The spectacular catch you mentioned was definitely a catch and absolutely should have been reviewed. The EWU coach and everyone else on their sideline were vehemently waving that the receiver was out of bounds. They weren't protesting the catch...control was maintained..they thought he was out of bounds at the time he made the catch but the replay showed that was not true. Spilt milk now but we got robbed by the replay officials not doing their job and taking a look at it and in a game that was this tight that was significant.

yah, and my bigger point was that this was not an “ifs and buts” category but a real definite occurrence.

Can we replace Moe, Cloud, White, Baumgart, Olave and Parenteau?

In my opinion Moe and Baumgart the biggest impact players, although all good. The simple answer is that one has to and replacements happen every year and certain folks emerge. I do think focusing on D line personnel in recruiting and development is maybe the most important area. I think the overall stable of linebackers is good. But what do I know? I’m just a shade tree wanna be coach.

Don't know, I think I missed a few plays when the feed bogged down.

Heckuva TD catch by Babb, gutsy call by Plough, awesome throw by Jake. Is that called a corner fade?

At several points yesterday, I thought we'd be kicking a FG with our previous staff. The gamesmanship on the 2 point conversion was great!

add white to my list of impact players.

Moe, Cloud, White, Baumgart, Olave and Parenteau? Collectively, absolutely. Moe will be missed, but remember he wasn't even a starter at the beginning of the year. (he replaced Parenteau) Guys step up and I expect us to be better defensively next year

Two questionable calls during the game:

26:37 - personal foul on #72...of the offense. Riley wasn't even in on the play, Coach Best pulled #72 aside of the defense and gave him a long talking to. WHAT THE FRIGGIN' HELL WAS THAT CALL? IT killed that Davis drive.

1:43:30 - Crawford caught that.

When the ref made the the unsportsmanlike call on the field he looked like he was confused. Then I saw Best lecturing #72 for EWU I thought the same thing...WTF... The officials upstairs chose not to review the Crawford catch so they blew that one too. Two big goof ups by the officials...

+1 I believe the announcers also caught the apparent mix up on #72, I believe that was also a real drive killer. Ugh.

Regarding can we replace the seniors on defense the answer is yes.
Our returning guys saw a lot of action.
Young guys need to elevate their game. Can Suani become better than Cloud was? Can Peacock become better than Baumgart? Can guys come back from injury like Nixon and Jaylin White and restore the depth we lost? Also this year would be a good time to add an interior defensive lineman.

Tehran has a concussion. I think the second guy hit him in the head as his head was hitting the turf. Could have been a penalty

A simple yes. That was a catch and should have been reviewed.

Yes on another interior defensive lineman. I believe DeAndre Morgan 6'2" 280#, young DE, went down early, and we have S Aliki.

Hopefully hell be back? The cupboards not bare there but underclassmen haven’t had a big impact in the interior defensive line

I certainly hope that Tehran Thomas is on the road to recovery. That appeared to be a very serious concussion. I don't think I've ever seen the medical staff take that long before getting a player to their feet after getting concussed. Concussions like that can sometimes have long lasting effects.

I've been thinking about him. He's not only a very talented RB but he also seems to be a amazing young man as well. I know the medical privacy rules prevent anyone from commenting on injuries but it really does leave concerned fans hanging.

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Heartbreaker! Not many people gave us a chance to win this one - probably just us on AST!

Gave it all we had.....coaches, players, band-uh. Fantastic, prideful effort.

This is the most fun I've had watching Aggie football - ever. Looking forward to next season already.

I have really appreciate the contributions of Spencer and Hicks (and I'm sure there are others). They had significant roles under Gould, and those opportunities dwindled under the new system (expect for Spencer's Wild Hog role last year). But, they worked hard to make the most of those opportunities, were team leaders, and OUTSTANDING students. Both are destined for big things in their fields. Winning is great, winning with outstanding kids is even that much better.

Wild Hog part of the Wildcat?

Rocco posted a pic of heaters on our sideline Saturday ... did we have them a month ago?

You can rent those for the day.

I just used two of them to help set up some rapid set concrete over in Vacaville doing night work.

we did have some a month ago, but Rocco said they were not very effective -> they were rented from a company EWU recommended! i think they upgraded this time.

i like wild hog -> gives it an aggie slant

If you remember from one of our early game (USD?), one of our DB's was taken off the field on a cart after his head hit the turf after trying to break up a pass. I think it was White. He came back the next week. Maybe our medical procedure for this type of concussion (back of the head to turf) is VERY cautious, which i applaud.

Jaylin White it was who hit his head on the turf. Played in only four games this year. I would guess he redshirted after injury, Never started again after injury

we had those heaters last game too. I think our players handled the cold better this time. They didn't use the heaters as much this game as the last time. I also don't think it was as cold this game, but maybe that's because I was better prepared myself. We're lucky it didn't get really cold for either game. 25-30 is uncomfortable, but when it drops below 10 that's a whole lot worse.

It sure looked like the players were frozen stiff on defense at end of game.

Didn't we use to call it Wild Horses?...or the Mad Cow!

Spencer has had such an interesting career. Never a week 1 starter, but played 2-3 positions depending on how you count them, had PT all four years, had passing, rushing, and receiving TDs, and started and won a Causeway Classic. He's kinda like the Michael Onyebalu of the football team