[Utah] Standard Examiner

"WSU stifled the prolific passing arm of senior Jake Maier to his worst career game ... Maier threw 18 of 29 for 160 yards, 68 of which came on a final garbage-time drive..."

Coach Hill: "Coverage was outstanding, the safeties did a phenomenal job disguising...."

"In the end, Weber outgained UC Davis 450 yards to 204...."

"The lopsided first half saw WSU run a whopping 54 offensive plays to only 18 for UC Davis...."

"WSU started to pin its ears back defensively in the fourth, forcing Maier into several bad passes with a relentless rush from the defensive line. Linebacker Noah Vaea nearly recorded two interceptions in the frame, narrowly dropping each, and Heckard nearly had another one...."

" “We had 92 offensive plays to their 46. You talk about coming in and executing a game plan, I can’t be more proud of these coaches,” Hill said. “I’ve got great assistants and I’ve got great players who executed this game plan almost perfectly.”

WSU was playing without one of their top wide receivers.

Weber and Sac, undefeated in FCS, play in Sac next week.

https://www.standard.net/sports/weber-state/weber-state-football-no-wildcats-stifle-no-uc-davis-for/article_6f330290-8eac-5d44-bb48-e393aed325c0.html

Sac 38-14.
North Dakota 16-12
NDSU 23-16

FWIW, last year we scored approx. 40 PPG, this year 30 PPG.

Not as dramatic in total yardage, which has gone from about 490 YPG to 420 YPG.

Babbs has playmaking ability, Harrell ran track. When TT healthy, teams can't key on Gilliam. I loved him at 235 / 245, punishing! We have talented TEs, my guess is we had to keep them home all night. (Announcers said one of their DEs will get an NFL shot.)

Near the goal line, we try to run it up the gut?

Then we try something like a double flea flicker on the extra point?

As a team, we periodically seem to lack grit. When up, we don't put people away. Come out flat vs Montana. Skill players preening when we're down 3 scores or in a tough first quarter. Oh well, some time to rest, heal, and focus on finishing strong. With playoffs shot, I hope Thomas redshirts.

CAForever +1. Some will say, "Kraft and Crawford are out"... well, everyone has injuries, and its a position we're deep at.

Edit: I would like to compliment our Defense. We shut down their explosive RBs, we had stops, we bent and didn't break, and we eventually were gassed.

After the catch, Harrell aims for the ground before contact? Not a Doss, Kraft or Crawford move.

TThomas injured.

Notice Weber brought in their 3rd string QB to run a trick play?

Announcers saying the change was attributed to Weber changing their D. They went from a 6 or 5 man front to 4.

If its that simple, look for them to change back.

Frk. At some point, we could try Hunter Rodriques, who could roll out, scramble, give us a different look.

How did they score a quick 3?

Announcers claim Weber puts an emphasis on changing and hiding D looks. If a D is that tough, aren't there plays where you let em through and dink it to a RB or TE over the line with a quick hit, or a quick slant?

Ug. Lee.

Weber getting a lot of pressure. No expert here, but our O play calling seems predictable. Where is our quick slant, bubble screen, something.

Weber has enough swag to try back to back trick plays. We need to have some sustained offensive drives, or our D will eventually fold.

4th and 1 foot, NDSU breaks off a 79 yd run. 23-16, just over 2 minutes ti go.

SDSU NDSU tied up 16-16. Frosh QB leads Jackrabbits to a score.

SDSU just got an INT on a foolish pass by the Bison! Q4.

SDSU 6-3, start of 3rd Q.

Dartmouth 59-24 over Columbia

North Dakota 7-6 over MSU, Q3
Griz 3-0 Q2 over EWU
SDSU 6-0 NDSU (2 FGs)

I believe Kenny said other college coaches were calling, saying "We hear you pay players to come to Davis."

Sochor is like, "What the heck? We don't even have scholarships." They were told about Rolf's abilities, so they had to use the dorm directory to call him! Ha!

Yup. I'm torn with their recent success ... glad they are doing well, but makes our future games tougher. We had great timing last year.

Rolf had an AMAZING, long NFL career, and off the field charity work is legendary. (Eason played 2 years as a backup.)

Eason doesn't make the top 5, possibly not even the top 10 list.

Bo Eason a strange choice to be the 2nd name honored at Aggie Health Stadium.