I'll try to swing by with my 6 year old junior aggie and encourage him to bring some hard hitting questions for the pod

it’s an NCAA-run event so no freebies. They’d have to claim one of the tickets purchased as donations.

https://clk.ucdavisaggies.com/e/es?s=3006164&e=2940&elqTrackId=efd74c1a1b7a40299e524d6e5aa03bea&elq=6b497da9f0d341e888473bda1c80bf5f&elqaid=194&elqat=1&elqak=8AF597C3EA90F9163D32C32CA36EB08D168555E6105FA74D3C255179FDF262DBB030

I could be wrong, but it looks like tickets are starting to move. Biggest difference between now and MSU seems to be General Admission still available, and it looks like StubHub has a large chunk of tickets.

If it's near gametime and there is any room left, I'd let another 1-2,000 students in standing room only, no charge. FILL THE HOUSE. Some students will leave at halftime (Finals).

until they built the practice field, it WAS on that side and led to a much more festive pregame. Easier to walk back and forth between TA tailgate and the rest of the groups. We’re isolated on the other side

This kiddo is 22, so we'll bring plenty of beer and stuff to throw on the grill. I've hyped this up, so he's expecting something along the lines of Old School and my best Will Ferrell impression.

Awesome! I'm still working out the schedule with my cousin's son, who is joining me as an honorary Aggie for the day. I'm glad we can tailgate as close to the cows as possible so he can get the full experience.

put a tarrif on tickets sold to Sac State fans and call it a day. Sorry I couldn't help it.

I'll see if I can stop by. I need to break out from my Company Christmas Weekend Party (3 day affair) on Saturday morning, catch the game and get back by 6:00 pm.

maybe start telling people a playoff game is +10 social credit points.

“ I think its kinda just the honest reality of going to a school where academics are basically everything”
Exactly. This I’m sure is the biggest reason we struggle with attendance. Kids go to UC Davis for a solid education. For non athletes, the desire to attend sporting venues is down on the objective list.

I think its kinda just the honest reality of going to a school where academics are basically everything... which is great but also I think most students could take a few hours off studying to go to the football game instead of scrolling tik tok.. im 20 and sound 90 but still.

For what it's worth, I was able to donate to buy tickets for students in a link in this article. Hopefully the kids show up.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/opponent-set-dec-7-playoff-football-game

There's so much pressure and uncertainty on these athletes at such a young age especially when the big programs are already contacting them when they are 14 or even younger. It sounds like it's been long journey for him with a lot of ups and downs but he's grown a lot as a result over the years and now he has certainly made a wise decision in choosing to become an Aggie.

great job on the podcast. I wish I had listened earlier in the season but it was great.

any chance of YouTube in the future?

Teddye Buchanan landed 1st team All-ACC

I'll update the list with signed players tonight. Got a pretty hectic day at work today and probably won't have the chance to do it as they come in. GO AGS!

Haha!

As always, a great job. As a former Aggie Bandsman, I love that you started with “Aggie Fight” and ended with the “Alma Mater”. And excellent British and North Dakota accents Brock! The North Dakota accent had me in LOL mode.

You guys were talking about Pat McCann a former assistant coach at Davis as part of a discussion of coaching as a career, and mentioned a shirt he made, but didn’t mention that he was calling plays for UNI in the 2018 playoff game. Odd coincidence.

Episode 22 is live! Tap in and get prepped for our second ever home FCS game! We answer all the AST questions this week.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4bz5vYv5hDeYo3umuqPt1y?si=Jk2P-H8YQpmK1JV_sl55cQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A5PsvCKvR39lS5V9VObD5UL

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aggie-pride-a-uc-davis-football-podcast/id1758625363?i=1000679113302

The one issue with the poll is that our game should really be omitted as everyone is going to say yes to the Ags game.

Ivy League teams do not participate in post-season play in football.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and the Middle Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), both composed of HBCU schools, have their own post season. Traditionally HBCU schools have played late into the season and not participated in the NCAA post season because of calendar issues. Now the SWAC holds a conference championship which will be played next weekend between Jackson State and Southern University. The winner of that game will play against the regular season winner of the MEAC in the Celebration Bowl to be played in Atlanta on December 14th. South Carolina State will represent the MEAC in that game this year.

(There are a couple of other late season traditions in SWAC schools. Alabama State and Tuskegee play on Thanksgiving in the Turkey Day Classic while Southern and Grambling meet in the Superdome on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in the Bayou Classic. Many people go for the game, everybody goes for the bands.)

Cal Poly, as you probably know, gave the Big West one of their biggest upsets of the preseason by outscoring Stanford 97-90. Guard Owen Koonce (6’5”) hit 75% of his field goal attempts en route to a 30 point night, aided by Isaac Jessup’s 21. Neither of them averaged more than 15 ppg previously and neither of them had been their leading scorer. That honor had gone to returning point guard Jared Hyder. New head coach Mike DeGeorge went 13 deep which is not unusual for him. The odd thing is that he seems to have a five guard starting lineup, at least the five who started against Stanford were all guards, 6’5” or under. They do have some height, notably in returning sophomore forward Aaron Price (6’8”) but he’s only averaging 10 mpg. And 6’9“ Paul Bizimana who plays even less. Whatever he’s doing it is working as the Mustangs are 5-4 after starting last season 4-8. Prior to their upset of the Cardinal, Cal Poly had not beaten a team with winning record, so it’s very hard to say how good they really are, but UC Davis had better be prepared for a tough opening Big West game. The game will be on ESPN+.

Tennessee Martin crushed New Hampshire, I mean that was a job well done. The only non-FG points scored by UNH were on a Kickoff Return.

Nova firms up and overcomes Eastern Kentucky
Tarleton whoops Drake
Abilene Christian shuts out the Jacks

What can Tennessee State dial up on Montana?

So far these playoffs, the Big Sky has scored 0 points.

Hard to believe that little record store on Broadway became a huge chain all along the west coast. Too bad online music killed it off.

I'm a huge movie buff, and my hard disc collection started in earnest going to that old Tower Records location in Davis. They had a huge selection of films, and music of course, inside that place, used to go there for at least an hour each time I went. Such a cool place, miss it.

It's not uncommon, after a Thanksgiving haze, that games aren't played that crisply in Rd. 1 --- that's why first round BYEs are so huge...you give yourself the break to not only heal, but bypass the holiday then get back to work afterwards for the Round 2 game.

Nothing beats my wife's oyster stuffing

Hmmm. Our 15 year old has been mastering her baking skills. Her pecan pie and whipped cream cream was worth the wait.

Happy Thanksgiving Aggie fans. Enjoy the games this week.