TELL THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD 🗣️ #GoBears pic.twitter.com/ZADDbt06Dl

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) September 16, 2023

the greatest tradition in college football (brought to u by learfield)#

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visited during halftime with 4th gen bear's guest starting point guard jalen cone who is a fun, fiercely focused & determined young man that will be an outstanding ambassador for cal basketball during his year in berkeley

jalen tole me that coach madsen will run a usual playing rotation of 7-8 players in marquee matchups with him playing 35+ minutes but that will expand to a 10-12 playing rotation in less competitive preseason & conference games with him playing 28+ minutes...we talked about flagstaff (elevation 7000) & its impact upon physical conditioning, mark has already noted jalen's excellent cardio stamina

huge kudos to jalen for not playing video games like many of his teammates, he'd rather play his guitar (we actually talked about black artists in country & western music) & sleep (tole him ima sofa king too)...his roommate at the basketball house is bishop o'dowd's monty bowser

asked cone whose improved the most during summer/fall practices...jaylen is very diplomatic but noted that grant newell has made significant strides forward in his game including his kinda suspect shooting from last season

jalen laughed re: my question of the toughest defender & tole me that serbian vladimir pavlovic literally lives in his jersey with physicality during practices, vlad gotta lotta jorge in his game

the monster is always real with everybody so shocky tole jalen that in watching him against asu last winter in tempe that i wuz not impressed with his hero ball & the ball sticking in his hands...too much strawberry in that jam...jaylen understood my scouting report (and skillset feedback from asu's bobby hurley who works out with me at the village in north scottsdale) & we both agreed that when a mid major plays a power five conference team that the star player (in this case cone) gets double teamed the whole game as the opponent is not gonna let him beat them & the reality the rest of the lumberjacks lineup wuz not skilled or +1 athletic

lastly we had some honest talk about his beautiful daughter, his girlfriend (a curvy brunette latina yoga female from san diego that plays soccer for nau) & his baby mama...he's doing a great job of balancing his personal life

jalen cone=+1 athletic respected leader of a 20+ win california golden bear basketball program

Shocky1 said:

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legendary defensive coordinator & future nfl hall of famer marv lewis (currently the de facto defensive coordinator for asu) tole me during a conversation last winter at desert highlands (he lives off the tee to the right of the par 5 11th hole) with a smirk that cal was "the easiest team in the pac 12 to gameplan against" during the coach wilcox era because of his fear of passing into the middle third of the field...yeah even tho knowlton once tole me to my face that billy m wuz a "genius," nobody with any nfl pedigree shares that dumb azz opinion

marv stacks the box for stuffed running plays & cheats his linebackers & safeties to the perimeter for coverage assistance against the bears leaving only a spy who is tagging the qb for a potential run or slow developing drag routes over the middle

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

and why is this the case?

coach wilcox plays the game not to win but not to lose, he's very conservative (which is probably why he's not married, no he's not gay)

the net result is a lotta one touchdown losses (on the plus side the bears are never blown out) with an elite defense & a schematically dysfunctional offense that don't utilize the entire field to its advantage

the irony in all of this is that the thing that justin is tryna avoid (critical turnovers that lose games) is exactly why the bears lose so many close games

i dunno maybe our coach should consult with matt bouza or somebody and loosen up a little bit, right?

the gutsy 4th & 2 call in bear territory early in the auburn game which my boy ashton stredick tenaciously converted into a 1st down is a step in the right direction

another 14-10 loss#

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b&g, this wuz another abysmal failure to attack/utilize the middle 3rd of the field in the passing game, them vandals wuz a significantly better coached offensive team with an elite passing attack that is schematically both unpredictable & multiple

the 2 interior passes would've been huge chunk plays but both times the wideouts dropped the ball...and the predictable sideline screen with blockers got blown up again as it does in every other game

other than asu & stanford, the bears will potentially not win another game this season unless there is a major change in the play calling & to be honest with you ima not sure that's 100% gonna happen as coach wilcox may not got that mental flexibility/adaptability

the margin for error next win in seattle is gonna be slim, poor coaching won't get the victory

battle at the space needle (predictable play calling tendencies & failure to attack the middle 3rd of the field will be a ****show)#

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hoop dreams & the monster visited with coach madsen in the tunnel during the football team's cannon blast run out to the field, mark yelled at his wife to make sure she got their small kids outta the way to make sure they didn't get trampled in the hyped up atmosphere

asked mark about an asian walk on for the upcoming season, there wuz 2 ballers that stood out at the open tryouts for walk ons...coach gave us details re: recruitment of mike sharavjamts who ultimately signed with them university of san francisco dons

we also discussed the importance of building a sold out hostile homeport venue & building a pipeline of future season tix holders/donors by offering all students tixs to every game at our haas

mark is 100% supportive of offering free tixs to all student at every home game at haas & tole us that he's working on that

unless mad dog pushes this hard there's zero chance this actually gonna happen with our absentee athletic director who is more worried about food service in the esp sections & his marketing director markeisha everrett who is an absolutely worthless bureaucrat who actually tole me before the game that she thinks students should be able to afford the $125 season pass (they can't), that she's happy with the tixs sold/attendance numbers for football & basketball & that she will not consider any free students tixs as a future investment for cal's revenue sports

speaking to markeisha everett is kinda like talking to the dumbest person you've ever met in your life except that she's also arrogant...she will no doubt place the race card for her employment but the reality is that she's 100% unqualified to sell tixs/build the brand in berkeley

lastly asked everett that with the potential $10,000,000+ financial shortfall in the athletic department will she consider reducing the size of her bloated 11 person communications dept (which is kinda ironic since the con artist refuses all interview requests) & she tole me "absolutely not, we have 30 teams that need coverage"

some kinda misguided commentary on other threads re: wide receivers & "separation"

if opposing defensive coordinators schematically know that your not gonna attack the middle 3rd of the field with the routes that have been chartered from past games, then the defensive backs & outside linebackers will cheat to the perimeter sideline tree routes thereby creating the illusion that are wide receivers don't got enuf speed

"separation" is not the problem (there is more than enuf speed in coach toler's room), the predictable play calling that don't involve the middle 3rd of the field in the passing game is the problem

got it?

don't be a dumb azz (yeah talking to u justin, u gotta unleash spav)#

Shocky, markeisha Everrett had an interview on radio kgo that was such an abomination I couldn't quite believe it. All rainbows roses, unicorns and fairy tales, mostly regaling the drone halftime show vs Auburn. It was utter BS and an embarrassment. It is very obvious to even the casual observer that a lot of change is needed in the Cal athletic admin. And NOW!

Got to speak to Coach Madsen before the game. I called out "Coach" across the way, but someone from Cal went up to him at the same time.

But after he was done talking to the Cal guy, he came over to me with his young child on his shoulders. What a genuine guy who went out of his way to talk to some random guy

Great time today with the family at @CalFootball game vs Idaho. Awesome team win! #gobears pic.twitter.com/cUmoNQwHuX

— Mark Madsen (@madsen_mark) September 17, 2023

And while I was in the tunnel I saw this shadowy figure with a cleverly placed field pass to disguise his identity

sonofabear51 said:

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Shocky, markeisha Everrett had an interview on radio kgo that was such an abomination I couldn't quite believe it. All rainbows roses, unicorns and fairy tales, mostly regaling the drone halftime show vs Auburn. It was utter BS and an embarrassment. It is very obvious to even the casual observer that a lot of change is needed in the Cal athletic admin. And NOW!

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Is there anyone in the admin that cares enough to see that she needs to be let go. Everyone there is just collecting woke paychecks.

HoopDreams said:

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And while I was in the tunnel I saw this shadowy figure with a cleverly placed field pass to disguise his identity

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I didn't know Aaron Rodgers attended the game. Glad he's doing better.

Agreed. I don't know if you heard the interview, but it was so over the top phony, I couldn't quite believe my ears. This is Cal Admin? Holy Wah!!
Make changes. What's going on now ain't working. Free tickets for students is a start. Fill MEMORIAL! I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS AT 75K CAPACITY. Everett said it was 44k last week for Auburn but can hold 52k. ***? Open the flood gates, let people in!! JFC

^^^^ look the ibiza t-rex yoga judge knocked off a couple of points off for form but shocky would like to point out that he wuz on a severe concrete downslope which may or may not be apparent in that foto

kinda funny now to look at the people in the background & their kinda perplexed looks "what the **** is wrong with that boy?"

there's some ugly azz body hair there too, time for a lunch box appointment next week



shocky may be unbreakable but his personal hygiene/grooming is nasty azz bad#

Shocky1 said:

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beware the vandals (qb gevani mccoy is the real mccoy, got 300+ yards upside)#

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gevani completed 28-46 passes for 279 yards, fully expect the current vandals sophomore to enter the transfer portal after the season & compete against the bears the next 2 seasons as a starting quarterback for an acc opponent such as the hurricanes and so forth