Why would ANYBODY want to inherit this mess? Obviously someone will, but gotta wonder...

And maybe no roster. I think that when a HC leaves, anyone on the current roster can transfer. Are commits and signed recruits also free to reopen their recruiting?

Like the opinion article on Sac State losing its identity, this is pretty spot on.

The question that wasn't asked, is how many QB's out there have the decision-making skills and the running ability to make an option offense work AND the passing ability to keep a defense honest. My guess is there aren't too many, and those QB's are in high demand.

Will Marion, as good a recruiter as he seems to be, be able to get that guy to come to Sac State
next season?

Probably not until Sac has a full schedule, and then it will depend on what that schedule looks like.

Addendum: In the current world of college sports, until a recruit is on campus and at practice, a coach can't be 100% sure that player is coming. If Sac St. doesn't get a full schedule in place soon, I would not be surprised to see some signed recruits ask for their release. Or whatever it is that would allow them to go elsewhere. Unless they really don't have another option.

Perfect. Sane driving time as Cal Expo.

Pretty spot on.

No, a junior high field wouldn't work. Remember, this is a Varsity program, not junior varsity.

I can't see the revenue bond idea working in his announced time line (1 year - actually @ 8 months). There's an approval process that looks lengthy.

https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/doing-business-with-the-csu/capital-planning-design-construction/project-center/Self-Support/Programming/Pages/Five-Year-Capital-Outlay-Plan-Out-Year/Q.aspx

Even if approved, not sure any responsible fund manager would think this is a good investment.

Thanks for the update. Sounds like she might not miss much, if any time.

Sussex only played 8 minutes, had a good stat line. Does anyone know what happened? I was unable to watch the game.

The 6-2 record is the Aggies' best start since the 2020-21 season, when they started 7-1. Of course, that was the Covid year and UCD's eighth game wasn't until February 13.

If you want full seasons, this year is the best start since 2017-18, when the Aggies started 9-0. That team finished 28-7, and included Morgan Berstch, Pele Gianotti, Eachel Nagle, Dani Nafekh and the Eaton twins.

Cal Poly beats The Beach in 3 sets. Sets up a great final. Two best teams in the conference regular season.

GO AGS!!

Davis over UCSB in 4 close sets to move into the Big West Tournament Championships. The Aggies notched their 21st win of the season, something not achieved since 2011. UCD plays either Long Beach or Cal Poly tomorrow at 5 PM, with the winner advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

Well done, ladies!!

GO AGS!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

GO AGS!

Actually, 33.2% is about what the Aggies have shot since the 2021-22 season, including the last two, both 20-win seasons. What's down is the overall shooting %-age, 39.6. We've usually shot about 41% during that stretch.

On the plus side, FT shooting is about 5% higher than any of the last 4 seasons. That should bode well for the future as this young group matures. We have good young shooters whose 3 pt and overall percentages are likely to rise as they get more experience with the college game.

If you meant gives them a place to have a schedule, play and be competitive, agreed, 100% And for baseball. softball, M/W soccer, and volleyball, the Big West is a pretty good conference. Maybe women's basketball benefits as well. It also lowers travel costs significantly.

For men's and women's basketball, the BW is a step down from the Big Sky. The women may benefit, but the Bibby hire and bringing on Shaq as a GM were as much about becoming nationally prominent in men's basketball as all their moves in football were for that sport. I don't see the move to the Big West helping to sustain that.

And they will have the same issue that Rocko mentioned UCD having with the Big West. Except for Cal Poly, none of the other BW members have football. So the conference decision-making doesn’t factor in the needs of a football program. Especially one with immediate FBS aspirations. FB produces revenue, but it chews up lots of bandwidth in every aspect of an athletic program.

What Olympic winter sports does Sac State offer? The only one I see is Women’s Gymnastics, which the BW doesn’t sponsor. For gymnastics, Sac is in the MPSF, as is Davis until next year, when we join the Mountain West, which does sponsor gymnastics.

And from the Big West site:

Big West Coach of the Year Dan Conners became UC Davis’ all-time winningest coach in the final weeks of the regular season, sporting 171 wins in 11 seasons. This is a first career coaching nod for Conners, and just the second Aggie coach to earn conference honors (Jamie Holmes, 2009). Conners now reigns with the most career wins in The Big West among active coaches.

Well-deserved!!

Now it is a 6-0 run!!
Men's Soccer ✔️
Women's Soccer ✔️
Women's Volleyball ✔️
Men's Basketball ✔️
Football ✔️
Women's Basketball ✔️

GO AGS!! Or maybe "GO-GO" AGS!!

Shout Out #2:

Coach Austin Pile Named MPSF Coach of the Year. Admittedly a new conference formed during the season with only 2 teams, but the award could easily have gone to the Delaware coach. After all, Delaware beat UCD in the championship game. And considering the struggles of the field hockey program prior to Pile, this is a well-deserved recognition of the progress he's made.

And it's followed up by what look to this uninformed-about-field hockey-person like a really solid recruiting class. Five freshmen from solid high school programs in the US and Canada.

GO AGS!