Just as we don't know what PSU will look like under Fisk, jumping up from D2 to arguably the strongest conference in FBS is no small task to take on. We have a very talented roster and Plough will have the boys ready. If our goal is getting by the quarterfinals at the end of this season, we start with a pounding of the Vikings.

i figure it will take 1/2 the season to not select 'Big West' when i check the scores on the ESPN website!

Ouvaroff selected the Ags over offers from Arizona, Cal Poly, North Alabama, Montana, Montana State, New Mexico State, Portland State, Sacramento State, and Washington State. That's really good to see.

I always liked the MWC format over the Anaheim-era Big West format (all neutral* site, including byes on both Men's and Women's compared to no byes for Men's). Glad they're keeping it very similar so that Aggie fans can get minimum two games in Vegas.

*not neutral for UNLV but at least for everyone else

it was a great experience in Missoula in 2024. 30-14 Aggies.

That looks very FBS to me. Dr. Wood is a genius.

he’s back as a coach so at least he’ll be on the sideline in some capacity

I’d be fine with this group + Wilson and cooper. But truly not feeling hopeful with the step up in play.

Gut says we have a mediocre BW roster about to enter MW play.

Are we full now or is there any room for additions?

Well, that's how long they waited - and to NDSU's credit they jumped at a very good time amid all these conference shake ups.

You know at the end of all the seating enhancements, eventually there's going to have to be an upgrade to the Daktronics stadium board, or maybe add a second board to the North end

I would have a hard time seeing them not adding a team playing in the #20 tv market in the nation. Best believe that played a part in them wanting to add Davis to the MW.

St. George was a unique experience. It felt like another planet. It was my fist time in that part of Utah.
I enjoyed Weber State as well. Flying into Salt Lake and seeing that area was cool. Weber has a nice stadium, as does Utah Tech. I've never been to Southern Utah, but many on here have.

I say go to both WSU and SUU! If I had to choose one it'd be Weber for ease of travel and atmosphere.

I was at a bar in the north bay and it was torturous!! It seemed like Spain should have had 10 goals lol

Felt like it was about 50/50

I'm with , Weber if you have a chance and we're selecting a football experience and not a camping trip.

Weber State’s stadium is really nice. I didn’t have any time to explore the area. St George has the advantage of a great location if you want to explore all the national and state parks. But, as someone mentioned, stadium and game experience is lousy.

Yes, I believe that is true. Its huge.

Forgive me if this got covered much earlier in the thread, but am I reading the MWC TV deals right that about 1 in 3 MBB games will be nationally televised across the conference? (58 regular season TV games guaranteed, assumes each MWC school hosts up to 15 games per year). That's that's a jarring leap up for exposure even if most of them are FS2/CBSSN or what have you.

Also, same math produces about 1 in 10 WBB games, which might mean in practice each MWC team gets to at least host one TV women's game, whereas I don't think that ever really happened in the Big West

Sac State has released their men's basketball schedule. The Aggies will play at Sac on Saturday, November 14 at 5 pm. It will feel a bit strange to be playing against former Aggie player, Marcus Wilson.

https://hornetsports.com/documents/2026/7/16/2627_mbb_schedule.pdf

Idaho State at Davis on Thursday, November 17 at 6pm

Schedule so far that we know:

vs Incarnate Word on Nov 11
at Sac State on Nov 15 at 5 pm
vs Alabama State on Nov 17
vs Cal Baptist on Dec 14
vs Idaho State on Dec 17 at 6 pm

Also I’d like to be clear, I’m not advocating for Davis to move up to FBS next year. We’re about 3 seasons away from the reported timeline (2029 move up). In no way should Davis move up without stadium renovations and improvements to the fan experience (to get more people to games).

Fish highlight.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da1Ww7NP7rm/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

You're on to something here. Keep WINNING and filling out the stadium, and anything is possible in the next 3+ yrs. Winning cures all. It seems to me the donor base lies dormant, but a few FCS championship runs could wake it up..

Typically there is a silent fundraising period. A colleague in the field told me the former standard was 30% to 50% of funds have to be raised before any announcement, and often 1/3 comes from one big donor.

FTR, even w hosting the Big Game, Stanford averaged 28,000 fan attendance last year.

Basketball Australia's annual National Performance Camp was just as intense as you'd expect from an event that's held to prepare the nation's best up-and-coming athletes for what's ahead in their careers.

ESPN was in attendance for multiple days of the camp; here were the several players who emerged as clear standouts.

Koby Moir - 6'2 guard (2008-born)

Koby Moir really quickly emerged as the player at this camp who was, perhaps, best equipped to handle the intensity and disciplined nature of it.

The South Australian is a mature point guard who was comfortable performing against and absorbing physicality, and used his handle and quickness to get to his spots on a regular basis. Moir looked comfortable as a leader, and showed an IQ beyond his age, particularly in the three-on-three session, where players were forced to make quick decisions in a not-so-comfortable style of play.

What he projects as moving forward as a smaller guard is still yet to be seen but, regardless, Moir is the type of player any coach would want on a team right now.

https://www.espn.com/nbl/story/_/id/43618661/basketball-australia-annual-national-performance-camp-scouting-report-olgun-uluc

Agree. I just don’t see how this works. Hope to be wrong.

Just a random tidbit from Colorado. We have an offer into an offensivei lineman from Cherry Crreek High School. Young man is 6’5 and knocking on 300 lbs. my neighbor is on the team and shared he is super athletic but picked up the game late. The kid can do a standing back flip!

I’m not a fbs denier to use your description, but one that believes we need to have the resources to be competitive at that level. So my answer is another question. What are the average expenses of MW football participants (coaches salaries, NIL, travel, food for the players, etc) vs the anticipated revenue from the MW? At the moment, we’re way below the resources that the top fcs schools have. I don’t want to see us being a tune up fight for the heavy hitters. We’re going to need big time resources to be competitive at that level. In pizza terms, Woodstocks is great but we need Dominos.

All Davis to FBS deniers, please answer the following questions with sources.
1. What is our current FOOTBALL media rights distribution vs what we can expect from the mountain west.

2. Please explain how moving football, which is the biggest revenue producer in college sports (Football and men’s basketball subsidize the other sports with their revenue), to a higher division, which would then increase our media payout, increase the level of competition and brand name competition (which would increase ticket sales and tv viewership) would hurt the school. KNOWING that increased media payout from football would boost the athletic budget.

Also knowing that being in FBS would boost the brand recognition and get more out of state tuition, again, making more money. Here is an interview with AD DeLuca speaking on this. https://youtu.be/t3fbSpb_WJc?is=Hq78LWbgQhsRb4Kg

3. Please explain why we would pay and exit fee from the mountain west to join the PAC 12 when we JUST joined the mountain west. That literally does not make sense. REMINDER, Davis is a NON FOOTBALL member of the mountain west. Meaning we are already a member of the conference, just not for football. We CANNOT join the pac 12 for football and remain in the mountain west for all other sports.

4. Please show what 20 year football revenue projections would be for moving to FBS vs staying in FCS. I find is EXTREMELY unlikely staying in FCS will provide a better economic outlook than moving to the FBS

this this this. FCS is gonna be basically relegated even further in the future imo. Staying FCS or going FBS for me at this point is more of a debate of what eventually will be like playing d2 vs d1 (even if the group of 6 ends up being sorta like a new FCs to a certain extent).