Goes to show that it’s not the level, it’s winning that creates an event and draws attendance. I think we’re better off if as an FCS playoff contender than being an FBS also ran hopping to go to the Cheez-it bowl every ten years or so.

Ex-Northern Iowa assistant Pat McCann to be named EWU receivers coach
https://www.khq.com/news/ewu-football/ex-northern-iowa-assistant-pat-mccann-named-ewu-receivers-coach/article_b7af204a-31d1-5f55-a8a8-92ee4d306df3.html

Darn. He was good here, including recruiting.

Size and speed similar to Nemane Modise.

A defensive end/offensive lineman from Petaluma ,Nick Siembieda, 6'3'' 250
https://www.petaluma360.com/sports/9326745-181/petaluma-highs-nick-siembieda-picks?sba=AAS
All league first team offense and defense. Vine Valley Athletic League, same league as Arroyo from Vintage in Napa

This year it seemed that during the second signing period that they were major competition. They offer two of the three items in Davis’ sales pitch, good football and stay in California.

Sounds legit
“There was no doubt that when yards were on the line, the Crushers were running behind Luis Arroyo,” said head coach Dylan Leach. “In addition, Luis was an absolute beast at nose guard on the defensive line. His ability to read the play from a flex position is the best I have had in my 19-year coaching career, and that led him to the play on a regular basis. Luis also commanded double teams regularly, which allowed our linebackers to excel.”
Just goes to show how good you have to be to get a scholarship

Walk on offensive lineman Luis Arroyo of Vintage High in Napa:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/napavalleyregister.com/sports/bay_area_college_sports/vintage-high-s-luis-arroyo-to-continue-in-football-at/article_036a995e-f5b8-5434-b595-89aee9799f2d.amp.html

“As I told coach Hawkins and coach Speckman who recruited him, this is a kid that you’re going to fall in love with,” Leach said. “His work ethic is second to none. The environment that he brings to the weight room is second to none.

“Once he gets there, I have a feeling that he’s going to excel and put himself in a position to become a starter and leader on that team. The attitude that he brings to a team atmosphere, it’s inspiring and it makes it fun to go to work every day.”

According to 24/7sports we have the number 1 recruiting class in the Great West
https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/?Conference=G-West
If we hypothetically had been in the big sky, we would have been fourth, behind Portland State Eastern Wash and Idaho. This is based on their rankings of the players according to number of 2 and 3 star players

A program can have a maximum number of scholarship recipients of 85, if some are partial. Since a large percentage redshirt at some point, those 85 scholarships have to be distributed over five years of recruits. That implies 17 freshmen per class plus whatever the attrition level is, as the sustainable number of NLI signees, assuming some are partial.
This is further reduced if walkons from prior years earn scholarships as is usually expected. If teams hand out a lot of scholarships to transfers it can be higher as those guys are soon gone.
So, bottom line, celebrating huge signing classes is misplaced. It’s better to bring in a moderate number of real quality guys.

yes they did but maybe that was due to players leaving and some undersized classes prior? Also I think the Hero list is NLI signees, whereas our big class had some walkons
I think huge signing classes indicate a bad program. If you can only have 63 full scholarships distributed over 85 players how do you give 32 to high school kids?

The Big Sky teams ranked ahead of UCD have 24-32 signees. I don’t see how a program can sustain that while scholarships are limited to 63 scholarships, unless they have a lot of player turnover. Since most players are around for five years how can you sign 32 in a class like Montana State did??

They have a rating system that counts the number of offers your recruits have. Since each recruit has at least one, the more recruits the higher the ranking. We only had 15 recruits, a lower number than most others.

I guess scheduled game definition includes playoff games.... not very equitable to allow championship game participants to redshirt players who play in five games and everyone else gets four. Do teams get to round up? Is 5/13 a third?

If a goal is to get bigger on the d line that isn’t reflected in this year’s recruits. Maybe that’s not a goal, as not only did we not recruit any defensive tackle nose guard types, we apparently didn’t offer any.

It is interesting to see Hawkins making a commitment to running the ball. We had a lot of success with that in spots last year, kind of unnoticed with the big passing numbers. Two out of the three new TEs are 240-250 and seem to have good mobility in the clips, plus the new sizeable receivers could be good blockers. Last year we had such success with offensive line recruiting that I expect we’ll see more from some of the 2018 freshmen pushing for jobs; we had a guy offered scholarships at Fresno and Airforce who didn’t get on the field for example. . We lose only one offensive lineman, and have one who missed most of last year returning. With two freshmen and two sophomores in our starting O line last year, those guys are going to be better, stronger and probably bigger next year. We are going to be tough to stop.
I notice none of our NLI signers are listed under six feet. Several of the DBs are linebacker size. Looks like they went after athletes.
Again this year we recruited only highly mobile QBs all about 6ft, our next QB whoever he is is likely to be a mobile guy.

Given the youth of our offensive line and their already considerable size, its likely they'll add a even more weight. I don't know how much height is a factor for the offensive line but that's where Northern Iowa stood out., Plus we've added some big tight ends.
I'm not sure we are in a process of getting bigger on the defensive line, unless Suani warrants playing time, Were not adding many big bodies on the defensive line, and were going to lose a few next year.

Regarding your comment that getting three stars helps convince other prospects that the program is on the rise, 7 three stars should provide pretty good optics. Disregarding whether needs were filled, I think we have the best recruiting class in the big sky.
Should we let the sports information department know that today is winter, even in California?

https://ucdavisaggies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6319
ZACH KENNEDY is listed on the roster.

PS I hate the social media page

[ we’ve added quite a bit of height with our receivers and DBs this class

his junior year his team was 12-1 and he led the team in solo tackles 6ft 220