About 6 weeks away everybody - have a feeling, depending on how the men handle Plough's installation this summer - the Aggies could really sprint ahead with some tremendous scheme looks. The question is who's going to sling it?

Okay, the goal is to score the first points ever vs. UCLA, ha ha ha

Competition is the American way!

I'm excited for that offensive line next year - some good blockers there.

So Knoos had offers from Army, Navy, SJSU, Louisville, UNLV and Washington State. I think I'd want to come to Davis too, better chance to play as a 1st/2nd year player - and it's a very competitive League in the Big Sky. Just a high quality brand of football - especially now for a true West Coast/Rocky Mountain conference. Which brings up a new recruiting bonus - yes, we may not get the Big 10/ACC east coast tv time, but the teams in the Big Sky are legit spread across the western range. I think the heaviest flight is Northern California / Portland to Denver/Greeley? Maybe a 2-1/2 hour plane ride.

Well, we are killing the QB position right now...on paper, but these guys look like a good class of ballplayers.

2018 was 6 years ago - all these kids remember is the blizzard playoff game from Missoula last December...and likely the December before that...on ESPN2

Wow

Sounds like a snakebit situation. Whatever, next opportunity awaits...not everybody gets a Kurt Warner at No. 4 on the QB depth chart.

Hearing quotes from Margin Call in my head.

"...and you know damn well we don't sell anything to anybody unless you think they're going to come back for more. That's the lesson we learned."

Student-Athletes have a market, but you have to perform consistently to get buy-off for 4 years!

Yeah, but who's throwing it? Who's catching it? We should be improved at WR this year, more experience, but any legit transfer guys?

As for Lan's pre-season accolades, I'll bet you a shiny new dime he is only thinking about getting the Aggies into a playoff run.

Ultimately, I think the transfer portal is a good thing. It's showing remarkably good signs in baseball. Guys who have developed in 2, 3 years of playing at say a Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, UC Riverside a Texas Southern --- and have blossomed to legitimate DI players can transfer in and play at a Florida State, a South Carolina, an Oklahoma State, an Oregon State immediately. Baseball is baseball in most any program, the fundamentals are the same.

In football, you have playbooks, and bonding/playing together counts for more than most sports in my opinion. Coaching staff chemistry, teammate chemistry and rep count - it matters a lot. As this thing progresses, I think the transfer bit will continue for certain players who get beat out at say a QB job for example, will get calls to play somewhere else, and they should take it to play - but I think more and more kids will look to stay in their situations at the schools they chose for a variety of reasons. Having the option to transfer is good though, sometimes mistakes are simply made, bad decisions to go to the first choice out of high school, no cooperation with coaching, teammate differences, cultural differences, whatever - every recruit is sold during the process - if they don't like the situation after a year or two, getting out is good for an individual.

If you don't bow down and kiss the ring, you may as well be pond scum for challenging their greatness in the FCS.

I imagine ACC Network(s) are itching to see the numbers from the new west coast additions. They should be covering everything out of the gate.

Well, it's right off of downtown, in that horrible undercrossing off of 80, it's a decent walk to get across the bridge and get there. Seems like a relatively dead area - though they've got that housing, and frat row that runs to the west, lots of bike traffic, kids just trying to get home on the other side of 80 - just think it's not the most prime spot. Actually, that Whole Foods wasn't a bad inclusion - but even that didn't last. I honestly just miss being able to go to Pluto's ha ha. Looks like they've got a lot of Asian food joints there now, so that's good. Just open a place there that sells alcohol - it'll do just fine.

I remember when that was Pluto's, freshest, heartiest food in the City at the time IMO.

7 stories is quite an accomplishment for Davis. That must've taken some very good convincing.

Cal has the money to buy out games?

Look forward to following UCD baseball a bit more closely next season. I've got old junior college buddies coaching at LSU so I've been following them a lot harder.

The regional games this post season have been phenomenal.

It's tough to damn near impossible to build anything tall in Davis.

Would be nice if they opened up a decent capacity sized bar and grill right there for students.