Bob st Clair. Probably the best lineman the Niners ever had was 6’ 9” and 263.:played from 1953 to 1963. Died in 2015 at age 84 Santa Rosa ca. I was fortunate enough to attend a dinner with him the year he died. Even in his older years he was very gracious, fit and intelligent person.

River I get your point. But the man is a cardiovascular disaster waiting to happen at 370, 340 whatever. I am very disappointed with our conditioning coach who let him get so heavy. We can do better.

We will miss Chubba very much and wish him well on his travels. What does concern me somewhat is is weight. At 6’2” and 370 lbs. he is very overweight and this puts him at risk for cardiovascular issues. Let’s put it this way. He is big, but his heart is no bigger than mine or yours yet it is having to pump the amount of blood necessary to feed 370 pounds. That is about 2 Times what it would have to pump for you or me at say 185. His heart can do it for now but not for long. I question if our condition coach was attending Chubba properly to let him get so big. Oh, and him getting down to 320 is just kicking the can down the road. That said, good luck to Chubba and best wishes. Let’s get you down to around 290!

LL is now a first team All-American running back on Sports Illustrated’s All-American team. Congratulations to him as he surely deserves this honor. But in the official announcement it was stated that he will be back next year. I believe that is the first such official announcement unless I missed something. This is welcome news indeed!

Great video. So LL and. TT stay. Right? Right? Be sure because my family wants to know if they can take me off the ventilator or not. seriously if they indeed stay we will have a very competitive situation next year despite the guys leaving. Aggies will be a very enticing place to come to for some portal guys too as we will be winning a lot of game next season.
PS: was that a full bar at the tailgate? Wow. That’s my kind of tailgating.

Seldom do two players combine to make the future of an Aggie football program so important as TT and LL
I am holding onto my breath to breath to the point of my passing out.

My cat and I saw the reference to Cal’s food budget for the football team. She looked at me and I saw the eyes. Why am I here with you? Yes guys, we have to step up and deliver a lot more support for the team. For one I will do the $1000. ASAP.

Hope he was referring to TT and LL when referencing players that have decided to stay put.
I haven’t seen such a publicly emotional presser in a long time. Must say that plough does have a heart.

I just do not see how South Dakota and North Dakota are so dominant in FCS football. They are in the middle of nowhere and they still get the best players in the FCS.

Won’t be sleeping until I see the Portal news Monday. Fingers crossed that LL and TT stay put and help out with the Plough transition. Not to say at all that they’ve got to stay just that they are very much admired and actually loved here in Aggie land. Know that they are talking about their options now.

IMHO Hawk told Rocko long ago that this was his plan. He would never have just dumped his decision on Rocko a week ago. Thus Rocko has had sufficient time to make the right decision on his next coach. As to salary I think $300,000+/- benefits is more than OK. So not the best in FCS but OK. Peterson is a very long shot, so no go there. $4.5 M not happening here. Another possibility DC Coombs. Still not sure Plough is on board for this. Maybe have to take a pay cut. FBS salaries are ridiculous now.

The bee wouldn’t have printed this article without solid evidence that Plough was in line for the job. Notice all the background info they had on Hawk and plough? No, plough doesn’t have the job yet but would he stay at cal as an AC and not take this HC position. No. Oregon state is still in shock over their HC leaving and probably don’t know plough from a block of wood. So I see this as a strategic leak from an informed person in order to prevent problems. Like defecting players.

He is not the wise old charismatic philosopher that Hawk is, but the few times I was exposed to Plough I thought he was very intelligent and made good impression on me. And as has been said above he actually recruited many of the current players. Is it not possible that Hawk and he have discussed this prior to the announcement?

If May wanted to move us to FBS he could do it. And yes the required attendance rule is gone. Minimum scholarship requirements is 210 at a minimum of 6 million in total. 5 million buy in. Literally peanuts for May. But where to go? Who would want us? Or better yet, who would not want us
? I doubt Fresno State is anxious for us to join their conference. Just adds more competition for their recruiting. Very sorry to see hawk leaving, bringing in Plough who is well known and liked by the teams players might prevent many downsides from his departure.

Also interesting is the physical/statistical comparison of LL and Mccaffery (i speak of mere numbers here and not talent or accomplishments which would of course be ridiculous). But they are almost mirror images of each other. LL is a couple inches taller, a few pounds heavier, etc. their 40 times very close at 4.55 CM and 4.56 LL. If that 4.49 by LL is legit, well who knows. Anyway, doesn’t mean a thing and is just an observation. Still hope LL. Comes back!

Yes he does have something to prove. Character. For instance, I don’t think the portal did Skattabo who was a great RB for Sac any good at all. Fairly good stats for a ASU Team that is going nowhere. But not really good. And he didn’t have to do that. And he abandoned his very good team. My thoughts are that he didn’t have a good agent or none at all. Plus, with the best NFL teams there is another metric in the draft: character. Maccaffery is an example of that. A truly good agent (his dad?) would advise LL to stay in the lane, graduate and be the leader of his team next season. But maybe I am just a true romantic. So sorry.

So December 4 is the first portal date for the winter? I think we all know who we do not want to see on that list! Fingers XXX!

Obviously the elephant in the room is whether LL or TT will portal. I actually doubt it in part because the Aggies were in my view spurned by the playoffs selection committee and the team is probably very pissed off about that and rightfully so. That would be a very good reason for staying on next season because it would acknowledge the tight bonds that this team has and be grateful and loyal to your teammates. If they stick together I believe that the team would be a lock to get back into the playoffs next season. IMHO fingers XXX

Might be just hopeful thinking but could it be that these juniors come back to finally finish with a playoff spot or record season. I doubt LL or TT will portal. Plus we have some real talent coming next season. Am I whistling in the wind? Or thru the grave yard? Overall a good season for the Aggies.

River why is next year a rebuilding year? We are a soph/junior team now. So I know there are holes to fill but the main guys are here next year. I realize LL is a question mark but I really don’t think he will leave. I’m interested in hearing more details.