FBS football feels pretty far off at moment. Davis takes a long time to do stuff. Aggie Stadium (and D1) was about 15 years overdue.
But yes...20k-25k capacity seems to be required for MWC football success.

Where did he end up? Or no longer playing? I did a quick search and couldn't find him. 1 year left?

lol poor Dallas, who "hates sports right now." His daughter's hockey team has lost 4 games recently, his son's football team lost in the semis....all on top of the SDSU loss to Indiana State. Tough times.

Yep, there are about 30 FBS programs and 5-6 FCS programs that have "always-sell-out" attendance every year. Basically 1/2 the Big10 and SEC, and 2-3 ACC teams + montuckies and a couple SWACs.

None of those teams are in CA.
Lately, the problem seems to be getting worse for California programs. In California it isn't about adding seats, its about making existing seats/space better. Basically to raise revenue and survive.
The Davis community and students may be the sleepiest and most inconsistent of them all. Quite the challenge.

Man, that's tough.

Hopefully we can get some good matchups with the guys we got tomorrow.

Anyone up for an East Bay or Davis meet-up to watch the game? DM me or post any ideas!

Shame on me for falling for the ucdavisaggies.com roster again!

Might be hard for Marion to land anything during / after this season. He is linked to the Sac circus as of now. Not a lot of programs are going to want to bring in someone tied to such instability. Especially right after being fined by his conference.

With that said, if he's offered close to a million bucks in the FBS I bet he jumps before Causeway even kicks off.

I believe that was #34 Kai Acia. A junior who went to HS with Pinnick.

Is Totton injured?
Haven't seen JJ Cravin play yet. Not ready, or injured?

Both are true freshmen.

What else could go wrong if he left. Its like this entire endeavor was never going to work.

If he leaves it says a lot about how he feels about Wood. I would argue Wood has made things more difficult for him, not easier.

I agree on Sac.

Looks like the Ags stayed in the Playoff Committee Top-10:

1 North Dakota State 9-0 No. 1
2 Montana State 7-2 No. 4
3 Montana 9-0 No. 5
4 Lehigh 9-0 No. 7
5 Tarleton State 9-1 No. 3
6 South Dakota State 7-2 No. 2
7 Tennessee Tech 9-0 No. 10
8 Monmouth 8-1 No. 9
9 Harvard 7-0 NR
10 UC Davis 6-2 No. 6

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2025-11-05/north-dakota-state-montana-state-lead-fcs-football-committees-second-top-10-rankings?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MFB_20251105_Top%2010%20Reveal%202&et_rid=1190788987

Present turf installed June 2022
https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2022/6/15/athletics-uc-davis-health-stadium-set-for-new-fieldturf.aspx

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Currently, 8 NFL teams use FieldTurf, 6 use some kind of hybrid, 18 use natural grass.

I do not believe Plough said Pinnick was less than physically 100%
Correct me if I'm wrong. I think people on this board alluded to that, but not the HC.

HULU Live has been really good for me for years now.

This I agree with. Maier and Hastings are great examples of this type of QB at Davis.

Pinnick has all the raw athletic stuff to a greater extent than those two great QBs. He is going to be a great one in year 3 & 4 if he continues to develop. He clearly has the work ethic.

We have some issues, but Caden Pinnick 'aint one of them.

The kid completed 71% of passes passes in a 2 pt. loss. 1 INT was tip (I still believe the second defender was blocked from his vision on that 1st INT- a fluke, not necessarily a bad decision).
Incredible to me that of all the things that went wrong on Saturday, he would be questioned.

His season completion percentage is 70%. If you remove the Washington game its nearly 72%
He has added a dimension to the offense we've been sorely missing for a long time- the ability to create with his legs. He's won 5 (arguably 6) games and put up incredible stats.

He is the starter because the staff believes he is the best QB on the team, that's all that matters.
He is doing young-QB-things, of course. But the great has faaarrrrr outweighed the bad.

I'm not sold on Caden as the starter. — Sailorgabe

I've never disagreed more on a take, respectfully.

Yep. Only 3 games left.

This team can win all 3.