Are you sure about volleyball, it might be women's waterpolo?

Hawaii leaving the Big West is a negative for Davis. In many of the Big West Sports the recruits are attracted to the usual twice a career trip to the Island. In some sports softball, volleyball, and women’s water polo the RPI of the conference will be diminished. In swimming the just reconstituted conference championships may fold without Hawaii. With Hawaii having to cover a chunk of the traveling Big West conference travel trip to the Island, to the tune of 1.8 million that could free up money for Hawaii. How much this one domino affects UCD is hard to say.

Currently the AGS RPI is 56 nationally. I cannot remember when we have been higher than this.

Other Big West schools
Long Beach is 43rd
Cal Poly 60th

This week the AGS go to CSUB on Thursday.
Here is the link:
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi

Dan Connors has the team on a roll. The conference meet schedule is rugged but I do believe they have a chance to claim the title! GO AGS!

What a great day for the Aggies! I hope your daughter and her team enjoy both the game and scrimmage. I think it says volumes that the department is still doing positive outreach.

It is Plough's team. He has a HUGE ask to win in 2024! His professional career and families fortune hinge upon to a bunch of 20 something men's choices and performances. I support the coach.

Listened to the last half of the Spartan-Hornet game. It was competitive till it wasn't. Not sure if the Hornets were tired, or what but the Spartans just put the game away at the end. Still the game was competitive and Sac state I believe will be a very tough game for us to win.

Welcome back Paul. I was impressed when he was at UCD. Ran into him at a brewhouse in Knoxville and had a lovely talk. A quality man and a great family!!! A great addition to the staff.

Movielover is right about what was the old thought process of research versus practical job skills..

I think as higher ed problems compound and enrollment declines schools are going to fight to maintain high enrollment or high rejection rates. The move to have UCD sponsor a business major is designed to have a higher rejection rate.

20 years ago I was at the Stanford campus in the summer. Maples Pavilion had an unexpected issue and was closed. aTara Vandeveer must have had a summer camp going on. Her camp was moved outside to a parking lot with portable hoops. I watched her run camp for almost 90 minutes. She can coach and teach hoop. She was funny, had a ton of energy. Hopefully the campers enjoyed it as much as I did.

Us old folks are invisible. When I looked at the pictures and believed pictures were curated to form a mosaic. However, the thought of age as in important part of diversity was excluded. Many cultures look for the wisdom of age and life experiences, but the UCD athletic department may not.

NCagalum. You are spot on. Saturday would be a great day. The NFL controls Sunday. If the NCAA wants/needs more money then make a great business choice versus a stupid one. I guess this goes to show why the BCS is no longer controlled by the NCAA!

Tough life for Doss. But Kudos to him for staying the course. Maybe 2024 will be his break through year!!

Bummer. Paul is a wonderful person. Coaching football is hard. I hope his next chapter is positive for him and his family!

CMT you make. a great point but polls help drive the interest for the fans. For many looking at polls means learning the roster on the team, knowing a team's schedule and history. With the FCS playoffs the cream will rise and. true champion will be crowned. But polls for myself keep my interest up before season and early season.

My time was in the late 70's early 80's, I remember all of that. Plus a 4-6 pm Botany lab on Weds before Thanksgiving walking across an empty campus to the bus station. The tule fog so thick on campus and on 80 and 5. The coffee house smelled wonderful and had so many discarded Aggies strewn about.
I loved the bb games at upper Hickey, watching Hamiltiion biting a white towel and then throwing it up when he was upset. The crowd and band were so LOUD! Upper Hickey so hot but outside more tule fog. Usually after the game I would go to Shields to study late in the reading room. I had an amazing time at UCD. Happy for these memories plus a slew more and all the wonderful folks that I crossed paths with.

Kudos to Larison. A well deserved honor. He exemplifies Aggie Pride. Bummer that he was injured this season. His intensity on every running play excited me as a fan. Hard to bring down, elusive, with great field vision puts him among the Aggie great run-ing backs

Ouch--Ags lose in the semi to the #1 seed UCI 11-10.

Again the Ags let this one slip away, as they were up 10-8 at the 5+ minute mark in the 4th. UCI comes back and strings 3 goals to win in regulation.

It is good to have the Big West Conference sponsor Men's polo. The parity inside the conference is super and most of the league games were one goal games.

Ags have a great coach and talent, looking forward to next year and a chance for them to win the conference crown.

Aggies live to fight another day. Watching the game, I felt as if the officials called the game different against the AGS resulting in them having 14 exclusions to Long Beaches 8. An extra 6 power players puts a tremendous pressure on the goalie and the defense.

The Age have enough talent on this team to win the next 2 and advance to the NCAA tourney. What I felt was not good for the Aggies in this game. was the offense play First the flow in setting up the front court was sloppy and better passing can really help them tomorrow. This lack of flow resulted in poor shot selection ( bad angles) and the shot poor shot execution. I felt as if the AGS did not have a game plan in how to beat the goal.

I think the defense was good even when the officials gave the Beach an extra 6 power plays.

I do NOT know enough about UCI to make a prediction, but the Aggies have strong individuals. IF the Ads beat UCI they win the tourney. Tough turn around with an 11:30 am start. GO AGS!!!

Aggie Stadium this morning looked great. Signage is up. KCRA was there with the assistant coaches and a few members of cheer. I hope many in the region will follow the game. Have to work then; to get Thanksgiving off; but I'm hoping for a great Aggie win with a good television audience. I am hoping that the TV coverage will have improved since the Southern Utah game.