Idaho coach postgame
idaho was 1-11 on third down, 2-6 on fourth down conversions.

Let’s hope the Vandals can knock off Sac.

MOSCOW, Idaho - Tim Plough has been UC Davis head football coach for 24 games as he goes deep into his second season as Aggie boss.

In that time he’s had a number of highs and several lows, but after the Aggies dismantled the Idaho Vandals, 28-14, Saturday in the iconic Kibbie Dome, Plough couldn’t contain his enthusiasm for the game he had just witnessed.

“Of those 24 games, this is by far the best win we’ve had,” Plough enthused.

“Last week (a 38-36 loss to Idaho State) was the worst loss I’ve experienced and to see how our players and coaches bounced back after that was a great Aggie Pride moment.”

“I think with this win we showed we should be in playoff contention,” Plough added, as he looks ahead to the battle in Bozeman and the regular season finale November 22 at home against Sacramento State.

“It wasn’t perfect, but getting that early lead was great for our confidence,” added Plough.

“Our defense had a great plan and they bent, but didn’t break.”

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“Of those 24 games, this is by far the best win we’ve had,” Plough enthused."

Judging by people's opinions on this game, I find that hard to believe.

Idaho head coach, Thomas Ford, reminds me a lot of Tim Plough when I listen to him. He emphasizes the positives while acknowledging what needs to improve and he is articulate and humble as well. It looks like he is building a great culture at Idaho and I think they are going to be a force in the Big Sky under his leadership.

it’s the response to last week that makes it’s significant

Best part of game yesterday: NO SQUIB KICKS

Totally agree.

Also, I'd like to retract my comment on this being a "disappointing" win. I thought we should have scored more points, but no win is disappointing especially after some teams would have gone in the tank after a loss like last week.

Great thoughts on Gbatu from Plough.

It was a must win road game against a team whose only FCS loss when starting QB Wood was to undefeated Montana. The game frustrated Davis fans because it potentially could have been a blowout, but it was still a solid win.

I totally understand what Plough is getting at in terms of what this came represented for overall program trajectory, but I’m also amused at the implied shade to Griz fans that delivering them a near historic loss at Wa Griz wasn’t as meaningful or surprising as sloppily beating a potentially sub 500 Idaho team

Heat of the moment comments, and the injuries.

Do you think the Ags stay where they are this week given only one big upset happened? Voters may want to see how they do against Montana State. Hoping for a close loss but it will probably be like 42-13.

I don’t really see it that way. Every week is the most important week when you’re in the bunker. What Caden is doing right now is amazing. Lucky to have him and hope to get at least one more year with him.

there were two upsets, Monmouth and SD St.

FCS playoff commitee had us as 10. With these two upsets we should be in control our own destiny for a first round bye.

Yeah, there's no way this was a better win than winning by 16 at Montana when that team basically never loses by more than 1 score at home. Realistically, beating down Illinois State was probably better too.

But yeah, like somebody else said, it's all heat of the moment.

Solid, quality win. This team apparently lacks the ability to knock people out which is concerning, but they know how to win close. Some teams are just comfortable in close games. We had multiple opportunities to put this thing away and didn't execute. Rather, we turned the ball over and committed discipline penalties. That's for the coaches to deal with, but that's the sort of stuff that comes back to beat you in closer games against quality competition. That is my biggest concern for the 2025 Aggies; not our ability to play with people or to run people down to give them a chance to win, but rather our inability to close vs. teams better than Northern Colorado and Idaho. On to the next...

that Montana team last year was far from a contender, yes the atmosphere always poses a challenge but that was a game they expected to win handily

CP young, WR crew younger.

My concern is the defense, depth there, and how much falloff going to backups. If we had Vargas we could run some ball control, not sure that we're ready to expose RB Kai Acai or frosh Aden Jackson (5'10", 210) to that vs MSU.

Montana was not all that good last year but beating them on national tv in their house and the way they controlled the game was sweet - especially with all the attention Montana gets. For those aspects I would have thought that would be at least in the top 3 Plough-led wins.