Never really understood the Lehigh love. Who have they beat of note?

good find!

That's news to me. Although I did see a post on social media of him training with a QB coach in the Spring. The caption was "UCD QB" and I was confused. ha

Also, if the players are hardly getting full scholarships, I wonder what assistant coaches are getting paid. Prob not worth it

I wonder when's the last time we returned a punt or kickoff for a TD?

That would be fun to see. I like zack jones at return man too

I hadn't heard much from Barnum before this video, but he seems like a guy players could get behind. Alignment between admin and staff and athletes seems hard to come by

is there a recording of that interview somewhere?

Now this is more like it: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article316523419.html?taid=6a60406909ccf10001f1aacd

Juxtapose that sad excuse for a UCD preview article with this one for Sac St: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article316611784.html

The amount of mental gymnastics one has to do convince themselves that the MAC wanted Sac for anything other than their money is laughable

Apparently Nate Ruchena is back and an impact player in 2026... https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article316595842.html

You're on to something here. Keep WINNING and filling out the stadium, and anything is possible in the next 3+ yrs. Winning cures all. It seems to me the donor base lies dormant, but a few FCS championship runs could wake it up..

That's kind of what I'm hinting at. Is a 5m minimum pmt (just to reclassify as FBS) plus all the other expenses really worth it? The MWC isn't what it used to be. I'd be shooting for the PAC, but taking a little more time to get there, if it were me.

Interesting. How does revenue from the current partial membership of the MWC stack up vs. the Big West? TBD?

I personally don't like the idea of foregoing media rights income just to slap on the MW or FBS label. Seems rash. It's a big source of revenue for these programs (millions of $$ per yr) which puts new FCS to FBS programs at an immediate disadvantage. I think the UCD brand is worth more than that. Keep fielding suitors and negotiating and building the brand. A better opp might come along more mutually beneficial between program-conference. Even the NDSU deal seems one-sided in benefit of the conference. Not to mentions SAC

Appreciate you guys. Maybe an overview of the incoming frosh/transfers?