We're finally home from our 7 week journey to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New England so this will be the first game we have been able to attend this year. We didn't see a high of 70 degrees for the entire trip so we're not looking forward to the heat.

Some friends of ours used our tickets while we were traveling and they picked us up at the airport last night. They said that they did not feel that the Ags played well even in the games they won. We seem to have had our two best games in our losses to Cal and NDSU. We have been very inconsistent on both offense and defense in the rest of the games. I think our injuries have really disrupted the cohesiveness of this team this year.

The offense needs to be able to stay on the field and score when they have the opportunities. If Weber establishes a punishing run game and is on the field a lot, we'll be in big trouble. I'm hoping to see a solid, complete game from the Aggies but, given how things have gone this year, I'm not all that confident about our chances tomorrow.

Here is how the Aggies have done during the Jim Les era:

Pre-season scrimmages for Big West Men's Basketball Teams:

BIG WEST

Cal Poly – 10/19 vs. Corban; 11/2 vs. San Francisco
Cal State Fullerton – 10/26 vs. Pepperdine
Cal State Northridge – 10/19 at San Diego
Hawaii – None
Long Beach State – 10/26 vs. UC San Diego; 11/1 vs. Cal Baptist
UC Davis – 10/19 vs. San Jose State; 10/27 at Pacific
UC Irvine – 10/26 vs. Northern Arizona
UC Riverside – 10/26 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
UC Santa Barbara – 10/19 at Santa Clara; 10/26 at Arizona State

https://watchstadium.com/news/not-so-secret-list/

Weather forecast is for 87 degrees Saturday which is 13 degrees above average. Everyone will be baking at the 4 pm kickoff and chasing what little shade there is...ugh!

Quotes from the Davis Enterprise article:

“A win is a win,” UCD head coach Dan Hawkins told The Enterprise after the game. “It’s awfully hard to win on the road in this league, so we’ll take it.”

UCD defensive coordinator Robert Tucker said, “I know we were on our heels there at the end on defense, but we were down a couple of guys and everybody stepped up to make the plays.”

“I think we started well,” Tucker said. “Guys were doing a really good job in the first half staying on their assignments. We got a little banged up in the second half, and the tempo got away from us.”

“Their quarterback (Chris Helbig) did a great job escaping and keeping drives alive,” Tucker pointed out. “But we battled, and I’m extremely proud of how we finished, we didn’t fold.”

“They slowed us down a little bit in the second half, and it certainly wasn’t a clean game for us,” Hawkins said. “But it sets things up nicely for Weber State next week.”

And this funny tidbit:

SUU’s roster is a nightmare for radio announcers who must struggle with proper pronunciation in a timely manner … Among those performing for the Thunderbirds are La’akea Kaho’ohanoohano-Davis, Somtochukwu Achebo and Kyle Tauiliili.

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-hold-off-late-surge-to-ground-thunderbirds/

15,140 watched Sac dismantle the Griz and that number will go up after that convincing win. They could have several thousand more for the Causeway if they continue to roll.

Sac will move into the Top 5...total domination over Montana so far...they might win by 40 the way they are playing...

We escape from Southern Utah but it was not impressive...

We escape 33-25...a win is a win but this was unimpressive...

Sac 42 Montana 15 with 8:42 to go in the 3rd and, of course, Pluto TV goes down...

4th and 2 on our own side of the field and Hawk goes for it and we turn it over on downs. Then we get an INT to save his poor decision. Same thing happened in the Poly game.

The Pluto TV audio is not in sync with the video...had mute it and just watch the video...

33-22 Here come the Thunderbirds...the Aggie D does not look good at all...

33-20 with 8:53 to go. The question now is whether or not we can hold on. We really lack a knockout punch...

Imagine what Sac is going to do...

SUU now has 405 yards of offense. Our D is getting pushed around.

Lots of poor tackling by the Aggies. They are letting SUU back into the game.

35-15 Sac at the half. Domination by the Hornets. Sac has great receivers and an accurate QB. One of their WR's made one of the most spectacular one-handed, sideline catches I've ever seen. They are beating Montana deep at will and have very creative play calling. They even completed a long gainer on a double reverse pass. Wow...what an amazing turnaround by their new coach.