The article linked isnt entirely clear in timeline. He actually died back in September. The “new” news is a report confirming that he did in fact have CTE, a diagnosis which can only be confirmed by autopsy. The family business did $50 million last year so I think they are financially secure on a personal level but the obit mentioned donations to Boston University Concussion Legacy Foundation for CTE research.

the university website says 6000 expected, which would be the pavilion I think. TAPS is suspending all parking fees and offering complimentary valet parking for students and staff at Mondavi because the lots near the pavilion will be reserved for the event.

From what has come out so far, it sounds like this guy was a nutcase ready to pop and maybe the officer was wrong place/wrong time in so much as he could have gone after any of us walking down the street. A reminder that crazy people live everywhere, even in nice places where “this sort of thing doesn’t happen,” and that some crazy people are high functioning. They’re not all muttering to themselves in a park. Thank goodness the state took away his AR15 in November; this could have been even worse. Right now, the correct thing is to mourn the loss of this young woman (and for the people who knew him, the shooter as well), but certainly the Davis community over the coming weeks and months will see localized discussion of the quagmire of whether the solution is ultimately needing more guns or fewer guns. Hopefully doesn’t get ugly. In the meantime it makes me think of some individuals I know. Indivuals who have some sort of screw loose that I can’t put my finger on, people that I wouldn’t be surprised to see on the 10:00 news but so far haven’t done anything specific worthy of reporting. Not sure what to do with those types.

probably the same article mentioned the stadium was built in only 10 weeks and was intended to be temporary while Anderson was working a deal for a football stadium adjacent to Arco Arena and the never-finished baseball stadium.

I remember being at a causeway game where one of the stairways collapsed and someone fell a couple stories. The guy spent months in a body cast. I think he was actually a lawyer so I’m sure he got paid. Those kind of erector set bleachers are usually for short term event use, not to be left for 25+ years

Anybody got Coach Best’s home address? He left a whole bunch of doubt in Frisco that somebody’s going to need to ship back to him.

The only thing I’ve heard May and Blue say is they want to be successful on the field and in the classroom and that they want athletics to be the “front porch” of the university. Sac State has said similar lately. I don’t know if that is really FBS speak. I mean, what gets you mileage... being a big fish in the FCS pond (and we’re not yet until we prove year over year success) but not getting much media play or being irrelevant in FBS and playing mostly irrelevant teams, and if you have a really good year go to the Dollar General Bowl that nobody’s heard of and still getting no media play? Just ask Boise State and UCF how hard it is to break into the circle of relevance. But I see your point that enrollment-wise, UCD and Sac are larger than most FCS schools.

I'm all for innocent until proven guilty, but based on the reporting this seems pretty straight forward. Officers from two agencies saw him kick his brother unconscious. Plausible there could even be body cam or surveillance footage from the fast food joint. It seems like his legal case would center around why he did it (provoked? self defense?), not if he did it. If this guy puts a jersey back on, shame on the university and Best for not at least having team rules against street brawls. The reporting indicates that no further paperwork has been filed yet at the DA. Some at EWU are undoubtedly hoping this gets chalked up to boys will be boys, but if this whole thing really gets "disappeared", then I would hope somebody investigates that dirty laundry stench. I think Montana got slapped a few years ago for having some inside "fixers" take care of athletes' legal woes.

If you look at rosters, Davis/Poly/Sac are almost 100% California recruits. Everyone else in the conference casts a larger net. They all go shopping in California, especially Southern California, for playmakers. It’s good for their recruiting if the California teams are bad but maybe not so for all of them if we’re good. Unless you really want some quiet time with nature (nothing wrong with that by the way), why would you go from LA to someplace cold with more coyotes than people and no liquor on sundays if there were better teams closer by? I’m sure there are some waiting to see if UCD was a one hit wonder or the real deal. And I bet the love affair with Sac comes to a close of they ever start consistently winning.

I remember some wish/prediction drivel on one of the other boards too about Big Sky breaking up, either regionally in FCS or splitting up FCS/BCS. The gist was EWU and Montana being pissed about only playing every other year, with this somehow being the California teams’ fault. Also speculation about Central Washington wanting to move up with Humboldt quitting football.

Sac State High is still appropriate I guess.

Laying out four courts in a row along the side of the garage actually works well. Spectators can sit on the berm/terraces without having to look through another game. I feel like this has to be tied to the new football practice field (I'm assuming the team still practiced on Howard?)

I was involved in building a beach volleyball facility last year, and the funny thing is, that crowd kind of prefers the bring your own chair/tent/blanket scenario to stadium seating. On the Twitter posting, I'm surprised the university doesn't require at least class 2 safety vests for the equipment operator. My legal wouldn't have let me publish a photo like that!

With Howard Field becoming less than a fullsize field at this point, I hope it doesn't lead to the balance getting paved over.

It's too bad. It was a good venue in a prime location that is not fully replaced by any of the other newer venues on campus. Lot of character there, if those walls could talk! I read the full architects report a couple years ago and I seem to remember that the seismic retrofit was practical, but making everything ADA compliant was not, combined with crumbling air conditioning and plumbing systems that had not been well maintained since the 90s. The fact that it took 4 years to decide what to do makes it seem like we are paying some decision-maker entirely too much money. There also seems to be a funding problem where they can build new buildings but can't seem to clean, maintain, or update any existing facilities until they fall apart.

Welcome. Great pic with your son! Maybe he’ll pose for the same shot this time.

and include an option to automatically purchase any home playoff tickets, should we be so blessed.

they’ll certainly be looking for some revenge after pooping the bed in front of a home crowd. Gotta stay above any antics.

Carson Newman mudbowl

How was the Band-uh? They didn’t get much TV time, but the flash I got looked like Mav’rik not full dress. I would hope that with the support the fans rallied, they made a good showing.

He’s been walking on the sideline so we’ll see

You know any cash customer can go to the DC, don’t have to be a student. Saturday’s lunch menu includes tofu in black bean sauce, Mexican rice, sautéed spinach, curried lentils, piñata beef, and breakfast pizza, if you’re interested... Or you could go to Woodstock’s.