Yeah I’m not stressing that much about that game. Pinnick grew as a player through it, important for a bit of adversity to happen, especially if you can have it happen early in the season. Was at the game last year and felt similar vibes watching it (obviously without needing a huge comeback). Utah tech and these early games seem to just provide some great time to get energy levels regulated and the players into the season mindset. Pinnick cleaned it up, but at the beginning seemed to not be throwing the ball away as much as the Mercer game. Just some general goofy penalties that were unnecessary too. Really think this team should warm up as the season continues.
I hate the FG line rushing out of the huddle and up to the line. Just get up there, get set and block. Instead, we risk easy FGs because someday we may pull a trick out of special teams.
The whole ‘line run out of huddle and quick snap’ has been a pet peeve for years. A tesm is moving down the field nicely then gets a crucial fourth and inches….and change what they have been doing to try to catch the D off guard. Of course, the OL usually gets a lousy push off the ball and they fail. The FG team feels that way to me.
I managed to stay awake to the end of the game, but a pretty miserable viewing experience. Not sure if the problem was on ESPN or Utah Tech's side, but to have a feed that is pretty much unwatchable for a large part of half the game in 2025 is pretty crazy.
Obviously I'm happy that we were able to pull out the win, but unless Utah Tech goes on to have an amazing season this was still a fairly rough performance. The OL was doing Pinnick no favors with their protection (especially in the beginning of the game), but he also will need to learn when to learn when to appropriately get rid of the ball; too many negative yard plays overall either on misreads in play action or trying to get too fancy in the backfield. Awesome that Fisher broke 100 yards and his early TD was pretty impressive speed.
Defense played as well as you could have hoped given how often they were on the field. The Connors never disappoint and it was good to see some of the new guys with impact plays. Shoutout to Cofield on the outside getting a huge interception with a return as a true freshman. I'm also glad that Ridley finally got FG conversion, but concerns that we've had 2 FGs blocked through the Mercer and UT games.
I figured that there would be growing pains with a new QB, no Lan Larison, and a young WR corps, but they still have a whoooole lot to work out before conference play because Big Sky teams will chew us up if we play like we did in the first half tonight. At the end of the day, a win is a win and I'm glad the guys didn't give up. GO AGS!
The funniest comment I heard today was while I was watching the Sac State game at SDSU. One of the commentators was talking about how crazy it was that Sac that had so many transfers from FBS schools and he had never seen anything like it.
He went on to talk about Jaden Rashada first committing to Miami for $9.5 million before he decommitted and went to Florida for a reported $13.85 million and that he now had a law suit against Florida for millions that he says they still owe him. Just then Rashada threw a terrible pass right into the ground and the commentator said, "I think he owes them some money after seeing that pass."
Yes, he got his degree in Design after transferring to Cal. Not sure how that worked exactly, but he must have transferred his final credits back to Davis to complete his degree requirements.
Momentum. Even though I'm a psychologist, sports psychology is a completely unique thing and I don't get it. It was clear from both games the Aggies have played this year that momentum can make the same team look awful for more than half a game then somehow turn it all around. Still, credit to the whole program fot not giving up on this one.
Don't know if that was an adjustment by the coaching staff or if our offense just played better (or both) but man that's great to see from a redshirt freshman QB. Would be pretty awesome if he turned into a 4 year starter because that would likely mean an enjoyable next 4 seasons for us.
While Mercer could obviously be overranked, I hesitate to draw conclusions from one game. If you just looked at our game against Portland St last year, you wouldn’t have thought we were a playoff team.
In a vacuum, nothing wrong with getting handled by South Dakota St. But with all the talk about Sac St the past few months, they needed a better showing than this.
We certainly have a storied and proud football history and I'm excited about the growth of the program and the direction we're heading. However, I've always felt that basketball is the sport that we could get the most return for the investment...many fewer scholarships and a much less expensive sport considering equipment, travel and the number of coaches necessary etc etc.
I think we are currently seeing the Athletic Department making a significant push in basketball and gearing up for MWC play in 2026. Hopefully, we can be relatively competitive in the MWC early on against bigger name programs. I think we'll see a dramatic increase in our fan base if that happens.
I heard the commentators say that the Conners brothers had a chance to go to major programs and make a lot of NIL money, but they wanted to stay in Davis. That says a lot about their values and the quality of the campus, the sense of community and the football program. all very admirable and something that makes me proud to be an Aggie.