Oh, i agree. WCC is an example of a solid basketball confernce and the NCAA top 20 for soccer is littered with schools without football. I think this article is really focused on FCS vs FBS, though.

but it does reflact the reality, especially when you compare FCS institutes to P4. our soccer budget is about 1/2 of UCLA. I think if you are playing FCS football, you don't have the revenue streams to budget your other sports at the same levels as FBS schools.

Just to amplify that.......zero Big Sky players were drafted last year. The MVFC had 2. In the past few seasons, the high was 2 drafted in 2022 (both from Montana State). from 2022-2024, about 20 guys a year get a camp invite.

I came across this on Linkedin from Mike Lorenzen, who used to run the EVO program for athletics. Pretty dense read, but a ton of information on considerations of moving up. Interesting how some of the examples seem to target Davis (like moving from a 10000 stadium to 15000, or moving to FBS for all sports except football). i gave it a quick read but will go back into it in more detail later.

https://lorenzencoaching.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/college-sports-realignment-financial-and-strategic-considerations/

kids can get picked up anytime; it’s just a deadline for declaring yourself in the portal. I think we got payers last year well after spring/winter ball.

There’s another portal window in the spring, 4/16-4/25. I guess for players who see their future playing time limits based on spring practices.

only negative stat is FT% (63%). TY was still a little off (6-10) and Tamba continues his struggles (0-3). Both guys get to the line - need to knock them down

Fall portal is closed so we didn’t lose much (sorry to see Bains in there). I feared the Connor twins and Gbhatu would be targets. Let’s hope they’re with us in the fall.

51-20 at the 4 minute media timeout. Turnovers are something like 12-1, and we’re shooting really well.

I’d like to see Lose get some buckets - he doesn’t look very confident on the offensive end this season

Jac Mani is back

looks like Cody to me.

good for Robbie. Maybe reconnecting with Cody will kick start his career.

Todays the last date to enter the fall portal window, correct?

the women are playing maritime at 1:00. I’m guessing they are giving away alot of kid tickets today.

I figure we have a fighting chance of winning the In n Out loudest row contest.

are these all 2025 commits? Seems like if you’re bringing in this many guys on top of their fall recruits, they must be releasing some existing players? Only a handful of guys put themselves in the portal.

Simpson only played 4 games (he skipped UNC) to preserve his redshirt.

So, i think my wife and I are coming up for at least the men's game. The Keelhaulers are 3-8 but are scoring 84 points a game, firing up 26 3-pointers a game (33% shooting), but give up nearly 90! Opponents are shooting a bit over 50%. It would be nice to see us come out hot from the field, see TY get some easy baskets to ease the pressure on him, and put up triple digits. Starting the new year on the road at Bako and CSUN is not an easy start, so be nice to see the Aggies play loose and confident.

They love Ian Simpson who is also back. Gale just didn’t seem to be able to get consistent time with this staff. Wish him well. He was a weapon down field at times

I make as many games as I can when there aren’t family conflicts…..I might have to come up with a conflict to miss this one!

what’s crazy is how quickly they signed guys. Unless the coach was trying to get them to come to Vegas initially

from my storied high school basketball career, I’m very familiar with the dismal performance….not really familiar with the red-hot performance.

It was a sad storied career