Ott was a big problem last time we were there in 2022.

Best comment was in the opening lines: "July in Davis is miserable."

Truer words were never spoken. That whole month peaks at the 4th of July, then everybody melts for 3 months straight.

Spent many a summer there just working in the campus labs, or interning in Sacramento - my friends would bartend, so we'd go out quite a bit, try not to get too dehydrated, met a lot of graduate students during the summer, many of them internationals...great life stories from all of them. Remember spending a lot of summer days at the Grad in '06 and even in '10 watching World Cup matches. Brazil matches brought out the best looking ladies, but the Spanish knew their futbol, they were very game savvy.

Through all of it, very, very hot.

Every top level FCS program is going to have to be masters at dealing with the transfer of players - both outgoing and incoming. The incoming being on the coaching/recruiting staff in making phone calls and taking them from players around the country. There are so many players at the FBS level who want to come find a place to play every week, and have great skills...and there are players at the DII and DIII levels who have what it takes to compete at the FCS level.

Nice! One of my old mentors, a brilliant, gregarious, slender man from Manchester, England once told me, "Once you start in on something new...it's best to do just that, START. Then you solve one problem, then another, before you know it you've built a cathedral."

...and just give Plough his program to run as he sees fit.

Dare I say, we might start a Thread: "Topics the UCDFB Podcast should cover.."

Yes, please post any and everything you guys are up to. Fantastic, looking forward to it.

I just hope Tompkins can make it through 2024 with zero turnovers.

Aggies do not match up with Idaho State this season.

Hastings certainly has all those snaps that he has logged, and that experience is valuable.

About 6 weeks away everybody - have a feeling, depending on how the men handle Plough's installation this summer - the Aggies could really sprint ahead with some tremendous scheme looks. The question is who's going to sling it?

Okay, the goal is to score the first points ever vs. UCLA, ha ha ha

Competition is the American way!

I'm excited for that offensive line next year - some good blockers there.

So Knoos had offers from Army, Navy, SJSU, Louisville, UNLV and Washington State. I think I'd want to come to Davis too, better chance to play as a 1st/2nd year player - and it's a very competitive League in the Big Sky. Just a high quality brand of football - especially now for a true West Coast/Rocky Mountain conference. Which brings up a new recruiting bonus - yes, we may not get the Big 10/ACC east coast tv time, but the teams in the Big Sky are legit spread across the western range. I think the heaviest flight is Northern California / Portland to Denver/Greeley? Maybe a 2-1/2 hour plane ride.

Well, we are killing the QB position right now...on paper, but these guys look like a good class of ballplayers.

2018 was 6 years ago - all these kids remember is the blizzard playoff game from Missoula last December...and likely the December before that...on ESPN2

Wow

Sounds like a snakebit situation. Whatever, next opportunity awaits...not everybody gets a Kurt Warner at No. 4 on the QB depth chart.

Hearing quotes from Margin Call in my head.

"...and you know damn well we don't sell anything to anybody unless you think they're going to come back for more. That's the lesson we learned."

Student-Athletes have a market, but you have to perform consistently to get buy-off for 4 years!