The weather forecast for the kickoff at 7 pm is 82 degrees with 76% humidity and a "feels like" temperature of 85 with a 15% chance of a thunderstorm.

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“Lunches With The Ball Coach” Returns Monthly At Sudwerks

DAVIS, Calif. – Over the coming months, UC Davis football head coach Tim Plough will be spending an afternoon hosting "Lunches with the Ball Coach" at Sudwerks and fans can join him and special guests to learn more about the ins-and-outs of Aggie football.

"This is another chance for our Davis Community members and alumni to come and hear directly from myself on program updates and the inner workings of what we are doing," said Plough. "This program has always thrived on the support of the community and I enjoyed building strong ties with the Davis community, when we did this back during the winter. I'm excited to get back out to Sudwerks and meet everyone that has helped us put together a special program."

The first "Lunches with the Ball Coach" will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14 at 12 p.m. Please email Senior Associate Athletics Director, Sports Administration & Development Josh Flushman at jeflushmanatucdavisdotedu to register for this Thursday's event. Following scheduled lunches will be held on Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13 and Dec. 11.

Each event costs $20 and fans are asked to pre-register by following this link or by emailing Flushman. Coach Plough and the Aggies can't wait to see the Davis community at Sudwerks every month through the season.

UC Davis opens 2025 on Aug. 23 in Montogmery, Ala., when they face No. 12 Mercer in the 2025 FCS Kickoff Classic. That game is set to kickoff at 4 p.m. PT and will be aired on ESPN and can be heard on Sactown Sports 1140. The Aggies open UC Davis Health Stadium on Sept. 20 when Southern Utah visits Davis for a 7 p.m. kick.[/quote

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2025/8/12/football-lunches-with-the-ball-coach-returns-monthly-at-sudwerks.aspx]

Sac has released their 2025-26 schedule. Their home games will be played at the newly renovated Well on campus.

https://hornetsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Those days are over for me too!

Unfortunately, I'll miss this one since we'll be in Paris. I'll have to watch the game on replay since the start would be 1 a.m. Paris time.

The final home game this year against Sac has the potential to draw the biggest crowd ever in Aggie history regardless of the records of the two teams. Emotions are going to be running high given all of the "in your face hype" that has been steadily coming out of Sac ever since they hired Brennan Marion and announced that it's "FBS or Bust" for them while saying that FCS programs, like the Aggies, are just playing "JV football."

The Ags are ranked #7 in the FCS Coaches Poll.



https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/afca-fcs-coaches-poll

From Bob Dunning's Substack column:

Officially, the term is reserve/injured list, but it's commonly referred to as injured reserve or IR. Players are put on IR when they have a football-related injury that requires them to miss at least a few weeks. Players on IR don't count against the 53-man active roster limit, but their salaries count against the salary cap.

Players on IR must miss a minimum of four games. Teams may designate up to eight players to return from IR during the regular season (and up to 10 if a team makes the postseason). An individual player can be designated twice.

Once a player on IR is cleared to practice, they have 21 days to either be activated to the active roster or be placed on season-ending IR. They can also be released or traded.

Players who are placed on IR before the start of the regular season can miss the entire season, unless they are designated to return when the roster is trimmed to 53 players prior to the start of the season.

Before Larison's IR designation, Patriots insider Phil Perry released his 53-man roster projection early Sunday and it included Larison.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/larison-placed-on-injured-reserve?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=170659525&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Can't wait to see this group in action this fall!



More photos here:https://www.facebook.com/ucdavismbb

This is so disappointing especially after Lan played so well. I think he had a real shot at making the roster. He's so versatile and such a hard worker. Hope he heals up and comes back stronger next year.

Lan had a great game. Hope he isn't injured.

35 yards and 1 TD on 7 carries...longest for 16
2 receptions on 2 targets for 9 yards...longest for 9
1 KO return for 25 yards
- he was also playing on the KO team

I got a notice from ESPN+ a month ago or so that said that my annual ESPN+ subscription was going up to $119.99. The monthly subscription is $11.99 per month which would be $143.88 for 12 months.

Sac's president, Dr. Luke Wood, had this to say about the STATS Perform Preseason Poll:

STATS Perform Preseason FCS Poll:




https://fbschedules.com/2025-preseason-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-poll-released/

The Ags will play at Hawaii on Thursday, December 4, during the "Big West Bold Week" and we got a bye for the second game on Saturday, December 6.

The Ags had their first full scrimmage with officials today.

"The first thing we look at after a day like this is did we get through it healthy, and I'm pretty sure we did that," said head coach Tim Plough. "We did a good job today of taking care of each other while still having a physical practice. I was happy with all three phases of the game, including the communication and the lack of penalties. We were very clean today which is good.

"We ran the ball well and converted on first downs all day long, driving consistently all day. And on defense I thought that we tackled well and showed that we can put pressure on the quarterback. It was also good to see the defense not give up a lot of explosive plays.

"I also thought Hunter [Ridley] had a great day, hitting a bunch of kicks for us. That's the great thing about having a kicker like Hunter, he can come in there and bang one through for us anywhere. Overall, I thought we had a really good day."

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2025/8/3/football-holds-first-scrimmage-of-fall-camp.aspx

Photo gallery here: https://ucdavisaggies.com/galleries/football/fb-camp-2025-scrimmage-one-aug-3-/2360

Niko is one heck of a defender and rebounder. It's so great that we'll have him for another year. He's tough as nails, plays smart and physical and will be a great team leader for our younger players.