Could Thomas have been banged up for the game?

I agree with everything you said in you post. I caught the last quarter online after a long day of hiking in the Horseshoe Canyon near Hanksville, Utah. The quality of the Pluto TV feed was excellent. That's a huge improvement for the league.

The "party" dance on the sideline by the Aggies was embarrassing. I know the kids were just having fun but that's not good sportsmanship and it isn't Aggie Pride in my book. It looked like something Sac State might do. Hawk needs to clean that up before it goes way over the top.

Or, maybe I'm just becoming an "old fogey"...

Modes lost by 102 votes to Ricky Neal of Northern Iowa. Final count: Neal 582 Modise 480.

He's still trailing by 98 votes. I think the big difference in the total number of votes is that, with the Doss voting, you could vote multiple times in a row but, with the voting for Modise, you can only vote once. The vote total doesn't change when I try to vote multiple times.

My experience is that it feels like alcohol hits you faster at altitude. At 7000 ft there's something like 20% less oxygen than at sea level so many people feel light headed even before having an alcoholic beverage.

My wife and I were at altitude for two weeks in the Santa Fe (7200 ft) and I felt crappy for 2 days. As you say, the onset of symptoms were delayed until a couple of days after arriving. Today, we were hiking in Mesa Verde National Park at 7-8000 feet and I still huffed and puffed a little on the steep stuff but I think that's my age showing...

No easy outs in the Big Sky this year.

Final scores:

Montana 41 North Dakota 17

Eastern Washington 31 Montana State 17

Northern Arizona 42 Portland State 20

Southern Utah 32 Weber State 16

Sac State 41 Idaho State 21

I've been hearing the Bossy Cow Cow since I arrived at UCD in 1972. I cringed then and still do when I hear it. I have nothing against tradition at all. I wish we still had the old steam engine blaring away whenever the Ags scored.

I don't think that the Bossy Cow Cow represents "who we are." To the contrary, I think it represents who we were many, many years ago. The modern university has grown and changed dramatically from being basically a agriculture school. UCD is now tremendously varied academically and incredibly more diverse racially and culturally and the Bossy Cow Cow does not represent who today's students are. I think most of them find it so corny that it's embarrassing.

Just my 2 cents worth....

Keelan is now over 10,000 votes! Keep it going!!

Update 6:46 a.m.:

Shamar Jackson 3361

Keenan Doss 3566

As of 6:30 a.m. this morning Keelan trails Shamar Jackson of South Dakota by only 195 votes:

Shamar Jackson 3460

Kelan Doss 3265

Spread the word to everyone you know and help win this for Keelan!

Your friends have a great idea about ditching the phones during a meal. Our devices and social media can keep us more closely connected in some ways and, in other ways, they can get in the way of way of of interpersonal skills and public courtesy.

I think the most alarming problem, however, is that a millions of people now get their news from social media hearsay and then resend the "fake news" on down the global digital highway. It's becoming more and more difficult to know what the real truth is and that is truly scary.

I think you hit the nailed it...

Hahaha..."Hello, my name is Chester and I'm a an internetaholic..."

Didn't we run the fly sweep at least a couple of times handing off to Logan Montgomery?

I think it is significant that Ryan Parenteau was out for his second straight game after suffering a concussion on the initial kickoff of the Weber game. That could mean it was a serious concussion and he is still having some lingering effects. I wonder if he is headed for a medical redshirt?

I think that altitude can be a factor. My wife and I have been in Santa Fe for a few days. The altitude here is 7200 feet and we can definitely feel it. Maybe it doesn't affect young, fit athletes as much but if I had to sprint around for a couple hours at high altitude, I'd probably drop dead.

Yes, that outlet pass to Modise that got blown up really hurt. I think it's really hard for a player to intentionally drop a pass and Maier was under pressure so he threw it to his final option. It would of been better if he just grounded it or threw it out of bounds but, like you say, that's easy to say from the stands.

...and the Bossey Cow Cow is still with us...ugh!