Game day. I'll be there in my UCD gear with my wife in her USF gear. Go Ags!

Have fun! I was hoping to make it there today but too many family obligations. Go Ags!

Let's do this Ags!

Up 6-2!

15-6!

Up 15-6 at the 12 time out. As good a start as we could hope for

22-11!

And... tie game.

Dons end half on 19-4 run to take 4 point lead. Missed most of that; what happened?

We came out with good energy and great defense and went up by 12 in the first 12 minutes. Then we lost focus, turned the ball over and the Dons took advantage of the TO's and scored in transition. We are also have big problems with their interior size.

The bullcrap foul on Koehler while they were shooting FT's didn't help things as they made a FT, then got to shoot more FT's, got the rebound on a miss and scored a 3...5 point play.... The replay showed the USF player fell on his won...really bad call.

Fouls are going to be a problem for us in the second half trying to defend their bigs: Koehler has 3, Neufeld 2 and Pepper 2.

Lose 93-84: tons of offense with both teams shooting around 50%. That big run before the half was the story. Couldn’t get enough stops in second half, especially down the stretch

What's the deal with the giant Sobrato sign? Shielding a thousand empty seats as local bball support lags?

We played really good defense in the first 15 minutes of the game but couldn't sustain it and couldn't get stops in the second half when we needed them. You can't beat many teams when they score 93 points.

There were 3 pivotal moments in the game that really hurt the Ags too. The first was a terrible foul call on Koehler as he was blocking out on a USF FT. The replay showed that the USF player simply fell on his own. That gave the Don's 2 one and ones in a row. They missed the second FT on the second foul, got the rebound and hit a 3 which equaled a 5 point play. The second was the technical foul on Les which ended up with USF scoring hitting 2 FT's and then a 3 for another 5 point possession. Lastly, was Koehler picking up his 4th foul and then mouthing off and got his 5th foul with a technical which resulted in more FT's for the Dons. Those plays accounted for 10 points.

On the upside: Manjon broke out of his shooting slump and scored 20 points on 8-11 shooting. The Ags also continued to shoot well from the FT line and were 22-24 today which is outstanding. Joe had his fourth 20 point game by scoring 22 today. We never quit and played hard all the way to the buzzer.

Note: I'm not sure if they counted Manjon's 3 at the buzzer or not...Scott Marsh said they corrected the score and counted it but it's not showing up on the official box. I it was good...then the final was 93-87.

Awesome game. For you football fans, research Bob St. Clair and the 51 Dons; an old family friend. It was nice to say hi to my old buddy, Nosek, and cheer on both teams.
Time for a night with old friends in SF.

Great city...have fun tonight!

Gino Marchetti is from Antioch and a family friend . He was on that team. Hall of Famer, NFL 100 team. Great team.

Good to see Manjon back on his game. We need to get Mooney going in the first half; tends to be pretty quiet in the first 20.

The Les T and 3 was a killer; gave them separation we couldn’t make up.

I know the name well, and think I met him when they dedicated the field at Kezar Stadium to St. Clair (he played HS, college and NFL football at Kezar).

Unfortunately, Gonzalez couldn't get his 3's to drop today when we got close. He had a couple that went half way down and then popped back out.

Where does Gino live now?

Prices jumped in the city w the $15 an hour minimum wage & health insurance surtax.

Tonga room, where my grandparents use to party.

That's wild...never been there...can you go for a dip?

Gino passed away earlier this year back in Maryland. YouTube him some time. That guy was a terror

For $500. I know a guy who paid that bill...

they had 4 guys on the 50 team in the NFL hall of fame (Ollie Matson and Dick Stanfel besides Gino and St. Clair). That’s gotta be a record

Dont forget Burl Toler (sp?). his grandson is a coach at Cal, and I think coached at ucd for a brief period.

Legendary, never been. Was going to close but TV food reviewer Anthony Bourdain and claimed it the "greatest place in the history of the world". Reborn.

https://youtu.be/ac_9B6nWJHk