A former forest expert also said many agencies quadrupled the number of attorneys on staff, and reduced the number of knowledgable forest rangers / etc.

He, along with an expert outdoorsman in Montana I know, always remind me certain species of trees only drop their pods after fires!

Lotta time since this supposed occurence in the 80s, brother (no time to confirm right now), Clinton or Obama could have restored the alleged removed funds.

I recall reading years ago Mt. Tam is a tinder box ready to go, some say Tahoe, too. Those vacationers don't want their pretty view messed up by logging or fire breaks, do they? But we could use the lumber, jobs, and ecosystem in balance. Driving to Tahoe last time it looks like a thick wall of mature trees, same for the drive to Santa Cruz.

I guess our CA government officials were spending all their time fixing roads, bridges, and dams. s/

I drove through parts of Sonoma County twice a month after our super rainy season 2 years ago, and never saw a single fire trail, thinning project, or controlled burn.

Hickey Gym walk throughs?

Or we could play a virtual game.

- When you don't thin forests for decades
- Drive most lumber mills out of business
- Don't cut fire trails
- Don't harvest millions of trees killed by beetle infestation
- Don't clear underbrush with small burns
- Build thousands of homes in former forest areas
- Put out small fires that used to thin the forest and smaller trees, keeping the forests healthy (even Native Americans used small fires)

... the forests get out of "equilibrium". A forester in Calaveras County said they had 20x the number of trees of the previous, normal state.

Even Governor Moonbeam has agreed we need to change our management practices.

These "super fires" started before the modern hypothesis of so called Global Warming.

Given the implications, I politely disagree. This is where campus leadership comes in, and lawyers. Dr. Blue should already be looking at contingency plans, options, and obstacles.

Cal is out due to the Big Game. San Jose State plays Reno at 2 PM, and odds are it will be lightly attended.

So SJ State and Reno may be options. Not ideal, but Hawk is always touting we can play anywhere, anytime.

Play at 7 PM following the Spartan game. Let San Jose reap the parking and concession gate.

Time for the athletic leaders to step up. We may have to sign some legal waivers in case someone gets hurt in San Jose, but we just played there 2 months ago. Heck, even Humboldt.

Play it elsewhere. St Marys, Berkeley, UOP ... err, scratch that last one.

I'm not focused as key one 4th and short call.

Interesting that by my unofficial count (from pbp notes), 44% (11) of our first quarter offensive plays (25) went to Gilliam, 20% (5) to Harrell.

I'm befuddled why we didn't go back to our one RB who is a proven downhill runner who breaks tackles (w solid handles). There was one missed reception, and he prevented an INT on another pass.

I'd prefer not to see their 24 / 27 seniors again, and hope they come back to the pack next year.

+1. And we didn't counter it.

Thomas brought us back w his big run b4 half, but then the avalanche. ... then add in an uncharacteristic 5 TOs (one a throw away) by our offense in ONE half.

1. EWU D Line (our Offense)
2. 4 TOs

... which led to our D living on the red turf.

How about we get 7 on our 1st drive, not 3, and we hit Doss on just one long pass / lead him.

Thirty degrees plus wind chill was a factor.

Is EWU that much better than Montana?

Modise fumbled twice. Great kid, great story, but he had a few earlier in the year. Baffled our bull of a RB only saw 2 running plays in 2nd half.

Have we recently lost someone on the offensive line? Surprised we didn't bring in a fullback, run some bubble screens, something.

QB Rodriquez looked quite mobile, really nimble.

8-2 still amazing! Go Ags!

Hawkins

https://youtu.be/tMvC6j_oGZs

"Instead of UC Davis driving and scoring a go-ahead touchdown, Nzuzi Webster made a game-changing play.

"Webster jumped a underneath route while covering Doss, intercepted Maier and bolted 45 yards for the first touchdown of his college career."

" “That was a great play and a real back-breaker,” UC Davis coach Dan Hawkins said. “And things really snowballed from there.” "

Four TOs when it counted, 2 picks by JM, 2 fumbles by Modise. Maier seemed to often be throwing behind receivers / short... weather, hurried, throwing off wrong foot?

Bland again leads the team in tackles. Nice 52 yd FG by Blair.

First half offense seemed focused on UG, Doss, and Harrell. TT run late 1st half, Crawford, Kraft, Martinez and others surface in the 2nd. We didn't capitalize, defense spent a lot of time on the field. Gased.

Tell me we will finally go back to logging, thinning forests, cutting fire breaks, and controlled burns. Too much dead wood, brush, too much fuel for Mother Nature. Beetle infestation also flourishing in areas.

Agreed. Godspeed and safety.

Did he fumble twice?

Millenials?

TT was so impressive with that huge run at the end of the 1st half, we rewarded him with 2 2nd half runs. ... but we gave attempts to our RB known to sometimes fumble.

1. After our first 10 points, it seemed like EWU dominated in the trenches.
2. Cold may have affected them. 75 degrees to 30 (?) a big change.
3. Pluto color man puzzled why we went away from our run game so quickly in the 1st half.
4. EWU 27 seniors, and quick.

1. Third time Doss under thrown.
2. UG brought down in plays TT often busts open.
3. No TT.

Too predictable, 3 short passes, punt, 3 short passes, punt. Aaron Moore would help... and it looked like we underthrew Doss deep 2x. Why not go beastmode with 2 TEs and TT, or at least 1 blocking TE.

To be honest, it seems like most of our jet sweeps fail.