Yes, they have no direct attachment to the miner except being in Gold Rush land of California. Most teams have a talisman of some kind they have adopted for in game hype or identity, some related to school, some not.

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A quick update on our future opponent. They don't have a stadium plan in place. Now aiming at Railards project w/ USL soccer Sacramento Republic, but only rumor. On campus and at Cal Expo have all fallen through.

They do not have a released FCS independent football schedule yet, a few insiders say 10 games are set, only 5/6 or so public.

Their huge NIL push has gone silent. The President's brother and real estate developer heading it moved their attention to the Rancho Cordova arena project, a suburb of Sac down the freeway.

Their basketball team isn't a complete dumpster this year with Bibby, but no big leap occurred either. They have announced an average 2600 fans in their new home, the converted rec center gym.