The 2013 upset was actually one of the coolest sports games I've been to at Davis (in terms of product on the field, not the stadium experience at Aggie Stadium which was cavernous). It was a golden goal in extra time if memory serves.

It's a pretty fun sport, but it is weird that UCD is one of the three or so west coast teams that have a team -- and apparently some investment, too, given the dedicated stadium

They went from having arguably the best one to the worst when the Timbers and Thorns apparently kicked them out. Very unfortunate.

Technically yeah, I think it's fair to defend Hastings there because his incompletions and pick were situations where he wasn't in a position to succeed with his skillset. But I think you touched on a bigger problem that Hastings, while good, is not a modern college QB and he's sharing snaps with 2-3 guys who are (since Faulk is mobile as I recall).

He can make it work like Maier did but he'll have to put up 2018-Maier kind of stats (throwing to pretty much the same receiver corps + Tompkins) to do so. So I guess I'm saying that it's not unreasonable to have higher expectations for him in terms of his passing stats and how he handles pressure in the pocket, because that's simply what's necessary for him to remain the starter in this offense

neither of these are the current "official" one, which was recreated a few years ago after the original was lost or damaged or something.

Here's the one that started appearing a few years ago
https://www.davisenterprise.com/files/2017/10/1029horseshoeW.jpg

Good we're already in 4th-quarter mode, we should start it before 4th quarter every game

nm apparently the refs didn't really know either

stream died on my, what was the flag?

Beautiful set of downs at tempo with the same TD play that got us on the board last week

Lol it's almost like Hawkins responded to them. Commentators cast doubt on the #10 ranking; Hawk immediately pulls out a trick play and then skewers them with Tompkins

Commentators are not complimentary about UCD's defense but they're actually doing pretty well, just not being given any breaks

Disaster

TD GILLIAM!

Good drive, took advantage of a favorable field situation, got the ball to the best runners and good things happened

Oof Castles ran into the concrete looks like, that could be really severe

I've been following the San Diego State season this year as well which has remarkably a similar trajectory to UCD's. Good defense and punting keeping them in games, a LOT of inconsistency on offense and questions at QB.

The difference with SDSU, though, is that once they have some jitters they settle in with some good high-reward, low-risk downhill running that generally keeps drives alive and avoid procedural errors and turnovers. I just don't see that recognition or composure to find what works and stick with it from the Aggies this year

There was some success earlier where Hastings was just getting the ball off to the usual suspects quickly and it was the only non-Trent thing that really worked against Poly

And here's Magic

To my untrained eye when HR or Magic are in at QB the offense behaves a bit like a triple option, but is much more traditional when Hastings is in even when they're technically running the same looks. Easier to defend his passes when it's more obvious when he's going to pass and has less time

Easier to block when you get a head start, I'll give Special Teams a pass for this one

Offense looks ok when we're not making procedural mistakes and just getting plays off fast

The days of being at a speed and size disadvantage at every position seem to be gone so we really need to see more of just decent ball movement and sustained drives. Not asking for the world, just consistency

Offense just looks unprepared

Repeat of my usual complaint that if we're going to stick with our academic recruiting limitations then the expectation should be that UCD is always the most prepared and well-executing team on the field, when frequently it's the other way around