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Oddly enough the series has been a bunch of runs where one school dominates the other. UCD won 6 of the first 8 games, then in 1951, Sac State went on a 31-5 tear until 1965, just before Bob Hamilton became the head coach. Then the Aggies more or less dominated winning 26 of 42 until 1987. From then until 2015, it was again the Hornets turn going 16-9. Since 2015, it's been pretty even, but that long 31-5 stretch explains why CSU Sacramento still has an edge. (Source, UCD Men's Basketball Record Book)

Yikes, I need to stop relying on ESPN for everything. On their site, it looks like the Ags are home against SEMS and Boston. I just checked the UCD website and they even have the latter two games "at" UCD. I suppose that's because the Cream City Classic designates us as the home team. How did you find this out? When I googled "Cream City Classic" I got a baseball tournament in April and a swimming race.

Thanks. I think ESPN had not added the Sac State win when I wrote that.

I saw that the Hornets only played 7. I wonder if the Ags depth wore them out.

Of all the games I had to miss, it had to be this one. Couldn't even get the audio feed to work, but at least the Ags won in dramatic fashion. Pay back time!

Also, put the clamps on Patterson?

Aggies up 74-66! What happened? Appears that maybe Anigwe and Pepper went off?

The ESPN boxscore shows that Pepper has not even attempted a shot?!

Seems like Sac State is getting better at everything. Must be their AD?

Has anyone found the game broadcast as of today? I haven't. Anyone going to the game?

Are you saying that Cal's 4-7 record is not indicative of them being a national powerhouse?

Seriously, any committee will have ethical rules preventing a member from speaking for let alone voting on a decision involving their school. In fact, looking at the committee representation (one fro each FCS eligible conference) I would think they would be unlikely to speak or vote on any school in their conference. Still, I can't help but wonder what subtle influences his presence has on the decision of the others even if they might, should or do disavow any bias. I didn't see any other members who were from schools on the bubble. On the other hand, one should not cast aspersions on people charged with making such controversial decisions.

All I have on Montana is theories:

1. Committee made a mistake. Oops! That ballot should have been for UCD.
2. There was election fraud. We could sue and take it to the Supreme Court.
3. Montana has good buddies on the committee.
4. Someone on the committee was once denied admission to UCD, so he's getting his revenge.
5. The Aggies and Montana were even, but only one more Big Sky team could be added, so they flipped a coin,

Thanks! My FCS education continues.

Thanks. I stand corrected on Jackson State. I'm not sure why I thought I saw them in the bracket. I've only recently followed the playoffs, starting in 2018 when I saw that the Ags were in the playoffs. I joined this list entirely for men's basketball until I realized I could watch football as well. This is the first year that I watched every game.

I wonder why. I guess the Ivys think their too good for it, but Jackson State is in this year.

There is a lot I just don't understand about this selection process. The FCS website states that 11 teas get automatic bids. This year one of the bids went to Eastern Kentucky, 3-2 in the ASUN-WAC, over Jacksonville State, which was 5-0 in the same conference. There are 15 FCS conferences, so why did 4 conferences (Ivy, MEAC, SWAC, WAC) not get automatic bids? Of those four conferences, only one had its champion in the playoffs (Jackson State, SWAC) leaving Yale out! I suspected that they relied too much on the rankings, but then I noticed that Mercer (#19) was also left out.

'Tis travesty fit to makes the very gods blush.