I like that 58-0 4th quarter scoring stat. Let's do this D!

We've been talking about a 3rd quarter lull. What happens in 4th down? Magic Man!

Excessive celebration.

This is what they did at the Stanford game over the weekend. It went very quickly. The only fuzzy area was that they required a photo ID. But it was unclear what was required for kids under 16 (or without a passport or DL). Is a student ID acceptable? They were all good about it though and just verified the last name on the kid's card matched the parent's last name.

I found this comment in their forum funny, "Speaking of -- most of these guys don't even care about their alma maters. They are businessmen/coaches first and last." Not that it matters much, but I'm guessing they don't know Hawkins played at Davis.

That thread was an interesting read. joeyvee is awfully confident, and dislikes their coach quite a bit.

Right, Weber isn't quite as good as in the past, so it doesn't statistically look great to barely beat them. But I was celebrating!

Interesting. Ags drop 2 spots in the Massey ratings after beating Weber St.

Wow, I'd be pissed if I were weber with that roughing the passer call.

I'll be tracking the game from the Stanford UCLA game. I couldn't pass up free VIP tickets from a friend who is a donor. Go Ags!

These people were friends of friends. The list seems never ending.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/06/30/santa-clara-county-settles-suit-in-cyclists-death-after-crash-with-sheriffs-deputy/amp/#aoh=16325273190229&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

Is this what you're looking for? This shows Weber State at UCD 4/10/21.
https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2020/11/4/big-sky-conference-announces-football-schedule.aspx

it seems like driving inside the bike lane is an automatic red flag — movielover

You'd think so, right? There is no right punishment. I don't know the details of what happened either, so it's hard to say what's appropriate. Who knows, maybe the driver had a sudden health issue (highly doubtful). But when zero criminal charges are pursued, over and over, behaviors of society don't change.

Yep, sounds about right. Same outcome as usual, and the source of my frustration earlier in this discussion.

https://pleasantonweekly.com/news/2021/09/23/no-criminal-charges-pursued-in-san-ramon-crash-that-killed-nfl-coach-greg-knapp

That Silver Bullet:IPA ratio saddens me. But I can be a beer snob ;-) Time to step up Sudwerk! My weekend beer supply during football season :-)

Growing up in the Bay Area, my knowledge of Notre Dame consists of Rudy and Joe Montana. Nice colors though ;-)

I blew a friend's mind yesterday when I told him all UC schools were blue and gold (he thought the UCD colors looked a lot like Notre Dame). Then I found this, which made me chuckle.
https://theaggie.org/2018/05/28/humor-this-article-is-humor-and-or-satire-and-its-content-is-purely-fictional-the-story-and-the-names-of-sources-are-fictionalized/

You think the admissions office is capable of weighing how important this kid’s dinner prep contributions are vs the other kids milking the cow? — Riveraggie

I don't know, I'm pretty sure I had to write an essay when I applied to the UC schools. So I guess my answer is yes. As for my personal story, I'm assuming my HS math teacher reached out to someone. Someone made a phone call, wrote a letter, or something. My name wasn't blindly pulled out of a hat with my grades and SAT scores (which definitely weren't outstanding for the UC system). And it wasn't a catch up math class. It was the engineering series of calculus. Had I not taken 21A-D, I wouldn't have been able to change my major to engineering a few years later. I'm always grateful that I got in to that program, and it's part of why I'm such a supporter of UC Davis.

Oh well, we can go in circles all day on the internet, and nobody ever "wins." However, it sounds like we both agree that there aren't enough seats for kids in the UC system.

I was one of two kids in my freshman calculus class that didn't take pre-calculus/calculus in HS. Dr. Kouba invited me in to the Emerging Scholars Program the summer before I moved to Davis (no longer exists, and I don't know how/why he found me). I walked in to that class (21A) very unprepared and I think I got a C that first quarter. I'd never seen a derivative before day 1. With a lot of help, I had an A- by the 3rd quarter of 21 series math. Should I not have been in that class? Sure I had A's in math in HS. But almost all of the kids in that class had taken an extra year of math, and many of them were valedictorians at more well-known schools.

Again, you keep saying these kids aren't prepared, or that these kids don't have good grades or can't read at grade level.

1) This discussion is about a pilot program for hiring faculty.
2) Nobody has bothered to check if the program was actually implemented.
3) As far as kids getting accepted, if all applicants meet the minimum requirements, then either the academic requirements need to change, or additional factors need to be considered.

My feeling is that kids with very good grades and maybe only 1 or 2 AP classes shouldn't be passed up because some private school kid with tutors and 10 AP classes has a better academic resume. As far as SAT scores go, again, that kid that takes a few prep courses, and can afford to take the test a few times is going to do better. That does not make them a better student, or human being. Just like how Hawkins repeatedly says that his program isn't all about football, you have to consider the whole person, and how they will contribute to the good of the whole. Additionally, you have to look at someone's potential. If one kid's scores and grades aren't as great as another kids, but they have a single parent who works 12-hour days, takes a bus 2 hours to school each way, making dinner for siblings, you name it, does that mean they don't have the same potential? If anything, if you remove the additional load off of that kid's shoulders, and allow them to focus 100% on just school, I think that kid will excel, be grateful for the opportunity, and do more to give back as an adult. Just my 2 cents.

We're white, upper middle class people, living in the peninsula, and sending our son to a private catholic high school. So I'm acutely aware of all the reasons why my son may not get in to Davis in 3 years. But... Is that unfair? I don't know. I definitely don't have the answers. If he gets near straight As, and has AP classes, and we can pay for tutors and SAT prep courses, is he smarter and more capable than a lower income kid at a lower performing school? I don't know.

There is a good little video of a bunch of kids doing a running race toward a $20 bill. The guy leading the exercise asks a bunch of questions, and all the kids with more opportunities get a head start. Guess who wins the race? Right or wrong, I do think we need to reevaluate admissions. The UC schools are still public schools and should be accessible to the general public. But, what frustrates me most, is that with the exception of Merced, we haven't added more chairs in classrooms nearly fast enough to keep up with the increase in admissions. To me, that's the biggest failure. I imagine a lot of qualified kids will leave the state for college, and maybe never move back. And that is a big problem for the state if we keep rejecting qualified kids that will qualify for scholarships out of state.

Ags drop from 4 to 7 in the Massey Ratings, but odds of beating Weber are now even at 50%. Seems about right for being 3-0 against teams that are cumulatively 0-9.