cal's monster offensive line

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^ no conflicts with berkeley final examinations, the full utilization of all 15 ncca allowed bowl game practices & a reasonably close drive/flights for cal's large contingent (and growing) bearents & families in texas

it's great!!!#

My order of priorities for which bowl game Cal should lobby for:

1) Utilize the full 15 NCAA allowable practices to maximize reps for our team, especially the younger players.

2) Fewer conflicts with final exams for our student athletes.

3) There is no #3, since the first 2 are the dominant priorities

4) Interesting bowl location for fans, factoring in ease of travel and recruiting visibility considerations

5) Opponent. Prefer beatable P5 school but don't really care that much. Prefer for our opponent not to have a significant home field advantage.


Really, I care a lot more about developing our players for next year than I do about which exact bowl game we play in this year. Hopefully this will be the least prestigious bowl we attend for a while as we enter a multi-year climb back to national prominence. This is my goal, not necessarily an expectation yet.

So I favor bowls NOT on Dec 16th so we can maximize the practice time allowed. First Responder Bowl would be fine, or any other bowl that is comfortably into December to maximize practice time and allow players to focus on academics during finals week 12/10 thru 12/15.

I'm psyched that I get to see this team play one more time, but I'm all business about developing our players and improving to a higher level.

Do others have a different perspective on this?
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cal's monster class MAJOR exclusive announcement:

outside linebacker david reese is arguably the most destructive apex predator edge defender in the nation during the last 3 games

david earned a degree in education sciences from florida in the spring of 2022 & is currently enrolled in the grad cert program in berkeley

due to past past injuries, there are discussions right now with the staff to potentially petition the ncca for a 7th year of eligibility after the bowl game

if this legit petition is approved by the ncca, this literally changes the entire dynamics of the 2024 california golden bear defense particularly the acc road game at florida state

dude can also orchestrate the band, he got musical skillz & good hair

https://instagr.am/p/CEhVsAXgHo5

the florida project (is thriving in cali)#
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2024 scholly roster departures: right now there are 11 PUBLIC departing bears, additional medical & football retirements along with transfer (including grad transfer) & nfl announcements which will be forthcoming after the bowl game

matthew cindric, center...out of eligibility...berkeley degrees w/haas biz school & masters education
barrett miller, tackle...out of eligibility...stanford engineering degree & berkeley cert program
isaiah ifanse, running back...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program
monroe young, wide receiver...out of eligibility...berkeley degree
brian hightower, wide receiver...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program
darius long jr, defensive tackle...out of eligibility...berkeley degree
jackson sirmon, inside linebacker...out of eligibility...berkeley haas global grad program
david reese, inside linebacker...out of eligibility pending potential appeal for 7th season...berkeley cert program
raymond woodie iii, safety...out of eligibility...berkeley degree
patrick mcmorris, safety...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program
ben finley, quarterback...portal as grad transfer

at the end of the day the # of scholly additions gotta equal the # of scholly departures for the 2024 season, got it?

yeah there wuz 36 scholly departures for the 2023 season

daniel scott, safety...out of eligibility, nfl indianapolis colts
odua isibor, edge defender...out of eligiblity
jamieson sheahan, punter...out of eligilbity
darius long jr, defensive line...now a walk on for final semester, already earned berkeley degree
kyle smith, inside linebacker...portal as grad transfer
ryan puskas, inside linebacker...portal as grad transfer
orin patu, edge defender...grad transfer to arizona
patrick histake, edge defender...portal to hawaii...no berkeley degree
henry ikahihifo, outside linebacker...portal to nevada...no berkeley degree
braxton croteau, outside linebacker...medical retirement
femi oladejo, linebacker...portal to ucla...no berkeley degree
trey paster, linebacker...grad transfer to colorado state
fatu iosefa, safety...portal to san mateo community college...no berkeley degree
kaleb higgins, corner back...portal to sacramento state...no berkeley degree
ben coleman, guard...grad transfer to asu
spencer lovell, guard...grad transfer to kansas
ryan lange, guard...football retirement, will earn berkeley degree
jackson brown, tackle..portal to pitt...no berkeley degree
jake muller, tight end...fooball retirement, will earn berkeley degree
elijah mojarro, tight end...grad transfer to nevada
nick alftin, tight end...portal as grad transfer
keleki latu, tight end...portal to nevada...no berkeley degree
jermaine terry, tight end...portal to oregon state...no berkeley degree
j michael sturdivant, wide receiver...portal to ucla...no berkeley degree
justin richard baker, wide receiver...medical retirement
tommy christakos, wide receiver...medical retirement
aiden lee, wide receiver...portal to garden city community college...no berkeley degree
ashton hayes, running back...portal to nevada...no berkeley degree
chris street, running back...portal to utah tech...no berkeley degree
damien moore, running back...portal to fresno state...no berkeley degree
decarlos brooks, running back...grad transfer portal to asu
slater zellers, longsnapper...grad transfer to asu
dario longhetto, kicker...grad transfer to asu
jack plummer, quarterback...grad transfer to louisville
kai milner, quarterback...portal to northern arizona...no berkeley degree
zach johnson, quarterback...portal as grad transfer



expected attrition (best wishes to ben)#
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cal's monster class recruiting update: keaton thomas

the nation's #3 rated juco linebacker 6'2" 230 lbs keaton thomas from northeast mississippi community college is gonna take an official visit to cal on the weekend of december 2nd

keaton is a native of jacksonville, florida & prepped at trinity christian...he got 3 years to play 3 seasons & is a december grad

thomas got sideline to sideline footspeed & made 107 tackles this season including 10 for losses along with 2 interceptions

it would make sense for keaton to be hosted by fellow floridian david reese when he trips to the left coast



the florida project (is becoming bear territory with the acc)#

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https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

mr thomas, with the departure of one of the starters to washington, there's now a GOLDEN opportunity for your son to be an impact day one linebacker starter at the #1 ranked public university in the world

the california defensive scheme is designed to funnel action to the inside backers who season after season are among the nation's leaders in tackles

no alligators in cali (just doggys)#
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2024 harvard grad transfer & +1 athlete/defensive tackle thor griffith got an actionable offer to the #1 ranked public university in the world

https://instagr.am/p/CzwoCyUvJMv
fun fact: paramount pictures has signed everrett johnson to a 3 movie (option for a 4th) $2,500,000 deal to play thor in future marvel blockbuster movies, there will be some limited nudity scenes with his curvy brunette yoga female lead actress



good thing everett didn't listen to coach bloesch when he tole him to "cut his ******* hair"

ruh roh#
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Rumors on Oregon State forums that they have Oregon, Utah, & Cal in the works + Purdue and another P5 team.
if knowlton signs the oregon state contract sitting on his desk, this will be his biggest **** up to date (and that's saying a lot)


andrew mcgraw for athletic director (movement is continuing to garner more supporters)#
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Any chance he's gone before new chancellor?
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chancellor christ is fatigued & not really pushing for a rapid resolution to the outside counsel (not munger) investigative report into the athletic director she extended until 2029 & his evil as **** sidekick jenny but she may not have a choice

as the world turns in berkeley (will NOT be covered/reported by the bear insider.com)#
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Shocky, shouldn't King Doerue be on the attrition list? Apparently he is out of eligibility and would be a medical retirement anyway. I believe Doerue was on scholarship this season, no? So that's another one freed up...
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zony, king doerue is yet another remarkable young man in coach at's room, he is the 1st in his family to earn a college diploma & remarkably earned a degree in kinesiology from purdue...right now he's doing the grad cert program while rehabbing in berkeley & he got another year of eligiblity

it's goooood to be the kinggggggg!!!!!#
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cal's monster offensive line recruiting update:

coach bloesch has extended an offer to 2024 current san jose state commit 6'7" 246 lbs offensive tackle kalolo ta'aga from east palo alto & a teammate of 2025 trench mate peter langi

ta'aga is a +1 athlete that has focused on basketball & is now blowing up with offers nationwide during his 1st season evah of playing football

kalolo (best name evah, sometimes destiny is written in the stars) is not a dumb azz, he got a 3.5 gpa at the academically rigorous riordan high school

go crusaders (building a 30 minute driving time on gamedays for the fam pipeline to berkeley)#

the university of california berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for those that wanna build generational wealth via nfl development with coach bloesch & hard work in the classrooms of berkeley)
https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/
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durant, good stuff, he also got an offer from stanford as he's NOT a dumb azz

6'2" 237 lbs teddye buchanan is an absolute tackling machine from st ignatius high school (played qb in high school & got overlooked) & south san francisco who got 208 tackles & a ball hawking taker 8 interceptions at linebacker

would be fun to see buchanan in a bears uniform when they play the aggies in the fall of 2024

and yeah teddye got good hair for someone who plays like his hair is on fire



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elite junior college linebacker with a conditional offer#
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wuz u at the rose bowl party? (u invited to the bowl game party)#
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Fox Sports has us here

Sun Bowl (Dec. 29): Cal vs. Georgia Tech
Which makes no sense
strykur, it's understandable ur still kinda confused but the december 16th bowl games conflict with berkeley final examinations the week prior plus the bears wouldn't be able to utilize all 15 ncca permitted bowl game practices

the tony the tiger sun bowl (which got an acc affiliation) would be ideal from a timing perspective, got it?

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cal's monster class risk management advice: it is safer but not funner to be a base instead of a flyer

breaking bones & ****#
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funny as **** monster video of the con artist:

check out james arthur knowlton doing the awkward 2 step socially inept blocking move but coach wilcox still managing to dip around

cal football hates knowlton#
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funny as **** monster video of the con artist:

check out james arthur knowlton doing the awkward 2 step socially inept blocking move but coach wilcox still managing to dip around

cal football hates knowlton#


Wow. I didn't realize even Wilcox may hate Knowlton. This video needs to be shown to Christ and all the folks being considered to take her place. This guy has a huge role in Cal's scope, so does Wilcox. The fact that Wilcox avoids him after the biggest win of the year means either Knowlton goes or Wilcox goes.
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https://instagr.am/p/C0IX25OpFJ8


haas biz school grads got all the moves (sorry max)#
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Now THAT was a great move by Coach Wilcox. Impressive!!
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89, 100% justin still got some quick twitch +1 athleticism at times to dodge bullets

it's also funny how burl is stuck in a hard place & got no choice other than to do the quickest handshake of all time with the con artist before turning away

reality is that this video is kinda like the zapruder film, it tells u everything u gotta know about the athletic director...kinda wondering if alky still thinks he got insiders who know more about the 2024 schedule & the 4th occ opponent (knowlton got the oregon state contract still unsigned sitting on his desk) than the monster

a really observant miss sherlock holmes tole me that in the video that chase garbers (dressed in grey cal gear) appears to be "collateral damage" in getting a hug from our head coach in his effort to create instant separation from knowlton...i tole her that it might just be that justin is emotionally unavailable or something


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wc, u seem kinda clueless that knowlton "donated" tens of millions of dollars of future acc revenues back to the conference & is making zero budget cuts to fiscally balance the budget other than borrowing money from the central campus

that's kinda annoying

don't be a dumb azz#
Christ following Furd lead, which will have Furd Campus fund sport's deficits and also not have football revenues cover non-revenue team deficits. No guarantee that new Chancellor will agree to continue to fund deficits.

Cal is different than Furd in many ways, but of relevance about one-seventh of the Frud undergrads are on teams (must lower percentage at CalO and the endowment for the non-revenue sports are much more significant at Furd. Also, Furd holds its coaches accountable for fund r
wifey, interesting info re: stanford's handling of sport's deficits, knowlton is borrowing money from the central campus & is spearfishing the athletic department directly into a financial iceberg with disastrous frozen tundra consequences

the con artist refuses to cut sport teams and/or his army of worthless bureaucrats like jenny & markeisha, that's why knowlton notes read like a middle school pep rally instead of a financially savvy ceo

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My thoughts:

1. I'm not on board with us **needing** to schedule an easy win. The ACC schedule is much softer than what we've had and we should regularly be bowl eligible in that conference. UC Davis, @Auburn, SDSU, Miami, NC State, Stanford, Syracuse, @FSU, @Pitt, @SMU, @Wake Forest (with one more TBD) isn't exactly a gauntlet for next year. 7-10 wins seems likely

2. OSU and WSU make sense from a recruiting perspective since we regularly recruit in Washington and need to keep a PNW presence by having a game there at least every couple years (and **** nikeU and UW)

3. OSU was better than us this year but it'll be very unlikely that moving forward either school is a serious threat since they'll have transfers out they won't be able to easily replace, their recruiting will take a big hit, and OSU is losing most of its coaching staff

4. This game is effectively replacing what was our 9th conference game. If you had to pick any team (not already on our schedule) from the old PAC these would be among the easiest games aside from ASU and Colorado

I think of it as adding a lower-ranked conference matchup or higher-end noncon cupcake. We don't need to add an A team since SOS isn't important for us as non-CFP contenders so adding a B-/C+ team is fine and it would be nice to keep a familiar historic opponent on the schedule since we'll have almost none of those moving forward and should never play UC Los Angeles, Southern Cal, nikeU, or UW again for being backstabbing dickbags unless it's in a re-formed PAC
1) 7 to 10 wins. Sure, done deal. Have you been following this program?

2) You can't be serious? What makes sense from a recruiting standpoint is playing Udub. Or in SoCal where Cal gets its largest number of recruits. You do realize mule deer outnumber people in the Palouse? Exactly how many players has Cal recruited on the present team from the greater Corvallis area?

3) So what does playing Oregon State get us? Sounds like going to a crappy location to play a weakened team, which provides now real upside.

4) Cal will be an ACC team. Suggest you focus on ACC schedules or better yet, look at the schedule design of the most successful football conference, the SEC.

This just sounds to me like arguing because you are mad about what happened to OSU/WSU. Let UCLA or USC play them.
nearly clad, just to pile on ur dumb as rocks scheduling thoughts:

1) do u actually go to cal football games?...do u realize how challenging it is particularly on the road to win collegiate football games...are u aware that oregon state has beaten cal 3 of the last 4 years?

2) oregon is not a fertile recruiting ground for high school football, nobody every confused it with texas, ok?...are u aware that in the 2024 cal commitment class there r zero players from the land of voo doo donuts?...why r u making up fake high school recruiting grounds for the staff?

3) thus far oregon state is not seeing the exodus of players into the portal that ur expecting...are u aware that osu promoted the very likable defensive coordinator bray into the head coach position & that current players are excited to play for him?

4) that's just an illogical choice of options your presenting, cal does not have to play a 9th conference game level opponent when the program can schedule a mid major mid season for another home game at memorial stadium as recommended by the acc commish recently to knowlton

life wifey said, let usc & ucla play them but guess wut?...that won't happen in our lifetimes

and even oregon after a 100+ tradition of playing oregon state is smart enuf not to play the beavers in 2024

some kind of stooopid#
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2024 scholly roster departures: right now there are 12 PUBLIC departing bears, additional medical & football retirements along with transfer (including grad transfer) & nfl announcements which will be forthcoming after the bowl game

matthew cindric, center...out of eligibility...berkeley degrees w/haas biz school & masters education
barrett miller, tackle...out of eligibility...stanford engineering degree & berkeley cert program
isaiah ifanse, running back...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program
monroe young, wide receiver...out of eligibility...berkeley degree
brian hightower, wide receiver...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program
darius long jr, defensive tackle...out of eligibility...berkeley degree
jackson sirmon, inside linebacker...out of eligibility...berkeley haas global grad program
david reese, inside linebacker...out of eligibility pending potential appeal for 7th season...berkeley cert program
raymond woodie iii, safety...out of eligibility...berkeley degree
patrick mcmorris, safety...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program
ben finley, quarterback...grad transfer portal...berkeley cert program
tyson mcwilliams, cornerback...grad transfer portal...berkeley degree


at the end of the day the # of scholly additions gotta equal the # of scholly departures for the 2024 season, got it?

yeah there wuz 36 scholly departures for the 2023 season

daniel scott, safety...out of eligibility, nfl indianapolis colts
odua isibor, edge defender...out of eligiblity
jamieson sheahan, punter...out of eligilbity
darius long jr, defensive line...now a walk on for final semester, already earned berkeley degree
kyle smith, inside linebacker...portal as grad transfer
ryan puskas, inside linebacker...portal as grad transfer
orin patu, edge defender...grad transfer to arizona
patrick histake, edge defender...portal to hawaii...no berkeley degree
henry ikahihifo, outside linebacker...portal to nevada...no berkeley degree
braxton croteau, outside linebacker...medical retirement
femi oladejo, linebacker...portal to ucla...no berkeley degree
trey paster, linebacker...grad transfer to colorado state
fatu iosefa, safety...portal to san mateo community college...no berkeley degree
kaleb higgins, corner back...portal to sacramento state...no berkeley degree
ben coleman, guard...grad transfer to asu
spencer lovell, guard...grad transfer to kansas
ryan lange, guard...football retirement, will earn berkeley degree
jackson brown, tackle..portal to pitt...no berkeley degree
jake muller, tight end...fooball retirement, will earn berkeley degree
elijah mojarro, tight end...grad transfer to nevada
nick alftin, tight end...portal as grad transfer
keleki latu, tight end...portal to nevada...no berkeley degree
jermaine terry, tight end...portal to oregon state...no berkeley degree
j michael sturdivant, wide receiver...portal to ucla...no berkeley degree
justin richard baker, wide receiver...medical retirement
tommy christakos, wide receiver...medical retirement
aiden lee, wide receiver...portal to garden city community college...no berkeley degree
ashton hayes, running back...portal to nevada...no berkeley degree
chris street, running back...portal to utah tech...no berkeley degree
damien moore, running back...portal to fresno state...no berkeley degree
decarlos brooks, running back...grad transfer portal to asu
slater zellers, longsnapper...grad transfer to asu
dario longhetto, kicker...grad transfer to asu
jack plummer, quarterback...grad transfer to louisville
kai milner, quarterback...portal to northern arizona...no berkeley degree
zach johnson, quarterback...portal as grad transfer



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during the postgame epic celebration chatted with walk on quarterback belay brummel

tole belay that he wuz firing impressive high precision passes during warm ups, his throwing motion is quick twtich for which he sincerely thanked me with a big azz smile

brummel tole me that right now he's the #3 qb on the depth chart & when we talked about his need to gain solid lbs he told me wuz adopted so he's not totally sure wut's his ideal genetic weight might be

belay wuz surprised i knew his chicago gpa wuz 3.8 at wrigley stadium high school, we both laughed about that

wut's ur gpa? (shocky is gonna find out)#
congrats to true freshmen preferred walk on belay brummel who will be the back up quarterback for the california golden bears bowl game

but don't tell nobody, spav is gonna release a misleading depth chart also listing sam jackso or little yachty or doms as qb2

razzle dazzle (lefty on the money in the windy city)#
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I still believe in Sam Jackson.
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+100 wuz fun talking to sam for 15 minutes in the bus staging area in denton after the season opening roadie win against north texas, rooting for jackson not only athletically but also academically as earning a degree from the #1 ranked public university in the world is a transformational opportunity to build generational wealth
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fun fact: there's zero chance desean would've ever ended up in berkeley without wifey but that's his story to tell (not mine) if he wanna play show n tell or not

the magic of cal football (depends upon the jurisdiction, counselor)#
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Fox Sports has us here

Sun Bowl (Dec. 29): Cal vs. Georgia Tech
Which makes no sense
strykur, it's understandable ur still kinda confused but the december 16th bowl games conflict with berkeley final examinations the week prior plus the bears wouldn't be able to utilize all 15 ncca permitted bowl game practices

the tony the tiger sun bowl (which got an acc affiliation) would be ideal from a timing perspective, got it?


I'll play tour guide if we end up in the Sun Bowl.
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