He had back to back 300 yard games in 2015 v poly and sac completing about 65% of his passes with no int. Never got much of a chance last year after the injury vs southern Oregon. Looks to be rushing things now. Need to give him a couple easy passes to get some confidence and make wildcat pass a threat.

they were handing them out at the southwest gate as we left. not sure if they wanted until the game was over, or if that was the only gate. i doubt i'll use mine, so i'll let you have ours.

in his defense, they called a fade route to Doss on a play we hiked from the left hash mark. that's about a 35-yard toss! i think they got lost on what side of the field the ball was on when they made that call. or it was a quick read based on the defense, but, not the wisest choice.

The 'bad jokes' is a big hit with the fans. wish they would put the players name up so we got to know who everybody is. I also like my free pizza from Pizza Guys for us scoring 30 points -> a new promotion. ALMOST, compensates for the lose of 'Scream of Steve's Pizza'. AgAlum will attest that I had pretty good game when it came to that last season. Won 2 pizzas!

Just a little trivia. after 5 games, we're 3-2. last time we were over .500 at this stage? anyone? how about 2004 when we started off 5-0 (ended 6-4!). the stanford season (2005)? nope, 2-3. the year we beat San Jose (2010)? nope, 2-3. since 2005, we've had 1 0-5, 5 1-4's and 5 2-3's (most of those featuring a D2 win). so, hard not to feel pretty good about the Ags, especially with Brewfest coming!

I'm a big fan of Hicks, and not just because he's wearing DrMike's #30 (i thought they burned it when i left). Recruited as a fullback in a power offense scheme, and now we're running a run-option that only has a fullback when we're running out the clock. He's been a key contributor on special teams. He had a nice 15-yard KO return when UND kicked short (they did that all game for some weird reason) giving us nice field position (TD pass to Doss on next play). You have to have senior leaders like that when a new regime comes in, and younger guys take the spotlight.

i was 'wtaching' the EWU-Sac game via GameStats on Saturday. In the first half, Sac got it to 21-17 (after being down 21-0) before EWU scored in the first minute to take it to 28-17. almost all of Sac's first half yards were by run. they ended up with 307, with their QB going for 120. like to see us get the run going, get their offense off the field a bit. not sure we can win a track meet with these guys.

I heard the number of season tickets was much higher than recent years but lower than 2007 levels. Many of those are out of towners who might come up once or twice but still renew. Hopefully we'll get more and more of the more local folk using their seats. Or turn them in so someone else can fill the good seats. Make it loud

our section (123) was about 60-70% full. Some faces I haven't seen in awhile. Team Aggie tent was less crowded than I expected

Quickly scanning back the last five or six years, I see several 1-4, an 0-5, and a couple 2-3 records after 5. Nice to see 3-2 with a relatively healthy team. After EWU it's a bye week and 5 games where we have a good chance at a win. Fun to be a fan

Great bounce back. Maier and Doss are very good (duh). Offense was very imaginative and really attacked. The d? Ugh. Santiago is very good. His cuts and patience were outstanding. But our angles were so bad, their line beat ours and the second level took bad approaches to the point leading to those huge runs. But we're 3-2 for the first time in years, and we have an offense that is explosive. Fun to be out there. When was the last time we won on the Saturday that students show up? Hope that builds!

Anybody else attending? Wife and I wil be in our box along with AgAlum and a couple former Aggie teammates. Hoping for a big crowd and a lively Aggie Pack

all the predictions on Any Given Saturday has us winning by 7-14 points. North Dakota folk mostly go with the Hawks, expect for 2 (not counting AgAlum!). I feel pretty good about this game, along the lines of Dunning. Need to come out fast and SCORE TD's (and not wait until 4th down in the redzone to do it).

i thought the show last night was really good. Doug Kelly was the host. Dan played host talking to the Water Polo coach, which was an entertaining segment. Foodball talk was good, especially comments about Weber (echoing the comments in the paper).

their offense has really struggle (except the Missouri State game), averaging around 250 yards a game. passing game really seems to be having trouble. low completion rate, low yards. i watched a little of their game last week and wasn't very impressed with their QB. gave up 500 or more yards in their losses, with a bunch on the ground. very un-Sioux like. we'll need to figure a way to run, and not be one dimensional. and, NO TURNOVERS or BIG PLAYS!

like many of us, my hopes rose faster than a skinny kid on a tetter-totter. I'm trying not to let them drop faster than the chubby kid on the other end! There's going to be growing pains along the way but I think we're on the right path.

if its concussion-related, i don't think you'll hear any updates.

i'm really looking forward to the resumption of the UOP rivalry (especially since they have been struggling a bit!). saturday mens/womens doubleheader will be fun.

on the long run, we had 10 guys in the box, and the SS (lone back) pinched in on the run. that lane was wide enough for me (the now me, not the one from 35 years ago) to get through untouched. he's got good speed, so he was off to the endzone. the punt return was ugly. had him trapped on the sideline and bad angles (along with a couple blocks in the back at the 30 and 40) opened up a huge lane. put it behind us

I have to say that the Southern Utah trip is still high on my road trip list (2019 is the next time out there i think), because of the National and State parks near Cedar City. And my wife's uncanny slot machine luck may pay for the trip with our one night overnight stay in Vegas!