Rudy was offside.

Having grown up watching Notre Dame highlights with Lindsey Nelson on Sunday mornings, I have a game at Notre Dame on my list of must-do's!

I think your birdy is just launching a conspiracy theory. The September games were both 7:00 when the schedule was released (I booked hotels back then). The Roots broadcast was announced in spring and that’s when they changed it.

although i think we might want to tap the brakes a bit. San Jose wasn't great (understatement) although a FBS team. San Diego laid a big old egg vs Harvard. And Idaho? Idaho isn't good.

I do think we have the potential to go 3-0 over the next 3, which would make November interesting for the first time in this century.

I think this is the year that the Causeway means something in terms of a playoff berth. I think your schedule (4 home games) is a little easier than ours, although 3 of those games I think you win home or away. That SUU game roadie is a scary one despite their current record. We'll have to be really strong in a road-heavy October AND survive a murderer's row final four games to hope to make the playoffs. I think the future is bright on both sides of the causeway

Coaches' poll has us at 22, up from 25. hard to understand Sam Houston at 19 with 1-2 (including a loss to UND who lost at home to Idaho State), probably hard to argue some of the others.

Petrino is below average. Most of his yards were racked up late in the game vs. our 2's and 3's. I never felt threatened by him. I was more concerned with the big running back who seemed on the verge of breaking off some big runs. I thought it we controlled him, and made Petrino pass, the defense would have a feast.

I don't think the department was very happy with the 4:00 start, forced by the Roots TV contract. Warmer on the East side and less time for students to move in and get to the game -> kept the numbers down from the past. The students DID stick around to the end, which was encouraging. West side crowd grew throughout the 1st half.

this weekend should bring a little clarity (well, just a little, it IS the Big Sky) to how teams stack up. the EWU-MSU game will be huge, and the NAU-ISU will tell us alot about both teams. Bengals are jacked about beating a 'ranked' UND team, but i think UND was overhyped after beating Sam Houston, who lost again. Wouldn't be shocked to see the Bears beat them in Greeley.

I think the addition of more food trucks and tents on the west side gives the stadium a more enclosed feel in a good way. Energy of the crowd is enclosed. Sideline announcer does a good job (on a side note, that one little kid got jobbed when one of the player picked up his football in the jersey/helmet/ball relay). Video board graphics are lively. And we marched down the field for a TD in a matter of minutes to kickstart the crowd. Much better atmosphere, even though the number of first years was low.

on the targeting call -> from the replay in the stadium that looks really weak. It looked like it was going to be a bad hit until he backed off at the end and barely made contact. I’m all for player safety, protecting the head, etc. but that seemed like a real whiff. Especially that it resulted in an ejection(let alone 15 yards)

if my math is right, they had about 250 yards after it was 44-7 (last 18 minutes of the game). Starting QB was in there to the end. I think they got pissed when we went for it on 4th and 1 up 30 points.

Poly score is shocking, especially the rushing yards they gave up. ISU score is a big surprise.

With Thomas mishandling the ball a few times, he might not get the extra playing time it looked like he was going to get.

I’ll quote myself on page 1 of this thread ‘ we will win comfortably ‘

Hate to sound like a lurker BUT his twitter account has recent Davis posts so who knows.

Hopefully it’s like the Mike Tyson saying ‘everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth’

I have 2 I’m not using if anyone needs them. I’ll offer at the throwback price of $15. 45 yard line box

I saw something on the Facebook feed that you can get West side tickets for $15. Nice yo have a good crowd out

I know the coaching staff wasn’t overlooking this one, acting like it’s the third FBS team in September. That score in Fresno gives me confidence that they’ve slid back

We need to go 3-1 in the first 4 cuz that final 4 games are REALLY tough. Is it realistic to think 3-1, followed by 2-2? 7 might not be playoff worthy but certainly trending where we need to be