Why are their announcers boosting our OC so much?

Time will tell, but since his successful Cal debut, speedster Dobbins is being used as a decoy.

This doesn't bode well for the season, or QB depth.

Montana 59-2 over Moorhead St

I don't see how we jumped so high in the rankings last week w an ugly win.

UND 52 - 28

Idaho State and the Hawkins family battling #10 UND 45-14, and threatening to score again. They've scored on 2 of 3 of their last possessions, just had a nice screen call down the sideline. ESPN+

Update: 45-21, TD pass to 6'6" TE.

A vaxx that works.

Aren't TV eyeballs key? The Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto area is the #20 TV market. Boise and Wyoming can't touch that.

And the Connor brothers both out?

But we also see little to no turnover. A lot of *** star recruits don't pan out, but an eye for a Jake Maier and Keelan Doss does.

What would the total cost be to become a Pac-X member? Would we ride it out short term w an intimate, packed UC Health Stadium? How much yearly is needed for NIL to compete w OSU & WSU? And for additional schollies?

Both I guess. My gut says this would help PR and recruiting. Other schools have short clips posted during the game.

Some argue football should be broken off from other sports.

Why should Cal field hockey be playing contests on the Atlantic coast? A disaster for the student-athlete.

So 120 or so FCS programs are just going to die? (I'm assuming a handful of the 129 move up.)

Meanwhile, UCLA and Cal are both bleeding red ink, including Cal taking on $400 M in unfunded stadium improvements. (Debt.) The campus took part of that debt for earthquake retrofitting, but still.

For years their fans said new facilities = wins, which didn't pan out. They struggle to reach .500.

Now they're all playing the NIL game, but it's really rent-a-player with the transfer portal. I saw eye-popping numbers for Cal... have no idea how or where those millions came from. Today's students are on their phones, or from other nations with no cultural appreciation for football.

Do we still not provide Twitter clips / highlights, on game day?

Sac's facilities seem still DII. Are any really at a DI level? Both Sac and Davis are affected by Sacramento being a government town.

We're currently competing w our academic brothers. Many fans are lured into focusing on football.

Cal struggles to attract fans. The West Coast is blessed with hundreds of entertainment options. We're not Fargo or Fresno.

The NCAA requirement to average 15,000 in football attendance to move to FBS was recently removed. But the transition fee went from $5,000 to $5 Million.

The rendering appears to include new athletic offices. Our stadium was designed for expansion, adding a second deck on the student side could add 5-10,000 seats.

Many think the future will paint the Haves and the Have Nots, and TV money is key.

This potential move might violate some of our core founding principles.

https://sportsenthusiasts.net/2023/11/08/james-madison-and-fixing-the-fcs-to-fbs-transition-rules/

Did we jump in the standings bc Cal beat Auburn? ... and obviously, 5 Auburn turnovers had a massive impact on the game.

This weekend will tell us a lot.

I imagine we get the Wildcat threat if / when TT returns. And we can hope they were keeping the play calling purposefully vanilla for weeks 1 and 2.

Mercer us near Georgia Tech (1.5 hours away).

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