That UCD won 2 of 3 in baseball means they will again host 2 in 2026.

It will be interesting to see what the schedule will look like when they enter the Mountain West. None of the Big West opponents are fits for mid-week games, so it will probably the usual suspects minus Nevada. I think they will be relieved to not be obligated to play UCI, Fullerton, and UCSB every year.

I wonder if, with all the additional conference travel, they will play fewer mid-week games.

Per her Wofford profile Helen is originally from New Zealand. I wonder if she watched and liked "Flight of the Conchords" ?

Wofford plays their home games at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. I'm glad they make the distinction for the benefit of fans who might wonder if Wofford basketball games are played outside.

Exactly, they have no guarantee these talented misfits will be able to play well together. Does the new coach have a magic elixir that will make the troubled players into model student-athletes that the previous coaches didn't know about? We'll find out. Right now Marion might as well be Adam Sandler's character in "The Longest Yard" (haven't seen the original). Like Paul Crewe he'll be looking to get out soon.

I hope this first roster is merely Marion doing an initial jumpstart with players of his choosing (like re-decorating your new office when you get promoted), and not his long-term strategy. It won't be good for Sac State's image if they get a reputation for being Jailbird U., not that any program is flawless.

Not failed. I enjoyed posting some ridiculous ideas. If you see me posting something like that it's for my own enjoyment. I know better than to expect anyone else on this board to have a sense of humor when it comes to football or really anything.

Kind of presumptuous to have him pictured in a Sac State uniform before he's even been presented an offer.

This positional allocation of rooms seems like an inefficient use of space. The kickers and punters can just use a couple of storage closets because they're typically rather thin-ish men, right ?

The running backs and wide receivers can just go meet outside or on the treadmills in the gym becauase running is kind of their thing. Or better yet, Coach Plough can just make a bunch of YouTube videos in which he draws all over the screen like John Madden, and they can watch these on their computers at home. That way they don't all get COVID-25 from each other. Then maybe they could convert the football rooms into student housing and use Toomey Field (yes, I know they don't play there anymore) as green space for all the campus hippies.

Why do the QB's get their own room ? They couldn't just put up a poster that says, Throw the ball to your teammates, not to the other team !". If anyone should get their own room it's the linebackers because they physically take up more space.

Fresno State is the only game in town in Fresno for much of the year. Before the economic downturn in the late 2000's (and the later demotion to Single-A) the Fresno Grizzlies also used to draw very well despite not being very good.

Memorial Auditorium is better suited as an event space for graduations,plays, or concerts-events where people are using the stage. In it's current configuration it's not well-suited for basketball.

Cost was likely a huge motivation to move the games back to campus. I think I remember someone saying they were trying to get more students to attend. It is over 3 miles from the school. That said I think it really was about money. They had to pay for the upkeep of Hornet Gym regardless of whether or not they played games there, so why not use it and stop paying to use a venue that was too large anyway ? I believe Cal State Bakersfield came to the same conclusion with its basketball arena.

In my opinion Sac State will always have problems getting students to attend most sporting events regardless of where they're hosted. This is just because it's more of a commuter school. People don't have time to hang around school as much when they have jobs/families to support/they live off-campus. The notable exception is football (especially the Causeway Classic). That it's largely a barbaric sport, full of yelling, hitting, and tackling, played on Saturdays, gives it a wider appeal. Also, the Causeway Classic always draws out the low-brow types who just want to get drunk and be nasty.

@fugawe09@agalum In this case I was making a pun based on the wording of the article title.

I don't care how endowed the assistant coach is-that's too much money.

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It's a sad state of affairs. The line between student-athlete and professional keeps getting blurred, and it makes it difficult for me to want to support NCAA sports teams (well, ones that would be affected by NIL anyway) .

I already shred any letters UCD Athletics sends me asking for money because I don't support NIL payments, FBS aspirations, or any of the student-athlete-only programs. It's not making a difference, but not contributing to causes I don't agree with makes a difference to me. Everyone else can just continue to do what they've been doing.

If people were actually that concerned about the state of the NCAA they could vote with their wallets in a similar fashion, but they won't. The lure of nationally-televised football and basketball is too great.

Davis wants to play for Sac State ? Ever notice how no players surnamed Sacramento ever want to play for Davis ?

And just the other day I was asking, "what is happening w/UCD's Adidas and BSN partnersips ?" Asked and answered.

Pinnick's also on the baseball roster, but I doubt he plays given the football time commitment. He was a .160-ish-batting outfielder in HS according to Maxpreps.com ; did Nicholson consider converting him to pitcher, because of the whole quarterback having transferable skills thing ? At .160 he would know a lot about making outs; the trick would be applying that to getting other people out.

Is this now the longest-running topic in aggiesportstalk.com history ? If so, the longest -ever thread is about Sac State. That's no small feat considering some of you guys post a reaction to almost every single play during football games.

Hasn't UCD already clinched this thing ? I think they should cut events out of this that are not exclusively Sac State vs Davis competitions, such as track, golf, and 3-4 team gymnastics meets. This way there's always clearly a winner and loser between the 2. This cup is about yearly overall supremacy, and that is most accurately measured when they play only each other

In golf, for instance, one team might finish 6th and the other 9th. Finishing 6th doesn't establish dominance, it just means one team endured a worse loss than the other. They still both did not win. Do kids at spelling bees brag that they finished sixth (assuming there is even a 6th place) ? The concept of college golf is stupid anyway. It's an individual sport they try to make into a team sport to get more funding.

Yes

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2025/4/14/football-aggies-prep-for-spring-game-set-for-april-26.aspx

Can you imagine if Sac State tried to do something on the scale of Picnic Day ? Where would they even put all the people ?