northern Arizona later at 4 p.m. Aggie volleyball fans can do the same as well. This makes for a great day of watching the Aggies battle for 1st place in both volleyball and football in their respective conferences. Go Ags!

Recruiting rankings at places like Sac are fool's gold. They look good around signing day or after the portal closes, but get to the start of school and into October/November and the star ratings don't matter. Those guys that took the money, or drank the hype Kool Aid will quit and look to transfer or flunk out believing the portal is something more than a place where kids are dumped by college programs because all scholarships are one year contracts. The portal typically OPENS with 10-15k names in it that carried over from the previous season(s).

The beauty of Aggie Football lies in the development of players. Look at the Sam LB/Edge positions for example. Those groups are loaded-up with long bodies with great growth POTENTIAL, not ready-made starters. Elite programs don't rely on Freshmen to start the season. We're not there yet given all the FR that are starting, rotating, and who will be sprinkled-in at the end of the season on Special Teams, but we're trending in the right direction. Davis will stick to the traditional model mostly; recruit great kids who are there to develop and are bought in to redshirt. Pull guys out of the portal as needed (good character, academically proven), and maybe play a freshman or first-year transfer in some spots. Previous teams and staffs have built upon this foundation and the current staff is doing a great job of continuing that tradition.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2025/10/6/football-caden-pinnick-named-big-sky-offensive-player-of-the-week-for-second-straight-week.aspx

Gutty win at SLO. Wulff has them trending upward, their team speed has greatly improved since last year. QB played out of his mind. Decent atmosphere, beautiful night, nice crowd. I told a buddy with close ties at SLO that they are vastly improved and better than Weber, especially since both are playing with backup QBs. The starter will be back for SLO at some point and makes them instantly better. The trickery and situational play calls were outstanding for the most part by Wulff and staff.

I thought Sievers played well, I noticed him making more plays than the other LB but that might have been schematics. He's going to be the Will down the stretch. Afato is pretty much backing up both ILBs at this juncture, I don't think they can afford to risk him at Fullback for a few snaps a game given how shallow the depth is at the LB position. He is exactly what you want in a FB though; add another 25-30 lbs and he'd be a real monster there. Or else find a shorter, undersized D-tackle to fill the role. TEs are too tall to do it effectively in the box and we're thin there as well.

The throw on the first Aggie TD was as impressive as I've ever seen. CP really stepped up on Saturday night, hopefully that is a preview of things to come. Pretty solid offensive performance overall. My only gripe is the way we start games. We need to find ways to avoid early 3-and-outs and be better in the first quarter but man do we finish!

Yes, but do you want voters to speculate about the effect of injuries before the effect is manifested on the field? That would be too subjective.

hopefully the people that go to Brewfest actually make it in the stadium!!