Fresh off QB co-MVP honors at the SoCal Under Armour Next Camp, San Francisco (Calif.) Archbishop Riordan 2026 quarterback Michael Mitchell Jr., has a slate of unofficial visits lined up, with a couple of Bay Area stops set for the next week then a pair of SEC visits… pic.twitter.com/DyiNkIkdbG
cal's #1 target on the 2026 quarterback big board michael mitchell from riordan got a 4.67 gpa & luvs his moms (a berkeley grad)
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (and only a short drive on gamedays for the fam/friends to memorial stadium on gamedays) https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/
We always release our *Major Capital Assessment* email on April 1st because initially the members think HAHA this is a joke. But then a couple days later they realize oh shit it’s not a joke we actually just got assessed $8k.
https://instagr.am/p/CS36zEEDxKS leidy got good posture at address with a straight spine & flexed knees...takes the club back on the correct plane but the swing's abbreviated backswing limits the clubhead speed on the downswing...does not utilize her feet (sorta flatfooted) to generate power but leidy's yoga flexibility follow thru with her navel pointing at the target & full release of her cocked wrists results in a tight little draw towards the further afar target...keeps the ball in play, well done leidy!
and yeah the ponytail (fashionista slaps with the paired simple earrings & exposed midriff) is ******* triggering, yeah's it gonna be a golf kinda day after the magic of anton yoga at 9:30 am modern yoga
max homa, colin morikawa & michael kim are competing at this week's pga tour stop in san antonio as part of the shocky california golden bear drive to celebrate buc-ee's financial, emotional & culinary support of the university of calveston and kk limbhaustgot a korn ferry tour spot in savannah
^^^ playing them off against each other, highest bidder wins... our world today ^^^
This is just taking the place of Nike or Adidas paying them before. Interesting article in the Athletic today wondering if the AAU and Nike and Adidas were losing steam. College Coaches are saying that they are less and less a factor in the NIL world. Of course, now it is just above board. Better to have it direct and above board, as opposed to in dark rooms where the corporate overlords decide who wins. At least the fans can pay for their own graft. And if they do not want to, that is fine as well.
We always release our *Major Capital Assessment* email on April 1st because initially the members think HAHA this is a joke. But then a couple days later they realize oh shit it’s not a joke we actually just got assessed $8k.
https://instagr.am/p/CS36zEEDxKS leidy got good posture at address with a straight spine & flexed knees...takes the club back on the correct plane but the swing's abbreviated backswing limits the clubhead speed on the downswing...does not utilize her feet (sorta flatfooted) to generate power but leidy's yoga flexibility follow thru with her navel pointing at the target & full release of her cocked wrists results in a tight little draw towards the further afar target...keeps the ball in play, well done leidy!
and yeah the ponytail (fashionista slaps with the paired simple earrings & exposed midriff) is ******* triggering, yeah's it gonna be a golf kinda day after the magic of anton yoga at 9:30 am modern yoga
max homa, colin morikawa & michael kim are competing at this week's pga tour stop in san antonio as part of the shocky california golden bear drive to celebrate buc-ee's financial, emotional & culinary support of the university of calveston and kk limbhaustgot a korn ferry tour spot in savannah
let's ******* go#
Well at least someone was looking at her swing (I kid).
May have missed this so apologies if I did. Any thoughts on this:
Marcus Griffin, who played DL at Arizona and Central Michigan after prepping at Bellevue (Wash.) and has been the college liaison for the @AveryShowcases, is joining the Cal staff as the assistant director of player personnel https://t.co/ZA7kJDVdccpic.twitter.com/P0HGWmTI0B
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https://instagr.am/p/Ci7_-Q9pr3G the devil's deal: my daughter taylor joined me for the magic of anton's modern yoga class this morning but ima not a dumb azz (most of the time anyways) so i know this means that when her dad visits her in new york city later this month she's gonna take me to her hudson yards equinox rooftop pilates class
https://instagr.am/p/CvGLRqJgKeF and the truth is that her 90 minutes uber intense pilates class with instagram models that work out 5 times a day could be the end of the monster & his sorry broken down azz, if shocky strokes out there's not gonna be no acc FREE pregame tailgate parties at buc-ee's this fall, got it?
yeah if u can make it new york u can make it anywhere
big c, agreed that the frankie collins decision is likely to be heavily influenced by nil dollars but strongly disagree that the 4.67 gpa michael mitchell recruitment will be a bidding war
prospects from well educated parent(s) (mitchell's moms is a berkeley grad) usually understand the economic long-term value of cal, stanford & ivy league degrees...a bag with $100,000+ is not worth transferring to an academically mediocre truck stop skool (like tcu) & trading in a berkeley degree which is potentially worth tens of millions of dollars over a lifetime
unfortunately prospects from lower socioeconomic backgrounds without a college educated parent(s) sometimes fail to understand the longterm financial math/cost benefit analysis of an elite degree vs a bag of cash to help with rent & car payments
the truth is that today's fiercely competitive global economy unapologetically favors cal, stanford & ivy league grads while shutting a lotta doors on those from lesser schools and this is not an elitist point of view, it's simply the ******* truth in the real world
shocky believes in the social redistribution of wealth on planet earth thru elite educational opportunities (at places like the #1 ranked public university on planet earth) for underrepresented groups vs government handouts but this requires the recognition of the value of an elite degree and the hard work that is 100% necessary to achieve this potentially generational wealth building degree
what is the most concerning room in the cal football program & the absolute #1 priority for transfer portal recruiting this month?
at this time it's outside linebacker & it's not even close...the starters x man & david reese are legit alpha apex predators that are gonna physically hurt opposing acc quarterbacks this fall but then they're both gonna be out of eligibility as they pursue their legit nfl aspiration (just gotta keep improving those 40 times, electronically timed SPEED gets you paid in the national football league, not running is not gonna fool anybody)
and emerging sophomore ryan mcculloch is running with the 2s this spring behind reese's pieces & the 2 deep right now behind carlton is walk on elijah diaz from corona
and that's why tremendous potential upside 6'4" 255 lbs anthony jones from liberty high school in las vegas is gonna take an official trip to berkeley this week with 3 years of remaining eligiblity
jones started 4 games & played in every game last season for indiana before the coaching staff got fired, in 2022 he redshirted at oregon
anthony is +1 athletic with quick twitch movements & would be an immediate playing rotation olb this fall & a leading candidate to be an olb starter in 2024
the cal athletic department has borrowed $11,000,000 from the central campus instead of cutting teams/rightsizing the internal bureaucracy
cfo tom lowry has responded to my public information requests with the following statement:
"In FY 22, Cal Athletics borrowed $11M from Central Campus to help offset short term revenue losses, and properly characterized the loan for NCCA and external audit reporting. Campus agreed to provide an $11M interest only/forgiveable loan (FY22), with a 29 year loan (FY22-FY51), interest/payment free for ten years (FY22-32), at a 3% interest rate."
last week requested from cfo tom lowry a one or two sentence update (no attachments) re: whether or not the athletic department has requested or received any loans for fy23
lowry has opted to NOT respond to this simple question & directed department coordinator delaney heller to once again require me to go thru the public records information process
so shocky called delaney this afternoon and she tole me this is the standard process for any questions that don't got answers online
asked delaney why isn't the athletic department divulging major loans online?
asked delaney if someone without internet access (on a cruise ship, etc.) calls up the athletic department & asks wut time is the basketball game friday nite is that person also gonna have to file a pra?
worthless & corrupt bureaucrats try to obfuscate & NOT transparently share basic financial information
yeah kinda curious how many donut zeros there are with the current cal athletic department debt...
delaney assured me she will get this information to me in an expedient manner
this **** is NOT going away#
OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE CAL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT:
delaney heller sent me an email today advising that pra requests are taking around "10 weeks" at this time but that she will try to expedite that timeline
asking a cfo how many millions of dollars they've borrowed from the central campus should take about as long as asking a football head coach how many scholly linebackers do they got on the roster, both requests should take 60 seconds
updates will continue to be posted here re: this CRITICAL piece of information that affects the FUTURE of cal athletics
bureaucrats non transparently withholding information#
OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE CAL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT:
after a 7 week delay & this week's monster threats of relentless legal action against her personally, the following response wuz just received from delaney heller:
"Bill, this is follow up response to your PRA request. The answer to your question is yes, the athletic department received a $15M loan from the central campus in FY23."
We now consider this request closed."
in summary, this means the athletic department covertly borrowed from the central campus $11,000,000 in fy22 and $15,000,000 in fy 23 for a total of $26,000,000 during the last 2 fiscal years instead of balancing the budget via reducing bureaucratic overhead and cutting sport teams
I was at an event recently where the Cal Band made a surprise appearance. I got choked up. I promise to do better.
financial update: the pac 2 settlement by oregon state & washington state will result in another $6,500,000 reduction in revenues for the cal athletic department
the next berkeley chancellor will be announced in a little over 2 months, the truth is that unless richard lyons is announced & brings his innovative style of management to rightsizing the department which is heading straight into an existential financial tsunami there will NOT be cal sports in the future as we've know them...cap
shocky is gonna experience absolutely every second in person of the 2024 inaugural football season in the acc, tomorrow is not promised to nobody...anybody who can astutely read a financial statement (thx u trudy for impressing this upon me at barrows hall back in the day) knows this uncomfortable truth
the cal athletic department will NOT survive jim knowlton until 2029 and if all ends well before then we'll all go our separate ways (sebastopol will get his life back & be able to enjoy a quiet morning coffee at bouchon bakery with no urgent emails) but at least shocky will always have cal college golf & his boys on the pga tour to celebrate the magic of the #1 ranked public university in the world (including manilla)
2024 california golden bear spring ball: practice #3
1st day in pads as the biggest development in camp is 6'8" 305 lbs (his flagstaff high school coach tole me he weighed 250 lbs as a senior playing tight end) nick morrow (#52 in above foto) holding down the 1st team duties at left tackle backed by ender aguilar running with the 2s
saw nick play at thunderbird high school (shocky lived in the desert shadows apartments on 19th avenue across the streeet when he moved to the valley of the sun back in the day, lots of asu talent at the pool) & he's got more SPEED than anybody in the o-line room which coupled with his tremendous size means he's gonna be a key player this fall in the acc battles...credit to benji palu playing a key role in this recruitment
yeah victor stoffel is projected to participate in spring ball in a couple of weeks & will compete for the starting left tackle at that time, another possibility at the critical left tackle position (which protects the bears qbs blind side) is rush reimer (running with the 2s at left guard) or matthew wykoff (running with the 1st at left guard) sliding over
colin morikawa & max homa paired together for thursday's & friday's opening rounds in san antonio
https://instagr.am/p/C5Ra5MJOtuy FREE (premium gas not included unless ur a curvy brunette yoga female) pre round tailgate at buc-ee's (remember the flamey alamo bbq brisket sandwich)#
bears back at it with lite pads, gonna get a lot more physical real quick this week...good to know that current #2 depth chart running back kadarius calloway not only got physical brute strength but also major SPEED
beyond breaking bad disappointing to hear coach bloesch say that he's targeting prospects that wanna earn a degree from the "the #1 ranked public school in the united states"
r u kidding me?...coach, we're the "the #1 ranked public university in the ******* WORLD!!!"
why don't u just tell recruits we're the "the #1 ranked online public school in contra costa county" if u wanna minimize academic accolades?...is harvard the #1 ranked culinary school for clam chowder heads in the back bay?
man, r u seriously gonna recruit me to the university of calveston to join the support team staff (shocky got some ocd issues & is 100% a 5 star cleaning boy at the tree fort) by telling me buc-ee's is the #2 ranked gas & convenience store in the united states after wawa?
https://instagr.am/p/CuIVTfIJZ2M mike, u need to do better in the future, this **** is NOT acceptable to berkeley grads, got it?...if u can't be knowledgeable about the berkeley degree, then just stay in ur office & let haas biz ad grad/future head coach in training mike saffell handle everything, got it?
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https://instagr.am/p/B34R_WCp67g oak, buc-ee's got no interest in professional sports teams (particularly the nfl, nba & mlb) at this time, this might change in the future if bikinis r banned or something at the university of calveston
the best t-shirts r worn by curvy brunette yoga females & knotted at the belly button with FREE air conditioning in the back
https://instagr.am/p/C5Wa42uRGNl clothes r for losers (if it's 70%+ and/or there's a beach or swimming pool or really even palm trees)#
I hope we never see messages like this for the Golden Bears. Resign Jimmy!
The athletic programs at Oregon State have been repeatedly beaten down the last 8 months. It's heartbreaking as a fan to see so many things end. So many players leave. So many things that were on an upward trend get kicked down a peg (or multiple). I had hope for so many athletes…
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Stanford's new president is a former college football player who understands NIL and plans to loosen academic requirements for incoming transfers -- oops, sorry, he's an economist with a PhD from MIT
colin morikawa & max homa paired together for thursday's & friday's opening rounds in san antonio
https://instagr.am/p/C5Ra5MJOtuy FREE (premium gas not included unless ur a curvy brunette yoga female) pre round tailgate at buc-ee's (remember the flamey alamo bbq brisket sandwich)#
probably due to their 6:53 am local tee time playing together, shocky's 4:45 am FREE pre round tailagate party at buc-ee's only resulted in homa, morikawa & a couple of jackrabbits (kinda like cal's monster offensive line class newcomers syris, aiden & tyler they luv the buc-ee's vegetable platter plates) showing up, even their disloyal wives kat & lacey didn't show up preferring to sleep in tho koa (very well behaved, not like just shocky's pack of rescue wildebeasts) did doggy dog walk the course today
whatever
anyways colin tole me that after his last competitive round of 80 at bay hill that he's parted ways with swing coach mark blackburn (whose successfully works with homa) & max tole me that he's gonna play in a tournament every week before the 4 majors this season for the 1st time (just staying home/practicing at the rock the week before isn't working in the majors)
max homa played like a boss man hitting 15 outta 18 greens in regulation & driving the ball an average of 308 yards off the tee...his only mistake wuz a dumb azz wedge on the par 5 18th hole (his 9th hole of the day) that he closed down the club face & pulled/short sided into the back bunker with no chance for a sand save en route to a bogey 6...max shot a 68 & is tied for 4th
despite putting like a lost doggy dog most of the day (made only 65 feet of putts, this can be contrasted to homa's 91 feet of drained putts) colin morikawa played like a mentally tough haas biz ad grad with zero ******* quit in him & birdied 3 of his final 5 holes (he also missed 6 & 10 footer birdie putts during this stretch) en route to a 70 & is tied for 18th
michael kim played the par 5s poorly in 2 over par & shot a 73...playing in the windier afternoon conditions byeong hun an drove the ball crooked azz missing 8 out of 14 fairways & shot a 74 ...and on the korn ferry tour in savannah (which isn't even close to havana) kk limbhaust (whose moved from north scottsdale to las vegas to be closer to his brah colin) got his azz kicked en route to a 77
good luck to jaylon tyson in the 2024 nba draft, he's leaving berkeley without a degree & no guarantees of being drafted in the 1st round (which ensures a guaranteed contract)
https://instagr.am/p/C5W1LbpvjQR as the former director of gameday energy/attendance & recruiting during the cal's monster class era shocky used to talk/text/email/chat in person on every gameday with assistant coach yanni hufnagel (ivy league grad) once a week...after cal huff worked for musselman at nevada for a year during which he got to live rent free on the 10th floor of a reno casino owned by a wolfpack mega donor with free room service & laundry services
so wut's musselman's secret sauce for his successful recruiting?
https://instagr.am/p/C1f3kxvONij eric's wife danyelle (former espn anchor) meets with prospects moms on their official visits & basically tells them "hey my husband is kinda crazy but he's a fantastic basketball coach and will develop your son to get him paid in the nba...as for everything else i will serve as a 2nd mother to your son to make sure he's safe & making good choices...here's my cell number, you can reach out to me at any time any day of the year if there's any updates or something your concerned about, i will be there for you"
yanni also tole me that after a brutal late season loss due to a couple of missed throws that musselman started yelling at the assistant coaches in the locker room & tole them he wanted all the players practicing free throws the next morning at the crack of dawn for hours...huff told the muscle man that it wuz the week for midterms or something and that guys had tests, classes, papers to write, etc...musselman tole the staff that he didn't give a **** about any bull**** school stuff & that they'd better get all the guys together the next morning or start looking for new jobs
fight on in south central (without any academic ambition)#
2025 3.5 gpa preferred walk on prospect with legit future scholly upside from mitty#
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (which includes the united states of america for coaches that don't own maps such as & so forth)
https://instagr.am/p/C5W1LbpvjQR as the former director of gameday energy/attendance & recruiting during the cal's monster class era shocky used to talk/text/email/chat in person on every gameday with assistant coach yanni hufnagel (ivy league grad) once a week...after cal huff worked for musselman at nevada for a year during which he got to live rent free on the 10th floor of a reno casino owned by a wolfpack mega donor with free room service & laundry services
so wut's musselman's secret sauce for his successful recruiting?
https://instagr.am/p/C1f3kxvONij eric's wife danyelle (former espn anchor) meets with prospects moms on their official visits & basically tells them "hey my husband is kinda crazy but he's a fantastic basketball coach and will develop your son to get him paid in the nba...as for everything else i will serve as a 2nd mother to your son to make sure he's safe & making good choices...here's my cell number, you can reach out to me at any time any day of the year if there's any updates or something your concerned about, i will be there for you"
yanni also tole me that after a brutal late season loss due to a couple of missed throws that musselman started yelling at the assistant coaches in the locker room & tole them he wanted all the players practicing free throws the next morning at the crack of dawn for hours...huff told the muscle man that it wuz the week for midterms or something and that guys had tests, classes, papers to write, etc...musselman tole the staff that he didn't give a **** about any bull**** school stuff & that they'd better get all the guys together the next morning or start looking for new jobs
fight on in south central (without any academic ambition)#
So Mussleman lands on his feet, and gets to be a HC in the B1G.
https://instagr.am/p/C5W1LbpvjQR as the former director of gameday energy/attendance & recruiting during the cal's monster class era shocky used to talk/text/email/chat in person on every gameday with assistant coach yanni hufnagel (ivy league grad) once a week...after cal huff worked for musselman at nevada for a year during which he got to live rent free on the 10th floor of a reno casino owned by a wolfpack mega donor with free room service & laundry services
so wut's musselman's secret sauce for his successful recruiting?
https://instagr.am/p/C1f3kxvONij eric's wife danyelle (former espn anchor) meets with prospects moms on their official visits & basically tells them "hey my husband is kinda crazy but he's a fantastic basketball coach and will develop your son to get him paid in the nba...as for everything else i will serve as a 2nd mother to your son to make sure he's safe & making good choices...here's my cell number, you can reach out to me at any time any day of the year if there's any updates or something your concerned about, i will be there for you"
yanni also tole me that after a brutal late season loss due to a couple of missed throws that musselman started yelling at the assistant coaches in the locker room & tole them he wanted all the players practicing free throws the next morning at the crack of dawn for hours...huff told the muscle man that it wuz the week for midterms or something and that guys had tests, classes, papers to write, etc...musselman tole the staff that he didn't give a **** about any bull**** school stuff & that they'd better get all the guys together the next morning or start looking for new jobs
fight on in south central (without any academic ambition)#
So Mussleman lands on his feet, and gets to be a HC in the B1G.
The B!G and SEC are rapidly driving college sports away from any academic considerations so this doesn't surprise me at all.
https://instagr.am/p/C5W1LbpvjQR as the former director of gameday energy/attendance & recruiting during the cal's monster class era shocky used to talk/text/email/chat in person on every gameday with assistant coach yanni hufnagel (ivy league grad) once a week...after cal huff worked for musselman at nevada for a year during which he got to live rent free on the 10th floor of a reno casino owned by a wolfpack mega donor with free room service & laundry services
so wut's musselman's secret sauce for his successful recruiting?
https://instagr.am/p/C1f3kxvONij eric's wife danyelle (former espn anchor) meets with prospects moms on their official visits & basically tells them "hey my husband is kinda crazy but he's a fantastic basketball coach and will develop your son to get him paid in the nba...as for everything else i will serve as a 2nd mother to your son to make sure he's safe & making good choices...here's my cell number, you can reach out to me at any time any day of the year if there's any updates or something your concerned about, i will be there for you"
yanni also tole me that after a brutal late season loss due to a couple of missed throws that musselman started yelling at the assistant coaches in the locker room & tole them he wanted all the players practicing free throws the next morning at the crack of dawn for hours...huff told the muscle man that it wuz the week for midterms or something and that guys had tests, classes, papers to write, etc...musselman tole the staff that he didn't give a **** about any bull**** school stuff & that they'd better get all the guys together the next morning or start looking for new jobs
fight on in south central (without any academic ambition)#
So Mussleman lands on his feet, and gets to be a HC in the B1G.
The B!G and SEC are rapidly driving college sports away from any academic considerations so this doesn't surprise me at all.
Actually, I had a momentary brain fart, and conflated Musselman with Pasternak. It's Pasternak who's really seemed to always want an opportunity for a Power 5 (4) HC gig.
https://instagr.am/p/Ck9nEVWOwz5 coach madsen is utilizing his nba connections to actively recruit 6'7" 190 lbs stanford portal transfer andrej stojakovic from nearby carmichael (short drive on gamedays for the fam to haas pavilion)
— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) March 8, 2024
andrej wuz a mcdonalds all american as a senior at the academically rigorous jesuit high school & averaged 7.8 ppg as a true freshman with a advanced court awareness & fluid ball movement...his dad peja wuz a 3 time nba all star so nil dollars won't be a key issue for the affluent family in this recruitment as much as nba skills development, a clear pathway to a starting position at the wing & earning a world class education...the california golden bears basketball program checks all those boxes
1) wolf point: in the middle of nowhere (port lacava) the wild azz undulating greens rival augusta national in their audacity/sheer terror...architect mike nuzzo hosted me for a fun 36 hole walking day & explained/answered my questions re: the thought provoking shotmaking strategies
2) whispering pines: magical retreat that celebrates the beauty & simplicity of the game
3) trinity forest: arguably the most strategically complex coore & crenshaw design in their portfolio
4) austin golf club: luv doing the hang with ben crenshaw, pure azz golf experience
5) blackjack national: tiger woods design, easily the best course in the houston region
6) brook hollow: tony affluent stuffy as **** club near smu, old world design features
7) dallas national: splashy dramatic high end fazio for new money, nothing original architecturally
8) colonial: historically overrated, currently closed for a 1 year restoration by gil hanse
9) memorial park: wonderful tom doak restored muni, the rustic canyon of texas
10) fields ranch east: future ryder cup venue but gotta lotta ugly azz housing construction
11) the curvy brunette yoga female with the fuchsia swim goggles doing laps at the rooftop pool at the omni frisco resort last nite
brutal high winds gusting 20-30 mph on a very poorly designed greg norman course with elevated greens that usually require aerial approaches with steep drop offs, max & colin played in almost 5 & a half hours and that's a function of lousy architecture (there's zero chance that an amateur foursome could play in less than 6 hours)...there are sometimes 30-40 mph winds in ireland but locals play in well under 4 hours briskly walking because great courses like lahinch & ballybunion wuz designed by the classic old school architects with the ground game in mind for the high winds
anyways max homa is continuing his strong ball striking (6th in the field in greens in regulation) en route to a 74 & is tied for 18th...colin morikawa got up & down from the green side bunker on the par 5 18th hole for a clutch birdie to make the cut with also a 74 & is tied for 47th...michael kim (74)and byeong hun an (75) both missed the cut & like shocky are going home
texas weather sucks (too humid azz hot in the summer, too freezing azz cold azz in the winter & too windy azz in the spring, gotta enjoy the 15 minutes of perfect weather every fall)#
