We got a signee I knew nothing about.

OL Jordan Ford from Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks has signed!

6'2", 270#s... lotta pancakes on that film!

Congrats to Jordan and our staff.

ATH Tyler Saikhon has signed as a DB!

Plough has every right to express his disappointment. We don't know what went on with Plough and Baker over time and we don't know what their communication has been in the last few days. My guess is that Plough had had good communication with Baker and had spent some time with him and perhaps even his family and felt stung when Baker bailed.

I don't judge Baker for his decision either; it's 100% his choice. I hope it was a wise decision and that he doesn't end up warming the bench most of his career.

I also believe CA Forever makes a great point about what "commitment" means. For all we know, Plough may not have seen this coming and felt that Baker was truly committed to playing for the Aggies.

The Aggies and Baker will move on...

ATH Chris Venable has also signed on as a DB. That's 4 DB's so far.

That also leaves DE Cade Peacock as our only known commitment left to sign, but he has been retweeting all of the Davis signings so as far as I know he is still on board.

The minute a HS kid gets a coveted offer from his hometown team, you know its 50-50 at best. He can see Mom, keep his girlfriend, etc. We knew this, that's why we were courting another QB. Negative tweets are just that. We know what 'smart man' Plough was likely referring to, and I promise you he wouldn't put those 2 tweets up. #NoWhining

Cade Peacock is following our commits! Great day.

Lots of DBs... versatile athletes?

And one unnamed DLine stud.

From what I can tell from maxpreps stats, 3 out of our 4 DB signees played on both sides of the ball. All of them are listed at 6'0 or taller too!

And Cade Peacock has signed, that's all of the known commitments signed!

Santa promised me 2 DLinemen, 1 a Juco product.

QB Gunnor Faulk offered a PWO at UNR. GF also following the Aggies closely. #MobileQBNightmare?

And DE Jordan Allen is now considered a top-10 nationwide Juco recruit? Woo. Announcement tonight at 6PM. Tennessee bum rushed his top 5 to make it top 6.

Isn't that why it is called a "verbal" commitment?

This has already been brought up and the "verbal" part of the statement, while still inherent, often gets forgotten in their commitments. Even with the word "verbal" included I still think that there has to be a better term for it. Like I said, the word commitment to me means dedication, yet the word commitment in the world of football recruiting means next to nothing with how often they get dropped.

Posted before I went to the last page. Agree with you.

How about this: Dating, but in an Open Relationship?

I don't think we should focus on what we lost, but the studs that we did bring in today!

That’s a lot of facts and figures about a lot of players; but did we get the players to improve our very poor defensive play this year. I guess there were people who felt bad about of Carson, but we have a very good QB. And a not so bad offense. We had a terrible defense. Was anything done to rectify that?

DE Jordan Allen commits to Tennessee

Million dollar question. Roster already updated. I thought DB was a strength, adding 4 we're at 18. Cade Peacock looks like a stud, so maybe he helps, but its rare when a true freshman is an impact player. Parenteau did, and Connor Airey had a solid year (23 tackles), but it seems like we need to add someone to bring some heat. 14 DL, will we add one from the Jucos?

What system are we running?

RB Mike Mauai has signed with Navy.

QB Brock Purdy has been offered by Boise St, but won't make a decision until Feb.

While this isn't 2018 recruiting related it's still a recruiting question.

When Doss was coming in, what was his star and poisition rank? Same question for Maier.

Did they have any notable schools that we beat out as well?

This is just going off the top of my head so 100% accuracy isn't guaranteed. Doss was either not ranked or had 2 stars and we were his only offer. Maier originally signed with Sacred Heart University before going to Long Beach City College. I believe that Maier had some other Big Sky offers coming out of LBCC, Weber State specifically comes to mind. Just goes to show you that stars don't mean much. There are 4 and 5 star players that bust and not ranked and 2 star players that can blow away school records.

Don't recall either getting a lot of attention. Maier bounced back from Sacred Heart University (FCS) and threw for 3,800 yards at LBCC, and we jumped on him, incl Hawk. Doss played BB and possibly track, we were his only offer. Credit Gould & staff. A theory is that many FBS programs allocate most / all schollies by junior year, so have few left for late bloomers.

Jucos supposedly little help for us in past. This year Maier, Flowers, Cloud, Martin, Modise, Moe play big role.

Whether the new guys can turn the defense around will be an open question for about two years. They won’t do it by themselves but with other classes including guys on team now. It looks like we are going after speed and athletes on D. We’ve had safeties turn into good linebackers on multiple occasions, the DBs all have some height.

I think we have the athletes to at least have an average defense. One of the big things I noticed last season was that the tackling was horrendous all season with no signs of improvement. That's coaching.

Is the stud transfer DL from Fairfield still on board?

Playing defense in the Big Sky is brutal. Most are below #70 in the FCS / NCAA total defense. But we finished #113, giving up over 5,000 yards and over 6 yards per play. It's tough for me to believe a staff with Bob Foster would have a coaching problem that big.

The few people I chatted w point to a need for more pressure from the D Line. Gould lost several studs on defense to FBS dreams, and our staff brought in at least 3 Juco players for immediate help.

Special teams errors didn't help. Do we have the right plan?

You mean the one who just committed to Tennessee?