Long article. JM recruitment, Plough, team, family.

Maier finds perfect fit at UC Davis

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/news/2018/8/7/football-maier-finds-perfect-fit-at-uc-davis.aspx

From today's Enterprise, Linebackers.

By Owen Yancher

"Some of those moves include Brandon Jamison from outside linebacker to UCD’s designated pass rusher and star special teamer Ryan Parenteau’s transition to the outside backer position where he’ll be competing for reps with fellow senior Anthony Baumgart.

“For (Brandon) that pass rushing has turned out to be one of the best things he does,” Jackson said remembering Jamison’s eight-tackle outing against Northern Arizona last October. “He’s a track athlete and if he explodes off the ball, no one can block him. He’s going to be playing some D-end as well and that dude can set the school record here in terms of sacks.”

"Anesi said teams need to also look out for linebackers Eric Flowers, Cam Trimble, Quincy Bennett and Montell Bland."

Trimble and Bland Redshirt Freshmen. Parenteau often had a lot of tackles, but I wonder if he got hurt deep, or we're deeper at DB?

LOL. ... Don't bet on anything between 2:30 and 7:30.

The Spartans added 4 or 5 *** recruits, and I believe 3 or 4 Jucos. One OL, one WR, maybe 1-2 DBs.

Maybe we get Aaron Moore back?

#3 offense in FCS

Your thoughts on San Jose State?

Great guy and athlete, just not a typical QB.

CJ only threw 5 passes last year.

Great! Has USF ever played here?

100% agree. Hoping for the best in San Jose!

I wonder if we'll see either long WR (6'7" Martinez or 6'5" Sipes) opening night? Big targets!

Cloud, Moe, and Flowers are all JC recruits who have been key.

Hawkins made some reference at El Mercero about how we opened eyes with the Eastern Washington game (loss). Maybe he wants to go from #3 offense to #1, put up 60 points a game. Ranked #113 on defense, I'd figure improvement there would be more impactful. (3 JC recruits on offense.)

Late start. For decades I get the impression we did very little. Low key ag school.

Parity with UCLA and UC Berkeley?

I'm hoping Coach Tucker, Foster and crew prove them all wrong.

We didn't recruit any JC kids on D, and we only had 2 defensive players drop off the roster, so they are satisfied with our roster. Or Hawk has doubled down on outscoring people. D was young, now seasoned.

Go Ags!

San Jose State will be VERY interesting, and televised on a Thursday Night. I have some huge hunches, but will not post them publicly... I hope others won't, either!! The element of surprise.

Huge game.

It will be interesting if we'll see some of Hawkins redshirt freshmen play a role ... Carson Crawford, Cam Trimble? Or true freshmen ... 329# DT Josiah Suani, DL Cade Peacock?

Stanford will be interesting, but no one has stopped Love, and our defense is unproven at best. ... San Jose only had 2 victories and struggled for those, unproven QB.

College Football News, snippets.

"One Reason Why San Jose State Will Win"

"UC Davis won’t be able to play any defense.

"Yeah, the offense will push the ball all over the place, and it’ll keep up the pace, but it’ll also struggle to stop anything the Spartan offense wants to do."

"The O that couldn’t do much of anything last season should boost up right away under new offensive coordinator Kevin McGiven. He has eight starters back including almost everyone of note in the receiving corps. There’s nothing the Aggies will do that the Spartans can’t answer for."

What’s Going To Happen

"This should be as much fun as any of the FBS vs. FCS games in the first part of the season. Both teams are going to bomb away, and both teams are going to have their moments when they take control.

"Both teams can throw, both teams are going to be bad on D. San Jose State will be a little more efficient at throwing, and a little better on defense."

Fearless Prediction & Line

San Jose State 41, UC Davis 27

https://collegefootballnews.com/2018/08/san-jose-state-vs-uc-davis-fearless-prediction-game-preview

Thank you, brother! Love your articles. Hope you can add DB Sequoia Magdalena*** to your next top-recruit list.

Here is one from the 925.

"WR / TE - Blake Thorpe *** 6'3 220 Las Lomas High School (Walnut Creek, CA) Tweet
Offers: Howard, Oregon State, San Jose State, UC Davis"

Plough and others say "Huge commit" out of the 925 area code!!

Non-Senior Departures (10) - shuffled
Offense - 8, Defense - 2

Roster Departures

- TE Joey Berzins
- TE Dan Plum
- WR Marcus Cummins
- WR Aaron Moore
- WR Kristian Gilbert
- QB Jake Dunniway
- RB Dumar Fisher
- OL Christian Labow

- LB Christian Leota
- LB Donovan Taylor

Competition fierce at WR, TE, and QB. Huge OL class, probably a couple walk ons here. We had a DB and OL walk on each earn a scholly, Duncan and Richardson.

Moore was lights out, I hope he returns. Leota is huge, converted QB. We have depth at LB. I wish them all the best and thank them for their efforts.

Camp opened! 4 weeks until opening night!

SJSU coach rah-rah, jumps on table.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SJSUSpartanFB/status/1024693859324846080/video/1