Has there been any reporting on this situation vis-a-vis us? Is it generally understood that we declined this time?

Led by a non-traditionalist president intent on competing in major college football, the university’s athletic department has made significant investments for athletic promotion, even erecting billboards in an attempt last year for an invitation into the new-look Pac-12.

Renovations are planned for its football stadium to reach FBS standards and plans for a new stadium have been in the works. The university last year hired as its men’s basketball coach Mike Bibby, a 14-year NBA veteran, and announced Shaquille O’Neal as the program’s voluntary general manager.

Yes they have plans - one plan to rebuild Hornet Stadium immediately after the 2024 season (https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2024/9/new-stadium-announcement.html) and one plan to open a new stadium at Cal Expo for the 2026 season (https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2025/9/calexpo.html). How is construction coming along on those plans?

Sac State supposedly offering $10 mil plus forgoing media money for anyone to take them. Where is this money coming from? https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2019843886999564740

If he's any good at WSU, he's not going to stay there either, just like his predecessors. It's just a stop.

If Deion wants Pinnick and can offer the most money, he should take it. Isn't that the point of this move? If he wanted a stable program at a better university where he can develop, win more games and compete for national titles, he could stay where he is.

Good season. Build on it for next year.

So easy

I haven’t been in Davis but if the sun hasn’t emerged in recent days, it’s unlikely to today, regardless of what your phone says

Not to jinx anything, but what's the plan if we win tomorrow? Where are dorm-housed players going to stay?

I can't believe they don't let you check out as a guest. I have other things to do ...

Sorry yes, looking for that link to donate student tickets. Won't be able to make the game but can contribute

Edit: Need to create 14+ character password just to buy tickets. :rage: Just take my money!

Can someone post the link to buy student tickets, if still needed? I can't find it

I didn't think the Cal Expo plan was ever actually proposed for 2026 but I see in Sac's release:

President Luke Wood set a goal of opening the new stadium, with up to 25,000 seats, in time for the Fall 2026 football season. He said the project would be financed largely through revenue bonds.

https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2025/9/calexpo.html

That "goal" seemed like quite a jump from entering into a formal agreement to explore the possibility of a stadium at the site. Like everything Wood says, worth ~0.

Yeah somehow I doubt much research went into this line "Furthermore, there are few if any players he can bring from UC Davis that can make a Teddye Buchannan level impact on the program’s short term trajectory."

Plough listed as marginal candidate here https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/cal-head-coaching-big-board-10

Why he would be an exciting hire
He was closely involved in maybe the best Cal offense of the Wilcox era, and maybe it’s not a coincidence that the offense took a schematic step back after he left?

Why he could be a risky hire
He never had a chance to do much as an HC. Sure he has brought UC Davis to the FCS playoffs in 2024 and 2025, but Davis is a perennial FCS playoff participant, so Plough can’t exactly take credit for building the program up. Before that, he was relieved of his duties as OC at Boise State due to poor offensive performance of the team… who shortly thereafter made the CFP. Furthermore, there are few if any players he can bring from UC Davis that can make a Teddye Buchannan level impact on the program’s short term trajectory.

Would he take the job if offered?
Tim Plough is something of a replacement level candidate. Cal can increase his salary by an order of magnitude AND he’s not going to get serious looks from anywhere else on Cal’s level, meaning that he’ll be there as a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency option.

Some of you may prefer long commutes from exurban heat but most people don't, which is why it's a lot more expensive to live in close in, nice neighborhoods. I don't know where Wilcox's staff lives but Sonny Dykes lived in this house on the Oakland/Piedmont border. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Piedmont/271-Crocker-Ave-94610/home/526622

I don't think he will be a top candidate anyways, so this discussion is moot

1. It is not obvious that Cal would fire Plough after 3 years. Wilcox just got 9 years, and made tens of millions of dollars, by going .500.
2. Davis is a great town but Berkeley also has positive attributes. There are reasons it is ~twice as expensive a housing market as Davis.
3. When you're signing a contract for $30 million or whatever, you're not going to be sweating the moving costs.
4. This is all a crazy discussion - obviously if he can 10x his salary, he should and is going to take it.

If he can 10x his salary, yes he should obviously go

It's possible he'll get a look, but it's a thin resume for as big a job as Cal. Two years of relatively impressive success at FCS level, but no record of building a dominant, championship program. There are other candidates who have more experience at the higher, G5 level and other hotshot coordinators from the P5 level who will have a leg up.