No. Athletics is considered close enough to universities core mission of education that income derived from it is not taxable.

I’m glad he got to play, but why is Incarnate Word playing a NAIA school?

According to Google’s AI, citing public record request by UCLA Wire:
“While the public records request details for the 2027 game's specific payout amount have not been explicitly published, public contract details for their upcoming two-game series show that UCLA will pay UC Davis a $575,000 guarantee for their second meeting in 2029”

Sac was arguably a top FCS program when Troy Taylor was there. Rather than rebuild a program the old fashioned way, they blew it up after an injury plagued season in 2024, with a wholesale turnover. They threw away the success they had for the previous five years

Sac is spending 23 million in fees to join the MAC, with no revenue sharing from the MAC, and must pay visiting teams travel expense. How is that sustainable? And they still need facilities. I was surprised they recruited as well as they have, once the novelty wears off recruiting is going to be harder.

The team played better in the second half a lot of fresh players on the field, getting their few minutes.

The team including but not only the QB, wilted in the heat at the end of the first half..That was the worst quarter of the game..

Here is a quote from ESPN
“The SMU sideline had eight air-conditioned benches with shade coverings, plus the shade of the press box in the second half. No such relief for UC Davis on the east sideline, where a half-dozen misting fans had to do all the work. The stands behind the UC Davis bench were virtually empty after halftime. Almost all of what was left of the crowd was in the shady west stands.”

I think the temperature got to the team in the second quarter. Not that it would have made a difference in the outcome but i think it contributed to the number of points given up in the second quarter. Temperatures like that slows people down. Cleeland played better in the first quarter, and the defense was better.
My feeling is that the only think you learn from games like this is who keeps making an effort.

Who was the QB, number 11, sacked on last play?

The no audio at start was on ESPN too

Every “body bag” game showcases the ability of the higher ranked team to get yards after contact.

Bet the over

Excellent point. Save it for important moments.. Gbatu has shown he can do it

Those are both state schools and their tuition and fees bracket Davis’. Stony Brooks tuition and fees is around 11,000 William and Mary’s is about 25,000,

ESPN had a documentary of NIL a couple of seasons ago, and SMU was the example of the big spending school for NIL, which had been run by a collective of boosters. Now with revenue sharing the money flows through the school. So they’ve been spending big for a while.

When Sac was a member of Big Sky and Davis was D2, 1996-2024 inclusive. Davis beat Sac every year except two.

Beat UoP in 1978 with Moroski and in 1982 with O’Brien.

Davis announced the SMU game January, 2025. SMU was coming off a season in which they lost the ACC conference championship game.
Most FCS vs FBS games match nearby teams, so there is more local fan interest. Ultimately i think payout is related to attractiveness of the game.

Even when the travel roster was limited, it was larger when playing an FBS opponent. I think that was set by Big Sky conference rules

Wikipedia say the stadium surface is Bermuda Grass

I would like to see Kollock get some playing time, in either of these next two games which are likely to be one sided affairs. I think he could play without it being a QB controversy, and from a fan perspective i’d find it interesting. I suspect the SMU game will need something other than the score to be interesting.
Plough has his philosophy, which is commit to one guy, but that should leave room for the 2nd guy to get some play. When Plough was employed elsewhere, the team played Rodrigues, Hastings, and Tompkins in the first game of the 2021 Spring season, and it didn’t cause a controversy.