I think it is clear we will likely plan to be no more than a few years behind Sac in moving up, so I expect the series would continue uninterrupted. We have leverage to continue to get Sac to come to Davis, as they under any circumstances will want to keep the home game with us. It will be a huge challenge for them to get home games period, and until they get Fresno at home, we will likely be the biggest draw of the year. It is in the interest of both schools to keep the series going uninterrupted.

As long as Davis is FCS they should play a maximum if 1 FBS game, more hurts their playoff chances, assuming Sac actually plays at the level of a FBS team, something yet to be seen. Would Sac be an upgrade to playing Cal, Stanford, Oregon, Washington etc.? If it is not home and home, Sac needs to pay the amount Davis would get from those schools.

Like your analogy.

Exactly. They're not going to have the money to match any of those schools and no point to us doing them any favors if they won't continue the home and home series.

Also, in this schedule, Poly would be giving up their currently home game vs Sac.

Exactly, they have no guarantee these talented misfits will be able to play well together. Does the new coach have a magic elixir that will make the troubled players into model student-athletes that the previous coaches didn't know about? We'll find out. Right now Marion might as well be Adam Sandler's character in "The Longest Yard" (haven't seen the original). Like Paul Crewe he'll be looking to get out soon.

I hope this first roster is merely Marion doing an initial jumpstart with players of his choosing (like re-decorating your new office when you get promoted), and not his long-term strategy. It won't be good for Sac State's image if they get a reputation for being Jailbird U., not that any program is flawless.

Is a meaningless Cal Poly game at Sac, going to draw better than the prior conference match between the two teams? The FBS aura doesn’t attach instantaneously and Sac’s fan base is going to want to see FBS teams, which is what the move promised them. Attendance won’t generate revenue to buy home games from teams like Cal Poly. The whole schedule is wishful thinking.

Cal Poly and Sac aren't true rivals. They played the last 15 years or so because the BSC allows for two set rivals and it made too much sense to not have the three teams play every year.

LOL, clickbait. So many errors and misinformation - no clue how the funding for athletics works. I love AI generated content from Thailand. "TheTouchback.com" has picked up on a click trend for Sacramento best I can tell and jealous Idaho guy has been posting some weird videos.

while true it is not fully accurate on how to get the funding, some is true. It isn’t fair to point any opposing view as fictional just because you don’t agree with it.
Some of the concerns raised were valid and some of the things mentioned were true. Such as students not voting for increased student fees for athletics and how they asked the committee to approve the loan and fees before they announce the known academic shortfall/cuts when those same $/athletic fees could have gone towards academic/university things if they proposed it for that instead. Now that it is approved they can’t simply re allocate the funds already collected for this year but the students/committee can also easily vote to cancel the athletics fees for future years.
You got to admit that Dr wood and his brother had been a bit sneaky on passing things through at the local/university level, and also leaking “positive” info to press/social medial while also sweeping any negatives views and info.
We all (including myself) want sac to succeed athletically AND academically, and are concerned about the current approach

Comment of the year!