San Jose is another. No Fresno trips, please!

MW teams seem to be getting picked apart in the portal like the BigSky, so I don't think scheduling good FCS opponents early on makes a bunch of sense for them.

FCS teams are getting picked apart too. Probably more so.
Davis has been an exception based on the value of a UC degree, but there will be fewer grad transfers now that COVID era players have aged out.

ESPN has posted no odds yet, but gives the Ags a 3.9% chance of winning.

So a win would be nice, but what are the realistic expectations for this game. A fat paycheck, get out healthy, see how we can compete against a solid fbs program. Other thoughts?

I think that about sums it up. The money and barometer against a legit FBS team are nice, but the absolute biggest thing is coming out of the game healthy. We have a bye week after, but we don't need to be sustaining any major injuries in the game that doesn't really matter (unless we do somehow win).