So that is why Paul Shelton posted the bulldozer clip.
Robert posted his SAT score on X; good for him.

The Deion approach is an option (I’m not recommending it.)
UCD credits are the same as UCLA credits and they have 30 transfers.
Historically UCD has had conference opponents that are vocationally oriented, so UCD seems like an island of academic rigor, Deion’s school, Colorado, is closer to Davis in academics than most Big Sky schools.

There is a press release on the ucdavisaggies site that Davis will have three games broadcast on “linear” networks, in other words non streaming. Mercer game on ESPN, Washington on the Big10 network and Montana State, undetermined. Last year I was pleasantly surprised that the Montana game, was available on both ESPN2 and ESPN+, something that wasn’t the case in prior instances of games on ESPN2.

My limited experience with private boxes was in SF at the then AT&T Park in the AT&T suite which AT&T used to entertain corporate clients. The value of that type of suite depends on how much the average client of the suite purchaser values a ticket, so to get the level of rent they get in Montana means that a large portion of the community, who aren’t alums, want to see a Davis game,

If their application for a waiver allowing them to join FBS without a conference goes through there will be no “all” for Sac to win, they’ll be ineligible because they are transitioning, Thats why they aren’t listed in preseason FCS polls.
No one outside of the Sacramento area will notice how they do.
i think that is a poor strategy, they should have gone FBS next year. Maybe they’ll be rejected, hope for that, if you’re a Sac fan.
Having a good regular season record against a fairly weak schedule and no post season glory doesn’t prove anything. They had a good run in the Big Sky a few years ago, no one cares without the post season. Their schedule doesn’t equate to an FBS schedule.

A former player for Montana, Samuel Akem, has a podcast where he listed the teams in the big sky by strength of schedule using won-loss records of opponents, Davis was 9th, Montana 10th. So that sounds comparable.
However. Davis plays a team from a power 4 conference, Montana doesn’t have any FBS opponent. Davis plays 4 FCS playoff teams, Montana 2, Davis has 5 home games, Montana 7. Montana has a D2 opponent Davis doesn’t.

Next they can call the blue-grey uniform Bodega blue.

A bit ironic that the best of our taller receivers were recruited in the Gould years

Why would they take the roster down? I checked a few Big Sky teams sites and they all had a 2025 roster.
I assume the roster was taken down because it listed someone who wasn’t correct, or at least was undecided.
First guess was AJ Hasson, but he is also mentioned as committed to Davis on 247.com.
https://247sports.com/player/aj-hasson-46136486/

They continue to have difficulty in giving recognition to Eli Simonson. They finally have credited him starting in the 11 games in 2023, where before they said he didn’t play, but he is the only Davis All Big Sky Second Team player where that is not mentioned in his bio. If he is coming back they should promote a player who starts 25 straight games and gets all conference recognition.

My memory failed me.

Colter, the video is truncated and ends with you asking a question and we don’t see the answer.
PS. I found the audio on your podcast. Small correction, the Mercer game is a “home game” for Davis at a neutral site, Montgomery Alabama.

First game is against South Dakota State who lost their coaching staff and about 16 players to Washington State, and lost 21 players overall as transfers They brought in a dozen transfers, but not rated as highly on average. Every team is going to be rebuilding.

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I was conceding your point that they are very talented, but questioning what it meant.
A lot of these guys were signed before Sac filed the paperwork to move to FBS. I wonder what the coach really feels about his transformative year being truncated. Just seems to me that was an own goal.

It doesn’t have to come as a surprise.
If the aim is to free up a scholarship, you would approach an in state athlete and propose he take $20,000 or whatever in lieu of his tuition and other costs covered by scholarships plus taxes, then give the guy from out of state the scholarship.

Good question. They have had 40+ players leave, so maybe not,
I don’t see an obstacle of giving out NLI money instead of a scholarship and effectively compensating the player the same amount.

The issue isn’t whether they have talent, the issue is what do the games mean?
If they get their FBS waiver then their games this year are basically exhibitions. Their schedule is not that tough, they’ll play 1 FBS team that was bad last year,South Dakota State is decimated by transfers and the coaching staff moving to Washington State. Sac plays a few games against teams near the bottom of FCS, and even the better teams in the Big Sky are somewhat depleted by transfers, so they aren’t proving they are FBS ready, and there is good reason to skeptical that they can recruit at this level on an ongoing basis, or even retain the coach.

If they get denied in their FBS move they might win a FCS national championship, which would be dramatic story, but if this is a transition year it’s ho hum.

I’d take 9-3 also, but i don’t think Idaho will beat them.
Idaho has new head coach, their transfer losses exceed their additions. According to HeroSports seventeen Idaho players have transferred to the FBS, including seven to New Mexico.
Pre season these algorithms are too influenced by last years performance. Look at what they project for Sac, 5 wins.

Another issue is what happens to a teams credibility with HS coaches and players when 40+ players leave because they’re being replaced. Those olayers may also lose progress to their educational objectives due to disruption. Sac in prior years made a big deal that they recruited locally, now they risk burning that relationship.

Nava is one of those JC players who got extra eligibility following a court case that the NCAA couldn’t count non NCAA years against a olayers eligibility. Remains to be seen what that means in future years but for this year juco players who were on their last year now have another year.

The only question regarding returning o-line starters is whether David Main is recovered from leg injury suffered in playoffs.