Surprisingly good coverage of the scrimmage. I was able to read it although i don’t subscribe.
https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggie-coach-sees-progress-at-scrimmage/article_d4c1ab5f-446c-4176-9d06-83b8bcc57841.html

This is not the first time I've seen the field called Bog Biggs field

I thought the same about Palm trees being So Cal, but the ones on the Embarcadero in SF have turned out nice.

On the mention of Zach Jones instead of Dobbins, Dobbins who appeared in 27 games over 2 years and made 12 starts might not be “someone to watch for”, as an already familiar story. And Dobbins didn’t participate in spring ball (injured?). Zach Jones did participate in spring ball, would have been in excellent shape as he was on the Davis track team which overlapped. In addition Zach Jones was racking up stats at end of last year, running and receiving, 7 touchdowns in 20 touches if i recall correctly.

What tape is on Kollock? Two year old HS tape?

People, not necessarily the same ones, make two arguments regarding Pinnick.
1) That Davis won’t take a step back because they are starting a redshirt freshman who has very limited game experience because Pinnick was effective as a redshirt freshman last year.
2) Pinnick made a lot of freshman mistakes.
We’ll have to see if Cleeland has the it factor that Pinnick had.

Neither QB has taken meaningful snaps, zero for Kollock and a series for Cleeland. I don’t think there’s a difference in how a team will prepare for either one of them.

We have two tight ends from towns 8 miles apart, Fortuna and Ferndale.
The one i just noticed for the first time is Prescott Langer from Ferndale

One of Langer's many notable two-way performances came in Week Eight, a 72-0 obliteration of Arcata in a battle of the Humboldt - Del Norte Little 4's top two teams. Langer ran for 54 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries, caught a 35-yard touchdown, returned a kickoff for a touchdown, returned an interception for a touchdown, made two tackles for loss, deflected two passes, and even booted two punts a combined 76 yards (one within the 20). That's a stat line you pretty much never see, which is fitting for a team that's been almost unthinkably dominant.

Link to article in sporting news

The team is really deep in fast wide receivers. Zach Jones, Xzavior Guess, and Jackson Fay all have impressive 100M bests. Fay and Guess’ times are wind aided
Zach Jones 10.55 this year in college.
Jackson Fay 10.58
Xzavior Guess 10.84

Sounds like they were featuring young guys and guys who haven’t been at the top of the depth chart. Was the #16 on kick returns the true freshman WR (5’10) or the DB (6’0”)? I guess it was Jackson Fay the wide receiver.

A package deal, high school teammates who want to go to the same school.

The two recruits from Timberline High in Boise aren’t listed on the roster. Jack Brant and Sam Haener.

in the updated roster we have a new 3* defensive end Jason Davis Jr. 6’3” 270lbs. From Gridley

The natural range of Redwoods corresponds to where they have summer fog, they get a lot of their moisture through the leaves. Might be hard to grow in davis successfully Maybe Sequoias might do better as their range is not defined by fog. Dont know. I live in the north bay and see a lot of water stressed Redwoods and we do get summer fog but not enough.

Brock Galvin in his interview with Jordan Fisher says Fisher is a four year senior and comments that that is rare. It is not. Fisher redshirted as a freshman playing in only four games, so he traditionally would have been described as a red shirt junior, same with most of the other seniors. This is a manifestation of the confusion the roster creates by listing players with the same eligibility in various ways.

The roster could be done by students but someone needs to supervise them by assigning the task, standardize the labels that are going to be used to indicate class or eligibility, and then having someone involved with the team sign off on the output after catching errors. For example someone who knows that a HS recruit who enrolls in the Spring isn’t a sophomore in the Fall. It seems like this task has not had anyone responsible for it.

What are the chances they will post a roster before the scrimmage? There should be about 25 additions who are not listed, and likely a few players listed are not on the team.

Mercer Head Coach, Offensive Cordinator, and FCS defensive player of the year Zock, all left also

I notice that a defensive quality control analyst, Nick Murray who is still listed on our hibernating 2026 roster, is now an inside linebacker coach at San Diego. San Diego is picked by the coaches to win the Pioneer conference, in a close vote. Last year San Diego beat then #24 Southern Utah.

Appreciate the coverage.
Samuel Akem has a joyful personality. Good questions.
Samuel Gbatu provided some names that stand out to him in camp. Among the newer names he mentioned were Xzavior and Chaz, which I assume to be Xzavior Guess and true freshman Chaz Gilbreath, two guys who haven’t been seen yet. Good to hear.

The athletic department release is about the All Big Sky Team.
On Steele’s All Big Sky team, Jaden Green from Lehigh now at Cal Poly is 2nd team, Jordan Fisher is third team. I think Jordan is more deserving, not only did he face better defenses but he has more rushing and receiving yards.