I believe this is true, but don't have solid evidence. Even since I started going to Davis in 2012 the threshold for "sellout" seems to have gotten lower, from 6k+ to 5.5k or so. (Obviously they can tremendously tweak those numbers.)

5000, 6000, whatever. Just pack the Pavilion! Let's show everybody that we deserve this, as we always do on ESPN nights.

In the four years I was there, 4000 was a pretty strict ceiling for non-ESPN games. I think it got broken once for the regular-season finale against Irvine the title year and once for WBB vs UConn.

There's an ESPN wildcard opportunity coming up pretty soon, right? I'm assuming we get it easily because they seem to prefer us (perhaps as compensation for being left out of the socal ESPN3 package) and we're doing so well.

Was the seating only configured for lower bowl or were some of the upper bleachers out as well?

Didn't get to stream this game because I was at a different game but nice W, even if it sounds like it wasn't our slickest outing. It's an exciting time to be a UCD sports fan.

What a performance.

Are we an odd number year team?

I think we've had 6 helmet designs make an appearance over the last few years (including the three in the picture) but I thought some were just the plain gold helmets with stickers added, or repaints of previous helmets that have yet to make a reappearance.

What I remember: (* indicates I haven't seen it recently and assume it to be temp or phased out)

Gold horseshoe logo*
Gold block CA logo*
Blue numbered
Gold script 'Davis'
Mirror script 'Davis'
White horseshoe logo

Maybe it's because I'm not plugged in to our football history, but I think the new uniform combinations starting with the blue from the last few years look decent and could have a place in the rotation if used judiciously. If recruits like them then that's a bonus.

Obviously the Causeway/Horseshoe game and Homecoming should have the classic look, and I think the Davis script helmet works well for that. For the other games though -- particularly DII/nonconference games before school starts -- why not experiment? The team can wear whatever it wants if it wins games. Same way I feel towards the man bun vibe for Basketball.

All-white would be a nice look for away games and is something that's been requested by this forum for several years now. Saving the classic gold-white-gold look for a few away outings but allocating a few games for all-white and blue-white-white would be fine with me.

I'll be at the San Diego State game, barring some emergency.

I wonder if USD will be a home-and-home? Seeing the Ags in SD 2 years in a row would be pretty cool.

Agree on the script logo -- I'm fine with that, block CA, or the alt Gunrock logo that's just the horse's head. Anything else is really to small/complex to see from the stands.

Whoa. I thought UCD could probably clutch out a gritty, close win but nothing like this. What a way to take down Sac!

It speaks volumes about the esteem of international football competition that the staff of the World Cup Champions could be reassembled at a 3-9 college team.

I've been doing some reddit searches on Hawkins and the most common non-Cody complaint/description I've seen about him from Colorado fans is they felt his success at Boise State was largely due to Petersen's genius as a coordinator. This didn't particularly bother me because that kind of thing can always mean that he's good at identifying talent, delegating, and nurturing good ideas when he hears them.

And really so far that's all seemed to be the case with this staff -- he's pulling in veterans with a lot of experience and generally past histories of success on and off the field. If the criticism in regards to Coach Pete and BSU are true though then that implies to me that Speckman is going to have a lot of freedom to install the fly as little or much as he sees fit -- especially since it fits with Hawk's description of what he wanted to do on offense. Hopefully Hawk and/or Speckman have some wrinkles in mind to address the concerns with it, but honestly it looks to me that all the verbal evidence points to it being the scheme next year.

Also, why make Speckman OC and not announce it? Was Hawk holding out for a different coordinator that he couldn't sway over? Miscommunication with the marketing staff?

If I remember right, last year the game was ours to win until we choked away a lead by missing FTs, allowing the Bison to force OT with all the momentum.

I never heard of it being available, though that doesn't mean it wasn't.

Between the ARC and the outdoor courts by the water tower I would think there's enough recreational space to let Hickey be exclusively ICA.

What a game!

The Aggies are doing that thing where they make the other team look like All Americans again

Can confirm, San Diego State did that and I thought it was really cool. They had football coaches and players teach us passing, kicking, footwork, and running drills in exchange for a free shirt, poster, and burger afterwards. It seemed like several hundred people went and RAs brought their floors and everything.

If he graduated then that means he can use the Vernon Adams Rule and start immediately in FBS, right? Because if so then that right there kills our chances.

There were moments even in the last four years where the students showed some life and willingness to screw things up from our position on the sideline.

My personal favorite was when an assistant coach for an opposing team was so loud that we could actually hear him talk to his unit from the first few rows. So naturally my friends started shouting his instructions verbatim back at him. He got started getting a lot quieter with his instructions after that.

Does the school actually have full control of the kickoff times?

I assume it doesn't for televised games, which basically means Causeway and *maybe* a ROOT broadcast against Montana, and I know some sports leagues coordinate the last game of the season to prevent collusion. Other than that, is there maybe a rule that we can't conflict with TV games for other teams in the conference? Or do we deliberately schedule around the kickoff times for Sac, Cal, and Stanford?

Just wondering, I don't know the answer but as others have said it seems like it should be obvious that these start times aren't working so maybe there are other factors in play.

Great, dominating win tonight!

There's exactly one senior on this team, and a trio of 6'+ post players arriving next year. The ceiling is so high for this program it's scary.

Most of the schools I see that do have names on jerseys have it as a removable patch, which I personally think looks a bit tacky. Even at the FBS level it seems like a lot of top programs don't have names so I wouldn't consider it a top priority. I don't know about recruits though -- maybe they love that kind of stuff.