Appears Davis will be the 'home' team for this one.

We're corrected, I distinctly remember that 2026 buzz that Davis was playing @ UNLV - but I guess that fell through.

Oh am I mixed up? Let me check that out.

2025 starts like this:
@ Mercer in Alabama
@ Utah Tech
@ Washington

2026 starts like this (will be confirmed):
@ San Diego
@ UNLV
@ SMU

That's four money games in two years to start the year (what's the money deal with the Mercer game with ESPN, curious) - sounds like a ramp up to help pool the funds needed to jump to the Mountain West. Have to think that with a jump, an upgrade to the Stadium will be required. Need a bump to at least 25,000, with Utah State being the smallest capacity stadium in the Mountain West currently at just over 25k. THAT, to see it mildly is a massive jump in capacity, a massive overhaul project - and a massive leap of faith that we can get anywhere close to that many fans showing up to watch Davis play Wyoming.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2025/1/13/football-opens-2025-with-week-0-match-up-face-mercer-in-2025-fcs-kickoff-classic.aspx

In case it was missed, here's the official release.

Most of us can't help it, I know my Dad can't. His in game rants and comments are so legendary we made up a bunch of t-shirts for him last Christmas with the best football-isms to come out of his mouth: "HOLDING!" "LOBSTER CLAWS" and one of Sochor's favorites whenever a receiver dropped a pass in practice "ICE TONGS!"

We all yell because we care.

Jayden Robinson Offered by:
Ashland U
Quincy U
Mercyhurst U
Morgan State

Not having Simonson to play his last year is a big blow to the OL. However, if it's Harper at QB (and that's not set in stone), the blind side is actually from the RT spot with Harper being a southpaw, where Nava...is....graduating? Maybe I read somewhere that said he could be coming back.

I think that's a promotion....coordinating one third of the game.

So that's 8 transfers signed in the last couple days?

Psyk was 1st Team All Ivy League last season. DE Impact rush type player.

Interesting we list Rutchena as LB, he's listed as TE on Cal's current roster.

Riddick is an Elk Grove kid, went to Sac City - was basically SEMO's starting safety last season, 87 tackles.

Josiah Allen also Elk Grover kid, went to Sac City - played in all 12 games for UTEP last season, had some impact plays in the backfield as well.

Porter, graduate transfer, 34 tackles last season, no sacks, listed as 6'-1", 280 lbs.

Batson recorded minimal statistics in 2024, had a significant injury in 2023 that he came back from. He will get every opportunity to be an impact player in Davis. Originally from San Clemente. Looks like we get his RS Senior season. Listed as 6'-4" and 206 lbs.

Looks like Trey Carr (Fresno CC) and Ty Richardson (Tufts) are committed to coming here, so that's good.

That is totally life.

Well, we know where Davis is going, the show now is seeing where Sac lands!

https://www.deltacollegeathletics.com/sports/fball/2023-24/bios/rhodes_link_z4zn?view=gamelog&pos=wr

Ask Bob how Lan's ankle is doing...and if Lan ends up in the Seahawks organization, would that be the coolest thing ever or what?

For those who don't remember Dalton Turay was a FB for the Ags from 2011 to 2014, I personally loved watching him block - he did a lot of dirty, tough work for the running game.

Taylor was a TE for Davis 2010-2013, basically TE1 in 2013. Hails from up around Dan Hawkins country (Bieber, CA) in McArthur, CA, NE of Redding a bit in Shasta County.

Dalton and Taylor played in the tail end of the Biggs years and into the early Gould years so go easy...put in a lot of work and didn't have a ton of wins to show for it.

2010 UC Davis: 6-5 Overall, beat San Jose State 14-13, won at North Dakota, won a close one late at Poly, beat Sac State in a close one.
2011 UC Davis: 4-7 Overall, got to play at Arizona State, @ Hawai'i, L to Humboldt State, beat Poly, beat Sac State.
2012 UC Davis: 5-6 Overall, L @ SJSU, W @ South Dakota State 12-8, beat Weber, lost a tough one to Montana State at home 41-48, L @ Cheney 28-31, beat Sac State 34-27
2013 UC Davis: 5-7 Overall, L heartbreaker @ South Dakota 7-10, played @ Nevada, whooped by Portland State at home, whooped by Montana at home, lost vs. Poly 16-34, beat Sac 34-7.
2014 UC Davis: 2-9 Overall, blanked @ Stanford, played @ Colorado State, the game where Prukop and Montana State dropped 77 points on the Aggies at home, beat Poly 48-35, lost to Sac 30-41.

I think the theme here is this was a tough stretch for the program and for Bob Biggs - they were consistently playing two FBS teams a season to raise money, they had fully transitioned but the program was sputtering to gain any kind of consistency in the FCS.

To that effect, Dalton and Taylor played in an era that helped build the program we all see now.

How do they see UC Davis Football in 5-10 years?
How do they think the University will handle the move to the Mountain West?
Biggest facility upgrade they'd like to see on campus? (any sport, or spec. football related)
Favorite food spot in Davis when they were students?

Wasn't able to find it. It was a basic advertisement, very respectful - just though it was funny they paid to run it during the Championship broadcast.

Man, not that we should be in the business of punting, but if we can't find a guy for next season who can consistently murder balls - I'll be disappointed. Davis is a special teams paradise. From Colton Schmidt to Colby Wadman to Daniel Whelan - we should have a NFL quality punter on the team at all times.

Final Highlight Package of the FCS Year from Matt Highlights #2 - who has done a fantastic job covering the FCS this season, especially UC Davis.

Did anybody else notice from the Championship broadcast that Montana ran a University advertisement? Thought that was hilarious, was laughing with SochorField when it ran!

Topics:
1. QB1
2. Transfers - specifically who's making plays at WR for the Aggies in 2025?
3. Assistant Coaching Changes
4. How will Offense Evolve Without Larison - or is Fisher going to be THAT guy?
5. Defensive Line, LB Unit, Kavir Bains leaving - As Coach Carter would say, We're going to have NEW LEADING TACKLERS in 2025. Obviously Rex and Porter are the ones leading that group now.
6. OL - Only losing Nava at RT? Should be a Strength in 2025.