Excited to welcome @RonRivera80 back to @UCBerkeley@CalAthletics - The combination of Ronβs incredible football acumen and his powerful dedication to his alma mater makes him a perfect fit for this new role. It is an unprecedented opportunity. Go Bears! https://t.co/fKg9s0CE4N
Rich Lyons says initial preliminary conversations with Ron Rivera began in December but the idea of having a GM started months earlier with he and Jim Knowlton.
rich lyons=scared bureaucrat protecting the financially unsustainable status quo as the financial tsunami is at the doorsteps in berkeley while refusing to cut/reduce expenses at an world renowned academic institution with a majority of the employees/professors ok with a low-key ivy league approach to athletics
knowlton lying about the progress of the dedicated basketball practice facility, unilaterally extending mark fox's contract another season, failing to offer FREE tixs to all football/basketball games & his enabling jennifer simon-o'neil to conspire with teri mckeever for years re: the suicidal women's swimmers should've been grounds for termination but now we're all learning that the chancellor is STRATEGIZING with the con artist
if cal football is relegated there will be literally no reason for most berkeley grads to evah visit the campus again, school spirit will disappear into the bay area fog & with less funding berkeley's reputation as the #1 ranked public university in the world will be at risk in the very near future
the monster is not gonna lie to u, shocky did NOT see this coming
My sentiment exactly. This looks like putting lipstick on a pig and having Knowlton still very much involved goes to show that we aren't really serious. Someone needed to be canned for the performance of Cal basketball and football let alone the realignment debacle where we were open to joining the MWC. That he wasn't fired was an atrocity. To still have him be part of the current decision making process is just incomprehensible. A
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jaxon is a work out warrior with 4.56 SPEED & is gonna officially visit berkeley on june 6th, it's completely befuddling & inexplicable why pyatt is also gonna visit some **** academic skools with level 7 hypothermia cold weather too & check out their worthless igloo management degrees or something
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including the rocky mountains)
— Corona Centennial Football (@Cen10Football) January 6, 2025
2026 4.83 gpa 6'3" 220 lbs apex predator linebacker jonathan mckinely from corona centennial#
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (just ask breezy about getting PAID in the national football league)
Had an amazing visit at Cal this weekend. After deep consideration and thoughts with my family, Iβm blessed and honored to say that Iβm COMMITTED!!π»π‘π΅ pic.twitter.com/5VrSiyfAe3
Right now Ron Rivera, Lance Cooper & Kevin Kennedy (and 95% of the ESP seat donors including the Monster) are kinda putting up with ur bull**** decision to have that ****tard Knowlton in charge of Cal Football.
But guess wut? Ur very very CLOSE to losing all financial support moving forward which will 100% collapse not only Cal Football but also ur grandiose plans to endow sports nobody really gives 2 ***** about except u, Jenny, Markeisha & the Con Artist along with any support for Berkeley's academic mission.
President Drake isn't ******* around like u, he's transparently admitted the UC system is under attack with a financial tsunami of EPIC proportions. This is an EXISTENTIAL threat to UC Berkeley.
If u alienate the Cal football community by not making Rivera 100% in charge of all GM duties/responsibilities instead of the absolutely unqualified bureaucrat who has already put Cal Basketball into a death spiral then ur ability to navigate the financial challenges of the next couple of years is gonna be a foregone conclusion of failure & Berkeley losing it's reputation as the #1 ranked public university in the world.
Rich, yesterday's Zoom call wuz a major disappointment to literally almost every California Golden Bear, please reconsider the organization structure of Cal Football (Rivera is not gonna stick around to be a glorified fundraiser), ok?
2028 4.0 gpa defensive back isaiah glover from sacred heart high school#
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for hometown heroes that wanna play in front of moms & the fam at memorial stadium on fall gamedays)
super fun 1st round at the 2023 scottish open at the renaissance club in north berwick, scotland!!
walked most of the en fuego course record 61 for byeong hun an, if you listen carefully to the above twitter feed u can hear the monster yell upon his 9th (final hole) 25 foot birdie putt, "wow, go bears"...when ben lost his pga card after the 2021 season, he went home to lake nona (above average fazio design in orlando) & finally got his body right during his 2022 season on the korn ferry tour...an absolutely pounds the ball off the tee with length (averaged 318 yards on drives today) & accuracy and his short game is creatively on point
2025 valspar pga tournament in palm harbor: 2nd round update
ben an (67, tied for 2nd): shocky has been predicting ben's 1st pga victory, all facets of his game are rolling right now particularly his ability to hit greens in regulation (25 out of 36 in the first 2 rounds)...fun fact: an's longest drive today wuz 362 yards (which is cade uluave & devin brown most worstest drives combined yardage)!!
michael kim (71, tied for 65th): haha michael, time to check back into ur hotel & get some sleep for ur early morning tee time maΓ±ana...a world top 50 ranking (currently #54) & a 2025 masters invitation is still up for grabs, ur powerful draw is a great ball flight shaping fit for augusta national brah!!
Plz just finish so I can either go home tonight or know Iβm playing https://t.co/YivwMnetFq
fun fact: tho shocky & slim wadie made a stop at a buc-ee's in the deep south during the FUN auburn golf roadtrip last fall, they 100% avoided the triple bypass culinary breakfasts at the waffle house...the funniest thing we saw on the trip wuz a waffle house near shoal creek in alabama that had an all nite emergency walk in clinic next door!!
https://instagr.am/p/C8ew4NgxokH neal shipley is truly an honorary california golden bear (supercuts wuz apparently closed today)#
the staff hosted multiple local potential hometown heroes (with many more scheduled to unofficially visit tomorrow) as part of today's high school & junior college coaching clinic at memorial stadium
relatively lite day with tomorrow a key date in the 1st step in starting to configure the depth chart, saturday's practice #7 will be the last (other than than the spring game practice #15) public practice before the bears spring break week (the guys looking to someday get PAID in the national football league will still be working in berkeley)
shocky has been in touch with dozens of major donors during the last 24 hours since the rivera announcement, literally everyone is disappointed that lyons is strategizing with knowlton with wilcox reporting to the con artist at this time...knowlton got a universal near zero donor approval rating
so the consensus is that rich is afraid to neutralize jimmy at this time because of his testimony pertaining to the potentially costly ****show lawsuits emanating from the mckeever fiasco involving the truly evil as **** jennifer simon-o'neil...there's agreement that knowlton (who is a pathological liar, his empty promises re: the progress of the basketball practice facility & lying to a naive chancellor christ re: the northwestern athletic director opening) would be crazy (and risk jail time) by perjuring himself with testimony re: his enabling (looking the other way) non defensible role with the multiple suicidal ideration women's swimmers
to a person, and that means everybody shocky spoke to, trusts kevin kennedy to handle this discussion/negotiation with the chancellor...if sebastapool bear says he's done, literally everybody else including the monster is gonna be done with cal football too...kevin is the proxy vote for the california golden bear football community
bottom line, kevin kennedy is gonna be the person announcing whether or not there's gonna be a BIG TIME cal football program moving forward or a coastal california rival with cal poly at a 3,500+ fans gameday at memorial stadium in the very near future which no doubt would be just fine with the strawberry canyon homeowners & a significant # of berkeley professors
who is rich lyons (we're gonna know for sure in the next couple of weeks)??#
God has been so good! It was such a blessing to experience these young men get one step closer in the pursuit of their childhood dreams. I am beyond proud of them. So grateful to have been a part of their journey alongside @CoachTreWβ¦Go Be Great! #MembersOnly@_CraigWoodsonpic.twitter.com/zUTq1VxvFq
plz accept this as my acceptance of ur invitation for me to serve as the featured guest speaker at the 1st cal football poly coaches conference!!
shocky will mostly talk about poke, yoga, mauna kea, 32 oz green juices, curvy brunette yoga females, food trucks on the north shore & the importance of not running off ur all american kicker (make sure longwell sits in the front row with a notebook)
jacob, did u focus on ur homework last nite or did u just play video games?
r u gonna be handing out towels at the la fitness in manteca at age 30 as a college drop out with ur daughter getting the free/reduced lunch cuz ur don't got no college degree?
DAD berkeley degree for amelia (press growth, let's ******* go!!)#
ben an (72, tied for 11th): ben wuz actually leading the tournament by 2 stokes on the back nine until **** kinda fell apart, an will rebound tomorrow with no pressure/expectations...ben missed a lotta greens as a result of over clubbing & tryna flight the ball with NO EFFORT but maybe tomorrow he needs to strategize with full swings to max carry yardages
michael kim (70, tied for 49th): strong finish with birdies on the snakepit's venomous par 4 16th & 18th holes!!
Is the athletic department trying to make sure we can't follow them. No post practice interviews? When I thought engagement by the community couldn't get any worse, the only player interviews come from this site (and thanks for those).
gcg, the monster will post an update later today, devin brown took all the qb1 snaps & threw 3 interceptions and kyle cunanan missed a 50 yard field goal (long enuf but wide)
Four-star 2026 OL recruits Tommy Tofi and Vlad Dyakonov (plus incoming freshman OLB John Tofi Jr.) were on hand for Cal's first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/fe5BSTmZuB
vlad dyakonov, 2026 3.5 gpa 6'7" 275 lbs mobile destroyer offensive tackle from folsom high school tommy tofi, 2026 all american 6'7" 335 lbs offensive tackle riordan high school, #1 prospect on the bears big board john tofi, 2025 cal signee 3.8 gpa 6'5" 210 lbs apex predator edge defender (now ex hooper, sorry dad) from riordan
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked university in the ******* world (for nor cal boyz that wanna build generational wealth both on & off the field that wanna share their fall gamedays with their families via short drives (without costly/time consuming flights, hotels, rental cars, dog food restaurants, etc.) to memorial stadium
— Cammeron βCammβ Purnell (@CammPurnell3) March 18, 2025
2026 3.5 gpa 6'1" 180 lbs defensive back with length cammeron "camm" purnell from lincoln high school (san diego)#
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for TAKERS that earn berkeley degrees & get PAID in the national football league)
^ note that in the above video from usc's galen center at the 30 second mark is ****tard jim knowlton awkwardly standing in the tunnel getting ignored by all the bears after lying to them & mark madsen the last several years that ground breaking construction of the dedicated basketball practice facility wuz imminent when in reality he hasn't fundraised anything (jimmy so alienated doug goldman that the levi strauss heir pulled his $10,000,000 lead donation to this project) that is required by uc berkeley capital projects financial requirements to be fully funded with all dollars collected before the 1st shovel is in the ground
yeah not a lotta elite hoopers wanna practice outside at the windy montera middle school playground in the winter tryna get shots up because the gold gym is a sonoma state level practice facility with overbooked rsf activities (which is great, all berkeley students need to engage in daily exercise/movement with their bodies!)
yeah the con artist is a pathological liar & is socially unaware of the negative reactions he generates in others & their obvious disdain for him
1st scrimmage (around 80 plays) with uneven quarterback play which is not surprising with the defensive ahead of the offensive as is typical in spring ball (particularly with the installation of brand new offensive schemes) with general manager ron rivera assisting in player evaluations :
qb1, devin brown took all the 1st string reps that wuz scoreless on all 7 possessions, there wuz 3 interceptions by tristan dunn, jasiah wagoner & luke ferrelli & also inside backer standout hunter barth blowing up multiple plays behind the line of scrimmage
qb2, ej caminong continues to develop with 2 touchdown passes & also a fun td reception from wannabe zony qb7 kyion grayes
qb3, jaron keawe sagapolutele threw 3 touchdowns against the 3rd team d with a nfl 50 yard strike to trevor rogers, the lefty's fluid throwing motion is as beautiful as a diamond head sunset
kicking: kyle cunanan missed a gamelike 50 yard field goal that had length but wuz wide of the goalposts
defensive backs: true freshmen/early college entrants cornerback jae'on young & safety aiden manutai are the real ******* deals but gotta get their bodies acc ready in the s&c program
^ the vastly improved s&c program under the intense leadership of coach novak & his all in staff are now publicly & transparently posting workout results/metrics within memorial stadium that can be viewed by fellow teammates, coaches & staff along with any observant visitors...underachieving in past seasons often taking plays off because of a lack of conditioning sioape vatikani has 100% embraced this process with coach anae's direct communications/tough love mentorship & has leaned/cored out his poly warrior physique with outstanding results with still more improvement on the horizon in his nfl quest via a standout senior season this fall
the previous non accountable failing beyond breaking bad candy azz soft s&c program wuz the #1 factor limiting the upward trajectory of the cal football program with the placekicking as the #2 deterrent to winning football games
glad novak made it outta lansing after all that happened (and has now created a competitive s&c program in berkeley reminiscent of ruthless billion dollars nfl organizations)
yeah today is the 1st day of the weeklong spring break, the winners of the world (guys who are gonna get PAID in the national football league & earn berkeley degrees) are gonna continue to relentlessly work to get ahead in their s&c development & academic studies
lazy azz **** ups will just wanna get away & do **** like playing video games
who r u??
curvy brunette yoga female PONYTAILS r triggering!!#
1st scrimmage (around 80 plays) with uneven quarterback play which is not surprising with the defensive ahead of the offensive as is typical in spring ball (particularly with the installation of brand new offensive schemes) with general manager ron rivera assisting in player evaluations :
qb1, devin brown took all the 1st string reps that wuz scoreless on all 7 possessions, there wuz 3 interceptions by tristan dunn, jasiah wagoner & luke ferrelli & also inside backer standout hunter barth blowing up multiple plays behind the line of scrimmage
qb2, ej caminong continues to develop with 2 touchdown passes & also a fun td reception from wannabe zony qb7 kyion grayes
qb3, jaron keawe sagapolutele threw 3 touchdowns against the 3rd team d with a nfl 50 yard strike to trevor rogers, the lefty's fluid throwing motion is as beautiful as a diamond head sunset
kicking: kyle cunanan missed a gamelike 50 yard field goal that had length but wuz wide of the goalposts
defensive backs: true freshmen/early college entrants cornerback jae'on young & safety aiden manutai are the real ******* deals but gotta get their bodies acc ready in the s&c program
First bad day for Brown, who has been getting folks excited. Hopefully a lot of tipped balls and plays being blown-up reflects well on the defense being good despite all the losses to the NFL, graduation, etc. and not the usual oline issues. JKS easily is passing the eyeball test for a frosh. Everything I'm hearing from friends attending practices is the QB and RB rooms have not looked as good since the early JT years. Ott and the Jet look really quick. There are some big RBs as well that can pound the rock. Which gets back to oline again and a WR that can separate from everyone else so defenses don't stack the box. The usual concerns on offense. I'm hopping the transfer from UNLV can be that guy at WR. That said, I'm told expect to see a lot of Brown to Endries during clutch time.
Good comment on DBs - young guys have to step-up this year, not be about potential.
great to see coach novak's infusion of YOGA movement (at the 1:35 minute mark), yeah body flexibility is the key to quick twitch movement & allowing the body to fluidly absorb violent collisions without the INJURIES that hallmarked the brian johnson era of undersized candy azz soft/broken bodies...memorial stadium is the modern yoga of the left coast!!
yeah shocky introduced (after recruiting him to berkeley) his bro jaylen brown to his yoga/meditation practice back in the day, today jb gotta nba super max $305,000,000 contract with the boston celtics as a direct result of my mentorship, he will be the 1st to tell u that listening to the monster is kinda important or something
ben an (71, tied for 16th): the most defining feature of the innisbrook's copperhead course other than the rolling carolina like terrain in otherwise flat azz florida are the double dogleg par 5s
fun fact: during both saturday & sunday's rounds ben intentionally pounded his drives 300+ yard on the par 5 5th hole into the 6th hole fairway to create a more linear angle of attack which resulted in 2 birdies!!
ben also intentionally tried playing the drastically downhill par 4 1st hole at kapalua's plantation down the 9th fairway early this season with not as favorable results...yeah berkeley golfers sometimes think outta the box in creating solutions with innovative course management
michael kim (68, tied for 28th): another great week for michael in all phases of his game, kim is now 11th in the pga tour's 2025 fed ex standings...michael (lives in dallas) is the only california golden bear that's gonna play next week's pga tournament in houston, a special week could get the #52 ranked player in the world a 2025 masters invitation (extended to the top 50)
fun fact: my alma mater has 4 of the top 76 in the official world golf rankings!!
wifey, agreed that the defensive back room is gonna require multi newcomers to step up with the graduation of a handful of TAKERS, you can see in this highlight reel of practice #7 that dbs are making moves on balls in the air with strong vision fundamentals
cb1 hezekiah masses cb2 khamani hudson cb1 ja'ir smith or jae'on young nb1 cam sydney nb2 jasiah wagoner s1 isaiah crosby or tristan dunn s1 ryan yaites or dru polidore
the nickels/corners tend to be interchangeable as are the safeties, nothing is in stone at this time of fierce competitions for starting/playing time with multiple dbs also expected to play prominent roles with the special teams units
Spot on - Cal get hammered by opposing coaches over recruiting by stating that Cal is one of just 5 D1 universities that don't have a dedicated practice facility. To think it's a "red herring"/minimal importance to players on the team/those considering Cal hoops, is simply naive and not aware of this key disadvantage. Our two key players have been kicked off Gold's gym multiple times this past season when they were wanting to get extra hoop time/shooting practice in. The lack of a dedicated basketball gym on campus is a huge negative to recruiting the top players. NIL first in importance, but, development, competing/post season team, housing and ability to practice at any time day or night is extremely important.
^ the above post is by 4th gen bear on the basketball board, randy is the most wired in cal basketball fan
if u think that pathological liar ****tard knowlton is just ruining the cal football program, think again
rich, if u think the status quo is gonna work, ur misreading the room at the current #1 ranked public university in the world
^ tay just tole me that she's holding her dad's wrist in the above foto (which wuz on the front page of the espn digital news) to prevent him from being a dumb azz & stormin' the field too early (and getting a technical foul or something) as our bears defeated the then #1 ranked wildcats coached by the donut boy of arizona at an ELECTRIC sold out haas pavillion
arizona's largest whale donor arte moreno (owns the california angels major league baseball franchise) once tole me while playing golf together that the cal's monster class relentless posting of unflattering fotos of sean miller caused him to finally take his health seriously & trim down
yeah shocky is a regular ******* public service for our competitors
love u sweetie!! (taylor NOT the donut boy of tuscon)