Your stats show we are poor against the run. We have also seen we are poor at getting a pass rush from the DL.I think most sacks above come from blitzes. So defensive line is one area of improvement.
Against ISU we can only judge up to point their qb left game. For the first half the defense players creditably, but missed tackles resulted in some big plays. We could use more size/speed generally.

Wow on the long bombs, Maier really takes a deep drop so those are impressive throws. Nice mix of receivers.

Does anyone have a contemporaneous record ? Is the win just hearsay?
Do they think they won in Idaho?

Justin Williams is limited in speed so can't be total answer at RB.
But as a down field. runner he's pretty good. Still need someone to get around the edge. But we just domnt block well. There was a period in the third quartet where IDSU was always in our offensive backfield blowing up runs or ruining passing plays

Justin Williams is a very good between the tackles runner. But he needs blocks. When we can't run the ball, he's probably not the problem.
Good to see Tehran play. But in addition to the fumble, I also saw he missed a block the previous possession. He's s work in progress.

A good qb sure helps his case.

Rushing has been effective in key spots. Thats all we need. Need the offense to continue, but give some pass protection.
What's with the horrible rock music?

who knows what’s up with Tehran? Hopefully he’s not one of those Arizona recruits we can’t keep on campus. But he’s not a silver bullet. I think he has good speed for his size but if he had great speed for his size he’d be in FBS, his HS heroics were pretty well advertised. We do not have the personnel to be a good running team.
That said, I think we can do better against IDSU than we did against Poly. They allow almost 5 yards a carry. I’d like to see us play like we did before NAU and have a mix of plays.

The first four touchdowns show a difference between this year and last. I just can’t picture us putting up those points last year.

We should expect to win this week and against Sac. We should expect to lose against SUU. We could win or lose any of the three. This is the make or break portion of the year.
If we only beat Sac the year is a success. We will have shown improvement and swept California FCS schools.
If we only beat SUU the seasons a success, we will have established a rep in the big sky as a team that can knock of anyone in the Big Sky
If we only beat Idaho State it will be a good but unsatisfying year. We will have only beat the lowest tier teams in Big Sky. Still improved over recent years though.
If we lose all three the season will be disappointing

Basically we’ve played to form, no upset yet and no loss that can be considered an upset. Losing this week would be a mild upset; it would drop us in the rankings quite a bit.

I think we can run against Idaho State. Our run stats against NAU were not terrible, they just stopped us in key situations. NAU is good defensive team.
Idaho State gives up 4.9 yards per carry, while Cal Poly gives up 3.9.
CJ did throw a touchdown on a roll out against NAU. And we had a fumble against Weber I think on a handoff. I like the wildcat, we could run some non wildcat plays with CJ in there as well. Execution needs to be good like is true for everything else.

So this week is our most favored matchup remaining with us being only a slight favorite if at all against Sac..... Puke.

But not Moore’s playing time

He seems to be quite an athlete, so the coaches should find a way to use him. Don't know what's the story is this last week. Hopefully all is well with him and he is adjusting to college life. I hope he has a long and successful career with us.

There is a need for what TT can offer. Hopefully he'll get a chance. He is more of a fullback type, so maybe he lacks sufficient speed to be the primary RB.

I know you're just disappointed with results. No question our passing game is better than our running game. I think the coach conceded they ran too much early.
But... we have to at least do enough with the run that they play us honestly. We can all agree we should run some but not too much, wherever that line is drawn.
I think it was the Montana coach who said regarding the fly option that they wanted the defense to at least have to guard against the fly sweep because it limited what the defense could do. That’s how it is with us and the run generally and the fly sweep in particular, plus we have to be able to pick up fourth and inches.

Well, there seems to be much disappointment with running game, so in that regard;
What do we think of Tehran Thomas? Has had some success in spots but dropped that fourth down screen. Should we feature him more?

Two out of the first three series featured an incomplete pass. On the first series we got a first down despite the incompletion. In only one of the first 3 series did we not pass, and that series the qb ran the ball.
Then after an interception we got a touchdown with some productive plays. So we were unproductive in the first 3 series, but not because we didn't pass. We didn't complete the two passes we tried.

I’m also in favor of being pass oriented. However, they probably thought we could successfully run the ball based on film. They were wrong in the sense that we couldn’t when it counted. We have to look at ourselves and see if we were too predictable in certain situations. We were not terrible statistically for the game as a whole but got stuffed whenever it really counted. Fourth and inches for example. But overall we were 4/16 on third down, and some portion of those were pass plays. We just didn’t succeed in key situations generally.