Maier et al made it almost look easy on that drive. The little draw for Gilliam, with four receivers spread, a beautiful pair of blocks at the point of attack, beautiful.

Back up, only dark for a couple of minutes. Sorry I panicked.

And, Pluto is down. Got four minutes of action, almost better than nothing.

At this pace, these guys better hydrate.

At least once I drove Rolf from a soccer game to a football game, but I can't even remember now (maybe a home soccer game, road Hayward State? long time ago.)

Second on Casey Merrill getting some love and recognition. If for no other reason then I can tell some of my Casey stories. (most involved beer, and lifting heavy things.)

Jim Speck - one of the older kids I looked up to throughout middle and high school. Best athlete I grew up with, severed his achilles in high school basketball (about ten feet from where I was sitting, I still remember that sound), never quite the same lightning foot speed, but still a great scrambling QB. Last game of his freshman year vs Boise State, epic performance, falling short at the end. First class person since 7th grade forward.

Bob Biggs - the Aggie hero when we were in high school. The season of the Miracle Game at Hayward (listened on KDVS), Boardwalk Bowl, wonderful memories. Got to know him when I matriculated, another first class guy over decades.

Mike Moroski - hated playing hoops against him, so quick for his size. Would just torch me over and over, with his sidekick/mouthpiece John Sharper talking smak on his behalf nonstop while Mo silently grinned that grin. Oh, great QB, excellent pitcher, another wonderful guy since the first day of practice his freshman year.

Like picking my favorite brother. Impossible. Great athletes, better men. Must be the water in Davis. Oh, Ken and the rest of those youngsters were pretty great too.

Man, I love Bob Dunning and his writing style at the ol Enterprise so much. He was my first boss, I was a teenaged stringer writing up Little League and city recreation softball games a long long time ago. He was a great friend to my mom as well.

I didn't know until last week that SUU coach Demario Warren is a former Aggie. The injuries hurt, but would love to see fewer missed/broken tackles, and fewer penalties.

Our punter is pretty good, kinda would like to see Hawk give him some more action. Interception for the D, they might survive this yet.

I can't believe I hadn't noticed the 'Club Fred' helmet sticker this year, in the CP game recap video above.

another cornerback in man coverage, no safety help (they are in run support), beat deep 1 on 1. Not too good.

During a commercial break, the mike was open, and one of the announcers bitched at the director about the camera cues (indication of which camera/monitor is live at a given moment). Not a polished telecast.

Pint sighting!!!

And a drop on the last offensive play. Thinking about getting two yards after the catch for the first down. Disappointment.

false start, bad snap, delay of game penalty. Not good.

52 yarder?

Went to man, better results. Left the O with a minute.

Playing zone, with too much cushion

It's not like I only post when we're winning, but this fourth quarter has been fun. Nice to see the other team's O-line worn down by our D, who has played with some fire this half. Their chance to seal the win here.

No video feed for me, in NYC. Disappointing.

The whole mess makes me sad, culminating with the September 3 announcement that the university was disbanding the Band-uh, and blackballing the Band-uh Alumni. I am heartened by the backpedaling by the administration, and the prospect of the Band-uh performing tomorrow at the Montana game.

I am old enough to recall the inclusion of women into the band, and the controversy that entailed. At the time I thought this was an obviously necessary reform, as society was gradually realizing in nearly all areas of life segregated by gender. (I really can't remember I was in high school at the time, or if it occurred after I enrolled in '74. I clearly remember women in the band when I was a student.)

I have not reviewed the public information regarding this current situation, but I readily concede the likely necessity to make some changes in Band-uh structure, administration and even Band-uh culture (to the extent that such culture can be engineered from authorities above, but there is a lot of that going on these days, at colleges/universities, and in the rest of society these days). The decisions to form committees, appoint new layers of administration, codify values into behavioral codes, and rebranding is pretty much the way university regimes as well as bureaucracies throughout our society typically behave. Shouldn't expect anything but, I suppose.

I happened to notice an article on deadspin the other day, about Columbia University eliminating their band as their football program has emerged from decades of being non-competitive in the Ivy.

Columbia University Wipes Out Its Delightfully Chaotic Marching Band For Bullcrap Reasons

Deadspin even has a category for articles tagged The War on Marching Bands . (I rarely read Deadspin, until Ray Ratto joined them a couple of months ago).

So that is some interesting context. College administrators really don't like not being in control (or indulging in the delusion of control).

I am hopeful for a satisfactory resolution. Make some changes to discourage/prevent abusive behavior keep the soul and spirit of the Band-uh tradition and history intact going forward, rescind this asinine banning of the Band-uh Alumni Association, should be doable. Fingers crossed.

edit: fix a link