It looks like the fair weather fans are staying home and watching on TV…

It’s pretty darn cold here tonight. Glad we brought our gloves and dressed for it. Go Ags!!

It was an amazing game where Illinois State was dominating but kept shooting themselves in the foot with 5 INT's and twice getting inside the 10 and not scoring but still found a way to win. Incredible!

Final scores this afternoon:

Illinois State 29 #1 North Dakota State 28
#2 Montana State 21 Yale 13
#7 Stephen F Austin 41 Abilene Christian 34
#12 Villanova 14 #7 Lehigh 7
#11 South Dakota 47 #6 Mercer 0
#3 Montana 50 #14 South Dakota State 29

Look at these stats...Illinois State threw 5 INT's and still won!

Yep...hell of a celebration for you!

I'll tell you what, Illinois State pretty much dominated this game and overcame 5 TO's to win. They are scary good. We've gotta win tonight and get another home game!

South Dakota 47 Mercer 0 - Final

Illinois State is giving NDSU all they can handle. 21-14 Bison but the Redbirds are on the move...

21-14 NDSU at the half.

NDSU throws a 79 yard TD pass on their very first play. 7-0 Bison.

Idaho trolls Sac (notice the Hornet being swatted down with the play card):

From the Sac Bee:

“Truly one of the toughest decisions of my life,” Marion said in his text message. “I love Luke Wood and Mark Orr. I consider them family. Love my players and the staff, and we were building, bringing in 74 players and an entire new coaching staff is not easy, but we found a way in a turbulent year to have a winning record.”

Marion continued, “The future is bright in Sacramento. One man doesn’t stop the show. To the Sacramento community, I’m grateful for you embracing my family and me, showing nothing but love and support. The opportunity to coach with Coach Prime (Sanders), the greatest to ever do it in football as a player on the big stage, is an opportunity my family and I couldn’t pass up.”

Wood told The Bee on Friday afternoon that he wished Marion well, and that it simply came down to Colorado offering much more salary money than Sac State could afford.

Wood said in a phone interview, “It’s been overwhelming with the amount of people who have reached out (about the opening). The No. 1 thing we need is someone who has been a winning head coach, and someone who is committed to staying for at least three years. In today’s world, I can’t expect someone to commit for longer than that. I’d be surprised if we don’t announce a hire by the end of next week.”

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/college/article313434561.html#storylink=cpy

4-2 Stanford at the end of the 1st quarter. The Ags came back from being down 3-0.

I think Jim Les is a very good tactical basketball coach who gets a lot out of his players but I think he'd be an even better coach if he dialed down his competitive intensity a bit. I don't think that most players respond well to the constant barking during the game nor how negative he can be after a game when he is disappointed with the team's performance. I'd like to see him embrace more of Tim Plough's approach to coaching where Plough focuses on detaching from the results, learning and growing from mistakes and finding joy in playing the game.

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So Brennan Marion is joining the rampant greed and madness of P4 football:

Colorado forecasts $27 million deficit after Deion Sanders pay raise, NIL payments

The University of Colorado’s athletic department is projecting that it will run a $27 million deficit during the current fiscal year ending in June 2026, in addition to needing $11.9 million in institutional support from the university and $2.2 million from student fees, according to budget figures obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Those numbers are not final. The athletic department is hoping to bring that deficit down by the end of June with revenue from donations, sponsorships and concerts at Folsom Field. But it has never reported a deficit that big before, which could potentially leave the athletic department in need of more than $41 million in subsidies from the university, including the institutional support and student fees.

Whole article here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/colorado-forecasts-27-million-deficit-after-deion-sanders-pay-raise-nil-payments/ar-AA1RyYT8

From Bob Dunning's Substack column:

“That was a disappointing performance,” said Aggie head coach Jim Les.

“We had a multitude of mistakes at the start of the game and didn’t show a lot of discipline. We had moments when we fought back, but in life you get what you deserve and what you earn and tonight we earned a loss.”

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/aggies-rally-late-but-cant-catch?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=180779655&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email