Most didn’t. The fact that Ty Richardson did stuck in my memory because he graduated two years from high achool and was here in time for spring balll during what would normally be his sophomore year.. Quite an accomplishment.
just to be sure I just listened to Plough’s post spring game interview where he mentioned Ty Richardson as a standout from Spring practice.

Transfers can participate grad transfers as well. Ty Richardson did last Spring.

If a game js scheduled then cancelled before anyone participates it counts as no participatiom.
If no one participates in any games then no one participated in 30% of them.

The rule is that the number of games participated in must be less than 30% of the scheduled games. If 30% of the scheduled games is fraction they round up to the next whole number. This is why the issue to me is what is the number of scheduled games? Do playoff games count? They did for the Eastern Washington QB in 2018.. They did in the examples the NCAA published for other sports in 2022. If they count Connors satisfies the rule., If they don't he doesn'f.

The cancelled game is rare in football but more common in sports like baseball. The hardship rule applies to all sports. They weren't capricious and arbitrary when they wrote the rule using the term "scheduled" in place of "completed" which was used previously for the hardship rule, it was intentional. An example the rule change document gave in 2001 was athletes not knowing until the end if the season whether they were going to lose their hardship rights if the games late in the season were rained out. There is a logic to their position, whether we agree or not.

The NCAA didn’t say JC years don’t count, multiple courts issued injunctions for individual players leading the NCAA to suspend counting JC years pending appeal or the NCAA getting anti trust exemption, recognizing the rule was unenforceable. Our judicial system doesn’t consider the big picture. Hence our current situation with NIL, cash payments etc. because the courts in effect decide the NCAA has no right to regulate college sports.

And JC transfer DL. Julius Ray played quite a bit.and had two tackles

I found one PDF that indicated games cancelled do count, but it was from 2001.
The rule is updated in 2001 to use the term scheduled games intentionally rather than the previous word completed games, specifically to include games cancelled due to weather. The appeal because the game didn't complete looks like a losing argument as the rule intends to count those games

On the other hand I found a 2022 powerpoint that gave example that clearly counted NCAA championships to determine denominator for 30% rule..

At the start of 2025 year it looked like both Nava and Simonson would not be back, all starters on defensive line graduating, two DBs transferring to FBS, loss of standout linebacker to graduation, loss of record setting qb, loss of all american running back and loss of three prominent wide receivers. It looked like it was going to be a rebuilding year.

Anyone have any documentation stating that playoff games don't count as scheduled games? Everything I've found indicates they do, there are precedents where they did, and I can't find a report of a change that is said to have occurred last year.

Eli started a whole season in 2023 without anyone noticing. I had to email the athletic department to get his stats and bio corrected. I’m a fan of his.

I believe we’ll be ok on o line
I assume we’ll have three offensive linemen who started quite a bit Rodriguez, Collier, and Porotesano.
Rodriguez might choose not to come back for his fifth year, some don’t. We have reserves who played in many games Montanez, Thurston, Hasson all sophomores or redshirt freshmen.

Not just as easily. It was hard for Davis to score and simple for Illinois State. The odds favor the team that can’t be stopped on simple plays.

Who works with our third string QBs ? There are several coaches who have been passing game coordinators or qbs on the staff, but Plough is too busy and the OC doesn’t have much background as a QB or QB coach.

. My iphone weather app says 51 degrees at 2PM, sunny and 71% humidity.. They say less humid than yesterday 81% for the day. So we’ll see.

The question isn't whether Carter Vargas is irreplaceable, it's whether he can be immediately replaced.
I get that Ohio State, or Alabama can replace running backs, but at Davis we have to wait for a recruit to be overlooked as too small, or played a different position, lack of competition or was a late bloomer. Guys like Vargas don't come along every year.
There is a certain number of lost transfers Davis can compensate for, but too many will impact the record. See Idaho's experience this year.

The Davis Enterprise has notes on the game that are so erroneous that they can only have been written by AI.

On defense, UCD middle linebacker Nate Rutchena leads the way with 22 tackles. Safety Khalani Riddick is second at 18, defensive back Jayden Hayden at 17 and defensive end Jacob Pysk 13.

Hopeless situation FCS but unlikely to have a schedule that gives them a shot at the playoffs. No conference championship. How do they get motivated to play with nothing to play for? They are going to lose talent compared to this last year. No one with a job, or the prospect of one is going to take that job.

I chipped in

His brother a wide receiver at USC this year also attended Tufts. Their mom went there.
Menlo School must be pretty good academically .

He graduated from Tufts in three semesters. Played 2 seasons no redshirt.