Thank you for this. I have been swamped with work this week and missed the previous games.

The difference in body language during games between Les and other coaches is striking.

Just checked it out. I agree. I mean, it looks almost exactly like aggie stadium at the base.

Imagine of the SIU stadium linked above

I was looking at stadiums comparable to what UCDHS could look like after a long term future renovation and I think Utah State's stadium is pretty comparable of what it could look. The stadium is similarly built into a raised berm and sunken into the center. Filling in one of the berms at UCDHS, building the new suites (granted smaller than the Utah State one) and adding additional seating to the other side could easily be done in this style as a mini-version. I could imagine something like 20k or so capacity.






I think something like a hybrid of the USU stadium and the stadium at Southern Illinois (that I have mentioned previously) would be awesome and we already have a great foundation.

I went back and watched some of the game after seeing this thread. Seems like having work last night saved me from the disappointment. I cannot believe those last 5 minutes. What’s up with us just running clock and then trying to go for these shots that were doomed from the start. Reminds me of what Les set up with TY a bit in the past few years where he just went for these stupid big shots that were rushed at the end of the game after running down the clock until it’s too late to save it.

Really a bummer, will be a good test to see if we can bounce back.

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Haha you beat me to it. I know that the admin units and services of some of the CSU campuses in the bay have been combining to save money and resources. I could imagine seeing moves like Cal Maritime becoming part of Cal Poly continuing. There is a part of me that feels like a merger of CSU East Bay or SFSU with SJSU in some form could happen. Sonoma State is possible too but its a bit of an outlier with its liberal arts programs (despite them being cut).

Its pretty telling of the times financially when SFSU, the school that founded the first ever ethnic studies major and courses (with spurred a ton of anthropological and sociological research programs) is cutting its program (even the online degree). The school has proudly noted that they founded the program for years and now its gonna be gone. I know quite a few people personally (and have seen some posts form admin) that this move was a shocker considering how much the school leaned on the notability of SFSU founding the program.

My 2 cents as someone who graduated recently:

-I think students taking the community college to transfer route will only continue to grow rapidly. With the price of tuition and the lack of focus from professors teaching lower division classes (I mean I seriously think most students I know feel that most of the professors teaching lower division classes are only doing it because they have to and are more focused on research, especially in STEM fields).

-The CSU is either going to have to somehow fix the funding issues asap, adjust or lose large amounts of students to UC schools or OOS schools when it comes to non-STEM (and more) programs. With schools close to Davis like SSU and SFSU dropping multiple liberal arts degrees (and a variety of less popular stem degrees in the case of SSU) I only see students leaving in droves to UC campuses that are still able to fund these programs. Whether you want to debate the viability of these degrees in relation to workforce hiring, income, etc is another topic, but the desire for many of the degrees that are on the chopping block at these campuses (especially in programs that are often enrolled in by students needing said degrees for teaching or other professional careers) is going to only continue to hurt CSU enrollment. Its a catch 22 of cutting programs because they don't have enough students but then losing students in the process.

-Another topic that could be looked at in a ton of different ways, but objectively federal cuts to research are coming at a really tough time for campuses and creating uncertainty in students looking for graduate degrees. I have heard from a large amount of current and former students at Davis (and other universities) that are uncertain about going back for a graduate degree because of the uncertainty of financial support and research funding for projects they could be involved in.

-I think we might see some merging of administration units (like some CSU's in the Bay Area are doing) or campus entities for regional state schools that are either close in location or with an urban school taking over rural colleges struggling.

-We are going to see a huge boom in student housing for community college campuses that are feeders to UC campuses.

Made a thread for this in the OT board cause its an interesting topic
https://www.aggiesportstalk.com/discussion/2790/college-funding-enrollment-etc-discussion

Thank you for this summary! Was gonna post something but had to head into work at 3. Happy to see our offense bounce back after struggling against Texas. Anzai has impressively crisp stuff.

This is super helpful thank you!!

yeah i was gonna say reach out for Aggie ascent had been nonexistent nor advertised outside of that first post when they announced it

Got answers back from campus design and construction as well as the athletic department. Basically summarized as this “thanks for reaching out, the stadium upgrades at UCDHS are still in the fundraising stage and are working on securing funds. We will send an updated timeline once the project funding has been secured”.

Perhaps someone will shock the world at the wine fundraiser but it sounds like donations are still needed.

Gary May seems to be striking a diplomatic congratulatory tone

How did i mess that up :lol: . My bad, I was looking at the wrong tab. Speaking of UCSB, whats the read on their season this year? I usually pay a decent amount of attention to the team cause I have a few friends there but have been lacking.

I was also surprised about the record they have this year. Aidan Mahaney is a player to watch.

The tahoe thing cracked me up haha, the fact it got to the head football coach made me laugh. I think the Reno rivalry is def worth growing.

SJSU would be a good rivalry because as @SochorField has said, lots of Aggie alum are in the Bay.