The chicken man at Toomy was something special. Toomy games were insane.

Another great podcast! I can’t imagine all the work that goes into putting one together. I (We) appreciate it.

Let’s not forget about our new $40 million sports-health complex. Sacramento still has a long way to go.

You’re on a fan message board, relax a little and enjoy it.

Entitled might be a poor choice of words. This is our university, too. We all paid thousands of dollars to go there, and we continue to support the university, where some won’t give it a second thought.

Nobody attends UC Davis for sports unless you’re participating in one. It will take time, but if we build it, the students will come. The incoming class of 2026 might have 100 students coming to UC Davis solely based on athletics. Then, in 2027, we might get 200; that’s how a fan base is built.

We’re a top-10 public university. We need to start acting like it.

What happened to the "athletics are the front porch of the university ..." quote Chancellor May shared with us years ago? I'm tired of living only 500 miles away from UC Davis and having to tell people, "Yes, we have a football team. "Yes, we're a tier 1 university."

I don't know. I'm in a mood watching all the Oakland fans lose 60+ years of memories today.

The "show more ..."

1. Securing $50M in NIL commitments to cover the first 10 years in the PAC 12.
2. Securing funding and approvals to build a new, state-of-the-art football stadium that seats at least 25,000 attendees.
3. Securing funding and approvals to build a basketball arena that seats at least 6,500 attendees.
4. Turning out at least 15,000 attendees per home football game for the remainder of the season.
5. Securing $5.25M in Conference Fees for NCAA realignment into the PAC-12.

“Why not stay where we are, increase the size of UC Health Stadium, and see how things shake out?”

100% agree

Great pic!

Right?!?! I live one state away, and I’m tired of people not knowing anything about UC Davis, let alone that we have a football team. Glad you’re doing well!

I appreciate the update. I’ll be in touch soon. :strong:

I watched it with my son on ESPN+. We held our own against the nation's #1 ranked team. Not one time did I feel we did not belong on the same pitch. Great match!

I noticed the backward hat at the press conference as well. Not to sound like a grumpy old man, but I had the same thought.

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Ha! I noticed that, too. Taken from the original expansion specs we saw when the stadium was built. Zoom in and look at the scoreboard. It’s the old one.

My "return" post is buried in the Pac-12 thread. I'm back, so things are good. Thanks for asking!

I'm looking forward to getting back into UC Davis sports and chatting with all of you! :smile: