The quarterback play was…not good. That game was Plough’s quest to put coaching over talent and he lost the battle. None of these freshmen are plug and play.

Correct. The budget is 50m. 2/3 of revenues are derived from student fees. 2/3 of expenses are scholarship costs. Admin has been cut substantially which is why there is not much marketing going on. Equestrian was a big blunder.

I don’t recall if you were back for the UNC game. If not, that would be an enlightening watch for you.

Agree. There will be a fulsome realignment when the TV schools break from the pack and the next tier down will have its own playoff. There will not be a buy in to get to that level. In fact, there will be begging to get programs to spend at the current G5 level. And the Cal fans here should go do Cal and enjoy that 5-7 with 50% roster turnover every year. Good luck finding Wagner without wiki and most of the ACC without a map.

Yes let’s use the single biggest outlier in the history of a 150 year old sport as our guiding light…

You just described the 2026 Mountain West Conference.

+ Cisco

Tell us more about these people. The folks that think Davis is playing in DII. These savants are juiced for SJSU, New Mexico and the Nevada schools? Seems far fetched.

This is what people said about basketball with the move up to play peer institutions. Notice the crowd for Santa Barbara on Thursday. If anything, support is worse than 30 years ago for basketball.

Portal was a net negative for Poly but Skipper could be a really good fit for the long term. They lost OL these last two cycles to Michigan and Bama and it’s not like Wulff had those guys knocking teams off the LOS consistently.

You’re missing a lot of things. He has an agent, his signing was announced by WSU, etc.

No kidding. And as a consolation prize we have the Bren Center, a 3/4 complete building, looking great on ESPNU. Davis is what, 4 seating replacements into the Rec Hall era at this point and none of them have been well designed. Meanwhile planning continues for a $19 million driving range half way to Dixon.

UCSD is a fundraising machine, period. Khosla is extremely active and aggressive with not only the life sciences companies that have helped that campus expand but also the local community and businesses throughout San Diego. He understands how to leverage those corporate partners and they have done a nice job expanding the relationships to fund a really competitive basketball program. They would be doing even more with a football program but don’t have any real estate.

These are leases.

Montana and NDSU were in the 10-15k range last year for a large number of players and going higher this year with a smaller number. Sac spent even more but was all over the map with the money. Most of it went missing with Rashada.

Improving but nothing to write home about. Anyone clamoring for a move to the FBS, even the MWC, should get a handle on basic economics. The post-Boise TV deal is going to get slashed this summer and was only 4m per school. Neither the City nor the alumni support UCD athletics. Some of this is a history of bad marketing decisions, laziness and really poor facilities planning but much is just an apathetic community culture. The AD is almost entirely funded by the central campus and student fees.

He was a pretty big get in the prior class. Track guy in hs and didn’t come from a football factory. Could be the big flex TE/WR that is badly needed. Hennessy is another slot type. It’s tough to win against man on 3rd down and in the red zone when you go 5’8 across the board outside.

Knee injury. Ideally need two backs to carry the load plus a specialist or two to platoon. If healthy this guy should be heavily in the mix.

That was a repost from several weeks back. Just a bad joke since the staff seemed to have similar thoughts on roster needs.

Elite facial hair. The feet aren’t great and needs to learn where to put his hands. Should have drawn holding flag on 50% of his hudl snaps.

Are they?

Need a longer FS to match up with the bigger guys over the middle. The young guys are pretty slight and none over 5’10. Put on the wishlist with a TE, another TE (or big receiver with some position versatility), a big back to rotate with Fish, and a QB.

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