Hawkins must have recognized that Coach Creighton was doing a good job recruiting despite the team doing poorly as he managed to keep his job in the transition. I haven't paid a lot of attention to if we are using Preece at all as a blocking TE or not, but he sure made an impact in the PSU game as a receiver.

Dunning picks Aggies by 10

Yeah I was just looking at the stats from their games. Running is just about the only thing they have going for them. Now I kinda want to read the article to see what their point it.

I don't have a sub, but ooof looks like Stanford is turning on him already. He really did have a lot of success at Cal with running backs. I wonder if he changed coaching philosophies for the worse somewhere along the line.

The stream will most likely also be available on the big sky website in case if you want to watch the game on a bigger screen than your phone.

Awesome! I'm still trying really hard not to get too hyped considering we've only played 3 games in the Hawkins era, but it's kind of crazy how we are starting to turn heads a little bit. The attention is weird considering we've been nothing but a Big Sky bottom feeder for such a long time.

Hey man welcome to the board! Should be a good game this weekend. I wish I could make the trip out there unfortunately got I got a bunch of stuff going on but I will definitely be watching online. Aggie fans haven't been this excited about the program in the better part of a decade so hopefully Jake Maier can put on a nice little passing exhibition for you guys 8-)

Also this is kinda neat. The UC Davis @ Weber State game was nominated for game of the week over EWU @ Montana on the Any Given Saturday website. Just a couple games into the Hawkins era and we are starting to turn heads.

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New offer on 2 star DE Zach Ritner. He's made a visit to Davis, but he is a highly recruited kid (has double digit offers, mostly FBS). Had 18 sacks last season as a junior.

Holy cow I just went back and looked at Montgomery's special teams stats from high school. His senior season he had 16 kick returns for 431 yards (26.9 avg) with a long of 70 and 1 TD. He had 11 punt returns for 346 yards (31.5 avg) with a long of 66 and 1 TD.

The Big Sky is all over the place right now. EWU looked really off against 2 good FBS teams, but came back with a decent win over Fordham. Montana is winning big but just lost their starting QB for the season against Savannah St. Cal Poly is 0-3, but they looked significantly more competitive against UNI than their previous 2 games. ISU just beat a bad FBS team. UND was looking strong, but got pounded by a highly ranked USD. As of right now, it kind of seems like an anyone can beat anyone situation in the conference.

Yeah I'm perfectly okay not using Doss for kick returns. I wonder if we will eventually put Montgomery back there for returns. That kid is supposed to have blazing speed.

I'm not sure if a full replay exists for the public. I looked on watch big sky, but they only have replays of the games that were on pluto and ours was on eleven sports. We put CJ in towards the end of the game and we basically ran wildcat every play from what I remember. CJ just went schoolyard on em and they didn't have an answer for it. I think we started the drive midfield after a fumble recovery. Don't quote me on that though.

Probably helped that CJ had fresh legs against a tired defense, but yeah they didn't seem prepared at all for a wildcat formation.

New offer out on DB Jack Shippy. We're his first offer. Has 22 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 1 forced fumble in 4 games so far this season for San Clemente.

I think Massey is one of the better ranking sites out there. It's just early in the season though. Most of these ranking systems have some problems early on in the season. You nailed my main point though. It's not necessarily about the exact placement for me, just that we are getting a little bit of recognition.

Hahaha yeah I thought the Montana comparison was just a little bit over the top by Hawk, but to be fair Jake has consistently looked good this season (even against SDSU) and statistically has been one of the best quarterbacks in FCS so far. I hope we keep trending upward, next hurdle is Weber who will be hungry after a lackluster performance against Sac.

I don't see why he wouldn't. The man bleeds blue and gold and he has an opportunity to build something truly special here in Davis.

I'm always down for more recruiting. We were already bringing in some really talented kids with Gould at the helm. He just had no idea what to do with them.