Hornets are 2-1 under Troy Taylor. Played Arizona State tough, 9-0 going into the 4th quarter. Just smashed winless N Colorado 50-0. Rated in the top 10 nationally in several statistical categories in the FCS. About 10 guys caught passes at ASU.
New QB? New recruits? Two weak opponents?
Now come 2 real tests - at Fresno State and EWU (at Sac).
They are back, or at least massively improved from where they've been. I think it's much better for UCD if Sac and Poly are doing well. Makes the rivalries a lot more interesting.
It's the same QB and RB, healthy, but kind of a one-trick pony scheme. Take away the dink and dunk. Press coverage. Maybe marginal improvement defensively
Wow. We used to have all the “star” area college coaches/players. Now we are toast. Hawkins, Tucker and Plough (and Maier) not so hot these days. Pre-season way too much vacuous hype. Like my barista likes to say “have a great rest of your week”. UC Davis coaches really need to get a grip on this team or just admit were not very good. Like I said regression to the mean- were we never that good to begin with? I have a problem watching this team play games. Way too stressful. Unforced errors. Bad coaching?
Just goes to show that pre- season predictions are worthless, especially with college sports. Assuming someone guessed exactly how well the Aggies would do, what is that worth ? Bragging rights on the internet ? Let's not discount the idea that the Aggies may have rested on their laurels while other teams got better.
I say attend/watch the game for the fun of it. If they lose, whatever. It's not like our jobs depend on it. Our pre- conceived expectations can make what should be fun experiences into unpleasant ones. Just look at how predictions and analytics are ruining Major League Baseball. If I never see another smarmy 20- something message board clown quoting FWAR and BABIP statistics and discounting ERA and RBI like they're experts it will be too soon.
Barring a meltdown they are in the playoffs, with a home game and probably a first round bye. Taylor would seem to be a unanimous selection for Big Sky coach of the year.
Well I was certainly impressed with his creative play calling when they steamrolled Montana. The Griz didn't have a clue as to how to defend the Sac playbook. Taylor also has tremendous connections with schools in the greater Sacramento area and he'll be able to land some great local recruits because of that. I've always felt that Sac is a sleeping giant that just needed the right catalyst to really get them going and Taylor may just be that catalyst.