the Jacks beat us in 81 on a last second FG ending a long 38-game FWC winning streak. Trip was brutal. Only highlight was Friday night dinner at the Samoa Cookhouse! I can’t remember where we did our Friday walkthrough.

On the way home from that game, coaches drove home in a van leaving us with the trainers. Some of us pooled our meal money ($6, 2 days at $3 per, paid in a two dollar bill and Susan B Anthony silver dollar) to buy a lot of cheap beer for the ride home. We told trainers Sochor okayed it. Great plan….except no bathroom on bus for LONG ride home. Had to get the driver to pull over along 101 for a team pee.

I agree; getting quality broadcasts should be a high priority. I thought the games on 31 would have a professional crew but it seems like it was the standard streaming broadcast. Maybe that’s the deal we had to strike to get it on local Tv (little or no cost to them). This is a great platform to show potential recruits.

That being said….our visual isn’t great but our audio tends to be head and shoulders over other BSC broadcasts). The Scotts do a good job and have obviously done their homework on the teams

this isn’t exactly the New York Times so take it with a grain of salt. Sounds like many schools currently on + have rather poor quality.

https://tubsattheclub.com/2021/06/09/espn-for-big-sky-is-a-lateral-move-dont-be-fooled/?fbclid=IwAR3FWoKqrNQKviOiTfSUEB527Q-0Ghwzbviw32sfPd6CBdjINfQuKLw4D50

I was reading an article where the author indicated the production would likely be the same. Schools are responsible for the production teams they use.

ESPN+ requires a subscription, correct? If I’m right, looks like $6/month? I like my free Pluto. I don’t think the quality improves since they will use existing crews (from what I read)

Is ESPN+ available on the smart TV app?

what kind of flight did you get? We looked into using United miles but couldn’t find any non-stop. We decided the trip to San Diego was a better option!

He suffered a heart attack while golfing

Just to correct myself, he played 77-80 for Davis. I believe he was FWC defensive player of the year in 80

I was having this conversation a couple weeks backs with people that have more clout than me. Recruiting seems to be a major issue. Unlike football, it’s hard to make inroads in SOCal amidst the vast talent pool when you are going up against mostly SOCal teams. We have to beat Sac Statd for the best of the valley, and start to grab the kids in the East Bay. I haven’t watched enough to comment on coaching. Talent wins more often than not

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2021/6/3/football-whelan-perryman-earn-phil-steele-all-america-honors.aspx



Another honor, along with Perryman

Best of luck to Kennedy. Hard-nosed kid who brought energy every time he was on the court. I think his ‘transfer’ was a numbers game - no room for another grad transfer.

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Interesting article on the subject

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/05/31/will-eliminating-standard-tests-really-reduce-racial-disparities-in-education/

I got the impression that recruits only had to have the UC required GPA of 3.0 in the core classes to be eligible for admission. I’ve never heard coaches mention SAT scores when discussing the eligible pool of recruits.

I can’t think of any in recent history with larger rosters, both NFL and NCAA. Apparently it happens in the CFL with smaller game day rosters.

OL/kickers? Maybe Lou Groza?

yes; rarely see combo kickers. Much different kicking motions. I think we often have a separate guy for kickoffs!

Herb Schnamberger hired him as an assistant (baseball assistant also). Not sure the AD who made them him the varsity coach.

Hawkins was a game changer for the men’s program!

I can’t recall him ever miskicking a punt. His consistency is incredible

threw it really really hard.....no matter if he needed to or not!