damn that was a lot of holding during the OL/DL drills with even more during the WR/DB drills, did u see how many yellow hankies came out?

haha ursine, ur 100% rite, that's a lotta yellow flags (actually rolled up golden bears t-shirts) thrown by the refs (the non certified uber amped up law firm of brown, watson, brown & drayden)

We need to see Wychoff and Miller with the ones. Unfortunately it is obvious we need some changes. I can't stand to watch the same 5 for another year.

nah Israel Adesanya out of pocket for this 💀 pic.twitter.com/9HqkBXHiyW

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) April 9, 2023

golfcoursegardenerbear, 100% ^ that the bears gotta get better on the o-line during the upcoming season, last year's **** cannot be repeated once again for a 7th year in a row during the wilcox era of coaching mismanagement of the offense...hiring a burned out grandpa friend greatwoood who had zero interest in calling recruits on his flip phone & then hiring the technically incompetent angus who wuz commuting to reno half the time has flattened the trajectory of the cal football program

the reality is that coach bloesch coupled with mike saffell are now turning things around which will be obvious to all the true california golden bears fans that make the roadtrip with zonybear & shocky to steamy azz denton on september 2nd

last season's cal's monster offensive line starting 5 don't exist no more...cindo is finally healthy, sioape is in shape/won't take plays off any more, tj has made the adjustment from montana state, brian's attitude has moved from la jolla to national city (shocky's curvy brunette yoga female gf at cal wuz from nc, chica muy caliente y loca tambien es bueno) & brayden got more weight (hopefully his crazy fast metabolism will allow him to retain that weight during the long season)

and now the bears really got impact 7 starters with texas a&m stud matthew wykoff who is further along right now than stanford mechanical engineering grad barrett miller who retired from football last spring to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee but is fully healthy now in berkeley

yeah the world is changing but football games r still won by those that impose their will as non candy azz soft trench workers

shut the **** up, shocky

pound for ground (r u gonna ride with us?)#

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nah Israel Adesanya out of pocket for this 💀 pic.twitter.com/9HqkBXHiyW

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) April 9, 2023

golfcoursegardenerbear, 100% ^ that the bears gotta get better on the o-line during the upcoming season, last year's **** cannot be repeated once again for a 7th year in a row during the wilcox era of coaching mismanagement of the offense...hiring a burned out grandpa friend greatwoood who had zero interest in calling recruits on his flip phone & then hiring the technically incompetent angus who wuz commuting to reno half the time has flattened the trajectory of the cal football program

the reality is that coach bloesch coupled with mike saffell are now turning things around which will be obvious to all the true california golden bears fans that make the roadtrip with zonybear & shocky to steamy azz denton on september 2nd

last season's cal's monster offensive line starting 5 don't exist no more...cindo is finally healthy, sioape is in shape/won't take plays off any more, tj has made the adjustment from montana state, brian's attitude has moved from la jolla to national city (shocky's curvy brunette yoga female gf at cal wuz from nc, chica muy caliente y loca tambien es bueno) & brayden got more weight (hopefully his crazy fast metabolism will allow him to retain that weight during the long season)

and now the bears really got impact 7 starters with texas a&m stud matthew wykoff who is further along right now than stanford mechanical engineering grad barrett miller who retired from football last spring to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee but is fully healthy now in berkeley

yeah the world is changing but football games r still won by those that impose their will as non candy azz soft trench workers

shut the **** up, shocky

pound for ground (r u gonna ride with us?)#

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I don't know much about what goes on in the amateur coaching ranks these days but a new acquaintance of mine coaches high school baseball. He tells me that not much coaching goes on in highschool because every kid has a private coach. He works at a very well to do school in SF. My son's old DLS JV coach had taken DLS varsity to numerous NCS and state titles. He was not a good coach but he was a climber/self promoting schmoozer. Like it or not, the world has changed and you better get out and sell your program...or not (and retire). We'll see if Wilcox has made the transition or needs to be replaced. You could obviously see Fox would not make the change.

Better everyday. #GoBears pic.twitter.com/Gj7DFBQNdQ

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) August 6, 2023

jared goff is a stinson beach high school loser (100% completion rate by the qbs in this hype videooo)#

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82, ima supporter of justin wilcox as the head coach of the california golden bear football program...100%

yeah there's been mistakes made (starting dario longhetto over michael luckhurst wuz a major factor in the bears losing/getting out kicked on field goals in both boulder & south bend in 2022) during the last 6 years mostly involving his hiring of ineffectual offensive coaches but he's got the right team assembled now with spav & company for the 2023 season...and justin's successfully adapted/transitioned to the new realities of recruiting in the transfer portal

coach wilcox is under contract thru the 2027 season for an average of $4,750,000 annually, curious where u think any money would come from for the buyout ur suggesting in order for him to be "replaced?"

honestly don't see any comparison between fox & wilcox but that's just the monster's take...if u see darkness just look away

nordstroms got good skin care products#

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I hardly follow sports. Actually, these human dramas (eg. whether a good coach needs to be replaced with a marketer) are more interesting to me than the actual sport. I'm 64, I've seen enough sports and followed them closely enough for a couple of lifetimes.
And I must have struck a nerve with my BIL's success story. My only point was that your college choice is just a small piece of your overall life's success journey. There is more than one road to Dublin. If I'm selling a recruit on Cal of course I'd mention how great Cal is and can easily make that case against a school like WSU. But speaking as a old man who's raised kids of course I'm not going to criticize someone who went somewhere else and tell them they are doomed to be a loser.

Sources: In the next 24 hours, there’s two calls for the ACC to vet and have early exploratory discussions on the potential addition of Cal and Stanford. One is for ACC athletic directors and the other for the league's presidents and chancellors.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 7, 2023

at this moment in time the acc is the best potential option for cal

Cal sitting on a 6-hour flight to Florida to go play FSU in the middle of the season pic.twitter.com/bhvfZ5od1y

— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) August 7, 2023

life is not linear (**** changes, gotta b mentally flexible)#

Slingers Slangin’ 🎯#GoBears pic.twitter.com/EyWVCINq1n

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) August 6, 2023

bottari got good hair#

Here’s the latest on conference realignment w/@DalenCuff on @SportsCenter. pic.twitter.com/NXlSROJHn0

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 7, 2023

exploratory talks#

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Here’s the latest on conference realignment w/@DalenCuff on @SportsCenter. pic.twitter.com/NXlSROJHn0

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 7, 2023

exploratory talks#

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Postulations from BI are more accurate and entertaining at this point. The media are the enemy anyway.

https://instagr.am/p/Cp0qJiZAHYY
b&g, the kinda nerdy pete thamel is a legit journalist & don't make stuff up like a lotta the endeavor public relations machine & it's been confirmed that cal is in discussions with the acc

yeah shocky wuz kinda disappointed when shay picked the university of denver law program over the miami law school near south beach, gonna take my kids & their significant others to miami around xmas on the way to the bahamas to swim with the piggys (bacon is for losers) in the atlantic ocean



perfect day: a brisk morning walking round at seminole (the ross masterpiece restored by my only idol bill coore) followed by a california golden bears azz kicking vs the miami hurricanes afternoon kickoff in the everglades and then a late nite dinner at sexy fish (clothing is for losers) on lively brickell avenue is way more fun than a roadtrip to the palouse (which don't even got a nordstroms, can u believe that ****?)

gotta talk to fernando but why do the cuban gentlemen in biscayne bay sleep all day?...don't they got yoga/meditation classes or wanna check out the new arrivals at vilebrequin at the open air bal harbour shops or something?



the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (and the acc)
https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

my golf buddy/doggy donor mr silverleaf sun angel (whose predictions have been 100% on the money & more accurate than anything on this or other fan sites) tole me this evening that he thinks now with all the logistical/expense issues with conferences with member schools further afar that there will be a movement for schools to form regional conferences for non revenue sports

so all the knowlton excuses the last few months about why ucla's student athletes will suffer in the big 10 with the weekly travel is yet another example of him not really understanding the changing world of college sports

let's be real here, nobody is gonna miss traveling to tuscon anymore...tuscon is a dump & the donut boy of tuscon already cherrypicked out all the tasty ones with fuchsia sprinkles

cal's monster offensive line update: practice 5

insightful interview with texas a&m transfer matthew wykoff, he indicates he's getting more reps at guard this fall & that he can also swing out to tackle too if necessary...love hearing the props to spav, coach bloesch & coach saffell

coach bloesch intends to lean heavily on a starting 5 with a nfl depth model of probably 7-8 trench workers

u can tell wykoff is all biz & 100% focused on football, this is a young man who know what he wants to accomplish in life...and with a 3.75 hs gpa he's got the brains to accomplish all his dreams in building generational wealth both on the field & in berkeley's classrooms, matthew is not a dumb azz (just ask avery)

ground the pound#

cal fall camp practice #5 update:

at the 1 minute 7 second mark notice the mobility & relatively small right leg brace for BRETT JOHNSON

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cal's monster offensive line fall camp practice #1 update:

1st day out depth chart (will change during fall camp):

left tackle: brayden rohme, everett johnson, barrett miller
left guard: brian driscoll, matthew wykoff, joshua stovall
center: matthew cindric, bastian swinney, dashaun harris
right guard: sioape vatikani, trent ramsey, dylan jemtegaard
right tackle: tj session, ender aguilar, martin tine

monster odds & ends: great news that bastian is healthy for fall camp & competing at center (at 6'6" that's a lotta flex to snap to a 5'11" qb)...legit 6'6" 310 lbs martin tine is in berkeley & not outta shape which historically is an issue for jc lineman making the transition, kudos to martin...barrett miller started primarily at guard for the cards, now competing at left tackle for the bears after recovering from a physical issue this summer...current starting 5 guys is the same 5 guys that started during spring ball (but without the salty as **** fries & tasty chocolate shakes)

Even the best doggos deserve a treat! (📸: londonthebiewer | Instagram) pic.twitter.com/lkwxTEnH90

— Five Guys (@FiveGuys) October 19, 2022

1st day out in berkeley (on 10 paws we stood tall)#

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cal's monster offensive line update: practice #5 depth chart

barrett miller & nick morrow moving up & everett johnson moving inside...once again, coach bloesch intends to lean heavily on a starting 5 with a nfl depth model of probably 7-8 trench workers in the rotation

left tackle: brayden rohme, barrett miller, nick morrow
left guard: brian driscoll, matthew wykoff, everett johnson
center: matthew cindric, bastian swinney, dashaun harris
right guard: sioape vatikani, trent ramsey, dylan jemtegaard
right tackle: tj session, ender aguilar, martin tine

ground the pound#

BRETT JOHNSON is not human! He looks huge and mobile

Juwan Mitchell college timeline:

March 2019- Commits to Minnesota
May 2019- Decommits from Minnesota
May 2019- Commits to Texas
February 2020- Enters portal
February 2020- Withdraws from portal
March 2021- Enters portal again
May 2021- Transfers to Tennessee
January 2023-… https://t.co/uGOeFotH39

— HornSports (@HornSports) August 7, 2023

cal's 2nd pac 12 game of the 2023 season & home opener on september 30th just got easier with the asu dismissal of starting linebacker (depth at the backer position wuz already questionable) juwan mitchell who went vontaze burfict on his teammates in practice last friday

forks up#

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne has published a paper demonstrating that the travel distance from Stanford and Cal to the ACC isn’t that bad. pic.twitter.com/AgBmUqM22l

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 8, 2023

major monster conference realignment news:

the acc and cal/stanford discussions are focusing on the inclusion of football & basketball and the rest of the bears & cards non revenue sports joining the wcc (west coast conference)

pepperdine won the men's golf championship playing out of the wcc...of course taking recruits to shocky's favorite restaurant in the world nobu malibu kinda sells itself

https://instagr.am/p/CLKeTt5B-mH
the sofa king#

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Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne has published a paper demonstrating that the travel distance from Stanford and Cal to the ACC isn’t that bad. pic.twitter.com/AgBmUqM22l

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) August 8, 2023

major conference realignment news:

the acc and cal/stanford discussions are focusing on the inclusion of football & basketball and the rest of the bears & cards non revenue sports joining the wcc (west coast conference)

pepperdine won men's golf championship playing out of the wcc...of course taking recruits to shocky's favorite restaurant in the world nobu malibu kinda sells itself

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Is that even possible? Thought it was football only or all in per ncaa.

https://instagr.am/p/Cri8v-BpKrA
soheezy, the acc athletic directors via the acc presidents have made it clear in discussions that it is not financially feasible to send non revenue sport teams to the left coast to play cal & stanford

there is no potential for a deal without this provision for the bears & cards non rev teams joining the west coast conference...zero chance, this is a non negotiable point

always fun to visit malibu & go drag racing thru the canyons, no point in spinning out about things that haven't happened yet...breathing in & out

https://instagr.am/p/CuHW8EBsCbX
saw oliva at nooner modern yoga, to my credit (and remarkable self restraint/highly disciplined social filter) did not ask her after class if she's happy to not have to wake up at 4:00 am anymore & if she's instead now doing mid morning tequila binges in a ripped ucla t-shirt & stumbling into bookcases & ****



shocky is a good boy (such a good boy, tummy rub....ruf ruf rrrrrrrr)#

https://instagr.am/p/Ckq7PCfPEyb
major monster conference realignment news:

the acc athletic directors & presidents are expected to make final decisions by the end of this week re: cal & stanford (most likely as a package deal but not 100% indivisible with the bears getting kicked to the curb) potentially receiving invitations at significantly less full shares & with the understanding that all non revenue sports (other than football and men's/women's basketball) would join the west coast conference...there are confirmed votes in favor of the west coast elite academic institutions but unclear if the 12 out of 15 necessary votes will be there at the acc rose ceremony

the 9 current in the west coast conference are as follows (note there are 10 lady hoopers in the above foto, byu now in the big 12), cal & stanford would be welcomed with open arms in the fantasy suites:

*****gonzaga
*****portland
*****san francisco
*****st marys
*****santa clara
*****pacific
*****loyola marymount
*****pepperdine
*****san diego

if the acc/wcc deal gets done, u can fully expect usc & ucla to also join the wcc for a majority of their non revenue sports

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https://instagr.am/p/Ckq7PCfPEyb
major monster conference realignment news:

the acc athletic directors & presidents are expected to make final decisions by the end of this week re: cal & stanford (most likely as a package deal but not 100% indivisible with the bears getting kicked to the curb) potentially receiving invitations at significantly less full shares & with the understanding that all non revenue sports (other than football and men's/women's basketball) would join the west coast conference...there are confirmed votes in favor of the west coast elite academic institutions but unclear if the 12 out of 15 necessary votes will be there at the acc rose ceremony

the 9 current in the west coast conference are as follows (note there are 10 lady hoopers in the above foto, byu now in the big 12), cal & stanford would be welcomed with open arms in the fantasy suites:

*****gonzaga
*****portland
*****san francisco
*****st marys
*****santa clara
*****pacific
*****loyola marymount
*****pepperdine
*****san diego

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For the non-revenue sports the Big West is a good fit and better travel;
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
Cal Poly
Cal State Bakersfield
Cal State Fullerton
CSUN
HAwaii

All travel to sunny places in California with one trip a year to Hawaii. Major budget savings. Big publics like Cal vs small privates.

But agreed, in any case we need a more local conference for the non-revenue sports. WCC has more Bay Area and PNW teams. Big West is more in SoCal.

Hmm, what if Cal, Stanford, UCLA, UW and Oregon all join the WCC?

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https://instagr.am/p/Ct4gSDCrRjs
ima gonna start participating in polls & filling out surveys on a go forward basis, here's a sample letter that will be very useful to the individual being evaluated:

dear yoga teacher,

how r u?

ima fine

i enjoy hearing you speak about ur life philosophies & also staring at your butt when ur not looking

shocky

p.s. it's not my fault i got kinda t-rex arms & can't do handstands or a lotta of the other **** ur teaching

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In light of the immolation of the Pac-12, what is your hope for the future of Cal Athletics?
Do or die trying to get into another P5 conference
Independent
A new P-12 inclusive of better MWC schools
Join the MWC
Leave behind D1 Athletics altogether

wow, not sure what is more clueless, the above current poll (which does not include the monster option of an acc/wcc potential future) or the failure to share the results & write an editorial piece re: knowlton in the last poll

don't be a dumb azz#

I wonder what the academic requirements would be for athletes? Could be hard to recruit....

joining the ivy league would be the perfect solution for knowlton who lives almost most of the year in colorado springs as an absentee bureaucrat, cal & air force joining the ivy league would allow him to almost exclusively focus on flipping homes with his kids & the colorado springs senior all star hockey season/playoffs

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if the acc/wcc deal gets done, u can fully expect usc & ucla to also join the wcc for a majority of their non revenue sports

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Maybe. But the B1G likely wants volleyball to remain. It is a big deal in the B1G. And USC and UCLA are strong in volleyball.

calumnus said:

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Shocky1 said:

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https://instagr.am/p/Ckq7PCfPEyb
major monster conference realignment news:

the acc athletic directors & presidents are expected to make final decisions by the end of this week re: cal & stanford (most likely as a package deal but not 100% indivisible with the bears getting kicked to the curb) potentially receiving invitations at significantly less full shares & with the understanding that all non revenue sports (other than football and men's/women's basketball) would join the west coast conference...there are confirmed votes in favor of the west coast elite academic institutions but unclear if the 12 out of 15 necessary votes will be there at the acc rose ceremony

the 9 current in the west coast conference are as follows (note there are 10 lady hoopers in the above foto, byu now in the big 12), cal & stanford would be welcomed with open arms in the fantasy suites:

*****gonzaga
*****portland
*****san francisco
*****st marys
*****santa clara
*****pacific
*****loyola marymount
*****pepperdine
*****san diego

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For the non-revenue sports the Big West is a good fit and better travel;
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UC San Diego
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
Cal Poly
Cal State Bakersfield
Cal State Fullerton
CSUN
HAwaii

All travel to sunny places in California with one trip a year to Hawaii. Major budget savings. Big publics like Cal vs small privates.

But agreed, in any case we need a more local conference for the non-revenue sports. WCC has more Bay Area and PNW teams. Big West is more in SoCal.

Hmm, what if Cal, Stanford, UCLA, UW and Oregon all join the WCC?

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Yikes, if we must WCC

Shocky1 said:

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https://instagr.am/p/Ckq7PCfPEyb
major monster conference realignment news:

the acc athletic directors & presidents are expected to make final decisions by the end of this week re: cal & stanford (most likely as a package deal but not 100% indivisible with the bears getting kicked to the curb) potentially receiving invitations at significantly less full shares & with the understanding that all non revenue sports (other than football and men's/women's basketball) would join the west coast conference...there are confirmed votes in favor of the west coast elite academic institutions but unclear if the 12 out of 15 necessary votes will be there at the acc rose ceremony

the 9 current in the west coast conference are as follows (note there are 10 lady hoopers in the above foto, byu now in the big 12), cal & stanford would be welcomed with open arms in the fantasy suites:

*****gonzaga
*****portland
*****san francisco
*****st marys
*****santa clara
*****pacific
*****loyola marymount
*****pepperdine
*****san diego

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I think the current vetting of SMU and their apparent willingness to forgo distributions for up to 5 years is a crucial point. That provides additional revenue to distribute and may be enough to secure the votes required to get Cal and Stanford in. That they are vetting them suggests to me that the votes may not be present now for just Cal and Stanford.

If this occurs this is a very good outcome considering the current situation. Not perfect but good.