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CAUSEWAY WEEK: (RV) Sac State (7-4, 5-2 BSC) @ #15 UC Davis (7-3, 5-2 BSC)
- Thread starter Kadeezy
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Coach P is a real P. No great UCD coach would say they never want to play the causeway again. Those UCD coaches wanted to play even when D2 and Sac FCS. It’s not like UCD is going to Ivy League or ACC any time soon. Coach P
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I don't know if you were being sarcastic and this just went over my head, but we have not kept winning at the same clip once Troy left.
SochorField
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Annual FCS vs. FBS Causeway makes no sense for Davis.
Doesn't make sense for Davis to play Causeway as an away game every year (FBS Sac isn't coming to Davis).
It doesn't make sense for Davis to play their FBS game for less money every year (Sac ain't paying $700k).
It doesn't make sense for Davis to give up program exposure to stay in Sac Metro vs. BIG10/MWC for their yearly FBS game.
In the D2 vs. 1-AA days, the teams shared home games, and there were no money issues. Different era.
Sac needs Davis. Davis doesn't need Sac.
Your whole post doesn’t make sense. They’re both FCS and likely both FBS in the coming years, they’re on the same path. You don’t know s, just a turd
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You guys don’t even know your own conference, big sky or MWC is quite similar moving forward where teams like Nevada, San Jose St, and Hawaii are the core of MWC moving forward. It’s not sellouts hosting Boise or anything like that
SochorField
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You seem very confused, my man.
BuckeyeHornetFan
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Out of curiosity— what type of hard evidence do you think you have to support such a delusional statement?
Look, we get it. UCD got a fortunate win today. Enjoy it on your own forum and keep the insanity over there, please.
HornetFootballFan
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We need a bit more balance w OC play calling. We were too predictable being ineffective in the pass game, work to be done. Ugh
Huge improvement over last seasons team Andy Thompsons team. But…FB has work to do.
BuckeyeHornetFan
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Pot meet kettle. You’re the one clearly confused as to where your own forum is.
99% of the Hornets fans here couldn’t care less about UCD, let alone trolling their forum.
HornetFootballFan
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bunch of d*cks w that attitude.
BuckeyeHornetFan
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On one hand, it is highly impressive to be able average 262+ yards and 5.5+ yards per carry per game when the opposition knows it’s coming nearly 3/4ths of the time.
However, in this day and age, a 72/28 run to pass ratio just isn’t a recipe for long term success — especially to close out close games. This isn’t the 1970’s or early 1980’s anymore. And this is college football, not small school high school football.
Not only are one-dimensionality and predictability low percentage tactics, how the hell do you expect to be able to recruit worthwhile skill talent at the QB and receiver positions throwing the ball so damned infrequently?
I’m one that typically subscribes to a “run it until they prove they can stop it” philosophy. But you’ve got to have answers when your opponent is able to slow your rush attack down from time to time, or when penalties put you well behind the sticks.
Sure, the Hornets easily beat a terrible Portland State team only throwing the ball 11x. And they nearly beat UCD today only throwing it 9x.
But perhaps they could have closed out the game today had they balanced things out a bit more in Q4 once the opponents defense became more desperate by selling out on 1st and 2nd down runs?
If your starting QB isn’t capable of making the types of throws that are needed — why is he even on the roster, let alone the starter?
BuckeyeHornetFan
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Judging by the decision to immediately ditch the Big Sky and also by its do-or-die intent on moving up to FBS — it seems very evident that UCD doesn’t factor into Sac State’s thinking (or future plans) much at all.
Good post and I agree with most of it. The Academies prove you can win without passing the ball very often but nonetheless, I don't believe the intention of Coach Marion's offense was to have this heavy of a tilt towards the run. That's just the way the chips fell when it became obvious that Rashada was a bust. We will have to pass the ball more effectively and I'm sure that will be a point of emphasis heading into next season.
Claiming the Causeway can't continue at this point in time is a bitch-made stance. There will be legitimate issues when there is an FBS-FCS scenario in play but until that is formal it's just not a thing. The rivalry endured when both programs weren't in the same division let alone in the same conference so them hiding behind our BSC departure and a game against Stetson is a bitch-made argument in and of itself. That said, they want to discontinue the rivalry then that's their prerogative. I think that sentiment should be reciprocated across all sports if that's how they truly view it.
SochorField
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lol. Everything I laid out is the unfortunate reality of college football today.
Fans on both sides want the game to keep happening, but now that Sac is moving to FBS it doesn't make sense for Davis. It makes perfect sense for Sac to play this game week 1 every year as a theoretical FCS tune-up for cheap, with good ticket sales. Davis would be dumb to do this charity work every year.
I do think the game happens every few years though.
SochorField
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You guys are begging us to play you.
Some rivalries are a valued to the communities they serve, apparently you and your leadership don't view it that way. Unfortunate but it is what it is.
