2018 we had Keelan Doss and Jake Maier. We also had bang-bang uptempo offense where we hit San Jose State and maybe San Diego State instantly.

Our defense seems stout this year, they may have an edge.

Kudos to Hastings and Cody Hawkins for a very successful passing game. Coach Hawk lauded our depth, 2 weeks should be enough time for OL Coach Mike Cody to sync the offensive line and move a player, if needed. If we need to play 3 QBs, so be it. Next man up.

P.S. Saw a clip of Coach Ron Gould coaching with a cane. I hope Coach is doing well.

BART.

Hastings last night
28 of 34, 82.5%, 1 INT, 2 TDs, 147.7 QB Rating.

Rodriguez 98 of 165, 59%, 5 INT, 7 TDs, 1191 yds, 128 QB Rating

Hastings 58 of 89, 65%, 3 INT, 3 TDs, 497 yds, 116.46 QB Rating

Coach Hawkins may be a tad optimistic saying this is our best team ever. Two O lineman down seems to have thrown us off, the QB position is so critical, and it remains a question mark. 2018 squad was special.

Good point by DK and Marsh - if Thorpe is so valuable, can't we play him as a big WR?

What was that play?

LOVED the snap to the 3rd string tight end. Huge!

More trick plays. We have the unbalanced line left on the goal line, with TT. Why not flip it right side 5, left side 2?

Hastings has had 2 starts.15 of 27 vs Idaho w one TD.

Last night college start # 2 - 28 of 34, 82.5% completion rate and 2 TDs when his protection was below average. Passer rating 147.7. Hard to knock that.

I would argue we haven't seen everything Hastings can do. He seems more mobile than Maier.

We have a better bead on HR. He started a year in junior college, spot duty, 5 spring starts and 6 this year? 11 starts total, plus 10 or so junior college starts, so 20 college starts. Hastings has had 2.

Officially a QB controversy? Or not, because they're all so classy and great friends?

Freshman Harper is 6'2", Mitchell Dixon 6'4".

Hawkins was quoted as saying he thought HR was pressing, so gave him a night off?

Not sure why he isn't aware of a defender in his face. Step away, or duck and run?

20 of 21 still impressive, especially with the OLine issues. I believe the radio crew was annointing Hastings our new starting QB after the first half. I believe they also said Thorpe may be our best WR.

Ball control offense / West Coast OK w me, especially if we start to mix in TEs and midrange passes.

If we don't have a clear starter, having 3 QBs with experience has advantages.

Listened to the first 3 Qtrs on the radio. Hastings 20 of 21 in the first half. Did he look that good, or a lot of short dump off passes? (Still outstanding.)

Marsh & DK were alone on the opposite side of the field, no stats and no lighting (dark room?) for a while. Not sure why they couldn't pull stats off their smartphone. Who bumped them, ESPN?

It doesn't work when high school coaches are correctly predicting play calling in the stands. He decided not to use our talented tight ends and Dalton Turay so we could play the Stanford offense.

Not sure about logo, I believe we flew a flag at the NCAA championship basketball game in Kentucky that said "Cal Davis".

I'm still uneasy about the tilted block UC DAVIS logo... it's familiar... but not the scripted Cal or UCLA... just seems odd.

https://images.app.goo.gl/Zq3BfzPfS2WSznoD8

CA logo a home run. (Thank you, Hawk.)

Cal Davis a zero. (Wasn't that flag flown in Kentucky?)

UC Davis white lettering, black background (Ugly)

To get close to family and build on a UC pension?

Your implication is sound - HC the next move?

It appears he is part of a threesome of DEI additions which includes a Houston / DC based writer, and the vitner for Le Pelle Wines. I went to his website, all 5 wines are sold out.

The description of the Executive Board includes "wine appreciators and selected colleagues".

https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/uc-davis-announces-new-viticulture-and-enology-executive-leadership-board-members

He had to implement Gould's idea of running between the tackles all night. Ugh.

Some of the previous discussions included 3 states, which made more sense. Southern, Central (including San Francisco), and Northern California (rural, North of Marin?).

Folks forget geography? Davis - Napa, 1 hour, Livermore 90 minutes.

Not hemorrhaging, worse. Over $10M a year deficit? Plus hundreds of Millions of dollars in debt from the facilities upgrade and retrofit, and now no fans w disaster FB season.