So this was found out even when (as of yet) unnanounced because of a California Public Records Act request -- which isn't too difficult as I understand it -- but I wonder how/why it was specifically uncovered. Do the FBS Schedules beat writers just make regular public records requests to the public university systems in states that have those kinds of laws?

I think there's something lost in translation since he's the All-Purpose player of the year in both AP and Stats Perform All-American teams -- I think it's referring to both his offensive yards and being a regular on special teams coverage including multiple game-clinching onside kick plays

well right now most MWC men’s hoops games are on CBS Sports Net which is harder to get than ESPN+ but a nice professional production value. I think other sports are streamed on a MWC app.

Personally I find Davis’ stuff on ESPN+ for both BSC football and BWC for other sports as more accessible and a better value, but there are pros to being on a real cable sports channel

There was actually some key turnover mid-season, which may have thrown a bit of a wrench in things

FWIW Meyer is a grad student already so IDK if that limits his transfer opportunities. My understanding is that the people who jump twice typically use their one-time-no-consequence portal transfer in undergrad then use the older grad transfer rules (can go to a new school for Masters or PhD so long as your old school doesn't have the same program) to squeeze an extra year at a third school.

What I don't know is if he transferred as a "portal transfer" or "grad transfer" or if the NCAA considers that a difference / requires them to be in the above order.

Just to clarify, for football (and I think basketball too) you already have to do an online checkout process to claim student tickets. They coach students through it at Orientation.

The "show ID" days have pretty much passed for the marquee sports, though frankly bringing that back with a paper ticket allotment to hand out at a table at the MU or something may have been the answer here.

I think the issue overall this weekend might have been confusion/lack of clarity about whether the normal student ticket URL was the one you used, or the general ticketing website using a promo code, or some other student ticket redemption process that us non-students were never pinged about.

I was actually looking for info on that to post on reddit the morning of the game and couldn't find it in 3-5 mins. Couldn't tell if it was because the offer was only posted a week ago and already buried in socials, or links/posts were pulled from insta once allotments were filled, etc, or if there was never a dedicated student offer and you just had to grab a free ticket from the same promo code general fans were emailed.

I suspect some students would give up too after about that amount of searching

First official reference to the existence of Bossy Cow Cow in a decade!

We are so back

They’re still free but you can’t just flash the card at the gate anymore, you have to claim it online in advance. I think that’s for better attendance tracking purposes but forget the details.

Haven’t yet seen how they’re handling it this year for playoffs

Ginormous. Same with some of the late game decisions vs Idaho.

Ags were 3-1 in one possession games if I count right and I’m not sure we would still be top 8 if any of them went the other way

Looks like NDSU scored another TD but highly questionable the RB got across the lane imo

I think we’re en route to the two worst outcomes of this game, which is a USD win or close loss. We need one of these teams to explode for 3+ TDs here

I believe this was the biggest non-Orientation crowd ever for the stadium and puts this season in the driver seat to be the best attended in school history. Vibes of that 2013 ESPN basketball game where like 6,000 people saw the Ags almost knock off Long Beach -- even a close loss there arguably started some special in terms of attendance and home advantage.

Definitely glad the student section was rocking and (much of it) stayed to see the comeback. That's hopefully the kind of story that spreads by word of mouth more than the final score.

Stunning performance. UCSB was undefeated at home in that very impressive soccer stadium in 2024

Aggies up 1-0 on a Goodman score!

I think ASUCD or some other institutional sponsor bought some amount of student tickets, I found a press release saying students were able to manually pick up tickets with their IDs.

I would hope a deal is being worked on with ASUCD, UC Davis Health, or like UCU/Pepsi/WestVillage to subsidize again (and hopefully digital tickets).

Pretty much anything is better than playing prime EWU on the red field in quarters -- hosting Nova than Mercer will be tough but a much more doable path to the semis than the 2018 run

Can they retroactively declare a redshirt year? Perez had what looks to be a single touch in 2021 which normally would be a sign that a freshman was redshirting -- I don't know if they would have had to make that determination during the season though

Wow, Plough is basically going to have to rebuild the entire pass game next year around Gbatu, Dobbins, Williams, and Simpson

Actually feel better about the run game even without LL because Fisher is so explosive

Someone on the FCS Fans facebook group challenged me about Davis's resume against .500+ teams which draws some interesting comparisons:

MSU: 3-0 vs even/winning teams (home games noted), #6 (H), #37, and #39 (H) in Massey. New Mexico probably would be winning in the FCS (Massey would slot them in as the #9 FCS school behind Montana) so maybe we can say 4-0.

Davis: 3-1 vs even/winning teams: #6 (H), #8, #27 in Massey. FBS loss.

MSU might be in its own tier but in terms of FCS record it hasn't actually demonstrated that yet; folks are giving them credit for an unblemished record, FBS win, and crazy margins of victory (fair, I get it).