Massey is giving Rhode Island a 95% chance of beating Central Connecticut this weekend. I think that is the most likely outcome, though I'm really not all that sold on Rhode Island as it stands. They only played 1 team in Massey's top 30 and 2 if you stretch it out to the top 50. Heck most of their opponents for the season were ranked 80+. Meanwhile, Davis only had 2 opponents outside of the top 50. Has all the markings of a paper tiger. Now I don't think that we can take the weekend off if we do get matched up with them, but all of the data that I can see says they ain't all that.

Still have a ways to go though! Would love to see it a packed house after last seasons attendance let down.

I mean, I'll admit I'm a pretty selfish fan and graduate of UC Davis. I guess these guys have to do what's best for themselves whether that's financially or career-wise in football. I don't wish ill on players that choose to leave, but I'm also not going to pretend that I'm happy for them that they are choosing opportunities over Davis. Idk, like I said, maybe I'm the outlier here.

Vigen announced he's staying at Montana State so they will continue to be a powerhouse

It sucks that this is what college football has turned into. FCS teams who find real talent and develop them just for FBS teams swoop in after the fact. I hope Caden and Drew both stay, but I agree that keeping Drew will be the real challenge.

Fisher has him beat in straight line speed, but I agree that Vargas ran in a way that made you say "that's a special RB".

that would be big for next season if he stayed

does Gbatu have more eligibility?

I mean, true... But with him announcing before our playoff game makes me believe that he's really interested in leaving and as Dr Mike said he probably has already been in talks with FBS schools

My guess is that he's getting a paycheck and didn't want to split carries. Disappointing for sure though. He added a different dimension in the run game.

one of them straight up said that he barely had Davis in his ballot because we weren't blowing teams out... Objectively stronger teams than what Rhode Island had to play over the course of the season. I hope we get and beat Rhode Island so maybe he as a voter will re-evaluate his criteria for voting. Same with him saying Tennessee Tech should have been seeded because they were dropping 40+ per game on even weaker opponents than Rhode Island faced.... Just a strange strange rationale and for him to be that heated about... Weird guy.

lmao anyone who puts the current CAA in the same tier as Missouri Valley and Big Sky is being willfully ignorant. Heck you could even argue that the Missouri Valley is in a tier of its own over the Big Sky with his dominant they are in winning the natty. Mid tier Big Sky teams would kill it in the current CAA.

I finally got around to listening to the hack city podcast and wow do I have some thoughts. They seem to have no concept of strength of schedule at all and seem to think winning blowouts against bad teams is a metric to count for seeding. And look, I'm not saying that Davis SHOULD be the 8th seed, but they are really trying to argue that it doesn't matter if you play in the Big Sky versus the CAA. This is not the CAA of old. It's a flat out weaker conference.

I don't catch many games due to being on the east coast, but I tuned in last night and those railings are atrocious. They literally cut off part of the court. Mickey mouse set up.

I guess it's time to see if the "Davis guy" mantra holds true. We do tend to have less players transferring out than most schools in this day and age of college football. I'm glad I'm not in the situation of choosing between Davis and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars though.

I agree that OSU's situation looks pretty bleak at the moment. The main thing they can offer right now is a bigger paycheck and who knows, if he can poach enough talent from MSU he can maybe at least make them more competitive... Like Eck this season.

haven't seen any new updates, but signing day is right around the corner.

Obviously this is not an official source in any capacity, but that would be a big loss of MSU. I would have to imagine he poaches a lot of players if he were to leave.

I have a hard time seeing a full repeat of what he was able to accomplish with recruiting this time around, not saying it's impossible but he was previously able to sell that they were going to the Pac12, that they had a massive influx of NIL, and that they were going to national championship. Recruits now have had a chance to see it play out for a season and as far as I can tell none of those things came to fruition.

they can keep being angry for all I care. Strengths of schedules don't lie.