There were definitely some sound issues that they need to work out, but that was still a fun show. Hawk is always energetic and we got to hear a little bit from the captains of the team as well.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/UCDavisAggies/videos/?ref=page_internal

I'm assuming it will probably be archived somewhere. Maybe on the UCD Football Facebook page or maybe even the athletics website.

Looking at their depth chart, it looks like they actually have decent size on the line. I guarantee they are less athletic that SDSU. With how we performed against the Aztec reserves, as long as we hold onto the ball I think this is a winnable game. Turnovers saved USD last week.

USD's game notes and depth chart.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/release/release_20170905aaa.pdf

I don't remember a weekly broadcasted coaches show, just occasional radio interviews and stuff. My memory ain't perfect though.

Anyone know if there is going to be an online stream of this game? I haven't been able to find anything, but it's 2017. It's pretty sad if we have 0 stream of the game at all.

1 of em knew who he was from the picture.

Maybe they are putting new wraps up? I agree that they were a nice addition to an otherwise kind of bleak looking stadium.

You're right about spreading the ball around. Maier also seemed to be targeting Cummins and Montgomery. They have a very disruptive DE in Petersen so we will have to keep him in check, but I definitely think we open up the playbook in this one.

I would hope that's the case. Like I mentioned above, they let a D2 team drop 500 yards on em. Like, there have been some D2 games where we didn't perform well either, but in recent times that's just because we've been bad. I hope Maier and Doss can take advantage of their secondary. Maybe we will see more from the run game against a likely slower team than SDSU. We do have to watch out for there TE though. TD magnet in the red zone.

Agreed on too early to tell. Plus, I am giving Hawkins and company a lot of leniency this season, as I gave Gould and his staff their first season. It takes a while to build up their vision of what the program should look like. The Maier to Doss connection looks like the real deal though. Hoping to see more of Modise against defenses that is quite as fast should be an interesting matchup.

The only receiver to have more yards was a guy from Richmond and they played Sam Houston State in a game where there was almost 1000 yards of passing between the 2 teams (Richmond - 546, SHSU - 411).

After 1 game, Doss' 181 yards is good enough for 2nd in all of FCS for receiving yards per game. Let's hope he can keep that pace up!

New offer out on 2 star DB Logan Taylor from Harbor City, CA. Strange distribution of scholarship offers from D2 Western New Mexico and Azusa Pacific to FBS Vanderbilt.

Looking back on the game, I think we may have landed a real diamond in Maier. He threw 1 bad interception, but he completed nearly 80% of his passes and that includes tossing bombs downfield. A lot of times when you see crazy high completion percentages its because the QB is doing nothing but check downs and screens, not the case here. He was also pretty darn accurate when on the move in roll outs and play actions. I really liked what I saw from him in his first division 1 game especially considering he was thrown into the shark tank.

It's also only been 1 game though. I hope he can keep clicking we Doss because that connection was a thing of beauty against SDSU.

Apparently Protheroe went down with a knee injury in Cal Poly's game against San Jose State. That would be absolutely disastrous for them if he lost playing time.

Modise showed some explosiveness and lateral agility towards the end of the game against the reserves. He did manage to average 4.4 yards a carry which isn't bad, it's just that we only gave the ball to him 10 times.

Agreed on the CJ plays. SDSU sniffed those out easily and that was without tape on the offense. Other teams will know what to expect now. The only thing we have going in terms of those plays is that physically we should be at a more even playing field from here on out.

Luckily DB is one of our deeper positions right now. Hoping things turn out alright for him. He's had a rough history with injuries.

Exactly what I was trying to convey and the commentators even mentioned in the stream. Yes, we were clearly outmatched, but there are things to build on here. There were flashes of good things. Once Maier calmed down, he was accurate and made good decisions with the ball. Doss abused DBs of a potential top 25 FBS team. Montgomery had a couple of nice catches against the reserves. It's still too early to tell how this season is going to go, but there were some positives from tonight.