• Coach Plough, AFCA Region 5 coach of the year!
    Does this put him in the running for national FCS coach of the year?
  • FCS Rankings
    In other words, subjectivity is in the eye of the beholder?
  • Big West Scores
    One game for Tuesday, Nov. 19:
    Highlanders hammered
    Santa Clara (2-3) 96, UC Riverside (away, 2-3) 54
  • Week 13: 71st Annual Causeway Classic
    Just checked the UCD record book and found out that we only played (and lost) to Boise State four times, but twice while I was there, so it seemed more regular. Santa Clara, we played almost every year, though, went 1-3-1 while I was there and 19-15-1 (12-4-1 under Sochor) overall until 1992.
  • Big West Scores
    One game for Monday, Nov. 18:

    CSU Fullerton (home, 1-4) 62, Idaho State (2-3) 61
  • FCS Rankings
    One would think so, if it is true that the voters over-react to a loss, as cmt noted, quite rightly IMHO.
  • FCS Rankings
    Really? Why would they do that?
  • Big West Scores
    Roadrunners are 3-1 so far as areis CSUN, but Irvine, Santa Barbara and Hawai`i are all 4-0.
  • Big West Scores
    Games of Nov. 17

    UC Santa Barbara (away) 64, San Jose State 59
    Cal Poly (away) 82, Eastern Washington 78
    Hawaii (home) 73, Weber State 68
  • FCS Rankings
    CBS puts out the earliest FCS Coaches rankings and they have UC Davis at #4 still: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/rankings/fcs-coaches-poll/
  • Week 13: 71st Annual Causeway Classic
    Thanks, but yes, I knew that. The first football game I saw in Davis was a bad loss (49-8) to Santa Clara, whose QB was Dan Pastorini, later to become an NFL starter. Our QB was Paul Hackett, who also did well in the NFL but not as a player. I also saw us lose to Boise State a couple of times. In those days, we didn't do all that well against FWC teams either. One year while I was there, we went 0-5 in conference and 3-7 overall.
  • Week 13: 71st Annual Causeway Classic
    St. Mary's was only in the FWC from 1925 to 1928. After that they were independent. I can see how the rest of the FWC saw UC Davis as a rival once the Sochor era started, but before that, I didn't see most of the other FWC schools feelng like we were the team to best, except Sac State, of course. On the other hand, I remember Santa Clara pounding us, as well as Boise State.
  • Week 13: 71st Annual Causeway Classic
    Any chance that the Causeway Classic could be a trap game? Normally, I wouldn't think any rivalry game would be a trap, but sometimes a team coming off a tough loss in a huge game and looking forward to playoffs might just overlook a clearly weaker team, rival or not.
  • UC Davis (2-1) at Stanford (3-0) 1 pm Sunday, Nov. 17
    When you play against a 7'1" forward who can make 5 3-pointers as well as pull down 14 boards, there's not much a defense can do. This game dimly echoed yesterday's football loss in that both Aggie teams might have won with better first half play.
  • UC Davis (2-1) at Stanford (3-0) 1 pm Sunday, Nov. 17
    TY found his mojo. Ags defending well. Down only 50-46 with 10:17 left!
  • UC Davis (2-1) at Stanford (3-0) 1 pm Sunday, Nov. 17
    TY not having a good game. Rocak has been playing well: 6 rebounds and solid defense on the Stanford Bigs. The team seems to have more energy in the second half.
  • UC Davis (2-1) at Stanford (3-0) 1 pm Sunday, Nov. 17
    Cardinal have an 11 point lead and are 11/13 from the foul line. Ags too slow on defense and forcing shots on offense. They'd better figure something out or it's going to be a blow-out.
  • UC Davis (2-1) at Stanford (3-0) 1 pm Sunday, Nov. 17
    The Stanford big man is killing us, 10 points in the first 7 minutes, as many as UCD has.
  • 2024 Week 12: #2 Montana State (10-0) @ #4 UC Davis (9-1)
    I hope the team can take away some valuable lessons from this game, not the least of which is that they are capable of coming back from adversity. I do not know enough about strategy to tell if the second half success was due to changes that the coaching staff made and/or changes in the approaches the players took against a powerful opponent, but whatever they were could be very useful in the playoffs. They aren't likely to face a better team for at least two games in.
  • 2024 Week 12: #2 Montana State (10-0) @ #4 UC Davis (9-1)
    As tremendous and exciting as the Aggies comeback on offense was, let us not forget the defense and special teams. After giving up that touchdown drive t open the second half, the D forced Montana State to punt on all their remaining possessions and special teams made that great onside kick to give us a chance.