A five-year deal. WTH?

Well, he also had some kind of dream to turn Sac into a HBCU.

Plus $5-10 million to upgrade Cal Expo? Field, lights, refresh stands, temporary locker rooms, etc.

+1. Sac has to fund $23M plus for a no-name FBS league 2,000 miles away, and fund Cal Expo field, grandstand remodel, temporary structures and possibly temporary stands - any pro's here w an idea of that cost?

Late hire coach, late recruiting, and if there are 5 east coast trips, it won't be pretty.

Right now they're looking at 6 months to make Cal Expo playable.

Your average person doesn't say, "Oh, it's FBS, Akron is coming to town, let's go to the game."

Is there a personal connection, is the team winning, fun team, relateable players, enjoyable experience, reasonable cost, food options, related events (kids, after game downtown stroll), atmopshere, safe, etc.

This is also affected bc we apparently don't market well on campus, or off campus, which isn't solved by adding more administrative bodies.

And he still plans to play at Cal Expo. Why? Is his brother involved? Dr. Wood likes the potential to expand the facility to 40,000+.

My searches reveal current grandstand seating at 5,000 to 15,000 to 20,000. Not clear. (Lots of race fans stand, watch a few races, leave.)

Sac will need to bring in modular locker rooms for 2026, along w a field. Not sure what they gain / lose as far as gate, concessions, parking, etc,

Did somebody spike your Cheerios?

So Sac will fly east 5x a season?

Yahoo Sports: FCS program Sacramento State has been voted into the MAC as a football-only member starting in 2026, per Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.

The Hornets will pay a fee of $18 million to join the conference.

+1

Lots of Aggie alums there?

Congrats coach. Well deserved.

I believe they claim to be self funded.

We've got at least eight Associate ADs. It doesn't take a crew to market on campus, it takes common sense and maybe some creativity. When the Aggie Pack got going there wasn't a huge support staff, it was actually modest.

The prior Rec Hall setup had tall bleachers that folded inward, making it more intimate and holding noise in. Not sure why the old corner food spots can't be reused.

What happens to students use of Rec Hall, it seems the campus has taken it over.

We had a press release 4-6 months ago detailing $270 million in facilities improvements which are supposedly funded? Maybe Rocko should have saved it for the NDSU announcement.

I'm not interested in following the Hornets bizarre high stakes path.

For all sports or just football?

$44M in revenue must include student fees.

Exactly who will come out? The single parent in Fairfield, the farmer from Dixon, the international student in Davis who's been to two games in their life?

The Davis fan isn't the Cal fan, Fresno fan, or Ohio State fan. People here have unlimited options.

The UC Davis student-athlete model isn't designed to sell t-shirts.

What is your end goal? More TV, more $$, lower academic standards, millions for rotating coaches and players, so casual fans come to a game once a year, so we can build more facilities, cut more sports, hire more Assistant ADs who don't know our school or traditions, to hire more staff, who tell us we're not doing it like USC? The Aggie doesn't even cover every FB and BB game?