"His month began with a career-high 15 tackles in Week 5 against the Houston Texans, wearing the green dot helmet with Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton sidelined. Buchanan played every defensive snap against Houston and had the team's best grade against the run (88.9), according to Pro Football Focus.

"Buchanan followed that performance with a combined 15 tackles against the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears, and his 30 tackles in October led the team."

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/teddye-buchanan-defensive-rookie-of-month-october-ravens-dolphins-week-9

https://x.com/ryanmink/status/1968420924828385308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1968420924828385308%7Ctwgr%5Ef0cdb113bfa22cfca01d67695bb3768a17a2f123%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoreravens.com%2Fnews%2Fteddye-buchanan-defensive-rookie-of-month-october-ravens-dolphins-week-9

But he left peaceful Moraga to come home.

My non pro eyes say Fisher is a little quicker, and Vargas is much heavier (32 pounds).

Some of our top guys may bounce after two years, but there is a long history of players transferring with below-optimal or even poor results.

Whether that's Marc Hicks (Cal -> Ohio State) or 6'4" TE Jordan Allen (UCD -> CCSF -> Tennessee -> Weber State). Allen was lauded by Coach Gould, was #9 national recruit at CCSF, then was starved for PT, multiple position changes, to wind up at Weber.

The end result for players like Jordan Perryman? A
tryout as an UDFA, and then a shit in the CFL.

An outlier is Teddye Buchanan - but with similar pre-draft combine results - he'd still be highly touted.

But we actually have student athletes in FB and MBB.

A Redditt review claims Wood hired Marion.

Sacramento’s Own Mark Orr Orchestrating New Era In Sac State Sports

https://sacobserver.com/2025/08/sacramentos-own-mark-orr-orchestrating-new-era-in-sac-state-sports/

Hopefully caution is the theme Saturday. Split time?

All hat, no cattle?

Paging Mark Orr...

I always thought a Cal pipeline would be sweet and natural.

250,000+ victims, Labour repeatedly blocks inquiry, laugh during proceedings.

https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1982864804860891146

OK, the names escape me.

The silver lining is QB2 and QB3 get more work.

No update on Caden?

How good / fast are our wideouts?

Hero Sports has us potentially playing #11 Mercer in round 2 at home (if they win their first game).

Stan Becton has us as an at-large bid with a projected loss - in a toss up game - to Montana State.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2025-10-27/2025-fcs-playoff-bracket-predictions-entering-final-month-season?amp

Hero Sports has us seeded.

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2025-playoff-predictions-1-bzbz/

NDSU QB - long run. 6'3", 233# QB Cole Payton. He had 4 TDs rushing Saturday.

https://youtu.be/84O9Pq3PVkU?si=FDP5CEvO5toYwCAs

Sam Herder's Top 25

HEROSPORTS: FCS Top 25: Sam Herder’s Ballot For The Week Of 10-27-2025
by Sam Herder October 26, 2025

Notes at the bottom.

Week 9 Top 25 FCS Scoreboard

1. North Dakota State
2. Montana
3. Montana State
4. Tarleton State
5. North Dakota
6. South Dakota State
7. UC Davis
8. Tennessee Tech
9. Lehigh
10. Harvard
11. Monmouth
12. Mercer
13. Youngstown State
14. Villanova
15. Illinois State
16. Southern Illinois
17. Abilene Christian
18. Northern Arizona
19. Austin Peay
20. Rhode Island
21. SFA
22. Southeastern Louisiana University
23. Jackson State
24. Lamar
25. Western Carolina

"The most notable move is South Dakota State going from No. 2 to No. 6 after its 38-7 home loss to No. 1 North Dakota State."

NDSU stands out again.

https://herosports.com/fcs-top-25-sam-herder-ballot-10-27-2025-bzbz/