done :)

Wanted to make a little write up from after the game as a student sitting in the student section. Got there about 4:10 and they still had some of the 400-500 bandanas they were giving out to students. Grabbed those and wrapped them around our necks before heading to the Aggie Pack section. The stadium staff were standing at the bottom and tops of the rows handing out noise makers which was pretty great. The cowbells lined the seats too, which seemed to be a fan favorite, with a few folks around me conglomerating their 1 cow bell with 7 others that their friends had picked up to make a mega-cow bell, it was pretty funny. Noticed the center section took no time at all to fill up, with the edges slowly getting creeped by the oozing of Montana State fans and their frankly impressive levels of fan merchandise.

We had Batman, a group of frat members, and a guy covered completely in Aggie face paint rocking the crowd. By the end of the first quarter it had filled in pretty well, but it seemed obvious to me that most of the students didn’t follow Aggie Football much outside of knowing Lan Larison (someone had a custom I love lan t shirt) and Cori the punt dog. Highlights from the first half of the game in the students section was the reaction to our first touchdown (such a beautiful drive), and the fans trying to figure out how to distract the Montana State qb, while seemingly thinking his last name was “melon” haha. As the Bobcats started to take the lead, in the end of the first half, and continue it through the 3rd, I was really happy to see so many students stay. This team definitely has grit, and the fans seemed to believe that we could do something to come back (thanks to Coombs defense keeping us in it). Yeah we had some people screaming at Miles, and simply in awe of the punt return from Montana, but the fans seemed generally positive the whole time.

Some things I was not as stoked about was our fans chanting “f*ck Montana” for a considerable amount of the game, while we were down 20+…. we just looked embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing though was the Montana State players chirping back, and their coaches constantly having to tell a few of them to dial it down. It was just a ridiculous scene for a few minutes there after they went up 22 or whatever it was. Banter is good, but it’s just goofy at a certain point. By the 4th quarter I was blown away with how many students stayed, it made me so happy to see, especially considering the amount of crop tops and t shirts people were wearing around me as it got into the mid 40s out. Obviously the onside kick was electric, and our final drive was as well, but that 2 point conversion at the end that ultimately went sour, definitely deflated everyone (as expected).

I will say, it seemed to me they most students were wayyyy more into the game when they had something to shake or bang around to make noise instead of yelling when we only could have so many students in that section. I also think most students left the game impressed with the Aggies fight, which would be a great change in the students collective psyche to stay after halftime knowing we could come back…. If only we did! Either way, an amazing game out at UC Davis Health Stadium. Hoping we can rally the troops for a home playoff game if one comes our way, because this team definitely could have won that game, and I think our fans and students especially, should be enjoying this Sunday morning thinking about the future of Aggie Football.

yknow im just gonna assume he was getting ready for some brunch at crepeville and didnt want to pay for restaurant priced alcohol

I just watched a Montana state fan chug a gunrock ipa outside of mishkas at 10 a.m…. I love football

the student reddit site wants to carry the goalpost to putah creek if we pull up the upset:rofl:

near end of season update: anyone think NDSU could be moving at some point soon? I know they have talked about moving up for the last 200,000 years but the Pac and MW are running out of viable expansion options. Davis seems to be getting some level of national recognition but im still on the fence about our AD even doing the stadium remodel (ill never not be annoyed by that stupid twitter post) or push for us moving. Were killing it in the FCS anyways.

I watched someone on a little fishing boat with a motor sailing over putah creek this week and was very suprised… it was metal though so no burning of that boat..

+1 about fbs

I have friends from chico coming down who are looking for a taste of d1 football next weekend... and like 5 davis fans who go to a game at most a year. This year they have went to almost all of them. Def a better energy when we're winning. Need Plough on a golfcart yelling at us to go to the game.

Of course! So goofy anyways, glad it worked out!

nope you got it! Go to fox sports website and open and incognito tab! You can watch the game for an hour for free and then refresh page and watch another hour…

Woooooo!!! 7-1 baby!

I’ve got some good and some bad news on that front…

The announcers are so funny I can’t even, everytime eastern gets 3 years they yell into the mic

Worth noting: Villanova is down 28–0 in the 2nd quarter.. not trying to jinx it but a Davis win today could cement us in the top 5 of FCS….

Lift up your voices, now's the time to sing.
This is the day the Victory Bell will ring.
Loyal Aggies, all for one.
Never stopping 'til we've won…
Let's go.
Let's win.
Today's the day The Aggies will fight, fight, fight!

I think comparing davis and SJSU is a bit tough considering SJSU is largely a commuter school not in a college town. I also think its interesting considering we get crowds around 7-10k playing schools that were not historic rivals like UNR now. I think that is my point, while we may never have a 100k capacity stadium, being in a conference with flagship schools of states like UNM, UNR or heck even Air force seems beneficial to an already higher average capacity. I also think getting into a conference with actually broadcasted games that are not only on ESPN+ would create more energy from alumni who dont want yet another subscription, but people who are just flipping through channels. That increase of recognition on television would inevitably translate to some level of regional and local (campus and otherwise) fan attendance boosts at games. I also gotta say that while our stadium is great for what it is, I can only imagine with a renovation even close to what rocko and others have teased, football recruits, some level of prospective students, and alumni will be more interested in attending a game with a larger and more imposing stadium design, a larger tv audience where you can actually go to a bar and watch the game, and a more recognizable team playing us on the field.

Exactly! Trying to explain how the FCS playoff system works and how were d1 but not FBS is actually such a pain in the arse. Also wild to me that a school with 40,000 fans and a football history of 106 years has not moved up.

they actually lit off fireworks and had a parade down the street to be exact!

What I was trying to say was that many people I know already struggle with knowing many of the g5 FBS teams, and know even less FCS teams (even ones that make the playoffs sometimes), leaving them struggling to get very excited about the competition by simply seeing ads or social media posts. I would be inclined to believe that the average fan would be more excited to watch a Davis vs unr conference game, or davis vs the likes of san diego state or texas tech bowl game than playing Drake or UT Martin.