you'd think the 4 points you mentioned would work better than they do honestly. UCD Sports are a very good value proposition to a college student looking for something to do on the weekend

The only time I worked directly with student-athletes, one of the rules/requests from the training I remember was to keep it confidential if you even saw the student-athlete in a cast or limping or whatever during normal interactions. Obviously that's not something you can keep 100% secret because the injured athlete still has to attend classes and stuff, but it was clear there was a concerted effort to lock down on any injury information coming out of program, and I suspect that was either for ethical or competitive reasons or both, not for legal reasons since we're talking observations, not medical records

According to a WaPo piece I read, apparently we get nothing from WBB side. Profit margins are obviously less for the NCAA than with the men, but it's apparently not very transparent either way. Didn't look any further into how that works though.

https://www.college-sports-journal.com/college-sports-journal-sagarin-fcs-top-25-mar-21/

We're apparently the #4 FCS team in Sagarin right now with obviously not enough data. But if we win out I'd argue #4-6 might be about right unless Weber somehow regresses

Little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I think the team played with heart and overcame amazing obstacles this season and Jen Gross is a crazy good program builder. This season in particular the team just shattered expectations.

But it's frustrating that UCD's major spectator sport team with the best chance at any sort of postseason relevancy at the highest level of play (maybe Men's Soccer too, sure) has yet to even keep a tournament game particularly close. And this time it was a mid-major team performing at about the level we're trying to obtain. When I checked up on this game I literally started to wonder if Gross's squad needs to lead the nation in three-point shooting each year like the Men's and Women's teams occasionally have to even stand a chance against decent postseason opponents.

Maybe the Morgan+twins team could have made something happen if the committee was actually fair to them in seeding. And it has been fun to see UCD "upset" power conference teams in the WNIT. But I gotta say, the path to anything in the NCAAT except this result seems pretty closed right now, and that's not fun.

My understanding of how the funding works too is that the school (but basically the conference) gets a payout by appearance/team. So a conference having one team win a March Madness game is equivalent to a two-bid conference having bad games in the first round (like MWC this year) from a payout perspective. So it's a big deal to kinda equalize things just a bit.

Oh I should have looked at the right hand column lol

I think you're right, he was a year behind me and didn't redshirt IIRC, and I remember reading about him in grad school

Was that Manu Luuga run the one he did on his first snap as a freshman?

The postgame thread is taking off on reddit. A lot of chatter about CA rivalries there, it's an interesting dicussion

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/m9irsl/postgame_thread_uc_davis_defeats_cal_poly_7324/

That is one beautiful throw

Thanks for bringing us back to earth 69, I definitely am grateful there's been multiple generations of talented Aggie QBs such that we can even have this argument

Fair. I have no idea what the criteria for "greatest" should be, that's my main point.

JM was probably a missed tackle away from an FCS championship game visit. Defense sacks EB3 in the final drive of the quarters, then Aggies probably walk away from that one and Maine has to make the likely longest road trip in FCS playoff history to face the Ags in Semis.

I'm not arguing specifically for Maier to be "the Greatest" -- because again I think the term is so squishy, but "the conversation" should include several names and his is one of them. We're probably in agreement on who the others would be.

Faulk looked like he was about to lead the Ags to a score too

He left the box apparently? Harsh punishment but it's also a rule that isn't usually an issue

Oof, one of the coaches got disqualified, booth couldn't figure out who it was.

I don't know if we just saw the Poly defense give up or just saw the future of UCD football there

I mean someone can't be D2 but it is a necessary qualifier to describe what was on the line and the opponents they faced. "Greats from the D2 era" would have been better wording.

I'm not sure how to factor in pro careers to be honest. "Great" could refer to just performance at Davis or it could more broadly describe how much attention the player brought to the program. Really shows how nebulous the term is

He did say that. I think there's a case for it because he played on the Aggies' biggest stage against the overall best competition and set D1 records while doing it. But it's really an apples to oranges comparison to stack him up against the D2 greats

That's true, but I guess I'd still expect them to run the ball and hold up on the line a little better. (And then not get torched on D). I think Baldwin will rebound, but this looks like a 2-3 year project