My 2 cents as someone who graduated recently:

-I think students taking the community college to transfer route will only continue to grow rapidly. With the price of tuition and the lack of focus from professors teaching lower division classes (I mean I seriously think most students I know feel that most of the professors teaching lower division classes are only doing it because they have to and are more focused on research, especially in STEM fields).

-The CSU is either going to have to somehow fix the funding issues asap, adjust or lose large amounts of students to UC schools or OOS schools when it comes to non-STEM (and more) programs. With schools close to Davis like SSU and SFSU dropping multiple liberal arts degrees (and a variety of less popular stem degrees in the case of SSU) I only see students leaving in droves to UC campuses that are still able to fund these programs. Whether you want to debate the viability of these degrees in relation to workforce hiring, income, etc is another topic, but the desire for many of the degrees that are on the chopping block at these campuses (especially in programs that are often enrolled in by students needing said degrees for teaching or other professional careers) is going to only continue to hurt CSU enrollment. Its a catch 22 of cutting programs because they don't have enough students but then losing students in the process.

-Another topic that could be looked at in a ton of different ways, but objectively federal cuts to research are coming at a really tough time for campuses and creating uncertainty in students looking for graduate degrees. I have heard from a large amount of current and former students at Davis (and other universities) that are uncertain about going back for a graduate degree because of the uncertainty of financial support and research funding for projects they could be involved in.

-I think we might see some merging of administration units (like some CSU's in the Bay Area are doing) or campus entities for regional state schools that are either close in location or with an urban school taking over rural colleges struggling.

-We are going to see a huge boom in student housing for community college campuses that are feeders to UC campuses.

Made a thread for this in the OT board cause its an interesting topic
https://www.aggiesportstalk.com/discussion/2790/college-funding-enrollment-etc-discussion

Thank you for this summary! Was gonna post something but had to head into work at 3. Happy to see our offense bounce back after struggling against Texas. Anzai has impressively crisp stuff.

This is super helpful thank you!!

yeah i was gonna say reach out for Aggie ascent had been nonexistent nor advertised outside of that first post when they announced it

Got answers back from campus design and construction as well as the athletic department. Basically summarized as this “thanks for reaching out, the stadium upgrades at UCDHS are still in the fundraising stage and are working on securing funds. We will send an updated timeline once the project funding has been secured”.

Perhaps someone will shock the world at the wine fundraiser but it sounds like donations are still needed.

Gary May seems to be striking a diplomatic congratulatory tone

How did i mess that up :lol: . My bad, I was looking at the wrong tab. Speaking of UCSB, whats the read on their season this year? I usually pay a decent amount of attention to the team cause I have a few friends there but have been lacking.

I was also surprised about the record they have this year. Aidan Mahaney is a player to watch.

The tahoe thing cracked me up haha, the fact it got to the head football coach made me laugh. I think the Reno rivalry is def worth growing.

SJSU would be a good rivalry because as @SochorField has said, lots of Aggie alum are in the Bay.

I think the SJSU rivalry and Reno Rivalry would be fruitful and realistic rivalries for us too! Naturally will form with our move to the MW starting next season. Already started stoking the fire with Nevada when we played them earlier this year :naughty:

I echo this. A world where UC Davis and Sac can continue the rivalry is the best case scenario for both schools long term.

Preach!!

Agreed, especially after the highwheelers dipped a year in (thanks for the lights though!)

I was being sarcastic :rofl: None of it makes any sense short term and is a sketchy plan at best long term. Of all the FBS conferences they are ending up in the MAC is the least practical and will provide the least excitement/revenue I could imagine. I think they are banking on being successful in the MAC and getting an invite from the MW or PAC next realignment cycle…

Thank you!

https://collegiateconsulting.com/newsletter/collegiate-consulting-assist-sacramento-states-move-to-fbs-mid-american-conference/

Seems like a few other teams are looking into a Sac-esque move

"Previously, Collegiate Consulting has assisted six institutions Georgia State, Appalachian State, Missouri State, Sam Houston State, Jacksonville State, and Kennesaw State with their successful transition to FBS and is currently working with three FCS institutions as they explore FBS opportunities."

What are you talking about! Dr. Wood clearly stated 975 million dollars and over 600 million dollars in TV revenue! That money is gonna start flowing in faster than a flash flood once they are paying for Akron's flights to Sacramento to be played on ESPN (in which Sac gets no conference tv revenue from)!

Yes it makes no sense financially and the numbers seem insane if thats what you were asking.