Nov. 2, 2006

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OPENING KICKOFF
• UC Davis plays its final three games ever at Toomey Field, beginning with the first of two consecutive games being televised on Comcast SportsNet West. • The Aggies are coming off a heart-breaking 22-21 loss at South Dakota State; a matchup the Jackrabbits won with a 9-yard TD pass on fourth down with 1:08 remaining to cap 15 unanswered points in the second half. • If UC Davis can win at least two of its final three games, it will extend its streak of consecutive winning seasons to 37... Last season, the Aggies needed a win over Northern Colorado in the season finale to keep the streak alive. • The Aggies have won five straight games at Toomey Field, dating back to last season... They've outscored their opponents 27.4-13.6 ppg during the run. • UC Davis is 1-2 in the Great West Football Conference with one game remaining, looking for a win to avoid its first losing league season since an 0-5 mark in 1969 in the Far Western Conference... The Aggies did not have a conference affiliation from 1994-2003. • North Dakota and UC Davis continue a rivalry that began with four matchups in the NCAA Division II Playoffs between 1982-85... The Bison won three of them. • Like the Aggies, NDSU is reclassifying to NCAA Div. I status and is not eligible to be ranked in the Div. I-AA stats... However, like UC Davis, NDSU would be high up in various areas if able to be ranked. • The Bison are No. 1 in rushing defense (56.0), No. 3 in scoring defense (10.1) and No. 5 in total defense (236.2)... The Aggies are No. 7 in passing (266.2), No. 26 in total offense (364.5) and No. 28 in total defense (287.8). • Both teams have played Div. I-A teams this season with the Aggies losing at TCU, and NDSU beating Ball State and nearly pulling off an upset at Minnesota. • North Dakota State represents the fifth ranked opponent for UC Davis this year... The Aggies are 1-3 in their previous four games which all came during a string of five consecutive road games to start the season. • QB Jon Grant moved into the No. 2 all-time position for total offense last weekend, passing QB Kevin Daft (7,697 yds; 1995-98)... Grant now has 7,737 yards (7,467 pass; 270 rush)... QB J.T. O'SULLIVAN (1998-2001) owns both the overall (11,544) and regular-season (8,743) marks. • Grant (7,467) also needs 135 yards to pass Daft for No. 2 on the career passing charts... O'Sullivan is the overall (10,745) and regular-season (8,143) leader for that as well... Grant is No. 2 for yards in a regular season. • WR Tony Kays continues his quest for the Aggies' all-time receptions mark... He has 183 and needs 12 to pass WR CHARLEY ENOS (194, 1998-2001)... WR Michael Oliva (1999-2002) and WR JOHN SHOEMAKER (1999-2002) are tied for No. 2 with 192 career catches. • RB Marcus Nolan has 407 all-purpose yards the last two games after gaining 300 during the first six games... He's averaged 24.5 carries the last two games while amassing 22 receptions for 216 yards. • Nolan is now No. 3 on the team in receptions (37) and receiving yards (317)... He also leads the team in rushing with 390 yards and 4 TD's. • UC Davis finishes its season at home after playing six road games covering nearly 14,000 miles. • The Aggies enter this weekend having been held to less than 20 points in a game just twice.

WHAT'S IN A NAME
• With the transition to Division I comes more attention from national media and, as a result, more media outlets referring to UC Davis in a number of different manners.Simply, the university is either "UC Davis" or "University of California, Davis". • Incorrect references we have seen in media outlets: California-Davis, Cal-Davis, U.C. Davis, Cal St. Davis, Davis State and U.C.-Davis... A new one spotted last season was U-C Davis... An new moniker noticed on a luggage tag last week at Montana State was "U-C David"... Wow. • The Aggies thank you for helping them make a new name for themselves on the field only.

ALL-TIME SERIES
• UC Davis and North Dakota State are tied 4-4 in their all-time series. • The teams played four times between 1982-85, all in the Div. II Playoffs, and have resumed their series with games the last four years. • The Bison won three of the meetings in the 1980's while the Aggies have won three times in the 21st century... NDSU, however, won in its last visit to Toomey Field in 2004, 25-7. • Last season, QB Jon Grant scored on runs of 1 and a career-long 30 yards in the third quarter as UC Davis took a 17-0 lead into the fourth quarter on its way to a 20-14 win. • The Aggies held the Bison to just three rushing yards on 23 carries... NDSU QB STEVE WALKER threw for 292 yards.

HEAD COACHES
• Bob Biggs (UC Davis `73) is in his 14th season at the helm of the Aggies and his 29th with the program overall. • He owns a 112-47-1 (.703) overall record and is 58-16-1 (.780) at home, 34-13 (.723) in November and entered the year 33-14 (.702) against opponents on the 2006 schedule.., Biggs is 2-2 against North Dakota State. • Biggs is the second-winningest coach in the history of the UC Davis program. • CRAIG BOHL (Nebraska `82) is 30-11 and in his fourth year at North Dakota State... He has led the Bison to winning seasons in each of his previous three seasons. • Bohl was previously an assistant coach at Nebraska as well as Tulsa, Wisconsin, Rice and Duke. • He is 1-2 against UC Davis.

BRIEF BISON SCOUTING REPORT
• North Dakota State opened the season with six straight games before dropping at 10-9 decision at (I-A) Minnesota, a game the Golden Golphers won after blocking a last-second field goal attempt. • The Bison are among the top 10 teams in seven NCAA I-AA stat categories: rushing defense (1), scoring defense (3), net punting (4), total defense (5), kickoff returns (6), 3rd-down conversions (7) and scoring offense (9). • RB KYLE STEFFES is averaging 114.6 rushing ypg., and with 917 yards is on pace for his third consecutive 1,000-yard season.... He's scored 40 career touchdowns. • QB STEVE WALKER has thrown for 1,648 yards (206.0 ypg) and 10 TD's, including 451 yards at Ball State on Sept. 23... He's thrown just three interceptions in 215 attempts. • WR KOLE HECKENDORF has 38 catches for 525 yards to lead the Bison, one of three players with at least 20 catches... WR TRAVIS WHITE has 30 receptions. • NDSU is averaging 390.2 ypg. of total offense, including 180.5 ypg on the ground.... The Bison are also scoring at a 31.8 ppg. clip. • Defensively, NDSU is giving up just 10.1 ppg, 56.0 rushing ypg. and 236.2 total ypg. • Opponents are converting just 29% of their third-down attempts against the Bison. • LB RAMON HUMBER has 48 tackles to lead the defense, one of four Bison with at least 43... The group includes SS CRAIG DAHL (45), LB JOE MAYS (45) and LB MIKE MARESH (43). • NDSU has 23 sacks, including 6.0 by DE BRIAN DAHL and 3.0 for DE ALEX KINGSLEY. • FS NICK SCHOMMER has three interceptions for 80 yards in returns, including a touchdown.

NOTES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
• K Emmanuel Benjamin did not kick a field goal for the first time in a game this season, snapping his streak of eight straight games dating back to last season. •The Aggies had a field goal blocked for the second straight game. • UC Davis had a season-long 19-play drive to open the game, consuming a season-long 9:30 of the clock.... Its previous longs for both came against Southern Utah when the Aggies went 16 plays (78 yards) in 7:13 for a field goal in the first quarter. • The Aggies gained 89 rushing yards, marking the third time in the past four games they have been held under 100. • UC Davis ran more running than passing plays (31-29), the second straight game it has done so... It has not done that any other time this season. •The 210 passing yards were a season-low but the 23 completions are the fifth time QB Jon Grant has thrown at least that many. • Grant also extended his streak of passes without an interception to 92. • UC Davis had just one turnover for the fourth straight game... The Aggies are +5 in turnovers this season. (16-11). • South Dakota's 6.0 yards/play was the second-best avg. for an opponent (6.1; TCU, Youngstown St.) • Nolan's 10 catches give him 22 for his last two games while his 145 yards are a career-high. • UC Davis failed to reach 300 yards of total offense for just the third time this year while the Jackrabbits' 405 yards are second-most to TCU's 461. • Was 1 for 2 on fourth down and is 5 for 6 in its last three games... The Aggies have attempted at least two fourth downs in every game except TCU and Montana State (1 each.) • UC Davis scored touchdowns on three of its first four drives. • After a game-opening 19-play drive and a 9-play set in the second quarter, the Aggies didn't have a drive longer than six plays the rest of the game. • OT Elliot Vallejo caught a pass for minus-7 yards that had deflected off the helmet of DB JIMMY ROGERS. • FS Jonathan Barsi's interception was his second of the season, tying him with CB Adam Cook and CB Nevan Bergan for the team lead. • SDSU QB ANDY KARDOES had an opponent game-high 278 passing yards... The Jackrabbits' 23 completions, 36 attempts and 2 TD's tied for the best for an opponent in 2006. • SDSU's 12 points in the fourth quarter were the most for an opponent this season in that period. • UC Davis was shut out in a half for the first time this season... It was the first time the Aggies have not scored in a half since the first half at Eastern Washington (game 9) last year and the first time they've been blanked in the second since Stephen F. Austin (game 10), also in 2005. • The length of the game was 3:04, just the second Aggie game this season to surpass the 3-hour barrier under the new NCAA rules.

THIRD DOWN SUCCESS TOUGHER RECENTLY
• UC Davis enjoyed solid success on third down in 2005, converting 43.6 percent (87 of 201) of their attempts. • 2006 started off much the same with the Aggies converting at a 55.0 percent (33 of 60) clip over the first four games. • The last four games, however, have been tougher for UC Davis which is at 34.5 percent (20 of 58) since then, including 3 of 14 against Central Arkansas and 3 of 11 at South Dakota State. • For the season, UC Davis is 44.9 percent (53 of 118), still good enough 20th in Div. I-AA.

TRENDS AND NUMBERS AND STUFF
• UC Davis has run more rushing plays than passing plays the last two games, the only two times it's happened this year... The Aggies have twice run equal amounts (UNC, TCU). • UC Davis has held distinct time of possession advantages of 12:22 (UCA) and 15:22 (SUU) in its only two home games but has not had the ball more than its opponents in the last two road games. (-5:04, CP; -1:12, SDSU). • Only two opponents (TCU, SDSU) have gained more first downs and run more plays than the Aggies. • QB Jon Grant has gone five games without an interception and hasn't thrown one since the loss at Cal Poly. • The Aggies have gone for it on fourth down two times in its last five games and is 7 of 10 during that span... For the season, they're 8 of 14... Opponents are 5 of 7. • UC Davis has held a scoring advantage in each quarter overall with the second quarter being the best for the Aggies... They've outscored opponents 79-37 in that period. • UC Davis is 24 of 27 percent (88.9%) in the red-zone (compared to opponents' 18 of 21 for 85.7%)... The Aggies have scored 62 points in the red-zone the last three games, going 10 of 12 during that span.

AGGIES SAW A LOT OF AMERICA TO START `06
• UC Davis started the season with five straight games for the first time ever... (The schedule was set up with home games later in the slate in the hopes UC Davis would be able to play in its new stadium. Due to construction delays, that will not happen this year). • The Aggies traveled 10,968 roundtrip miles during their first five games: Northern Colorado (1,832); TCU (2,850); Montana State (1,472); Youngstown State (4,346) and Cal Poly (468). • Mix in a 2,770-mile roundtrip to South Dakota State last week and the Aggies covered 13,738 miles for 2006. • The 2006 schedule also had UC Davis playing road games in each of the Pacific (Cal Poly), Mountain (MSU, UNC), Central (TCU, SDSU) and Eastern timezones (YSU).

36-YEAR WINNING STREAK
• The Aggies entered the season with 36 consecutive winning seasons, the longest active streak of any non-Division III school in the country. • UC Davis has not had a losing record since a 3-7 mark in 1969. • The streak has been in jeopardy heading into the final game of the season five times, but last year marked the first time the Aggies entered the season-finale with a .500 record and needed a victory to secure the winning record. • Former coach JIM SOCHOR (1970-88) started the streak, it was continued by BOB FOSTER (1989-92) and has been extended by Bob Biggs (1993-present). • UC Davis is 298-99-7 (.746) during the streak.

OTHER STREAKS OF NOTE
• The Aggies' 36 straight winning seasons are synonymous with its football program, however, two other streaks are also intact in 2006. • UC Davis has scored in 186 consecutive games... The last shutout was a 19-0 defeat to Cal Poly in 1990. • The Aggies have not had less than 200 yards in total offense since a 30-12 loss to Nevada in 1969, a span that now stands at 407 games... UC Davis had 130 in that game.

STRONG CONFERENCE HISTORY
• The Aggies' co-championship in the Great West Football Conference last season was their first league title since 1993... UC Davis was not affliliated from 1994-2003. • UC Davis has won at least a share of a championship during 23 of its last 25 years of conference affiliation... The other two times it was second. • Included in that run is a 20-year streak from 1971-1990 of at least a share of a conference title. • Conference affiliation (1971-81, Far Western Conference; 1982-92, Northern California Athletic Conference; American West Conference, 1993; 2004-present, GWFC).

2006 SQUAD FEATURES 10 ALL-GWFC PLAYERS
• UC Davis returned 10 players who earned recognition on the All-Great West Football Conference teams last year, including six on the first team, three on the second and one honorable mention. • Grant and Kays were named to the first team on offense with Grant also earning Co-Offensive Player of the Year accolades (with James Noble of Cal Poly). • DE James Amos, DT John Faletoese, DE Mike Ng and FS Jonathan Barsi were named to the first-team defense. • OT Elliot Vallejo and CB Nevan Bergan were voted to the second-team along with PK Emmanuel Benjamin. • CB Adam Cook was selected honorable mention.

PRESEASON AND IN-SEASON HONORS PARADE
• WR Tony Kays earned a pair of preseason second-team All-America honors by The Sports Network, Don Hansen's Football Gazette and by I-AA.org. • QB Jon Grant was named a preseason second-team All-America by I-AA.org and a third-team by Don Hansen's Football Gazette. • Grant was also named to the 16-player "watch list" for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top player in Div. I-AA. • CB Nevan Bergan was named a preseason second-team All-America by Don Hansen's Football Gazette. • Four Aggies received mention by Matt Dougherty, Executive Director of I-AA Football for The Sports Network, as being among the top returning players at their positions... Those players are Kays (No. 3, wide receivers), Grant (No. 4, quarterbacks), Bergan (No. 8; cornerbacks) and John Faletoese (No. 9, defensive tackles). • DE Mike Ng was named the GWFC Defensive Player of the Week after three sacks against Northern Colorado... He was also named National Player of the Week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette. • QB Jon Grant was named the GWFC Offensive Co-Player of the Week and the Offensive Co-Player of the week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette after his performance against Montana State. • WR CHRIS CARTER was named the GWFC Offensive Player of the Week after 7 catches for 127 yards and 2 TD's against Central Arkansas.

KAYS JUST 13 RECEPTIONS AWAY FROM MARK
• WR Tony Kays suffered an ankle injury against Northern Colorado which sidelined him for most of the game and was hampered still against TCU... However he returned to form with a 10 rec., 143-yard performance with 3 TD's against Montana State. • He added 6 catches for 111 yards against Cal Poly, giving him 10 career games with at least 100 receiving yards... He also has six career games with at least 10 catches. • He is No. 4 with 180 career receptions... His 2,410 career receiving yards are No. 5 on the all-time list... He is 512 yards away from moving into the No. 4 position. • He needs just 13 catches to pass CHARLEY ENOS (1998-2001) for the all-time lead... Enos had 194. • After catching just 3 TD's last year, Kays has SEVEN in his last SIX games... He scored in four straight games this season for the first time in his career, surpassing a series of games against Northern Colorado, Western Oregon and Stephen F. Austin in 2004 when he scored a touchdown. • His 93 total catches in 2005 broke the previous school record of 75 by Michael Oliva (2001) for an overall season and 55 for a regular season by Charley Enos (2000). • The 93 were also most among Div. I-AA receivers. • His 1,213 yards last year are most for a regular season at UC Davis. • Kays tied the school record for single-game catches with 12 in the opener against New Hampshire and then broke it with 15 a week later against Portland State. • He had six games with at least 115 receiving yards, including 212 (on 13 receptions) versus Cal Poly. • Kays was named All-American by Associated Press (2nd), The Sports Network (3rd) and Don Hansen's Football Gazette (2nd). • He left the UNC game without a catch in this year's opener, ending a streak of 19 straight games with at least one grab... Kays only has gone catchless just four times in 33 career games. • Kays was especially prolific against Cal Poly, ending his career with 439 receiving yards against the Mustangs in three games.

GRANT CONTINUES CLIMB UP ALL-TIME LISTS
• QB Jon Grant is the Aggies' first three-year starter since J.T. O'SULLIVAN (1999-2001) and only the third - along with former New York Jets QB KEN O'BRIEN (1980-82) - in the past 25 years. • His 324-yard performance at Montana State only enhanced an already outstanding Aggie career. • He now has seven career 300-yard efforts with a career-best 393 at Cal Poly in `04... Grant has 700 yds vs. Poly in `05 & `06... Grant nearly had another 300-yard game, just missing with 291 vs. Central Arkansas. • His 5 TD strikes against Montana State surpassed his previous career-best of four against South Dakota State in 2004 and are one off the school record. • Statistically, he ranks in the top 10 nationally for total passing yards (5th), passing yards per game (5th), total offense (8th) and completions per game (5th)... Grant is also T15th for `points-responsible-for. • His 28 completions against Youngstown State were a season-high and the second-most of his career. • Grant had four 300-yard passing games last season, including 373 at Stephen F. Austin... He had 307 a week earlier against Cal Poly. • Grant also rushed for a team-high six touchdowns in 2005, and has two more so far this season. • His 23.55 completions/game last year would've ranked No. 8 nationally, his passing yards (261.2) would've been 14th and his total offense (273.3) 16th. • He is a two-time first-team All-GWFC quarterback is No. 3 on the career passing yards chart at UC Davis with 7,467.

OFFENSIVE LINE CONTINUITY IS A PLUS
• Five players who started last season return for the Aggies in 2006 as the team looks to improve its rushing average of 99.5 ypg. • LT Kyle Skierski and RT Elliot Vallejo anchor the line from the outside, each having started the past 29 games.. Skierski split time between guard and tackle, playing the last five at the latter. • C Timothy Keane enters the season having started all of last season and is working on 18 straight starts. • RG Jonathan Compas started the first six games of last season before being sidelined by injury while LG MARIO GONZALES started the last five games of the year. • The group is playing well again 2006, having allowed just nine sacks in 302 passing plays.

LEADING RUSHER IN `05 REDSHIRTING IN `06
• RB Nelson Doris, who led the Aggies in rushing last year with 328 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns in the upset of Stanford, is redshirting this season while continuing to recover from a foot injury. • RB Marcus Nolan returned this year after missing most of last season with a knee injury... He takes over the top spot on the depth chart after a knee injury to RB Alex Garfio against Central Arkansas. • Nolan had a career-high 134 rushing yard (on 29 carries) and a career-best 12 catches for 71 yards against Central Arkansas, following with 202 all-purpose yards (including 10 catches for 145 yards) at South Dakota State. • His recent receptions pushed him to No. 3 on the Aggies' season list.

CAREER STAT UPDATES
• Aggies making their way up the career charts: • QB Jon Grant is No. 2 in passing yardage (7,467), having moved passed FIVE other Aggie QB's already this season... He's become the third QB in Aggie history to surpass 7,000 career yards. • Grant is No. 2 in total offense (7,737 yards) having passed QB Kevin Daft (1995-98) at SDSU.. Grant is also No. 2 in attempts (1,041) and 30 tries from becoming No. 1, and is No. 3 in completions (621), 49 from assuming that top spot. • WR Tony Kays has 182 career catches and is No. 4... He needs 13 to break CHARLEY ENOS' (1998-2001) mark of 194. • Kays is No. 6 with 2,410 career yards and is the sixth receiver in school history with 2,000 career yards. • CB Nevan Bergan is tied for No. 5 with 10 career interceptions... ADAM WILLIAMS (1972-73, `75) is No. 1 with 15 career picks. • PK Emmanuel Benjamin is 5th in career field goals (24) and is No. 5 in PAT's (79)... He is No. 6 in field goal attempts (40) and No. 5 in PAT tries (83).

SHARING A NAME
• It's not unsual for teams to have players with the same last name, many times the players being brothers... But UC Davis has two players named Chris Carter... And, no, it's not a George Foreman thing where the two are brothers but have the same name. • Chris L. Carter and Chris J. Carter are both active players on this year's team... The former is a WR this season while the latter is a LB... Both are making contributions and while the stat sheet lists their middle initials to help the computer stat program from getting a short circuit, media can drop the middle initials when referring to either player. • For the record, UC Davis has three players with the last name of "Brown", two with "Grant", two with "Cook", two with "Doris" and two with "Rice". • Only the two Doris's are related... The others have no relation. • There is one Faletoese.

AGGIES ELECT TEAM CAPTAINS
• UC Davis players vote for their team captains at the conclusion of the previous season. • The 2006 captains are QB Jon Grant, WR Tony Kays, DE James Amos and CB Nevan Bergan. • Kays is a captain for the second straight year.

AGGIES STAFF ARE NO STRANGERS
• A key to any successful football program is a continuity in the coaching staff... UC Davis has that one nailed. • Five members of the staff enter the season with a combined 128 "coaching years" after having been together as a quintet the past 17 years. • Bob Biggs (28 years total, 13 as head coach); Assistant head coach Fred Arp (39 years); defensive coordinator LOU BRONZAN (22 years); offensive coordinator Mike Moroski (18 years) and running backs/special teams coach Greg Chapla (17 years). • For good measure, they're all graduates of UC Davis. • Arp coached his 400th career game last season.

NEW STADIUM ON THE WAY
• UC Davis will play its final season this year at venerable Toomey Field - its home since 1949 -before moving into new digs across campus at its new stadium currently being constructed. • The 10,000-12,000-seat stadium sits below grade and is expected to be ready for occupancy in early 2007... The UC Davis women's lacrosse team will be the first Aggie team to compete in the stadium. • The stadium is being constructed on a 27-acre area known as "The Triangle" on the west side of campus... It was approved by students as part of the Facilities and Campus Enhancement Initiative (FACE) in 1999. • The first phase of construction also includes lockerrooms, a press box, a scoreboard with video display board, and another amenities. • The goal posts have been placed and the artificial turf has been put in. • The stadium has yet to be named but as the bumper stickers say, "Ask me how!"

FAREWELL TO TOOMEY
• UC Davis is playing its final season in Toomey Field after calling the venerable stadium "home" since playing its first game there at the end of the 1949 season. • UC Davis has compiled a 190-85-7 (.686) record at Toomey Field during that time. • The Aggies have enjoyed 14 undefeated home seasons, most recently in 2002 when it went 4-0. • UC Davis has a 10-11 record in NCAA Division II playoff games at Toomey Field. • Toomey Field is named after Irving F. "Crip" Toomey, a coach, athletic adminstrator and teacher from 1928-61.

AGGIES IN THE PROS
• There are three former UC Davis players were on preseason NFL training camp rosters, with two of them earning spots this year on NFL rosters. • OT Cory Lekkerkerker (2003-04) started the 2006 season as a backup tackle with the San Diego Chargers. • TE Daniel Fells (2002-05) is with the Atlanta Falcons... He and Lekkerkerker were free agent signees out of UC Davis a year apart. • QB J.T. O'SULLIVAN (1998-2001), the all-time passing leader at UC Davis, played with the Minnesota Vikings during the preseason but was waived... He signed with New England's practice squad earlier this year but has since been released... He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round in 2002. • Cory's brother, Brad, retired this summer from the Oakland Raiders after spending time on their practice squad. • Former QB's KHARI JONES (1991-93) and MARK GRIEB (1994-96) have been standouts in the Canadian Football League and Arena Football League, respectively, and are former league MVP's.

AGGIE COACHING TREE INCLUDES BIG NAMES
• Besides becoming the all-time winningest coach at UC Davis, former mentor JIM SOCHOR has several former players and assistants who have gone to college or pro coaching careers, including: - MIKE BELLOTTI (Oregon, head coach), who played for Sochor in 1969-72 and was a subsequent assistant coach. - BOB FOSTER (California, LB coach) was an assistant coach under Sochor before taking over as head coach from 1989-92... He later was an assistant at Oregon with Bellotti, assisted Hawkins when he was at Willamette (Ore.) and is now with Cal. - PAUL HACKETT (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, QB coach), who played from 1966-68, and was an assistant at UC Davis as well a head coach at USC, Pittsburgh and an assistant with the New York Jets... His son, Nathaniel, played for UC Davis from 1999-2002 and is also on the statf at Tampa Bay. - DAN HAWKINS (Colorado, head coach), who played for the Aggies in 1981-82 and was later an assistant... He went to Colorado from Boise State this year. - CHRIS PETERSEN (Boise State, head coach), who played for UC Davis in 1985-86 and was also an assistant.