LL leading to ve RB #3.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DY7l3IxOoAX/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I’m hoping they build the other side of the stadium with expanded seating/ luxury boxes & club like Hawaii is doing.

Tomorrow big game for Arfsten and team USA( ranked 16th in the world), they play Germany( ranked 10th( in the world at Soldier stadium.

Arsten's added bio. The California native has earned 16 caps (13 starts) for the USMNT, recording one goal and five assists since making his debut against Venezuela in 2025.

Arfsten's five assists in 2025 are the most registered by a USMNT player in a calendar year since 2019, according to the Columbus Crew's official website.

GO USA and Arfsten!!!!!

Monday will be a receiver clinic for local HS players. My Folsom HS grandson will be attending, as well as some of his team mates. That program (Folsom) always has tough teams. They are serious about their football and are a good feeder school for the Ags.

All's quiet on the Western Front...
Nothing out of Portland to discuss yet. Not even a kickoff time.
Aggies probably heading into finals soon.
SMU is pre-season #19 in one poll I found.
Montana is continually overrated in every poll.
Too early for early commits, if that is even a thing at FCS.
Tahoe jerseys vs. UNC on 10/24 and Nevada still sucks. THAT'S OUR LAKE!
Temperatures creeping up.
Waves are flat in my area.
No more Tom Steyer commercials to endure. Not meant to be offend anyone, just sick of those commercials.
Anything you guys care to discuss?

Here is the article grading USA soccer players with the match against Senegal.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/usmnt-player-ratings-senegal-grades-usa-world-cup-friendly/e880c88b3c982a72331819a0

Here is the score for Max coming off the bench. Max scoring a 7 is. very solid score. Hopefully he will play for team USA in the bracket play. Here is the paragraph.

46' — Max Arfsten: 7

Entered at halftime for Antonee Robinson on the left and had a sneaky good performance. A delicious cross off a short corner created a chance with 23 minutes to go.

Slow to react on an 80th minute Senegal attack, missing that Auston Trusty had dropped exceptionally deep and left Arfsten to mark a Senegal forward, but it came to nothing.

He was a beast. I remember the playoff game against Bethune Cookman and we started yelling Casey! Casey! Casey! He ended up in their backfield on each snap

How did we land Casey Merrill?

Parker Johnson (PJ) class of 2026 who played for two different high schools in 2025, announced he committed to Davis a few weeks ago. This was mentioned in the 2026 preview thread.
Team hasn’t confirmed that to my knowledge. Apparently had multiple FBS offers, but ended up without a home.

Final Thoughts (Currently)

Who’s starting may be less important than who’s on the court to finish, especially a close game.

My projected stating line up stands 5’8”, 5’9”, 6’, 6’1” and 6’3”. But at some point, the tallest Aggie player on the court will be 6’1”. So UCD will for sure be playing small ball at times, maybe quite a bit in some games.

Strength in numbers? It looks like the Aggies could have several players with similar heights, but different strengths. That offers the potential for playing a variety of lineups depending on matchups, or who’s playing well.

It’s possible that the Aggies could have five freshmen on the court at once at some point in the season. That would be an interesting lineup to watch, as well as one of the tallest on-court groups the Aggies have ever fielded. Based on what position people played in high school, that might look like:

Point: Taylor Hicks, 6’0”
Wing: Layla Dixon, 5’11”
Wing: Anna Bassett, 6’0”
Fwd: Rebecca Donnelly, 6’1”
Post: Marta Forsline, 6’3”

Exactly. Tremendous opportunity for the program

ESPN2 for the Eastern Washington game!

At this stage in my life - it's simply a point of fact that a lot of us older guard are simply this, elders in the UC Davis Football lore machine. I'll talk with Dr. Mike, my Dad and agalum sometimes and you get stories about the team and the University even further back than my generation. It's great, tell all the stories, share the information, this is generational responsibility in my opinion.

As a Davis football alum and peninsula guy who grew up with Stanford football-- remember we came down to the Farm for a controlled scrimmage the year before THE upset-- Davis defense dominated the Stanford offense-- it was the same story in the game the next year-- it was no fluke !

My mom lived in Dallas at the time, so after the Stanford victory, we decided to go. The weather was extremely hot, and we were actually leading 3-0 at the end of the first quarter. Great time.

The Davis run defense was really good in 2005 Stanford averaged 2.5 yards per carry on 30 attempts. NDSU rushed for 3 yards on 23 carries. #10 ranked Cal Poly gained 50 yards on 33 carries. I miss the shut down run defense we had in that era.

Your last sentence gave me a wound I may never heal from…

Not great for the fans either, ha.

Was it maybe 20 years ago we played at TCU?

Just saw the SMU kickoff time is 3PM Central. Hottest part of the day. Thanks *$@holes :rofl:

Ravens safety Ed Reed ran a 4.57 40 yd dash --- was one of the fastest on field players ever due to his recognition ability.

With 2026-27 roster posted on the website, the Aggie WBB coaching staff is preparing for summer practice - the first time the entire team will be together. With the unexpected departure - at least from outside the building - of Ryann Bennett via the transfer portal, the 2026-27 Aggies will be a very different team than most of us anticipated as last season ended. Now, there are two vacant backcourt positions in what might well be a rebuilding year.

The 2026-27 Aggies will have 1 senior, 3 juniors, 4 sophomores and 5 freshmen on the roster. Only 1 has averaged double figures for a season, and none have averaged more than 4 rebounds a game. The projected starting lineup includes 1 sophomore and a freshman in the post. And the Ags are moving into a more challenging conference.

The Aggies have talent, but it’s largely unproven. With just 2 returning starters, there are opportunities - and needs - for new faces to step up. Gone are players who accounted for 60% of last year’s minutes, grabbed 58% of the rebounds and scored 65% of the points. I expect watching a “work in progress” squad evolve throughout the season will be, by turns, exhilarating and frustrating. Last season might have been the best coaching job ever by Jen Gross and her staff. Extending UCD’s string of 20+ win season could top that.

All that being said, what might the starting lineup and bench look like for UCD’s initial Mountain West season? Tomorrow, I’ll post best guesses for starting roles. The following day, I’ll profile what will hopefully become a more impactful bench than the Aggies had last season.

That is some great information on where UC Davis football stands, moving in the right direction with respect to FCS. Finally having the funds to compete. Doing more with more (not just more with less).

However, it does show where we need to go in the event we want to move to the Mountain West for football.

Side note. For the 2024 season, Sac State had the second highest football expenditures at the FCS level (for reporting schools). Their record for the 2024 season . . . 3-9. This is what "bust" looks like.

at the sac airport:

sounds like a big part of Davis moving to FBS is having the money to bridge over the years they will not receive media rights money. the current media rights deal for MWC expires 2031-2032.

The house settlement sets a cap of rev share at $20mm per school. This is not NIL funds. I’m sure Davis can figure out how to boost staff payroll and the house settlement. I understand why they want to expand the stadium, as they need a way to capitalize and offset the cost of paying coaches and players. But better competition (and committing to being competitive) will bring more fans and donors.

Another note is NDSU isn’t getting any media share from the MW for the fist six years. Idk how much Davis would get as they are a member in all sports except for football, so adding football to the MW would make them a full member. I EXTREMELY doubt Davis would get a full member distribution. Most likely a reduced share like they are already getting.

Theres an apartment complex in Davis thats going to provide free summer housing for players if they rent for the rest of the year.

Okay huge offer dump finally completed! Plough and company are going after some higher rated guys this season. GO AGS!

It’s now a home-home series. 9/18/2027 there, 9/20/31 here.

If we are still FCS in 2031

Saw that the first kickoff time for 2026 was listed, 7pm at University of San Diego. Gives us time for an 11pm victory parade through the Gaslamp, quick crossover into TJ, then hit any burrito joint ending in -berto's on the way back? Oh, to be 22 again

Ags defeated Hornets, 3-1, in baseball this evening. This brings the 2025-26 Causeway competition to a close with the mythical cup remaining in Davis, as it should.