Time to finish strong ๐ช#GoBears | #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/Qk8N0JSv9t
— Cal Football (@CalFootball) December 18, 2024
Time to finish strong ๐ช#GoBears | #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/Qk8N0JSv9t
— Cal Football (@CalFootball) December 18, 2024
I have entered the Transfer portal with 2 years left of eligibility as a true sophomore . Thank you for all those who believed in me. I am excited to see what the future holds. ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/RGXgUjNFG6
— Dallas Afalava (@dallasafalava) December 15, 2024
Shocky1 said:I have entered the Transfer portal with 2 years left of eligibility as a true sophomore . Thank you for all those who believed in me. I am excited to see what the future holds. ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/RGXgUjNFG6
— Dallas Afalava (@dallasafalava) December 15, 2024
cal's monster offensive line recruiting update:
6'1" 290 mobile defensive tackle idaho transfer dallas afalava from mt ranier high school in dizzy azz seattle is gonna official visit berkeley this weekend with his family, he got 2 years of remaining eligiblity
yeah dallas is an explosive disrupter with a non stop motor on d plus he got good hair!!
https://instagr.am/p/DDnPhLkTGiF
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD
https://instagr.am/p/DCST1FUuDzUShocky1 said:
justin wilcox: tireless worker who cares about the academic goals/ambitions of his student athletes, an ELITE defensive mind that continually fails to get involved with offensive & special teams...an intensely private person in a profession that favors extroverts vs introverts
brian johnson: good person that beat cancer but a FAILED s&c coach that needs to be replaced later this month, wilcox not having the stomach for this will doom 2025 once again to epidemic INJURIES & yet another underachieving season...this is by far the #1 issue holding back the cal football program
mike bloesch: very detailed offensive line coach that lost focus on o-line development this past year tryna unsuccessfully juggle both his room & play calling duties...not an emotionally available person due to his stoic personality, mike stubbornly refuses to listen to the more than half of the staff's preference for less interior run schemes in favor of PITCHOUTS...this is the #2 issue adversely impacting cal fb
peter sirmon: an outstanding defensive coordinator & ELITE developer of inside backers, his biggest miscue of 2025 wuz not giving hunter & liam more snaps early in the season particularly in the miami game which resulted in cade & teddye gassed in the 4th quarter & unable to tackle the canes qb1 & wr1 in open space
ryan longwell: former nfl kicker/low handicap golfer it's mind boggling to me that ryan didn't see in mateen the collin morikawa like ELITE precision in his stroke coupled with an ice in his veins mental make up...if ryan can put together a deal (outlined in an earlier post) for mateen then cal's special teams could be the best in the acc next season, otherwise more lost games because of missed field goals is a real possibility
aristotle thompson: likable coach with a remarkable family but has never produced a nfl draft running back, his failing to advocate for PITCHOUTS like ron gould did back in the day has cost jaydn millions of dollars
burl toler: one of the best west coast recruiters with his sincere ability to build relationships & sell berkeley academics, burl has also built a now ingrained zero BLOCKING culture in his wideout room which has hurt the nfl scouting evaluations of his players
mike saffell: the engaging FUN haas berkeley biz ad grad is the future head coach in berkeley (our version of asu's home grown dillingham), would be nice if he elevated the BLOCKING expectations in the tight end room before that day gets here
sterlin gilbert: a gifted developer of quarterback talent, he also shares bloesch's texas high school background of smashmouth only interior runs/**** run game schemes
andrew browning: good not great coach in a tough spot recruiting historically the lowest gpa position in college football, andrew is a plus for the program
vic so'oto: more fiery this season is a real plus given the kinda buttoned up personalities of wilcox & sirmon, his earlier recruiting mistakes with low gpa prospects are now in the rear view mirror
tre watson & terrence brown: the PERFECT coaches in this era of college free agency, the are both FUN & mentoring their room both on & the off the field to become remarkable young berkeley grads...and if a player has nfl physical tools, they will get them to the next level of their dreams & PAID in the national football league!!
marshall cherrington: a high energy recruiter who juggles well, marshall has learned from his earlier wasted time/resources recruitments of low gpa academic silver bullets, struggling academically students will be the 1st to bail from berkeley when a better nil offer rolls in
valerie grimaldo: berkeley grad in 3 years is very creative & got a good PONYTAIL!!
andrew mcgraw: the most qualified next ad to hit the ground running (cal athletics is running out of time under knowlton's cluster****) with a football first approach to everything which will help finance all other sports...needs to be more assertive in guiding wilcox thru his blind side
sierra achin: the berkeley grad is a huge upgrade in the cfo role from the anti football/basketball agenda tom lowry who retired last year after carrying out the knowlton driven financial tsunami of loans from the central campus which will never have the future revenues for repayment
beth tafolla-voetsch: a competent administrator, her conference call with donors scheduled for this friday soliciting internal nil fundraising is NOT gonna be well received just like the earlier zoom call (described to me as a "timeshare sales pitch") requesting funding for all the non revenue sports...NOBODY wants to pay for worthless bureaucrats & only a fool would think any monies directed for the internal nil program won't be misdirected
markeisha everett: an arrogant self promoter who decision to not offer FREE tixs to all students & also failing to capitalize on the professional sports team tix competition departing from the bay area marketspace has resulted in tens of thousands empty seats/a lotta tarps at memorial stadium & high school crowds at haas pavilion for both the men's & women's basketball teams...a failing dei hire
jennifer simon-o'neil: the one truly evil as **** person in the athletic department, still tryna lobby for internal nil dollars to be distributed to the star quidditch player instead of the starting offensive line
james knowlton: the general is financially illiterate & a pathological liar (both promising the basketball practice facility which is never gonna get built under his watch & deceiving the uc board of regents last months utilizing 2023 financial data instead of projected 2025 numbers while lyons quietly played along with his deception), he's NOT liked by the football program or even his own staff other than jenny & marekisha who like him are not employable anywhere else on planet earth
rich lyons: means well & loves cal sports in a profound way but after working decades on campus his decision to not terminate knowlton re: the mckeever fiasco via the chancellor's office guard dog dan mogulof is beyond disappointing, if rich can't embolden himself to make decisions his tenure in a time of existential financial challenges barreling towards berkeley his legacy will be just that of another bureaucrat who got paid to look out the window at the campanile on a wintery december day
lance cooper: the program mvp, cal football would be unrecognizable without his involvement
kevin kennedy: see above, his pro bono work pencils out at about 5 cents an hour for his thousands of unbillable hours
randy scott: cal men's basketball biggest madsen confidante & football/basketball landlord of the year
oski: got replaced by buc-ee, huge ******* upgrade!!
https://instagr.am/p/DDDJbtMPeL1
the world according to shocky#
This is the most important thing. You are right.Shocky1 said:https://instagr.am/p/DCST1FUuDzUShocky1 said:
justin wilcox: tireless worker who cares about the academic goals/ambitions of his student athletes, an ELITE defensive mind that continually fails to get involved with offensive & special teams...an intensely private person in a profession that favors extroverts vs introverts
brian johnson: good person that beat cancer but a FAILED s&c coach that needs to be replaced later this month, wilcox not having the stomach for this will doom 2025 once again to epidemic INJURIES & yet another underachieving season...this is by far the #1 issue holding back the cal football program
mike bloesch: very detailed offensive line coach that lost focus on o-line development this past year tryna unsuccessfully juggle both his room & play calling duties...not an emotionally available person due to his stoic personality, mike stubbornly refuses to listen to the more than half of the staff's preference for less interior run schemes in favor of PITCHOUTS...this is the #2 issue adversely impacting cal fb
peter sirmon: an outstanding defensive coordinator & ELITE developer of inside backers, his biggest miscue of 2025 wuz not giving hunter & liam more snaps early in the season particularly in the miami game which resulted in cade & teddye gassed in the 4th quarter & unable to tackle the canes qb1 & wr1 in open space
ryan longwell: former nfl kicker/low handicap golfer it's mind boggling to me that ryan didn't see in mateen the collin morikawa like ELITE precision in his stroke coupled with an ice in his veins mental make up...if ryan can put together a deal (outlined in an earlier post) for mateen then cal's special teams could be the best in the acc next season, otherwise more lost games because of missed field goals is a real possibility
aristotle thompson: likable coach with a remarkable family but has never produced a nfl draft running back, his failing to advocate for PITCHOUTS like ron gould did back in the day has cost jaydn millions of dollars
burl toler: one of the best west coast recruiters with his sincere ability to build relationships & sell berkeley academics, burl has also built a now ingrained zero BLOCKING culture in his wideout room which has hurt the nfl scouting evaluations of his players
mike saffell: the engaging FUN haas berkeley biz ad grad is the future head coach in berkeley (our version of asu's home grown dillingham), would be nice if he elevated the BLOCKING expectations in the tight end room before that day gets here
sterlin gilbert: a gifted developer of quarterback talent, he also shares bloesch's texas high school background of smashmouth only interior runs/**** run game schemes
andrew browning: good not great coach in a tough spot recruiting historically the lowest gpa position in college football, andrew is a plus for the program
vic so'oto: more fiery this season is a real plus given the kinda buttoned up personalities of wilcox & sirmon, his earlier recruiting mistakes with low gpa prospects are now in the rear view mirror
tre watson & terrence brown: the PERFECT coaches in this era of college free agency, the are both FUN & mentoring their room both on & the off the field to become remarkable young berkeley grads...and if a player has nfl physical tools, they will get them to the next level of their dreams & PAID in the national football league!!
marshall cherrington: a high energy recruiter who juggles well, marshall has learned from his earlier wasted time/resources recruitments of low gpa academic silver bullets, struggling academically students will be the 1st to bail from berkeley when a better nil offer rolls in
valerie grimaldo: berkeley grad in 3 years is very creative & got a good PONYTAIL!!
andrew mcgraw: the most qualified next ad to hit the ground running (cal athletics is running out of time under knowlton's cluster****) with a football first approach to everything which will help finance all other sports...needs to be more assertive in guiding wilcox thru his blind side
sierra achin: the berkeley grad is a huge upgrade in the cfo role from the anti football/basketball agenda tom lowry who retired last year after carrying out the knowlton driven financial tsunami of loans from the central campus which will never have the future revenues for repayment
beth tafolla-voetsch: a competent administrator, her conference call with donors scheduled for this friday soliciting internal nil fundraising is NOT gonna be well received just like the earlier zoom call (described to me as a "timeshare sales pitch") requesting funding for all the non revenue sports...NOBODY wants to pay for worthless bureaucrats & only a fool would think any monies directed for the internal nil program won't be misdirected
markeisha everett: an arrogant self promoter who decision to not offer FREE tixs to all students & also failing to capitalize on the professional sports team tix competition departing from the bay area marketspace has resulted in tens of thousands empty seats/a lotta tarps at memorial stadium & high school crowds at haas pavilion for both the men's & women's basketball teams...a failing dei hire
jennifer simon-o'neil: the one truly evil as **** person in the athletic department, still tryna lobby for internal nil dollars to be distributed to the star quidditch player instead of the starting offensive line
james knowlton: the general is financially illiterate & a pathological liar (both promising the basketball practice facility which is never gonna get built under his watch & deceiving the uc board of regents last months utilizing 2023 financial data instead of projected 2025 numbers while lyons quietly played along with his deception), he's NOT liked by the football program or even his own staff other than jenny & marekisha who like him are not employable anywhere else on planet earth
rich lyons: means well & loves cal sports in a profound way but after working decades on campus his decision to not terminate knowlton re: the mckeever fiasco via the chancellor's office guard dog dan mogulof is beyond disappointing, if rich can't embolden himself to make decisions his tenure in a time of existential financial challenges barreling towards berkeley his legacy will be just that of another bureaucrat who got paid to look out the window at the campanile on a wintery december day
lance cooper: the program mvp, cal football would be unrecognizable without his involvement
kevin kennedy: see above, his pro bono work pencils out at about 5 cents an hour for his thousands of unbillable hours
randy scott: cal men's basketball biggest madsen confidante & football/basketball landlord of the year
oski: got replaced by buc-ee, huge ******* upgrade!!
https://instagr.am/p/DDDJbtMPeL1
the world according to shocky#
unlv rebels 24
california golden INJURED bears 13
fun fact: other than learning that josiah martin got STAR stiff & that isaiah crosby is gonna be a dangerous punt return weapon in 2025, the highlite of the 2024 gronky gronk la bowl game (played in a weird nfl non collegiate sterile environment) wuz DOMS on the massive so fi video board doing her sexxy red dance which unfortunately cut away before her FUN boom boom shakaboom dance got more than a pg13 rating!!!
so sad, DOMS got some really cute & funny facial expressions unlike the stoic bears head coach who really needs a yoga/meditation practice this offseason to improve his deep breathing before he strokes out or something
from the monster's perspective the game wuz kinda over when a moving the ball qb1 cj harris went into the INJURY tent (which has housed literally key rotational players at every position during the failed 6-7 2024 season & then later showed up on the sidelines in gym clothes)
so is coach wilcox gonna address the #1 issue facing the california golden bear program & make a vitally critical and necessary change in the s&c program this december??
if not it's gonna be hard for some fans like shocky to remain engaged with the program, it's getting old watching a poorly conditioned team continue to get INJURED & pushed around every season starting in november thru december
a lotta positive staff changes have already taken place but is justin gonna address the s&c issue which is the great big elephant in the room which is very obvious to everybody on planet earth??
Viva Las Vegas baby https://t.co/vQ3IuTsQNp
— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball) December 19, 2024
Kickin' Chitten sneaks it in ๐ฆต pic.twitter.com/dMCvpxidYC
— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball) December 19, 2024
Jacob De Jesus is good at football
— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball) December 19, 2024
๐บ: ESPN pic.twitter.com/0g9sfU11dZ
TOUCHDOWWWWWN PANTHERS ๐ pic.twitter.com/GBwe73HtVt
— Pitt Panthers (@Pitt_ATHLETICS) November 16, 2024
bencgilmore said:
that fake punt was gorgeous. i wasn't even mad as the guy ran most of the field. art is art.
bluehenbear said:
People rag on Dykes, but I thought it was pretty clever to have the punter wear the same number as Goff, which allowed them to sneak Goff out there for an attempt at a fake punt (can't recall if it was successful). I think Goff pulled off a few quick kicks in his time too.
I understand it's difficult when you're just trying (but failing) to field a team this time of year for a bowl game, but Wilcox should've added some sort of 'razzle dazzle' plays just to take the pressure off and let the kids have some fun, even in defeat.
Pregame action ๐#GoBears ๐๐ป pic.twitter.com/qyXWEys1gO
— Marshall Cherrington (@MWCherrington) December 19, 2024
amos talatele is gonna official trip to berkeley tomorrow & visit with the bears new o-line coach famika anae!!Shocky1 said:
https://instagr.am/p/DDGTTLcvULB
former cal commit 6'4" 330 lbs offensive guard amos talatele from santa clara high school is now in the transfer portal after getting 92 snaps in as a trojan this season, amos has been extended an actionable cal offer & got 3 years of remaining eligibility
https://instagr.am/p/C7IFFlWSg5x
nofo latalata atu i e pele ia te oe
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (and a short drive for the fam without airfare, rental cars & hotels on fall gamedays in berkeley)
Best Universities in the World, 2024:
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) April 29, 2024
1.๐ฌ๐ง Oxford
2.๐บ๐ธ Stanford
3.๐บ๐ธ MIT
4.๐บ๐ธ Harvard
5.๐ฌ๐ง Cambridge
6.๐บ๐ธ Princeton
7.๐บ๐ธ California Institute of Technology
8.๐ฌ๐ง Imperial College London
9.๐บ๐ธ Berkeley
10.๐บ๐ธ Yale
Times Higher Education
At Tap Haus.
— Matt H (@korealaska) May 4, 2024
Nothing to be said but Go fucking bears pic.twitter.com/hF3wXznOOk
BREAKING: Nebraska lands Cal freshman WR Nyziah Hunter out of the transfer portal
— Tim Verghese (@TimVerghese) December 19, 2024
The 6โ2, 210lb speedster led the Golden Bears in receiving and was a top target for Matt Rhule and Dana Holgorsen
STORY: https://t.co/uwlmuSk1LP pic.twitter.com/G4e2J1ZfVV
Whatโs nextยฟ๐ pic.twitter.com/HwZmI6abu9
— Josiah Martin (@JosiahMartin_) December 20, 2024
โค๏ธ https://t.co/usMEqp94Pl
— Kyle Cefalo (@kcef35) September 12, 2023
Looks like a UCLA WR Logan Loya TD from my angle!
— Eric Froton (@CFFroton) November 9, 2024
UCLA up 17-10 in Pasadena pic.twitter.com/m7yn8fTyAy
j mike transfers from ucla to floridaShocky1 said:
https://instagr.am/p/B_Vjlg0Ap85
j michael sturdivant career receiving statistics:
2022 at cal: 65 receptions for 755 yards & 7 touchdowns
2023 at ucla: 36 receptions for 597 yards & 4 touchdowns
2024 at ucla: 22 receptions for 315 yards & 2 touchdowns (can't create separation, lacks SPEED)
j-mike expected to enter the transfer portal, utep would be a good landing spot
femi oladejo's final college game of his life (no remaining eligibility):
moved from linebacker to defensive end on the ucla d with no tackles against fresno state, zero nfl upside
https://instagr.am/p/C7uBpbISLyb
no berkeley degrees, future valets at chateau marmont (when shocky rolls up with benji)#
Forget the pre snap stupid sideways look. Why didn't they run with the two guys they were covering? Zone punt return? Exhibit A in Wilcox's exit meeting. Tireless worker my ass. A washing machine is a tireless worker.Shocky1 said:
https://instagr.am/p/B9SOe4njett
cal's monster class OFFICIAL statement re: special teams: part 1
sitting on the 50 yard line with taylor (who looked at potential nyc new year's eve dresses on her phone the entire game asking for my fashionista input during timeouts while wearing a fendi moscow looking coat with a minx collar in an indoor stadium) in the 1st row of the mezzanine level (which best replicates my tree fort perch at memorial stadium) shocky immediately noticed the bizarro placement/aignment of the 2 outside defending bears on the rebs trick play shovel pass
check out #6 & #25 pre play in this video, neither one of them is looking at the unlv wideouts, they are FACING each other/the center of the field instead of the potential ball receiver...then just as bizarrely the 2 bears drifted backwards with zero eye contact on the punter which not surprising resulted in a 50+ yard game changing play
can anybody explain in football technical terms the strategy of the 2 outside bears pre snap alignment??Viva Las Vegas baby https://t.co/vQ3IuTsQNp
— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball) December 19, 2024
and when will the candy azz soft media including this site evah ask wilcox & longwell why they ran off ucla's mateen bhaghani??...the monster has already explained the full backstory from mateen's parents perspective & his efforts to unsuccessfully resolve the situation before longwell "brought in his guys" (ryan coe & bobby englster who are now both gonzo)...yeah mateen is the collin morikawa of collegiate field goal kicking which his precision ice in his veins kicks stroke after stroke after stroke after stroke which is kinda important in WINNING football gamesKickin' Chitten sneaks it in ๐ฆต pic.twitter.com/dMCvpxidYC
— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball) December 19, 2024
kinda curious if this also happens to teams that don't got a full time special teams coach??Jacob De Jesus is good at football
— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball) December 19, 2024
๐บ: ESPN pic.twitter.com/0g9sfU11dZ
so wut's the good news (the food offering in the so fi vip section looked like nasty azz doggy dog food and/or fish nite at the unit 2 dorm back in the day)??...almost all restaurants in beverly hills stop taking new orders for the kitchen at 10:00 pm on weeknites but il pastaio on canon drive stays open late & we were able to smooth talk our order in at 10:45 pm...our pasta dishes (the mushroom ravioli for tay & the crab/lobster linguini for dad) plus the shared perfectly seared petite fillet for protein wuz exceptional!!!
https://instagr.am/p/DC7fK0otfeo
โAn Optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A Pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leavesโ. - Bill Vaughn
— Aristotle Thompson (@CoachAT23) December 20, 2024
Eyes forward , ton of people waiting to pull you down & hold you back.
Be ready to work, this Life ainโt for everybody #ROB pic.twitter.com/RCgzLJ3Kwg
Like 3 more schools, 6 new graphics and a degree from Texas Tech is my guess
— Kloogie (@throbbingpinkie) December 20, 2024
Don't really know what these guys will make in NIL but say this kid gets $300,000 in the 4 years. 30 years in the S&P could get him 3 million. My Cal degree didn't get me that. Go transfer kids.Econ141 said:Like 3 more schools, 6 new graphics and a degree from Texas Tech is my guess
— Kloogie (@throbbingpinkie) December 20, 2024
Notre Dame cornerback Jaden Mickey has signed with Cal, @On3sports has learned. https://t.co/VxSGJETKD9 https://t.co/stxn0oFdl9
— Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) December 20, 2024
KABBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!Shocky1 said:
https://instagr.am/p/CzCjc42LMgs
cal's monster class recruiting update:
the TAKERS coaching staff of brown & watson are targeting notre dame grad transfer 6' 182 lbs corner jaden mickey who is the latest great db from corona centennial just like berkeley grad breezy!!
mickey is a strong candidate to be yet another irish turned bear starter on coach sirmon's d after 500+ snaps for notre dame, gotta develop more strength & top end SPEED if he wants to get PAID in the nfl after the 2025 season
jaden is NOT a dumb azz, he got a 3.75 gpa plus he's FOREVER a mama's boy like shocky (which motivates us every morning we wake up)
https://instagr.am/p/C1dSN4cphPn
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (including eastvale, adios freezing azz south bend)
https://instagr.am/p/DDVYJVdPT71