it’s at the Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama. It’s some special setup that puts us on ESPN when almost no other games are on.

I think the mountain west is getting killed by the portal - seems to be zero consistency year to year.

son of a gun, I must have misread or they adjusted. This little heat spell hung on longer than expected in the east bay.

Windy in Dixon. Hope it calms. Their QB is a runner so wind won’t effect

I’ll ask tonight

I’m still not sure where the game is; they said neutral field on the ZOOM meeting

Forecast calls for 81 at kickoff. Start strong and fast, let them make mistakes, and get win number 1. Hopefully a decent crowd, but limited students will keep the numbers down

TAMC plays a bunch of guys tight to the line so we should see some shots down the field and plenty of Lan. Plough said it could be one of those games were the runs are 1 yard, 2 yard, 50 yards.

Back to future schedule….I believe they mentioned SMU is on the docket down the road

yes. They referred to it as ‘week 0’ (we’ll have 2 byes). I thought they said it was at a neutral site at a new stadium in North Carolina. But I also heard senior bowl which has been in Mobile. Probably should have paid a little more attention.

A couple non game tidbits from alumni zoom. We open next year in week 0 (pre Labor Day) vs Mercer back in North Carolina (neutral….might be wrong on location). We’re also hosting Stetson in 2026. Interesting additions

The pace will be fast, faster and warp speed. TAMC is not deep or disciplined.

Did you watch the game? I turned it on in the second half and it was still close (i think 24-14 or 16-6), but from that time on SDSU pretty much had their way with them. TAMC had 180 total -> not sure what the break down was first vs second. Both teams combined for 31 (!) penalties, so maybe that slowed the Aztecs down early? I, honestly, didn't watch too closely. Those games at Berkeley wear me down!

Plough said at the press conference that the defense wes good (fast, flying around) and the offense much improved from last year. 180 yards doesn't seem like a big showing, unless penalties (long yardage) and SDSU's growing lead (lots of pressure) slowed them down.

don't hold your breath, Agalum. I think they, for some reason, have to use campus catering for hospitiality. Weird that i hear raves about the dining commons food, but the stuff we get pre-game is not so good.

I was looking at the game stats and see no Zach Kennedy on the stat sheet, even though the participation report has him starting. Was he really shut out? I don't recall hearing him name on the PA.

Speaking of PA, I love the Cal PA guy. Sounds like one of those announcers on the old newsreels from the 40's and 50's ("And here comes Sea Bisquet down the stretch!"). Just sounds like college football on a nice fall afternoon.

Speaking of Kennedy, I don't see him in the game stats. Mistake, or was he really shut out?

USD played a home-home with Harvard in 18-19; Poly played Brown in 18.

That game vs Brown was the Bear's opener, Poly's third game. that's part of the scheduling challange. Ivies don't like to come cross country for their opener vs a team with 2 games under their belt. The situation was the same for USD/Harvard.

I think this is the active poly site. Not very active but the other one is basically dead.


https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/calpolystangs/cal-poly-mustangs-sports-message-board-f66/?sid=12959d955c3df6e5ae64c6147193de7f

I’m still hoping we get an Ivy out here. Both Poly and USD have hosted in the recent past.

"- Drake? Maine? How did these games get scheduled in the Big Sky?"

how the heck do the Lincoln Oaklanders get scheduled in the Big Sky

The Barber twins were pretty special, and both went on to the NFL.

A few thoughts:

* kickoff return was huge. Up 13-7, with the defense completely stopping them. With Rogers at QB, I don’t think they score, so 13-7 lead and the ball after the half. But, instead it’s 14-13 after we stall…and we never got things going again. Starting the half with a pick hurt. I wonder what defensive adjustments Cal made, cuz we weren’t open like the first half. Only 3 minutes of possessions in 3rd quarter - makes defensive effort even more impressive.

* defense was VERY good. Held a pACC-12 team to under 300 yards, held possible all-American RB to 50 yards with a long of 7.

* LB was a position of concern going into spring, but they were very good.

* young coeds of Cal were working hard to get the attention of their classmates. Some very cheeky outfits!

* second half highlight? Nicko Rocek sitting down with our group (with AgAlum and family) at the top of section O. Spent 5-10 minutes giving advice to Alum’s basketball aspiring grandson. Nice young man. Very appreciative of us being basketball season ticket holders!

Time to learn from the mistakes and get that first win.