I’m not even going to argue that sac moving to the MAC makes any sense, but they already left the big sky. That is our biggest FCS game off the board. Now we are going to play in a weaker FCS, with a weaker conference and expect the hype to continue building at the same rate? I totally think if we make a FCS CHAMPIONSHIP push this year that would be awesome, but I just don’t get this joining the MW thing and then seeming to be full steam ahead in another direction in the FCS.

I am so happy to be playing more recognizable teams for every other sport. Now I would like that football football too.

+the stadium thing. Adding extra seating to a side or filling in a berm when building the new press box to meet standards of the MW doesn’t seem like the hardest thing in the world considering the stadium was built to be expanded in the first place. NDSU has a dome that can’t be expanded so meeting 18k seats could be a goal, but also we already have a nicer base stadium than some of the MW (I’m looking at Nevada having a track around the field and bleachers over it). I know people have made points of Mrak hall moving slow with these things, but it’s just weird to me to build all this momentum and STILL have this uncertainty.

yeah I’m really curious what our admins response was when the conference told us NDSU wants to join and gave us the opportunity to apply. Did we do it? Is there a plan in place where we have a deal to move in 2028 or something? I feel the transition period is not really a point of contention, the FCS is great and all but losing members like NDSU doesn’t make it a stronger conference in competition, just an easier one to win a trophy from (in which no one outside of FCS niche fandom actually understands what it means). I would be a hell of a lot happier joining the MW with NDSU then staying in the Big Sky with new members SUU and Utah Tech.

exactly.

I don't think we are, especially without doing stadium renovations. I do think we would get more people watching a uc davis vs nevada or unlv game than vs a southern utah or northern colorado. What I am saying is its just interesting pr. I stand by my opinion we should move to the mw for football once we renovate, but I do think that's more of a move by 2028-2030. The MW for every other sport I think is a good move already. My posts are more just pointing out the complicated pr of our annoying split conference affiliations (even more as we move to an FBS conference for everything but an FBS sports) and the watering down of the big sky. I agree with what others have said that moving by say 2030 gives us a window for a FCS championship (even more without NDSU lol) and allows for renovations to happen.

ALSO we are supposed to play NDSU for football the next few years?!

Could we be moving up as a pair

my question is: does this boost donors to donate showing that we CAN move up, or does this deflate them making them think what the hell are we doing joining the conference and letting them add another school before us?

I continue to think our PR moves around conferences is not great. I am stoked we are moving to the MW but it was already going to be confusing having our sports in an FBS conference except for football... and even weirder when I have to explain they added another FCS school before us?

This is very interesting. Makes me think about what our admin said/is saying to the MW if this happens. NDSU doesn’t exactly have that big of a stadium and it needs renovations. Would imagine that would have to come with an invite…. Very interesting times. Considering Davis would have the opportunity to apply first to join the mountain west before any other members I wonder if we said no?

Ahhhhh guys I’m as impatient about things as it comes, but I’m a hell of a lot happier to be in the mountain west next year and basically just at our own whim on when we join for FB.

Looks like an awesome crowd! Was about to buy tickets and drive up but the north bay to Davis at 5 pm sounded dreadful. Great game! Despite my frustrations with les (some founded, some me just being cranky) I loved that he jumped in with the student section after the game

You always do a great job! Thank you!

Bobby hauck is stepping down?!?

seems like a good media deal tbh

that’s kinda my point. I think the program has just been kinda good? Ish? For a while and Les just seems to make comments and stuff that basically is summed up as “we need to have more fire in how we play” but I just think moving into a new conference we need new energy in the building. It seems like Les is a nice guy and likes Davis but it’s not like we have been AMAZING during his tenure, had some great years but also have just been mediocre in the past few and I think a younger coach would be a good move.

I’m ready for a coaching change.

Woah that would be cool!

Honestly for alt uniforms like the tahoe ones, I think a few that we could do over the years (from my random half-asleep brain this morning):
-An ag inspired one with that cool CA logo that has the wheat in its design
-A wine inspired uniform with some grape imagery under the logo on helmets (maybe could work with the grey uniform)
-TOMATO UNIFORM (the amount of tomatoes on yolo county roads during harvest is wild, I was driving my truck towards esparto last year and had 5 land on my windshield)
-Blue Ridge uniform inspired by the Berryessa gap

Thank you :)

Such an awesome dude. Ravens were a great team to draft him too.