Oh yeah, beer in the snack bar area that was selling buckhorn. That's right behind our seats. Service is still slower than my 40 time (I was slow). Hopefully they work out the bugs. They had nonstudents working register and beer tap so hopefully they work out the bugs

Biggest crowd for home opener since 9/17/2011 vs San Diego third week of season. Good sign with plenty of room to improve

By the way attendence was around 6800. 1000-1500 better than last two years

I believe he meant big plays especially when they had us in a hole. We converted a 3rd and 16 on a screen on the td drive before the half. William's long run. Doss' long pass in a 3rd and long from deep in our end. That screwy pass up for grabs on a 4th down. Long punt return when they seemed to have it well covered. Game sure felt closer than
35-7.

USD was blitzing one or two LB's up the middle almost every down which took away the dive. It dig expose the edges which we exploited in second half with flare passes and screens. Maier never pulled back the dive and run to the edge which should have been open. If we can add that a few times a game it should open up the run game. Passing game lols imaginative. We use the seams wel. I would had liked to see more pressure on their qb and a few times where a DL blew up a running play. DB's played well but PSU will be a much tougher challenge.

Work in progress. We're aggressive out there which is a nice thing to see. Physical also. Tough stretch coming up here the next four weeks

looks good. i like the blue signage around the field. softens the gray concrete. scoreboard looks great. really looking forward to seeing it in person tomorrow.

instruction begins September 27, so move-in weekend is the 23rd. don't expect a large showing of students out there. I'll be there, with a full box, so we're doing our part to fill the west side. Football alum game, free-tickets to ex-players, so that should draw some more. staff appreciation and kids day. i'm expecting a better than average (compared to recent years) attendence, especially if the weather cooperates.

wow....signage. muscle milk, aquafina.

i noticed at the last scrimmage that the old 'Aggie Pride' donor board was down. i wonder if they are putting up a new one. that one dates back about 7 years, and i know we had some new significant donors added to the list this year.

i like that they gave the kids a chance to talk -> just highlights the quality students we have out there to root for. last week, i was talking to some staff and ex-staff about the exposure the university got from the NCAA appearance, and that was something that we all agreed upon -> aggie athletes really shine when they get on camera. well-spoken, intelligent, and have a real appreciation of being part of the campus. that came out last night during the coach's show. I liked Hawk's background story on Modise and his journey here. Kid worked at SFO from 10:00 PM to 3:00 AM to support himself, and was a good student and outstanding player. That's someone I can cheer for, on and off the field

last two games were the biggest margins (38-24 down there in 2010, and 31-3 here in 2011). we've always been able to score points against them. the loss down there was a very depressing night. played a lazy game and they took advantage of our mistakes and made many good plays. the results ALMOST ruined our trip to San Diego. ALMOST.

more like exploding. he was more hot-headed on the sidelines back then.

speaking of sidelines, prowling the USD sidelines that day was Marshawn Lynch -> Josh Johnson's cousin.

from the archives:

"Nov. 17, 2007


DAVIS, Calif. - Senior quarterback Matt Engle hit Brandon Rice on an 18-yard touchdown with nine seconds remaining in regulation to lift UC Davis to a 49-46 win over San Diego in a non-conference collegiate football game at Aggie Stadium Saturday afternoon. Engle finished the day with a career-high 409 passing yards and three touchdown strikes. "

Harbaugh was at Stanford 2007-2010.

Harbaugh was the coach when they played us at Toomey. They came in undefeated and were treating it like a bowl game. He probably spent more time on the field, then most of the kids who were suited up!

He was gone the next year when we beat them in the last seconds at Aggie Stadium. Josh Johnson, still in the NFL in think, led them down for a TD with about 90 seconds to go; Matt Engel led an incredibly quick drive to beat them.

USD has always seemed to have a good QB and at least one good receiver. We'll need to figure out a way of getting pressure on the QB without exposing our DB's to long passes. Not to replay the same old broken record, but this is one where we need to play a clean game. No turnovers, no big plays and eliminate the 15-yard penalties we had last Saturday. Have to get better in the kicking game, also. We had one long punt, the rest were less than 40 yards. Whelen had much more leg on the kickoffs, so maybe we'll see him more.

he was at the pregame get-together at Qualcomm, and came across as a straight shooter who is very excited to be at Davis, and excited about the future of athletics. I talked to several folks who were at a smaller gathering earlier in the day, and they all were saying that he is a very approachable guy, who values the role athletics can have in a university. he likes to use the expression that 'athletics are the front porch to a university' -> a way to present a great first impression to those not totally familiar with the school.

meant toned down. Ran that simple dive play after play. We didn't have speed to get to the edge on the simple give. Only remember a couple fly motions, one for solid gain another to Spenser for big loss.

One nice thing about Qualcomm is that trolley runs there from old town where we stayed. Trains every fifteen minutes. Very short walk to stadium the pa was as bad as ours and our new video board might be better than theirs

Maier looked okay for a first start. One bad int. Didn't see much fly actions on offense one was a big gain. Wonder if we failed it down to not show too much? That Aztec runner is good and qb killed us when we stacked the box. Stadium was absolutely dead even with big crowd.

i believe most will be there after halftime; apparently the fireworks are a big deal. getting into the stadium (i'm planning on the trolley from old town) will be easy, getting out might be a drag.

anyone else making the trip to San Diego for this one? Wife and I are heading down Friday. We'll make the CAA pre-game tailgate and game. Hoping for plenty of things to cheer for, besides the post-game fireworks.

i also remember driving out of the stadium onto Hutchinson and they had a Big Rig with their colors/emblem for their equipment. our kids were balancing their shoulder pads/helmets while riding their bikes from Hickey. they do things a little different down there.

some of their taligaters stopped by 6th tent to talk about the game. they had studied film and knew more about our players than we did. a memorable quote from one of them 'y'all got some good players but you need some more brothers.'