they are no longer in Winters, correct? Looks like they have several Sac locations now (also Folsom and Rocklin).

We’re at 99 donors - next one unlocks a $10000 gift.

This was in my email today from football. There’s a hype video from athletics on FB. As I was saying, they tend to push harder as actual Give ‘Day’ approaches.

If Plough hyped it at spring game with scoreboard QRC, we’ll get a big push there.

great rundown. I was there and didn’t see much of this. I was down on the field and have a hard time picking up the details from there.

Plough is very excited about special teams especially having a dedicated coach with new ideas. Couple that with talented kickers and I don’t think we will repeat last years’s performances.

Also, Matteo Perez is out there. He was in the same situation as the Connors (should be finalized with NCAA very soon), so that’s a valuable backup.

if you look at most every UCD FB page (including the main page) you won’t find much if anything about this pre Give Day period. Everyone makes the big push on the weekend both online and in person. If you go to the spring game, expect a big QRC on the scoreboard to give. Alum, parents, etc will get hit with emails and posts - that’s when folks respond.

I believe Weber RB has a hamstring pull.

TY put his name in, and we came up with enoigh money to keep him around. Not sure if that’s possible with any who have entered this year.

To offer some context, as of now there’s been a total of 510 donations for the entire give day, 109 in athletics. . We have 59 for football.

I thought TY entered but stayed. He’s the only one I remember.

hard to compare since they’ve only gone to this extended give ‘day’ the past couple years. This is the most ‘gifts’ that I can remember. Last year was the first that they offered lower level gifts that opened with 30-50 donors. Seems like we’re ahead of the past and the number of higher end gifts at 300-350 is much higher.

It should ramp up the end of next week. Plenty of time for everyone to add another email address!

If I were a point guard languishing at another school, I’d be calling Les ASAP. TY, Wilson come from bench tiles elsewhere to have starring roles, same with Milling to a lesser extent. Manjon parleys his time to a starting job at an SEC school. Now Fagbemi will get an even bigger shot after his transfer from C Arkansas.

Last year, we lost a bunch to graduation and one transfer (Tomba), and we reloaded pretty well. Let’s see what happens this year

Our fans tend to be last minute people from what I hear, whether it’s game tickets, wine event or this. They react to a deadline so they will wait until closer to picnic weekend.

2 graduating. Niko and Daugherty.

we never had spring practice back then. I’m pretty sure Davis didn’t stRt spring ball until we’ll after Sochor stepped down.

they would usually bring in 20 or more freshmen for the first couple weeks of camp as extra bodies (and to get done familiarity with the system prior to frosh football). The total number of players dropped each week until we got to preparation for the first game

basketball seems to have taken this insanity to a different level vs. football. probably because the impact of 2 or 3 quality transfers can be a huge improvement. look at the Big West and you see UCI with 4, UCSD with 5, UCSB with 4, CSUN with 5. The first 3 have had success (2 with long time coaches) and have much more NLI money than we do. Scroll to the SEC and see teams with Tennessee and Kentucky with 7 or 8 transfers. Its nuts. I think its the coaches and the players -> i don't think the coaches have any issue with tossing aside returning players for a new, shining player that can start and take you to the final four.

wilson is on this 3rd school in 3 years. not sure what kind of top degree you can get with that track record.

I know; just thought the timing was interesting.

You don’t suppose Cooper is planning to play for his dad:

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2026-04-08/lakers-great-michael-cooper-cal-state-la-basketball-coach

As for Les v Taylor, there were a couple games a few years back when both staffs got very heated with each other. I think Taylor took the Davis game personally and often let his emotions show.

for those keeping track at home, Jac Mani is one of the 11 (yep, 11) Fresno State players to enter.

i think as we get closer to Give Day(s), they will ramp things up. I haven't seen much of anything out there among the many UCD mailers/emails/socials i have access to.