Here's a blast from the past guys, just now over 40 years ago in what looks like Jim's UC Davis Aggies @ Bob Mattos' Sac State Hornets late in the year in 1985. Looks like a mud bowl style game with active rain during the contest in what I think is old Hughes Stadium? Maybe that's on the Sac campus: This was the 16th of 18 straight seasons that Davis beat Sac - crazy run.

Every young man who comes to Davis has to work his butt off to be great...I see a three star it's like a gauge, but it doesn't tell you how the guy's going to grow and compete when he finally makes the jump to college ball. If the work ethic is there, the desire and the will to be great is there - I think the Davis coaching staff can make them into very productive, prolific players - the kind that get the potential Power 4 offer...but just the same Davis will be FBS soon, so you have to think about when the rubber meets the road on this Mountain West thing, it's a selling point, but we have to make good on it as a program, a fan base, a University.

Looking forward to seeing everybody up North.

Everybody - this is now 6 weeks away.

If it isn't in September or early October, I would have a hard time making it to Cheney. Love that part of the State in through Idaho --- but that time of year, it is cold, wet, blowing and frankly a huge reason why EWU mops up at home.

Having done two-a-days in low 90 degree weather in the Portland area as a kid -- that is a drainer -- way hotter up there with that heat than in Davis. It's not Texas or Alabama humidity, but it's far more humid up North than in Davis.

I think PSU chose this start time on purpose. Coaches should be conditioning their players accordingly.

Salt Lake City kid!

Ha, a football only facility -- what a concept.

I can see how The Bluebloods would assume Kollock will start -- they're completely wrong in stating that '4 starting offensive linemen' return, we all know that's not true, so I think they're misinformed a bit. Looks like a full on battle at QB to start.

Solid addition, glad for Poly - makes it tougher for Davis in SoCal on the recruiting trail!

Looks a lot like the EFAC center Davis installed a few years back - going to be great for the student-athletes in SLO. What do they call the ring of honor just outside the entrance?

Was up in the Northwest this weekend catching the Türkiye / Australia World Cup Match in Vancouver...a lot of Aggie buzz up north about this season. Going to be a good Davis turnout come August.

Lan opened the door!!!

I hope so --- I would love a soul tour.

Proto G - could see him feed at Center if needed. Love big signees on the OL! Big Sky has always had a strong presence in professional football with their offensive lineman, most recently Jackson Slater from Sac signed in the 5th round spring of '25.

Aggies have historically also had some strong names grace the NFL ranks -- remembering C Marc Manfredda (R.I.P.), G Jonathan Compas, OTs Cory & Brad Lekkerkerker and of course OT Elliot Vallejo who actually dressed for the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII...one of the more epic Super Bowls in recent memory.

Vallejo was one of the better stories I can recall - he left UCLA (this is before the NLI era) because the Bruin staff deemed it more important that he be at practice at their scheduled times rather than attend his engineering classes and labs (System Engineering). Came to Davis because Bob said that he should absolutely attend all of his academic related activities as they had been scheduled and get to practice at different hours, workout at different hours, get positional work at different hours. Helped that he was from Salinas, which is a 3 hour drive to Davis...whereas it was a 6 hour drive to Westwood.
Second Team all Great West 2005
First Team all Great West 2006

Check it out - just get some Viking symbolism in there, roll it with black and green, maybe white highlights, you are looking pretty good.

The second is interesting as it's similar to the Cascadia Cross you see at Timbers home games.

Keep grinding Lan

Warrior/Weapon themes - I've actually got a Viking shield tattooed on my right forearm - it's definitely one of the more distinguishing things from ancient Viking culture were the unique designs of the shields from the different clans:

Now, with all the green showcased - they look very similar to the Jets (synonymous with losing currently)....and, maybe it takes an outsider, but seeing the PS on the side of the helmet conjures images of POS, which I mean, you know. So it's not very awe inspiring.

I mean, it's the City's university - you can do things with roses, there's a million themes with Vikings as your mascot, you're working with white, black and sort of a vivid emerald green...that's good clay to work with. I know they do a lot of graphic design, sustainable fashion and textile arts at PSU - recruit the student body, make a competition out of it!

Maybe 18-20 years ago or more when Jerry Glanville was coaching the Vikings, he got the Nike uniform group to do up their squad -- they largely abandoned the green and did a kind of creative Mojo based Odessa Permian look - with the Viking spear tip over the top of the helmet. Was kind of interesting.

Well, that sucks for Davis.