Agree. Look how Cal and UCLA have done of late. Fan base won’t support the cost, general interest in college sports in California is in decline.

Julian Alessi is listed as of 8/11/21 roster
Number 88

There are a lot of RBs on roster, most untested. I recall one year Biggs had nine running backs which was unusual for his teams and commented on how useful it was for practice. We have eight not counting Dixon
I’m curious how Chukwudobe looks with his 195 weight. He had good speed, 10.99 100 meters in high school. The teams website has a profile of him from 2020 where they understate his track speed by a full second! Hope he still has the speed.. Speckman calls him “Shifty”.
Lots of underclassmen who we haven’t seen much of.

He’s going to have competition wherever he goes.

Linebacker is probably the most unsettled area of the defense, not for lack of talent but because there are a lot of guys in the mix.
Humorous error on player statistics for Zach Jones. He has inherited another Zach Jones stats. The prior one a walk on from Napa “hit like a sledgehammer” so maybe this one will too.

Sad to lose Babb. He was the most dangerous receiver after the catch. Good running the fly sweeps too.

Tysean White seems to have lost a lot of eligibility due to his one year of playing at the Naval Prep Academy. I guess that started the clock. We’ve got guys who’ve been on the team four seasons who are sophomores.
Who is Seeley?

The new version of the roster has updated weights of the players. This was something I was irritated about because with rare exceptions the roster weight of players never changed. But the new weights show some surprises. Some of these weight changes may have taken place over years, except for the newer guys. Here are some notable ones

Hunter Rodrigues is now 170 lbs, down from 180
Jaylin White is now 180 lbs up from 158
Lan Larison is now 199 lbs, up from 180
Trent Tompkins is now 189 down from 200
Luka Nixon is now 279 lbs, up from 230
Colton Lamson now 296, up from 285
Bryce Rodgers is 311, up from 285
Nick Eaton 237, up from 215

Now they put him first team preseason all American, so they’re consistent. But isn’t this a lot of praise for a guy whose caught 12 balls? Is this because they pay extra attention to FBS transfers or is this justified?

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2021/8/11/football-three-aggies-earn-hero-sports-preseason-all-america.aspx

We’ll have to wait and see how he does in comparison to the other defensive ends, I’m guessing that’s his position. But he seems like he’s a good prospect based solely on his size and numbers. Not saying he’s better than anyone else but seems like he adds depth.

Also gleaned from the roster is that the team promoted to assistant offensive line coach Jacob Thomas who was offensive line quality control this spring. He was run game coordinator at Azusa Pacific. Played at Azusa under a NFL Hall of Fame O lineman. That sounds like a good addition.
Cody was an Offensive coordinator at College of Idaho, Thomas was run game coordinator at Azusa, Speckman has been a head coach and offensive coordinator. Lots of offensive strategy experience on staff under the two Hawkins.

ANTONIO OLIVIERI. transfer from Azusa Pacific. Played a little as a freshman there. Good size at 235.
High school report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oAgPI29grk

Martz had a full scholarship at Northern Colorado, transferred via the portal.

Fall roster update posted last week.
Fesili was first team all league for Long Beach Poly. Teammate of Chubba at Poly.
From a story about the Poly scholarship signees:
“I’m hyped for the competition up there. Chubba has been telling me there’s some dogs up there, so I’ll see once I get there.”

Good to see Suani’s name on roster, he was making an impact in 2019 but didn’t play this spring.
There is a JC transfer DL, Justin Martz who enrolled in Northern Colorado but they didn’t play 2020 so now he’s here. Good performer at JC level.

Maybe one or more of the RedFrosh you mentioned will get more opportunity this season, they’re still redshirt freshmen. Weird that someone can be a freshman in their third season.

Seems reasonable but that outcome would be very disappointing.

Maybe facilities was a poor word choice; i think the conference recognizes that some schools lack the resources to support a stream of a game at the desired quality. I suppose the needs may vary,

Listening to the Idaho Vandals fans on their Suds at the Pub video recapping the media days for the Big Sky Conference apparently the conference is funding some upgrades for the schools with poor facilities to improve their broadcast quality.

In addition to the fact we’ve seen some talent from our QBs, I think that the team hasn’t gone searching for a transfer as is typically done by other teams in our league is indicative that Hawkins and company are comfortable with what they have. I think the “best UC Davis football team” comment reflects belief in the QBs. Time will tell.

I don’t think the thought of the best Aggie team ever is going to impress the opposing teams, especially the out of state ones who we haven’t beaten for years. What’s it mean to them? They don’t remember a great Aggie team.
If Hawkins thinks it’s true then he needs to get the players to believe it. The expectation of winning is a big factor in sports.

We’ve certainly had two good running backs before. I think it’s an overall assessment, where we’ve got pretty good depth at all positions. Biggest defensive line we’ve ever had for example. The question is how good we’ll be at QB. Lots of good receivers, veteran line, no excuse if we can’t move the ball in a balanced way.