William Jessop will come to Davis on Monday, November 6.

Big Sky Schedule for September 16 (all times are PT):

Weber State @ Utah 11 am
Stetson @ Montana State 12 noon
Utah Tech @ Northern Arizona 12 noon
Idaho @ Cal 1 pm
Southeastern Louisiana @ EWU 1 pm
North American @ Portland State 1 pm
Northern Colorado @ Washington State 2 pm
Northern Iowa @ Idaho State 3 pm
Sac State @ Stanford 5 pm
Ferris State @ Montana 5 pm
Lincoln University (Oakland) @ Cal Poly 6:05 pm
Southern Utah @ UC Davis 7 pm

I wonder how Sac is going to match up against Stanford on Saturday. That's going to be an emotional game for the Hornets playing against the coach that nearly took them to an FCS Championship last year and put their program on the FCS national map.

Great win for the Aggies. They've gone through a rough stretch lately and beating the Hornets in The Nest before 528 fans has got to feel good.

The Aggies stand at 5-5 on the season now heading into their first conference game at Fullerton on Friday at 6 pm. Go Ags!

Totally agree. I think that SUU is going to be a very tough opponent considering how they held their own against both ASU and BYU.

You can tell that the players and the coaches were surprised and disappointed with how things went at OSU. I think everyone expected that we would compete better but that's water over the dam now. Gotta learn from it, move on and play better against Southern Utah.

AGS Poll Week 2 (click on the image to enlarge):

Big Sky teams:

#3 Montana State
#5 Idaho
#8 Sac State
#11 Weber State
#12 Montana
#16 UC Davis



https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?338912-AGS-Poll-Results-2023-Wk2

STATS FCS Poll (click on the image to enlarge):

Big Sky teams:

#3 Montana State
#5 Idaho
#8 Sac State
#9 Weber State
#12 Montana
#16 UC Davis



https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/09/big-sky-has-a-national-high-six-teams-ranked-in-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-poll/

The Ags drop 2 spots in the FCS Coaches Poll (click on the image to enlarge).

Big Sky teams:

#3 Montana State
#6 Sac State
#7 Weber State
#10 Idaho
#11 Tie - Montana
#16 UC Davis



https://www.aggiesportstalk.com/discussion/2153/fcs-regular-season-polls

The Aggies rolled over UC Merced today 26-3 and now stand at 6-1 for the season. The Aggie goalies stopped 37 of 40 Merced shots. The powerful Cal Bears come to Davis for a 1 pm game on Friday, September 15th at the Schaal Aquatics Center.

The Aggies stopped their 4 game skid with a 5 set win over Marist today (25-16, 25-9, 26-28, 16-25, 15-6). The Ags now head across the Causeway to battle Sac State on Tuesday, September 12th at 7 pm. This will be the Aggies 10th road game in a row.

Thanks. I corrected the date.

Idaho seems to be the real deal this season. I don't expect them to get blown out by Cal. I think it's more likely to be a competitive game.

Post-game comments:

Hawkins:

"That was a tough one, but we can't hang our heads." "I was glad we didn't quit," Hawkins added.

"We talked about staying in the game at halftime and everyone responded in the second half."

"Oregon State is a big, fast, physical football team and they're very well coached. Sometimes you're at the top of the mountain and sometimes you have valleys. You just have to go back to work and figure things out, take stock of where you are and get back at it."

"That was a tough one, but we can't hang our heads,"

OSU HC Jonathan Smith:

It was a great win tonight."

"Thank you to Beaver nation for bringing the energy and making Reser complete."

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/football-beavers-too-much-for-aggies/article_db46a578-4eae-11ee-b9fa-e36a20737f8a.html

Well said. I didn't expect us to win by any means but I really didn't think we would lose by this big of a margin. I thought they might score 40 some points but I really didn't think our offense would not be able to do anything at all until OSU put their subs in late in the game.

Sac State 34 TAMC 6 - Final

The Aggies played San Diego tough but ended up losing in 5 sets (10-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 9-15). The Ags play Marist tomorrow at 11:30 AM.

The Ags bounced back from their loss to SJS and beat West Valley 24-5.

Fresno State 34 EWU 31 in 2 OT - Final.

Fresno State beat Purdue on the road last week and EWU nearly beat them tonight in Fresno. In the first OT, an EWU receiver made a spectacular, one-handed catch at the 1 yard line. The Eagles scored on 1 yard pass but the EWU receiver got flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct so Fresno got to start their possession on the 12.5 yard line instead of the 25 and they scored to tie the game at 31. In the second Ot, EWU held Fresno to a FG but then threw and INT on their possession and Fresno won 34-31.

EWU looks pretty good but, as is typical of Coach Aaron Best teams, they look undisciplined as usual.

EWU and Fresno State are going to overtime tied at 24.
Sac State 34 TAMC 6 with 26 seconds to go in the 3rd.