Some big names staying put! Go Ags!

Connors x2... I hope

I won't lie. I will have a lowered opinion of Caden if he chooses to go to Prime's clown show. That program is a mess.

It would have been very easy for Gbatu to change his mind about staying at Davis after the Pinnick announcement, but cool to see him reaffirm his decision to stay. Let's go Sam!

New Aggie Pride Podcast with Scott Gordon on Caden entering the transfer portal and the general landscape of the transfer portal and NIL. Good discussion on specifically the issues with the total lack of regulation and what it is doing to these athletes.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6B6zzawl9uQeapaVt1kHgn?si=8ffabaf14f6944ec

In his recruiting year Guess actually got in an argument with a guy on social media who suggested he was going to end up going the route of receiver. Guess was adamant that he's a QB and a QB only. I guess (no pun intended) we'll see if his tune changes if it means playtime versus no playtime.

New transfer portal offer on RB Cade Searcy from division 2 East Central University. He's rushed for 1,000+ yards and averaged over 5.5 yards per carry over the last 2 seasons with the Tigers. He also has picked up an offer from South Dakota State.

on his Twitter page he lists himself at 6'4 210, but yes he has 1 year remaining.

New transfer portal offer on DB Brian Dukes Jr. from the team down south. 4 year starter for the Mustangs with 171 career tackles.

I do wonder how the rest of the team takes this kind of news. I know it's a different mentality these days about getting paid and business opportunities, but I think I'd still feel pretty slighted by guys who think they're above the rest of the team. It's a different situation for grad transfers. I guess we're just in a different era of college football now and have to get used to it.

I don't want to be that cynical, but until the NCAA fixes this crap you may be correct. This is getting so far out of hand.

First transfer portal offer for the Ags is on RB Jaden Green from Lehigh. Despite starting his college career in Pennsylvania, Green is from San Francisco and played his high school ball at Junipero Serra. He rushed for over 1,600 yards over the last 2 seasons with the Mountain Hawks and was a Jerry Rice Award finalist in 2024.

247 as well as on3 have some info, but I just happened to find those offers on twitter

Shamburger has offers from Tennessee Tech and Tarleton State

I think if these guys are old enough to be paid big boy money they can be criticized for their decisions like big boys as well. The system is messed up, but this choice was still Caden's to make.

Man, this is such a bummer and I hate what college football has become. Being part of a team used to mean something and now it's just every man for themselves to secure the biggest paycheck possible. Just sucks that the Aggie Pride mantra has an asterisk on it that money can be more important than that pride.

I'm not going to pretend to be happy for him if I'm being perfectly honest. I'm a UC Davis fan first and foremost and I don't feel super inclined to root for guys who want out of the program for what they think are greener pastures.

Don't love that...

yeah with the portal period as short as it is, I would think you'd hear announcements very quickly. I don't think they'll all be today necessarily, but if we don't hear anything in the first couple I think it's at least safer to say any particular player is staying.