Looks like he scored 7 points in 16 games this year. Played about 1.5 minutes per game....May have a better go of it in the BWC.

Anything on RB Aden Jackson? He looked like a beast in HS two years ago.

Davis needs to do a better job at 1. Marketing the team, and 2. Making the game day experience fun. Davis lacks in both of those areas. — Akiltopmack99

Agreed. Additionally, tailgating seems more difficult than in years past, and frankly not encouraged. Nothing will ever beat the tailgate lot before Biggs Field went in. Getting everyone in one spot is really fun.

There is no rush. — Pacifico2

One thing Davis has never done is rush. Davis has always taken measured steps, especially when it comes to the football program. Very protective.

Been saying this for a while.
The question regarding football is: when the region is an FBS town, will Yolo/Sac be more like Cal/SJSU or Fresno? So far its been verrrrry sleepy when it comes to football.

Participation (consistent attendance) exists when the team becomes part of the emotional identity of its community members.....Steelers, Packers, Notre Dame, Michigan, Montana, Boise, even Fresneck. This can happen on a large or small community scale. It can look like 100,000 or 18,000 attendance.

This has always been a tall ask in California. I have low confidence in Sacramento becoming something it hasn't ever been for Sac St, and definitely less confidence for it to become that for Davis.

I think Davis has a better shot as there seems to be more alumni pride (in the closest non-Sac metro - the Bay Area) and large donations (although rare) to the program and university as a whole. I think UCD needs to focus more on the East Bay - I've never seen a billboard and there are a ton of Contra Costa/Alameda/Sonoma/Napa County alums within 1 hour of Aggie Stadium.

I believe Davis can get to a special place, and it might look more like the 15,000-18,000 experience. And how fun would that be!

The trajectory is there. Since I've been in the Davis-sphere the attendance has looked like:

Toomey (Great West) 6,000
Aggie Stadium (Great West) 8,000
Aggie Stadium (Big Sky non-Gould) 9,000
Aggie Stadium (Hawkins revival) 10,000
Aggie Stadium (some W's and playoffs) 12,000

Weird for Joe Davidson to miss that one....

My oldest is at NAU this week with friends visiting their friend.
I told him to get a pic inside the Skydome. Also, if the 'Jacks are practicing they have to play the Pen*s! game (dating myself lol), but say "Aggies!" instead.
Stay tuned...

I further digress, but these days teens do this weird moaning thing instead of the Pen*s! game. Its weirder, but seems to be just as fun.

(don't worry, he knows I'm not serious)

I think you are underestimating how crappy some of the teams in the MAC are — Kadeezy

1/2 of the MAC is dogshit. This is more about how ready Sac will be to win at the FBS level by August. I expect a weaker Sac performance on average than the Nevada game last season (UNR is Massey 111).

Massey FBS (Sac opponents in bold):

74 Toledo
86 Ohio
90 W Michigan
91 Miami OH
109 C Michigan
110 Bowling Green
120 Buffalo
123 Eastern Michigan
126 CS Sacramento
131 Ball St.
132 Akron
137 Kent St.
138 Umass (dead last)

Better beat Kent and UMass at home, with Ball St. being a long road trip . These are still really tough matchups for Sac in 2026 especially w/ a new coach. 2-10 or 3-9 looks pretty likely.

2-6 feels like the baseline — Kadeezy

Lets be honest here. 2-10 is the baseline (not as sexy). I'm not seeing any toss-ups since IMO any momentum built by Marion was lost by transfers and a completely new coaching staff.

I'm super interested in how NDSU does.

Could be the case.

Fresno State Equestrian is currently the only NCAA program in CA.

I have not seen anything about Cal Poly moving to the NCAA? — Jdur

We toured their program last year. They mentioned working toward becoming an NCAA program.

Love our current uniform and helmet combos. Davis script helmets will never go away.

There is a whole world of equestrian folks out there. My daughter had her heart set on Davis because of the NCAA equestrian program (in addition to animal science). We are not rich (a few on here have alluded to equestrian folks being rich / spoiled). We don't even own a damn horse.

She's now got her heart set on Cal Poly and other schools in the west (the CP program isn't an NCAA program yet, but its on a trajectory to become one).

Davis is a self-proclaimed Ag school with the best Vet school in the nation. It is also destination for large animal (horses!) medical care for folks nation-wide. Its odd to me that a University like this does not prioritize a sport like equestrian.

kids who had accepted offers from UCD had nowhere to go. It was also my understanding that UCD wouldn't honor those scholarships, which seems out of character. — TrainingRm67

This is the stinger.

Should we? Don't know.
Will we? Yes.

Going on no info, except the UW reps....but feeling good about Cleeland. Great coaching around him, and some time behind Pinnick.

I think 2026 is going to be a good one.

Complaining about "pot shots" is comical. The victim mentality doesn't work when you come out swinging at the FCS, lying, embellishing, and the sh*tshow concerts, publicity stunts, etc. He put a target on his school's back with his behavior. He made his own battle tougher.
North Dakota State had ZERO push back from their conference mates or the country for that matter. Nobody was making fun of them. Their program was respected, and that wasn't just because of the winning. Big difference between the way the two schools went about things.

Hopefully Sac is successful. Failing and folding the program would not be good for CFB in CA.

Ahhhh......the perfectly manicured Toomey Field grass (early in the season when it wasn't raining). I miss the smell!

Sac is going to make so much money on this....they should have a big beautiful stadium in no time. The economic impact from Sac State football will change the region forever. It will put the NBA franchise up the street to shame. The Kings might get pushed out.

Tomorrow's Cal home game is not a rescheduled game (as far as I know). It was already on the schedule.