A lot of my photos weren't uploading in the moment because the network seemed to be overloaded, but here's a highlight reel of some of the festivities I posted on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/UCDavis/comments/1oyqcan/scenes_from_uc_davis_montana_state_last_night/

Davis/Sac played all the Causeways through the time that Davis was D-II and Sac was 1AA (93-02, I think?). I don't see why that would stop now, particularly since they need games on their schedule.

edit: and Davis went 8-2. Heh.

Davis hasn't made any comment on the "talks" if there were any at all. Until we hear from Davis, I don't believe anything from Sac or this guy on X, for all internsive purposes. :lol:

TY!

Let's goooo!

Ticket sales are going really fast. Other than pockets of premium seating on the home side, the visitor side has like 50 seats left.

I almost feel like with Pinnick's elite ability to extend the play, Plough gets greedy on pass pro, and just sends another receive out off of chip blocks. I don't think we get away with that this week. Want Pinnick protected, period, let the receivers work.

I think there's a bias, and I think that's only natural given the FCS Landscape:



Also, I'm making the note, but there isn't a single FCS team in the States of Wyoming, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan or Wisconsin?

We need to shore-up some things with our play action protection... we've been hurried by Power pull protections, then we adjusted to a Zone protection with a rat killer vs. MSU and got harassed at times by their DL finishing plays. Sac is one of the top QB Sack outfits in the Big Sky, if not the country. How the Ags protect is going to be a major tipping point in the game.

Trust me, I'm with you. I would love to call out the QB but, as other posters pointed out, he is just in his 1st year as a starter. Do I wish he had better field vision? Sure. Do I wish our special teams were better? Sure. But, if you step back and just look at trend line of UC Davis football, its trending up. I have many friends in FBS recruiting for many of the big schools and even they were like "I'm seeing more Davis in the camps...more kids talking about staying in California and looking at Davis." This never happened as long as I can remember. So, what does this tell me? It tells me, we are doing the right things. All we need is a once in a generation player to pop. Once that happens (and it will), Davis will move up big time in CFB.

*I also think if we changed our name from "Aggies" to "Winemakers" or "Fighting Grapes" we'd distinguish our school as the best wine making school in the world. This would further make us distinct from UCLA an Cal. If people knew we are the best wine makers in the world...that can only get us more recognition. Not going to happen, but I think it would be awesome.

Give us a crack at #6-#13, anytime, any place.

I am in complete agreement with these observations.

We are always battling Midwest and East Coast bias...and maybe Montana bias as well -- Aggies are the biggest wrench to the Montana machine in the Big Sky right now, and we have plans to move to FBS while these schools look to continue dominating the FCS, I imagine that isn't looked at favorably by the Committee. The two picks in the 2nd half performance were not worthy of a Top 12 team, Pinnick has to be sharper and more consistency is needed. Honestly, I think the Committee pushed Davis down because they see them beating Sac, and it gives a chance for other mid-tier teams to get better positioned going into the final week.

Plough will have the guys firing on all cylinders this Saturday - question is if this team, which has shown some discipline issues at times, will keep their composure when Marion and his Hornets start jawing at them.

I've been contemplating my post(s) since late Saturday night. I will err on the side of restraint. All I will say is that we really missed some opportunities (theme of the season), we gifted a good team points and field position, and we really missed the Porter brothers Saturday night. Not their play making (although that would've helped) but in HOW they play the game. They are the enforcers, they are the irritants to the opponent, they just play differently than many of the kids taking reps in games right now. They play defense like the Montana State guys did, with a little shit in their neck and bad intentions. MSU, the Dakota programs, they all play football differently than a bunch of Californians do. We are skilled, we execute at times, but we are a finesse football team. That style doesn't beat Bozeman or win FCS championships. Hopefully our young players see that and will learn that.

Sac had a better resume than we did in 2023.

Using the STATS poll after the regular season ended...

Sac lost at No. 4 Idaho by 9, at home to No. 5 Montana St by 12, at No. 2 Montana by 27, at No. 25 UC Davis by 10. They won at 6-5 Nichols by 14 (playoff team by winning their conference) and at Stanford.

UC Davis lost at Oregon St, at home to 4-7 Eastern Washington by 3, at home to No. 2 Montana by 8 and at 5-6 Northern Arizona by 17. Won at 6-5 Weber St by 1, home to 6-5 Southern Utah by 2, and home to No. 15 Sac by 10.

We got burned that year because we lost to EWU and NAU. I get we had the H2H win, and that certainly counts for something. Both teams had 1 good win, we had 2 other wins over +.500 teams while they had one but we had two losses to sub .500 teams and they had none.

The year we actually got screwed over was 2022. Went 6-5 but lost to FBS, No. 1 by 2 points on the road, No. 2 by 6 points on the road, No. 3 by 17 on the road and No. 9 by 5 at home. We won at Idaho by 18 but they get picked over us. Deserved to be picked over Montana that year also.

My opinion: Davis is already in. This Causeway is just like 2023, but in reverse (if Davis loses).

Committee can't let themselves leave a season-long ranked team (top 10 for nearly all of it) out over an unranked team.

Every Causeway is a toss up. Last year as a prime example.....and every D2 Aggie team that housed their D1 rival.

The UCD Worm's Volleyball team returns home for the final week of the regular season, still in 1st place. On Thursday, the Aggies host 5th place CSUN (9-7 BW; 16-11 overall). A win clinches at least a tie for the regular season championship.

GO AGS!

For Sac, absolutely yes. For Davis, maybe. I think we should get in as the 4th Big Sky team with a loss, but it's not a lock.

A 7-5 Sac would have 0 ranked wins and 0 wins over a team with even a .500 record. They have no case to get in. Beat us, and they're the 3rd Big Sky team in (likely get picked over us and we get picked over NAU).

A 7-4 Davis, has as 21 point win over a likely ranked 8-4 Northern Arizona (assuming they beat 3-8 Weber this weekend) and a 16 point win over a likely 7-5 Southern Utah (if they beat a 2-9 team this weekend)

I disagree. I think Coach P is building a nice program here at Davis. Sure, there will be players leaving, that is part of the game now, but I still think the overall talent being brought in is significantly better than when I went to school. We have multiple 3 star kids on the roster and coming in. The team is winning. It's learning. I confident on the football teams future.

This game is it. We have to beat SACST to get in. I really hope the university and fans show up for this one. We need a full on sellout.

The time to talk about things like that is when you are filling air ahead of kickoff. This game rolled in late from another contest and none of those things were terribly relevant to the broadcast. Pretty amazing the program is now playing multiple games a year on the broader espn platform and the response from Aggie fans is mainly to complain about it.

A friend who attends 3 - 5 games a year says it was the best crowd he's seen in 20 years.

I saw that play. Even my wife said, “wasn’t he out of bounds?” The ref bailed them out on that one. — agalum

Here's the proof:

Sac goes on streaks in the games I’ve watched. They can go on a positive streak and make some big plays, then shoot themselves in the foot for several plays. Marion likes to roll the dice. I’ve been worried about this game for a while. But in reality i think we’re going to handle these guys with points to spare. 38-20 Ags.

Pinnick is an absolute warrior.

I know he threw a couple picks, but man is he a fighter and leader and fun to watch. I also thought Ty Richardson had a good game the defense played pretty well. Pass protection was less than desirable.

Very hard to win against elite teams when we’re missing so much top end talent

A drone show is very cool! Welcome to AST also, 5971 Bobcat.

Just tell us we're better than Sac State and we'll take it.

This is an important one. It shows how we are getting closer to being included as one of the top-tier FCS programs with Montanas/Dakotas. It also shows how far apart the Dakotas are from everyone else. Football is top priority for those top 4 schools, no doubt.