People have been saying this about Cal since about 1985, though. Still around.

Gould kept his house in Pleasant Hill when he took the Davis job (at least for a while) and commuted out to Davis. It not crazy to think Plough could keep the fam in Davis and spend long days in Berkeley.

No idea whether he's on any kind of short list for the Cal job though. Anything is possible, right....

I was quoting him as well. I know you didn't say that!

They also don't seem to understand the concept of SOS. Davis #9 vs. RI #79.

Their board keeps saying their "bad loss" to Brown kept them seeded behind Davis. Davis had a "bad loss" as well to Idaho State, which likely kept us out of Lehigh's #5 seed.

the Aggies have a suspect defense — movielover

Huh? lol

I agree- great opportunity. NDSU is probably the only team non-FCS fans will tune in to watch. That's a big deal!

Cal is actually a scenario I could see Plough going for…..but hopefully not this go-around.

Good one!

It will be interesting to see what happens with:
"Battle of the Blue" Delaware vs. Villanova. UD moved up this year. No game next year...
"Battle of the Piney Woods" Sam Houston vs. SFA. Sam moved up in '23 and they haven't played since (no future games scheduled yet)
William & Mary vs. JMU since 1978. Haven't played since '21 when JMU moved up.

This one is a head scratcher for me. Overall, CP has become a tough game again. Things seemed to be moving in the right direction. Starting over seems like a bad idea.

Oh, I definitely agree. They spit on the Big Sky by leaving early. BSC probably won't even pick up the phone. But if I'm Sac I might start begging.

can you ask for an example of a FCS-FBS rivalry that we can model the causeway on? — DrMike

We know the answer to that one.

I was going to ask them if they (if they were to remain FCS) would want to play FBS San Jose State every year @ SJSU for $350k and go about 2-13 over the next 15 years, leaving about $5 million on the table....as well as program exposure.

But there is only one guy on that board that is interested in logical conversation.

The biggest problem, for me (aside from the $), is playing a rivalry game at their place every year. Never playing the game at home is dumb.

I actually agree with this. It might not be too late to scrap the entire thing and do it the right way. It might be in the best interest of the CSU. I question CSUS's leadership at the moment.

Sad situation over there. Lots of doom and gloom. Just like over here during the Gould years.

Things can turn around fast.

Sac not even a 1st 4 out. Too bad, so sad.

yeah, I’ve wanted to see Davis get a chance to beat a team like Rhody or Tennessee Tech….one of those low SOS, highly ranked teams.

Very interested to see how we match up against Rhode Island (strong assumption they win their 1st round game). A team that was ranked ahead of us for a lot of the season. (And some of last season maybe? I can’t remember)

what can I say…..I’m a guy that like to bang his head against the wall lol

I’ve been wanting a shot at a team like Rhode Island for 2 seasons.

They must have considered Mercer a win.

“9-2” FCS at #8 makes sense.

Running up the gut = the hubris I was talking about.

I watched more Sac football than I care to admit this season (out of morbid curiosity more than anything). They had season-long success right up the middle- seemingly a shoestring away from busting one open every play. They chunked 8-10-12 yarders every play vs low tier BSC teams all year.
They were understandably very confident in their elite running backs- and even more so today with Curtis back.

Don't get me wrong, I think the coaching from Marion and OC was bad all game / season. And the fact they had to rely solely on what I mentioned above shows that.