we had two turnovers last night - both on trick plays (although the pass from Lan would have likely been a TD had it not been picked), and I don’t remember an offensive penalty into somewhere in the 2nd half. We were laser focused on offense - something that needs to carry forward

I’ll sell you a shredville hat. Feels like I’m advertising a shredding company!

Weber had 5 turnovers, 4 fumbles!

Did the TV guys speculate on why Wulff lost his mind on the pick 6? There seemed to be contact out there, but I’m not sure what allowable especially if pass was behind the line if scrimmage. It seemed like he was directing it toward the referee and/or officials nearer to him which didn’t make sense (off side?). My son pulled up the broadcast in his phone but I couldn’t see anything obvious on that small screen.

By the way, did anyone mention band uniforms were the more traditional blue? I wish they’d ditch some of the time out promos and song snippets between plays (what is that? The best of smooth jazz?) and let them play a bit during the game.

Wonder why no poly band? That has been a big deal for the two bands.

I wonder if our OLman set some kind of (dubious) record of getting two unsportsmanlikes in his only drive of the game ….leading to ejection.

Here are the last 8 games. First one was a nail biter, but every other game, beside 21, hasn’t been close.

cuz San Jose kicked their butts and they are hailed as the prime example why the NCAA is making it harder to make the FBS jump. I don’t think job recruiters are tracking them and their valuable diplomas.

It’s true schools like Boise and Gonzaga got big boosts in applications and enrollment with their emphasis/success in athletes. I don’t think we need any help in either area.

ive interviewed many Davis grads over my career; still waiting on a Kennesaw State grad to walk through the door!

I can’t tell how attendence is determined after Idaho, but today was a pretty full house. Student sections were mostly full, grass was full, and the west sudevwas as full as any game this year. Students stuck around all night - incentivized by a raffle giving cash throughout the night!

on the alumni ZOOM, Plough was saying how that last drive was the perfect example of Aggie Pride. Said the players and fans should be so proud of that gutty effort.

I told him, as a spokesman for the older fans, we’d be just as proud of a 14-point win. I’m still suffering from a 30-0 beat down in poly in 1980!

a $200 would be a tiny increase in overall fees (2%?) but it would lead to a very heated discussion.

unfortunately, the NCAA has made changes since 2023 to make it much more difficult to move to FBS ($5M transition fee, 103 scholarship limit). But maybe between community funding of facilities and NIL, and a large increase in student fees, they can pull it off.

in 2022, Sac's athletic budget was $35M; the median in the MWC was $50. so, if they want to get to the median, they'd need to raise $15M (remember, this is before the increased scholarship limits). increases in tickets will help, let's say $6M from TV (wild guess), and $9M from increased student fees. that would only require an increase of $300 per student. I'm not sure that kind of increase would be embraced on the Davis campus.

Plough said they had no backup at the rush spot at Portland.

I think they have them ready just trying not to burn their redshirt with 6 games left

sounds like the edge rusher position has been hit very hard. We’re gonna need blitzes or some creative line gimmicks to get pressure. Sounds like poly has moved to a more one-dimensional attack with wildcat QB.

Get up early and make them pass

I think they, along with many defensive reserves, are out. Expect a slower paced offense to keep the defense off the field. That can also keep poly in the game

the EBAL in my neighborhood. He was Dublin’s best player last treat (all league, all area team) but is jumping across the city limits line to go to Daugherty. Bring this trio of EBAL/Daugherty players, I can’t remember anyone from this area coming to Davis.

Daugherty Valley is in San Ramon. That was the home to both Robby Beasley and Connor Sevilla. He just transferred from Dublin (just like Robby Beasley)..

I REALLY hope they go. The addition of Hawaii has goofed up the basketball schedule quite a bit.

I always thought this was the correct approach for football. Let the other sports stay in their traditional, somewhat-geographic, conferences. Just admit the big time college football is only supportable by a select few.

The ruling yesterday about allowing schools to pay players (up to $23M) and for past athletes to seek payment really pushes this concept.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/41665307/settlement-designed-pay-college-athletes-gets-preliminary-approval

I think Sagarin is closer to reality, especially in this case. Always seems like the FCS polls are even more knee-jerk than FBS.