Kudos to UC Davis for making an Athletics cut to trim the fat.

Correct, QB depth is strictly hypothetical at this point. I was going off the fact that Cleeland was #3 at the end of the season and was even inserted for a gadget play or two. In my amateur opinion, one does not throw a kid out there as a redshirt on national TV for a gadget play against the eventual national champion if he's not the lead dog. It is, and should be, an open competition. Someone has to take the very first rep in team periods. My money is on Cleeland taking that snap, Competition and coaches sort it out from there. in Plough we trust!

Speaking of Spring Football:

In a "normal" (whatever that means) QB world, Cleeland enters spring taking the #1 reps, with Eason and Kollock splitting the remaining reps until one of them emerges. You'll be able to tell what the coaches think of 2 and 3 by how they're managed after a few practices. Cleeland and Eason will have an edge early because they know how to manage Plough's huddle and all the formations and shifts/motions, etc. If Kollock is a dude, he'll pick that up quickly and then they'll be better able to assess him vs. Eason first, then Cleeland. If he's not a dude, he'll be bottle-fed for a while, and if Eason is emerging, he'll get some of Cleeland's run to simulate competition. If Cleeland is clearly the dude, the battle will be for QB2.

Time will tell. D2 was destroyed in California by the California State University system with a Title IX guise to cover their budget shortfalls and typical mismanagement, giant pension challenges, etc. Sac State fits right in, and their end is nigh, especially with current leadership.

Great call in coordinating that date

Website lists April 18 for the spring game in the morning. That seems like an early date for the game if they haven't started practice yet.

Bingo.

Impressive number! Going to be an interesting month of April. I predict someone emerges from the QB pack sooner than last year, just have a feeling...

Other key position battles: Left Tackle, RB2, TEs 2 & 3, Edge, MLB, one of the Safeties

Very good RB room and plenty deep. Experience concerns are limited to the QB room. Almost every other position, aside from Safety in our scheme, is pretty much plug-and-play. OL/DL need the physical development year or two out of HS, but otherwise I would not be concerned about experience behind Fish with the RBs. And those dudes need to come to play for the first 3-4 games as the new QB tries to figure out which way is up at game speed.

Good on him and UCD for speaking at the clinic. Often times we in the public or fandom are not privy to the actual truth in matters like how his tenure ended at Stanford. We live in a state and an era where "complaints" are taken for fact often times prior to due process. I don't have any skin in the game and don't know the guy, but my guess as a semi-knowledgeable foosball (italics for a Momma Boucher bayou accent) fan is that 3-9/3-9 and a new GM had more to do with the end of his run than complaints that he was hard to work for.

Fish is so much fun to watch but that video makes me miss football season even more.

USA-Mexico tonight in the WBC, that'll get me one day closer to training camp

Really cool bottle, way to go Mrs. Dr. Mike!

Really enjoyed the Pod with Buchanan yesterday afternoon as I was fighting body confusion due to the time change. Stayed awake for the entirety of the show and found a new favorite NFL player! That kid is solid and squared away.

Looking forward to actually talking football in <177 days! Will we have any boots on the ground at spring ball for some reporting?

Offering the higher profile local recruits is good, free publicity and the logo goes to the top of the kid's X feed for a few days. This was an offer for 2029 or 2030, looks like he'll be heading off on an LDS mission first.

You play at the rodeo grounds, then a beer garden is a MUST. Would be disrespectful and un-American not to have it.

Again, the renovation at Shredville needs to include a Colorado State-like beer garden pavilion above whichever grassy berm survives, overlooking the beautiful, natural grass playing surface.

Mo's the man, BTW

Pretty certain it was an ACL. In many cases, a player can recover at a satisfactory level at or just before the 12 month mark. A year seems to be the norm (correct me if wrong). Everyone heals differently.

Porter was in a boot, so his recovery would be a lot sooner one would imagine.

Thanks, makes sense. Keep the cards close to the vest. Always interesting to see which transfers will make the greatest impact. Maybe I'll go to the Signing Day post on the team website and review some film. Beats working...

Plough made a solid move by not only retaining Chapette as TEs Coach, but by bringing vonAppen in as the Special Teams guy. He has coordinating experience as a DC which will help greatly and I believe he has history with the current staff.

Anything update on the RB hire?

Do we typically produce a 2-deep for spring ball? There are some interesting questions to be answered at several key spots.