Last week SDSU served a formal notice that it is leaving the mountain west conference. Which many believe is the first step in SDSU joining the pac 12 conference. The significance of this to the big west is that this opens a spot in the MWC and Hawaii according to the local papers is very interested in taking that spot in the MWC for all sports. We will see. Keep watching. . .

Hope Teresa is doing OK. Must be hard on her and the kids. She actually was a great interim AD for us. Ron I just do not know how he will do.

BW CEOs announce that baseball will get a playoff tournament next year. Adds mens and woman’s swimming as new BW sports. We dropped MS years ago. Kept WS. Wonder if Rocko can find a way to add back MS and comply with TIX. Probably doubtful? Or he could add back woman’s rowing too and that might fix the problem. Again doubtful. I always thought the dropping of rowing was a shameful decision as we consistently had very strong rowing teams. But money rules the day as they say.

I agree, But why was he pushed out by a sophomore? Somethings just not right here.

I noted earlier the post that sac states QB recruit Carson camp was a huge get for them. And it may be. They did have to replace two of their QBs to graduation. And they apparently have done that. Well done! But on closer examination Carson was not considered South Dakota’s best QB by the end of the season. Sophomore Aidan Bouman was their best QB statistics and leadership considered. So I believe that’s why he transferred. Shows how the portal works nowadays and all things considered is probably a good thing. I believe Miles Hastings will be every bit as good as Carson come next season. But sac did do well on their getting Carson. Also shows what a great football recruiting area the mid west is these days.

When do they have to commit?

Love that Morgan girl. The pride of the Aggies and sonoma county!

Do I recall correctly that TAM Commerce came to Toomey probably 30 years ago in a playoffs game? These guys were huge and pushed us off the field. Then most of the TAM
PLayers were found disqualified from the team. This is A LONG TIME AGO so do not expect my memory to be anything close to right.

But I forgot, there are volunteer assistant coaches allowed. Maybe the new coach is that. But she really looks like a winner for the Aggies in any case!

Pele, one of the greatest athletes in WBB history at Davis. She was the energizing force when she was playing. Absolutely fearless rebounding player. I think we may have missed her energy the past few years. I do not know if she has left davis, but if she has it was her decision. Jen would never ever fire her. IMHO

Lan Larison, With his incredible scores on the 10 yard and pro agility tests I think he ranks as the most athletic guy on the team with Teddy a very close second. Larison is a RB so fast speed to the line of scrimmage is essential and we have already seen Larison do some of that. So that said with a decent OL we should be very good with the running game next season. As to the WR issue, why not Tompkins out there or as a slot. My feelings are to just get the guy on the field because he is just such a gamer. Very hard to bring down as well. I think he also seems to energize the team when he’s on the field. I would think he is recognized as an exceptional teammate IMHO. Hey, anyone called MAJIC has to be on the field!

Nice comment Finn. I never meant to say davis was not an attractive place to attend college. It is probably the most safe college town in the country. A d I think that is why we recruit so much better with women players. The guys want exposure and flash. Not safety. We don’t have that. By the way, San Diego is the crime capital of the south. Apparently didn’t hurt their MBB a team. WTF do I know!

Boy, UC San Diego leads the BW baseball standings and probably will win it all. That’s a lot for a team that has not been DI until recently. I predict that UCSD will become the dominant BW program in all, or at least most sports soon. Reason. Location, location, location. Media coverage. Very easy place to recruit to. If they ever get a football team I see the PAC12 calling. Remember Socher saying if Santa Barbara brings back football “don't expect me to recruit against them” you can x2 that against UCSD in all sports. And that is why we have to bring all our facilities up to,the highest possible standard.
Yes, UCSD baseball has LIGHTS! We don’t. I think it matters. IMHO

The developers of the university mall (now known as the davis collection) and I have no idea how that came to be) have won the redevelopment plan for the old mall. The site plan does show a sizable space where the old grad was located. And does mention the former uses as a bar/restaurant. The developers are the Brixmor Property Group out of NY, NY. Phone number 212-869-3000. Don’t expect your call to be helpfully taken. But we can only hope. If you want, go on line and see the details of the project. Just Google it.

Movie, it’s way too complex. The owners were going through a divorce. The new UM owners were way too aggressive in their plans. They really didn’t have any idea about how davis politics works. And then come the neighbors! So I don’t live there anymore. But when I lived there, I have had many other out of town people from Texas and Michigan who I took there who said “this is so great just like like home” and then there was dance night! Did you ever see the twins dance? Or some of the football players? Absolutely great . I even saw some of our adversaries come in for a burgers after a game. I know you guys have seen them too. So I have hope the Graduate will be back! There is no competition for this type of venue in Davis now. I would consider investing!

I watched the game. I think her value on the court was her defense. Totally aware of everything going on the court.love my Mo!

Obviously off topic, but the Aggie softball team was eliminated in the first playoff round. Surprisingly so was UCLA the number 2 seed by Liberty 2-1. Brooke Yanez took the loss. Brooke has had an amazing career over 6 seasons, of course starting as an Aggie in 2018, then at oregon and finally at UCLA. I believe she thew a 2 hitter in the loss. Certainly was one of the most outstanding players to ever don an Aggie uniform male or female.

I could not be more excited. From the wilds of sonoma she is the best,

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Dobbins is actually a very attractive baseball stadium. It was designed correctly from the start in terms of orientation to the southwest to the northeast to help prevent sun issues for the players. Stanfords sunken Diamond stadium on the other hand faces due south and is not properly positioned. This can create major sun issues for the defensive players. I grew up in Palo Alto and went to many games at the sunken Diamond. There were never many people at the games I went. Maybe 300 or so, but this was in The 60s/70s and Stanford did not have lights! Then Stanford started winning games in the ‘90s. They then learned that the NCAA rules were such that no team could host a regional if it did not have lights. Guess what. Stanford got lights dues to a $500,000 gift from a former player in the early ‘90s. So, yes. Lights matter in the game of baseball. I am told that once the lights went in at Stanford the attendance went up significantly. I am told that when Dobbins was built they had the foresight to install conduit for future lights. If true it would seem that we could get lighting pretty cheap. So, every college baseball stadium in Northern California, it seems, has lights except for UC Davis. If this is ok with our ICA people I think an explanation form the AD would be in order. IMHO