The PAC-MWC Dominoes Begin to Fall/Conference Realignment

[ES2X]

Actually, I think Luke might be onto something with this Racelighting thing..

 

[Pounder]

Who is the "you" here? I haven't seen anyone say they believe the things he said in that news report.

I certainly don't take anything he ever says seriously wrt the future of the university's sports programs and facilities.

It's always misleading, pipedream nonsense. I say that based upon history and the hope that one day I'll be proven wrong. But that day never seems to actually come.



I don't believe anything drastic is changing with the Hornets 2026 schedule (being added to an FBS conference), however, if a miracle did indeed happen and they were added to an FBS conference schedule in the coming weeks -- you are right in that the 5 FCS games wouldn't represent a true FBS schedule.

I notice at the end of the news report we got the same "there is another big announcement on the way" regarding football that he doesn't want to give away too many details about.

It's just more of the same vague, leading statements that rarely, if ever, actually materialize. Big news was supposed to be announced in November, too. And how many other times over the past couple years??

That next announcement announcement, plus the Wilton Rancheria announcement, to my mind, couldn’t be any more obvious.

Only issue… doesn’t Republic have a construction cam? Anyone want to go pirate drone over the Railyards?

 

[Green Laser]

That next announcement announcement, plus the Wilton Rancheria announcement, to my mind, couldn’t be any more obvious.

Only issue… doesn’t Republic have a construction cam? Anyone want to go pirate drone over the Railyards?

KCRA report from November when ther Repubic applied to expand the stadium plans and overhead views of site preparation .

 

[StockonLB]

Actually, I think Luke might be onto something with this Racelighting thing..

gaslighting becomes racelighting, ground breaking, all our issues are solved.

 

[Kadeezy]

KCRA report from November when ther Repubic applied to expand the stadium plans and overheard views of preparation of the site.

Republic FC Already Eyes 20,000-Seat Expansion as Stadium Construction Begins

New filing outlines an aggressive Phase 2 timeline — and signals big ambitions for Sacramento’s soccer future.

www.quailcitysoccer.com

This was a direct move to get the plans in for future MLS/Sac State stadium share, still waiting for anything official. But wouldn't it be nice if our shovels were in the ground and we didn't even know it. LOL

 

[OldSchoolHornet]

He has definitely tarnished the reputation of our university, and he has accomplished virtually nothing. And before you try to give Wood credit for hiring Carter you might want to consider the fact that nobody else in America would even give him a coordinator position much less a head coaching job. I'm more than willing to support Carter but it's going to awhile before I give Wood any credit.

 

[SDHornet]

I don't get the crashouts over the doings of someone in academia, especially from conservative leaning folks who forfeited academic institutions a generation ago. Academics function in their own ecosystem, very few things carry over into the real world. That said, Dr. Wood just landed a $50M donation from Meta and $7.5M from the local indan tribe that will help boost his agenda (one of which is athletics). Hate Dr. Wood all you want but no other president in Sac State's history has boosted the university profile more than him, especially for athletics.

Dr. Wood gets credit for increasing funding athletics and doing what he can to get our programs to a higher status. Some things have worked out (move the BW, getting the Pavilion done) and some haven't (FBS ambitions, football stadium). I don't think people are realizing how big of a lift it was to get fees increased for athletics and facilities and how that will position Hornet athletics for the new revenue sharing era. Time will tell on how it all settles out but if he is willing to keep funds flowing into athletics then we'll be fine.

All the Dr. Wood haters need to take a minute to think what happens when he leaves and an anti-athletics wokenista takes over...because rest assured the Sac State President is always going to be a wokenista.

 

[HornetFootballFan]

He has definitely tarnished the reputation of our university, and he has accomplished virtually nothing. And before you try to give Wood credit for hiring Carter you might want to consider the fact that nobody else in America would even give him a coordinator position much less a head coaching job. I'm more than willing to support Carter but it's going to awhile before I give Wood any credit.

I’m thankful he finally improved our basketball facilities to a satisfactory level. I’m thankful for the athletic budget for FB / BB.

 

[StockonLB]

Agree he is pro athletics and that’s a huge positive, more than most realize on California state campus.

Also agree what he is pushing for academics is mostly self serving with little to no academic value. It plays to the political power players of California, especially in the light of the openly hostile rhetoric toward any center or right leaning person , including those who share disdain for trump.

He has tried to move the needle more than anyone before him has for athletics, he hasn’t reached critical mass to make huge announcements. On campus stadium? Probably never in cards. Pac-12? Not interested . MW? Pissed them off talking loosely. NCAA , same story. Sac-12? Disappeared with his brother. CalExpo? Dead silent. Concerts after games? Decidedly not family friendly with tons of bad press.

I think he’d have a greater chance if he didn’t want to eliminate whiteness…regardless of the word salad he then gives defending that as not being racist or even a decision based on race. It’s nonsense in my opinion, and to me limits the reach of his messaging of how great Sac St could be.