willem, understood where ur coming from & others have had similar 1st reactions too...cuonzo grew up in statistically the murder capital of the united states east st louis in an area called "the hole"...martin grew up keeping his head down & not engaging others as a survival mechanism, he can come across as gruff & disinterested when in reality he's a warm engaging kinda funny tremendous human being (and his wife roberta is an even better person)
those who know cuonzo love him & are fiercely loyal to him
shocky's gameday kicks (took 15 minutes to strap up, yeah shoes r for losers)#
willem, understood where ur coming from & others have had similar 1st reactions too...cuonzo grew up in statistically the murder capital of the united states east st louis in an area called "the hole"...martin grew up keeping his head down & not engaging others as a survival mechanism, he can come across as gruff & disinterested when in reality he's a warm engaging kinda funny tremendous human being (and his wife roberta is an even better person)
those who know cuonzo love him & are fiercely loyal to him
Little east St. Louis anecdote...the St. Louis bike shop that fixed my broken crank on my cross country trip in 1982 told me that I couldn't continue my journey by heading east across the river. They sent me a few miles south across another bridge. They said, "You may not make it through".
big c, young ivee still lives in the bay area & got several biz ventures including youth basketball programs (i've donated to provide free camp schollys to lower socioeconomic oakland boys & girl), shocky has encouraged ivan to return/finish his berkeley degree like his younger bro tamarik who went to junior college before earning a haas biz ad degree & is now crushing it in the financial world...and yeah tami is still the moms of the year & a talented chef
big c, young ivee still lives in the bay area & got several biz ventures including youth basketball programs (i've donated to provide free camp schollys to lower socioeconomic oakland boys & girl), shocky has encouraged ivan to return/finish his berkeley degree like his younger bro tamarik who went to junior college before earning a haas biz ad degree & is now crushing it in the financial world...and yeah tami is still the moms of the year & a talented chef
cal's monster class (50 year friendships)#
Good for him and his fam! Did he end up with some sort of chronic injury, or was he just not interested in playing overseas?
haas biz ad grad & 2 time major champion collin morikawa is gonna be paired again like he did at the masters with #1 ranked in the world scottie scheffler in the last twosome for tomorrow's final round...a 4 stroke gap at scary azz muirfield village (not in the above foto, this is stone forest in china) can be erased with a single dumb decision that results in a **** situation
collin has not played well recently on sundays (including the pga championship in the kentucky rain) but this california golden bear is adaptive & learns from past (both good & bad) experiences...his pga victory in japan last fall wuz a comeback deal as morikawa chased down the field with his laser precision & unbreakable mental toughness
let's ******* go collin (former winner at this course), let's roll baby, dublin ohio is bear territory!!!!
max homa (with help from caddie joe greiner) kept his **** together (homa is sometimes receptive to pity parties) & is tied for 18th and bomber ben an hit drivers on holes that nobody else on the field did & is tied for 22nd
kk limbaust is 8 under par thru 54 holes at the korn ferry tournament in south carolina & tied for 41st
Jon Rahm is into well-ness?? I haven't seen him in a long time but the last time I did he looked like 250lbs of sausage stuffed into a 10lb bag!
ursine, rahm withdrew from this week's loser azz liv golf tournament (that gets worser ratings than lassie reruns on the cartoon network) mid round blaming a toe infection when the truth is that he couldn't deal with the beyond breaking bad nasty azz houston humidity...why anybody with options would live in texas weather is incomprehensible, even buc-ee is getting the **** out in becoming the university of calveston's new mascot/brand ambassador in the bay area because buc-ee is in better shape than oski & the donut boy of tuscon and wants to take the magical trail from muir woods down to stinson beach high school or something
https://instagr.am/p/CNvApoircVf fun fact: shocky got the 1st tongue kiss of his life (that didn't involve a doggy dog) on this trail back in the day!!!!
the above is the 2nd to last twitter post (over 3 years ago) by jim knowlton (the con artist also does not have a cal instagram account) who is the ONLY athletic director in the united states at any level that turns down all media interview requests...his only communications are the 100% worthless Knowlton Nothing Notes which are ghostwritten by the obstinate bureaucrat markeisha who is opposed to FREE tixs for all football & basketball games for students (which is the pipeline to future season tix fans & berkeley donors)
there wuz recently an acc vote re: suing florida state with not surprisingly clemson & somewhat unexpectedly north carolina (they are legislatively tied with north carolina state with respects to any future conference affiliations) voting no
the SHOCKING news is that at this critical acc board of directors meeting the board minutes indicate cal wuz "invited but unable to attend"...no cal athletic director or stand in, can't make this **** up
At this point, if it is such an important meeting and Lyons is not aware of it, or worse, is aware of it and doesn't influence strongly what we do...well then he just will be the next chancellor that doesn't care.
I hope that this just cements Knowlton's firing in July 1.
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Agreed. If Knowlton is not fired on July 1st, and the rest of the do-nothings, then I just don't get it. Winning makes money. Get it together. This is not the 60's and 70's anymore. You need success in order to make money. Getting rid of this fool and his minions is a start. Clean house, whatever it takes, but get things done, make things happen, and Roll on you Bears!
https://instagr.am/p/C4vb6RvLKKf pro tip to all of this weekend's visitors: if u & ur fam r gonna experience the hillside trail loop (2.5 miles) at muir woods (the tallest known trees on planet earth) before you head home, make sure u load up on a healthy breakfast at the claremont this morning
on the short flight home southwest does NOT serve tasty chicken marsala with shiitake mushrooms with al dente cooked penne pasta with a slice of freshly baked sourdough bread along with a chilled 32 oz green juice, got it?
and beckham, shocky got no problem with u asking the curvy brunette yoga female in the southwest seat next to u for her bag of peanuts or something, comprende amigo?...yeah the pro tip is low key tell her ur gonna be a berkeley grad
I read the article. This is from a meeting held Jan 12. Lyons would have had no knowledge or role. It was the ACC board that met so it should have been Christ (note the UNC Chancellor was absent). Not defending Knowlton here but clarifying what the article says. Even as a not voting member, we should have had a rep on that call.
respectfully disagree gcg, our absentee athletic director should've been participating at this critical acc athletic meeting not a 78 year old berkeley chancellor who had already given notice of her retirement...the con artist's salary is $1,300,000 for which he should've made time for this responsibility
https://instagr.am/p/Cy8wyjySTL0 2025 6'2" 250 lbs defensive end lebron williams (#90 in above video) from kahuku hawaii (on oahu's northeastern shore kinda near turtle bay) is gonna officially trip to cal this weekend...williams visited ucla last weekend & is gonna visit washington state on june 14th
lebron gotta non stop motor that violent pursues plays in the backfield which has been missing from the bears d-line defense (which can be partially attributed to the past conservative less downfield/lane discipline strategy than the 2024 attacking scheme) the last couple of seasons
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (with a family poly vibe in the football program)
real talk: cade, u don't need a lifetime supply of pro vs, u just need a better golf instructor, got it?
if anyone knows whose the shredded white dude with the buzz haircut/40 chain around his neck who wants golf balls cuz he "loses all of them," plz let shocky know
devin hyde's official visit to cal wuz an abbreviated one
passing on harvard & berkeley opportunities is a dumb decision which is gonna result in a **** position when he's 30 years old (and realizes then the seattle smoke being blown up his azz now re: his nfl upside) & an assistant manager at the coach store at the stanford shopping mall catering to venture capitalists (and their spouses) with cal & stanford degrees
real talk: cade, u don't need a lifetime supply of pro vs, u just need a better golf instructor, got it?
if anyone knows whose the shredded white dude with the buzz haircut/40 chain around his neck who wants golf balls cuz he "loses all of them," plz let shocky know
I would like a lifetime supply of Rose Bowl appearances, which would only be one. It's not a big ask.
jae'on is not a dumb azz, he's also got recruiting interest from stanford...but with that being said he also gotta lotta interest in **** academic skools like kansas which prepares its former athletes to hand out towels at ballys fitness & moving boxes at target (not that there's anything wrong with that, this is a judgement free zone, got it?)
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for those who wanna build generational wealth thru nfl development at memorial stadium & hard work in the classrooms of berkeley) https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/
2025 6' 165 lbs with 10.77 100 meters SPEED corner/nickel back jae'on young from powerhouse sierra canyon is gonna officially trip to berkeley this weekend
yeah the cal football program is getting a lotta defensive backs PAID in the national football league
Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon four-star athlete Jae'on Young has three official visits scheduled for June and could add more stops to the itinerary ahead of a summertime decision: https://t.co/OKpb8Fo1D2pic.twitter.com/ixDk48IU6e
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for those that wanna build generational wealth thru nfl development with the takers in the acc & hard work in the classrooms of berkeley)
3.75 gpa 6'3" 210 lbs (last 2025 cal qb commit/decommit wuz undersized) ELITE lefty from ewa beach#
https://instagr.am/p/BgzYVyugN5b the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (for those that wanna build generational wealth for the fam)
cal's monster class wide receiver downfield blocking tutorial:
the good news is that almost everybody who gotta lotta snaps last season for the worst downfield blocking wideout room in the pac 12 is gone...luv u trond, you successfully embody the work ethic/academic ambition ideals of the #1 ranked public university in the world but with that being said during the 2023 season u blocked like a candy azz soft pre teen with a pretty pink headband in one of dom's tutu ballerina classes, got it?
the really good news is that the incoming big play wrs with speed like tobias merriweather, mikey matthews & kyion graves all played for annual 10+ wins programs that expect (vs blah blah blah coach speak) violent downfield blocking or ur azz sits at utah, ohio state & notre dame
so let's breakdown together the 4 running plays in the above video during the tedford era of smash mouth football:
play 1: #21 physically engages the buckeyes #19 & then chip blocks #4...the monster watched almost every play of 2023 cal football & can't recall a single play where a wideout blocked two defenders...also check out cal's #1 (bryce treggs) on the far edge engage his defender #7 who is unable to make the tackle on the sideline en route to the monster 81 yard touchdown
play 2: #21 knocks #1 downfield who then loses edge containment creating a seam for the bears running back...also critical to the success of this play is the bears #6 (chris harper) moving defender #7 backwards creating a open running lane
play 3: #21 imposes his will on #4 knocking his broken down buckeye azz backwards & backwards outta the play on the touchdown run...note to coach bloesch: ur dialing up pitchouts to all american jaydn ott is the offensive playcalling key to winning football games, it's really that simple
play 4: #21 pushes #19 five yards downfield who is then way late arriving to the ball carrier on yet another bears touchdown run at the horseshoe
#21 for the bears is keenan allen who currently got a 4 years $80,100,000 contract with career earnings of $110,012,117...no it's not the same coin as my yoga buddy jaylen brown but it probably pays the bills, right? https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/12357/keenan-allen
yeah the billion dollar nfl biz evaluates wideouts on their downfield blocking, r u gonna **** somebody up or not this fall in the acc?
the magic of cal football (requires wrs violently blocking downfield)#
respectfully disagree gcg, our absentee athletic director should've been participating at this critical acc athletic meeting not a 78 year old berkeley chancellor who had already given notice of her retirement...the con artist's salary is $1,300,000 for which he should've made time for this responsibility
Did JK get promoted to Chancellor? It was a CEO meeting only. While I agree with you 99% of the time, this is the 1%.
^ alec, hear what ur saying but it's my expectation that a fully invested/well informed athletic director would've participated in the zoom call or explained/persuaded to carol how critical this january 12th special meeting wuz to the future of the acc...doesn't look like the con artist (a colorado springs resident with a house flipping biz that rents in the east bay) wuz successful in either of those initiatives https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/04/10/florida-state-vs-acc-lawsuit-fsu-football-conference-realignment-clemson/
my take is that if andrew mcgraw is rich lyon's next appointed athletic director (hard working dustin coder should receive consideration to be his chief of staff for football operations successor) then the berkeley grad will find innovative solutions to this & other existential challenges
