Not a great day, or weekend, for the Ags. Other than some success at the Big West Cross Country Championship there were a lot of “L’s” on the scoreboards.

Aggie men's soccer fell to Sac, 1-0, this evening.

Cup Score is UCD 10, CSUS 5.

Next events are men's and women's cross country at the NCAA west regionals on November 10 in Sacramento.

Volleyball can be such a streaky game. In August I watched Iowa beat Cal Poly, 3-1, at Sac State. Sac then beat Iowa 3-0. Ags beat Sac, 3-1, at Sac. So what happens when Cal Poly, (one of the few teams to lose to Iowa (8-14, 0-10 in the Big Ten.....) comes to Davis? They defeat the Ags, 3-1.

The Stampeders finish the regular season this weekend hosting the division leading Blue Bombers. If they win it will be the franchise's 700th win, a CFL record. They are assured a first round playoff game at B.C., even with a loss. Their current record is 6-11. 6-12 will get you in the CFL playoffs.

Probably a little late for the Canadian league this season. The CFL regular season ends this weekend and playoffs start the following weekend.

At some point rules kick in about just how many times you can be elevated from the practice squad to the full on roster.

This is why I never signed an NFL contract.

...and....back to the practice quad:
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/keelan-doss-reverts-to-practice-squad-551183/

What a life....back to the practice squad: https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/keelan-doss-heads-back-to-practice-squad/

"In his second appearance of the 2023 campaign, Doss played 10 offensive snaps but failed to draw a target. The Chargers will be able to burn one more standard elevation on Doss before they'd have to sign him to the active roster for him to be eligible to suit up."

And followed the win over San Jose State with a victory over UC Santa Barbara by the same score. Much better than last weekend.

Good! Avenge that earlier upset loss to the Spartans.

I’m no doubt biased against Alford. My Iowa roots. He would do well and then falter in the post season.

I was speaking off the cuff, but turns out I was close to the mark.The artidle says the arena expects to be open in three years, which would put Alford at 7 years. His longest held postition was 8. He has a winning recored everywhere he goes, but he goes a lot of places. He has had problems in the post-season.

If Alford is still around when the arena is completed it will be the longest he has ever held a coaching position.

And especially taking someone from another team's practice squad. Not some starter or regular roster back-up....

Chargers WR Mike Williams suffered an ACL tear on Sunday and is out for the season. There has been some speculation that Keelan might be activated from the practice squad https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/what_the_mike_williams_injury_means_for_the_chargers_wide_receiver_corps/s1_17198_39308557 , however the Chargers signed Simi Fehoko off of the Steelers practice squad. https://www.chargers.com/news/chargers-simi-fehoko-wide-receiver-5-things-to-know Sorta sucks.

ACC's gotta be wondering...Cal struggled for a half against a Big Sky/FCS team and Stanford lost to a Big Sky/FCS team.

Sac wins, 30-23.

Ooops. Sac up 30-23 with 1:32 left in the game.

Sac and Stanford tied at 23 with 2:23 left in the game.

Silly me, I forgot that I actually knew someone way back when whose last name was Irvine. Cute, too.