Stanford's current QB, Tanner McKee, just declared for the NFL draft: https://www.si.com/college/stanford/football/stanford-quarterback-tanner-mckee-declares-for-2023-nfl-draft

However they have a commitment from a four star recruit at QB....who is apparently only a junior, but may graduate from high school and enter college a year early...which makes you wonder what Stanford's notoriously tight admissions office has to say. https://www.si.com/college/stanford/recruiting/stanford-lands-massive-commitment-from-four-star-quarterback-myles-jackson

A four star QB and Taylor could be interesting....

So a confederation of convenience comprised of nondescript FCS teams, plus a couple of teams which have not yet fully transitioned from D-II to FCS, and a school that doesn't even have a football program yet, have FBS and big money TV contract dreams.

God, I love this country!

So far the higher seeded and home team has won 15 of the 16 FCS playoff games.

And after two weeks the only teams standing are the top 8 seeds....

ESPN also reports Baldwin headed to ASU to be offensive coordinator.

Between men’s and women’s basketball and men’s water polo I am picking up the tab for my next coffee with a friend who is a UOP alum.

And I was the one who suggested we make the next meeting a friendly wager based on this week’s contests.

Chris Petersen is getting some mention as well.

https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Stanford-coaching-candidates-Chris-Petersen-Bronco-Mendenhall-among-CBS-Sports-leading-options-for-job-198868496/#198868496_1

Apparently the Chargers then re-signed Doss to the practice squad.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/keelan-doss-returns-to-chargers-practice-squad/

https://www.chargers.com/team/players-roster/keelan-doss/

With less than three minutes left to play the Tigers are comfortably in the lead, 10-5.

At 3:00 PM on that same day the Tigers and Aggies will meet in an "opening round game" at the NCAA Men's Water Polo championships in Berkeley.

(Another website says the game starts at 6:00 PM)

I read the article to say they are in transition limbo. Not eligible for most post season play for a couple more seasons.

6. All of the above.

Men's basketball
UCD 82, CSUS 71
Causeway Score: UCD 27.5, CSUS 12.5

Next event (I think) is gymnastics, January 8th at Sacramento.

Women's basketball
Sac 67, UCD 45
Causeway Score: UCD 22.5, CSUS 12.5

Next event is men's basketball in about half an hour....

By the measure most favorable to Sac the Causeway record is now UCD 46, CSUS 23. If they should win every year from now on by the time the series is even I will most likely be …dead.

Ags will play UOP in an “opening round” game on December 1st at Cal. Winner will play host Cal in one semi-final on December 3rd. Earlier, on November 28th, Princeton will host Fordham in an opening round game with the winner traveling to play USC in yet a third opening round game on December 1st, even if it is a second round opening round. Winner of that game will play UCLA in the second semi-final on December 3rd. Winners of the semi-finals will play for the championship on December 4th.

https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/waterpolo-men/nc/2022-ncaa-mens-water-polo-championship-scores-schedule-live-updates?utm_campaign=trending

When you learn how Montana pulled it off, educate the rest of us.

To get an autobid you have to have six teams in your conference. I assume that means six teams that are eligible to be in the playoffs.
Jacksonville State is ineligible for the FCS playoffs because they are transitioning to FBS. That leaves the Atlantic Sun with five teams. The reborn WAC only has five eligible teams as Tarleton State is transitioning from D-II to D-1(FCS). There is something called the Atlantic Sun/Western Athletic alliance in which a computer ranks the teams in both conferences and an auto-bid goes to the team that comes out on top of the rankings. That happens to be Eastern Kentucky from the Atlantic Sun.
Ivy League does not play post season football. (Not unique in the Northeast. The teams in the D-III Northeast Small College Athletic Conference don't compete in post season football either.)
Winners of the MEAC and SWAC meet each year in the Celebration Bowl. Their choice, probably more fun in any event.
Don't know about Mercer, but two teams above them from the Southern Conference did get in. Samford is in with a first round bye and Furman is also in.

Final from LMU: UCD 13, UCSD 12 (2OT - but water polo always goes to double OT)

UCD advances to NCAA Men's Water Polo championships to be held in Berkeley the week of November 28 to December 4. The water polo tournament is confusing as there are a series of play-ins before the play-offs.

UCD has the WWPA's sole bid. This will be the final WWPA men's tournaments as both the Big West and the West Coast Conference have announced they will sponsor men's water polo beginning with the 2023-24 school year.

The selections and brackets for this year's championships will be announced on the NCAA website this evening.

Go Ags!

Regarding Cal and coaching prospects: as if the Bears didn't have enough money issues, they are one of the victims of the FTX crypto-currency collapse. Ten year, $17.5M deal evaporates in bankruptcy filing.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/cal-athletics-faces-aftermath-of-cryptos-ftx-collapse