Since the postponed 20 season, they haven’t produced as much content about the football team on the official site. No position previews for example. They had hired a downsized Enterprise reporter to produce that stuff in ‘19 & ’20

The roster lists almost everyone in HS school classes of 19 and 20 as redshirt freshmen. So almost half of those “redshirt” players have been on campus for three years. Next year the class of 19 may be sophomores in terms of eligibility but seniors in terms of academic class. Many aren’t going to hang around and play for three more years.
There’s usually quite a lot of attrition when after three years players realize they aren’t playing.

At least at some level this is a failure. While we didn’t offer that many, I suspect there is no strategy where you don’t want a few freshmen to accept a scholarship offer.

It’s even weirder as we gave 2021 recruits almost no playing time. That may mean two failed years of recruiting. I know there are other possibilities, just voicing concern.

It’s weird this year that there is little or no promotion of signing day on the web site compared to years past.

Nixon appeared in four games. San Diego,Dixie. Weber and Eastern Washington but only two tackles for season.
I think he was coming off an injury in last game of spring season injury but can’t recall what it was.

Not anyone close to his impact among returning defensive linemen.


I think it’s 12, one grad student, Duncan, and eleven seniors on roster, but maybe not all had scholarships. Most did.

The huge first class has attrited to fewer than 10, with two now in the transfer portal.

Signing Day Roster

Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown Highlights
Terrell Cloud (Signed in December) DT 5-11 290 Palmdale, Calif. (LA Valley College/Palmdale HS '15) Highlights
Will Martin (Signed in December) OL 6-2 290 Huntington Beach, Calif. (Orange Coast College/Brethren Christian HS '14) Highlights
Joey Berzins TE 6-3 250 Walnut Creek, Calif. (Campolindo HS '17) Highlights
Max O'Rourke K 6-1 170 Rocklin, Calif. (ARC/Rocklin HS '15) Highlights
Carson Crawford WR 5-10 165 Portland, Ore. (Beaverton HS '17) Highlights
Nick Amoah OL 6-3 280 Davis, Calif. (Davis HS '17) Highlights
Luka Nixon DE 6-5 230 Sherwood, Ore. (Sherwood HS '17) Highlights
Amir Knox DB 6-0 177 Bakersfield, Calif. (Ridgeview HS '17) Highlights
Tehran Thomas RB 5-11 230 Goodyear, Ariz (Desert Edge HS '17) Highlights
Jaylin White DB 5-10 158 Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta HS '17) Highlights
Fabian Hunkin DT 6-2 290 Salinas, Calif. (North Salinas HS '17) Highlights
Will George OL 6-4 285 Stockton, Calif. (Lincoln HS '17) Highlights
Evan Perkins DB 5-10 180 San Diego, Calif. (Helix Charter HS '17) Highlights
Jordan Perryman DB 6-0 185 Hanford, Calif. (Hanford HS '17) Highlights
Connor Pettek OL 6-4 305 Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Thousand Oaks HS '17) Highlights
Logan Hungrige LB 6-2 235 Sutter, Calif. (Sutter Union HS '17) Highlights
Jake Maier QB 6-0 200 La Habra, Calif. (Long Beach CC/St. Paul HS '15) Highlights
Ulonzo Gilliam RB 5-9 180 Merced, Calif. (Merced HS '17) Highlights
Daniel Whelan P 6-5 215 Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Rancho Mirage HS '17) Highlights
De'Andre Morgan DE 6-3 240 Concord, Calif. (Concord HS '17) Highlights
Logan Montgomery WR 5-11 175 Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills HS '17) Highlights
Eric Flowers LB 5-11 228 Van Nuys, Calif. (LA Valley College/Birmingham HS '16) Highlights
Devon King DB 5-10 165 Richmond, Calif. (De Anza HS '17) Highlights
Cam Trimble LB 6-0 215 Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Westlake HS '17) Highlights
Kristian Gilbert WR 5-11 190 Artesia, Calif. (St. John Bosco HS '17) Highlights
Niko Harris QB 6-1 190 Agoura Hills, Calif. (Sierra Canyon HS '17) Highlights
Troy Spencer WR 5-9 170 Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS '17) Highlights
Namane Modise RB 5-9 180 San Lorenzo, Calif. (CCSF/Castro Valley HS '15) Highlights
Tanner Cristando LB 6-0 240 Healdsburg, Calif. (Butte College/Healdsburg HS '15) Highlights
Truman Andrus LB 6-2 205 El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oak Ridge HS '17) Highlights
Montell Bland LB 5-11 210 Modesto, Calif. (Central Catholic HS '17) Highlights
Donovan Taylor LB 6-2 220 Long Beach, Calif. (Warren HS '17) Highlights

So after five years at 15 units a quarter someone has 225 units but still hasn’t exhausted his eligibility. He is now about 24 years old and doesn’t want to commit to several more years for graduate degree. What reward can he get for hanging around?

Which can you do in a year? Surprise me.

So we have something to offer the few students that earn a degree elsewhere or here in three years. Small pool to draw from.
If admissions are under the same rules as non athletes, it’s less likely that we can offer enrollment to someone for a couple of quarters that isn’t an academic waste of time. Unlike state colleges or out of state colleges, UCs don’t offer second batchelors degrees, vocational certificates or anything else to hang on the wall after a couple of quarters of work. Except a teaching credential or what?

There is a limit to how many undergraduate units are permitted.
Here is how it was historically:
If the student has graduated, they can’t enroll for a second Batchelor degree, that’s not permitted at UCs, State colleges it’s ok.

How many graduate programs do we have that can offer someone a useful credential in a year?
Probably not many aside from a teaching credential, but I don’t know.
I don’t think there is much of an incentive for someone to play another year after being here for 4 or 5 already.

Our schedule wasn’t that light, Tulsa ended up 6-6, San Diego 7-4. Except for Dixie a respectable out of conference slate. Our conference schedule included 3 of the 5 playoff teams, and Weber would likely have been in the playoffs instead of us if we hadn’t beaten them.

The thing that was light was our list of wins against the playoff level teams. We had the opportunity but couldn’t do it, and mostly looked like we weren’t competitive. We don’t match the physicality of playoff teams.

We’re going to miss Bryce Rodgers next year and we obviously had trouble when we played without Lamson, with the CalPoly’s little Elija Ponder looking like an unstoppable force running around our 6’8” replacement at tackle. That illustrates that our young linemen may not ready to step in.

I’d be interested to know how they called the snap. While several of the Sac defenders were looking for the play, I think there was an element of distraction. It would be cool if the QB yelling at the sidelines actually called the snap, as the defenders watching for the trick play probably were trying to not pay attention to him.

That bit of news regarding Rodrigues’ prior concussion or concussions is a pretty significant factor. Back in 72 or 73 the team had a fullback/tight end who was one of the stars of the team. He had to call it quits mid season after sustaining his sixth career concussion.

An atypically small class in 2020 and the 12 seniors and 1 graduate student who has exhausted eligibility should leave some room.
I hope that some of the HS class of 21 have talent that they haven’t had opportunity to show. Basically no playing time for that recruiting class

Nine days until early NLI day.

Temple is one school I can’t see why anyone would choose over us except to get away from home.

I expect that anytime a coach leaves for greener pastures his former employer doesn’t have to pay a buyout, is that not right?