You might think there’s not much to be learned about an FCS team that lost its opener 72-19 against a G5 school. And it’s true, Portland St gave up a 42-0 second half to Nevada which was pretty much unwatchable.
But the first half was pretty enjoyable! PSU scored the first nine points of the game, and were only down 11 at halftime. In the first quarter alone there was a safety, a pick-six, a blocked PAT, two trick plays, about 6,000 goofy ad reads for local businesses, and the revelation that the color commentator is moonlighting from his regular gig as a Reno high school science teacher.