I suppose it would be possible in a situation in which the player is maybe 3rd or lower on the depth chart at some position in football and not a starter in both sports. It would be especially possible if they were say a kicker or punter because they can get plenty of practice and conditioning away from the football team.

I believe he is the first player from the Vaughn era (2012-2021) to make the majors. Tanner Murray also has a decent shot (made it to Triple-A this year and a career batting average above .300). If he does that would give Vaughn more former MLB alumni than his mentor Phil Swimley (Steve Brown). To be fair Swimley coached during the D-II era when few players were drafted. These days with analytics it matters a lot less what division you're in.

Are basketballs really so expensive that they require the care of a surgeon ?

How much is it if you want to tailgate and not attend the game-do they offer a no game package ?

Not a serious question. Please do not research this.

Is a coaching tree a tree that coaches ? Maybe if Nicholson doesn't work out baseball can hire one of these trees.

if it were a commercial flight Portland would be cheaper than Eugene, but then you have a bus ride over 2 hours per Google.

$275.00 goes to football. The rest goes to field hockey.

And at what point will Oregon State have to change its mascot because "Beavers" is deemed sexist ?

I have not been to Plainfield Station so I do not have an opinion.

They're already doing a Big West Baseball tournament starting in 2025. Not that this is helpful to UCD because it's going to be the top 5 teams only. This will mean that baseball's season will start ending a week earlier without major improvement.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2023/6/14/athletics-big-west-board-of-directors-approves-new-initiatives-at-annual-spring-meeting.aspx

Well no wonder they recruited Isaiah Sanders. He's bigger than the stadium-who would tackle him ?

I think that was Texas A&M Kingsville.

Yeah, I believe the move to D-I was largely motivated by wanting to keep football. I don't think it really had to do with other sports so much, that they were happy with basketball's achievements and the community + student support for those. Baseball was really not a top team in the CCAA so it didn't really surprise me that they weren't a winning team right away, moreso that they had 1 over-achieving year and mostly mediocre to awful seasons for the rest.

I think the NCAA is being cheap and lazy. They can get both seeds and help with their bracket structure at Home Depot.

So many names. My favorite is Kyon Loud because his surname is an adjective. My least favorite is Rayne Mayo because I don't like mayonaise (and some people like it on hot dogs-gross !) Now it would be great if the Aggies would just sign someone surnamed Smart.

Western Oregon has a road game scheduled against South Dakota State. They really have to travel for games now that several of their old regular opponents are gone like UCD, HSU (now CPH ?), and WWU. Even Simon Fraser has dropped their program. They were the team with the female kicker (not a Kathy Ireland look-alike if anyone was wondering).

Seems like if UCD were ever to go back to D2 putting together a football schedule would be very difficult

The point I was attempting there (no football pun intended) was how arbitrary it all is. When you get past the top 10 in any ranking of teams you're pretty deep into participation trophy land. High schools typically rank students in graduating classes-what title does the 11th best GPA kid get-the irreleventorian ? Top 25 is irrelevant. UCD baseball beat a team in the top 25 this year and proceeded to lose their last 11 games-all against unranked teams not going to the playoffs. So what makes a team 18th as opposed to 19th ? UCD lost 1 fewer game than it won in football-why is it ranked at all ? Close losses to top teams are still losses. It's arbitrary.

Who will playing Loose End and Walking Back ?

I think they got them all wrong. They also give no mention of why UCD is ahead of Mercer that I see. Perhaps the Bears have s secret weapon we don't know about, seeing as how it is secret.

Good. Perhaps the Aggies will not be BLAND.

If your last name is Pepper it must be very tempting to give your kids pepper-themed names, like maybe Cayenne for your daughter.

I saw some of that men's title game. It seemed like the crowd was very energized but the excessive celebration and music after every single play was a bit nauseating. It's that sort of thing that turns me off ofattending sporting events (that and poor play, looking at you, baseball), but I will still give UCD women's lacrosse a try if for no ther reason than trying something new.