Got it

Perez and Fisher would be a good base at RB, and we're deep at TE. Our #2 QB looks highly.mobile.

Competition across the board for playing time.

Perez has two seasons where he played in three or four games, the second of those, last year was due to injury. So he has a redshirt year and a year he could petition for, might be here for two more years.

I honestly don't think we have a true #2 based on the Poly/NoCo aftershocks. I think it'll be a fierce competition for the 2025 job - and who knows if a JC or FBS transfer will give Plough a call.

Hastings run an average of 0 times a game, so to me Mellott is Michael Vick.
Watching him torch Sac State a few times last week was pretty scary. A mobile QB can really stretch the defense.

Also, I hear tickets are sold out for visiting fans.
jk haha....Aggie Stadium is a great place to watch a game...way too nice for visiting teams though.

We have a choice between a senior who has hardly played, two 3 star 2024 recruits or 4! projected 3 star star 2025 recruits. They would be foolish not to have a competition.

To my eye Fisher is on a different level than Perez. Gotta think its Harper as QB1 next year based on the program history of rewarding seniority and commitment to the program. Harper should have a complete grasp of the playbook and total confidence in what to do with the ball after so many years in the program. Things should be interesting though as Rasor and Pinnick both got snaps vs. UNC. Wrighster looks more physically gifted than all of them.

We digress!

You guys have the same problem that we do with these pressers, the guys asking the questions don’t have a microphone.

One of the biggest complaints from the fanbase

We're frustrated with it in our pressers too. I mean, how hard can it be to pass a handheld mic around?

It increase audience involvement as they take a guess as to what the question was, similar to Jeopardy.

I do think that that was one of the more comprehensive summaries of the Davis team by an opposing coach at a press conference. Good articulate coach.

This guy is a really good coach, and seems like a decent guy. Hard to dislike him like we do certain coaches (like from our last two road victories!).

The Cats have a very impressive, articulate head coach. He seems to know the Aggies like the back of his hand. I certainly don't think we're going to out coach him; this game is going to be decided mano-a-mano on the field by the players.

Don't know that I've ever seen a coach's press conference where the press had mikes.

At the NCAA March Madness in Sacramento years ago, they had long poles with microphones on the end they pointed into the press pool.

Others pass around a mic or two.

One of Ploughs recent pregame pep talks, he told the players he went out at night, burned the boats, and the only way home was to take the victory.

It will be tough to burn boats at Putah Creek.

Gotta figure out a way to close In-n-Out for a couple days. Home town advantage!

This was a good watch. Thanks for posting.

Great stuff @ 6:30. Love an intelligent football team. Definitely has always been a major strength of this program....nowadays, we are blessed with the physical gifts as well which makes it even more fun as a fan- as the W's are coming consistently at the D1 level.

Like I said somewhere on here earlier, lots of progress as a program since joining the Big Sky in 2012, and in a relatively short amount of time since the 2017 season.

Congratulations to our offensive line, which has apparently made huge strides - like handling Montana.

How did we improve?

Yeah, I'm really liking your coach, He was on the 2006 UCD team that we played and lost to. That was a rollercoaster of a ride for the Cats that year.

I think it was just a case of playing together. It’s basically an all new OL with a couple transfers in there. Takes awhile for a group to mesh, especially with practice restrictions in this era. They were the unsung heroes on Saturday. They’ve gotten better and better with each game, particularly since Big Sky play started. Having Ian Simpson back has helped a lot - he’s a VERY physical presence

I watched someone on a little fishing boat with a motor sailing over putah creek this week and was very suprised… it was metal though so no burning of that boat..

They could have started the season with a o line made up entirely of players who had started a game last year, but then Povey who was on the camp roster didn’t return at center.
Two transfers then earned starting roles at guard and a redshirt freshman who saw no action last year took over at center. The left guard, a transfer from Stony Brook,, had played tackle there after a year as a tight end, so new to playing guard. So a learning curve
The line’s performance seems to have picked up coincident with David Main starting the last few games at right guard.

Jake Maier might need to be a regular guest during the playoff run. Enjoy

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6N2kGVgPr62fEOYF56RZoH?si=U5fN3iAlSmWcxNVde8qkzw&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A5PsvCKvR39lS5V9VObD5UL

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aggie-pride-a-uc-davis-football-podcast/id1758625363?i=1000676591436

Always great! Looking forward to listening to it later today.