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Disappointing schedule. Only thought is maybe they thought to make it winnable to get some momentum going into conference play. But not a single power school? We can and should do better

Even the depleted MW will have more national exposure and the occasional ranked team. For example, Air Force and UNLV were ranked in 2023 and 2024 respectively. N Illinois was briefly ranked after the Notre Dame upset in 2024. Even SJSU was ranked in 2020. Honestly think playing in the MW will give us more visibility- even than playing fcs contenders like the Montanas. Plus SJSU and Nevada are closer than anyone we’re playing in the Big Sky

NDSU was limited to six first downs and 18 minutes of possession!! Massey has ISU as the #8 defense. Sure they’re not the Goliath NDSU would present in Fargo - but wins @Sela @SDSU @SD and @NDSU show a pattern of winning tough road games, including against the top of the MVFC. The average margin of victory for those 4 games is just over 10. We have our work cut out for us against that #8 defense. Go Ags!

Let’s gooooo! That 8 seed looking great now. Beat Rhody!

Omg goooooo red birds

I wonder why ESPN chose to cover this game. Not complaining- we’ll take it! but there’s NDSU, the Montanas, Tarleton all ranked higher w home games and generally strong attendance. I’m guessing Sac St game attendance didn’t hurt and maybe it had to do with possible times

If URI advances, that’s going to be a winnable but tough game. 8-0 in a pretty good conference any way you look at it. And most polls/ rankings have them at least a couple spots above us. Still think we’ll be slightly favored. Now for NDSU- assuming they advance, they’ll obviously be heavily favored. But can’t count us out. We’re a tough out and though we lost by a wide margin, we showed enough against MSU where I feel there’s hope against FCS elite. Keeping turnovers to a minimum will be a must. Very happy with a bye but will be a gauntlet to advance every round

Hypothetically if we announce we’re moving to fbs tomorrow, presumably 2025 would represent 1 of 2 transitioning years (as an independent)? Granted it’s going to be a scheduling nightmare to get a bunch of fbs games so last minute without being in MW. And also we’d be ineligible for fcs playoffs. But then 2026 would be year 2 of the transition whether or not in MW. In 2027 we could be bowl eligible like Cal/SMU/etc switching conference,but in our case from “independent” to MW?

Initial thoughts:

• Basketball does get more competitive. UNLV, New Mexico, Nevada on an annual basis. Even the bottom tier is like mid tier of BW. We’ll need to lift our program to compete. This may indeed be a multiple bid league even with 2026 members
• Going to miss the Big West. Fun academic rivalries in Cali
• Nevada and SJSU will be drivable for most students and many alumni. Could make an argument this proximity tops anything we had in the BW. And UNLV isn’t too bad a drive for our so-Cal alumni.
• Will UNLV / AF leave MW? How stable is this league?
• I suspect this is a long term football move. Mixed feelings here tbh

We kept the Bobcats to their lowest scoring all season including vs FBS New Mexico (who btw just beat #18 WSU). I do think against elite defenses we'll need to buy Miles more time, and probably obvious, but we need to minimize turnovers

imo we're ranked correctly as a top 4-5 team. Really excited for the Causeway and can hopefully lock down a 4 seed.

Hypothetically if we’re able to pull off the MSU upset and the Causeway classic, would we secure a top 2 seed and guarantee home field advantage throughout playoffs? Or would we land behind the Dakotas

tbh I’m not entirely sure the third to last play in first half wasn’t a td. Difficult to see if a knee was down, but to me it appeared the ball touched the end zone. Either way, we’re not playing like a top 10 team. 3 wins by a combined 6 points. We could’ve easily been 2-4. Glad we’re ending on top but making many mistakes and need to quickly clean them up- esp that passing defense stat of 11 yards per attempt and seems we’re not great vs mobile qbs

Late to the party here but does a depleted MW drive more interest than the Big Sky? i.e. SJSU or New Mexico or Wyoming drive football attendance? I’m honestly not quite sure. At least w Sac we have the local angle, Cal Poly the academic rivalry, and teams like Montanas, Idaho and EWash are all at the top of FCS. And then, for all other sports, the BW is way more budget/ travel friendly and has fellow UCs.

In the unlikely/ nearly impossible scenario we’re invited to Pac12- even then do the best teams drive 30k attendance? OSU? WSU? Maybe they’d drive a little more, but I’m skeptical even then. I’d think USC/Stanford/Cal/UCLA/Oregon etc would, just not sure that Fresno or Colorado St would do the trick. Also I doubt the Pac12 is interested. They want to maximize their shot at an auto bid or least be best of the rest- Memphis or UNLV could help. Unfortunately Davis doesn’t.

Only incentive I can think of is NCAA tournament seeding if we think we can win 2 in the BWT. Not sure if that’s a moot point with our net ranking at 169? Assuming all remaining games will likely be Q2 and Q3 for net ranking.

A bit rough. Losing by a combined 8 points to the top two teams in the country apparently doesn’t do it. As frustrating as it is, we shouldn’t leave our destiny to the committee. Needed one more win and they couldn’t leave us out. We were so close this year and probably have a better team than most in the playoffs. The history books will show an average 6-5 year, but we fielded one of our best teams ever. Proud of our team. We just needed to win one of the close ones. On to next year…

Good enough? Yes. 1 possession losses to the top 2 seeds overall. And another top tenish team in Weber. Absolutely crushed the lower tier teams

Will committee select them? Likely not. imo 80-90% chance they pass. Aside from the record, Ags consistently compete but lose to top 10 teams. Imo, we’re a top 15-20 team. If however we’re selected, it’s a nightmare draw bc Ags have a punchers chance vs anyone and could run up the score vs a lower tier auto bid

Congrats! Team looked impressive and were even able to overcome a second half deficit after Cal came back

Landmark win despite Oregon’s injuries. Congrats to the ladies! Seems the coaching staff made an emphasis on rebounding. It’s encouraging that we equaled Oregon’s tall roster in boards.

Burns seems to be developing rather quickly as a freshman point guard which is encouraging. Good to see Svanholm’s positive contribution today w 20 solid minutes. She could end up being a major factor this year. Hoping we can develop our bench a bit more during BW play, keep the rebounding focus and maybe improve on to’s.

Big games coming up against WSU, Stanford and Gonzaga. All tough games but let’s see how we measure up.