I used to work at a restaurant and we had a bunch of Sac State people come visit. I really wanted to trash talk but it wouldn't have worked in my case.

and what about the men?
It would be nice for at least one of our teams to play them at home.

When was the last time they played Sac in Yolo County? I know they play at Golden1 for exposure but I wish they would have a real home court at home in front of the students.

Okay he was a good RB coach at Cal but for head coach, he wasn't a good fit. It would take bth skill and luck to go undefeated again.

Ron Gould was a terrible coach. He almost killed the program.

Sac is also a CSUschool where they will admit students with a certain gpa automatically if they reside or attend HS or community college in certain counties (I know Solano, Sacramento,Placer, El Dorado, and Yolo counties but probably more). I have no issue with that because we need to make sure local students have a college close to home to attend and or transfer their credits. So their general fan potential is higher than ours. We're still a public school. Our (regular/non athletic) admissions are tough though generally not as unobtainable as UCLA or Cal. So it's not like a Cal-Stanford comparison where almost no one without a Stanford connection cheers for them. I think I've met two fans of Stanford that didn't attend or work there an that's it. For Cal they have their issues but in addition to myself, I know of many non Cal alums who cheer for them/attend games. Cal is the East Bay's team.

Davis is in a bubble and outside of Davis and Woodland, they are a bit isolated from Sacramento and the wealthy eastern suburbs.

Sac can continue to recruit basic 2.0 students and make their team a juggernaut. I don't see them having the funds to go the MWC/FBS but a conference may have interest due to CA. I think Sac's ceiling is an EWU type of team where they can win championships at the FCS level (where's we're probably max a quarterfinal/semifinalist which is still great). Sac can have amazing seasons but they can also have terrible seasons. I don't see them as elite every year like the Dakota state schools or as consistent as Montana/MSU but they can win it all.

UCD traditionally was more sporty than Sac State so they can still have loyal fans attend games. I think the biggest challenge will be beating them in future years. If they win their first two games (quite likely looking at the bracket) I don't see them losing to Davis for awhile. Sac might lift the profile of the Big Sky conference just like NDSU and SDSU do for their conference. But it will make recruiting against them very difficult. We can still have good teams that make the playoffs every few years, but to get the good ones who are at the FCS level, most will choose Sac State since easier to get in and winning of course.

UC Davis still has academics going for it and NIL might not be as important at this level compared to the Big 4 of CA or the MWC three. I could see Sac getting local deals. Sac needs a new stadium.

I always thought it was funny that UC Davis was on 1140, the powerhouse sports station and Sac was on some random station every few years.

Ivy never plays. Many HBCUs play a bowl game where the payout is something like a million dollars to each team or something like that. Basically like a buy game but where you can win.

True, Idaho did play Simon Frasier in their first game, but they have a brutal schedule where they play two FBS teams and this year, two from P5 conferences (no matter how down the Pac12 is). I think Montana should not be in. Just like how the Ags played well against Cal, UI almost beat WSU who currently has 7 wins. They only barely lost.

Easy to dislike Sac State, but Montana's coach could learn some things from Troy Taylor. He's classy in addition to his coaching skill.

@Toke69 They also fired their OL coach, McClure who was just as overmatched. Pretty much every game except possibily USC and Stanford, the OL was dominated by the DL. Remember when the Ags played at Cal. UCD's line pushed around Cal's despite the size and sublevel difference.

Was there supposed to be a re-match if they had upset SDSU last year or am I not remembering correctly?

Cal beat Stanford. As a fan of both, I still really want them to hire Troy Taylor but they won today (they'd only fire Wilcox if he lost to both Stanford and UCLA).

Easy to win when your standards are lighter than UC Davis or Cal Poly.

even if they win the national championship, if somehow Cal could fire Wilcox then I doubt Sac has the money to sustain their sucess esp in CA where there are other options for entertainment. That said, they'd be unbeatable for a few years if that happens.

My friends think Ags will make it to FCS playoffs but I'm doubtful.

But then again no time outs and the Ags have a lot of injuries.

Ags broadcasters are shocked they kicked.

"sac state sucks!"

Did Unitrans do a gameday shuttle this year? Or did they stop doing it now that they run buses to Sac UCD campus?

Lightning game @Aggie Stadium. I had to leave when the stadium was evacuated. The Chris Carter inbounds game the year before. I was at that game wth a bunch of fellow students.

What happened to Cal Poly/ They used to be really good and would beat us more often than Sac would. I almost forget how talented their teams would be. For a stretch that was the toughest game all year.
Also does anyone miss having CP and Sac be back to back at the end?