I'm surprised they aren't requiring proof of vaccination. We've had 10,000 plus at all of our home games so far even though we require proof of vaccination. It's a much safer policy for everyone than a mask only requirement.

Tulsa 32 South Florida 31 Final

“Obviously, we were not being as productive as we would like on offense, but the defense played great until we could get the offense going,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins.

“I told our guys last week, don’t let Idaho State beat you twice. There are a lot of ways to measure a football team during a season and one of the ways I measure a team is not losing two games in a row.”

“They have a very good D-line and they showed us some different looks,” Rodrigues explained.

“But our O-line battled and the defense played lights out to give us great field position every time we got the ball.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/defense-carries-uc-davis-to-win-over-bears/

As you said, it certainly could be that the coaches have made good adjustments that are working better by the 4th quarter and it could also be indicative that we are a well conditioned team. The problem is that, if it takes us 3 quarters to get rolling against a team like EWU, we'll be down 40 points by then.

Mani looks like he is athletic and agile for a big man:

It’s gut check time for this team. They’re slumping.

OL is not getting it done period.

EWU 71 Idaho 21 Final. EWU piles up 837 yards and Barriere was 26-35 for 600 yards and 7 TD's.

EWU is a home game this year. Then they don't come back here until 2023.

Hauck and Best are birds of a feather...

Sac is rolling. Up 14 to 3 midway through Q2.

EWU 43 Idaho 14 at the half. Barriere is 17-19 for 397 yards and EWU has rolled up 481 yards already.

MSU 13 Weber State 7 Final

TO's cost Weber to lose another close game.

I hope so but I don't like the 5 pm start time...6, 6:30 or 7 would have been better. Forecast is showing 82 degrees at kickoff and with sunset at 6:32, the sun will be brutally in the eyes of everyone on the east side. It will not be fun for the fans on the east side staring into the setting sun...

Montana State at Weber State tonight at 7 pm on ESPNU. I'm pulling for Weber State in this one.

Dunning takes the Ags by 28.

AGGIES over NORTHERN COLORADO … the Bears are still trying to figure things out after giving up 103 points in their last two games. UC Davis, meanwhile, needs to rebound quickly after last week’s disaster in Pocatello. Take the Ags by 28.

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/bobs-picks-washington-ucla-trying-to-find-winning-rhythm/?utm_source=DE&utm_campaign=8566edbb99-Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be64fee185-8566edbb99-171004309

This is an excellent article about the history of how Al Davis and the Raiders organization led the NFL in inclusivity and diversity which makes the Gruden fiasco so very disappointing.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/sport/gruden-raiders-history-race-blake-cec/index.html

Agree. We need a really good performance all around: up tempo RPO, sharp passing from HR, receivers creating better separation on their routes, OL opening some good holes, and the defense getting some pressure on their QB and not breaking down for big gainers and long 3rd downs. Essentially, lots of improvement in nearly all aspects of the game. We need to show that we can do much better in the trenches also.

I think it's fairly evident that we were a bit over confident going into the ISU game and, when they scored quickly followed by several TO's, we did not respond well and got down big. I hope we have a bad taste in our mouths from the ISU game and come into this game with more fire and determination.

I'm also worried that the attendance will be down significantly with no student stampede and following the disappointing loss to ISU. The place might feel pretty empty when the Ags take the field so they'll need to forget, play with Aggie Pride and convince the no-shows that they should have come out to the game.

“Life’s going to remind you that it’s not about perfection,” Hawkins said of the unexpected loss. “I’ve had a number of championship teams in my career, but I’ve never had an undefeated season. We’re still a work in progress.”

For his part, Idaho State head coach Rob Phenicie, whose team is now 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the Big Sky, said, “We got a monkey off our back. We were 0-5 against UC Davis.”

Phenicie sensed an upset was possible by the way his team practiced all week.

“Our kids talked the talk on Monday and they walked the walk today. It was cool,” he noted shortly after the final gun sounded. “I was expecting we’d have to score a lot of points to win this game. Davis has a really good offense and a great system. But we had a great game plan and getting those three turnovers really helped.”

The Aggies had an uncharacteristic three interceptions in the game, including several that killed promising drives.

Noted Hawkins, “I always say that whoever wins the turnover battle is likely to win the game. Two of those interceptions
came in the red area, so that really hurt us.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/no-surprise-aggies-tumble-in-poll/?utm_source=DE&utm_campaign=bd5d4f53c7-Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be64fee185-bd5d4f53c7-171004309