The Ags are off to a horrible start...they have 8 turnovers in the first 5 minutes of the game and all of them have been unforced. This team is not mentally ready to play.

Davis Enterprise: Eagles fly high in second-half rout of Aggies, 59-20

“Mama told me there would be days like this, but she didn’t tell me it would be today,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins.

“We just couldn’t find a rhythm out there, but you have to give them a lot of credit. Their defense gave us problems all afternoon and when their offense got rolling they really poured on the coals. That’s a very good football team.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/eagles-fly-high-in-second-half-rout-of-aggies-59-20/

I live in the Land Park area of Sac and the air quality has been horrible. As bad as when Mt St Helens erupted but without all the ash falling from the sky.

I don't know if we are thinking of the same play but the critical one I remember was in the first quarter also where we had them stopped for another 3 and out and then there was a holding call on one of our corners. Then, next play IIRC, Barriere threw a bomb down to the one yard line on a busted coverage. They scored and the momentum changed quickly.

An early decision by Hawk that left me scratching my was the choice to punt on the 4th and inches at midfield early in the game instead of going for it. They had picked up momentum and were beginning to roll and we needed a make a play to to give us some life.

Hawk normally takes risks to win and I think that conservative call sent the wrong message. The game was still within striking distance. Punting in that situation sent a message to them and to our team that we didn't think we could pick up a few inches. They got the ball back a moved down the field.

Three biggest factors that turned the game into a blowout to me were:

1) The dominance of their D line and the constant pressure on Jake plus the outstanding coverage of their DB's blanketing our receivers and then Jake desperately throwing into double and triple coverage. We were lucky that they only picked him twice.

2) The athleticism of Barriere. He made us miss all day long and ran us ragged. Our D was gassed just chasing him around all afternoon and being on the field so long. When things began to snowball we were missing tackles and they were still gaining more yards with several Ags hanging onto the ball carrier. I think the D was just worn down and Barriere was the main man who wore them out.

3) 5 turnovers that led to 21 points.

The call by their coach to have Barriere throw for another TD on 3rd and goal with 41 seconds left in the game with the score 52-20 was as poor sportsmanship as I have seen in a long time. 32 points ahead with 41 seconds to go wasn't enough...bull crap...that was just rubbing it in...

There's a lot on the line next Saturday. Time to lick our wounds, learn what we can, heal up and take our frustrations out on the Hornets!

EWU Coach Best:

EWU coach Aaron Best’s voice was hoarse after the decisive win, which came in foggy, 30-degree conditions.

“You want to play the best to see if you can become the best, and we did that today,” Best said. “Everybody outside of Eagle Nation didn’t give us a chance, and we love it.

“We are a complete team and we’ve showed that for 10 weeks. I’m going to continue to beat our drum – this team is selfless and they showed today how well they can execute.”

Hawk:

“They outcoached us, they outplayed us, and they really took it to us,” Hawkins said. “Give them credit, they were better in all phases of the game.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/10/eastern-washington-thumps-uc-davis-59-20-in-big-sk/

Well this hasn't been a good week for the Aggies. The Men's Soccer Team just lost the Big West Tournament to UC Riverside on penalty kicks 4-2 in the 3rd OT.

I don't think it is outside the realm of possibility but we'd probably have to guarantee a certain amount of revenue and that would be tough with the students gone for Thanksgiving. But, then again, the students don't attend the games anyhow...

EWU had their way with us more so than Stanford.

1. The biggest difference to me was the domination of the EWU's O and D lines. Their D line put a lot of pressure on Maier and their DB's blanketed our receivers. Jake, in an effort to make something happen, threw into double and triple coverage and got burned. I think he was lucky that EWU only picked 2 of his passes.

2. It seemed to me that EWU had a better game plan on offense. They really opened up the playbook whereas Hawk seemed uncharacteristically conservative early on...4th and inches at midfield and punted and it was EWU that was showing creativity on offense.

3. EWU gave us a good taste of what the upper echelon of the FCS is all about. We've made great progress this year but we are not up to that standard yet.

4. We've got a whole lot to play for next Saturday. If we finish 9-2 and tied for the Big Sky title then we will probably get an at large bid to the playoffs. Unfortunately, because the loss was so lopsided we will also probably have to travel and play a higher seed on the first weekend. I don't see a home game anymore.

5. Let's hope that they get the devastating Camp fire under control and no more fires break out during the week or air quality will be an issue for the Causeway. Football seems trivial compared to the heartbreak that so many Californians are experiencing with the loss of their homes and loved ones to the fires and yet another mass shooting. It's been a sad week...

Rough week for Aggie fans: MBB get blasted by USF and USD, WBB gets routed by Stanford and the Ags get run out of Cheney. Aggie men's soccer play for the Big West Tournament Title tonight at 7 pm at Riverside:

Soccer final here: http://www.bigwest.org/tv/

We had 5 TO's that they turned into 21 points including Barriere throwing for a TD on 3rd and goal from the Aggie 6 yard line...52-20 wasn't enough for their coach. Bush league call by him....

Totally agree. We have a big game next week and, if we win, I think we still get an at-large bid to the playoffs. Unfortunately, the beat down today will probably send us on the road on Thanksgiving weekend against a highly ranked opponent. The Ags will drop like a lead balloon in the polls because of how badly we got beat.

Wow...the air quality is horrible though...I'm in Sac and the air is a shade of grey-orange....

Barriere threw for the TD with 40 seconds left...EWU coach wanted to make a statement and rub it in..

And how that TD for rubbing it in...no respect for their coach....

EWU is on their way to 700 yards

Destroyed....we need to lick our wounds and get out of town...

Good grief...this is like men against boys...

And Jake throws into triple coverage again...

Barriere can make you miss with his feet...he's a tremendous athlete...

I think Hawk has made several strange decisions today...