Great post, DrMike!

Insightful summary, NCagalum.

Make that 4...he also had an offer from UNLV too. Great get for the Ags.

That sounds more like it, otherwise they'd have fans joining just to boost their team's ranking. I guess I could start voting since I meet those requirements but I just really don't know much about the midwest and east teams.

I believe if you are a registered member you can vote but I'm not positive.

The following article has a few quotes post game quotes from the coaches:

No. 9 Stanford overcomes slow start to beat UC Davis 30-10

"I told the guys downstairs we're not going to act like we lost because we didn't win by as much as we wanted to," coach David Shaw said. "We're going to act like we won and be pleased that we did enough to win the football game and recognize we have some room to grow, which is great."

"Stanford is a good football team. They showed that today," Aggies coach Dan Hawkins said. "They took away some things we normally like to do. If you don't maximize your opportunities you minimize your ability to win."

Read more here: https://www.sunherald.com/sports/article218480005.html#storylink=cpy

I was able to watch the game on the PAC12 Network from northern Wisconsin. Here are some of my thoughts:

1) Really solid effort by the defense all around. I was hoping we would be able to keep them under 50 and we held them to 30. I was surprised how much pressure we were able to get on the QB at times and how well we contained their ground game for the most part. They only had a couple of really big gainers. We got those two early picks but could only get 3 points out of them...those were costly missed opportunities against a team like Stanford.

2) The offense wasn't firing on all cylinders but they played pretty well when you consider the defense they were up against. We dropped too many passes that hit our receivers in the hands though. Maier didn't seem to be a his sharpest but he was having to release the ball quickly. I thought our O-line did a really nice job considering the size and speed of Stanford's defense. Keelan Doss was spectacular against some very, very good Stanford DB's.

3) I thought our offense played better when they went up tempo in the second half. I understand the thinking behind slowing the game down and trying to limit the time Stanford's offense had the ball, but I think our offense is at its best playing fast like we did in the first two games.

4) Our punting was not good and that needs to improve. Those short fields we game Stanford really put pressure on our defense.

5) I thought we looked like we deserved to be on the field with the Cardinal. Games like this are typically a blowout for FBS teams. We held our own and made some excellent plays especially on defense. Stanford was the better team for sure but it wasn't a cake walk for them by any means. I think this game showed us just how good this team has the potential to be. If we continue to improve, we can compete for the Big Sky title and make it into the playoffs.

6) Overall, this was a proud effort by the Ags. The program is most definitely on the rise!

WSU 59 EWU 24
Weber State 27 South Dakota 10
Cal 45 Idaho State 23
Missouri State 40 NAU 8
Arizona 14 SUU 3 with 12:18 to go in the 2nd

Montana State 47 Wagner 24
Western Illinois 31 Montana 27
Sac State 28 Northern CO 25
PSU 63 College of Idaho 14
Cal 39 Idaho State 9 with 10:23 to go in the 4th
WSU 14 EWU 0 with 14:11 to go in the 2nd
Weber State 11 0 with 14:55 to go in the 2nd

Hey, we beat the spread. Stanford was favored by 31.

Shaw decides to try and pad the score and the Ags make a 4th down stop. Great job D and questionable decision by Shaw...

Maier has primarily thrown to Doss with several dropped balls by our other receivers. Stanford's DB's are impressive.

This one is about to get ugly...

Great job by the defense.

I think Hawk needs to let the offense go up tempo in the 2nd half and try to get in a rhythm. I understand the strategy of using the clock as much as possible but the offense seemed out of sync with Maier constantly taking the play clock down to nearly zero before the snap.

17-3 Stanford...the Cardinal is beginning to roll while our offense is pretty much non-existent so far...

...and yet another poor punt...our D can't carry the entire load...offense has been anemic so far...

...and now a shanked punt give Stanford great field position...these are the kind of things that we simply can not do and have a chance...

Our D is doing their job but the offense has not taken advantage of what our D has given them and that may come back to haunt us...

Our receivers have dropped 3 passes...missing scoring opportunities...

3-0 Ags after the Nas Anesi interception!

I'm able to stream the game from northern Wisconsin. Go Ags!!