My wife doesn't drink beer...wine and an occasional cocktail but no beer. I've tried my best to introduce her to one of the good life's true pleasures but, after 41 years of being together, it ain't gonna happen. Me..."I drank beer with my friends, I liked beer, I still like beer..." :cool:

So does anyone know if a non-beer drinker has to buy a Brewfest ticket to enter the beer area if they will not be tasting the beers? She's willing to wonder around with me as I try a few but not if she has to buy a ticket.

Statistically, this game is a toss-up:

ISU is ranked #7 in offense @ 42.2 ppg and the Ags are #9 @ 40.2 ppg

Defensively, the Ags and the Bengals are tied at #60 and both have allowed 29.2 ppg

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fcs/current/team/27

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fcs/current/team/28/p2

I agree. I think this is one of those things where, if you're new to the party, they sit back and wait to see if you're the real deal or just an upstart pretender. If you are a team with a good amount of history in the FCS playoffs and the polls, you pretty much get free entry until you really flop.

A lot of people will be taking notice of this game and I actually think this is the most important game in we've had to date in our D1 history. A solid win will convince a lot of folks that we are a legitimate power in the FCS.

I've been in Brown County (southern Indiana near Bloomington) during the fall and it is stunningly beautiful. The colors were just beginning to turn in northern Wisconsin while we were just back there in mid September.

The anygivenday.com FCS football forum has a poll going for the Game of the Week and the ISU @ UC Davis game is currently leading the voting. It's easy to join the forum if anyone is interested and then you could vote for this game too. This is the best forum for FCS football and has the most dedicated and knowledgeable members.

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?214667-2018-10-13-AGS-GOTW-Week-7

STATS FCS Poll: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs

Comparison of the AGS vs the Coaches Poll:

Great photo...last time I was able to extend my leg up that high I was still in diapers!

ISU certainly sent Idaho home with their heads down and their tails between their legs after thrashing them 62-28. The last time the two teams had met was in 2008 in Moscow and the Vandals won that game 42-27. Idaho had refused to schedule the Bengals since then. This was also ISU's first win over the Vandals since 1995 and they are now 4-1 for the first time since 2000.

“ISU's here. We're ready to play,” Bengals offensive lineman Dallen Collins said. “We're not the little red-headed stepchild — orange-headed stepchild — anymore. … We're happy to play anybody who wants to play us.”

“They loaded the box,” ISU coach Rob Phenicie said. “We've been waiting for this to happen by virtue of our running game. We needed to have the ability to throw the ball.”

“They went up and down the field at will,” Vandals coach Paul Petrino said. “We just got our butt kicked, bottom line.”

“We were able to end the game on our terms,” Collins said. “... It puts us on the map.”

- Linebacker Aren Manu was ejected for targeting after the first play of the game. He is the third ISU defender to be flagged for the penalty in two weeks. Manu started in place of Kody Graves, who was suspended for the first half of Saturday's game for the same penalty. Becasue Manu's infraction happened in the first half, he will not miss any of next weekend's game at UC Davis.

https://www.hjnews.com/pocatello/members/orange-headed-stepchild-no-more-bengals-crush-vandals/article_5338f61c-28e3-51da-9096-263ccdeed56a.html

Biggs had some talent on that 2006 team for sure...

Hahaha...I loved the old steam engine too so maybe it had to do with my Midwest roots as well...and maybe the Bee should hire you to do a tongue-in-cheek column like Bob Dunning does for the Enterprise...

I just came back from 3 weeks in Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana and the thing that struck me the most this time was just how green everything is...I've been living in brown so long I had nearly forgotten that. Really beautiful and lush...but the humidity that keeps everything so green also turns a mild day into sweltering greenhouse. I don't miss that nor do I miss tornado warning sirens blaring...which happened while we were in the Detroit area...those twisters are so unpredictable and big nowadays...terrifying! I'll stick to firenadoes and earthquake country... :yikes:

ISU put up some insane offensive numbers against Idaho: 754 yards of total offense of which 518 were through the air and 236 on the ground. That's crazy! I hope we're ready to play a full 40 minutes on Saturday...

Not Big Sky but Elon went into their game at #2 James Madison as a 39.5 point underdog and shocked the Dukes 27-24 and broke JMU's 19 game home winning streak in the process. Like they say...there's a reason they play the games...

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2799434-elon-pulls-shocking-fcs-upset-over-james-madison-after-being-massive-underdog?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

...and it's not like an outstanding player here won't be considered by the pros...

This was posted by Mtfan4life over at the anygivensaturday.com forum:

"Let's just all sit back and marvel at the fact that next week UC Davis and Idaho State will be playing each other for a share of FIRST place in the conference. If Weber State takes down EWU, the Davis/ISU winner would be in sole possession of the temporary top spot in the conference. Those two teams were a combined 5-17 just two seasons ago."

How sweet it is to finally be back in the Big Sky as a legitimate contender!

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?214271-Big-Sky-Predictions-10-6/page3

I think that's true but I also think Hawk let it go on too long. That's too bad because I'm not sure anyone, players and fans alike, came away from the game feeling good about what took place in that 7 minute stretch of the 4th.

Unfortunately, those few minutes overshadowed, what was up to then, an impressive performance on both sides of the ball for the Aggies. I guess if there is a silver lining in what happened, it might be that it should keep us humble and hungry in the games to come.

I wish they'd push the Bossy Cow Cow into The Museum of University Farm Antiques...if you want to turn off the few students we do get to come out to a game...let them hear that archaic ditty...ugh!

Hawk post-game interview: "Obviously, I'd like to finish better but, hey, we're 4-1, got a win on the road, did a lot of good things early and you can't let the last little bit take away from the whole..."

Whole interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfT4QKhLNx0&feature=youtu.be

We could have real, track meet shootout in this one!

The Pluto tv announcers said the same thing during the 4th quarter blitz by NC. They said something like, "This is starting to look like the game that got Hawkins fired at Colorado when the Buffaloes lost the game after leading by a big margin in the 4th quarter." Then when Maier came back in the game for the final series they said something like, "Maier is back in the game. Do you think they're serious about what has been happening now?"