I was trying to explain to my 12 year old son why the band wasn't at the game Saturday. He was really looking forward to seeing the band do their thing. Any word on when they'll be back?

Exactly. Thanked him for all he does. My son (in the middle, celebrating turning 12 today), was holding his UC Davis hat in his hand. "Hey Doss!" "Oh, now you want to put your hat on... ;-)"

Ooph, back to back drops by Doss.

Stanford had a very similar policy last season. There were a few really upset people outside of the metal detectors that weren't aware. We're sitting in Section EE (which has bench back seats). When I saw the notice about no "Cushions with metal hardware," I made sure my dad had a seat with some back support.

Getting fired up. Taking my son and his buddy for his 12th bday, and meeting up with my dad, brother and nephew. Should be a good time!

Two games in to the preseason, and Doss' stats look pretty good.

5 catches for 38 yards. All other receivers have 1-2 catches.

“He’s going to get a lot of playing time in the postseason.”

I hope that's not a typo and Gruden is right ;-)

Hopefully the slip and slide drills pay off.
https://www.sfgate.com/cal/article/Cal-football-fall-camp-slip-slide-video-14293544.php

Is he still on that same team, or even in the same league? I saw he was suppose to play in Australia, but that fell through and he is going to stay in Europe.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6133333/bye-bye-boomers-moneke-stays-abroad/

Maybe I've been lucky, but I've found street parking for a few events at Cal. I take a left off of Piedmont a few blocks before the stadium. But maybe that was during the summer and an entirely different situation.

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Public_Works/Transportation/Parking_AreaImap.aspx

I always love the focus on academics. Makes me proud to be an Aggie. Headline from the article:
"Senior biomedical engineering major becomes the first Aggie to be drafted into the WNBA"

https://bme.ucdavis.edu/news/morgan-bertsch-biomedical-engineering-major-and-basketball-star

Ouch. I'm at the game with my son. Tough to watch.

I think the most striking point in that graphic is that if Davis were to beat Stanford, they are predicted to have a 57% chance of beating Auburn/BYU and moving on to the Sweet 16. If the other 15 seeds were to win, they have projected chances of 10%, 16% and 19% to advance to the Sweet 16.

I just got an email from UC Davis Alumni & Affiliate Relations, tickets purchased through Aggie Tickets. Maybe I'll see some of you at the game.

We live about 20 minutes from Stanford, so it's an easy trip for us. My son (11) and I made it to the football game this year, too. Don't give him a hard time if you see him in his Stanford hat... His flag football team was the Cardinal a few years back, and after attending a few events at Stanford, he's a fan. Fine by me, if he can get accepted with a scholarship ;-)

I was at that 2005 football game! What a day that was. And I'm still pissed we dropped the wrestling program. But I'm excited to see what Derek Moore and Lennie Zalesky can do down at Cal Baptist as they transition the program to D1.

Back to women's basketball... Go Ags!

I'm curious, if they would have crushed Hawaii, would it have made any difference? Or is it simply that UCD is simply the local team and just like that SB Nation article says, "The committee winds up prioritizing geography because the support for women’s college basketball teams is still growing, and making games as accessible as possible is a way to make sure people are actually there."

All that being said, I'd like to try to attend the game. I just need to prioritize the UCD/Stanford game with watching the NCAA wrestling tournament finals with my nephew Saturday afternoon ;-)

CSUN tied it up, 11:30 to go.

This is a collection of all of the data since the 2010/2011 season. I think this Irvine team is the one of the best BW teams in a long time. When those lower seeds won the tournament, the regular season champs had pretty poor records.

ESPN bracketology was updated this morning. No change, still a 14 seed. On the men's side, Irvine moved up one spot to a 13 seed.