quite frankly, both Wood brothers are a bad deal for all taxpayers, whether you care about Sac State athletics or not.

The challenge with Dr. Wood is that he has not been hired or retained based on academic merit or administrative performance. He was hired for other reasons, and those other reasons become very litigious when it comes time to plunge the toilet that has overfloweth with crap.

The marketing team needs to start calling the radio stations in the Bay Area and let the Bay know there is a college playoff game happening this weekend. There are a ton of Aggies in the Bay.

This year, I’ve watched more Sacramento State football than I have in all previous years combined. — PortlandAggie

Same! For me it was morbid curiosity.

I will say, at least you can admit that you were wrong on this one unlike our friends across the causeway. The folks over on the Sac forum are struggling to come to terms with the fact the administration lied to them and believe that it will be easy enough to bring in Troy Taylor to fix it now. I'm not so sure Troy doesn't look at this situation and say "naaah, I'm good"

I thought he was a Sac plant for a while. The moves they were making didn’t make any sense. They were total JV moves. They may lose their program over this. Wood will not be at that University for much longer.

Most of them likely got paid to do it. Hopefully Plough can use this as an example to convince guys to stay at Davis.

If the NCAA has determined that the Mercer game was “no game” as it has already stated then it should be a “no game” for the purpose of eligibility as well. To decide otherwise would an egregious error and very possibly grounds for a legal challenge. I doubt that the NCAA has any appetite for any more litigation given it’s very poor record in court to date. My bet is for the twins to be determined eligible for 2026.

As much as I'd love to say we are banged up, every single team is banged up....and everyone healthy enough to be on the field has something that hurts, I'm sure.

He's highlighting the fact that Davis signed every single early commit yesterday, while Sac signed 11 of 34. While the reason may be valid, not a good look. Everything isn't ok over there.
Guys who commit to Davis want to be in Davis.

For Sac to have 34 commits means there was or is a mass exodus and major roster overhaul in progress. The only other explanation would be that they are offering 100+ scholarships under the guise of their FBS jump. That could be it.

Looks like the Ags are doing what they do: recruit for development. Good looking group of signees, way to go coaches!

Early signing period starts today! I'll get the big list updated as I can, but I have a pretty busy work day today so it might be tonight. GO AGS and welcome to all our new Aggies!

ticket sales are... startinggggg to look a bit better

“ Offer up some free pizza for the students to ensure they show up in force and raise hell this Saturday.”
They actually did that one year, maybe 10 years ago? BTW, welcome to the forum!

Offer up some free pizza for the students to ensure they show up in force and raise hell this Saturday.

"I think the 7 pm start will hurt attendance." What about the students? Is finals week coming up. When I was there, rabid dogs wouldn't have kept me away, or even an organic chem final.

Thanks for that insightful write-up. We welcome you to our board!

Hmm...define many? I would guess it will be a friends and family group if any. Our football fans are diehards given we suffered about 2-3 decades of absolute shit before our current HC turned around the program about 5-6 years ago. Also on Saturday at noon we face off in basketball against our most bitter in state rival, Providence College. So it's setting up to be either a day of massive highs or massive lows!!

We're looking forward to it! Not too often we get a far west and far east playing in the FCS that is.

If any Rhode Island fans are reading this, don't be afraid to share and speak your mind respectfully. We don't play East Coast teams often so it will be nice hearing your opinion. Please don't be scared by our talk. We are nice here.

They linked to this post on their forum.

It would be really cool if they had like blue and yellow tissue paper giveaways at the gate or something for people to use with their phone flashlights

(with PLEASE RECYCLE printed in large letters on it or something)

For new visitors to Aggie athletics, here's a colorful overview of our expansive campus. Circa 2012.

https://youtu.be/NUklhkoCOkk?si=YgucN7ihdBXM7rgT

welp, they should've played a tougher schedule and got a higher seed :naughty:

That's rough attendance. Hopefully we can beat these numbers.

yes. ESPN 2 is available on cable tv, online, multiple streaming services/youtubeTV, and the espn app rather than just the espn app/online for espn+. Espn 2 will automatically add viewers from all the bars/restaurants/etc who have ESPN and ESPN 2 automatically on.

Still have a ways to go though! Would love to see it a packed house after last seasons attendance let down.

An argument for 2nd!!

This is exactly right. And the advocacy is part of the reason they had such a solid group of grad transfers. There are going to be some frustrating departures but keep the frustration private and market all of the successes publicly to attract the next crew.

I know this stuff is pretty complicated (especially with some of LeFan's insights) but as an educator/coach, always keeping the kids first is essential. It can look like encouraging them to stay, and helping them navigate leaving. As long as Plough advocates in their best interest he's doing the right thing.

If he advocates for his guys, no matter how that looks, he can't lose in the long run and he'll continue to build a great program.


P4 FBS football is a different story. That's a cut-throat business where coaches are trying to survive and protect their own interests. I enjoy the FCS for many reasons, the fact that we aren't a football factory or media corporate arm is the biggest.