Pint will be back. I think his owner is out of town for a while.

I gotta say...this is a pretty cool addition to the pre-game activities!



https://ucdavisaggies.com/index.aspx?path=football

Hey guys, post up often. My wife and I will be driving through the fall color here in New England today heading for Freeport, Maine, and Acadia National Park. Hopefully, we'll have strong wifi tonight and I'll be able to catch some of the game either on Pluto TV or the radio broadcast.

Our 7 week trip ends on October 24th so we'll be home for the Weber State game. I hope we have a 2 game winning streak going by then!

GO AGS!

I think you're right about that; we're getting the benefit of the doubt because of the strength of our schedule so far and last year's success. The game with Poly could be the make or break game of the season for us though. I keep thinking that this team might really break loose but, so far, we have not shown that we are a playoff caliber team this year.

Gary May is one of the best Chancellor's we've ever had at UCD.

I think we can put the done chain (borrowing that from Pardon my Take) on Eastern Washington and UC Davis. They are definitely not going to make the playoffs, but holy cow, will they even finish in the top half of the league? For two teams that started the season in the top 5 and getting even first place votes, how have they fallen out of the playoffs by week six? Eastern is transitioning quarterbacks, I get it. But they’ve been pretty plug and play at that position for quite a few years, now all of a sudden they have a power outage. And UC Davis, the weapons are there. Maybe terrible coaching follows Dan Hawkins?

http://thefcswedge.com/big-sky-conference/big-sky-quad-shot-week-6/

Coaches Poll Week 6

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS

1 North Dakota State (26) 5-0 650 1
2 James Madison 5-1 621 2
3 South Dakota State 4-1 598 3
4 Kennesaw State 4-1 548 4
5 Weber State 3-2 536 5
6 Montana State 5-1 508 7
7 Villanova 6-0 506 8
8 Montana 5-1 480 9
9 Towson 3-2 406 T-10
10 Northern Iowa 3-2 392 13
11 Furman 4-2 380 14
12 Nicholls 3-2 345 15
13 Illinois State 3-2 340 6
14 North Carolina A&T 4-1 329 16
15 Delaware 3-2 243 18
16 Central Arkansas 3-2 231 T-10
17 Youngstown State 4-1 210 17
18 Jacksonville State 4-2 191 20
19 Princeton 3-0 146 23
20 Maine 2-3 130 22
21 UC Davis 2-4 114 12
22 Southeast Missouri State 3-2 103 T-25
23 Stony Brook 4-2 93 24
24 Sam Houston State 4-2 57 NR
25 Southeastern Louisiana 3-2 55 19

Dropped Out: Eastern Washington (21), Houston Baptist (25t)

Others Receiving Votes: North Dakota, 50; Sacramento St., 42; Yale, 30; Dartmouth, 26; South Carolina St., 22; Austin Peay, 18; Houston Baptist, 16; Tennessee Tech, 14;Eastern Washington, 5; Wofford, 4; Cal Poly, 3; New Hampshire, 3; Campbell, 2; Central Connecticut St., 1; Idaho, 1; UIW 1

I think Thomas has been banged up and playing hurt. We haven't seen him at his best much this year so far.

The women are looking for some practice competition!

I hear that...and I'm never happy when I see Sac ranked ahead of us...

There's a lot of football left this season. We could just as easily be 4-2 as
2-4 but for some mistakes. I'm sure the team and the coaching staff is disappointed with the record but I wouldn't count this team out of the playoff picture just yet. Very tough schedule this year against a lot of good teams. Hopefully, we will turn it around in the second half of the season.

She looks like a good one. 5'11 guard/wing with good ball handling skills, can stretch the floor with her inside/outside shooting and can score with either hand on the drive. She originally committed to Long Beach but now she's going to be an Aggie. Nice!

I can't imagine that there's a football player anywhere that wouldn't want to play for a coach like Hawk. As fans, we often fluctuate up and down with our emotions and evaluations of how the team is playing. Hawk just tries to keep the team focused on learning from the previous game, getting better and moving on to the next opponent. No tantrums and blame. He looks for the positives and just as he says, "We just want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be." Awesome...

Ags fall out of the Top 25 in the AGS Poll

Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes

1 North Dakota State Bison 2194 86
2 James Madison Dukes 2076 1
3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2027 1
4 Weber State Wildcats 1841
5 Villanova Wildcats 1835
6 Montana Grizzlies 1742
7 Montana State Bobcats 1646
8 Furman Paladins 1579
9 Northern Iowa Panthers 1435
10 Towson Tigers 1362
11 Nicholls State Colonels 1250
12 Kennesaw State Owls 1248
13 North Carolina A&T Aggies 925
14 Youngstown State Penguins 850
15 Illinois State Redbirds 847
16 Central Arkansas Bears 792
17 Stony Brook Seawolves 696
18 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 671
19 Maine Black Bears 516
20 Princeton Tigers 489
21 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 364
22 Sac State Hornets 354
23 Austin Peay Governors 302
24 Dartmouth Big Green 271
25 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 266

ORV:
26 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 191
27 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 172
28 Sam Houston State Bearkats 152
29 UC Davis Aggies 147
30 Yale Bulldogs 98
31 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 62
32 South Carolina State Bulldogs 39
33 Wofford Terriers 30
34 New Hampshire Wildcats 29
35 Houston Baptist Huskies 17
36 McNeese State Cowboys 15
37 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 14
38T Chattanooga Mocs 11
38T San Diego Toreros 11
40 Elon Phoenix 8

Most Significant Win: Nicholls State Colonels
Most Significant Loss: UC Davis Aggies

I think maybe a lot of us were seeing through rose tinted lenses after the quick turnaround by Hawkins and last year's success. Gould had a great eye for talent and was an excellent recruiter and you make a good point about how Hawkins has been able to utilize that talent. My question, then, is whether Hawkins has been able to recruit as well as Gould given our struggles this year? Is he bringing in the level of talent that Gould was able to land? Or, has our talent level slipped and, even with better coaching, and we just don't have the "Gould level" of talent to be able to execute this year?

Sac State 48 EWU 27

Sac has taken a giant step forward in their program this year and we've gone in the opposite direction...who would have thought that. We have obviously been overrated all season so far due to our success last year. Very disappointing...

I’m heading out to do another hike...really can’t take much more of this...

I just checked in on the game after a big hike in Nova Scotia...wow...what is going on with this team?!!!