NDSU woke up. 16-6 with under 5 minutes to go.

To be fair San Jose State always seems to be about one heart beat away from dropping to FCS.

Florida has Florida Atlantic on their schedule for Sept. 4, 2021. Maybe we could play the Owls. If Lane Kiffin is still around then, he will probably have self-exploded and the Ags could give them a game.

Which other FCS teams has SC scheduled? Their website has yet to list any on the future schedules page.
https://usctrojans.com/sports/2018/5/21/usc-football-future-schedules.aspx

Back to wrestling....with their football and wrestling programs NDSU could probably transition smoothly into the Big Ten conference. (If the Big Ten decided they needed a fifteenth team.)

Having nothing to do with wrestling....the Pac 12 water polo schools (Cal, Stanford, USC, UCLA) compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Several other schools that were in the MPSF, mostly Big West and WCC schools, formed the Golden Coast Conference. (Perhaps the only way any of them were going to get to the NCAAs as long as they competed against the big Pac 12 California schools for bids.) Meanwhile the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has added Austin College and Penn State Behrend.

Interesting that Fresno State is an affiliate member of the Big XII in wrestling, and Arkansas-Little Rock is an affiliate member of the Pac 12 in wrestling.

I'm just saying that the Taylor & Co. connection to a local power and to area coaches gives them some credibility with HS players and HS coaches throughout the region....I think having them at J Street will make recruiting easier than some of the other recent coaches....Mooshagian and Sears come to mind. Sac will always suffer for being a low profile, commuter school, and will suffer with a small budget. I have friends who went there and told me they didn't even know the school had athletic teams. (Maybe that says something about my friends....)

I think Taylor and the coaches he lured from Folsom High School can keep this going. They built a power at Folsom and have a good network for area wide recruiting. They hosted the Folsom “at” Jesuit game at Hornet Field this year which helps their local visibility. Biggest issues regarding their sustainability might be Slack’s budget and offers from FBS programs.

Impressive win over EWU. Hope the AD at Cal has Troy Taylor's name and phone number in his 'Contacts.'

Men's soccer defeated Sac 2-1 in OT.

Causeway running score is now UCD 12.5, CSUS 0.

Next up is return men's soccer match at home on November 2.

As of this morning (10-6) our Causeway cup website is wrong on the schedule and the points, but then CSUS has not updated their site iin two years.

Davis website changed to show next match vs. Sac on Oct. 5th.

Traveling abroad with friend who graduated from Cal. Enjoyed sharing this story with him at breakfast this morning.

USC has for too long relied on the figure head AD; former USC athletes like Garrett, Haden, Swann....This is a job, particularly at the upper level of the NCAA, that requires administrators, not celebrities.

Read a highly speculative article a couple of weeks ago, before the first kick off that was already speculating on who would replace Helton as head FB coach. The article concluded Swann would convince Tomlin to leave the Steelers and coach at SC. Don't think that's in the cards now.

Dave Roberts is a straight arrow. I recall he lived in the dorms longer than most, even lived in the dorms at law school (not at Davis). Probably still has a couple of large glasses of milk with each meal.

May be, but President Folt of USC has a bucket full of degrees including one from Davis, and the interim AD is Dave Roberts, a former UCD All-American lineman. (He used to block for a guy named Biggs.)

Good for Doss! I just think it's better for his career now to stick with the plan and stay out of the melodrama that is Gruden and the Raiders.

Raider situation is becoming a soap opera. Keenan is fortunate to get out of there.

And now several sources (SI, NBC, CBS...) are reporting that Raiders may suspend Antonio Brown after an argument with Raiders’ GM.

UCD 3 -CSUS 1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-11, 25-14)

Causeway Cup score UCD 10, CSUS 0

Next events are Men's Soccer, either September 29 (UCD website) or November 2 (CSUS and Big West websites) @ Davis and Oct. 5 @ Sacramento

Causeway result: UCD wins 3-1.