if it was a player, how do they determine exposure to be limited to three?
Pick a exposure time and study the game film? Five minutes bad but 4 minutes ok? Is it players that touched the infected person, like made a tackle, or patted each other on the butt after the game. Whatever the method is, it’s arbitrary.

Hear Hear! So much self satisfaction among Californians.

My theory is Biggs and staff were pretty good coaches in 2005-2006. I think the GreatWest Conference while offering outstanding competition, was obscure and hurt recruiting; I don’t think we got much of a bump up in recruiting from moving to D1. I think that’s changed now that we are in a higher visibility conference and this team is much more athletic than the 2005 team.
Secondarily, it’s harder than I thought.

When Hawkins took over after Gould, I was sure that his style of football would enable the occasional upset of better teams.
Defeating a ranked 1AA team didn’t seem like it would be a challenge when we were leaving D2. In 2005, we almost beat New Hampshire which was ranked number 7 just before we beat Stanford. To go through a decade without accomplishing it once seems very strange.

This is depressing;
Saturday's win over Idaho marks the first time UC Davis has beaten a team ranked in the Stats Perform Top 25 (previously STATS, Inc and The Sports Network) since a 22-21 win at Cal Poly on November 13, 2010...
From Weber preview on team site,

My guess, and it’s only that, is they had a number of players exposed but that none had tested positive prior to the game.
Once one of those guys test positive then his circle of contacts might have involved more players. I doubt many are infected but they had some exposure and that circle got bigger.

Trent Tompkins subbed in the play before the direct snap to Gilliam, .Tompkins came in after Rodrigues tried to run up the middle.
The first play Tompkins was in was a handoff to Gilliam
On the wildcat play Tompkins before the snap moved over from behind center toward the right, so Tompkins was just a decoy moving away from where the play went.
Just a bad series of plays, nothing complicated about it. After first and goal at the 6, three plays right up the middle.
In a sense, a direct snap to a running back alone in the backfield is the exact opposite of a trick play.

This is regard the view expressed by just one of the Tubs guys about Davis moving the ball with a lot of gains coming from trick plays.
Davis had four possessions in the first half.
A drive of 71 yards, ending on the four yard line, a three and out, and a drive of 75 yards for a touchdown. Finally the 27 second possession to end the half.
Was there another “trick play” besides Crawford’s pass? What are we calling trick plays? Does this include screen passes, fly sweeps, runs by the quarterback? Perhaps they are referring to the direct snap to Gilliam, but since that didn’t work it shouldn’t be evidence of the claim that we moved the ball a lot with trick plays.
We seemed like we were trying to move the ball early without using the QBs arm. I think his third pass came with about 4 minutes left in the first half. I think we were trying to make it easy for Rodrigues to get acclimated.

He is listed on the roster as being Number 5. Even the Idaho coach mentioned number 5 in his press call last week. So of course he wore 53. Chubba Maae listed as 53 wore 92. Both were listed as 53 in the depth chart.

Not knocking them, it’s always a question if your team got beat or lost of their own accord.
By now, I expect every team knows Crawford might throw when he gets the ball by other than a forward pass. If it works I don’t see that as something we shouldn’t get credit for.

Pondering the big questions that come to mind when watching the Tubs video above:
When Crawford throws a pass, which he does fairly often, is it a trick play?
If your team get burned by that is it not their fault?
If Davis runs the ball right up the gut play after play in the fourth quarter is it your team losing because your front seven is too good to allow that if they were in the right frame of mind, or is it because Davis is winning with a good run game?

Eaton needs to play. He was not just good, he was great. I can see trying him in the “ rush” position, but if that means he’s off the field for most plays it’s a mistake.

There is a lot of room for growth with this team. We have to improve on defense but we should expect to with the young guys playing. Eaton is a major force that we didn’t have today.
This may be the deepest offensive talent we’ve ever had, we're just figuring out how to use it. Now that the coaches have seen how Rodrigues can play in game conditions I think they’ll be more aggressive throwing the ball early. In today’s game we weren’t utilizing our wideouts enough until the two minute drill near end of first half. Few teams can cover our receivers if we have a QB who can make the throws and find the open man.

I think that’s right.

Did Nick Eaton play? The box score on website says he started as #5 but I don’t think anyone saw him.
He had no stats.

I think Chubba Maae was the most surprising player for those of us not involved with the team. A true freshman starting and playing a large percentage of the snaps. Even with Idaho dominating time of possession they left him in there which attests to his endurance as he weighs 360lb. Had five tackles.
Another freshman with a surprising amount of playing time was Teddy Buchanan. Freshmen linebackers historically don’t play much, and he is listed with 5 solo tackles. A third freshman Jackson Cloyd had three total tackles in his first collegiate game. So that’s three Freshmen making 13 tackles total.
But did anyone mention Idaho played freshmen?

I was kidding about not knowing why some were nervous.
Even the play calling in the first quarter looked like the coaches didn’t have faith in Rodrigues

I don’t know why we were ever nervous, had it all the way

I don’t recall a drive like that on the ground in a close game

They are playing a number of freshmen, more than normal on first game of a season.
They are looking good on offense. The chop block thing is probably a difference of opinion between the ref and our o line coach, not sloppy.