Title IX. Some parent of a US player just might sue. Stranger thing have happened.

Yes, SB has one Russian born girl from Chicago. So she is probably a US citizen, but the rest are are all Eastern European girls, +1 Canadian, etc. Look, this is very hard. They are all great women and I support them, but Title IX says american women cannot be discriminate against in acccess to athletics. This effectively is discrimination against american women in colligiate sports. Footnote: UCLA has no foreign born girls; but most of their team comes from Laurel Springs School in Florida, which is basically the top HS tennis academy for girls in FL. Ironically, next door Miami is 60% foreign players. So if not the BW, maybe the State of California should step in. California girls tennis players and their parents shoul be rightfully very upset about this situation.

Well we lost to Fresno 4-12 this week. Team does very well in the English events and not so well in the western style. This is a bit strange as our head coach is a former champion western event rider. I attribute that to this being our first year and our club tram probably was mostly English and coach had little time to recruit western. So this bodes very well for the Aggies. Coach W will no doubt now recruit some outstanding western riders and build on the English events. I see this team eventually as a top ranked team nationally. Will take some time.

But to lose 3 of 5 very strong starters and then as a team turn it around after a half dozen games and hen to go almost undefeated since says something special is going on with this team and Coach Jen. They just find a way to win even if things aren’t going for them as was the case last night. Only great team chemistry and great coaching can make this happen. Not to complain, but the away announcers in this league have little or nothing good to say about this team, except an often lame whine that “we have no answer for Morgan”. Sad.

I am surprised that Underwood is not seeing a lot more time. His JC stats were good I thought. Fuller and Squires probably just need some seasoning.

A question or two. Are Underwood, Fuller and Squires redshirting? I don’t see them in any games.

Just finished the rerun. The Ags were very good on defense. Shot poorly. Got great stuff from Morgan. Won the game. Played very well overall. Good teams fight their way thru bad shooting to win. This team is on the cusp of being the best Aggie woman’s basketball team ever. And doing this after losing 3 of 5 starters is very impressive. I am a sentimental old father of daughters so when I see the Eaton twins on the court together playing so well- its an emotional thing for me. If I were the Eaton parents I would be living a dream.

Beautiful Scottish Lass! Agree with all the above, plus SHE ACTUALLY GETS OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS!!! Great addition for Jen. This recruiting class is getting very strong indeed. Scots are a tough breed, beautiful and smart. Yes, I am part Scot but not very biased. . . I think. . . . Oh well tried.

I am now starting to feel sorry for Fresno. Not for the Bulldog Gang, but for getting Tumey. What is it with this guy? He has never done anything of any distinction for anyone? I recall when the UC was politically pressured to build a new campus in the San Joaquin Valley. The Bee wanted Fresno. UC said no way with that one. We got UC Merced which is actually very good. Locals say: do not go out at night in the downtown Fresno area. They do not care about any statues which have no protective features. So Tumey in Fresno? Not going to happen. Piedmont a lot nicer.

Great news on the Kat! She will be amazing and will provide the emotional pressure we need to put on UCI.

Twin Peaks (the Eatons) are on the top of their game. Look out, these girls are on fire and no one apparently can even begin to stop them.

A friend went to a game there a few years back and was in the ticket line. Two big guys showed up behind him and he said “you guys must have played some ball back in the day.” They replied “no, we just got out of prison and were meeting some of our old friends here at the game”. Well, it was better than them going to a shooting range for fun, but friend was not real comfortable with these guys around. He was not a Fresno fan either.

Interesting note that Hawaii played without their leading scorer Mekena Woodfolk. She has quit the team. Reason: she’s pregnant. Which is actually a pretty good reason. Hopefully she can come back next season. She’s very good!

You gotta love those Eaton twins! If the Eaton parents aren’t having a glass of great Washington State wine tonight for their great kids I don’t know what else to say. Great win by the Eaton twins and others!

Great interview! What was it done for? What company does Brock work for? Be nice to have some background on it. Hawk really is kind of an amazing and inspirational guy and we are so lucky to have him as our coach.

DrMike, did Larry ever pinch your roommates butt? Great burgers and salads, but a really bad bad guy in terms of sexual predation on his workers. Is the Berkeley place still there?

The Grad at the old Whole Foods site? Make it happen!

I think the place you are talking about is Larry Blakes. It was an iconic old place with sawdust floors, great burgers and beer. It was right across from the railroad tracks at the curve. There is a hotel there now. My wife’s best friend worked there an d she would come home with bruises of her backside from the advances of the owners pinches and pats. Funny then. Not now. He was not a real good guy. I think he had/has a similar place in Berkeley. If not that then maybe “Mr. B’s”?
What is the basis for the news that the Grad will close? I know the Mall wants to redevelop the site, but to close the Grad, that would be heresy. I would expect students would activively oppose this.

AF, so true. Old memories. I was one of the very many students who lived at Orchard Park in the late 60s early seventies. As a vet, my wife and I got by on $175 a month on the GI bill (with some UCD help). I cannot tell you how many cheese casaroles we had for dinner in our small Orchard Park apartment and sometimes shared with our neighbors. No one had any money. No one went out to eat much less to a bar. Playing catch with a football was our fun. Orchard Park is now history- a place of cleared land and I almost cried when I saw it a few months ago. My time there is as seared into my memory as my time in the Army. I loved the place and it was a great experience living there. Yes, a small monument would be very nice.

You would think KCRA would at the very least Google the “Knight Commission” and read the Wikipedia info before airing this show. They do reference the Knight Commission but do not explain what it has done or what recommended actions it wants from college athletics. The Knight Commission essentially focuses on FBS schools although it also references all “Division I” institutions in its reports which focus in large part the academic integrity of these colleges as it pertains to athletics. It recommended the adoption of the “Academic Progress Report” (APR) that the NCAA has long ago adopted, including requiring a 50% graduation rate to qualify for a post season game- an incredibly low bar by any accounts. No school to my knowledge has ever been disqualified for post season due to this rule, but I could be wrong. As to criticizing UC Davis or Sac for “not making any money,” this is a ridiculous statement because, in fact, part of the problem with big time college sports according to the Knight Reports, is that many of these big time schools do sacrifice academics for revenue and still lose money. In fact, since 1999 over 50% of all DI institutions lose money on average of $3.3 million per year. I don’t think either UC Davis or Sac are anywhere neare that staggering statistic. A Very bad and misleading program by KCRA to say the least.