I was checking stats off and in, and was surprised to see Poly with something like 6 pass attempts late in the 3rd down something like 35-7. Seemed like you were taking more shots the two weeks. What happened?

Two stats that are concerning

Rush 32-91 2.8 ypc (37 of those were on 6 attempts by McFadden and Rodrigues)

Third down conversion: 7-21

Second was due at to the first, and overlooked because we were 6-9 on 4th down. I think 2 of 3 first half TDs were on fourth. We got stuffed on short yardage at the goal line a few times (once in 4th). Puts a ton of pressure on QB and WRs the pick those 4th and shorts in the red zone. I thought our run game would be further along with the veteran line, although timing/combos take live reps that they only see in games these days

I’m not watching but really surprised at only 6 passes in first three quarters. Passing had been good first two games

A little shocked at 37-7 half time score of Oregon state over poly. Just looking at stats, poly has only passed 5 times. Might want to open it up?

I read the book recently; very heart warming story. Reminds you that people can rise to the occasion when necessary

Bookmakers seem to favor us slightly. 37 points is ALOT. Would need our D to really step it up

visiting Gander?

Forecast is 85 degrees at kickoff

If you have Facebook Lehigh University Football has a short clip from the broadcast

you would think the Bay Area Ivy alum would be interested in seeing their team play. Up until last season, i'd say that Poly was a tougher matchup than Davis

I had talked to Fred Arp about this when he was helping with scheduling. He said a challenge is that the Ivy’s start late and only have couple non league games. Hard to get them to fly cross country for an opener v a team with 2 or 3 games under their belt. Hard for Big Sky team to fly cross country prior to opening conference (an early bye would help)

I wonder if SoCal alum kick in big bucks to help with travel expenses to entice them. Harvard goes to USD next Saturday

Still hoping to see an Ivy team. USD and Poly have done it. I’d think Bay Area Ivy alum would come out in big numbers.

There will be a contingent of Lehigh fans. I came across an alumni notice from them about the weekend ( Friday in old sac, tailgate in lot 56, etc). Always fun to see visitors. Apparently Lehigh was a growing alum population in the Bay Area ( we hired a post doc from there a couple years back)

found this online about 10:00 kickoff

‘The early morning kickoff meant people heading to Toomey Field had to drive through a thick Bay area fog to get to the stadium. That included longtime UC Davis head coach Jim Sochor, whose car ran out of gas in the foggy morning and had to walk the final half a mile to the stadium.’


https://www.college-sports-journal.com/for-the-first-time-since-1977-lehigh-is-invited-back-to-uc-davis-to-play-a-football-game/

USD used two different fullbacks; I wonder how many FCS teams still have one on their roster?

they gave up a lot of yards on the ground v Villanova so i would expect us to try and establish the run. They played Villanova close for the half and score might have been closer if they had concert on some of their several fourth down tries. New coach with nothing to lose. I expect them to throw a lot. Time to get a pass rush going

Lehigh or BC?

The game prior to Lehigh was the Betune Cookman game. I was there as a high school student and don't remember fog. Lehigh was an early start (11?) and on regional TV. Old timers still joke about colorman Ara Parsighian welcoming viewers to the 'beautiful central valley'. I thought that was a foggy morning.

Tib Belza!?!? He shows up occasionally at the games!

we get to suit up as many as we want at home and with the new redshirt rule I’m sure we will see some new faces. I think USD took advantage of their extra men last Saturday in the heat.

"I didn’t evenriot for a professional football team before this"

i was going to correct this for you, BUT, it is the raiders........