He is a Grad Transfer.

Cal Poly and UC Davis have always chased a lot of the same student athletes because of our tough academics requirements, but with the differences in their offenses they would some variances. I think now that our offenses are similar we will be butting heads even more in the years to come.

On the current list Cal Poly has also offered the following players:

Assani Berkeley
Logan Kraut
Bryson Reeves
JT Byrne
Christian Pederson
Winston Williams
Nick Ostland
Jekob Jones

I talked to the former staff a lot about recruiting. They said they won the majority of the recruiting battles with Davis when Biggs was the head coach. That started changing some when Gould was hired and even more so when Hawkins and his staff came in.

My daughter is in the Nursing program at Fullerton and it has NOT decided to have Online classes this fall. It was misreported. They are PREPARING to IF needed, but they plan on having in person classes if possible.

On top of the brutal schedule, Cal Poly is running a completely different style offense with an OL recruited to run the triple option, no recruited TEs (Baldwin’s offense uses multiple TEs) and a roster that is heavy on running backs and short on WRs. I think 2020 they will be improved with an improved culture, but I think it will take at least 2 to 3 years before they are a true threat to win a Big Sky Championship.

He is the brother of Cal Poly DL Saia Fonongaloa. Nice addition for the Aggies.

What you need is your 300 lb DTs to do on pass plays is push the pocket back so the QB can not step up to avoid the pass rush off the edge. They look more than capable of doing just that.

https://mobile.twitter.com/milesmeynell/status/1222778532222226433

6’5” 240 OL/DE Mike Meynell commits to the Aggies.

From the All-Ventura County Football team:

Link: https://scorebooklive.com/california/scorebook-lives-all-ventura-county-football-teams-for-2019-season/?fbclid=IwAR3RzOT16K4ZAyux5kRNABwDNxY6u1LrDMVy8H4RA0OwGEGhuJkQHUAYuKo



DL: Luka Sarac – Oak Park – SR.

The UC Davis-commit racked up quite a stat line as a senior for the 11-1 Eagles: 104 tackles, 35 TFLs, and 20 sacks. He was the Canyon League’s Defensive Lineman of the Year.


Luka Sarac is a 6’2” 215 DE.

***Sorry did not see him on the commit list before posting, but now see he is on the list as a PWO.

Cal Poly has not announced a DC yet.

Bellevue is the High School that ended De La Salle’s win streak so they are a big time program.

If USC pays UC Davis $750,000 I would think that would be a great thing for Davis. UC Davis could attract a great FCS team to play in Davis for $250,000 or less and pocket $500,000 or more. Nice check in the bank, a more manageable and playoff friendly schedule and one more home game for Aggie fans.

Both coaches might of accepted a job at another school and it has not been announced yet.

Aristotle Thompson was retained by Beau Baldwin and then excepted a job with Cal. Cal announced it earlier this week. Cal Poly has not. Aristotle is still listed as a coach at GoPoly.com.

UC Davis (FCS): Source tells FootballScoop Kansas defensive quality control Chidera Uzo-Diribe has been offered and is expected to accept the defensive line job at Davis.

Cal Poly adds Walter Payton winner Eric Meyer to coach QBs (was Offensive Analysts at Cal) and former Buck Buchanan winner JC Sherritt to coach LBs (was LB coach for Calgary). Retain Josh Letuligasenoa as a defensive assistant.

I believe the success that UC Davis had last season and the success Sac State had this season was the tide that helped raise Cal Poly’s ship. I think more than just the coaching staff has changed at Cal Poly. I think the administration finally went all in and are giving the new coach the resources to be successful.

Cal Poly press conference to announce new Head Football coach is scheduled for Wednesday at 5:00 pm.

Davis took a step back this year, but they were most definitely one of the top FCS teams in 2018. They were about 30 seconds from beating an EWU team that played in the FCS National Championship game.

I think Baldwin is also on thin ice at Cal. He is in the last year of his contract and Cal’s offense has struggled.

I think this would be a home run hire for Cal Poly. He has 5 Big Sky Championships and a FCS National Championship on his resume.

It would be great to see all three California teams rise to the top of the Big Sky. Davis and Sac have under Hawkins and Taylor. Now let’s hope Cal Poly can get there with Baldwin.

From FootballScoop.com:

Barring a late-stage break down in talks, Beau Baldwin is expected to be the next head coach at Cal Poly, sources told FootballScoop on Monday.

Sources told FootballScoop no signatures are in place at this time, but both sides anticipate a deal getting done.

Baldwin is currently the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Cal, a job he has held for the past three years.

Prior to that, Baldwin was the head coach at Eastern Washington — a Big Sky Conference rival of Cal Poly — from 2008-16. He went 85-32 with five Big Sky titles, six FCS playoff berths and a national championship in 2010. He was also the head coach at Central Washington in 2007, going 10-3 with a trip to the Division II quarterfinals.

Per FootballScoop:


Cal Poly (FCS): Sources tell FootballScoop Cal Poly is pursuing Oregon running backs / run game coordinator Jim Mastro to be their next head coach. Mastro played at Cal Poly and got his start in coaching there as well, spending nearly a decade on the staff before moving on to Idaho, Nevada, UCLA, Washington State and now Oregon. Given the success Oregon’s offense has had, it seems hard to think Mario Cristobal would make it easy for Mastro to leave. Will update as more is clear.