I also think some of this is Plough’s gamesmanship - get them riled up, lose composure and take advantage of their mental mistakes

i think back then, there were more openings on the schedule. starting next year, we'll have 9 Big Sky game and 3 out of conference. IF SAC is planning on moving to FBS, i don't think we'll want to have 2 of our 3 OOC games be FBS games. Their situations is so chaotic i don't know how you can plan in 2027 and beyond.

I, personally, won't miss it. Never been a fan of attending Causeways

If the Big Sky says its a clear mistake, doesn't that mean that there was a reply view that showed that? Or are they going by some Idaho dude's Iphone picture?

both schools at that time were FCS. IF Sac is moving up, that adds a new wrinkle -> do they pay us?

it’s certainly not legal but it’s being done. Neither Lan nor Rex ever put their names in the portal and they got offers. At least those were AFTER the season. With big schools being able to do revenue sharing up to the limit AND collectives still giving NIL money, it’ll be harder to keep guys

I think the NIL threat to players with multiple years of eligibility is much greater. The money I’m hearing that people are offering our guys right now makes my head spin.

it was up there. Best I was at before this was 2017 OT victory over Long Beach. Almost 6000 for ESPN broadcast. That was electric

I watched the highlights and it looked like Bibby ran over to Johnson who got knocked down on the final shot. Don’t think he ever came back to the handshake line.

my son told my grandson he’d give him $20 if he got Bobby’s autograph or a picture together. He’d give him $50 if he told Bibby the Kings shouldn’t have traded Jason Williams to get him!

I’ll rewatch but I’m pretty sure they showed him complaining to refs during the last minute.

I was watching the final 5 minutes today. I didn’t see Bibby walking through the handshake line (i think someone alluded to this). I know he was pissed with the officiating throughout the game but especially in the final minutes - did he sad Kip the line to voice his opinion?

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Football is much easier for me. I get off on Hutchinson and turn right at the first light into the lot behind the scoreboard, so traffic signals aren't an issue. i thought that that lights intersection at LaRue and Hutchinson was controlled by traffic cops, no?

Basketball is just bad. For the normal Thursday night with, say, 1500 fans, getting in is stressful. You have walkers and bikes coming to and from the ARC toward the dorms, and the traffic folks don't bother to stop them and make them wait so the line of cars can get in.

yep, in front of the 'lounge'.

there was no Shaq sighting but 'Special Advisor' Brad Miller was in the building. Seems like a friendly guy -> shook hands and took photos during his LONG wait in the concession line at halftime.

Speaking of Shaq.......little Shaq isn't very good.

A couple keys in the first half. First, we were down 24-14 and really struggling offensively. Combination of good defense/rebounding, a couple Sevilla buckets and easy hoops on assists closed a gap that threatened to get out of hand. Second was with about 3:30 left in the half, down 30-24 with Sac in possession. Fagbemi strips Williams two times in a row, we close the gap and Williams got out of his game.

I don’t think we’re as bad a 3 point shooting team as the stats show. We’re getting good looks, shots look good out of the hand…..and out it goes. Seems like a confidence thing right now.

Speaking of confidence….Wilson’s shot at the end seemed like he had no doubt it was going in.

As for Boyd’s question about the courtside lounge - it’s a better look than what would normally be empty bleachers. It’s nice to have a beer/pizza option on the ground level. Now, if they would move the souvenir stand to a spot where people might actually see it, sales would go up!

My biggest complaint of the arena is the entrance into and exit out of parking. They need to figure out how to get cars in without cycling through the stop/walk lights. And have one or two of the Caltran trained parking attendants actually direct bike and pedestrians so cars don’t have to wait for a string of people to pass. Make the getting into the arena the priority! Took us about 20 minutes from the Hutchinson exit to our Team Aggie parking area (not policed very well, so spots were limited). Crazy - glad we got to Davis somewhat early

Williams was at the game last night sitting on the baseline. Was it a radio/TV simulcast? There was nobody up top where Wong/Dunning call the radio broadcast

I’m hoping we get Daugherty back soon - we could use his athleticism on both ends. Was surprised that Stokes basically didn’t play - he’d been averaging about 16 minutes a game coming in.

3900 folks in the building. I was shocked. Having the band and extra student section on the hornets end in the 2nd half was great.

Great crowd. Can’t remember that big a crowd for a non televised game. Great effort. Held our own on the boards. Two or three more 3’s and we win much more comfortably. Cherry was a load

I did but generally don’t share much of what is said in there.