right, yes... My bad lol

Looks like they've sold a handful more tickets, but 2 days out still looking like a largely empty stadium. Not a good look.

2 days away! It's going to feel like a looooong 2 days though. GO AGS!

PSU game notes

https://goviks.com/documents/2026/8/24/2026.08.29_-_UC_Davis.pdf

Looks like they are starting the same QB that had a 4 passing TD to 16 interception ratio from last season.

WSU just announced Pinnick as their starter

Man I'm so pumped college football is back! Let's put a whooping on the Viks this week! Ticket sales are still looking abysmal for PSU. They have entire sections without a seat sold in them. Ags going to have to prepare for a low energy affair.

Ouvaroff started his senior campaign with 9 receptions, 116 yards, and a TD

We'll see how they do this season and if they get some wins then maybe that will drum up support, but historically it just seems like not a whole lot of support from the fans or university in building the program.

I looked at their available tickets and there are still plenty there for the taking

The football instagram page has the defense preview up now as well. Here are video links to both.

Offense Preview
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOkayoBIju/

Defense Preview
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcT6CstBt6T/

Apparently Pinnick had a rough go of it in WSU's last scrimmage. Threw 3 interceptions though 2 were off tipped passes.

I'm guessing PSU will have a bump in fans from it being the 1st game of the season and folks excited to see the new coaching staff.

Is this thread still about the upcoming game against PSU

Less than 2 weeks away from the start of the season! Here's just some PSU stats at a glance.

PSU passing game

The Vikings last season averaged just over 200 passing yards per game and split time between 2 main QBs, both of whom are returning for their 2026 campaign. John-Keawe Sagapolutele was their main "passing" QB who completed 148 of 261 attempts (56.7%) for 1623 yards with 4 passing TDs and 16 interceptions (WOOF). Tyrese Smith complimented Sagapolutele as their "running" QB. While he did complete 40 of 69 passing attempts (58%) for 551 yards with 2 TDs and 4 interceptions, he was more impactful as the teams 2nd leading rusher where he ran for 475 yards on 98 attempts with 6 TDs.

The Vikings also have rostered QBs Gabe Downing, Jackson Presley, and Hunter Herrera. As far as I can tell a starting QB has not been named by Fisk.

PSU receivers

The Vikings return several of their main receivers from last season. While they did lose their statistical leader in receptions in Zachary Dodson-Greene, they return a larger percentage of their reception yards leaders. They return WR Terence Loville who had 517 yards on 33 receptions with 1 TD, WR Cru Newman who had 302 yards on 29 receptions, and WR Jaylen Lynch who had 250 yards on 20 receptions with 1 TD.

PSU run game

Outside of the aforementioned Tyrese Smith, the Vikings relied heavily on a singular RB, Delon Thompson, to carry their run game. Thompson returns for another season after a 2025 campaign where he rushed for 741 yards on 191 attempts with 7 TDs. Their 3rd leading rusher was actually previously mentioned WR Cru Newman who rushed for 72 yards.

PSU defense

The Vikings last season allowed 42.7 points and nearly 450 yards per game and will look to turn things around under Fisk. The Vikings lost their team leader in tackles DB in Isaiah Green, interception leader in DB Carsten Mamaril, sack leader DL Spencer Elliott, and 2nd leading tackler DB Pierce Walker. They do return LB Jaxton Helmstetler who had 2 sacks and 6.5 TFLs last season.

I'm not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing that they basically lost all of their statistical leaders from last season. On one hand, their defense was atrocious so maybe some new guys will do them some good. On the other hand, unless they start all new transfers and freshmen, the guys on the field would be guys who couldn't win the job last season on a absolutely horrendous defense.

Like I have noted previously, we can't take them lightly and seemingly have a good guy leading the program now, but the Aggies should clean up here as far as I'm concerned.

If I remember correctly, Plough stated the main reason this happened was that PSU completely redid their defensive gameplan from scratch leading up to our game and that caught us pretty off guard in what we had prepared offensively. They had gotten walloped 4 games in a row leading up to that point in the season. I don't think Plough will go into this game expecting anything in particular. Prepare for anything and everything.

PSU was really REALLY bad last season and Fisk has a lot of work to turn things around there. He's a good coach so I don't expect them to be pushovers, but Davis has the talent to put a beat down on them if we play up to our potential.

Most recent scrimmage report from PSU

https://goviks.com/news/2026/8/15/FB_20260815.aspx

Also looks like the Viks are stepping up their uniform game... however their video has so many jump cuts it's hard to actually see what they look like.

I didn't make it out there, bit of a trip from Maryland for a Friday scrimmage. No articles on the athletics website or in the Enterprise yet about it and no video updates on the athletics youtube since the first day of practice.

Scrimmage #2 is this morning 9-11. Hopefully folks can get out there (on a week day) and give us their thoughts.

they can come up with every excuse they want, but THEY are the ones who changed the circumstances of us not playing... not us. It's not our athletics department duty to cater to them.