Great game. Really happy with our offense in the last few games. Quite a bit more power than I expected from the bats thus far, especially against a team that split a series with the Golden Bears.
As recently as 2012, before they joined the Big West, Hawai'i was in the WAC with such schools as Boise State, Nevada and UNLV. Going back to 1999, the WAC also included Wyoming, Air Force, BYU and Colorado State. They were competitive back then and fans here thought Hawai`i was stepping down and would dominate in the Big West. Not so much.
Hm.. hopefully just needs a day but that would be a bummer. Might have just overextended himself in that first series but we shall see, hoping for the best. Wooldridge will be worth watching, I'll be curious how him going 2-way this early will look.
It was definitely the Ryann and Avery show today. Also encouraging is how much better Sussex (AKA as “Essex” to announcer Bob Kerr) is on defense. Doubt she’ll ever be in Bennett’s class, but she’s really improved.
Tegan Young has also been playing with more confidence the last few games.
Closer than it should have been, but a second game with a whole of fouls. A combined 98 fouls called in SoCal. Sevilla really came through in the clutch.
Opting in allows but doesn’t mandate revenue sharing. It limits roster size to a max of 105 players. It allows scholarships for up to 105 players unless precluded by the conference.( the big sky retains 63 full scholarship limit). It brings NIL in house, administered through the athletic department.
For Davis it’s largely irrelevant, until they have plans and the funds to do revenue sharing, or the Big Sky drops the scholarship limit.
I missed the post-game interview with Les but, based on his past interviews with disappointing loses like this, he would probably be quite upset with our second half defense. Allowing Fullerton to shoot 71.4% and score 57 points in the 2nd half and 93 total would not make for a pleasant post-game locker room with Les...
Davis is famous for providing all of the theoretical scientific background to solve problems or accomplish tasks, but historically lacks in the area of practical job ready ability. This is true at least in my area. But what I’ve seen, is that once those practical skills are learned, Davis graduates accel with all that knowledge and are able to solve complex problems as compared to graduates from schools that focus on the job skill end. Maybe other disciplines are different than mine.
I thought this discussion brought up some fundamental and germane issues with conference re-alignment. They start with Sac State and NDSU but also move on to analogous cases at higher levels. A much more thoughtful discussion than say the Big Mountain podcast guys who just generally parrot what biased sources tell them - not dissing them for that as they just need content without needing to do much of any research, other then beer, given their budget.
One interesting highlight discussed is that Nebraska may be the only fan base that has retained its allegiance and dedication to football, due to long-established culture, after joining the big-10 and losing some former rivalries and dropping precipitously in winning percentage.
Norris should've been at the line all night. 2-3 players trying to push her off the boards every shot. Wish Tegan Young had the confidence to finish...especially the 1-1 where she had the lane but threw away a behind the back instead...Bennett got us going again to start the 4th. Sussex has quick hands on defense.
Gritty win.
Hard to imagine how a real journalist writes up that math without noting the obvious problems. They will get what, best case scenario, maybe $3 million in guarantee money per season? That will be largely eaten up by paying for their own travel and paying for opposing travel. So again, where is the $23 million coming from?