Silver Dragon closed. There is another Chinese place there, Tasty Kitchen.

He's playing, a lot.

So, per Coach Hawk II, the players are playing and not the coaches:

Teams that commit to running the ball at the Bengals have great success. Throwing out UNLV (FBS) and Lincoln (maybe the 2nd worse college football team in America behind Simpson up in Redding. Yes, there is a football team there), Southern Utah went for 323 on the ground, Montana State went for 328, and NAU with a very average rushing attack went for 200+. Against UNC, the Aggies looked to have a lot of success with an outside zone play. Great answer for all the 5 down fronts in the BSC. Pair that with their usual inside zone, gap schemes, and jet sweep packages, commit to 12-15 carries between the tailbacks, and we will win this game going away.

Conversely, teams that attempt 45+ pass attempts per game (removing the 20 attempts vs. hapless Lincoln) don't stand much of a chance to win vs. Top 25 teams especially. The Bengals QB is a dealer, but they don't play with Tight Ends, they throw it too much, and play with tempo which typically equates to a lot of opportunities for opposing offenses.

This game will go 3.5 hours+ in an Aggie ass whippin' of the Bengals...

Yeah, and interesting that Orr is no where to be found through all of this. I’ve mostly thought that Orr was good for them. But you’d think he would have at least showed up after the Big Sky levied the fines on Marion. But they’re done with the Big Sky so maybe it doesn’t matter to them (?).

Watching the Idaho State - Northern Arizona game the things that stood out to me.

NAU had long drives that kept the ball away from the potentially dangerous offense of ISU. ISU defense was in general poor against the run. The bengal passing game was off, mostly due to Cook being off. I think a key to this game is with the Aggie rush game being used to control things at critical periods.

We’re on our way back from Paris and we plan to be at the game even if we’re still jet lagged. These long haul flights are pretty tough on us nowadays. It takes longer for us to reset the biological clock now than it did when we were in our 30’s!

Fisher had 3 receptions in the whole game. 11 was his rushing number. He’s the best inside zone runner on the team and has been for the last three years. Should have put the game on ice early in that second half but got cute with the pass game and too much Vargas.

Yeah, I was just talking about Ivy grad transfers....I'm pretty sure nobody on scholarship in the Ivy League is transferring before graduation.

Davis offers a BS in Business now (finally), which I assume will help things for business admin portal guys.

IMO, Orr was doing a good job and his biggest problem is Wood interjecting. I think history will ultimately remember Wood as Sac’s version of Katehi - an incompetent leader hired for the wrong reasons, who has demonstrated poor performance and judgement in a short period of time. Should the CSU trustees want any advice, my observation has been that providing a bad executive hire more time and a longer leash has a poor track record of achieving vindication.

I agree that FBS name recognition may increase the value of a degree at sac state slightly, but you know what would do it even more? Elevating their academics. Sac is a decent school but is consistently ranked in bottom 3rd among CSUs (I was surprised how high all the So Cal CSUs were ranked). I know they will likely never surpass schools like cal poly, SDSU, SJSU, but sac should be in the 2nd tier at least. That is what dr wood should focus on. Elevating academics and making sac not a commuter school.

Come Causeway week, Plough is going to have to get the entire team to power down the devices. Wood, Marion and Co. are going to be completely unhinged by that time.

Outstanding!

Can't have covid if you don't test for it.

Give me that!

worth a watch for sure

woo!

I think, right now, turning FBS for most schools means a Tuesday night game vs Kennesaw State with nobody watching. No high school senior is watching that back east aand saying 'that's the school for me'. I think our approach of slowly building to a MWC spot is the best possible scenario.

Mattos also talked a lot of crap and the coaches would fill the bulletin boards in Hickey with Mattos' dumb statements. Putting up 50+ year after year still didn't shut him up.

Oh my god, it's one thing if fans want to blame unfair reffing but this is big time loser behavior. Maybe... just maybe could it be that you put together one of the most disjointed undisciplined teams in the country after bringing in like 70 new players? Nah, couldn't be them.

It is interesting that he is basically calling out Wood though. Doesn't sound like a guy who is enjoying time at Sac.

Stetson is a small private college located in DeLand, FL, a kind of artsy town out in the swamps between Orlando and Daytona. Locally, they are better known for their law school in Tampa and graduate business school in Celebration (the wealthy Disney community). It’s easy to forget they have an undergraduate campus and athletics. They dropped football in the 1950s and rebooted in the 2010s.

"Schedule the Montana game for a noon or 1pm kickoff in September"

I still have PTSD from the 2007 opener

I'm glad the Big Sky saw the importance of Davis/Poly on the last weekend. Hopefully now that Sac ditched, Big Sky will schedule Davis/Poly like this every year.

Two road scrimmages to start the season.
SMU is a wild matchup
JDur is correct, Stetson is a lame ass game
Schedule the Montana game for a noon or 1pm kickoff in September
The rest is very favorable
Sorry to see Sac State go but like Poly at the end

Go Ags!

Okay. I think the Big Sky is one of 2 of the best conferences in the FCS but the additions of Utah Tech and SUU dont really add anything. I for one would be much happier if this was an announcement moving to the MW. Now, being in the Big Sky does have its perks though. I am excited for the griz to come here and have cal poly at home. Stetson is a lame ass game.

What about the full slate of Pac12 games? I swear we were promised that was a done deal multiple times in here by a poster who had solid, insider information.

I think the cramps definitely contributed, but lack of real game experience also played a role - that’s where my Mercer reference came in with regard to Pinnack. With experience, things slow down for the QB….without, the game moves really fast.

What happens if they don’t schedule enough teams?

On paper this should be one of our easier games, especially at home and with Caden back. A “non cramping” Harper should be able to easily handle them as well. I’m assuming Hawk will be there with his son. It will be strange seeing him on the east side wearing something other than blue and gold.
Go Ags!

EWU is starting to play a lot better.

Herder wants to see a Cramtom Bowl rematch. Playing Mercer at home could be the decider if it happens.