What a strange week it has been. I wonder how all that has taken place and the change of venues will affect the teams. I know that it must be disappointing for our seniors to not get to be honored and end their Aggie careers in front of a packed house on their home field. We need to be mentally ready. Sac would like nothing better throw a brick into our playoff chances.

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From the Aggie website: Air quality precautions for Saturday's Causeway Classic

We are closely watching the AQI and will continue to abide by the well-established NCAA guidelines that govern air quality. We are in constant communication with the Big Sky Conference about the game, and are evaluating contingency plans should a necessary change in the game time or location takes place.

UC Davis Intercollegiate Athletics has followed these guidelines consistently in the past and is continuing to do so. Outdoor activities are modified when the Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeds 150 and canceled if the AQI exceeds 200. Additionally, sports medicine personnel have full authority to stop outdoor activity at any AQI level if student-athletes experience respiratory problems.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/11/14/general-uc-davis-athletics-continues-to-monitor-air-quality.aspx

They might have...folks here were discussing options early on....

I was in downtown Sacramento today and it was the worst air I ever been in anywhere. It's like being in an apocalyptic, polluted world of the future.

The local news just reported the Sacramento went from 252 at 6 a.m. to 343 currently and an air quality sensor in Lincoln is reporting 432 there! We are quickly going beyond unhealthy air to hazardous air in the valley.

I don't see any way that this game gets played on Saturday. I'm not sure how many fans would even show up in such poor air also.

A lot of people were wearing masks in Sacramento today. I heard the N95 masks are sold out just about everywhere locally. I think I'm going to order them from Amazon. The crap in the air right now can not be safe to breathe at all.

Awesome!

The ramifications of this game getting cancelled could be huge for the Aggies:

1. The Ags could lose a co-share of the Big Sky Championship since EWU and or Weber could finish 7-1 records vs our 6-1 record.

2. It would likely cost the Aggies getting seeded and force them into a first round game.

3. It would be unlikely that the Selection Committee would give the Ags a first round game at home
since there is no guarantee that the air quality will be better by the following weekend. They would not risk a playoff game possibly being cancelled and messing up the entire playoff schedule.

4. There would be a big loss of revenue for the Aggies. Would the Athletics Department refund fans who have already have tickets? Loss of revenue for vendors as well.

Not looking good at all:

Due to the Camp Fire, UC Davis Athletics is monitoring air quality for the safety and health of its student-athletes, and everyone involved with Saturday's game, and will do so throughout the week. As of the time of this release, kickoff will take place at 12 p.m. UCDavisAggies.com and football's Twitter account will provide the latest information regarding this year's Causeway Classic.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/11/14/football-uc-davis-hosts-sacramento-state-in-saturdays-12-pm-causeway-classic.aspx

New Aggie Pack T-shirts for the Causeway Classic:



New Aggie Pack shirts! The Causeway Classic special edition shirts will be handed out this Saturday! Don’t forget to get your student ticket in order to get into the game and get these awesome shirts! Tickets will be at the MU on Thursday (10am-2pm)#goags

Here's an interesting twist: if the game gets cancelled and we end up 6-1 in the conference, it seems that we wouldn't be co-champions along EWU and Weber if they end the season 7-1 in conference play.

I thought the announcers were very good and very fair also. They liked that the Ags never folded and were amazed with TJ flying around as the littlest guy on the floor. They also said that the Ags will certainly be battle tested by the time that Big West play begins. I sure hope iron sharpens iron...

I took a look at our final stats last year and was surprised to see that Siler had the lowest 3 point shooting percentage on the team at 32%. The highest 3 point percentage on the team was none other than Michael Onybalu at 45%. I think we lost more than most of us appreciate with the graduation of Michael.

As a team last year we shot 46.5% from the field overall and 37.2% from 3 compared to 32.5% overall and 18.3% from 3 so far this year. That is a dramatic decline...

That would be a brutal draw...