[Edit.] Wow, Fresno from 12-2 to 4-8. San Jose finishes 5-7 -- a 4 win improvement.

Cal picks up 2 wins with QB Garbers, over Ford & UCLA, now 7-5.

But a vast improvement. 4 wins? Easier to recruit.

It helps to build relationships. Coach Stewart got Stanford to come here! But the WCC is bigger.

Ham played Santa Clara often, they even played at Rec Hall. ... I believe we chose not to play Sac a few years back when we were scheduling weak OOC schedules.

Spencer Clayton, and the young man who went back to Australia prematurely.

We already knew about one.

Still an outstanding class. D line is a need and we've got at least 2 studs there, and a stud LB.

Next year a more favorable schedule, this year was a gauntlet, and we battled. Lots of injuries, but no excuses. Go Ags!

I think you meant Don MacLean.

Les has had some high player turnover. He doesn't normally recruit bigs, and then they often don't see the floor. Bozner, one Mormon young man, etc. Lengthy wings would help his system, but they're tough to get.

Our recent JC recruit Jonah Underwood, 6'9", 20 PPG, 10.7 RPG and 2.9 BPG at SJCC, couldn't get off the bench. He had 3 rebounds, a bucket and a steal vs Arizona, but rarely (never?) played in league. A player with that size can be developed, and at least provide interior defense and rebounding.

Maybe something else is going on.

Hunter Rodriquez - Soph, 6'0", 180
Brock Johnson - Junior, 6'2", 200

Gunner Faulk - RFrosh, 6'1", 195
Trent Tompkins - Frosh, 6'0", 200
Miles Hastings - Frosh, 6'1", 180

2020 Signee

Grant Harper *** - 6'2", 200

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It seems like some games we only play 7 or 8.

No word on what our young QBs look like?

I'm not comparing D2 comp to DI comp; I'm noting we competed with people deeper than SF State and equal to ourselves or above (UOP) physically.

Don't forget, we started out poorly O'Brien's junior year.

Big game, nice venue.

We struggled with the run game, but how about this stat from The Missoulian.

"BOZEMAN — UC Davis’ offensive line has allowed just 13 sacks this season, tied for second-fewest in the Big Sky Conference and an impressive number considering how many times star quarterback Jake Maier drops back to throw in a given game...."

OL Ford supplanted Parks garnering accolades? Awesome for a freshman.

Correct. And they had schollies, we didn't. Legit west coast competition.

+1. Participation logs aren't infallible... one game showed DE Cade Peacock playing while we believe he is redshirting and didn't play this year. (We graduate 5 on the D line?)

Every UC faces this now.

I believe there was an error in the notation that he played in one mid-year game. I saw Facey in a boot, and Tehran in visible pain, walking off the field post Montana game (home). I don't recall him ever playing after that.

Our backups then all played, briefly. I heard rumors Niko Harris also had an injury after his one stint.

It might have been nice to have our huge QB turned LB from a Gould recruiting class to play FB or QB in short yardage situations. (Name escapes me.)

FWIW, I believe Tehran Thomas' last game was Montana. I've heard it was a painful rib injury. He had over 6 YPC vs Montana. Postgame, I saw Facey (RB) in a boot. Not sure if TT qualifies for a medical redshirt w playing time in 5 games.

Troy Spencer (RB) then got PT, did well, and then we didn't see him, so likely injured.

Of you win, consistently ... maybe the fans show up, if not a holiday or finals or cold.