my guess is him and Gbatu

I know of this one but unsure if it is the best: https://www.aggiefootballfund.com/

The top FCS schools, except us, have paid athletes as well. Certainly not paid to the same level as the big FBS schools, but still pulling a paycheck. The position we’re in at this point reminds me of our D2 days when we were non scholarship and competing with scholarship programs. Plough has said many times, give me the resources comparable to the Montanas and Dakotas, make it a fair fight, and we will win. Somehow there needs to be realignment with all this.

You know, I'm not so sure I want to move to the FBS anymore. I watch the FBS and its just not even college football anymore. It's semipro ball with too much money involved to be honest. I like the FCS playoffs. I like actually getting a chance to play for a championship. Am I not thinking clearly? I'm watching the way JMU and Tulane are getting treated and I keep thinking, "geez if they treat them this way..." I don't know. I think there might be an interesting development with conference realignment once the tv deal expires. Maybe waiting on this is the right move.

I use to race mountain bikes at the Pacific Union college. The Napa Valley Dirt Classic and the Howell Mountain Challenge were both hosted there. There is a good article about the time George Bush hosted local politicians for a mountain bike ride on those trails. He crushed everyone and pissed off secret service because he didn't want to be followed by atvs.

President's Visit to California Includes PUC - Pacific Union College https://share.google/3gSq5lBKXpcvpnzm0

We got this one! (Despite the refs.) Nice the way the Ags were able to stave off Idaho State down the stretch. If they can play this well in the Big West, they'll be in the mix.

How many teams opted out of playing bowl games this year? Found this list on the interwebs:

• Notre Dame
• Iowa State
• Kansas State
• Baylor
• Rutgers
• Florida State
• Auburn
• Temple
• UCF
• Kansas

No question the redbirds played great down the stretch, especially considering they were unranked and had to travel all over the country to get to the finals.
BTW, i don’t know what the attendance was for the semi final game, but the stands looked sparse. Maybe winter break hurt their attendance.

I'm happy to see Illinois State in the finals. They certainly deserve to be there. One of the things that was fortunate for them this season is just how healthy they have managed to stay and that's huge. I wouldn't be disappointed to see them win the title but I'll be pulling for MSU to make the Big Sky Conference proud.

Ilinois St defense by game:

SELA: 321 yds, 3 points
NDST: 179 yds, 28 points (thought got a punt return TD, Int return TD and an Int return to the 4 that led to a TD)
UC Davis: 533 yds, 31 points
Nova: 300 yds, 14 points

So ISU allowed 1333 yds so far in the playoffs and we accounted for 40 percent of them. They allowed 76 points in the playoffs and we accounted for 40.8 percent of them. If you take out the two return TDs for NDSt, we scored half the points the ISU defense has allowed.

We would have spanked Villanova. That redbird #5 is a total beast, but i think the cats have the muscle to slow him down.

I'm cheering for the Redbirds. You don't potentially get this far by luck especially if all games are in the road. I think the Bobcats beat them in the final.

We were so close this year even with all the injuries...without them, we could very well have made it to the championship game. Can't wait for next year...

This would be a big victory - Les didn’t schedule easy coming out of finals so it would be great to salvage one win before the tuneup next Sunday vs Pacific Union.

With most teams in the Big West having only one or two games remaining of their preseason schedule, it's worth taking a look at the current standings. As expected, UCSD has the best record, but Hawai`i is right with them and has a 2-0 record in the conference. The Rainbow Warriors are a not so dark dark horse at this point. UCSB and UCI occupy their usual spots near the top. The Beach lingers at the bottom, but they had a very tough preseason trek, losing to the likes of San Diego State, Pscific and Illinois State, plus league losses to UCSB and UCSD.

Let's do it for sure next season!

So many similarities to Ron Gould. Both really good, respected dudes, position/assistant coaches, good recruiters. I keep thinking Ron Gould II, but he does have HC experience. 10 years in Oakland/Berkeley publics where he won some titles. 129-69-3 record as a High School head coach.
Gould had never done it, so Sac has that going for them. I think Sac may be able to hang on to some of their players with this hire.

Zo is a very likeable guy and a good man. Been around the block a little, and there is no doubt he is connected in the Bay Area (especially on the eastside and Oakland), and I would even say, into Sac and the Valley. BUT... has he even coordinated? He will need to hit it out of the park with those three hires. I think he is right in saying Sac is an uphill battle, and he needs to keep telling himself that. No conference, no schedule, big-talking president, massive roster voids, facility issues, and so on and so forth. If you put those tags on any other program in America, you would be labeling it an uphill climb too.

Truth be told, both they and Cal Poly are looking waaaaaay up the hill at the Aggies, from the president's office down to the support infrastructure for football. Let's keep it that way.

I like the new sac coach from his press conference. Dude is a hard worker, loves his family and honestly is much more likely to stay around in Sac considering his family lives an hour away. I also like how he’s been talking about wanting to focus on football and not his dance/media career haha, dude is locked in.

I do think it’s a little interesting though hearing him talking like sac is an uphill battle or struggling program (which may be the right mentality but is the opposite of how Luke wood talks about the program lol)

Thoughts overall: He could become a really strong recruiter and I love his California roots, but with all this hype he’s espousing he needs to back it up with success as the incoming head coach. I do love his focus on community and his story of getting through hard times to get where he is. Seems like the guy you would want your kids to be mentored by, talks a ton about the importance of education, I’m positive on him!

Shh! Don't say what we're all thinking out load! I sure hope not. Plough was able to keep Lan and bring in guys like Psyk. I hope the culture means something.

I also think this is a big call for alumni to donate. We have to help build a fund to offer these guys a little more. It sucks to have to play the game, but that is the NIL world we live in.

I would like to see us putting teams away early. We seem to keep them in the game. I’m still waiting for shredville.

“ Personally, I think the state of California should consider creating a “California Conference” to maximize opportunities for California kids and keep revenue in state.”

Yikes, i would keep the state out of it. One more level of bureaucracy controlling the cash flow.

And Jacob is getting recognition as well!

just sent a text to someone in the department to get him out to football playoff game! For his first game, he was great!

Shout Out #2:

Coach Austin Pile Named MPSF Coach of the Year. Admittedly a new conference formed during the season with only 2 teams, but the award could easily have gone to the Delaware coach. After all, Delaware beat UCD in the championship game. And considering the struggles of the field hockey program prior to Pile, this is a well-deserved recognition of the progress he's made.

And it's followed up by what look to this uninformed-about-field hockey-person like a really solid recruiting class. Five freshmen from solid high school programs in the US and Canada.

GO AGS!

Update folks! Got 3 family members and 4 friends planning to go, up from a whopping 2 people last year.

Honestly I dont want them to take him and I agree its too early in his hc career to make a move like this and leave a place like Davis he seems deeply committed to, but the whole thing about Davis being a perennial FCS playoff participant and not getting all this credit and getting fired as OC at Boise is poorly researched journalism. Boise was a shitshow under the old hc and most boise fans admit plough probably wasnt at fault. The thing about players that could move to the power 5 level is a stupid argument too. Its well know Plough is a really good recruiter (look at some of his boise state players and davis alum now). Also, I think the whole "he didnt build the program" is a weak argument at best. You could make this argument about a thousand coaches moving up that were previous coaches at decent programs. Hawk obviously deserves a lot of credit but objectively plough deserves a ton of credit at most of his coaching jobs (especially this HC gig).

Great win for the Aggies last night at The Nest! Totally agree with Jen Gross' comment on the game recap page. This is a very youngg team, with a lot to learn about winning games. Last night, on the road in a rivalry game, they shot poorly and had a win in regulation disappear because Sac made free throws with no time on the clock.

To come back in OT and win is huge. Pretty sure that the coaching staff will make sure this is a learning experience.