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  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    Must add an addendum to my post:
    1) Kessler has not yet accepted the offer per sac states information office.

    2) the law firm of Kessler, Winston and Strawn has stated that Kessler on the House case billed at the rate of $1980 per hour for 1624 hours. That my friends is $15840 a DAY!

    I merely ask, is the “tremendously wealthy” Sac12 going to agree to pay for this.

    Sorry for the erroneous Kessler billing statement.
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    And now they’re going to hire a $500 per hour attorney to help get them out of this jam. Probably a $25000retainer for starts. Then he will get 4-5 young associates up and running at $250 per hour. Absolute gold mine for this so-called A++ “sports attorney” and who is paying for this? Good thing for Wood that the students are all gone for the summer. But, guess what, they will be BACK!!
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    It’s the President of sac who has to stand up and take responsibility for his actions. And I would not want to be in his shoes when the chancellor of the CSU calls him on this.
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    Be very surprised if this situation doesn’t result in litigation. Classic bait and switch operation. Sac better be prepared to make good on all the scholarship offers made beyond the 83 allowed for FCS schools (if this in fact occurred) or it’s going to get sued big time. I think it’s called detrimental reliance on a promise that was false or negligently made. Something like that.
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    Yeah, and total silence from the Bee on these new developments.
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    How would you like to be the California state university chancellor now who is probably getting calls from every chancellor in the system as to why this Sac state guy is making all these grandiose plans to spend money he and none of the other chancellor’s actually have? How is he doing this and we can’t? Well, because he is making irresponsible statements and I do not condone them. Nice to know. All done while the students are gone and not watching where there hard earned tuition is going under this Woods guy. I really wonder if he has the ability to withstand this. If this FBS thing of his backfires, he is also going to have to deal with a ton of litigation from the players who were (allegedly) recruited under false pretenses. The NCAA has this figured out and will not be willing to take on that exposure IMHO.
  • UC Davis Athletics Joining Mountain West - Football to Follow
    Well, the sac bee thinks that the Ron Austin story is worthy of a frontpage story. See today’s issue. Very positive. And I don’t have to say the Bee does not like saying nice things about UC Davis.so this is very nice for Ron Austin. Someone please cut and paste the Bee story as I am not able to do it.
  • UC Davis Athletics Joining Mountain West - Football to Follow
    I would think that your parents would have told you that making negative comments on an otherwise very uplifting human story means that you were being a bad person and should not do it. Maybe no dessert and early to bed. Hey, this guy was an Aggie legend. I am so sad to see these silly comments coming about how he “should have seen the documents to get his degree” or “he left for the CFL early” hey guys this guy was a legend Aggie and do not dis him in any way.
  • UC Davis Athletics Joining Mountain West - Football to Follow
    UC Davis News just published a very heartwarming story about one former Aggie student, Ron Austin, who is now graduating after 47 years absence from college. Those who recall Ron Austin will be showing their age probably, but will remember him as an outstanding running back for the Aggies. I would say one of the best players UC Davis ever put on the field. Ron left Davis in the seventies thinking he had a degree but he did not; having a few units short he returned to UC Davis recently to complete his degree. Which he did. And will graduate with the class of 2025 next weekend. Congratulations Ron Austin!
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    The time and environment of these sit down tests are often overlooked but can be very important. I was given the army OCS qualification test at the oakland army depot at 5 am in the morning before breakfast. Took the SAT after a 4 hour drive from my home to UC during an all day rain storm. I took the LSAT at 6pm on a Friday night after work all day at a service station in Chico. Barely made the mark on any one of the tests. I vote on the side of HS grades over the SAT
  • New Uniforms
    Yolo got to give you credit for the amazing in depth Google research you did into Khary jones 3 decade old history with his time with Aggie football. Should have got those stats down better. Shame on me. The point of the post was 1) his special uniform kit and 2) his abilities as a very mobile player. Both are the current subjects of this ongoing thread.
  • New Uniforms
    So I will tell you the tale of a one man uniform change, maybe the only one in Aggie history. And what it accomplished. The player was Khary Jones an Aggie player in the early 2000s. Early in the season (i dont remember which) Khary was our quarterback. Khary had painted his shoes gold. We were playing st Mary’s in one of the last games before they quit football. When he took the field the st Mary’s players were all over him with insults and taunts about his golden shoes. He was not at all distracted or visibly annoyed. He shredded the st. Marys defense with his passing and running. St Marys lost big that day and I don’t believe that it had nothing to do with their decision to eliminate football from their ICA program. Khary has gone onto a great football career up in Canada as a player and a coach.
    I believe he was 17-4 winner for the Aggies. Not bad at all.
    So lastly a comment about mobile quarterbacks. No one has mentioned Khary. He was extremely mobile and very successful. So was Chris Peterson and I don’t have to remind anyone that he was a great player. The addition of Pinnick as the Aggie quarterback is a huge plus for Aggie football next season IMHO.
  • Sac State's bid for the Pac 12 Thread
    I am definitely not a Shakespeare expert, but I do remember this from my high school days and something maybe coach Marion should reflect on: “Pride comes before the fall” and or “Arrogance is the camouflage for insecurity” anyway, we will soon see how this plays out. Good luck to sac going forward.
  • Aggie Give Day: Football nearing 70k in donations so far
    I tried to commit a pledge but the website said “bad address” what was that all about?
  • Sacramento Kings star Mike Bibby to become Sacramento State's men's basketball coach
    I recall many years ago when the kings first came to sac. That Bibby and his wife were looking to buy a home in davis. Yes! Then suddenly it disappeared. I suspected the bee and the new king’s management said “absolutely no to that” and that was the end to that. Just an interesting little thing from the past. I think the DE actually did a column on this. Oh well, who at this plot really cares except us boring people. Always liked Bibby"…..
  • Ag’s tie d1 run record
    So lights on the soccer field as well?
  • ARC locker room renovation
    Wow! A university student bathroom renovation becomes national news? Cant believe this is happening.
  • MBB: 2025 Big West Tournament. Cal Poly (14-18, 8-12) v. UC Davis (15-16, 9-11) Wed. Mar. 12 8:30 pm
    I am sure he is feeling the squeeze even without talking to Rocko. My only question is does he have it in him to carry on.I would think Rocko would go easy on him for one more year but who would enjoy the incredible pressure? I doubt he needs the money……. But who knows? Very proud likable guy.