Maier's ability to keep his cool under pressure, like he was at Montana, is very, very special. He was connecting on passes thrown from awkward positions because of the Montana rush and he just pops up and does it again. Tough as nails and calm as a cucumber...perfect for leading this team...

Well that would SUCK if we were a high seed but got denied a home game. Pisses me off just thinking out it!

MATTHEW FRAASE - UC DAVIS, WEBER, JMU OR TOWSON. WHO DO YOU FEEL THE MOST CONFIDENT IN FOR A 1 OR 2 SEED?

Chase: We talked a little bit about this on the podcast this week. If we're talking specifically about resumes and seeding, I think Weber State has the chance to line up the best resume of any team not based out of Fargo. But I do think the respect level (and the eye test, and the metrics) for JMU probably puts them back in a top-2 seed for the playoffs when it's all said and done.

Sam: Out of that group, I'd say JMU. UC Davis and Weber both have tough games ahead and I think JMU is going to fully understand the implications of the regular-season finale at Towson. When it's all said and done, I think we're looking at NDSU the No. 1 seed and JMU at No. 2.

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-mailbag-jsu-shsu-sdsu-bzbz

COMEBACK SATURDAY

UC Davis scored 46 points in the second half -- unanswered -- to prove it is a big-time FCS playoff threat, knocking off Montana in Missoula in front of one of the biggest on-campus crowds in the FCS this year.

I don't know what else to say -- 46 points in the second half, unanswered. Everybody will just say I'm stealing from Charles Dickens if I call it the Tale of Two Halves, so I won't make a joke about it being that because it would be corny. But I already typed it and UC Davis coach Dan Hawkins is no lemming when it comes to coaching. He does things his own unique way, and it works ... so maybe I can get away with an eccentric description of what just happened. Or maybe I should stop typing before this gets cornier.

OK, enough of that. To see UC Davis down at the half to Montana and to see the Aggies respond like that? My goodness. This team has some serious potential.

More here:

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-week-nine-highlights-talking-points-ndsu-ajaj

So am I. It looks like G-Man was attending with his family. I was hoping to hear about from him but nothing yet.

From a few pics I saw posted on the Aggie Athletics twitter it looked pretty sparse.

From anygivenday.com:

2018 FCS Playoff At Large Eligibility (V 5.0)

Key:

Teams preceded by an asterisk (*) have already reached 7 Division 1 wins.
Teams listed in bold need to win all remaining games to reach 7 Division I wins.
Teams followed by a hash tag (#) have played a lower division team
Teams followed by a plus sign (+) have an FBS team remaining on their schedule.
Teams followed by an percent sign (%) had a game cancelled or postponed

Teams with 7 Division 1 Wins:

*North Dakota State (8-0)
*UC Davis (7-1)
*Colgate (7-0)+% must go 1-3


Big Sky:

Weber State (6-2) must go 1-2
Eastern Washington (6-2)# must go 2-1

Idaho State (5-3)# must go 3-0
Montana State (4-4) must go 3-0
Montana (4-4) must go 3-0

See the entire thread for all of the FCS teams in contention for a playoff berth here:

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?216487-2018-FCS-Playoff-At-Large-Eligibility-(V-5-0)

EWU seems to continue to play well despite losing Gubrud so it seems that they are a very deep football team. Of course, they have a tremendous winning tradition going even with the ugliest red field in college football! I think the game at EWU will be at least as tough as the Montana game.

I would actually be thrilled if we made it to a point in the playoffs that we had to play NDSU. What a tremendous opportunity that would be regardless of how formidable the Bison are.

Aggies complete a Dickens of a turnaround to win, 49-21 by Bob Dunning:

It was obvious from the start that the roaring crowd made things difficult for the Aggie offense, which fives times in the first half alone was called for false starts.

Asked if the deafening crowd noise made things difficult for the Aggies, Doss smiled and said simply “yes,” then added, “it was hard to hear anything but the crowd.”

In one frustrating series the Aggies uncharacteristically were called for three unsportsmanlike penalties in a span of less than a minute, including one on the UC Davis bench.

Read more here:

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies-complete-a-dickens-of-a-turnaround-to-win-49-21/

NDSU could beat at least half of the teams in the FBS...

ISU would be scary in a rematch...

Northern Colorado 42 SUU 39

PSU 41 Sac State 14

I read that the Ags had 3 unsportsmanlike penalties and 2 false starts on one drive in the first half. What the heck was going on?

Devon King interception:

“We don’t quit,” said UC Davis receiver Keelan Doss, who caught 10 passes for 78 yards and a touchdown. “Going into halftime we knew we had to make some adjustments and I felt we did that. We just talked about how we weren’t playing our best and we had to get used to that crowd.”

“I think everybody had a lot of confidence that we were going to get back on track,” UC Davis coach Dan Hawkins said. “That was a huge momentum shift for us. You guys have seen enough football to know momentum is a deadly force, it really is. Once we got it going, our guys were able to throw a rock on the gas pedal and keep it going.”

“We showed how well can play in the first half,” Montana coach Bobby Hauck said. “The second half was probably a little bit the other side of the coin from that, not to discredit UC Davis. I’m disappointed we couldn’t sustain that the second half. And when it started to go the wrong direction we didn’t get it turned around.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/uc-davis-rallies-past-montana-49-21-behind-maier/2018/10/27/e94da560-da4e-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html?utm_term=.1fe39d0927a6