South Dakota appears to be not all that great this year. Or maybe this game was their version of our 2024 game against Portland St. But they lost at Lamar (6-5 in 2023 and 7-5 in 2024) and then needed OT to beat Northern Colorado (1-22 combined the last two years). Of course Northern Colorado only lost by 7 to Colorado St so who knows.

I see the team that is more prepared than any other team to go FBS is looking outstanding once again.

Very true. Voters are biased by their preconceived thoughts as well. So yeah any polls/computer rankings at this point should be taken with a grain of salt.

I also can't stand the coaches poll in any sport since it's pretty well known that many coaches don't actually vote or are heavily biased towards their conferences when they (or whichever staffer fills it out for them) do vote. I mean, I get why because the coach isn't getting paid to pay attention to all of the other teams to be able to form opinions on where teams should be ranked.

The polls, I think moreso the coaches than the Stats (or AP Poll for FBS) are very over reactionary. You're much better off looking at computer rankings to find out which teams are better. That's not to say the computers are perfect.

Like last week we barely beat Utah Tech while South Dakota and Illinois St both lost FBS games so we jumped them in the coaches poll. But this week we lose an FBS game while Illinois St beats an FCS team and they jump us. Why does Montana St drop 3 spots after losing a 2OT game to the No.2 team? I guess Illinois St's 41-13 win over Morehead St and Rhode Island's 31-17 win over Stony Brook were both super impressive.

At least in Illinois St's case, they get the MVFC gauntlet to prove themselves since they play NDSt, SDSt, SD and Southern Illinois.

So we can plan on moving back down 2 spots after losing to Washington this weekend.

We stayed at 8 in the STATS FCS poll.

It's almost certainly SDST being really good. Them and NDST are pretty much machines at this point. And with how many new players Sac brought in along with a new coaching staff, it was going to be a really tall task for them to compete with SDST in that game.

Don't know if that was an adjustment by the coaching staff or if our offense just played better (or both) but man that's great to see from a redshirt freshman QB. Would be pretty awesome if he turned into a 4 year starter because that would likely mean an enjoyable next 4 seasons for us.

LET'S GO!

Got it. I'm just following the gamecast. Thanks for the clarification.

How many timeouts do they have left? A first down or two should do it regardless.

Roughing the passer when you get the 3rd down stop is really annoying.

Alright, one more stop should be good if the offense can keep doing what they've been doing this half.

2nd and 16 ... NO PROBLEM! TD AGGIES!

Thankfully came after the play was over so the 1st down counted. Better than being stuck with 2nd and 25.

That being said, we'd rather avoid the personal foul penalties altogether.

Alright, tie game. Great work on both sides of the ball. Now don't waste the comeback.

Looks like we're in FG range already. Lets at least tie this up here, but taking the lead would be better.

Well that was quick! Offense is cooking now.

Get another stop, defense.

Alright, got a stop and a good return so we're set up at midfield. Need to get at least 3 out of this.

Alright, back to a 10 point game. Now get a stop.

Seems like we could be set for a rebuilding year. Not the end of the world and hopefully it's just a one year thing.