I wouldn't take the current roster for gospel. They will probably make some changes, like the late QB deletion before this season. The website is subject to incorrect content from time to time. The 1st draft of the baseball schedule had the Aggies playing a three game set against SF State. When they initially corrected it to UCI they initially left the SF State logo there.

That's too bad. Small private schools have really been hurt by the pandemic. I hope they'll find a good use for the campus + not let it go to heck. The Aggies used to play Bethany College in WBB, and it closed.

I wonder if John Stockton ever attends UOP games.

Holy Names will win by 12.

He goes to Sac State so perhaps he is not.

To be fair I think baseball is kind of a hard sell to students (other than the participants) anyway at UCD. Tuesday and Friday games often conflict with classes and weekend games eat into study time. I think even if there were the capacity to have night games at Dobbins Stadium you wouldn't see significantly more students because that's still study time. If the students were less serious about academics maybe.

I have noticed some good student attendance on Saturdays when there were giveaways. It's kind of a challenge making it relevant to them. And if they don't get hooked as students they don't come to the baseball games as alumni. Football has a wide enough appeal (as you can see from the articles on this forum) where this isn't a requirement. The only person I recognize from my student days when I attend is a former player. I maybe average 4-6 per year.

All I know is the SF Giants just signed Mitch Haniger to a three year $40ish million contract and I saw him play against UCD way back when . He hit a homerun in the 9th inning but the Aggies beat Cal Poly anyway. That's all the relevance I need. I also saw Aaron Judge back when he was with Fresno State. Others need more convincing.

So much like Cal the bulk of the attendance really needs to be the Davis community, but how to make it relevant to them is a big question.

If we're talking about concrete things from pre-pandemic times I did enjoy when they used to do articles previewing the team, talking about who might play what position, who the starting pitchers/closer might be and what the coach is excited about. That's mostly gone away. In 2020-2022 that wouldn't have really been feasible. Other schools do that-I don't think there's any benefit to keeping it under wraps. It's not like secrecy wins ballgames. I don't think it's secrecy though, just maybe a perceived lack of fan interest ? I think Coach Nicholson or one of his staff would probably be thrilled to sit down and talk about the team for a bit if it means it would generate even marginally more fan support.

Hi Greg and welcome.

I have always felt that sports other than basketball and football have been under-represented at UC Davis for a long time. Clearly the feeling is that they need to spend the most time and energy on the sports that bring in the most fans, and I get that. However, under-representing other sports because the university feels that fewer people care represents something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. If UCD doesn't market or just get the information out about these sports because it thinks people mostly don't care then they definitely won't.

I have always felt UCD has done a woefully inadequate job of getting marketing and program information out about baseball and softball. Then there are the much smaller programs you hear almost nothing about, like lacrosse and field hockey. People might like them if they went to a match, but they have to do all the research themselves to find out the where, when, and why they should go.

I probably don't need to tell you that baseball is a much bigger deal at Oklahoma State than it is in Davis. That's to be expected in a smaller community, but in Davis it is a very minor sport. Most of the fans seem to be family of the players. Most of the student attendees seem to either be friends of the student-athletes or student-wthletes from other sports blowing off steam by watching other people work. There just isn't much community support in terms of attendance. UCD would probably do well to look at how CAL markets baseball-they've had a very good crowd at Sunday games I've attended in the past.

Specific to baseball the university does a poor job of getting information out. You pretty much hear nothing about the team between June and early February unless you regularly view the team Twitter account.. Articles about what's going on and why we should be excited are definitely missing. Pretty much the only articles we get about baseball are game recaps.

I also in very limited contact with the athletic dept have generally gotten the impression that they see baseball inquiries as nuisances. I get very short and uninformative responses where it's obvious no research was done. The answers generally range from no, I don't know, to it's the coach's fault I don't know.

While they're doing ridiculous things why not just move it to Poop City Park ? They can do it when the Giants are on the road.

Wait now, am I to understand that Nathaniel Hackett cannot HACK IT in Denver ? Perhaps he should tap the Rockies with Coors Light. It worked for the guy in the 1990's radio ad. He got visiting hours at the jail with his granny after a horrible day in which he also lost his dog and boots. Perhaps he could team up with Wreck-it Ralph ?

And Russell Wilson should go back to baseball. If Tim Tebow can do it..

Texas A&M Commerce wins by 28.

So, this poll's small sample indicates that mostly old fogeys like me like to talk about college sports on a message board. The age range we're missing-the actual undergrads.. So everyone cares about UCD athletics except the students lol.

And I would note to that hornet fan that their lunch break is over, and they need to get back on the grill.

if you re-read my post you'll notice I didn't reply directly to you, so what you specifically are doing or not doing is of no importance to me as far as the post is concerned. If you went home after an Aggie loss and punched holes in your walls that would be your business. I'm stating an opinion based on what I've observed and personal experience. You're free to disagree of course

You asked what UCD needs to do. My answer is that nothing needs to be done because it's none of our concern. No matter how much money we donate or how many tickets we buy we are no more part of the team than someone who cares nothing about the program. I believe our role is to go (or not go) and if going, have a good time while not infringing on the rightsother spectators

I actually don't view pro teams in the same light as college teams, but it depends on your point of view. With pro teams I think it's strictly a financial transaction. You are paying for an experience and your ticket money is potentially going into a rich owner's bank account. The game is essentially a battle between millionaires showcasing whose employees are better. If you have a bad time because your team lost by all means complain because this was an exchange of goods and services that went sour.

I see college sports differently. The ticket price goes to ensure that the university hosting the event can continue to offer the competitions by paying for such things as the wages of security guards. As to game outcome, you get what you get. They're holding the event for the student-athletes: we are just there to watch. I guess I see an athletics program as a year-long PBS fundraiser and a win as one of those tote bags.

I believe hypothetical Hawkins would be right-UCD just needs to be the best version of itself and not worry about everyone else. Sac State will always be able to cast a wider recruiting net because its academic admission requirements are not as strict.

UC Davis has always been a school that goes its own way and succeeds in athletics despite its academic expectations. I think as fans we sometmes forget (I know I definiely have sometimes) that these contests are for and about the student-athletes. Keeping alumni engaged and spending money is secondary. What I guess I'm trying to say is it's easy to forget that the only people who really need to be concerned with how good the team is are the student-athletes, coaches, and athletics administrators. If we're getting all riled up about the outcome of a football game there's something the matter. I mean,be pissed that the referee made a bad call or some punk in the stands was bothering you, but then it's time to let it go.

I was particularly disturbed by the way in which Ron Gould was let go. So the team was bad when he was there-who cares ? Did he break the law, endanger or harrass anyone ? How privileged are those people who donated to buy him out of his contract ? Homelessness and other problems affect many, but we simply can't have a losing football team in Davis. CA so let's throw our surplus income at something so insignificant.

I have to remind myself sometimes (and some people on this message board need to remind themselves as well) that these athletic events just aren't that important to all but a very select group of people. We should be going to support the student-athletes' efforts and have a good time being outside + doing something different, and if that doesn't translate into wins-that's fine. If our happiness depends even in part on a game outcome then we don't have enough good things going on in our lives.

Sac State couldn't even score 60 against UC Merced in a win. That said they will prove an annoying opponent for UC Davis per usual.

Game cancelled. Everybody go home lol.

Look how popular my topic thread is

3 is so arbitrary. Why wouldn't he give the Aggies 28 pts ? Is he envisioning a scenario where the Aggies score a touchdown down 24-21 with seconds remaining+ they miss the extra point, or that they kick one more field goal ? Why not 31-24 ?

One way to avoid parking hassles (and a good # of hornet fans in the parking lot) if you're already in Sacramento/Rancho Cordova/Folsom is to take the lightrail. There's a stop at University/65th that is a short walk away. You just walk past the 7-11 toward Elvas and there's a pedestrian/bicycle path to the university under the railroad tracks. On the other side you see the baseball stadium on your left + football on the right. This takes you around the back of the stadium so you can sneak past + save a few bucks on parking. Different idiots on the train but but most of them don't care about the game.

Fresno is garbage. I haven't been to a Fresno State home game but I have gone to see the Fresno Grizzlies baseball games a couple of times and they were pretty bad. Not a single nice person at the game. Just a bunch of dumb rednecks out to drink. There's a reason why the Grizzlies were dropped from Triple-A to Low-A-no MLB team wanted to partner with them. Colorado only brought their Low-A team to Fresno because they lost at affiliate musical chairs.

Fresno has a really crappy downtown too. Not just crappy..it's like SF without any of the attractions. I was in Visalia-think it was in August-so I was getting Fresnno news on the TV. Some guy just got off the bus (near Fresno City College I think) coming home from work and was immediately stabbed. In the back of the neck I think

I would like to add another comment about hornet fans. Some of them probably think Duck Favis is a dish you can order at a French restaurant.