Hawkins regarding Poly and HR:

“They’re young and they play hard and they’ll continue to grow and get better. We’re happy to get the win. There aren’t many teams in America right now who are 7-1.”

“I thought he handled things well,” Hawkins said. “He had the one tipped pass that was intercepted, but otherwise, he ran the offense well.”

The ever-reliable Gilliam had 109 yards on 24 carries, the 19th 100-yard game of his stellar Aggie career. Gilliam, third on the UCD career rushing list, now has 3,269 career yards, just 56 yards behind No. 2 Preston Jackson. G.P. Muhammad is the all-time leader with 3,589 yards, but Gilliam is closing fast.

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-keep-golden-horseshoe-corral-mustangs/

I’m out to dinner in SF before the Eagles concert at the Chase Center. Just checked the score. What the heck is going on with this team?

Columbia 19 #25 Dartmouth 0 Final This was Dartmouth's first loss and is now 5-1.

Quotes from CP HC Beau Baldwin:

“It takes time, but the thing I love about this job is the tremendous potential for growth,” Baldwin said. “The support and the vision from the president and the administration are what make me optimistic about what we can do at Cal Poly. There are so many positive things here that allow you to have a chance for success.”

Just seven months ago in the abbreviated spring season, Baldwin got a taste of Aggie football when he brought his team north to UC Davis Health Stadium and suffered a 73-24 setback.

The Poly coach has not forgotten the sting of that defeat.

“I definitely feel some stuff from last spring,” he said. “We’re ready to get after it.”

Regarding CP QB Spencer Brasch:

Brasch has battled back from injury and is expected to start Saturday night. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound redshirt sophomore from Gilbert, Ariz. has thrown for 523 yards and three touchdowns in limited action, but is highly regarded by both Baldwin and Aggie defensive coordinator Matt Coombs.

“He makes them a better team,” said Coombs of Brasch. “When he’s been in the game they move the ball well. He gets the ball out quick and is getting comfortable in their offense. Across the board they’re much improved from what we saw in the spring.”

Baldwin agrees.

“Spencer can create and extend plays with his feet,” said the Poly coach. “He can put a lot of stress on a defense. He’s a natural leader. I’m really impressed with his arm strength and how quickly the ball comes out of his hand.”

More here: https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-mustangs-to-battle-for-golden-horseshoe/?utm_source=DE&utm_campaign=71117f9da5-Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be64fee185-71117f9da5-171004309

Speaking of Eastern Washington, the Eagles are flying higher than ever before, reaching No. 2 in both polls with their 7-0 mark after pummeling Idaho, 71-21, last Saturday on the famous red turf in Cheney. EWU senior quarterback Eric Barriere is now the runaway favorite for the Walter Payton Award as the top offensive player in the FCS after passing for 600 yards and seven scores against the Vandals and adding an eighth touchdown with a 12-yard run.

For his efforts, Barriere was named the Big Sky offensive player of the week for the fifth time this season and also picked
up his second national player of the week honors. For the game, Eastern finished with a stunning 837 yards of total offense, a total most teams don’t achieve in two games.

The Aggies also have a win over Idaho this fall, but by a much more modest 27-20 count, and they had to come from behind in the fourth quarter to do it.

For his career, Barriere now has 13,238 yards of total offense, just 70 yards short of the all-time Big Sky record held by Matt Nichols, also of Eastern Washington.

Said EWU head coach Aaron Best, “Eric Barriere, again, substantiates himself as the best player in the land at this level. Period, bar none, zero discussion as far as I’m concerned. He is explosive, he is selfless and he understands that the run game compliments the pass game. Our team has taken on every challenge and we’ve succeeded on every challenge thus far.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/uc-davis-football-back-in-the-top-10/

The Aggies are No. 10 in the FCS Coaches poll and No. 10 in the Stats FCS poll as they look forward to a Saturday evening Big Sky date at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.

“I thought our defense played really, really well,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins at his weekly press conference Tuesday. “Our guys came up with big plays on defense and got a lot of stops when we needed them. Coming off that loss to Idaho State, it was important to put our boots back on and our hard hats on and not let a loss drag us down.”

Hawkins also had high praise for all those behind-the-scenes folks who helped to produce another sellout crowd.

“It makes it fun for our guys to play in that environment,” he noted. “It’s just a great atmosphere for college football.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/uc-davis-football-back-in-the-top-10/

The addition of Wade to the advisory board is part of an ongoing effort to recruit a more diverse student body to the program, which is ranked among the best in the world, and in the longer run to make the wine industry more inclusive to people of all backgrounds.

“I’m excited to join forces with UC Davis to support their efforts in bringing more diversity to the wine industry and make it more inclusive,” Wade said in a statement. “Wine is for everyone, and I look forward to working with my fellow board members to create meaningful and impactful change.”

According to a recent estimate by the Association of African-American Vintners, only about one-tenth of one percent of the winemakers and brand owners in the United States are Black.

https://www.davisenterprise.com/news/local/dwyane-wade-joins-uc-davis-advisory-board/?utm_source=DE&utm_campaign=def53e749c-Daily_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be64fee185-def53e749c-171004309

I'm wondering how many OL we may be missing due to injuries? I saw several hobbling around on the sidelines during the NC game.

Maybe he'll become big donor to Aggie Athletics too!

SoCal according to him. I edited my post so that it's more understandable.

:lol:

I was talking with a fellow from SoCal many years ago and we were discussing the amazing size and geographical diversity of California. At some point, he said he thought the state was too big and therefore too difficult to govern because of how different northern and southern California were in his opinion.

He went on to say that we really should have two states: Northern and Southern California. Then he asked me, hypothetically, where I would draw the dividing line and I said, "Well maybe just north or south of Fresno. So I asked him where he would divide the state and he said, "Just north of Santa Barbara."

That kind of surprised me and I asked him why and he said, "Because the carpet ends end just north of Santa Barbara and the linoleum begins!" Needless to say that cracked me up!!

I think that's a good summary regarding the BW vs MWC for MB and WBB. In addition to what you have stated if we joined the MWC, our out-of-conference scheduling would be easier since we would have the BW teams to choose from along with the WCC teams. Scheduling some of those teams for OOC games plus the regular MWC games would make for a sizable step up in our overall competition which would probably increase interest and attendance.

EWU is making their case for #1 for sure. Their offense is putting up crazy numbers.

The AFCA Coaches FCS Top 25 Poll:

#2 EWU
#8 Montana State
#10 UC Davis
#12 Montana

Also receiving votes: Dartmouth, Weber State and Sac State

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll

Sagarin Ratings:

#3 EWU
#8 Montana State
#9 Montana
#16 Dartmouth (Kevin Daft OC)
#20 Weber State
#21 UC Davis
#22 Sac State

https://www.college-sports-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/fcs-sag-16Oct21.png

Congrove Computer Rankings:

#3 EWU
#5 Montana State
#7 Dartmouth (Kevin Daft OC)
#12 UC Davis
#16 Montana
#22 Sac State
#32 Weber State
#47 Northern Arizona
#71 Portland State
#78 Idaho
#83 San Diego
#97 Idaho State
#112 Northern Colorado
#116 Cal Poly
#118 Southern Utah
#119 Dixie State

https://www.collegefootballpoll.com/fcs/rankings/

The Stats FCS Poll ranks the Aggies #10:

#1 Sam Houston State
#2 EWU
#3 NDSU
#4 Southern Illinois
#5 Villanova
#6 South Dakota State
#7 James Madison
#8 Montana State
#9 Southeaster Louisiana
#10 UC Davis
#11 Montana
#19 Sac State
#25 Dartmouth (Kevin Daft - Offensive Coordinator)

Weber State - Dropped out of the Top 25

FYI: Stats FCS Big Sky Voters: Doug Kelly, Tyson Rodgers and Larry Weir.

https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/10/ten-conferences-represented-in-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-rankings/

The knowledgeable folks at anygivensaturday.com have the Ags at #11:



https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?283894-AGS-Poll-Results-Week-7-2021

The preseason KenPom Rankings have the Ags at #213 out of 358 D1 MBB teams:

99 UC Santa Barbara
112 UC Irvine
153 UC Riverside
205 CSU Bakersfield
207 Cal State Fullerton
213 UC Davis
221 Hawai'i
283 CSUN
291 UC San Diego
294 Long Beach State
305 Cal Poly

We should be scouting the UNA at Sac game thoroughly.