Make that previously winless Colorado. 20-13 in OT. Buff fans stormed the field. Cal receivers dropped two catchable balls in the end zone in the OT.

Hard to track this down, but I believe Jake became the starter in late August and has remained the starter ever since.
FWIW Hamilton defeated Calgary tonight in a mild upset. Calgary will play British Columbia in the first round of the CFL playoffs, but the two teams are still fighting for home field.

Maier is going to have some say in who makes the CFL playoffs. Stampeders are already in and it appears that the final spot will be either Saskatchewan or Hamilton. Calgary hosts Hamilton tonight and finishes the season with home and away games versus Saskatchewan.

I'm old...and tired of aps. My great nephews' JV football games won't take cash or credit cards. Have to use a phone. That added a dollar to the price of admission.

Went to Davis this summer to look for logo wear. To park on campus required a parking ap. I had no desire to add one more ap to my phone, an ap I probably would never use again. Parking in downtown Davis is a hit-or-miss proposition, even on a slow mid-week summer day.

I have become the old grump.

The Turkey Tip-Off at UOP is a bit unusual. Only three teams; UCD, UOP and Wyoming. UOP vs. Wyoming on Friday, UCD vs Wyoming on Saturday and UOP vs UCD on Sunday.

For those of you who are interested here is an article from Reuters which is critical of Ed Dowd's research:
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-excess-mortality/fact-check-no-evidence-that-people-aged-25-44-experienced-an-84-increase-in-excess-mortality-due-to-covid-vaccine-rollout-idUSL2N2VS1BI

From the Post article:
"Twitter briefly removed Ladapo’s post touting the study over the weekend, citing it as misinformation, before restoring it hours later..."

Good for Keelan....but don't rush out and buy tickets expecting to see him play. He was signed to the practice squad.
https://chargerswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/05/chargers-news-keelan-doss-practice-squad/

Hope this time is the charm.

Montana also has a bye.

Florida 52, Eastern Washington 17 - Final

Calgary has extended Maier's contract through 2024.
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/09/27/stampeders-extend-qb-jake-maier-through-2024/

Blew them out in 2018 in the Reno game. Hawk is 0-2 against Taylor, 2019 and 2021. No game in 2020. Throw in 2017 and he's 1-3.

I could never figure out why he would leave a job as OC at Utah to take over at Sac, which at the time was a FCS program on the ropes. He has a young family and the stability here is worth something. He is a hometown guy. He has done what few Sac coaches have done and that is recruit successfully in the Sac area. He has great contacts with the local HS coaching community. Offers will come his way. The tangibles would say leave...the intangibles might say stick around.

But I digress....

I think Colorado State could use a guy like Taylor.

I think the one school that could lure Taylor is Cal, but the Bears aren't likely to get rid of Wilcox anytime soon.

The Calgary Stampeders have announced that Keelan Doss is on their negotiation list.

“CFL by-laws state that teams can claim exclusive CFL rights for up to 45 players by placing them on their negotiation lists. Players can be added, removed or traded from the lists at any time.”

https://cflnewshub.com/cfl-news/pr-cfl-teams-unveil-ten-players-from-fall-negotiation-lists-bc-lions-list-only-qbs/

I assumed so also. The conversion app on my phone says $120,000 Canadian is about $92,000 US.

Do you know if that's US dollars? If it's Canadian dollars it's less than $100,000 US.

Unfortunately for Doss, he's not on a practice squad at the moment.

Good luck to both of them (and Daniel Whelan.)

Maier is now the starter for Calgary.

I've said too often that I am a Hawkeye by genetics and place of birth....Iowa's football team is terrible this year. Third year starting QB still overthrows recievers, throws more interceptions than TD's, the list goes on. Iowa State ran a 99 yeard precision drive downfield yesterday for the go ahead score. Five third down conversions. Iowa missed a FG at the end that would have tied the game, though to be fair it was raining. That's not to discredit the Jacks' performance of a week ago, but this is not the Iowa of the past few years. Highly unlikely that Iowa extends its consecutive streak of bowl appearances. The annual Iowa-Nebraska game could decide who is last in the Big "Ten" West. Nebraska's current coach may be a distant memory by then.

I am not sure just how much that Iowa game tells anyone about the Jackrabbits or the Hawkeyes. Both offenses struggled. Iowa was particularly bad on the day... (as an Iowa fan I certainly hope that was a particularly bad showing.)