While this past Saturday’s Battle for the Golden Horseshoe was a rivalry game, and indeed an exciting one, it quails before the one this week. For whatever reason, be it our proximity, our respective institution’s ages, or our massive gap in academic prestige, beating up on Sac State is somehow just way more fun than taking on Cal Poly or Stanford or Nevada or anyone else in our proximity.
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Today’s the Day: A Game We Can Win
Just as the rain this week provided relief for a dry, dying California, so too may today’s game offer a much-needed reprieve for UC Davis Football.
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Wait, We Have a Game This Weekend? — UC Davis vs. #14 Montana State
Who we’re playing:
We’re playing Montana State, a traditional power among the smaller western programs. Upperclassmen may remember MSU visiting us for Homecoming in 2012, where we played them close despite their status as a top-tier team in the conference. UC Davis is 1-4 (0-2 in conference play), whereas The Montana State Bobcats are 4-2 (2-0 in conference). MSU also made a name for themselves this year by almost upsetting Eastern Washington, who were supposed to be the top team in the conference and maybe entire subdivision.
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Beginner’s Guide to Aggie Home Games
For those students who have never been to a home football game — and judging by our attendance and stadium size, there are a lot of such people — the idea of going to an event as big as a football game without prior experience may be pretty daunting. Many prospective students also assume that a home game is strictly a sporting event that may not be interesting. This post, then, is to serve as an introduction to what a game is like and as an explanation of how games are entertainment and social events in addition to athletic ones.
Wait, We Have a Game this Week? — UCD vs. Eastern Washington
A student-oriented preview of the September 27th matchup between the Eastern Washington Eagles and our own UC Davis Aggies.
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