they say a rising tide lifts all boats. I think we are better when Sac, Poly, and Davis are all relevant at same time. Though Poly is currently beached so there’s only so much a tide can do.

I mean if we are going to compare non-comparables, we could say the 70,000+ at Picnic Day outdrew Sac’s game by a factor of 10. Good for them though that people are interested.

indeed it is the going rate, though perhaps the going rate needs to be broadly questioned. The Reddit poster questioned why the president of Sac State makes more than the president of the US. When pressed about being overpaid, Wood also stated there was “no mechanism” for him to accept less pay. It’s just a little rich coming from Captain Equity.

what is a “top 50 scholar”? Is that the section right after the 20 best plastic surgeons in the Southwest in-flight magazine?

I wonder if Katehi types the way she talks - without regard for “th” or “r”. Vanderhoef used to have an open office hour in the coffee house every week. I think Reddit can be a great way to have a town hall but the premise of an AMA is to ask me anything—you better be prepared for that. Refusing legitimate topics as a public employee or worse, saying ask me in person, I don’t want the internet trolls to see my response, eeesh.

Summary of Reddit questions in addition to the above-

• his kid plays Halo and Pokémon
• he is kind of into the collectible sneaker game and prefers to wear basketball shoes with his suits
• when asked if he would consider donating a portion of his half million dollar pay package back to student causes in light of budget cuts, he said no, that he is underpaid and already doing the state a charity.
• didn’t want to talk about protest/speech issues on campus
• didn’t want to talk about international student/visa issues
• wasn’t aware of electric scooter safety issues
• wasn’t sure how commencement speakers are chosen
• wasn’t aware that commencement tickets are being scalped at high prices
• doesn’t have a specific plan on parking and transportation but if you do, please email him
• didn’t want to talk about recent staff/faculty layoffs.
• when asked about administrators, he said how valuable they were, so no senior layoffs planned.
• when asked about dilapidated lecture halls, he said not his fault and deferred maintenance, which would be too hard to explain.
• when pressed about buildings without working AC, he explained his plan is to make Sac State football so profitable it can fund repairs all over campus.

the brother also owns a sports consulting firm and a stadium/arena management company. Certainly a lot of opportunities for an inappropriate relationship that I would hope CSU is watching.

don’t need a stadium if you live on the road. Luke Wood follows Roy Cohn’s playbook - attack everything, admit nothing, and always claim victory. The question if this is just a stop on the Luke Wood promo train before he skips town for greener grass or if he’s been drinking his own Kool Aid and is a true believer in this plan.

indeed it is the times I fear when something in Florida becomes the example.

@Aggie Cisco Florida resident here. Regarding the video, FAMU, UCF, and USF not great analogues for Sac State. Football in the southeast has a different level of public and private support, and despite talking their way into a P4 conference, UCF still struggles for political relevance against the old guard Florida, Florida State, and Miami. Even when they are all bad. Though USF has kind of a trashy fan base and also wears green, so that part tracks.

That’s cool. I know they were working for years to get some water movement through the arboretum fork. I haven’t been back in a while but it used to be pretty pungent that I’m not sure you would have wanted any fish.

how many “PAC12” (current or former) presidents and chancellors defend themselves on twitter/x to relative nobodies with 2000 followers when they post their doubts? Sorry but this clown should focus on running a university and be less concerned about this “mine-is-too-bigger-than-yours” posturing on social media. Or he should quit and sell Oxyclean full time on infomercials.

exactly. If they had been offered the chance to lick the urinal cakes in PAC12 offices they would have done it told us how great it tasted. They weren’t so they didn’t.

Some of the chatter among the Hornet “insiders” is that the PAC12 and MWC both wanted them so bad but were giving them lowball offers and this indy move is because Wood knows their real value and the PAC12 will come crawling back in a couple years with a big boy offer.

one thing to keep in mind about potentially leveling up is there could be more games on TV in which case the time is dictated by ratings, time zones, and record, not the comfort of anyone in the stadium. Noon football in August is a thing if that’s what works for ABC.

I think you are correct in what would be the easiest and least expensive build, but man, an upper deck on the east side might as well be called the broiler pan section for early season games. An upper deck and skyboxes on the west side would be more valuable seats but I don’t know how that would work without rebuilding the press box.

Haha $450m? That didn’t give it away? lol. Davis has a concept of a 20 year old plan and Sac has a scratcher from the local Indian casino that might win half a stadium if they scratch 3 green feathers.

Occasionally someone calls me for a reference and I’m not even allowed to acknowledge if they are/were an employee, let alone give any feedback, on orders from the legal department. I’ve found that the “perfect” resumes and interviews are from the people who have “studied for the test” rather than mastered the material.

I’m not sure that targeted recruiting of any flavor for an institution that receives federal grants would be allowed these days. Small college finances can be tough so to add football, these schools presumably identified a market of people who want to play and people who will watch that drives value. I think it’s great to see more opportunities. There are a lot of high school football players in California who may want to play in college but aren’t D1 players.

I think many people will find private cubicles nice. If you’ve ever been to a Buc-ees sitting on the throne in a private throne room is luxurious. If privacy was the motivator, you could have done that within men’s/women’s facilities rather than spending millions to make one big happy locker room/restroom. The stated goals of janitorial efficiency and medic response are nonsense. This is a solution in search of a problem, takes resources away from projects that could benefit a much higher percentage of people in uncertain economic times, distracts from the work the university does that has or could have broad public support, and is red meat for a federal administration intent retaliating against anything perceived as DEI related. I am far from a Fox News consumer, but I still read the room - this is poor timing to double down on this sort of bet.