Without any inside knowledge, i think the decision of Locker coming to Davis reflects on the quality of our program, and the respect Coach Plough has earned in the "recruiting marketplace".

These athletes need to have a conversation with the family that donated 120 million to the vet school, perhaps funding the equestrian team could be a condition of this incredible gift.

With all of the great player and coach retentions, new HS players, and new transfers, our feel like our team is in better position than last year. With a very strong QB room, I believe (100%) that whoever comes out as QB #1 will do a good job and I would not be surprised if QB #2 gets more playing time by design (not because of injury or illness).

Looks like our 2-deep (plus) is looking strong across the board, however, I am pleased that staff has been able to focus on special teams. We now have a 5-star kicker and 5-start punter on our 2026 roster and if we can do a better job with field position, it may help with an extra win(s) over the long season.

The "bonus" our program could experience over the next few months would involve the return of the Conners. I am not familiar with all of the weird laws/rules or current on the various court cases, but from someone on the outside looking in, it seems crazy not to grant an extra year to these two players.

According to "FBSschedules.com", Sac has scheduled 6 games for the 2026 football season, 5 against FCS programs and 1 against an FBS program.

The best thing Dr. Wood can do for the Sac football program is not to say anything, let the AD do the talking.

I wish Vargas well but all that glitters is not gold.

At Davis, he would have gotten lots of playing time at RB, and the opportunity to improve his game, blocking, catching out of the backfield, and most important, ball protection. In addition, he could have worked on special teams (like Lan) to increase his value when the NFL draft comes knocking.

At Cal, my guess is that they will expect results and will be much less forgiving for any mistakes. May find himself watching more of the games at Cal than playing in them at Davis.

Question, if a player is serious about transferring, does it not make sense to announce ASAP and officially enter the portal right away? Vergas announced during the season in order to allow time to "market" himself and CP made it official on the first day (Jan2). I believe players can take time before deciding where to go but in order to make spring ball, my guess is that they would need to move quickly in order to enroll in a new school.

FYI, loved Gbatu's comment. I think that was a message to his team members who may be thinking about leaving.

Although I do not like players leaving, I cannot fault players for transferring for the money or for the opportunity to play somewhere else (if you have been riding the bench).

The transfer portal and NIL has changed the way we recruit (and re-recruit) each year, I wonder if this will change how coaches coach going forward. For example at the QB position, should we have played other QBs last year as an "insurance policy" for the good of the team and program? I am a big fan of developing deep rosters (and playing more kids) but this approach can have a negative impact on the w/l record if the best players are not playing.

Anything similar between this case and the Conner's situation?

That is great news, i believed that traveling during finals week always hurt the performance of our team so with the game being home this year, Freshman players not getting kicked out of their housing, and a bigger student crowd, we are certainly providing our football team a good home-field advantage. We will need it.

Now if we win our appeal with the Twins AND if Carter is healthy, this will turn out to be a good week going into Saturday's game,

Best case scenario for this coming Sunday is that three out of the four remaining teams are all from the Big Sky.

Was at the game and consider the late start and that RI does not travel well, not a bad crowd. I am hoping with an afternoon game and dry weather, we will have a better crowd next week (less students perhaps but more community).

2:00 pm

With a 7 pm game, feel like this will be a student-driven crowd. Late game for families and people out of the area to attend, but good time for a college crowd. Basketball (i think) has done a good job of getting students to "big games" . . . lets hope we have long lines when the gate opens at 6 pm.

One way we can all help out is to invite family and friends to attend the game (as a group). I got five new people to go to last week's game by taking this approach,

Moving in the right direction. Historical average home-game attendance (regular season):

2022 - 9,876
2023 - 10,966
2024 - 11,135
2025 - 12,991

I would expect a large number of Sac players will enter the portal as "insurance" against not having a schedule for next season. With only 3/4 games "inked", my guess is that they are having a very hard time finding games. Might also have a hard time holding onto players that have already committed for next year, especially any receivers.

A win is a win.

Hopefully over the next few weeks, we stay health and get back a few players that went down in the first part of the season. Especially in the secondary. Also, I believe we can play Freshman AND preserve their eligibility if they play 3 regular season games or less. I do not believe playoff games count.

Not a big Montana fan (although I do have a tremendous amount of respect for their program) but I do not know of any other program that at the administrative level as foolish as Sac state. They are a great case study on how not to behave.

Pulling 100% for Montana to not only win, but to run up the score on behalf of all of the other JV football teams.

Curious, did any Davis players get injured in the game?

Montana 42, Idaho State 38

Time left - 2 minutes left Idaho driving . . .