100% correct on the sideline centric play calling, Usually it's the other way around, a DC will try to take away the passes between the hashmarks and force a QB to make throws he might not be able to complete. The sideline is an extra defender. Predictability and tendencies are easy to defend and explains why Cal comes up short in close games where the habits become magnified.

^^^^calalumnus island dude, 100% that a gameday package should be strategized for the jet & his unique speed ala oregon's utilization of de'anthony thomas back in the day to get him touches in open space

love this foto of javian with his imaginary bulked up muscles & ****...in real life tho the jet is built kinda like yoga boy shocky at 5'9" (maybe) & 165 lbs...for my b-day maybe ima gonna hire davidson for a specially commissioned painting of a strongman shocky picking up a bus full of rescue doggys or something

https://instagr.am/p/CinJIYorcYG
the mack attack (let's ******* go)#

Cal depth chart for Saturday's 1 pm game vs Idaho pic.twitter.com/aMFAzzkK2o

— Jim McGill (@BearInsider_com) September 12, 2023

jaydn ott is gonna be healthy/ready to rip off 65+ yard scampers against them idaho vandals, a kicking competition this week in berkeley & my cage fighting coach/mentor taj moving up the depth chart among the wideouts with his explosive playmaking skillz

would've been insightful if this week's depth chart included a scatter chart of targeted areas of attack for the cal offense, is the middle third of the field the bermuda triangle or wut?...ruh roh scooby



saturday at 1:00 pm at memorial stadium (watching cal football on tv is for losers)#

So we would still be short of the $37 million we were getting from the Pac. Plus increased travel expenses. But sure beats the death sentence. Need donors to step up.



jimmy, 100% disagree, anybody donating $ to the athletic department is an indisputable dumb azz, the athletic department needs to CUT COSTS such as the heart of darkness con artist & his #2 confidante jenny along with rightsizing the number of sport teams to 16 & reducing the bloated bureaucracy



no ******* bail out (buy ur own damn kicks)#

89, the monster just got the following top secret highly confidential text from oski:

wut up shocky?

sorry to hear ur not gonna show up in napa until friday morning to coach up max homa at the pga fortinet championship, the food here at the silverado sunny skies rehab & wellness institute is ok not great but definitely better than fish night at the dorms in berkeley

anyways don't tell nobody but spav just tole me that the 1st play of the idaho game is gonna be an inside handoff fake to jaydn ott & then sam jackson v is gonna throw a dime to jeremiah hunter on an inside slant for an electric 75 yard opening play touchdown up the middle of the field with the cannon going off like it wuz the war of the worlds or something

can u believe this ****?

ur friend,

oski

ps. if u got some extra time after max's 12:38 tee time friday playing with his best friend on the pga tour joel dahmen who lives in mesa would u plz smuggle me a bottle of high end tequila or something?...will owe u a solid amigo

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Excited for my official visit to Cal September 8-10th! #GoBears pic.twitter.com/5jAijR2d2C

— BJ Canady (@bj_canady) August 31, 2023

2024 cal's monster class recruiting update:

the 2024 acc california golden bears are once again open for biz & one of the 1st official visitors of this exciting new era of east coastie fun gamedays is 6'5" 260 lbs apex predator edge defender bj canady from topeka high school in kansas

bj is not a dumb azz, he got a 3.91 gpa...his sister nijaree is a star for stanford softball...trust me he's not gonna pick a big 12 truck stop academic skool

🚨 AWARDS ALERT: Congratulations to the 2023 @tucci_limited / NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year, @StanfordSball's NiJaree Canady! 🥎

🔗 https://t.co/30qdeChkoo pic.twitter.com/yJPXyzaAAu

— NFCA (@NFCAorg) May 31, 2023

listen to this articulate & poised young man, the big news is that he's gonna also play quarterback this season

SIK’s @bjbowman13 caught up with BJ Canady (@bj_canady) of Topeka High at @sharp_spelite on his recruitment and heading into senior year with the Trojans 🏈 Multiple Power 5 offers for the 6’5” 250 lb DE.

Also hear from the 2024 top prospect on his sister, @CanadyNijaree… pic.twitter.com/cKOINUJhnQ

— Sports in Kansas (@sportsinkansas) June 1, 2023

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for those that wanna build generational wealth thru nfl development with coach browning & studious work in the classrooms of berkeley)
https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

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82, glad ur getting ur **** together...let me know when u wanna meet up for a pregame quick 9 at the par 3 course at tilden park...yeah and keeping score won't be part of the deal

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Tilden doesn't have a par 3 course, but Chabot and Corica do.

Shocky, I'm worried you've been hitting the green juice a wee bit too hard!

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blake, zony & big c, do u remember back in the day with sonny's offensive fireworks that whenver the bears needed a 1st down stephen anderson would run a skinny 6-10 yard route & then post up to the inside of the field for an almost always automatic simple pitch & catch...check out this route at the 35 second mark...also check out the inside slant to maurice harris at the 1 minute 44 second mark for a touchdown

there's no reason cal's wideouts with length like jeremiah hunter, brian hightower, marquise montomgery or mason starling when healthy couldn't run these routes for 1st downs & keep drives alive instead of the current 30 yard low percentage sideline routes that are expertly defended by the coached up defenders that know our predictable offensive passing schemes

coach wilcox is a fan of the perimeter passing routes probably because misthrown balls are usually thrown out of bounds whereas passes in the middle third of the field every now & then result in interceptions

look, there's a reason that one of the most respected defensive coordinator masterminds in the history of the nfl marv lewis tole me that "cal is the easiest team in the pac 12 to gameplan against"

is the middle third of the field bear territory or not?#

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Hmmm, so it IS Wilcox. Coaching like we can out-talent all our opponents. Ridiculous. More ****ty administration.

https://instagr.am/p/CYcaOltB72d
75, my daily 32% green drink routine started back in the day after a comment from the truly amazing yoga teacher anton (he's very intuitive & knows things re: the mystery of life) re: the magical powers of juicing but it's true if u hit the green juice too hard & spill it on a white t-shirt ur kinda ******...shocky's dry cleaner hates him



anyways, ur rite tllden don't got no par 3 course but lake chabot got one...it appears from the foto above of the 1st hole that the shotmaking strategies are twofold: 1) from the gold tees don't hit behind the ball & break ur wrist on the cart path and 2) play a homakawa fade long & left off the green monster & let the hillside funnel the ball back onto the green

is that correct?

last friday me & slim wadie (creighton grad, never played lake chabot) got jammed up time wise with our late afternoon tee time at lake merced but if we could've logistically played earlier our plan wuz to get over to lake chabot by the oakland zoo before sunset, pay the cart kid 20 bucks to drive us up the mountain & drop us off on the tee box of the all world par 6 675 yards 18th hole & then celebrate the best rollercoaster hole on planet earth walking the hole with only a driver, 3 wood, pitching wedge & a putter in our hands

match play, winner of the hole would pay for dinner at scomas at fisherman's wharf

Shocky1 said:

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https://instagr.am/p/CYcaOltB72d
75, my daily 32% green drink routine started back in the day after a comment from the truly amazing yoga teacher anton re: the magical powers of juicing but it's true if u hit the green juice too hard & spill it on a white t-shirt ur kinda ******...shocky's dry cleaner hates him



anyways, ur rite tllden don't got no par 3 course but lake chabot got one...it appears from the foto above of the 1st hole that the shotmaking strategies are twofold: 1) from the gold tees don't hit behind the ball & break ur wrist on the cart path and 2) play a homakawa fade long & left off the green monster & let the hillside funnel the ball back onto the green

is that correct?

last friday me & slim wadie (creighton grad, never played lake chabot) got jammed up time wise with our late afternoon tee time at lake merced but if we could've logistically played earlier our plan wuz to get over to lake chabot by the oakland zoo before sunset, pay the cart kid 20 bucks to drive us up the mountain & drop us off on the tee box of the all world par 6 675 yards 18th hole & then celebrate the best rollercoaster hole on planet earth walking the hole with only a driver, 3 wood, pitching wedge & a putter in our hands

match play, winner of the hole would pay for dinner at scomas at fisherman's wharf

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From the gold tees that's US Open tough if not US Open manicured.

Idaho at home is the perfect game for Cal to give Pac 12 DCs different looks and video to look at, throw out what isn't working and tamp down your tendency toward safe plays. Philosophical swing game, time to let it rip.

Shocky1 said:

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https://instagr.am/p/CYcaOltB72d
75, my daily 32% green drink routine started back in the day after a comment from the truly amazing yoga teacher anton (he's very intuitive & knows things re: the mystery of life) re: the magical powers of juicing but it's true if u hit the green juice too hard & spill it on a white t-shirt ur kinda ******...shocky's dry cleaner hates him



anyways, ur rite tllden don't got no par 3 course but lake chabot got one...it appears from the foto above of the 1st hole that the shotmaking strategies are twofold: 1) from the gold tees don't hit behind the ball & break ur wrist on the cart path and 2) play a homakawa fade long & left off the green monster & let the hillside funnel the ball back onto the green

is that correct?

last friday me & slim wadie (creighton grad, never played lake chabot) got jammed up time wise with our late afternoon tee time at lake merced but if we could've logistically played earlier our plan wuz to get over to lake chabot by the oakland zoo before sunset, pay the cart kid 20 bucks to drive us up the mountain & drop us off on the tee box of the all world par 6 675 yards 18th hole & then celebrate the best rollercoaster hole on planet earth walking the hole with only a driver, 3 wood, pitching wedge & a putter in our hands

match play, winner of the hole would pay for dinner at scomas at fisherman's wharf

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Those yellow tees are for frisbee golf players (you can see the first target bucket in the far background behind the green). That par 3 course is a bit beat up, but super fun to play. There's a lot of OB and ball loss opportunities, but it's part of the challenge.

Chabot's 18th hole par 6 is one of the most fun holes I've ever played. A few years ago a guy got a Condor (a score of 2!):

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-golf-course-still-buzzing-about-extremely-rare-condor-score/

The big Chabot course is enjoyable, but most shots require clubbing up or down 2 clubs since everything is either an extreme uphill or downhill.

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Shocky1 said:

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https://instagr.am/p/CYcaOltB72d
75, my daily 32% green drink routine started back in the day after a comment from the truly amazing yoga teacher anton (he's very intuitive & knows things re: the mystery of life) re: the magical powers of juicing but it's true if u hit the green juice too hard & spill it on a white t-shirt ur kinda ******...shocky's dry cleaner hates him



anyways, ur rite tllden don't got no par 3 course but lake chabot got one...it appears from the foto above of the 1st hole that the shotmaking strategies are twofold: 1) from the gold tees don't hit behind the ball & break ur wrist on the cart path and 2) play a homakawa fade long & left off the green monster & let the hillside funnel the ball back onto the green

is that correct?

last friday me & slim wadie (creighton grad, never played lake chabot) got jammed up time wise with our late afternoon tee time at lake merced but if we could've logistically played earlier our plan wuz to get over to lake chabot by the oakland zoo before sunset, pay the cart kid 20 bucks to drive us up the mountain & drop us off on the tee box of the all world par 6 675 yards 18th hole & then celebrate the best rollercoaster hole on planet earth walking the hole with only a driver, 3 wood, pitching wedge & a putter in our hands

match play, winner of the hole would pay for dinner at scomas at fisherman's wharf

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Those yellow tees are for frisbee golf players (you can see the first target bucket in the far background behind the green). That par 3 course is a bit beat up, but super fun to play. There's a lot of OB and ball loss opportunities, but it's part of the challenge.

Chabot's 18th hole par 6 is one of the most fun holes I've ever played. A few years ago a guy got a Condor (a score of 2!):

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-golf-course-still-buzzing-about-extremely-rare-condor-score/

The big Chabot course is enjoyable, but most shots require clubbing up or down 2 clubs since everything is either an extreme uphill or downhill.

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For fun par 3 courses, try Golden Gate in SF. If it's still there. For 9 holers with a few par 4s, and if you don't mind a drive (car) try Northwood in Russian River. One of the most scenic, wooded courses anywhere designed by Alistar Mackenzie. Gleneagles in SF is tough and nice too. Bring some extra balls. ;-)

675 yards par 6 18th hole at lake chabot (the bay area rollercoaster hole, come a little closer)#

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675 yards par 6 18th hole at lake chabot (the bay area rollercoaster hole, come a little closer)#

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I've always loved hitting 3 woods off my back foot.

In the War room on Sept. 1 talking to future Bears! Excited for our 2025 class, GO BEARS! 🐻📞 pic.twitter.com/6y35mOgEjN

— Chelsea Spencer (@CoachSpencerCal) September 1, 2023

recruiting is a team sport#

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (not just the country, got it?) including ibiza & strawberry canyon)

Cal Women's Volleyball 8 - 0 with interim coaches.
Cal Men's Water Polo 7 -0 with the greatest coaching staff on campus.

Men's Rowing - California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

mood: pic.twitter.com/z6tgNxSeyO

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) September 28, 2022

wut up sioape, my poly bad azz brah from a different mother?

let's be real here, u got more upside & god given physical skills than any o-linemen in the pac 12 plus u got a 4.0 gpa in high school...yeah ur basically a unicorn

but here's the problem, u got ur azz handed to u against auburn...ur not playing with the violent non stop motor intensity that gets guys paid in the national football league, comprende?

we're all waiting sioape

clock b ticking (let's ******* go)#

Happy Aloha Friday w/ @Vati_77S pic.twitter.com/dRhgsgVb4k

— Benji Palu (@BenjiPalu_Cal) August 12, 2022

Hollywood ending: Cal's men's water polo rolls past USC, beats Pepperdine in overtime (dailycal.org)

BlakeJ22 said:

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Idaho at home is the perfect game for Cal to give Pac 12 DCs different looks and video to look at, throw out what isn't working and tamp down your tendency toward safe plays. Philosophical swing game, time to let it rip.

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How the hell is this even a story? We have gone for it on fourth down 9 times this year. 2 of those were end of half 4th downs that resulted in interceptions, and most of them were around mid field or in the grey zone (too close to punt, to far to kick a field goal)....but still. How can we go for it on fourth down more often than once per quarter but be afraid to use an entire third of the football field because it might result in a turnover?

We kept going for it on fourth down because we trusted our defense to hold (they more than held up their side of the bargain), and we trusted our backs to get a few yards if needed.

For the record, outside those two end of half pics, we are 6 of 7 on fourth down for the year. Good things come when you trust in your offense to make a play. Open up the whole damned field (if it isn't already).

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so the bears didn't attack the middle of the field during the 6'2" chase garbers & 6'5" jack plummer seasons, now we got a 5'10" (maybe) quarterback who is challenged to see over defensive linemen and opponents review passing scatter charts for tendencies & flat out know that our head coach is not gonna risk an interception over the middle of the field...this conservatism is also why the bears lead the nation in the most punt return fair catches, our staff's goal is not fumble the ball instead of strategizing for an electric return that scores points/hypes up the team/fans ala desean

and thus the bears throw only sideline routes & the almost always failed tight end blocking screens on the perimeter, nobody is fooled by our predictable tendencies...justin via spav is afraid of quick slants over the middle or passes to the tight ends in space (safer to have them as an extra blocker) while attacking the relatively wide open middle third of the field


Shocky, one of my biggest frustrations on Saturday was that so many of our passes were sideline routes. By the second half I was calling for more quick slants into the middle of the field, but we attempted very few. Do you think that Sam's short stature severely inhibits using the middle of the field? If so, that's a big deal, in my opinion. Hopefully Spav can scheme to open up passing lanes and lines of sight for Sam, cuz otherwise we're too predictable.

I also would have liked to see Sam take off and run more often than he did Saturday. If opponents overplay the sidelines in recognition of Cal's tendencies, wouldn't that open up the middle for Sam to gobble up yardage on delayed scrambles up the middle? I would look for that to happen more in the coming games....let's get opposing defenses nervous about the different weapons we have and the different ways we can attack. Did not really see that on Saturday.

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Sam's short stature absolutely reduces the play book. Hell I was at fall camp and witnessed Sam jump in the air to throw passes in the middle of the field. ***?? We are limited w/o doubt.

ursine, great meeting u & your fam in denton...wut a genetically good looking crew!

coach spav knows wut's he's doing with short qbs like kylar murray & johnny manziel who won heisman trophies or something...coach wilcox just needs to release the dogs of war in attacking the middle third of the field (or just 100% not get involved in any offensive schematic decision making), 7 years of a failed perimeter passing game should be enuf metrics for justin to chart a new course for the program starting with them idaho vandals this saturday afternoon at 1:00 pm at memorial stadium

honestly the 1st offensive drive for the bears is gonna tell the whole damn world wut's the future gonna look like

spav>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>beau>>>>>>>>plankton>>>billy m

Cheesecake. Dodgers. Taylor Swift.

Rapid-fire questions with @MaxHoma ahead of his 3-peat attempt @FortinetChamp. pic.twitter.com/Ek41WmVGsx

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 13, 2023

fun walk & talk q&a with california golden bear max homa:

yeah max wuz born under scorpio skies too, we both wuz born on november 19th which means a big game victory is the best present on planet earth (shocky got zero interest in material possessions for life at the tree fort)

100% agreed that step bros is arguably the funniest movie of all time



and yeah the cheesecake factory is also my favorite chain meal, luv the spaghetti with meat sauce with a light sprinkling of parm cheese to be followed by splitting a linda's fudge cake desert

https://instagr.am/p/CmZpRadNlZA
look, if ur gonna put **** in ur body that's gonna kill u someday u might as well be all in, ok?

https://instagr.am/p/BZrTU3Oje4v
hopefully someday lacey is gonna tell max that his boys of the taliban facial manscaping is not a good look but as long as he's being a good boy & going to taylor swift concerts without complaining then that conversation might be in the distant future...i dunno maybe shocky will break the news to max this friday at 12:38 pm when he tees off on the silverado north course at the fortinet

32 oz green drinks are for unhappy/uptight always kinda starved yoga losers (where's the ******* twinkies?)#

just got a funny as **** email from the athletic director re: his focus on gameday food service for rich people that can't go a couple of minutes without dog food

james arthur knowlton refuses every interview request and he's also the only athletic director in the nation that don't got any social media platforms for communication

while he's not focused on cutting costs/balancing the budget (his plan is just to borrow more funds from the central campus), he is focused on sorry azz chesseburgers with fries & ****

can't make this stuff up, seriously thought the email wuz a spoof at 1st

Bwahahahahahahaaaaaa!

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