Yep. Commentators mentioned during the Boise/SJSU game that both coaches are getting chatter for the Arizona job.

I remember when UCD beat them the SJSU fans were complaining that Brennan was a terrific, charismatic guy but they didn't like his results. Well, now he has the results so I imagine ADs are drooling over what kind of talent he can bring in with major recruiting budgets

He was a starter at A&M too before transfering, it's a really remarkable career.

Worth noting they won the SDSU game with a backup QB. They also had the conference DPOY. I have no idea how SJSU built this kind of roster after seemingly having nothing going for them.

Feel-good story of the year. Had a huge championship drought, had to relocate several times, dealt with multiple cancelled games, and just put their heads down and persevered. (Think they had 0 program COVID cases throughout the whole season too.)

Am I reading this right that we're beating San Jose State for some of these recruits -- literally a ranked FBS team (though admittedly a surprise this year)

If I were a student, I'd be disappointed. My flag football class with Mark Johnson was just about the highlight of senior year.

This is a weird move from a purely philosophical side of things to me, because just a few years ago the university was really buying in to the "provide services that create well-rounded students" strategy. Although at the same time, there was also a push to make it more data-driven, which makes me wonder if the "numbers" (GPA and retention outcomes) didn't look that good for PE classes somehow.

I'd further speculate that the school may have been aware of and even concerned about the fact that some PE classes were so competitive that all spots would be grabbed on the first day of registration by honors students, RAs, seniors, etc. (Or even exchanged or sold.) But that's a university-wide problem, not a funding problem IMO.

So ballpark of UCLA which already had a practice field. It doesn't seem terribly unreasonable to me at that point; not that I really know how much more arduous the building and environmental requirements are between LA and Davis. Also, I don't fully understand the scope of the Bob Foster center renovations; if those are substantial that complicates the cost/sf estimates I imagine.

Looking up pictures of the other facilities, parts of Montana's has a bit of a "warehouse" feel; less so for the others.

I just looked their arena up and it's much nicer than I expected. Not the biggest, but a "real D1" venue unlike some schools we know in the state

Is that a twitter streaming link I see? Cautiously optimistic.

Not that I'm a fan of too much consolidation of content, I do think that having games only available on the BWTV's obscure streaming website isn't a very good look for the conference. Honestly the facebook link for the Women's home opener was the best experience I ever had with a Big West TV game

Scraped by

Teams are going to realize that they can pressure the Ags in the final minute and have a legit shot to win if they're within even 15 or so, oof.

At least FT shooting is solid

Rushed the drive, offensive foul
Throw the ball away
Airball three

SCU did everything they possibly could to give us this game but the Ags just wanted them to have it more. Urgh.

No timeout, no attempt to take the last shot, charge in, get an offensive foul

why

Ba with a MASSIVE 3 to take the lead, SCU timeout

Yikes, didn't realize it was quite that stark. Though I think maybe ORs are slightly less relevant for us if Les sticks with the small ball gameplan. If our goal is to score on easy runners and threes, there won't be much to contest in the paint.

Aggies just need to clean up the defensive rebounds, but that will be hard with the size disadvantage

Down 1 at the half

Watching this lineup try to score in the paint is kinda like watching an undergrad hunt for a bike rack at the Silo: fruitless, but oddly inspirational

Huh down 4 with FTs coming at the last media break of the half

I don't feel good about this game, but the Ags are actually matching up OK. (Or at least SCU is looking worse than expected)

I'm just getting a "stay tuned" notice on the stream; anybody else having luck?

Edit: working now

Well that's terrifying

I had a mix of blank screen and vague error message depending on which web browser I used on my desktop. I hope we just keep using Facebook, that actually was pretty good.

Looking it up for the first time now, USF didn't have a great record last year but they were 3-1 against the BWC. So I'm feeling pretty good