Women defeated Slack in the first of two gymnastic meets by 1/8th of a point, which I think is the same as a rout in gymnastics. Running Causeway Cup score is Ags 27.5, Hornets 15. Next up is return in gymnastics, at Sac, on March 16th. (The dates on the Causeway Cup webpage have been tweaked a bit.)

Excerpted from Joe Davidson article on Bee’s website.

“The Aggies signed:
▪ John Aloma, long snapper, Moorpark College;
▪ Lance Babb II, receiver, Schurr High School in Montebello;
▪ Malik Banks, offensive line, Villa Park High School;
▪ Matt Hyman, tight end, Santa Rosa Junior College;
▪ Jake Parks, offensive line, Serra High in Huntington Beach;
▪ Nico Sarale, offensive line, Oakdale High School;
▪ Josiah Suani, defensive line, Hawyard High School.”
…

“UCD will also bring in scores of walk-ons, including Bee All-Metro linebacker Jason Gallagher of Jesuit, All-Metro tight end Garren O’Keefe of Colfax and All-Metro utility player Justin Poerio of Oak Ridge. Each confirmed those commitments through social media and with on-campus signing ceremonies.”

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/high-school/joe-davidson/article198925739.html

Don't know a thing or have any inside information as to what happened over the weekend, but have some experience with criminal law (not as a participant...)

What does the student handbook say about lesser offenses; misdemeanors, infractions or violations of the rules not amounting to a crime? (Curfew, drinking other than by a minor, missing a practice, disobeying a coach, we could go on and I don't want to keep tossing out hypothetical examples for fear of spreading fake news....) A felony may require immediate suspension, but do other types of misconduct allow suspension within the discretion of a coach or the athletic department?

If a felony were involved, it is not likely he would be on a plane back to Davis, but more likely he would have been on the way to the local jail...and there would be some public records by now.

Or it could be potential felony conduct and the law enforcement agency was not ready to make an arrest at the time.

Moreover we don't know that there is not a police report. Offense reports take time and are not generally public records.

What I am trying to say is that 'we don't know what we don't know,' and are probably better off waiting until the facts sort themselves out.

None of us want this to be a serious breach of some rule...for the team, the school and mostly for the people immediately involved. On the other hand none of us want UCD to be like Michigan State and see things like this swept under the rug.

There,...clear as mud.

Fingers crossed.

Go Ags!

We can follow European soccer, consolidate with the CCAA and have D-I and D-II divisions. At the end of each season we relegate teams.

Or when Hawai'i decides they really don't want to fly to Bakersfield for volleyball and leaves the Big West, we can split into UC and CSU divisions.

According to the record books we played them pretty regularly from about '72 to '86, always in Berkeley, always a loss. Played them in 2010 also. Overall we were 0-31, throw in 0-32 after last year.

Oddly enough I was wrong in my earlier recollection. Neumayr played from 79-80 to 82-83. We played Cal through the 86-87 season.

In Neumayr's junior year the score was 83-76 and in his senior year it was 106-62. With a memory like this I'm thinking of entering politics.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/2017-18_MBB_Records_Book.pdf (Scoll down to page 18)

Other than football, and even in football it's spotty, the Bee's coverage of local colleges, UCD and that other school, is pretty spotty. Look at how many articles are buried in a regional sports or sports summary column, and contain the line, "according to a [UCD/Sacramento State] website." Away games, if they get any coverage at all, are from wire services or stringers, or the above "[insert name of school here] website." You have a better chance of reading about some reserve Kings player's hangnail recovery than about a local college sporting event.

Think the game from long ago where we were ahead at the end of the agreed upon time limit but the Mother Campus then extended the clock was football, not basketball.

As I recall we used to play Cal regularly in basketball...then in the early 80s (?) in the Preston Neumayr days, we forgot our place and were actually ahead well into the second half before the Bears rallied and won the game. They dropped us from their schedule.

If Hawai'i ever leaves, even with CSUB and UCSB the BWC could split into a UC division and a CSU division.

From time to time you can buy St. Mary's basketball clothing in Australia colors - green and yellow.

NDSU has also upstaged FBS teams over the past few years, going 9-3 vs. FBS schools since 2006.

From 2006 to 2009 they had wins over Ball State, Central Michigan and Minnesota with losses against Minnesota, Wyoming and Iowa State. Since 2010 they have gone 6-0 against FBS teams. In that streak they have defeated Kansas, Minnesota, Colorado State, Kansas State, Iowa State and Iowa. (Iowa was ranked #13 when the Bison came to town.)

In the future they will take on the Pac 12 with games against Oregon (2020), Arizona (2022) and Colorado (2024) on their schedule.

WIth the wins in both mens and women's basketball, Ags close the calendar year ahead 25-15.

(Traditionally Slack does better in Spring sports.)

Go Ags!

To no surprise USC easily defeated Harvard 16-4. SC will play Cal.

Articles talk about UOP upsetting UCD, but UOP defeated Ags in regular season finale, 13-10. UOP finished season ranked #5 while Ags were #8. Ags were down 13-8 with less than five minutes to play and went on a 4-0 run, but it wasn't enough. Heartbreaker, but in the end nothing to hang their heads about.

Final from USC: Pacific 13, UCD 12

Good year for the Ags. Advancing to NCAA semifinals is a big leap. Maybe next year.

Pacific will play top seeded UCLA on Saturday.

(Team went from low end of conference to top, thumped the eventual conference champ, greatly improved overall, beat both of the California conference rivals, coach was co-coach of the year in the conference. Only in the SEC would that get you fired. He earned it.)

Daughter or son? Mens' swimming & diving got cut - womens' swimming & diving survives.

Ags will play Pacific on Thursday at USC. TIgers won easily over Pomona Pitzer, 16-2. In today's other game, Harvard defeated George Washington, 15-13, in OT. Harvard will meet USC on Thursday.

Bruins, and Tigers and Bears! Oh my!

And Sagehens, Colonials, Crimson, Trojans....

Most importantly, Go Ags!

And wrong I was. There doesn't seem to be a lot of rhyme or reason to the seedings, but here it is. Pacific will play Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday the 25th with the winner playing Davis on the 30th. USC won the MPSF and is seeded third. UCLA came in second, but is seeded first and Cal came in third but is seeded 2nd. Pacific was ranked higher than Davis all year and beat the Ags in the regular season finale, but has a first round or play-in against Pomona-Pitzer. That may be because Pacific's conference, the Golden Coast, is in only its second year of existence and first year with an autobid to the NCAA's.

http://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/waterpolo-men_nc_2017.pdf

In any event, Go Ags!

So I guess the running score after the end of fall sports is 15-15.

Sorry, (but take that as you will, UOP is among my back-up schools)...UOP 9, UCI 5. Tigers win the Golden Coast Conference Tournament and earn the conference's first ever autobid.

Last spot should be determined next weekend when George Washington, winners of the Mid-Atlantic, travel to Cambridge, MA to play Harvard, winners of the Norheast.

NCAA's are at USC the weekend of Dec. 2, 3, but there will be a couple of play-ins earlier that week. I suspect USC and UCLA will get the byes. UOP will meet Pomona-Pitzer in one play-in and UCD will meet the east coast champ in the other. Perhaps a rematch of last years play-in against Harvard? Ags beat Harvard earlier this year.

Or I could be wrong.