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What happened to Gonzaga that Tarleton State beat the Roadrunners by more ? The fighting Tarletons are transitioning to D-I. Perhaps the bulldogs decided to sit on their hands for a bit ?

Today is Wed. Perhaps you jinxed the Aggies by saying it was Tuesday.

But how many tackles for gains did he have ? Transfer portal sounds like a space teleportation device.

Out of respect for the resigning coach I will edit my posts in this topic to take up less space.

I saw online they wound up scaling back the project somewhat due to expenses. The new structure is supposed to seat between 600-700 instead of the over 1,000 originally planned but that's still plenty of seats for the average crowd. Might have to be a little closer to other fans than one would like at a baseball game, but considering their previous bleacher set-up I think people will like it.

Smaller seems to be the new strategy for new college ballparks. They take less time and money to build. Also you just don't get 3,000 fans to come to a college game except in the south. I saw on Utah's website they are building an on-campus ballpark of about 1,200 or so on the site of their practice field, scheduled to open next year. Currently they play their home games at a Triple-A stadium seating over 20,000-probably less than ideal. It makes me wonder if San Jose State might follow suit in the near future, as they have a practice field that has been used for games in the past. However, they share Excite Ballpark with the Single-A San Jose Giants and attending games there I would say SJSU seems to be treated like they're just subleasing the place. There's absolutely no SJSU branding to be found anywhere and their crowds (about 700 for a televised game I saw) look silly in a 4,000 seat park. They also seem to have games that end early that are not due to weather, kind of like they have a time on game days they have to be out by. I have not gotten a good look at the practice field but I assume parking would not be an issue.

No, hopefully I can get out to Saint Mary's for a game in 2024. They didn't allow spectators at home games in 2023 due to the construction. I have seen some very brief videos of a game UCD played there. It looks like they installed a big metal grandstand with bleachers and box seats similar to Sac State's behind home plate. That wasn't so visually appealing, but maybe they were unfinished at the time. Unlike Sac State though there's supposed to be a new entry plaza to give you more of a pro ballpark feel, like Stanford has.

I am hoping they will continue to let fans bring in food and drinks. They had a food truck there at games I've attended but I've heard grumblings that the food wasn't hot enough, like maybe it was made in an on-campus kitchen + driven there.

I will say that the concessions at Dobbins Stadium have improved over the years. I remember one game a few years ago a hot dog was barely edible (and it wasn't) but now they are actually decent.

Yeah, SSU still has baseball, but they're not the powerhouse they were when UCD and GCU were still there. The same is true of Chico State, who have a couple of national baseball titles. There's a lot more parity. SFSU is actually good now. They used to be a joke against every team but UCD back in the day.

I have been to a few different college ballparks in the bay area (including Cal and Stanford) and SFSU is on the list of college ballparks I still want to visit. Sonoma State, from pictures I've seen, has a weird ballpark. It'essentially looks like a HS field with minimal seating but there is a nice scenic view behind the outfield wall. But this weird HS Field has box seats in the dirt. I believe they said they were from Candlestick and that Dobbins Stadium has seats from the Seattle Kingdome.

I really do not understand UCD baseball's aversion to playing non-DI teams. The SoCal Big West teams often play Westmont, among others. Sac State sometimes plays Menlo College. If it's a matter of money changing hands it's not like they'd have to pay SF State any more than any of the D1 teams they schedule.

Thank you. When I went that one time the bleachers were behind the east basket, like 117. I'm inspired now to try to find out more about that game. I do not remember the opponent or the score but I am pretty sure it was not a Big West team and it was an afternoon game.

Edit: Looks like it was in 2018 and they beat soon-to-be non-existant Holy Names on New Years' Eve Eve.

Thank you. I only made it to 1 Aggie game (and 1 Cal game) last year so something could have changed and I wouldn't know. I sat on the GA bleachers once several years ago (I remember Chima Moneke playing in that game, that's about it) and said never again.

I believe you could probably get away with sitting in the student seats. I remember back in the D-II days they used to have the Bob Hamilton Classic where they would play a 2-day tournament with another conference opponent (against whom they would not play) and one year Sonoma State was that team. Not only were their fans a bunch of annoying rednecks but they refused to vacate the seats in the student section when the UCD game was about to start despite being told several times over the PA system to vacate that they did not have tickets for that section or that game. No one ever came to kick them out. I'm almost motivated to go see a game in Rohnert Park and sit in their student section. However, it's a CSU so they probably have quite a bit more old students and they might just assume I were one of them. Their baseball fans were annoying too.

The UCD game was way better than the Cal game. $36 at Haas gets you a nosebleed backless bleacher seat. $25 at the Rec Hall (new name is too long) gets you a fantastic courtside seat.

So is GA the bleachers on the lowest level ? I hope they let people bring in stadium seats. The lack of back support for 2 hours is not worth saving a couple of bucks in my opinion. Of course this is the opinion of an old person. If I were old me during my time at UCD I would have passed on all the football games@Toomey once it was determined standing was required to see the game.

They lost to Austin Peay State. Lets go Peay !

What did he say that was so offensive ?

Tall and raven-haired. I would guess she's been Wonder Woman for Halloween at least once. If not, that's a shame for the people at the parties.