Must have watched too many sports betting commercials.

Don’t get that kick. Defense was playing OK.

TERRIBLE on side kick.

Pass a little high but seems that the receiver should have gone up to snag it.

Montana State has 2 running backs injured. They were out last week mostly and was no problem against UT Martin.

TD Idaho long post route.

Needed that INT.

Or QB under center on 3rd down with tush push. MSU got penetration on 4th.

inches short on third down, not close on fourth.

That eventuality would be an emotional bridge to cross for some professor types.

Love your posts - sound logic with a dash of humor.

Done. Ah the smell of cow manure reminds (dairy farms) me of my home town in the Central Valley. Seems to me fellow students back in the day mentioned manure smells from their campus dorms.

As usual a great podcast. I especially enjoy the stories you solicit from your guests - it provides a fuller picture of them as not only athletes but also human beings. I particularly noted that he included classical and piano music in his pregame listening - he seems to be is own man and that’s great.

Game is on the field. Let’s back it up.

Absolutely. Have a great trip!

SouthDakota O-lineman Joey Lombard’s brother posted a live quote on the SDSU B team show that “my brother is going to feast on #75 all game. A previous chat had noted the Aggie Pride interview with Princeton where he said (paraphrasing) “we are going to beat their a@@ and send them home”. Maybe need the brother’s quote for locker room material.

Absolutely! Many moons ago in my punt, pass, and kick days (ford dealership sponsored - don’t know if that event is still around), that is what I aspired to. Definitely a thing of beauty, it carries much better by reducing drag. Whelan would bang those when he had enough field to work with.

@AggieFinn That interview should be sent to all high school coaches that coach prospective QB recruits. I was impressed with the detail Coach Plough provided with regard to QB reads and coaching, and multiple specific plays in the Illinois State game. Contrast that with Hauck press conferences when someone asks him about a play and he says “I don’t recall that play”. Added to the QB carousel he plays. If you were a recruit, where would you want to play?

I didn’t realize that Cade Cox did the punting against Illinois State. Plough mentioned that in the presser. Hang time was improved and distance too. Special teams performance is amplified when the competition gets stronger.

Also, the last USD TD (reverse motion sweep) to seal the game had 2 very noticeable holds by 2 different O-linesman. One of the Tarleton defenders was throwing up his arms in frustration while being held. Got to play through any perceived injustices though - can’t control those.

I keep on seeing the endowment mentioned, but endowment accounts are usually restricted, and normally only 4% can be withdrawn from the corpus per year. My guess is that little of the endowment corpus is usable towards sports, let alone football.

Don’t remember that from undergrad days but in more recent years, my son, a physics major and smarter than me, told me about his (Schrödinger’s) cat. Let’s hope that the Aggie cat in the box is alive, or conversely, the coyote dead.