I’ll be in the same situation as you after I subscribe to ESPN+, which will likely be of no other interest to me. The ESPNU games are just two for the league each year, so that will be a rare occasion the Aggies are on it.

Thanks for that clear explanation. Sounds like a net negative.

Anyone know if this will end the availability of replays on the big sky site?

Are you just speaking hypothetically or have we lost anyone to the portal?
My guess is In the long run, we’ll have as many transfer in as transfer out.

That seems pretty generous. One of the top teams that didn’t qualify. We certainly have an upside.
On the other hand if we give any credence to the Idaho’s argument that their team was hampered by players out due to COVID protocols, our one win over a ranked team is somewhat tainted.

Leaving aside the admitted by exception issue entirely, it’s possible for a student to qualify at UC but not Cal Poly due to different criteria. For example I think Cal Poly uses overall GPA including 9th grade, whereas UC uses 10-12 in just the required courses. The base requirements are not that hard to meet at either school but there are lots of ways to not qualify

I don’t condemn the practice, if a student has otherwise good academic record and falls short by a course or two it’s appropriate. That’s where the absence of standardized tests makes it harder to judge if the kid can do the work.

I was wrong in thinking test scores mattered in qualifying, The biggest obstacle to qualifying the normal way is not overall GPA or test scores, it’s taking and passing the fifteen classes with a 3.0 in those classes. Lots of admits by exception have 3.5 or better GPA, but failed to qualify.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/19/behind-ucs-admission-by-exception-side-door-sports-money-diversity-and-secrecy/amp/

I think you’re correct.

I predict there will not be a decline in CSU applications because students who used to apply only to UC will need to apply elsewhere as well because there is no means of distinguishing academic excellence when everyone has good grades due to grade inflation. Students will need to be in the top 10% of their high school regardless of the quality of the school and have the right resume of activities. If they don’t have those credential then they better have an alternate plan.

Now that the University is no longer considering test scores as admission parameters the gates should be open for any prospect who can hit the right buttons with his biography. That should broaden the field of prospects. On the other hand that diminishes the “Public Ivy” appeal.

Article on Whelan including video of a 72 yard field goal high school practice.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/football/2021/01/23/mel-kiper-jr-daniel-whelan-who-drilled-72-yard-fg-top-5-punter/6678127002/

Does anyone know whether Whelan kicks soccer style on kickoffs and field goals? I know he practices place kicking and has a lot of distance.

While I did some graduate study at SF State,, I’m not talking about their academics. They had a good football program before the 1968 student strike. They were the class of the league prior to that and had two quarterbacks go on to football head coaching careers in Sochor and Bob Toledo.

I don’t know who hired him but it wasn’t much of a reach to hire Sochor, who won three league titles in the Aggies league while playing for SFState, and then spent most of a decade as an assistant at SF State and then UCD. SF State was the more successful of the programs in the 50s and 60s. So SF State was not a nowhere school from UCDs perspective; they were looking up at them.

I don’t get too interested when little guys are fast but it’s pretty significant if a guy has some size and is also fast .Example: Herschel Walker 10.23 seconds 100 meters. The guy hitting him often got the worst of it.

muscle contractions do that without mechanical assistance. I suppose this replaces walking to cool down.

Worth noting that Nick Amoah and McCallan Castles were unanimous first team selections. Since the honor is voted by the coaches, that’s meaningful.

What a poorly written press release. They don’t say Ford made second team.

I suppose he might have recruited Harrell and Vaughn just to block but I doubt it.