I was encouraged by the number of older students in the stands last week (I’m hoping those Sudwerk cans I saw were purchased legally). Maybe some will be there this week.

I bet they find some money to house 30 guys at a downtown hotel. Rates are low this weekend. $3000 would cover it easily

What’s the relevance to Marion’s departure?

that HAD to be cold sitting on that grass. Ah, youth!

Plough referred to Dixon as one of the, if not the, best leader the Ags have had since he's been associated with Davis. Also, a really bright kid -> scholar-athlete of the year for the team last year, about to get his MBA. Future is bright for Mitch!

I just got an email that all Junior Aggie members will be admitted for free (someone must have donated to cover them, because they weren't free last week), so maybe we'll get from more berm families out there on Saturday.

I think the new mantra is ‘Sac to the MAC’. Football only, competing as Far Western Michigan.

Heck, if Cal and Stanford can be Atlantic Coast, Sac can be good old middle America!

NCAA rules limits playoff roster to 65 players; not a problem for us with our 54. Of course could have lost a couple last week;

If you are on Facebook, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucdavisaggiefootball

I know several of you here are members. I'd like to see it become more active.

I think on the squib kick, the tee went flying about 10 yards, so it wasn’t where he’s trained to look - after that, it got worse!


On a side note, I’m a moderator for a Aggie fan page on Facebook (UC Davis Aggie football - Aggie Pride). Since Saturday, we’ve had 32 requests for new users (all legit) and several people posting comments for the first time! So, good to see some new excitement!

I’m not sure if it was the cold or the fog that had poor Cori the Rocket Dog confused on the last couple kickoffs. I’m guessing the weather affected his sense of smell. On the last kickoff, he was all over the place - was at the opposite 30 yard line as URI was getting ready to run their play. I was hoping he’d pee on the referee but no such luck

they can come back and walk in June

NCAA turned down the school’s appeal; I believe the next step is to get lawyers involved.

With all the BS the NCAA does, this seems like a poor decision by them. Don’t count JC years, but count a game that doesn’t exist? Guys are out there for 6 seasons, 4 or 5 schools, but that fits the student-athlete model!

the beautiful thing is that the conference championship games finished around halftime of our game. So anyone switching over would have really been impressed!

when we checked into the Hyatt yesterday (cheapest rate I’ve ever seen) the receptionist was STOKED about the game. She’s a senior and couldn’t wait to freeze and cheer on the team.

Saw her this morning and she was still floating on air. Said they stood the whole game, never stopped cheering and NOBODY left.

I told her I don’t expect many students this week ….’give out good merch and some might stick around’. Hopefully she’s not out there cheering by herself

I thought someone here (jdur?) was posting about the advertising that was being done in campus, which is out of the norm. Or did I hear that on the zoom and/or lunch?

schools are free to distribute as they see fit. Expectations are something like $15M to football, $2M to both basketballs and $1M to other sports. Remains to be seen, of course.

I thought we are especially wired tight last night ( I turned it on about 8 minutes in). Don’t know if it was frustration from our defensive lapses or with so of the calls, but he was pacing like a tiger at the zoo. I hadn’t seen that in a long time.

I’ve felt that he has really toned that down the past 3-4 years.

they are giving away tickets to local youth teams and their families.

NDSU has a $2M revenue share for football. They, the school, are playing each player roughly $20k. We aren’t doing revenue sharing at all. That’s not NIL money, that’s from the school itself. The top 5-6 FCS schools have a lot more money coming in - hence, more going out. That’s our level. P4 schools will use their TV money to pay out something like $15M for their roster. Again, that’s before the NIL money hits.

Montana drew about 25k to 8 home games; we averaged 10k for 5. Add in their sky boxes, and generous donors and it’s not close. They have over 500 folks donating at least $1000; we recent broke the 100 level. Night and day.