And their woman’s BB team loses $2.5+/-M a year and they are really bad. Not a good time to be a bear fan.

Good questions Movie. I dont know. My uniformed opinion: the stadium rebuild just killed them. Season tickets so expensive now even my most faithful Bear fan buddies will not be attending anytime soon. So Sad..

Maybe a bit off topic, but not much. For whatever reason, the NYT has been running an ongoing stream of articles on UC Berkeley’s athletic program thru the pandemic. Yesterday the article concluded that Berkeley got thru the pandemic fairly well (did not have to eliminate any sports), it now has to go back to the systemic issues it has been facing for years: chronic deficits and structural debt. That debt is now $438M which is 36% more debt than the next worse school. That debt has to paid off like any other debt does and that payment is an anchor chain around the neck of the entire program. Under Armour now wants out of its apparel contract of $86M. Cal has to “borrow” another $10M of institutional money to finance next season. So let us compare ourselves with Cal. Cal’s sports budget is $97M. Ours: $39M. Number of sports: Cal: 27 Us: 25. GSR: Us: 97 (best in the BWC). Cal: 87. So very close there. We only lack: men’s gym, and woman’s crew. I think the NYT point for this article is that Cal is the “Canary in the Coal Mine” for quality Big Time college sports. Dying in the cage but not yet dead. I think we come out of all this much better than our friends at Cal. I am very proud of us. I wish Cal well. (wife a Cal girl). But she is SoCal and a Dodger fan to this day. And I cannot stand for that. Families are very hard these days. . . .

Erinn go Bragh! I hope to visit the Emerald Isle in the Fall. Have many ancestors there. Please VAX up my beloved Ireland!

The kid looks great and is very fast. But although Speed is good, it is not everything. Remember Reynaldo Nehemiah? World class 110 HH. One hit and he was done. I like UG, Lar and Trent. Fast and can take the D1 hit. Hope this guy can as well. I do like that we are moving toward speed as an overall team endeavor.

She is the best! I have worried that Stanford might get her after Tara retired. But not so! She is a monument to Aggies sports.Just love the girl!

So shifting the subject ever so slightly, I would add that the whole subject of showers or the importance of showers and related privacy is rapidly changing since the pandemic. Daily showers are, says a NYT article today, unhealthy, bad for the environment, wasteful of water and are pretty much unnecessary. So the less showers, the less the potential for exposure to others period, whether it be from transgender people or anyone else for that matter. Funny how some “problems” find a way of solving themselves. The shower at my now open gym: closed permanently. Read the article. Informative and funny.

I think it might help to keep this “problem” in perspective if we take note of the numbers we are dealing with. According to the UCLA Law School Williams Institute transgender individuals comprise 0.6% of the US population or 1.3 million people. Since a sizable number of transgender people will identify as “male” this percentage is much lower for our “girls gym problem.” So the chances of a woman in Davis having to “gym shower” with a transgender female is about as likely as an asteroid hitting the earth. Has it happened? Yes. Is it likely? Not at all. Is this an issue looking to try and be a “problem” when it is not? Has anyone asked if a transgender female who identifies as a “male” would create a “problem” in the boys gym shower? I think we should look to our military for guidance. Our generals have NO Problem with transgenders in the United States military. Problem solved!

OK. I am not an Irish historian, but I will give you this very brief Irish history lesson. There was long ago a great warrior Queen of Connacht. Her name was Queen Mauve. She was very beautiful and strong. 6+ feet tall. She needed six husbands to do what she required. If they did not, God help them. She led the Legendary Irish cattle raid on an enemy King in Ulster, The Great Cooly Cattle Raid on Ulster, and she stole the prized bull, and, then, get this: when she negotiated for buying cattle, she would dicker with the guys, and she would then say this: “this is my final offer. If accepted you may have my loins as well.” And she got the bull. So, this is my kind of Queen. Was she a Trans? Was she a “Lesbo”. Did she have too much T? Google her. A great picture of her there. She is my Irish heroine and I am going go to Ireland (god help us) to see her grave this Fall. This trans thing is s very complex issue for us today. But for me, I just love them all! “Let the games begin!

OK. BUT HOW WOULD SHE KNOW? SHES NEVER BEEN A WOMAN ATHLETE IN HER LIFE. BEFORE THERE WAS THIS WHOLE PUBLIC TRANS THING (WHICH IS GOOD) THERE WERE WOMAN ATHLETES WHO LOOKED DECIDEDLY MORE MANLY THAN OTHERS AND WHO DID NOT HAVE TRANS SURGERIES. THEY PARTICIPATED IN ALL WOMANS SPORTS. SOME HAD NATURALLY HIGH TESTOSTERONE SOME DID NOT. LOOK AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN SPRINTER (DKLN) WHO IS A GREAT ATHLETE, BUT SHE HAS BEEN SELECTIVELY DISQUALIFIED EVEN THO SHE HAS NEVER HAS TRANS SURGERY JUST BECAUSE OF HIGH T WHICH SHE WAS BORN WITH! CAITLYN, GIVE US A BREAK. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE GOVERNOR OR JUST GET PUBLICITY??

I think he will be the next Kap. His running ability will cause all sorts of problems for opponents even if his passing is not great. It’s the new NFL thing: mobility. IMHO

I am a very long time Niner fan. I like this choice of Lance. I think it is worth noting the gloried history of SF Niners QB of past years. Remember: Title. Brodie. Plunkett. Oh yes: Frankie Albert. Montana. Young. Kap.. . . . Etc. Not a storied history in the last 5 years at all. All the years since 2017 we have had: Brian Hoyers! CJ Breathard! Remember them? No. And then Jimmy G. A good guy, but very injury prone and not mobile. I think mobility at the QB position is the new thing in football. Yes, for the Niners and yes for the Aggies. So Lance is the right choice for the Niners. Who is the best choice for the Aggies? HR is very good. He will be pushed by TT and LL. We will see.

I was wondering if this talk of Aggie Baseball being cut is irrelevant if the BWC requires it for all members? I cannot find the answer online and I do not possess the BWC school contract(s). Baseball and MBB are the only teams that all BWC members have fielded in 2021. Other sports: here and there. The Aggies have the maximum number of all sports listed except men’s volleyball as far as my research has taken me.

Go, MLB is struggling big time. Attendance way down. Only 7% of under 18s even watch the sport. The over 70s are the most loyal and dying fast. How on earth could a mid major and poor BB team like UCD do any better? I would bet on Equestrian or Field Hockey over MBB to survive this predicament. Please note: Title IX. . . . I am also very sorry. I was a die hard Giants fan back in the day. I loved going to the Stick. Cold and blowing wind to see Gaylord and Juan pitch. It was great!

Movie: you are making me very nervous. Are my worst fears coming true?

Very proud of our team! I must say the transfer portal thing still has me freaked out. Especially for our Frosh and Soph guys. because of our/their academics they could transfer anywhere they wanted to and soon, apparently, w/o a sit year. And we have no idea what the Supreme Court will rule in Alston. Maybe I’m just the nervous type.

I agree. I was (mis)using the term “transfer portal” to mean the one year mandatory sit rule. And, also, reading the NYT article it appears the new rule will apply to all D-1 sports, not just BB.

In a significant move, NCAA committee recommended last Thursday that the transfer portal for MBB and WBB be eliminated. Any player can transfer to any team one time without sitting a year. It pointed out that 30% of most teams have players in the portal looking for a new team. It is expected to pass easily. Frankly, if passed for MBB and WBB, I don’t see how the transfer portal rule can Stand up for all the other sports. I would guess that Aggie MBB would not be effected much by this, but WBB could benefit from this rule change. Why? Players love great coaches and want to play for them. We have one!

Really wonder about the negativity on this issue. Hey, either give or not. No big deal. I dont see any pressure. This is really an athletic team donation choice. I have no idea if it did well or not. Like Momma used to say: its the thought that counts!

GoAgs I feel your pain. Taking the politics out of it (Giant owner is a die hard right winger-Trump supporter- who cares?) the problem is the game experience. I guess its OK if you are up in the celebrity boxes or what ever they are call now. So, I went to a Giants game maybe 2016-17 at AT&T. Did all the green things and took the Smart Train to San Raphael then to Larkspur Ferry, then to AT&T. Had a Bloody on the way. Very cool. Then the game: starting pitcher: Matt Cain in probably his last ever start. He threw 20+ balls and a few strikes i n the first inning. Walked 5. Then we have this lady next to us speaker phoning her husband on the game progress: “Cain has thrown no f***king strikes and Bochy won take the F**ker out. I miss you dear! Cain is a f**cking loser. Oh, finally, he comes out and were down 2 runs! What an a**shole!” So, thats a nice feature to a game you paid $40 dollars to go to . . . Then two rows down we have a young lady who had a little too much beer throw up on the person in front of her. Much confusion. Security takes her out. Hey! Not going back. Trip back to San Raphael the best. Right under San Quintin prison and all the inmates look down at you from their exercise cage as we go by. What the hell do they think about us? Two bloodies in the way back. Not enough. Bad!