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  • Beach Volleyball Facility
    According to both websites the beach volleyball games set for tomorrow, March 2nd, will be played at the new facility at Howard Field rather than at the park in Folsom which is Slack's home court.

    Of course with the current weather forecast it may not matter where the matches are scheduled if they are likely to be postponed.
  • Increasingly Frustrated With CA Logo
    I like the "lemon" CA logo. Not as cluttered as the revised horse-head logo. (Though I like that as well.)
  • 2018-19 Causeway Cup
    Softball has been rescheduled to April 30th due to rain. Baseball has been pushed back one day to Wednesday the 27th, also due to rain. I guess the baseball teams are more optimistic about the weather.

    In other Causeway Cup news, beach volleyball has been added. There are three matches scheduled this year, all at the park in Folsom which serves as Slack's home sand court; two on March 2nd and one on April 5th. Our new courts will not be used in competition until late April. This year each beach volleyball match will count 1.67 pts. Next season will go to a home and away with each match counting for 2.5 points. Guess that means that there are 90.01 points at stake this year. Ags have 37.5 points thus far and will need 7.51 to clinch. Next scheduled event is gymnastics at Sacramento this Friday evening for a triangular meet with Slack and Cal.
  • 2018-19 Causeway Cup
    Looking at the forecast for today and tomorrow, I suspect the baseball and softball games against Slack will be postponed....and good luck rescheduling such things.
  • UOP drops field hockey
    One step is to grow the sport in the Pacific Time Zone. CIF does not sponsor regional or statewide championships but there are a few sections....Central Coast, Southern, San Diego and North(?) that sponsor the sport. Perhaps colleges in Southern California can pick up the sport.

    At last word we no longer have a conference affiliation in the sport, travel to the other side of the Missouri River ain't cheap...
  • Where’s the new equestrian coach?
    Beat the (Delaware State) Hornets!
  • Bruce Edwards Says Ags Will Go FBS in 5-10 Years
    I have heard rumors and allegations both ways about rugby scholarships at Cal, but in the end, I don't believe that they do. As a varsity sport, within what ever department handles NCAA and other intercollegiate athletics at Cal, I believe they get some perks, such as a few preferential admissions, access to training and medical facilities, access to study programs, preferential class enrollment....but I don't believe they offer athletic scholarships.

    I also understand that the school holds the team to the same standards as other varsity sports, particularly regarding recruiting,...I am not sure if that applies to grades and inter-college transfers.

    However I also understand that their participation is included in Title IX issues...and that Cal Rugby, (and possibly other men's sports [baseball??]) help fund some women't sports.

    Rugby at St. Mary's is still, like almost every other college, within the club sport program. I have never heard that they offer athletic scholarships for rugby at St. Mary's.

    One thing both teams have in common is a strong program with good and consistent coaching. So many club sports rely on a coach who is woefully underpaid and who does it for a few years before moving on. Clark has been at Cal for decades, and O'Brien has been at St. Mary's for 16 years. Both men love the game, there isn't any Nick Saban type money in coaching collegiate rugby.

    Success breeds success and the schools lure top level players.

    Cal in particular has a strong backing from alumni and fans. They play their home matches at Witter Field, named for the family that started the Dean Witter investment business. Imagine having your own pitch and not having to share it with other teams or with the intramural program.
  • 2018-19 Causeway Cup
    Ags came in 1st, (Alaska Anchorage 2nd), and Slack 3rd in a three team gymnastic meet. Davis takes 2.5 Causeway Cup points to bring the score to UCD 37.5, CSUS 10. Next cup events are a month away on February 26th when Sac travels to Davis for baseball while the Ags head east to play softball.
  • Bruce Edwards Says Ags Will Go FBS in 5-10 Years
    On the good side, they defeated Slack, 48-18, in October.
  • Bruce Edwards Says Ags Will Go FBS in 5-10 Years
    (One argument for taking it easy moving to higher divisions. A couple of years ago UCD rugby club was doing well in the second level of collegiate rugby, then moved up last season. Score from Berkeley today: Cal 136, UCD 0. Two weeks ago it was St. Mary's 78, UCD 3 in a home match.)
  • Beach Volleyball Facility
    I’ll go to my room now and not come out until dinner.
  • Beach Volleyball Facility
    (I knew that, I was just being a wise*ss.) In fact the schedule just lists a match at 11:00 and one at 1:00. I threw in the DH.
  • Beach Volleyball Facility
    Beach volleyball schedule has been posted, but there is not an accompanying news release. https://ucdavisaggies.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbvball

    Earlier article says first matches at the new on-campus facility will be Picnic Day weekend. Several matches with our neighbors to the east. Open with an apparent DH (double-hitter?) "at" Sac. Also another match later in the season. Looks like we play some "home" matches at the same public park in Folsom which Sac is using for a home court.

    I would have thought there were more opponents, but that might be problems scheduling in your inaugaral season with your home site still under construction.

    Go Ags!
  • 2018-19 Causeway Cup
    Ags defeated Sac in men's tennis today, 6-1. Running Causeway Cup score is now UCD 35, Sac 10.

    Beach volleyball schedules are now up, but I have no idea if they will be included in Causeway Cup this year. Ags and Hornets are scheduled to play 3 or 4 times. Three times at Sac, (???) and apparently once at a tournament in So. Cal. Without beach volleyball there are 85 points at stake this year so another 10 will keep the cup, (is there a physical trophy??) where it is happiest.

    Next scheduled event is gymnastics at Davis next Sunday, the 27th.
  • Big Sky membership changes are coming


    This will put some stress on the budget, especially in the west..."the program will compete as an FCS independent."
  • Looking Forward to 2019
    Hero Sports looks at next year's "Top Ten" FCS championship prospects.
    https://herosports.com/fcs/football-favorites-win-2019-fcs-national-title-bzbz

    What a difference a year makes.
  • 2018 FCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP


    I am approaching that point in my life where everyday is an Easter egg hunt.
  • 2018 FCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
    ...or that you've landed in Fargo and should have landed in Grand Forks.
  • 2018 FCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
    Tricky....Schedule the game for September 21st, but tell the opponent it'll be October 5th. Arrive at the field to learn you've already forfeited.
  • Big Sky membership changes are coming


    Do we even have a polo club, or clubs, anymore?

    There’s not one included in the most recent listing of clubs:

    https://cru.ucdavis.edu/content/385-20182019-clubs.htm

    And UC Davis is not listed with the US Polo Association’s Intercollegiate programs:

    https://www.uspolo.org/association/programs/intercollegiate-interscholastic/intercollegiate

    (And I think, like field hockey, polo discriminates against left handers…..)