I compare this to trading a Camry with 20k miles in for a new Geo Metro and trying to convince people you traded up.

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Looks like Vic Baker has another year.

I am excited for our future especially if we go FBS. 4 and 5 star recruits are on the horizon!

Source: The Mountain West's next TV deal will include CBS, @TheAthletic, has learned.

CBS and Fox currently split the Mountain West rights. MW commissioner Gloria Nevarez said earlier today they were optimistic about their current TV partners and adding new ones.

https://x.com/ChrisVannini/status/1945581238951252381

Trying to get some preseason content out to the people. Coach Bronzan interview taking place tomorrow. Hope to have some BTS stuff for subs.

thanks man.

I hope Darius sticks around for a long time. We really need guys like him around!

Great episode, good work guys.

Not quite apples to apples but two of our children attended the University of South Carolina and during freshman orientation the cheerleaders and student leaders taught them the fight song, school traditions, and the Sandstorm tradition (Sandstorm plays and everyone waves the towels that are given when you enter the football stadium). The towels are sponsored by local businesses and have the date and opponent on them. We have a bunch of them which are great for dusting the house or detailing the car.

Our youngest son is attending the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and despite not having a football team (basketball, baseball, and soccer are big there) freshman orientation included the school cheers, fight song, etc.

Probably should expect it by opening day September 20 vs Southern Utah at UCDHS. It would be a great way to roll out the renderings when the fans first show up, probably with an early preview to donors, staff, student-athletes, students and media.

I was thinking about the same thing today. Rocko said that there would be a comprehensive athletics facilities plan finished by this summer. I hope we see it pretty soon and that it has a concrete timeline for facility projects and improvements. Some big surprises would be nice as well!

Im curious when we are going to get that athletic facility plan back from ELS architecture that was mentioned as coming this summer in the last IGNITE update?

I suppose depends on your priorities. Atlanta probably has the most nonstop flights from the west coast. Northwest Florida Beaches, Destin/Ft Walton, and Pensacola airports are little bit longer drive from Montgomery but it’s all rural highways without much traffic. They are the sorts of airport with like 5 gates, no line for anything, and the rental car parked front row at the terminal. Might be a thing if you were looking to make it a long weekend at the beach or oyster bar.

Between Atlanta and Montgomery, there is a Buc-ee’s near Aurburn. Worth the stop if you’ve never experienced one. Keep in mind the split between Eastern and Central time is the GA/AL border. It kind of comes up by surprise driving so remember for getting back to the airport. Outside of the city, restaurants in Alabama can have smoking sections, like the old potted plant dividing smoking from not situation. It’s jarring stepping back 30+ years. Rural Alabama, Georgia, and Florida are mostly tiny counties where the main municipal funding is the lone sheriff running traffic on the highway, so mind the speed.

We live in the Raleigh area and after checking flights to Montgomery and to Atlanta figured we could rent a car in Atlanta using the cost differential between flying to Montgomery and Atlanta. Southwest had the best fare from RDU to ATL but Delta has their hub in Atlanta so probably has the most options from the west coast. ATL is southwest of the city so should avoid the worst traffic.

Looks like he is going to play in Greece is what the Euros are calling a major move:

https://www.talkbasket.net/198992-panathinaikos-lands-tj-shorts-in-blockbuster-move

Rex Connors ranked #3 on this list: https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2025/7/14/24441967/fcs-2025-preview-aj-pena-rhode-island-rams-andrew-zock-mercer-bears-ckelby-givens-southern-jaguars

"Go-Go TV" appears to be Marion's personal brand, not Sac State's. "Go-Go TV" goes with Marion where he goes next. "Go-Go-Sacramento TV" would say something different.

The guy is clearly building his brand (not Sac's) with a personalized logo and everything (like Prime). There's nothing wrong with that, and its really smart/effective, but hopefully Sac knows what they signed up for.

I'm not just bagging on Sac. If Hawkins or Plough were doing this, I'd be weary about their motive/commitment too.

Lots of examples where walk-ons turn into major contributors. Lamont Shamburger is a recent example.

They only allow 58 to travel to away games under Big Sky rules. I have long thought they should get rid of the FBS and FCS distinction by compromising on something like 73 scholarships, but with the multiple ways of paying players scholarship limits are too complicated to enforce, so now they substituted roster limits. A large roster is desirable because it is difficult to predict which HS players will be good at the college level, so sorting takes place after they are on the team.

If fewer men participate fewer women are needed to meet the proportionality requirements, but if the same number if men have scholarships then the women would continue to get the proportional amount of that resource.

What is the immediate benefit gained by giving up the immediate nearly nothing? Spread 63 scholarships over 105 players rather than 85? That dilutes the value of each scholarship so might not help recruiting. And maybe 85 is sufficient?

I'll have to go to that game. I live 1 hr and 15 mins from Martin Stadium.

in Atlanta it is always rush hour and always under construction.

I loved the jersey combos that year. The gray and gold was awesome.

silent students don't help either. There's nothing a visiting team loves more than a silent student section.

Aggie Pack needs to educate those first years and build the student culture just like the coaches are building the football culture. They will catch the bug the first moment they discover they are impacting the game. Thats when it gets fun!

......I seem to remember for a few years they were doing rallies and teaching/practicing "Aggie Fight" and gameday stuff (It appears that 9/10 Davis 1st years have never been to a college game).
Are they still doing this?

1. What's it take to get students in the stands these days?
2. Do you see a bump in attendance should the Aggies take on stadium renovations and increase capactiy to say 20,000+ - along with a Mountain West home game schedule? This would take at a minimum 3 to 4 times the student involvement in my opinion to get the stadium marginally full for a game against say Air Force, Wyoming, Hawai'i, Northern Illinois, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP...New Mexico.