Well Tyler did not actually name Davis as his first choice (I wish it were true), but yes he likes the school and its close to home. The locals say he is kind of a sleeper kid; quiet, well liked and smart. A great fit for us; but will he be seduced by the beaches of Waikiki? The hills of Wyoming? The romance of Fresno? I actually think we might have a good shot at getting this young man.

This all harkens back to the early ‘90s when it was first proposed that we go D1. There was a meeting in 194 Chem to discuss this issue. I was there. Many young profs (and many older Ag Profs) were stridently against this because it could take funds away from academics. The proposition failed. Then in the late ‘90s the issue was raised again in a meeting in Young Hall. I was there. In attendance was: Jim Sochor, Bob Williams, Deanne Vorshachter, and many other UCD world class coaches in favor of moving up to D1. Again, the proposition failed. The most ardent opponents repeated the old refrain that the move would take money from academics and would degrade academic performance of the athletes. Today, the history has proved all of the detractors wrong. We are much better now than then both as a university and in sports. Academic achievement is up. Diversity is up. Research spending up. Our visibility as a university is up. Too bad it took so long, but we did it!

Movie this was not just a one word spoken incident. This was a march downtown which started with signs for support for Trump (which I think is fine) but which then deteriorated quickly into a full blown anti-gay rights bashing event in which the police had to be called to intervene because of a lot of yelling, slurs (see: “Fucking faggots”) pushing, shoving and middle fingers. This was a hate crime event. The father of this student is a complete idiot and really deserves the blame for this unfortunate situation which cost his son his scholarship. I have real sympathy for Poly after this. Just hope we never have to see it here.

Interesting that we chose a Western as opposed to an English style coach. Not that it matters much in the long run, but the English riding events: hunter jumper, cross-country, dressage are all Olympic events and far more well known than Western. I guess she has to hire an English assistant coach to handle that style. She seems very young, but is also very accomplished and her record is exemplary.
I may be way out of touch, but this is the first time I have heard of Anissa Nachman’s name as associate AD. I knew of her in Sac as a high level legislative aide to top leadership. Then she moved to UCD as a budget person. Now as the 2d in command in athletics for budget and finance. She seems to be the person who nailed down the new equestrian coach. Does anyone know her athletics qualifications? Maybe she is a horse person? She has no bio posted on the ICA site.

With AJ back maybe makes sense to RS Jonah. Jackson is a real puzzle. He was an incredible HS athlete with tons of potential, but we never got to really see him play. Big question for Neufeld is whether he’s athletic enough to compete at this level.

Beating a dead horse again. Where’s the equestrian coach? Either AD Blue is trying to get the next equestrian coach of the year or no body wants to come here to coach. Simple as that. I doubt the latter, but this thing is really dragging out. But does anyone care?

Very sad indeed. He was an iconic Aggie coach who we will never forget. I look forward to the posts of his former DL alumni players who will no doubt have very many interesting tales to tell about him. I will relate that when I was biking to class in the afternoon on Russell during football practice in the ‘70s I would seee all these big players lounging under the shade of the big oak trees along Russell and there would be Coach ARP just talkin to his players. Everyone else was running and tackling etc. not Arps guys; they just sat and listened to their coach ARP. I often thought: these guys are going to be terrible in a game. They were not. They were the best the Aggies ever had on the field. He had a real special and very unorthodox talent like Coach Sochor did. Better people can say much more.

River I do agree. I recall a player by the name of Renaldo Nehemiah who played for the 49rs in the early 80’s. He was the first hurdler to ever break the 110 hurdles mark of under 13.00 at 12.93. He would make the defensive backs fall back 10 yards when came into the game. He was FAST. Then in one game against the Atlanta Falcons he ran a crossing pattern and was ferociously hit by Falcons DB Kenny Johnson. Renaldo did not get up for a long time. He now says he was never the same again. I watched that play. I think Walsh later admitted he was at fault for that draft pick. On the plus side Nehemiah is healthy and doing well now. But, no. Pure speed is never going to work at any level of football. His replacement was a guy named Rice.

I hate to beat a dead horse (I know bad pun) but we still have no coach. He’s/she’s supposed to start next Monday. This seems to be much harder than anyone thought. I am told by my horsie friends that this should have been expected because these folks do not travel lightly. They have their own horses to consider moving. Most come form the south where horse facilities are much less expensive than in California, much less Davis CA. And they need them in place before they come. Tough job for AD Blue, but I’m optimistic still.

These are very fast times for a WR or a RB. Hope we lock him in.

Peak Performance on 2nd street in davis. An athletic club then. Not there anymore. He was one of those guys who would answer in conversation likely with a smirk and a nod that he “really knew” what the siruatation was, but “could not possibly” tell the rest of us. Not a bad person, but a horrible guy for an FR. everybody in the gym knew he was a fraud. Why not the AD? I do not who hired him or where he is now. i do wish him luck wherever he is.

Speaking of Angius I only knew him at Peak during workouts. He seem too full of himself and not very personable. No wonder he never worked out as a FR. Just curious, who the hell ever hired that guy? I certainly hope we have hired a better person for this very important job!

He never delivered on the athletic training facility that was his priority coming in. And it would have taken some big contributions to get that done. He was not a happy fundraiser. But I also think it was because he had zero interest in the non revenue sports (say woman’s sports) and the lady coaches called him out on it- simple as that and KT for all her faults saw it as well. Nice guy, but. . . Probably Fresneck is a good spot for him.

Thanks. Good job1

CA how do we get your updated list?

yeah, a bit over reacting I admit. but if we had Jennifer Gates or Eve Jobs on campus we would get this done much faster!! but, hey, we have a team and Stanford no.

Aggie London Breed is the new mayor of San Francisco. Yes this is a big deal. She could well be our next national leader like Diane and Kamala.

Wow. Really great news. Tara is going to retire soon, so I feared Stanford would be hunting. Sigh!!! I Will sleep tonight.....
Jen is world class. We are oh so lucky to have her here!!!

Amend that to read “. . . have abandoned local college sports” and THE UNIVERSITIES AS WELL. One has to wonder about this journalistic strategy. The SFChron has a quite different take on coverage of local colleges and revels in covering them ALL. And with a positive tone. It even notes the athletic websites for them all from Stanford to Cal State East bay and all in betweeen (and as we know, its a lot in the Bay Area). Yes, the Chron covers the bad stuff at Berkeley and Stanford, but it knows people are very proud of their colleges and what they do for humanity, so it emphases all the good things they do in a positive light. I think i posted long ago what a former bee editor told me about this: “UC Davis can very well blow its own horn, but we are the watchdogs and we don’t do that kind of journalism (or close to that)”. I think that sort of negative emphasis on the bad stuff to sell papers just is not the right way to go. Maybe part of the bee problems. Anyway, don’t see the Chron sending any out any similar distress calls. . . By the way, i do hope that the bee survives. As the WP says: “democracy dies in darkness”.

Is this the beginning of the end for the print bee? Bee just announced today that they must add 45,000 new subscribers if it is to keep its print version going.