Just saw the SMU kickoff time is 3PM Central. Hottest part of the day. Thanks *$@holes :rofl:

Not great for the fans either, ha.

Was it maybe 20 years ago we played at TCU?

According to Google, that was around the same date in 2006, so great recall, exactly 20 years. Horned Frogs by 30+. Assuming it was a hot day game?

'06 was a crazy season. Ags hammered Montana State 45-0, lost at Cal Poly, lost to South Dakota St. by 1 and NDSU by 4. Probably a few plays away from a totally different story than 6-5. Elders, tell me more

Your last sentence gave me a wound I may never heal from…

Love Jon Grant - like literally, a legendary Aggie, but when he ran cold it could spiral fast, however, when he was hot he could beat Stanford when it mattered. The strength of those '05 and '06 teams was actually in the defense. I know in '05 we literally handled Stanford defensively, we held NDSU to 3 yds rushing and 14 first downs in the FargoDome...but lost to New Hampshire and Portland State to open the year...but it wasn't due to the defense. Just so inconsistent on offense. Names like Faletoese, Reece, Elbanna, Amaral, Amos, Bergan, Ng, Evero, Barsi, de Graaf... all come to mind.

We all thought the team was trending up - then when the full-time FCS slate hit the University...over time we just couldn't keep up, had no plan, no real commitment...wasn't until Hawk and Blue showed up that it all really changed.

'06 the offense was a lot better - we had Kays and a young Chris Carter and a young Brandon Rice at WR, which was pretty potent in hindsight. Played @ Youngstown that year as well - I just remember we always had these horrendous road trips against really tough teams in those transition years.

Check out this 2006 lineup to open the year:
@ Northern Colorado
@ TCU
@ Montana State
@ Youngstown
@ Cal Poly

That's the M-U-R-D-E in MURDER to open a season -- still ended up 6-5.

Let's be fair. Stanford helped us a little w QB #1 going down w an injury.

That's all true, but the dude wasn't playing lights out necessarily, but yes, he did go down, and the backup looked very unprepared. Stanford scored 14 of their 17 points on fumble recovery TDs.

The Davis run defense was really good in 2005 Stanford averaged 2.5 yards per carry on 30 attempts. NDSU rushed for 3 yards on 23 carries. #10 ranked Cal Poly gained 50 yards on 33 carries. I miss the shut down run defense we had in that era.

how about agreeing to scrimmage us in the Spring, giving Foster/Arp a chance to figure out a plan to completely stop them!

Yes. I recall also seeing a quote which said our players realized then they could play with them, mystic gone. ... you mean Biggs / Arp?

My mom lived in Dallas at the time, so after the Stanford victory, we decided to go. The weather was extremely hot, and we were actually leading 3-0 at the end of the first quarter. Great time.

I guess I meant Bronson who was DC

As a Davis football alum and peninsula guy who grew up with Stanford football-- remember we came down to the Farm for a controlled scrimmage the year before THE upset-- Davis defense dominated the Stanford offense-- it was the same story in the game the next year-- it was no fluke !

I use elders with all due respect

At this stage in my life - it's simply a point of fact that a lot of us older guard are simply this, elders in the UC Davis Football lore machine. I'll talk with Dr. Mike, my Dad and agalum sometimes and you get stories about the team and the University even further back than my generation. It's great, tell all the stories, share the information, this is generational responsibility in my opinion.