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pitts, as someone who is kinda obsessed in an ocd way with gpas, shocky can tell u there's a strong correlation between sub 3.0 gpa berkeley academic silver bullets special admissions & early departures from berkeley without degrees such as sam jackson who due to his academic profile should've never been recruited by spav & marshall

but with that being said there are also some instances of academic silver bullets earning degrees from the #1 ranked public university in the world with all the academic resources that are currently available to student athletes...how academically motivated is the prospective student?

the monster's take is that all academic silver bullet admissions should be blueshirted their 1st academic year in berkeley to allow them the opportunity to building a strong academic foundation without the pressures of college football/basketball...thinking sam jackson could handle berkeley academics, learn the spav offense with no d1 playing experience & build up his lean frame to withstand violent hits wuz a dumb azz decision that wuz neither fair to the young man (from a complex troubled family background) or the cal football program


shocky is 100% rooting for the very likable & soft spoken (we spoke for 15 minutes in the bus staging area after the fun game in denton) sjv to earn a college diploma at auburn
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GPAs: High school teacher here (recently retired). GPA is important, but, as Shocky alludes to, it's probably a good idea to dig a little deeper than just that number. Some schools -- some teachers -- grade harder than others... a guy like Russell White finds out after high school that he is dyslexic... a kid has a family or personal situation for one semester and that craters his GPA... could go on and on. Colleges, when they can, need to take a closer look at a candidate's whole profile.
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big c (appreciate u, passionate educators r heroes), the berkeley academic silver bullet admissions process involves an interview by the prospective student athlete with admissions staff & also the athletic student center tutors/academic advisors to determine the academic background & motivation level...agreed it's not a simple process that solely relies upon gpas but with that being said there's a very strong correlation between the gpas listed in this thread & earning degrees from the #1 ranked public university in the world

my yoga buddy jaylen brown with a 2.86 wheeler high school gpa successfully went thru this process & that's why his official visit to berkeley wuz a locked down secret with only those that needed to know such as the recruiting director for cal's monster class aware of jb's clandestine bay area trip

dumb azzs will tell u we need to lower academic standards to get guys in, that's a really bad ******* strategy...flunking out isn't the solution to anything

the truth is grad transfer portals entering cal's entrepreneurship certificate program are not as critically evaluated in terms of gpas as high school students or those seeking admission into berkeley's world class highly competitive elite grad programs

anyways leidy's gpa at nobu malibu high school (transfer student from la escuela de havana) wuz 3.29...cap

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california golden bears yucky blucky fruitcake classes (mr spieker not amused cuz he got worser seats):

doechii, why don't you introduce the yucky blucky fruitcakes to the class?

2025 class:
carter jones, inside linebacker (3.8 gpa)
kaden cook, cornerback (3.4 gpa)
carter jackson, running back (3.6 gpa)
jojo solis, running back (3.14 gpa)

2024 class:
khamani hudson, cornerback (3.5 gpa)
bobby engstler, punter/kicker (3.72 gpa)
jonathan "gameday" brady, wide receiver (3.2 gpa)
mikey miller, wide receiver (3.8 gpa)
victor stoffel, offensive line (motivated student in sweden)
kadarius calloway, running back (3.2 gpa)
ryan coe, kicker (3.5 gpa)
tobias merriweather, wide receiver (3.6 gpa)
ja'ir smith, defensive back (3.0+ gpa)
syris corley, offensive lineman (3.0 gpa)
rush reimer, offensive lineman (3.3 gpa)
marcus harris, defensive back (3.2 gpa)
aidan ikaika keanaaina, defensive tackle (4.0 gpa)
aiden newbill, offensive line (3.72 gpa)
isaiah crosby, safety (3.0+ gpa)
luke ferrelli, inside linebacker (4.0 gpa)
chandler rogers, quarterback (3.3 gpa)
teddye buchanan, inside linebacker (3.5 gpa)
josiah martin, wide receiver (3.5 gpa)
jack endries, tight end (3.83 gpa)
trond grizzell, wide receiver (3.8 gpa)
bj canady, defensive tackle (3.91 gpa)
legend journey, apex predator edge defender (3.3 gpa)
ej caminong, quarterback (3.5 gpa)
dayton "dayday" aupiu, defensive back (3.51 gpa)
jamaal wiley, running back (3.0+ gpa)
trevor rogers, wide receiver (3.5 gpa)
michael-anthony okwura, defensive lineman (3.4 gpa)
eze osondu, inside linebacker (3.0 gpa)
brookyln cheek, defensive back (3.0+ gpa)
camden jones, tight end (3.0+ gpa)
tyler knape, offensive line (3.8 gpa)

2023 class:
barrett miller, offensive lineman (4.2 hs gpa & stanford mechancial engineering degree)
taj davis, wide receiver (3.2 gpa)
king doerue, running back (3.5 gpa)
isaiah ifanse, running back (3.2 gpa at montana state)
marcus scott ii, cornerback (3.3 gpa at missouri)
tidiane "frenchy" jalloh (motivated student from france)
matthew wykoff, offensive tackle (3.75 gpa)
marquez "mojo" dortch, wide receiver (3.0+ gpa)
ben finley, quarterback (4.308 gpa)
patrick mcmorris, safety (3.65 gpa)
david bird, longsnapper (4.0 gpa)
marquise montgomery, wide receiver (3.0+ gpa)
martin tine, offensive tackle (3.0+ gpa)
stanley mckenzie, nose tackle (3.3 gpa)
david reese, outside linebacker (3.7 gpa)
sam jackson v, quarterback (sub 3.0 gpa)
brian hightower, wide receiver (3.2 gpa)
justin williams-thomas aka j-will, running back (4.0 gpa)
asher alberding, tight end (3.85 gpa)
jt byrne, tight end (3.75 gpa)
lachlan wilson, punter (strong student from australia)
byron caldwell, running back (3.3 gpa)
sergio allen, inside linebacker (3.4 gpa)
matt littlejohn, defensive back (3.0+ gpa)
javian "the jet" thomas, running back (3.4 gpa)
nohl williams, defensive back (3.61 gpa)
kaylin moore, defensive back (3.4 gpa)
frederick williams iii, athlete (3.6 gpa)
zurich ashford, defensive end (3.62 gpa)
ben marshall, tight end (3.4 gpa)
ryan mcculloch, outside linebacker (4.1 gpa)
tiumalu afalava, defensive line (4.1 gpa)
cade uluave, inside linebacker (3.8 gpa)
sailasa vadrawale, defensive back (3.46 gpa)
nyziah hunter, wide receiver (3.0+ gpa)
nick morrow, offensive tackle (3.7 gpa)
michael luckhurst, kicker (4.37 gpa)



wow, that was quite the introduction, doechii, we're gonna have to talk after class

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world

don't forget to take the chicken out#

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2025 6'4" 255 lbs defensive lineman ikechukwu okafor from alief hastings high school is gonna officially trip to the west coast & berkeley on june 20th

okafor is a +1 athlete for his size, he got elite speed with a reported 4.8 40 & bench presses 500+ lbs


ikechukwu is not a dumb azz, he got a 3.7 gpa

yeah the university of calveston is very attractive to high gpa true student athletes that wanna get out of the nasty azz summertime/freezing azz cold wintertime houston weather & earn a degree at the #1 ranked public university in the world with wonderfully diverse, cosmopolitan year round cali weather

and that's why the california golden bears 2024 high school class got more signees from the great state of texas (9) than california (5) and also why buc-ee's is the official sponsor of the cal football program & shocky's FREE pregame tail party in the parking lot on the morning of the smu game in dallas on saturday november 30th

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look, don't tell nobody but early impact wide receiver josiah martin from denton is gonna invite his senior prom date megan thee stallion to the buc-ee's blowout shindig too!

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https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/
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official captain obvious statements re: the ikechukwu okafor recruitment:

"okafor is already a fightin' bear wearing blue & gold"

"cal's 2 deep on the defensive lineman all got only 1 or 2 years left of remaining eligibility, early playing time is wide open in berkeley"

"ikechukwu's other schools are **** academically compared to the #1 ranked public university in the world"
https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

"curvy brunette yoga females from academically mediocre schools wanna marry & date cal, stanford & ivy league grads when they enter the REAL WORLD which unremorsefully favors the well educated when building generational wealth"

"coach browning don't got good hair"
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bay hill pga 3rd round update (dressed to the nines when sixs or sevens will do):

with a par 4 on the diabolical par 4 18th hole due to disciplined course management (chipping out of the rightside deep lush rough leaving a 90 yard up & down) max homa with a resilient 71 in windy north florida & is tied for 8th heading into tomorrow's final round...ben an had a tough finish en route to a 76 & is tied for 31st

puerto rico pga 3rd round update:
https://instagr.am/p/C3ktHZ3LVbx
michael kim is putting en fuego & shot a bogey free 67 & is tied for 29th

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liars liars pants on fire, it's cal's monster offensive line#
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Give to Cal Legends!

https://calegends.com/donation/ Do it now. Text every Cal fan you know, give them the link, tell them how much you gave, and ask them to text every Cal fan they know and do the same.
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the truth is that cal's 2024 fall acc road games to FUN eastcoastie/deep south schools r significantly more exciting than any big 10 midwestern former manufacturing/farming community gamedays

cal athletics r at the crossroads, the time is now for everything, maybe try living kinda dangerously?

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don't be a dumb azz (u don't need a passport, watching cal football on tv is for losers)#

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cal's monster class culinary desert review:

crumbl cookies r 100% doggy doo doo nasty azz cardboard tasting (kinda like portland's voo doo donuts) compared to buc-ee's vast array of tasty fudge slab options, don't be a dumb azz when making ur important selections...yeah 32 oz green drinks r for losers



buc-ee's: the OFFICIAL desert provider for the university of calveston (and shocky's FREE 2024 acc pregame tailgate parties)#
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6:24a, 3/10/24

bears r gonna transgender the seminoles on saturday september 21st in tallahassee (acc arch rival beatdown)#

cal's monster class editor's note: this is brian "moved his attitude from la jolla to national city" driscoll in 3-4 years from now after graduating from law school
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important shocky strategic decision making tutorial for the cal golf team:

byeong hun an has hit significantly different drives on the sharp dogleg par 4 10th hole at bay hill, his clubbing decisions on the tee box are predicated by the pin placement on the green some 400 yards away (actually 360 yards in a straight line if played over the trees/homes/out of bounds stakes on the right side of the hole)

1st round: 321 yard drive to the left intermediate rough which opened up an optimal unobstructed angle to the front right pin placement...BIRDIE

2nd round: 296 yard drive to the left rough which opened up a favorable angle to a deep left pin placement...BIRDIE

3rd round: 354 yard drive to the left greenside bunker which opened up a simple chunk & run sand shot to a deep right pin placement...BIRDIE

4th round: 256 yards to the left fairway which opened up a gap wedge to the absolutely diabolical front left pin placement, any ball played out of the rough & not from the fairway will likely lead to a bogey...PAR

yeah ben played this hole 3 under par for the tournament with driving distances ranging almost 100 yards depending upon the pin placement, that's a clear example of cognitive & innovative reasoning by students of the #1 ranked public university in the world

don't be a dumb azz#
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bay hill pga 4th round update:

2 top ten finishes (tied for 8th place) by california golden bears...despite hitting his opening tee ball out of bounds on the 1st hole (kinda like collin on friday during his 80), max homa battled back for a 73...byeong hun an bogied the 1st & 18th holes but played stellar in between en route to a 6 birdie 68

puerto rico open 4th round update:
https://instagr.am/p/CwSl8LhLlPB
michael kim wuz 4th in the tournament in putting stats & shot a 69 en route to a 12 under week & a tie for 23rd

next week is the player's championship at tpc sawgrass, berkeley will be represented by max homa, collin morikawa, byeong hun an & michael kim...one of the tournament's FUN traditions is a caddie only closest to the pin contest on the dyeabolical par 3 island 17th hole
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2024 96th academy awards from the dolby theatre monster's class inside scoop:



in an unprecedented decision by the academy voters, the 2024 oscar best picture is gonna be awarded to oppenheimer (even tho the holdovers got way better acting & a non predictable plot like barbie) in recognition of the california golden bears future transgendering them florida state seminoles on saturday september 21, got it?


it took a berkeley professor to build a bomb that could end civilization on planet earth but it's gonna take shocky's FREE pregame buc-ee's tailgate party prior to the monster recognized arch rival OPPENHEIMER game (the 2023 game wuz vs those ugly azz usc trojans) to build the necessary kinetic energy for jaydn ott's 221 nuclear infused rushing yards behind cal's monster offensive line in tallahassee this fall to get him national attention/hype as the heisman favorite

and so with that being said one of shocky's favorite movies (he cries way too ******* while watching movies & during broadway plays it's even worser, wut's wrong with that boy?...is yoga/meditation making him too candy azz soft?) is breakfast at tiffany's which is the inspiration for his daughter taylor seeking forever true love in the west village



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oscar's b list viewing party at the tree fort (but don't tell benji, happy, mugsy, stella, misty mae & minko stinko about tiffany blue, they color blind)#
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congrats, they can all kinda read books & **** like that!#



lawrance (the human being, not the cat) got good hair#
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jojo is not candy azz soft#
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Cal baseball thrashes ucla in a 3 game sweep



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closing the door on the Pac 12 on top!



Last chance to see the Champs in Haas is this Sunday, March 17 at 2pm in a Tri-meet vs Stanford and Sacramento State

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In reply to Shocky1 • 7:20p, 3/10/24
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shocky's bottom line:

there's gonna be significantly less revenues for the athletic department in the forseeable future & that's why knowlton's decision in fiscal year 2022 to borrow $11,000,000 wuz financial malpractice...apologists will argue that borrowing money from the central campus is a standard operating mechanism, these are not ordinary times & the "good ol' days" of collegiate athletics (for schools not already in the sec or big 10) are firmly in the rearview mirror

the financial reality for the cal athletic department is significantly less revenues in the future primarily from declining media rights revenues & donations to the athletic department due to the growth of nil fundraising & the aging (and fatigued) berkeley donor community which is not gaining any traction (building a pipeline) with younger future megadonors...the fake berkeley fundraising numbers are not dollars that are actually collected, ok?

so whether it be the con artist & his evil as **** confidante jennifer simon-o'neil continuing their bureaucratic wayward lack of vision or new leadership such as andrew mcgraw as the next athletic director, cal will no longer be able to field 30+ teams (many of them underperforming for years) & will need to cut teams/reduce expenses

the next athletic director will need to quickly work within title ix constraints in revamping the currently bloated athletic department with the following teams in a new much more streamlined operation that competes for championships:

1. football
2. men's basketball
3. men's swimming & diving
4. men's water polo
5. men's golf
6. men's tennis
7. women's basketball
8. softball
9. women's soccer
10. women's swimming & diving
11. women's water polo
12. women's volleyball
13. women's golf
14. women's tennis
15. women's rowing
16. women's gymnastics

baseball & both track and field programs would be terminated with current schollys honored thru graduation...men's rugby, men's soccer, men's rowing, men's gymnastics & women's lacrosse and field hockey would become club sports, fully expect jack clark to go nuclear on this necessary decision in his predictable myopic rage to defend his turf...women's rowing would be retained due to the overinflated roster numbers (which includes admission preferences for young ladies from uber wealthy families) that help meet title ix requirements

not biz as usual in berkeley (or the pac 12)#
hoops, luv u man but with being said both baseball & women's gymnastics need to be cut due to the impending financial tsunami that's gonna be hitting the cal athletic department due to knowlton's reckless spending on worthless bureaucrats & borrowing tens of millions of dollars from the central campus which will never have future revenues for repayment

delaney heller (delneyheller at berkeley.edu) continues to delay/obfuscate my public information request of 7 weeks ago re: transparent details of the athletic department's loans from the central campus

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12:51a, 3/11/24

2024 or KABOOM#
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In reply to Shocky1 • 8:02a, 3/11/24
Shocky1 said:
Shocky1 said:

https://instagr.am/p/BSUJiUPAMIn
shocky's bottom line:

there's gonna be significantly less revenues for the athletic department in the forseeable future & that's why knowlton's decision in fiscal year 2022 to borrow $11,000,000 wuz financial malpractice...apologists will argue that borrowing money from the central campus is a standard operating mechanism, these are not ordinary times & the "good ol' days" of collegiate athletics (for schools not already in the sec or big 10) are firmly in the rearview mirror

the financial reality for the cal athletic department is significantly less revenues in the future primarily from declining media rights revenues & donations to the athletic department due to the growth of nil fundraising & the aging (and fatigued) berkeley donor community which is not gaining any traction (building a pipeline) with younger future megadonors...the fake berkeley fundraising numbers are not dollars that are actually collected, ok?

so whether it be the con artist & his evil as **** confidante jennifer simon-o'neil continuing their bureaucratic wayward lack of vision or new leadership such as andrew mcgraw as the next athletic director, cal will no longer be able to field 30+ teams (many of them underperforming for years) & will need to cut teams/reduce expenses

the next athletic director will need to quickly work within title ix constraints in revamping the currently bloated athletic department with the following teams in a new much more streamlined operation that competes for championships:

1. football
2. men's basketball
3. men's swimming & diving
4. men's water polo
5. men's golf
6. men's tennis
7. women's basketball
8. softball
9. women's soccer
10. women's swimming & diving
11. women's water polo
12. women's volleyball
13. women's golf
14. women's tennis
15. women's rowing

baseball & both track and field programs would be terminated with current schollys honored thru graduation...men's rugby, men's soccer, men's rowing, men's and women's gymnastics & women's lacrosse and field hockey would become club sports, fully expect jack clark to go nuclear on this necessary decision in his predictable myopic rage to defend his turf...women's rowing would be retained due to the overinflated roster numbers (which includes admission preferences for young ladies from uber wealthy families) that help meet title ix requirements

not biz as usual in berkeley (or the pac 12)#
hoops, luv u man but with being said both baseball & women's gymnastics need to be cut due to the impending financial tsunami that's gonna be hitting the cal athletic department due to knowlton's reckless spending on worthless bureaucrats & borrowing tens of millions of dollars from the central campus which will never have future revenues for repayment

delaney heller (delneyheller at berkeley.edu) continues to delay/obfuscate my public information request of 7 weeks ago re: transparent details of the athletic department's loans from the central campus

Field Hockey has an endowed Head coaching position. In addition, they have a couple of supporters who support them operationally. Are the golf head coaching positions endowed? Other sports?
I believe in cutting sports, let me repeat that so before you rip me a new one and accuse me of many nasty things: I think Cal has too many sports. But I also want cuts that take into account how well the team is supported, not just a "here is what I like, let's cut them."
Gymnastics is getting an obvious bump in visibility, so does that equal more dollars coming in the short run? And fine, because you are going turn this to JK anyway, I'm not in any way shape or form suggesting that Knowlton is the one who is going to figure this puzzle out in a way that makes any sense.
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mb, sounds like we're actually on the same page, in an utopia world no sports would be cut but that's not the financial reality in berkeley with the escalating tens of millions of dollars of secretive knowlton debt (instead of cost cutting & balancing the budget with his enron level cfo tom lowry) with no possibility of future revenues being available for repayment in an era of collegiate sports when schools may be required to pay its players directly with no ncca oversight at a time when linear tv got cord cutting which is existentially downsizing espn & fox sports

the men's golf head coaching position is endowed by alec & marie shipman just like the football head coaching position is endowed by the travers family...the women's head coaching position is not endowed but does have an active donor support group (mostly female country club berkeley alums)

as you point out women's gymnastics is winning championships & the roster size is relatively small (only 15 "counters" which is the critical metric for title ix compliance), my original post re: teams to be retained has been edited to include women's gymnastics

a key component in moving forward financially is gaining financial concessions (debt forgiveness) from the central campus via the cutting of baseball & men's and women's track & field programs in exchange for the repurposing of the valuable evans diamond & edwards stadium land for other critical university usages

berkeley don't need 30+ sports to remain the #1 ranked public university in the world, 16 sports that are supported by students & alums that generate school spirit (and mega donors returning to campus in the fall for football gamedays with FREE tixs for students which is critical for building a pipeline of future fans) & that are competing for national championships is honestly the only legit path forward to avoid the impending financial tsunami
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In reply to mbBear • 11:44a, 3/11/24
mbBear said:
Shocky1 said:
Shocky1 said:

https://instagr.am/p/BSUJiUPAMIn
shocky's bottom line:

there's gonna be significantly less revenues for the athletic department in the forseeable future & that's why knowlton's decision in fiscal year 2022 to borrow $11,000,000 wuz financial malpractice...apologists will argue that borrowing money from the central campus is a standard operating mechanism, these are not ordinary times & the "good ol' days" of collegiate athletics (for schools not already in the sec or big 10) are firmly in the rearview mirror

the financial reality for the cal athletic department is significantly less revenues in the future primarily from declining media rights revenues & donations to the athletic department due to the growth of nil fundraising & the aging (and fatigued) berkeley donor community which is not gaining any traction (building a pipeline) with younger future megadonors...the fake berkeley fundraising numbers are not dollars that are actually collected, ok?

so whether it be the con artist & his evil as **** confidante jennifer simon-o'neil continuing their bureaucratic wayward lack of vision or new leadership such as andrew mcgraw as the next athletic director, cal will no longer be able to field 30+ teams (many of them underperforming for years) & will need to cut teams/reduce expenses

the next athletic director will need to quickly work within title ix constraints in revamping the currently bloated athletic department with the following teams in a new much more streamlined operation that competes for championships:

1. football
2. men's basketball
3. men's swimming & diving
4. men's water polo
5. men's golf
6. men's tennis
7. women's basketball
8. softball
9. women's soccer
10. women's swimming & diving
11. women's water polo
12. women's volleyball
13. women's golf
14. women's tennis
15. women's rowing

baseball & both track and field programs would be terminated with current schollys honored thru graduation...men's rugby, men's soccer, men's rowing, men's and women's gymnastics & women's lacrosse and field hockey would become club sports, fully expect jack clark to go nuclear on this necessary decision in his predictable myopic rage to defend his turf...women's rowing would be retained due to the overinflated roster numbers (which includes admission preferences for young ladies from uber wealthy families) that help meet title ix requirements

not biz as usual in berkeley (or the pac 12)#
hoops, luv u man but with being said both baseball & women's gymnastics need to be cut due to the impending financial tsunami that's gonna be hitting the cal athletic department due to knowlton's reckless spending on worthless bureaucrats & borrowing tens of millions of dollars from the central campus which will never have future revenues for repayment

delaney heller (delneyheller at berkeley.edu) continues to delay/obfuscate my public information request of 7 weeks ago re: transparent details of the athletic department's loans from the central campus

Field Hockey has an endowed Head coaching position. In addition, they have a couple of supporters who support them operationally. Are the golf head coaching positions endowed? Other sports?
I believe in cutting sports, let me repeat that so before you rip me a new one and accuse me of many nasty things: I think Cal has too many sports. But I also want cuts that take into account how well the team is supported, not just a "here is what I like, let's cut them."
Gymnastics is getting an obvious bump in visibility, so does that equal more dollars coming in the short run? And fine, because you are going turn this to JK anyway, I'm not in any way shape or form suggesting that Knowlton is the one who is going to figure this puzzle out in a way that makes any sense.
Men's golf is supported, including an endowment for the coach's salary. Women's golf is not. I believe field hockey is the only women's sport where the coach's salary is endowed. Based on having outside support, one would guess that the aquatic sports, rugby, field hockey and men's golf would start the list of survivors. The other men's sports are up for grabs, and the women's sports would depend on matching the number of roster spots in order to comply with Title IX numerically.
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100% jeff, the # of roster spots ("counters") is a key metric in rightsizing the # of teams...title ix compliance is measured by "counters" not schollys
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What is the hotel situation like for an Auburn trip?

goldy, the auburn fans at last fall's battle at memorial stadium recommended flying in/out of atlanta, getting a hotel there & driving in/out on gameday

shocky gotta play coore & crenshaw's new wicker point (c&c's 1st design in the deep south) on lake martin (alabama) on friday september 6th so he's probably just gonna get a tree fort rental near the auburn campus to ensure some good naps/book reading or something

https://instagr.am/p/B7_wrZ6FMSc
do u know wut ima talking about?

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sleeping (on a rainy day in the deep south)#
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liars liars pants on fire, it's cal's monster offensive line#
Robinhood is the correct answer.

Saffell did great with this
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What is the hotel situation like for an Auburn trip?

goldy, the auburn fans at last fall's battle at memorial stadium recommended flying in/out of atlanta, getting a hotel there & driving in/out on gameday

shocky gotta play coore & crenshaw's new wicker point (c&c's 1st design in the deep south) on lake martin (alabama) on friday september 6th so he's probably just gonna get a tree fort rental near the auburn campus to ensure some good naps/book reading or something

https://instagr.am/p/B7_wrZ6FMSc
do u know wut ima talking about?

https://instagr.am/p/C4LLwxXpH7t


sleeping (on a rainy day in the deep south)#
How far is ATL from Auburn (driving)? I would hope for a short commute in
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Google Maps is a good source for this type of information.
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100 minutes (unless u get stopped by a local sheriff who got bloodstains on his hand or u take an extended rest stop at buc-ee's)

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mbBear said:
Shocky1 said:
Shocky1 said:

https://instagr.am/p/BSUJiUPAMIn
shocky's bottom line:

there's gonna be significantly less revenues for the athletic department in the forseeable future & that's why knowlton's decision in fiscal year 2022 to borrow $11,000,000 wuz financial malpractice...apologists will argue that borrowing money from the central campus is a standard operating mechanism, these are not ordinary times & the "good ol' days" of collegiate athletics (for schools not already in the sec or big 10) are firmly in the rearview mirror

the financial reality for the cal athletic department is significantly less revenues in the future primarily from declining media rights revenues & donations to the athletic department due to the growth of nil fundraising & the aging (and fatigued) berkeley donor community which is not gaining any traction (building a pipeline) with younger future megadonors...the fake berkeley fundraising numbers are not dollars that are actually collected, ok?

so whether it be the con artist & his evil as **** confidante jennifer simon-o'neil continuing their bureaucratic wayward lack of vision or new leadership such as andrew mcgraw as the next athletic director, cal will no longer be able to field 30+ teams (many of them underperforming for years) & will need to cut teams/reduce expenses

the next athletic director will need to quickly work within title ix constraints in revamping the currently bloated athletic department with the following teams in a new much more streamlined operation that competes for championships:

1. football
2. men's basketball
3. men's swimming & diving
4. men's water polo
5. men's golf
6. men's tennis
7. women's basketball
8. softball
9. women's soccer
10. women's swimming & diving
11. women's water polo
12. women's volleyball
13. women's golf
14. women's tennis
15. women's rowing

baseball & both track and field programs would be terminated with current schollys honored thru graduation...men's rugby, men's soccer, men's rowing, men's and women's gymnastics & women's lacrosse and field hockey would become club sports, fully expect jack clark to go nuclear on this necessary decision in his predictable myopic rage to defend his turf...women's rowing would be retained due to the overinflated roster numbers (which includes admission preferences for young ladies from uber wealthy families) that help meet title ix requirements

not biz as usual in berkeley (or the pac 12)#
hoops, luv u man but with being said both baseball & women's gymnastics need to be cut due to the impending financial tsunami that's gonna be hitting the cal athletic department due to knowlton's reckless spending on worthless bureaucrats & borrowing tens of millions of dollars from the central campus which will never have future revenues for repayment

delaney heller (delneyheller at berkeley.edu) continues to delay/obfuscate my public information request of 7 weeks ago re: transparent details of the athletic department's loans from the central campus

Field Hockey has an endowed Head coaching position. In addition, they have a couple of supporters who support them operationally. Are the golf head coaching positions endowed? Other sports?
I believe in cutting sports, let me repeat that so before you rip me a new one and accuse me of many nasty things: I think Cal has too many sports. But I also want cuts that take into account how well the team is supported, not just a "here is what I like, let's cut them."
Gymnastics is getting an obvious bump in visibility, so does that equal more dollars coming in the short run? And fine, because you are going turn this to JK anyway, I'm not in any way shape or form suggesting that Knowlton is the one who is going to figure this puzzle out in a way that makes any sense.
Men's golf is supported, including an endowment for the coach's salary. Women's golf is not. I believe field hockey is the only women's sport where the coach's salary is endowed. Based on having outside support, one would guess that the aquatic sports, rugby, field hockey and men's golf would start the list of survivors. The other men's sports are up for grabs, and the women's sports would depend on matching the number of roster spots in order to comply with Title IX numerically.
You are right about Field hockey being the only one, and I completely spaced on that.
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In reply to Cal_79 • 1:06p, 3/11/24
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Google Maps is a good source for this type of information.
so r the locals

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Cal_79 said:
Google Maps is a good source for this type of information.
so r the locals

Google Maps and GA/Alabama locals are notoriously unreliable with that kind of info
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In reply to SBGold • 3:05p, 3/11/24
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Shocky1 said:
Cal_79 said:
Google Maps is a good source for this type of information.
so r the locals

Google Maps and GA/Alabama locals are notoriously unreliable with that kind of info

Google Maps is unreliable showing the mileage distance?

I think you're confusing getting mileage from Google Maps with waiting on Joe Starkey for down & distance.
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