Well done Goags, I'll blame it on senior moment.
Since you guys want to compare academics, here you go:
UCSB #8, Davis #12
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public
UCSB #18, Davis #26
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/top-public-universities/?page=2
UCSB #17 Davis #21
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anismuslimin/2017/08/02/top-25-public-colleges-in-the-u-s-2017/2/#659692f04fd7

Maybe if you guys had paid more attention in your basket weaving classes your arguments would be more water tight.

Ole!

The 7-2 Thunderbirds are already playoff eligible and coming into Davis with sights set on a Big Sky Championship (they play NAU after the Ags).

We can expect a physical, 4 quarter game. Head Coached by former Aggie RB Demario Warren, he enters his 2nd season coming off a 6-5 campaign in 2016. SUU qualified for the playoffs in 2013 and 2015, losing to Sam Houston State in the First Round both of those seasons.

The Aggies traveled to Cedar City last season in early October and managed to score 3 points....while giving up 24 in what was a quiet rout of attrition.

QB #3 Patrick Tyler (6'-4", 200 lbs.), a native of Compton, CA, is a cool customer and is on the National Watchlist for CFPA National Performer of the Year. So far this season Tyler has gone 117/277 (64%) with 17 TDs and 9 INTs. His efficiency rating is 140.2, and he has spread the ball effectively as 5 different Thunderbird receivers have over 200 yards this season. Tyler is also averaging 35 rushing yards a game with 3 scores so far this season. Top targets for Tyler include #18 WR Landen Measom a FRESHMAN from South Jordan and #19 TE Logan Parker a junior also from South Jordan.



Rushing the football has given SUU tremendous balance as they have 1860 rushing yards so far this season, coming from 4 sources, spearheaded by #23 James Felila (6'-0", 200 lbs., Kearns, UT) with 743 yards on 174 carries (4 yd avg.). #21 Jay Green (a sophomore from Modesto) and #23 Terrance Beasley (a freshman from Inglewood) have also been explosive averaging 5.0 and 7.8 yds per carry on the season, respectively.

New life abounds for the surging Aggies (5-4) now after they dropped 59 points on an Idaho State team that beat Nevada earlier in the year. It will be a tough test at home, where the Aggies have managed to find a way to lose to good teams in recent times (See vs. EWU 2017, vs. Weber State 2016, vs. Montana 2015, vs. South Dakota 2015).



I hope Hawk and Co. have the Aggies on laser sharp focus all week after a big road win, because this SUU team has the ability to beat us by 40. Whatever razz dazz, new wrinkles we can come up with should come out now...if Davis can grind out a home victory against these very tough Thunderbirds they will have a chance...a CHANCE...at hitting the Playoff scene going into Sac (who trounced SUU earlier this season in Sacramento).

2017 SUU Highlights @ Weber State and vs. EWU & Cal Poly:

Awesome! How about a few other individual NCAA stats?

Passing Yds #4 - Jake Maier
Pass Yds Game #5 - JM
Comp Game #8 - JM
Comp Percent #3 - JM
Field Goals - #36!!! Yeah!!!
Pass Eff - #8 JM
Pass TDs #9 - JM
Total Off #7 - JM
Yds per Pass Att #9 - JM

Passes Defended #21 - Vincent White
Rec Yds #1 - Keelan Doss
Rec Yds Game #3 - KD
Rec per Game - KD #4
All Purpose Yds #18 - KD

Blocked Kicks #3 - Ryan Parenteau
Sacks - unrated?

Week 4 of the season and the Aggies travel to Ogden, Utah to take on the Wildcats of Weber State. In the latest coaches poll to come out WSU is ranked #18 whereas they are ranked #23 in the STATS poll. The Wildcats come into this contest with a 2-1 record, blowing out NAIA Montana Western (1-3) 76-0, losing to Cal (3-0) 20-33, and narrowly escaped Sac State (1-2) 31-24. Outside of SDSU, WSU will be the Aggies biggest task so far this season. Here are some of the Wildcats that we should be keeping an eye out for.

RB Treshawn Garrett (Jr) - Weber State's main running back, although they have a handful of guys that can do damage. Hasn't had any huge gainers on the season so far (long of 12 yards), but he is consistently solid (averaging 5.2 yards per carry).

QB Stefan Cantwell (Sr) - The main part of the Wildcat's offense. He'll get it done through the air and on the ground. He has passed for just over 700 yards on the season and he is leading the team in rushing attempts as well. Similarly to facing PSU and Eason, we are going to have to contain him the only issue being that he is a much better passer than Eason.

WR Rashid Shaheed (RFr) - Big play wide receiver. He only has 6 receptions on the season, but leads the team in receiving yards with 163. Defense is going to have to keep their eyes on him because if you miss coverage he will make you pay.

TE Andrew Vollert (Sr) - Watching the WSU vs Sac game, the commentators were saying that Vollert looks like an NFL tight end. He's big and athletic and is the go to guy for Cantwell. Leads the team in receptions by a good margin and is just barely 2nd in reception yards.

DT McKay Murphy (Sr) - Already looking like one of the most disruptive defensive linemen in the Big Sky this season. 3 games into the season and he has 6 tackles for losses and a sack on top. Our offensive line for the most part did a good job of handling PSU's Davond Dade, but they are going to have another tough week against Murphy.

CB Keilan Benjamin (Jr) - The junior CB leads the team in tackles and has an interception, forced fumble, and sack in his stats sheet. If Murphy is getting consistent pressure on Maier we're going to have to make sure to not force the ball in Benjamin's direction.

GO AGS!!!

Also latest coaches poll leaves UC Davis in the dust with 0 votes, but the STATS poll has us with 12 votes now.

herosports also posted a National Top 25 FCS Recruits list as of January 19th and Eastern Washington has #23 WR Andrew Boston and #18 WR Johnny Edwards IV, North Dakota has #15 DE Ezekiel Ott and Montana State has #14 DB Jalen Cole.

http://herosports.com/news/fcs-recruiting-national-top-25-commitments-fcs-football#1

The 5-1 Lady Ags face their first acid test of year when they travel to Maples Pavilion to play the #11 Standford Cardinal at 2 pm Sunday (info tidbit: the name Cardinal refers to the bright color of red and not the songbird). Stanford comes into the game 7-1 overall having suffering only a 5 point loss to Gonzaga.

The Cardinal roster lists five players 6'3 and taller so they will have a dominate height advantage and the Ags have struggled with rebounding this year. Stanford is out rebounding their opponents by an average of 12 boards per game. It will be imperative that the Aggies block out and play aggressively on the boards to at least limit Stanford's 2nd chance points.

Athletic 6'3 forward Erica McCall leads The Cardinal with 17.3 ppg while also leading the team in rebounds and blocks as well. She is followed closely in scoring by a pair of guards, Brittany McPhee and Karlie Samuelson, scoring 15.0 and 11.6 ppg respectively. As a team Stanford is beating their opponents by an average margin of 22 ppg 77-55.

The Aggies have never beaten a Top 25 team since joining D1:

UC Davis vs. the Top 25 (Division I results only)
Dec. 2, 2007 - at #6 Stanford (L, 62-41)
Dec. 9, 2007 - at #18 Arizona State (L, 77-56)
Dec. 3, 2008 - vs. #25 Arizona State (L, 73-59)
Dec. 17, 2008 - at #22 South Dakota State (L, 59-47)
Dec. 28, 2008 - at #11 Stanford (L, 84-49)
Nov. 22, 2009 - vs. #2 Stanford (L, 76-51)
March 19, 2010 - at #2 Stanford (L, 86-59... NCAA First Round)
Nov. 21, 2010 - at #15 UCLA (L, 65-49)
Nov. 30, 2011 - at #5 Stanford (L, 93-44)
Nov. 30, 2012 - vs. #1 Stanford (L, 87-37)
Nov. 17, 2013 - at #2 Stanford (L, 66-48)
Dec. 5, 2013 - at #1 UConn (L, 97-37)
Nov. 14, 2014 - vs. #1 UConn (L, 102-43)
Nov. 13, 2015 - vs. #16 Stanford (L, 74-43)

It would certainly be a huge upset if the Ags were to upend The Cardinal but anything is possible. The Aggies have the ability to play very well when they get into a good flow and are playing within themselves. They are a very unselfish team with great team chemistry and, if they get hot and their confidence gets a boost, they might make things interesting.

Watch it live: http://pac-12.com/live/stanford-university

Go Ags!