Hope he was referring to TT and LL when referencing players that have decided to stay put.
I haven’t seen such a publicly emotional presser in a long time. Must say that plough does have a heart.

I just do not see how South Dakota and North Dakota are so dominant in FCS football. They are in the middle of nowhere and they still get the best players in the FCS.

Won’t be sleeping until I see the Portal news Monday. Fingers crossed that LL and TT stay put and help out with the Plough transition. Not to say at all that they’ve got to stay just that they are very much admired and actually loved here in Aggie land. Know that they are talking about their options now.

IMHO Hawk told Rocko long ago that this was his plan. He would never have just dumped his decision on Rocko a week ago. Thus Rocko has had sufficient time to make the right decision on his next coach. As to salary I think $300,000+/- benefits is more than OK. So not the best in FCS but OK. Peterson is a very long shot, so no go there. $4.5 M not happening here. Another possibility DC Coombs. Still not sure Plough is on board for this. Maybe have to take a pay cut. FBS salaries are ridiculous now.

The bee wouldn’t have printed this article without solid evidence that Plough was in line for the job. Notice all the background info they had on Hawk and plough? No, plough doesn’t have the job yet but would he stay at cal as an AC and not take this HC position. No. Oregon state is still in shock over their HC leaving and probably don’t know plough from a block of wood. So I see this as a strategic leak from an informed person in order to prevent problems. Like defecting players.

He is not the wise old charismatic philosopher that Hawk is, but the few times I was exposed to Plough I thought he was very intelligent and made good impression on me. And as has been said above he actually recruited many of the current players. Is it not possible that Hawk and he have discussed this prior to the announcement?

If May wanted to move us to FBS he could do it. And yes the required attendance rule is gone. Minimum scholarship requirements is 210 at a minimum of 6 million in total. 5 million buy in. Literally peanuts for May. But where to go? Who would want us? Or better yet, who would not want us
? I doubt Fresno State is anxious for us to join their conference. Just adds more competition for their recruiting. Very sorry to see hawk leaving, bringing in Plough who is well known and liked by the teams players might prevent many downsides from his departure.

Also interesting is the physical/statistical comparison of LL and Mccaffery (i speak of mere numbers here and not talent or accomplishments which would of course be ridiculous). But they are almost mirror images of each other. LL is a couple inches taller, a few pounds heavier, etc. their 40 times very close at 4.55 CM and 4.56 LL. If that 4.49 by LL is legit, well who knows. Anyway, doesn’t mean a thing and is just an observation. Still hope LL. Comes back!

Yes he does have something to prove. Character. For instance, I don’t think the portal did Skattabo who was a great RB for Sac any good at all. Fairly good stats for a ASU Team that is going nowhere. But not really good. And he didn’t have to do that. And he abandoned his very good team. My thoughts are that he didn’t have a good agent or none at all. Plus, with the best NFL teams there is another metric in the draft: character. Maccaffery is an example of that. A truly good agent (his dad?) would advise LL to stay in the lane, graduate and be the leader of his team next season. But maybe I am just a true romantic. So sorry.

So December 4 is the first portal date for the winter? I think we all know who we do not want to see on that list! Fingers XXX!

Obviously the elephant in the room is whether LL or TT will portal. I actually doubt it in part because the Aggies were in my view spurned by the playoffs selection committee and the team is probably very pissed off about that and rightfully so. That would be a very good reason for staying on next season because it would acknowledge the tight bonds that this team has and be grateful and loyal to your teammates. If they stick together I believe that the team would be a lock to get back into the playoffs next season. IMHO fingers XXX

Might be just hopeful thinking but could it be that these juniors come back to finally finish with a playoff spot or record season. I doubt LL or TT will portal. Plus we have some real talent coming next season. Am I whistling in the wind? Or thru the grave yard? Overall a good season for the Aggies.

River why is next year a rebuilding year? We are a soph/junior team now. So I know there are holes to fill but the main guys are here next year. I realize LL is a question mark but I really don’t think he will leave. I’m interested in hearing more details.

Someone said Larison might get us in the playoffs and I agree. He is a great talent, a charismatic rodeo guy with ties to Idaho and a very good RB. I say UCD vs. Idaho in the first round. Will
Put some of that juice into a normally pretty boring early playoff game for the TV folks. But, my football predictions are far from being accurate I must say these days.
But very good game for the Aggies today. I think it was a very impressively coached game for us.

I think that UC Davis is a very tough school to recruit to mostly because of its reputation for being so academically strenuous. My daughter spent a year at sac city before transferring to UC Davis. Her counselor at sac city actually told her that davis was a very tough school as much so as Berkeley and to reconsider her decision. I realize we have the “special admits” thing going, but I have my doubts that we are using it efficiently. The academic senate has all along been very critical about its use. So, Insofar as the big sky is concerned, we are at a significant disadvantage recruiting against our conference foes and i don’t think Hawk is in any way to blame for it. On a positive note, it does seem we are now getting more 3 star guys now. Have no idea why.

Is this game on ESPN+?

Could someone post the replay as I was unable to watch the game?

Need something soon or forget the season. Hate to get down on the Hawk because I love him, but I cringed when he said this was the best Aggies team he has coached when that was totally unknown. And the thing opposing teams will tack on the board. Sad week for the Hawkins family but they are true veterans on this very difficult line of work. Love them to death……

Hawkins has to be thinking of someone else at QB at this point. After all the offense starts with the QB and he has been way off the last few games. I think maybe he has lost his confidence or our opponents have figured him out. Looks like he is stepping in wet cement in the backfield on passing plays. IMHO the new OC has bear some responsibility for the bad offensive performance of late.

I don’t think any team be it FBS FCS, or NFL now posts it’s starting line up much less it’s injury report or it’s “starting line up”. Or depth chart. Why give up this information just for the media?