And in FBS Georgia just petitioned the College Football Playoff selection committee to invoke the Sacramento State rule. Last game loss to a rival can’t be counted against you.

Rex is not a player who has been here already for four years like the guys who are known to be leaving. They most likely have earned a degree, and only thing they want from their new school is football. Rex academically is likely going to be a senior next year. People who transfer in their senior year have constraints and priorities that someone who has already graduated doesn’t have. So far we haven’t lost anyone in last two years who didn’t leave here with a degree, There is always a first for everything though.

New CSU San Bernardino HC Gus Argenal - an Aggie alum - has his team ranked #4 in DII hoops - and he just beat #5 Chico State, in Chico, so they could move higher. Chico is a solid program and has been to the Elite Eight twice.

Argenal beat Greg Clink, a former long-time Aggie coach. Argenal previously coached at Chico, so this is the student beating the teacher.

Chico and CSUSB are both solid programs. Argenal recently was an assistant at Bevada Reno and Arkansas.

https://chicowildcats.com/news/2023/11/30/mens-basketball-no-5-wildcats-fall-by-three-in-thriller-against-no-4-yotes.aspx

Gotta have the horses to make it run.

Maybe Plough will bring back some of that no huddle that's been absent for several years at this point

I'm happy with Plough coming back to Davis. I know some may think this was just too quick and that we didn't cast a wide enough net but Tim is a great offensive mind, he knows Davis inside and out and I'm sure he had 100% backing from Hawk, Cody and Biggs.

Welcome back to Davis Head Coach Tim Plough! Now let's get to work and continue to build this legendary program to new heights! Go Ags!

I am very optimistic

Hope Coach Plough is ready to hit the ground running! No time to waste! GO AGS!

I'm optimistic. Go Ags!

I partly agree with this.

Davis is a world-class, behemoth institution with tons of money.......according to all the rankings.

I'm not sure if this is on the Athletic Department or the University administration....but someone is trying so hard to cling to a small-town D2 self-image and its so limiting its getting annoying.

We don't have to act like something we aren't to be successful in promoting "Aggie Pride" or whatever.

I understand Davis is terrified to bring in someone who wasn't baptized by excellence on the Davis campus.....the first time we tried with Gould, it failed miserably. It failed because Gould sucked at his job, and some people just suck at their jobs. And thats life. The AD just needs to find someone who doesn't suck at their profession, and if they've never been a HC then we are rolling the dice again.

First signing period starts on the 20th

Hope that we hear about a hiring so the coaches can hit the recruiting trail hard here over the next couple of weeks. Got to make sure that we don't lose any of the commits we have so far as well, which from what I have seen none have de-committed so far. Let's not give them the chance though.

Wow didn't see that coming at all

Doesn’t surprise me too much. With grandkids and Cody now at ISU and being at a “retirement age” I’m sure he had been thinking about it. Glad he brought the program back and I am sure he will find plenty to do. I am going to miss his press conferences. One only has to watch a Bobby Hauck press conference to realize how good he has been for the University.

Chris Peterson would be great, but he’s probably enjoying what he’s doing now. Would be a similar arc as Hawk in that he’s doing TV commentating on FOX games like Hawk did on ESPN prior to returning to HC. His kids are older now. I think Plough would be a good hire too. I thought he was a good OC. This year’s Aggie defense was the best I can ever remember. They kept the Aggies in games and won some. If the defense can stay at this level and the offense can be sparked up a bit, I think that could get them over the hump.

I think it is still a plus to hire someone who has been with the program. I think culture is more important at Davis than other schools. It may have been more so in the past with academic interests of athletes and academic requirements, but even with some academic relaxations after moving up I think it is still important.

Generally speaking people are entertained by my sarcasm. Clearly you're doing it wrong.

Note: that wasn't sarcasm. I really do think you're doing it wrong.

Usually sarcasm is funny. You typically aren't funny.

Hey, some of us have given FIFTY DOLLARS. Geesh.

Thanks Hawk for your 7 years at the helm of the Aggies. You'll be in the Aggie Hall of Fame real soon.

Thete were obviously reasons he never became an OC or HC after decades.

Wasn’t it Plough who was behind the high tempo offense? Did he use that at Cal? And I wonder what the issue was for him at Boise?

You really have to wonder how this will affect our current players, our recruits and our pending recruiting. I would imagine that there will be more players who may consider transferring now. Time will tell but this is going to be a time of uncertainty for a while and I think that it could have some negative impacts in the days to come before everything settles down.

I do worry about Lan, TT and Connors transferring....BUT all this has likely all been decided. We just don't know about it yet.

Welp....

He's 63, so he might actually be done. I really enjoyed his time at Davis. He did a lot for the program in a short amount of time. I mean, think about where we were when Gould left.

On the bright side, Plough probably keeps all the assistants (?) since he isn't presently a HC. Maybe these guys don't lose their jobs.

Sounds to me like he wants to get out of California, head back up to Idaho and just be with family near Pocatello. Maybe down the line Cody and Dan would try to reunite at Boise State. It's been a year without Cody nearby, so doesn't surprise me his priorities are to be near the grandkids.

Sometimes I think the men should practice their FT's from the women's basketball team and learn from them. For whatever reason, it seems that women players tend to shoot a higher percentage from the line. I don't know if it's a mental thing or a physical thing. It seems that FT shooting requires more of a "light, fluid, soft touch" which is more of a fine motor skill than a large motor skill that requires more strength and force. Women generally have better fine fine motor skills so perhaps FT shooting is more intuitive for them and makes the execution of it easier. I certainly have no scientific knowledge to support this idea but it seems reasonable enough to be food for thought...