Recent Dr. Wood non-sports comments / interview over in the OT Board.

Looks likely no Causeway game in 2026.
Davis has a full slate of out of conference games.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/uc-davis-sac-state-causeway-classic-football-in-jeopardy/

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Maybe Sac can fill the date with a game against Notre Dame.

I thought we could have 12 games starting in 2026? That is, 4 out of conference games.

Looks like you're right:
FCS playing seasons
At the recommendation of the Football Championship Subdivision Oversight Committee, the council adopted expedited legislation to change the first contest date for FCS football, starting in the 2026 season. Moving forward, FCS programs will be able to compete in 12 regular-season games every year, with the regular season starting 13 weeks before the FCS championship selections date. The move provides programs greater scheduling flexibility and eliminates the first contest date exceptions.
https://www.ncaa.org/news/2025/6/25/media-center-di-council-introduces-proposals-to-add-2-womens-championships.aspx

Nine conference games starting in 2026.

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/townnews/game/big-sky-conference-moving-toward-9-game-league-schedule-for-football-in-2026/article_c13d60fa-3a07-514a-8e31-94d6ac564b94.html

Maybe add Sac as the 13th game if neither team make the playoffs.

Don't think the NCAA allows a 13th game unless it is a bowl game or a playoff game. I suppose you could create a special "bowl" game to be played in West Sacramento.

I forgot about the 9th conference game.

Not sure a lot of big sky teams are going to make much effort to get sac on their schedule unless there is a payout (they are going to the 100+ Scholarship model, while the big sky is limited).

The final home game this year against Sac has the potential to draw the biggest crowd ever in Aggie history regardless of the records of the two teams. Emotions are going to be running high given all of the "in your face hype" that has been steadily coming out of Sac ever since they hired Brennan Marion and announced that it's "FBS or Bust" for them while saying that FCS programs, like the Aggies, are just playing "JV football."

Especially since Sac is going to want home games, and FCS rule [limits travel squad for fcs games to 58. If they play an FBS team they can bring 70.

Every Hornet home game this year will exceed the largest crowd in aggie history. Maybe they can move the game to Hughes Stadium?

Disappointing if the Causeway goes for at least 2026 but this is what they signed up for going independent. They're going to be struggling to get home games and this will make it even harder.

Why would UCD want to move a home game, potentially with playoff implications to a neutral site game more conveniently located for opposing teams fans? It would be inconvenient for students, Davis fans, vendors, and community businesses.

Partially trolling, partially wondering why you wouldn't move the game to a venue where all the people that wanted to attend could actually fit.

Uhh...something called home field advantage.

Why would UCD, in essence, want to give that away to the "visiting team", just so more of the opponents' fans could attend the game?

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While its entirely possible Sac starts selling out Hornet Stadium (maybe halfway through the year?) I'd be careful with your attendance prediction.....during the dominant 3 straight conference championships (30-8 record) Sac averaged less than 13,800 This was dominant, fun, high scoring football, and it didn't consistently draw large crowds. (I threw out the 2021 covid year which looked like about 6k).

I'm wondering what possibly going 30-8 over the next 3 seasons looks like in the same stadium with just bigger dudes on the roster. If every game draws like Montana and Davis, you could be in business.


Davis can draw 15,500+ depending on what mood the fire marshal is in. I'm sure Sac fans would help achieve this if they would fill their section (partially trolling)...



Sac averages around 13,500 a game.
2018: 3,709 (I threw this out, your welcome)
2019: 11,918 (6 games)
2020: covid
2021: pretty much covid
2022: 14,338 (7 games)
2023: 13,348 (5 games)
2024: 14,046 (5 games)

If you look over the last 30 years of Causeway, Davis fans boost attendance when it’s in Sac, and in some years outnumbered the home fans. But Sac fans are much less likely to come to games in Davis, even in years when tickets remained. As to why Sac fans don’t travel, I’d always assumed it was because they couldn’t get an out-of-county trip approved by their probation officer in time.

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It amazes me that the thought process of Sac students is that we are going to lose so why show up.

How to you get 15k at a stadium with 10k capacity? I've been at what seem like sold out Causeways in Davis with the lawns filled and its like 11k, maybe?

You know how this works with the grass/standing room.....but I'll bite on the light trolling.....
Utah Tech game last year drew 14,832. Montana State 14,000.
The amount of people let in the grass area and standing room is based on how the fire marshal feels about life that day.

The definition of zero pride.

https://x.com/jakegadon_tv/status/1956852555491000451?s=46

Moving to cal expo?

https://x.com/heykevinjohn/status/1956877509456507078?s=46