This is why we've been talking about getting a tailgate spot for next season and putting the AST banner back up.
This is something we used to do in the old tailgate lot (where Biggs Field is presently). Feels like its been a loooooong time!

I've heard in a few instances this becomes the case. These guys tend to think everyone is getting $500k-$1mil to transfer. It doesn't sound like that's the market for FCS guys.

Only watched the first 2 minutes. Everyone seems to be in love with Tarleton State right now. Sleeping on the Aggies (probably because of the televised MSU loss in November).

Underdog status is just fine with me. We have as good a shot to get to Nashville as any team. I'm not understanding the Villanova love. I'm not sold on the CAA as being on-par with the Big Sky (even this year).

Welcome to the board and you are 100% right.

Coach Plough seemed to craft an interesting, compelling argument:

- leave now; or leave in 2-3 years for 3x the money

It seems like Chancellor May is very supportive of Aggie Athletics. You'd think he would be aware of this problem with the dorms closing and finals impacting our athletes during the playoffs.

I think Pinnick will return for 1 more year. Real decision will come offseason 2027. Noticed Carter Vargas on the sideline with his jersey on. Very intriguing, maybe he isn’t getting the money he thought he was going to get? Either way it looks like door is wide open for him to return.

That and moving finals for athletes feel like easy ways we can bolster our athletics. We have enough problems with the lack of donors but this is something we can fix WITHOUT money. Any problem that doesn’t come with a dollar sign is unacceptable

Another reason Housing should - AT MINIMUM - extend dorm use another full day.

Students will not show up to this. As much as I love UC Davis football, I can't even make it. I'll be kicked out of my dorm hours before and can't justify driving hours back and forth. If I could stay saturday night? hell yeah, im here. It's my own dorm for the love of God lmao

That sounded great, they know we have something special going, and the coaches can now fill any gaps.

ISU is strong up front defensively, Davis returns most of their starting offensive line...Pinnick can move. The battle of the day is up front when Davis has the ball, that's my 2 cents.

Both. I think the nationally broadcasted game got a lot of alum and local people seeing the game and where the team could potentially be if they win.

It’s 100% a killjoy to repeatedly mention that you think the QB is gone during a playoff run. You have your thoughts. We’re well aware of them. Just let the season play out.

In 2006 when the stadium was being built, 2G was the prevailing technology. The first iPhone in 2007 did not have a camera! The lower frequency was better at bouncing around from terrestrial towers into the sunken bowl. Modern high frequency signals like 5G have much better data capacity, but have shorter range, require line of sight, and get absorbed more readily by bodies in a crowd setting. If the university has not added 5G sites, service in the bowl has likely degraded in the last 5 years since the carriers shut off 2g/3g. From public maps it looks there are macrocells at Hutchison Field to the east and Garrod Dr west of 113. If they didn’t add 5G small cells all over campus they likely do have poor density coverage and makes sense why the stadium bowl is in a shadow.

As a short term solution, they could rent a temporary microcell trailer from Crown Castle. The carriers want out of the infrastructure business, so companies like CC actually own a lot of it now. You need shore power and a connection to a fiber backbone and then ATT, Verizon, and TMobile supply edge routers to CC to carry their network. This is ugly but not actually that prohibitive to rent and will provide ok service.

The correct permanent way to build this out is a distributed antenna system, with fiber to radio heads all over the stadium. Modern radio heads can broadcast cellular and WiFi signals. Under the seats or on railings is actually ideal so you keep the cells small and a lot of radio traffic at leg level - we have less water mass in our legs. Carriers have no interest in funding this sort of thing beyond providing an edge router and at that they will make you wait 6-12 months. Probably a $3M job all in if you want a system for reliable mass live streaming.

I thought the two interesting information for me is that Carter Vargas has an outside chance of playing the next game. Also, I thought the last Pinnick touchdown was impressive but too risky for my taste. I was surprised that Plough was mad at Pinnick for that play as well.

If you are on Facebook, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucdavisaggiefootball

I know several of you here are members. I'd like to see it become more active.

I agree. Those games are emotionally draining.

I think they shot their load at NDSU.

Davis 45
ISU 23

Come on, I would love to see a cat do it!!

there's a special place for cori slander

That fan was betting his house on Davis. He had a hard time speaking.

Well, I hope he kept his house!

I thought the video clearly meant betting the house against Rhode Island since he was clearly doing a rant against Rhode Island in that short video.

What happened with that Rhody fan betting his house against Davis? I think there was some uncertainty with which way he was betting, but I'd like to follow up with him

For me, I text with my daughter, who is watching the games from Chicago, about her opinions on "official reviews". I've got several rows around us now asking what the replays are looking like.

These guys beat NDSU, SDSU and USD this year? We better have the A-est of A games Saturday. Go Ags!

I think the new Water Tower lights are producing an EM pulse that is interfering with the reception.

Thanks for the link, some interesting reading material on their board. What I was wondering, and what jumps off their boards at me is the consistency factor. I think I read that they are "consistently inconsistent". Can they get back up the way they did last week? Will the miles and the time zone make a difference? Will the revenge and familiarity factors help or hurt them? Can their D play out of their minds again like they did in Fargo? This is what jumps out at me... THEIR DEFENSE IS PLAYING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. Two playoff games, 8 sacks, 4 interceptions, and only 163 rushing yards allowed. And that includes NDSU, whom they held to under 60 yards rushing (includes sacks). OKLA-FREAKING-HOMA rushed for 103 yards against them. That unit is scary on paper and on the highlights I've seen. They also surrendered 230+ to Youngstown, nearly 300 to Southern Illinois, and 213 yards to NDSU in their first meeting of the season. There you have the basis for the consistency concerns.

On a side note, I didn't realize that Normal, IL is nearly halfway between Fargo, ND (692 miles) and Hammond, LA (790 miles) where Southeast Louisiana is located. I would have thought Fargo was much closer. 2,024 miles from Normal to Davis. And happy finals week to all the students at both Illinois State and UC Davis. Better you than me!