This FCS Program Is A SLEEPING Giant in COLLEGE FOOTBALL (UC Davis)

[@cbjm36]

UC Davis is also a very prestigious university. One of the top public schools in the country. Lots of wealthy alumni=lots of NIL potential.

[@Cubs97]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@luke_cohen1]

@@Cubs97 I grew up 1.5 hours away from Davis. It’s definitely an academic powerhouse with a lot of wealthy graduates and would have a massive endowment if the rules for UC’s allowed it to. Don’t get it twisted, the comment you’re responding is absolutely accurate.

[@Han-hx7lg]

@@Cubs97you have two first names, pipe down

[@mjeezyca]

Uc Davis is UC berkeleys Farm

[@Han-hx7lg]

@@mjeezyca i agree

[@stuartmisfeldt3068]

UC Davis won 22 conference championships from 1971-1993, mostly under Jim Sochor as HC. You really undersold their history!

[@drizzyuzumaki8753]

Seems like you the only one who cares

[@Crussell04]

@drizzyuzumaki8753 You clearly do because you replied.

[@thecatwrangler9448]

Sir it was Division II?

[@stuartmisfeldt3068]

@@thecatwrangler9448 Yes, I was undergrad at Davis in the 70’s.

[@Charlesthefido]

@@drizzyuzumaki8753You couldn’t even make Jv clown

[@sacrugby1]

Before moving to the FCS UCD was a DII Powerhouse. I should know, I went to Sac State.

[@MachoManMaury]

I would love to see the Causeway Classic be part of the Mountain West.

[@zplapplap]

As a UC Davis alumnus and former student athlete, I can’t believe I’m seeing my school featured in one of your video. As an Indiana University alumnus, this season is almost too good for words. 😁 Personally, I see Big Sky FCS football as an ideal fit for UC Davis’ football program. FBS is a difficult jump in the western states. Football exists at UC Davis because it has been successful for the past 50 years. I’m certain football would have long since disappeared from UC Davis had it prematurely grown into an expensive 1A or FBS door mat. I would rather see (and support) a perennial FCS playoff contender and possible championship contender at FCS than see a struggling under-resourced FBS program playing to an expanded half-empty stadium. My fear is that FBS MWC football would be the beginning of the end of football at UC Davis. I know my school, I know that region, and this is what my knowledge and intuition tells me.

[@theawesomenesschannel148]

They’re prolly not gonna listen to you, but at least they’re gonna wait for some sustained FCS success before moving up

[@Josh1888USU]

As a Utah State Aggie that used to live in the Sacramento area, it was fun to root on some other Aggies. Good for UC Davis, hopefully both the PAC and MWC can thrive going forward.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

I remember back in 2005, they were still D-II and they upset FBS/D-1A Stanford both in football and mens basketball. 👀

[@DJ_Cub]

FCS is still Division ll. Call it what you want. It’s the same thing

[@jeffreekoch9298]

@DJ_Cub No , actually FCS is D-1AA. D-II is below FCS/D-IAA.

[@francinecorry633]

@@DJ_Cub Dumb___

[@Niknamew]

LET"S GOOOO. Finally Davis is getting some legit recognition. Class of '22 babyyyyyy

[@tjthebigdog1169]

I think seeing an ASU video would be cool. I always love hearing opinions on how they were 3-9 in 2023 and now have a first round bye and being the Big 12 Champion in 2024

[@ScottFisherCFB]

Did a whole long video on Sunday on them! Check it out!

[@mediarosey]

UC Davis has not announced a move to FBS football for several reasons: At the time, they were competing in the FCS playoffs, and transitioning to the FBS would disqualify them from both current and future FCS playoff participation. The university has committed to not using state funds or student fees to finance the transition, so they need to finalize financial preparations before making the move. So their counting on increased ticket sales, media rights, increased sponsor and donor revenues. There are plans to expand the football stadium, which may be completed beforehand. From an academic perspective, UC Davis is renowned as an agricultural school. Joining the Mountain West (MW) Conference would extend the university’s reach beyond California and the Pacific Rim, potentially opening new opportunities for student recruitment in regions like Wyoming, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.

[@TheGreenking04]

UC Davis makes the jump is good considering how much talent is in the Sacramento area! Hopefully Sac State can make the jump next

[@findawayormakeaway8857]

Davis stadium holds 10,000 not 20,000.

[@huntersmith4079]

Toledo and NIU to the mountain west is wild. No way

[@N1oreo1]

Yeah I’d rather have UC Davis and SAC State. So much potential there.

[@fadercreek]

idaho and Montana are going to the mountain west

[@Josh1888USU]

Well, this aged like milk.

[@PastaaFN]

Hey Scott Fisher fans where are you at

[@glosteppin726]

🤚

[@JaymoTheBro]

@@glosteppin726bro it’s a bot, don’t fall for it

[@treydrew4021]

If you’re in the quarterfinals of the playoffs, I don’t think you would qualify as sleeping

[@behappy6215]

Once UC Davis tries to be good at football, UC Regents will then do their best to destroy it's growth. Look at what's going on to UC Davis' brothers UCLA and Cal. They get big endowments but would not spend so much in athletics especially football.

[@paperdo]

It's especially stupid because there's no reason why football, and basketball needs to be a financial drain. Washingtons football program brings money into the university every year. The UC regents do everything possible to keep their programs from being competitive, then stupidly say "see, athletics are a drain". UW had the same problem in the early 2000s . There was no enthusiasm for the football program because the university leadership was not invested. The program wasn't making money at this point. Eventually, the leadership changed, and was invested in football. Magically everything changed.

[@N1oreo1]

👀 Never thought of that. My friend coaches track at UCSD. Says they’d never try for anything more than basketball and that was a stretch. Regents have no interest in athletics. Just being the most prestigious academic schools in the world. Which is cool but man, they can be so much more.

[@terryfox9344]

I'm surprised that Davis isn't taking their football program to the MWC immediately In 2026, the new CFP bonus per FBS school goes into effect. I fear that Sankey will try to keep new teams from getting a share. I would move up as soon as possible.

[@ChrisRVegas]

The stadium's capacity is not quite large enough yet to compete in football with the MWC. Also, UCDavis is currently in the FCS playoffs and a conference change would cut them out of those playoffs so they would be better to wait for the team to get as far as they can in that bracket before making an announcement regarding a conference change for their football team.

[@kenjohnston1257]

If FCS schools want to compete they need to freeze research grants and professor salaries and pump more $ into player salaries like all the top programs

[@samr7609]

Some of the top schools in the country for football, and historically are also top tier institutions that pump out tons of research every year. Take Michigan, USC, Notre Dame, Washington, UNC, Florida, Texas, and many more

[@markd2344]

Grand Canyon’s “for-profit” status is not really for-profit. The IRS and State of Arizona recognizes GCU as non-profit. However, someone at the Dept. of Education has a hard-on for fucking over GCU by insisting that they’re not non-profit. A recent appeals court ruling says the DOEd applied the wrong standard when applying the for profit label.

[@Han-hx7lg]

Aggies mentioned 🐄

[@Han-hx7lg]

@ nah your account has to be hacked

[@imtoxiq_]

Wowwww I’m heart broken I thought they were gonna go to the fbs level

[@twomasta]

They will eventually it's going to take a couple years of planning.

[@DevinHoyt]

The went from the FBS to the FBC, id hope theyd be decent lol

[@Dnttrip304]

😴😴😴😴 you see this, I’m hibernating.

[@markcarbonaro6524]

Your stadium numbers are off. Hawaii - 17k. The planned replacement would be 25k-35k Davis - 10k and is expandable to 30k SJS - 21.5k

[@bvrsqzr3569]

Need to drop that $5mil to join the fbs in football, not to mention a lot of other prerequisites.

[@starboys-m5g]

do a video on JAMES WILLIAMS from Nebraska

[@badbeav5061]

People just say anything in this app😂

[@m.j.stevenson1896]

Can you talk about the revamped Clark Atlanta program? Arguably the most volatile team this past season and a prospering HBCU team

[@therealtaco7328]

didnt they just go winless?

[@m.j.stevenson1896]

@@therealtaco7328 the year before, yes, but this year they competed for their conference championship. They had a complete turnaround.

[@Lawomenshoops]

Crosstown? Davis and Sac are two different cities.

[@emiliob12]

Breakdown bill to chapel hill scottt

[@huskers_smoke]

Sjsu is completely irrelevant. UC Davis has a higher ceiling than Sacramento State, which is a joke

[@andrew_te]

Maybe more of a sleeping troll or sleeping ogre

[@Kyle-lr7sf]

Just add nm state and the mountain west has better future than pac7

[@francinecorry633]

Sac. State plays in a glorified high school outdated facility.A real embarrassment.FBS?! LMAO! GO AGS!

[@paperdo]

Another L for the new PAC

[@PeighDayFPV]

👎 let’s go Hornets!!

[@johnb6874]

sleeping giant lol in six weeks you'll come out with a video about how they are in trouble, your flip flopping is nauseating

[@clarkkent2962]

All these nerds online think they all know everything until they dont. I sweat the internet made betting sports impossible because all the people with the loudest voices are the smallest people in the room

[@ArcticAirborne]

This guy is the most naive person who constantly speculates and flip flops on different schools and teams. Not every school is going to the FBS to fulfill your NCAA football video game wet dreams. How is your video on the scary rise of Marshall going?

[@vargsvargs3281]

well they just won the sun belt title in dominating fashion so pretty good