LB Bryan Rayas, the player we were talking about on page 1 of this thread and weren't sure if he was offered or not, has updated his twitter and IG accounts to include "UC Davis future". I'm willing, at this point, willing to call that an offer AND commitment (I can always change it if necessary). That gives us 2 LB commits and both of them put up huge numbers last season.

Confirmed OUT:
- Coach Daft
- Coach Watts
- Coach Chapin

Speculated OUT:
- Coach Haines

Outside of that I haven't heard anything one way or another on the other guys. I do have theories about who is going to stay and leave, but I'm going to keep that to myself as it is just theory.

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Yeah I know. I mean, I'm just assuming that he has been let go if the two new guys are covering the linebackers. Unless he is getting moved to a different position, I think it's likely that he won't be back.

I'm thinking that's a solid no

New offer out on QB Jalani Eason! GO AGS! Definitely looks like Hawk is going after highly mobile QBs with this offer and the offer to Crawford.

Looks like Coach Jackson will be coaching inside linebackers (from article), while Coach Brady will be coaching outside linebackers (from twitter). I assume this means that Coach Haines, who coached linebackers as a whole, was let go. How common is it to have different coaches for OLB and ILB?

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/122016aac.html

Does this mean we're gonna get new uniforms without the awkward 2 font UCDAVIS?

I also love the script Davis helmets. Wouldn't mind seeing them going forward.

Maybe I'm just seeing ghosts of athletic departments past. I could totally see that happening under the last couple administrations.

I kinda like it. Is that going to be a permanent font or was that just for this poster?

That could be, but who is still coaching this season who has connections to Hawk in the past? I use that as a standard as all of the other coaches that he has hired have seemed to have worked with him before.

Official schedule released and it's not an easy one.

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121916aad.html

Wholeheartedly agree. This should be on the top of his checklist. I'm assuming that Hawk has some sort of vision for the offense (and the team in general) and is going for guys that will help make that vision happen, as opposed to hiring guys that will come up with a plan on their own. That way Hawk can still, at this point in time, go after recruits he thinks will mesh well with whatever coordinator he does hire. I think we are also going to be aided this year by going after JUCO and transfer guys, I know we have a handful of offers out to some of them and there is quite a bit of activity on twitter between them and the staff. There is also one guy who is committed to an FBS school that I think we have a chance of flipping (I wouldn't get hopes up, but I think it's a possibility).

I too, wonder why we haven't found an OC yet or at least one that we know of... and at this point if we do have one I don't know why it hasn't been announced. Seems kind of weird to move onto hiring positional assistants when the top dogs haven't been taken care of yet. As others have mentioned, and it would fall into line of Hawk trying to reassemble coaching staffs from the past, I wonder if he is in the process of trying to get Wulff on board from Sac? I don't know though...

Really? C'mon man. Yes, of course it is still an honor even though it may not be the biggest or most advertised of tournaments. It's still an opportunity for him to represent our country at an international event. They could have picked any coach for the job and Hawk got it. I'm not sure why we're trying to downplay an accomplishment. Did any of our other coaches ever coach an event like this?

As far as I know we have not hired an OC, unless the rumor of Speckman handling those responsibilities is true... but that is just a rumor. Speckman's updated twitter profile just lists assistant head coach and RB coach which lines up with what the press releases about his hiring were saying. I agree that this should be a top priority right now.

:-O Way to go Aggies!

So, cool story about one of our commits. QB Niko Harris has been out most of the season with an injury, but he was good to go for Sierra Canyon's State Championship game. So his first game back from major injury is the state championship and he ends up pulling out the win! Shows the coaches there have a whole lot of faith in this kid.

I mean, it's an honor that Hawk got chosen to coach it and it is an international event and everything... but it's not really a huge deal (at least in my opinion).

Yeah I know, but I was just talking about positions that I think Cody Hawkins could have with this team and I don't think QB coach is out of the question. I agree with you that there is no way he should be an OC though.