https://instagr.am/p/B93P9HjDUlX important travel announcement for all hawaiian bearents re: southwest airlines 40% discount sale right now for island/oakland roundtrip flights on fall gamedays...must book by july 11th, use code "HAWAII40" when booking
2025 6' 170 lbs safety aiden manutai from kahuku high school in waipahu (the northern shore of pearl harbor where hawaii route 90 & interstate h-1 intersect) is gonna official trip to berkeley may 23rd-26th
check out aiden's physical style of play & outta nowhere SPEED in closing on passes
manutai would 100% be in a position to compete for a starting job very early in berkeley kinda the same way sioape vatikani started as a true freshman as predicted by the monster prior to his summertime arrival
we gotta bring more of that hawaiian truck food culture to the bay...in benji & winterhawk we trust to tell the story re: a world class education that is relatively close to the hawaiian islands that offers nfl development/early playing time at memorial stadium in the acc in the wonderfully diverse san francisco bay area
https://instagr.am/p/C1yPYHlMBws good luck to berkeley grad ender aguilar at his new school tulsa (the view of downtown from the elevated 1st tee at southern hills is panoramic) with 2 years of remaining eligiblity...coach bloesch (mike coached for the golden hurricanes back in the day) takes care of his players & facilitated this transfer https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/football/roster/ender-aguilar/11822
fun fact: shocky watched 2 episodes of 48 hours late last nite & in both cases the tulsa homicide detectives solved the murders & got convictions...oklahoma is awesome!!
2024 scholly roster departures: 42 bears moving on
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 patrick mcmorris, safety...out of eligibility...berkeley cert program...nfl drafted miami dolphins raymond woodie iii, safety...grad transfer portal to bethune cookman...berkeley degree ben finley, quarterback...grad transfer portal to akron...berkeley cert program tyson mcwilliams, cornerback...grad transfer portal to uc davis...berkeley degree brayden rohme, offensive tackle...grad transfer portal to massachusetts...berkeley degree kaleb elarms-orr, inside linebacker...transfer portal to tcu...no berkeley degree everett johnson, offensive tackle...grad transfer portal to montana...berkeley degree blake antzoulatos, inside linebacker...grad transfer portal...berkeley degree king doerue, running back...football retirement...purdue degree jeremiah earby, cornerback...transfer portal to boise state...no berkeley degree sam jackson v, quarterback...transfer portal to auburn...no berkeley degree taj davis, wide receiver...football retirement...washington degree michael luckhurst, kicker...football retirement...pursuing berkeley degree muelu iosefa, inside linebacker...football retirement...no berkeley degree moso'oipala "nunie" tuitele, te/olb...transfer portal to new mexico..no berkeley degree jeremiah hunter, wide receiver...grad transfer portal to washington...berkeley degree asher alberding, tight end...football retirement...berkeley haas global access program dejuan butler, defensive back...grad transfer portal...berkeley degree sailasa "sai" vadrawale, defensive back...transfer portal to oregon state...no berkeley degree andy alfieri, fullback/linebacker...grad transfer portal to oregon state..berkeley degree brian driscoll, offensive lineman...football retirement...berkeley degree brett johnson, defensive lineman...football retirement...berkeley degree jaedon roberts, defensive lineman...football retirement...berkeley degree mason mangum, wide receiver...grad transfer portal to texas a&m (track)...berkeley degree isaiah young, defensive back...football retirement...berkeley degree myles jernigan, linebacker...grad transfer portal to louisville...berkeley degree ender aguilar, offensive lineman...grad transfer portal to tulsa...berkeley degree marquis montgomery, wide receiver...transfer portal to byu...no berkeley degree martin tine, offensive lineman...transfer portal to texas state...no berkeley degree kaylin moore, defensive back...transfer portal to ucla...no berkeley degree tiumalu afalava, defensive lineman...transfer portal...no berkeley degree marquez dortch, wide receiver...transfer portal to troy...no berkeley degree sergio allen, linebacker...football retirement...pursuing berkeley degree leremia leremia, defensive end...football retirement...no berkeley degree (at this time) tidiane jalloh, outside linebacker...football retirement...no berkeley degree (at this time)
note: kicker mateen bhaghani not listed cuz he never had a scholly
2023 scholly roster departures: 36 bears moved on
daniel scott, safety...out of eligibility...berkeley degree...nfl drafted indianapolis colts odua isibor, edge defender...out of eligiblity...ucla degree jamieson sheahan, punter...out of eligilbity...berkeley degree darius long jr, defensive line...walk on final semester...berkeley degree kyle smith, inside linebacker...portal as grad transfer...berkeley degree ryan puskas, inside linebacker...portal as grad transfer...berkeley degree orin patu, edge defender...grad transfer to arizona & bethune cookman...berkeley degree 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...berkeley degree femi oladejo, linebacker...portal to ucla...no berkeley degree trey paster, linebacker...grad transfer to colorado state & bethune cookman...berkeley degree 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...berkeley degree spencer lovell, guard...grad transfer to kansas & nevada...asu degree ryan lange, guard...football retirement...pursuing berkeley degree jackson brown, tackle..portal to pitt...no berkeley degree jake muller, tight end...football retirement...berkeley degree elijah mojarro, tight end...grad transfer to nevada & rice...berkeley degree nick alftin, tight end...portal as grad transfer...berkeley degree keleki latu, tight end...portal to nevada & washington...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...berkeley degree tommy christakos, wide receiver...medical retirement...berkeley degree aidan lee, wide receiver...portal to garden city cc, minot state & bluefield state...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 & lamar...no berkeley degree decarlos brooks, running back...grad transfer to asu...berkeley degree slater zellers, longsnapper...grad transfer to asu...berkeley degree dario longhetto, kicker...grad transfer to asu...berkeley degree jack plummer, quarterback...grad transfer to louisville...purdue degree kai milner, quarterback...portal to northern arizona...no berkeley degree zach johnson, quarterback...portal as grad transfer...berkeley degree
2023 class: barrett miller, offensive lineman (4.2 hs gpa & stanford mechancial engineering degree) taj davis, wide receiver (3.2 gpa) king doerue, running back (3.5 gpa) isaiah ifanse, running back (3.2 gpa at montana state) marcus scott ii, cornerback (3.3 gpa at missouri) tidiane "frenchy" jalloh (motivated student from france) matthew wykoff, offensive tackle (3.75 gpa) marquez "mojo" dortch, wide receiver (2.9 gpa) ben finley, quarterback (4.308 gpa) patrick mcmorris, safety (3.65 gpa) david bird, longsnapper (4.0 gpa) marquis montgomery, wide receiver (3.4 gpa) martin tine, offensive tackle (2.9 gpa) stanley mckenzie, nose tackle (3.3 gpa) david reese, outside linebacker (3.7 gpa) sam jackson v, quarterback (2.8 gpa) brian hightower, wide receiver (3.2 gpa) justin williams-thomas aka j-will, running back (4.0 gpa) asher alberding, tight end (3.85 gpa) jt byrne, tight end (3.75 gpa) lachlan wilson, punter (strong student from australia) byron caldwell, running back (3.3 gpa) sergio allen, inside linebacker (3.4 gpa) matt littlejohn, defensive back (3.0+ gpa) javian "the jet" thomas, running back (3.4 gpa) nohl williams, defensive back (3.61 gpa) kaylin moore, defensive back (3.4 gpa) frederick williams iii, offensive line (3.6 gpa) zurich ashford, defensive end (3.62 gpa) ben marshall, tight end (3.4 gpa) ryan mcculloch, outside linebacker (4.1 gpa) tiumalu afalava, defensive line (4.1 gpa) cade uluave, inside linebacker (3.8 gpa) sailasa vadrawale, defensive back (3.46 gpa) nyziah hunter, wide receiver (3.0+ gpa) nick morrow, offensive tackle (3.7 gpa) michael luckhurst, kicker (4.37 gpa)
wow, that was quite the introduction, doechii, we're gonna have to talk after class...don't forget to take the chicken out
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (a degree is kinda like a winning LOTTERY TIX for those who wanna build GENERATIONAL WEALTH thru academic hard work)
https://calegends.com/donation/ Do it now. Text every Cal fan you know, give them the link, tell them how much you gave, and ask them to text every Cal fan they know and do the same.
super fun 1st round at the 2023 scottish open at the renaissance club in north berwick, scotland
walked most of the en fuego course record 61 for byeong hun an, if you listen carefully to the above twitter feed u can hear the monster yell upon his 9th (final hole) 25 foot birdie putt, "wow, go bears"...when ben lost his pga card after the 2021 season, he went home to lake nona (above average fazio design in orlando) & finally got his body right during his 2022 season on the korn ferry tour...an absolutely pounds the ball off the tee with length (averaged 318 yards on drives today) & accuracy and his short game is creatively on point
key prepwork for the vagaries of links golf in tournament competition for collin morikawa, max homa & ben an to get dialed in for next's week british open at royal troon
yeah listen to shocky screaming from the rooftops (without a scottish brogue) last summer when ben rolled in the smoke bomb for a 61
doggy dogs on the links (shocky is such a good boy)#
1) cruden bay (a bit of a shocker, love this old girl & her memorable quirkiness/authenticity, this is dream golf stuff) 2) prestwick (a blind par 3 aimed over a white rock, the alps 17th hole is one of best holes on planet earth & a drivable par 4th 18th) 3) st andrews old course 4) royal dornoch 5) north berwick (shocky's favorite restaurant in scotland is the intimate osteria 3 blocks away) 6) turberry-ailsa 7) carnasty (tuffest course in scotland) 8) the machrie 9) machrihanish 10) muirfield 11) royal troon (overrated in the rankings, relatively flat greens) 12) castle stuart 13) kingsbarn 14) doonbeg 15) gleneagles king 16) loch lomond (the billionaire club) 17) nairn 18) royal aberdeen 19) western gailes 20) gullane #1 21) renaissance club (host of this week's scottish open, tom doak design) 22) st andrews castle 23) dumbarnie links 24) blairgowrie 25) st andrews himalayas putting course (for FREE, fun evening activity)
when our lives are done, will we say we had our FUN??
screaming from the rooftops (there's such a lotta world to see)#
sub 3.0 gpa edge daeshon morgan (did not have a cal actionable offer) commits to arizona state
the staff is targeting a 2025 high school class of 15-17 signees (14 commitments right now)
the 2025 class thus far is the highest gpa/most academically qualified for the rigors of berkeley in the history of modern cal football, kudos to the staff & that includes the hardworking dedicated professional tutors/mentors at the cal athletics study center including the remarkable dr kasra sotudeh
yeah shocky is a male azz stripper (and that's a dumb decision & that explains my **** situation)
berkeley is NOT for everyone (r u mentally limitless with academic ambition??)#
ucla schedules a home (2025) & away (2030) with utah
yeah the odds are less than 1% that usc or ucla is evah gonna play cal again in football unless it's a bowl game or there's a big 10 invitation (which is a possibility with a new athletic director & chancellor lyons)
shocky luvs the riv, bel air, lacc north & nobu malibu#
[The Utah and Cal] games replace UCLA's previously scheduled nonconference games against Georgia in 2025 and 2026 and Auburn in 2027 and 2028, which were canceled by mutual agreement among the schools.
Shocky1 said:
yeah the odds are less than 1% that usc or ucla is evah gonna play cal again in football unless it's a bowl game or there's a big 10 invitation (which is a possibility with a new athletic director & chancellor lyons)
Please give to Cal Legends at https://calegends.com/calegendsdonate/donate-football/ and encourage everyone you know who loves Cal sports to do it too.
To be in the Top 1% of all NIL collectives we only need around 10% of alumni to give $300 per year. Please help spread the word. "If we don't broaden this base we're dead." - Sebastabear
Thanks for reading my sig! Please consider copying or adapting it and using it on all of your posts too. Go Bears!
Lost in all of this is Ucla ducking Georgia and Auburn because they know cupcake seasons like last year are long gone now.
Please give to Cal Legends at https://calegends.com/calegendsdonate/donate-football/ and encourage everyone you know who loves Cal sports to do it too.
To be in the Top 1% of all NIL collectives we only need around 10% of alumni to give $300 per year. Please help spread the word. "If we don't broaden this base we're dead." - Sebastabear
Thanks for reading my sig! Please consider copying or adapting it and using it on all of your posts too. Go Bears!
2026 monster predictions: jaron drops 60+ on them bruins while the jet rushes for 237 yards in the fall of 2026 & the university of calveston's buc-ee goes viral as a mascot making out with doms at memorial stadium on the field after 60,000+ true fans storm the field in an EPIC celebration that causes a majority of the strawberry canyon homeowners to move to twenty nine palms or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
post production note: if u look very carefully at the above foto of doms it's kinda obvious that she's staring/making eye contact with shocky at his 50 yard line perch at memorial stadium...how much do casitas cost in orange county?
DeSean Jackson running back that first punt against Tennessee...followed by being present when KJ led the Bears to their first ever victory at Pauley Pavillion.
hollywood, the men's golf committee (which has fundraised a staggering $37,000,000+ plus endowment, larger than any other cal sports program including football) is involved in the men's golf search, des tole me he's in agreement that academic all american/leader of the cal national championshp team michael wilson (got colorado state to the ncca tournament with limited funds in a non year round outside weather location in fort collins) would be an excellent choice...with the ENTIRE team entering the transfer portal it's pretty obvious that knowlton didn't speak individually with the players & get their feedback, the con artist is kinda like a contagious std that infects everything it comes in touch with devastating consequences
2034, good point, jaron got the upside to be a generational talent/future 1st round nfl draft choice like jared...fun fact: both got 3.75 gpas, sagapolutele at james campbell high school in ewa beach & goff at stinson beach high school...and yeah gpas r kinda important in berkeley
stykur, agreed webb could spin the ball, the differentiator is that jaron is a much better quick twitch/more fluid athlete than davis...and from a berkeley perspective, it wuz touch & go getting webb accepted by berkeley admissions (took a 12th hour backroom deal to get it done with lobbying support from the goldman family getting him accepted into the public health program which is significantly funded by lisa & doug) with his sub 3.0 college gpa & honestly lack of academic ambition...on the other hand sagapolutele is mentally limitless & fully intends to earn a berkeley degree
https://instagr.am/p/CYj9VFClCcS look aiden, shocky don't got ur 2025 questionnaire either, let's get this **** done...and no, ur boy lebron cannot fill this form out for u, this is ur life so unless u own a parka & wanna still live at home when ur 30 a sorry azz worthless nebraska (huskers db coach left last week) or tennessee (lots of rednecks at shoneys) degree is not gonna do **** for u in the long run, got it?...and let's be real here, how many hours would it take ur fam to travel to lincoln or knoxville for gamedays??
and yeah just to save u time too shocky is gonna prefill ur 4.0 gpa on the form
and no, shocky don't got no ******* clue wut's the name of leidy's yoga pose...i dunno maybe it's called the resting doggy dog fire hydrant pose or something?...modern yoga is still refusing to credential me as a certified substitute yoga teacher, there's still so much to learn & a lotta world to see
2034, aidan manutai is an elite safety prospect so let's breakdown his finalists:
nebraska: the defensive backs coach quit last week, the huskers r done
arizona: why would a 4.0 gpa true student athlete wanna go a big 12 truck stop skool with sorry azz academics & live in a ****hole like tuscon?...sorry, the draw of living in a filthy scorpion infested apartment on speedway at age 30 working at dirtbags & moonlighting for a cartel is not a good decision
tennessee: knoxville is a long way from home with subtle & overt racism at its core (the volunteers try to cover it up on official visits), there's a reason that polys statistically don't live in the deep south...and yeah eating at shoneys will ******* kill u, there's no fresh poke there brah
washington: their staff thought (and wuz bragging about it) he wuz in the bag but now r scrambling to look at other safeties in case aiden don't wanna live in the drizzly azz northwest as the new husky staff (the previous generational talent staff is now all at alabama) loses potentially 10+ games this season in the big 10 this fall...nobody on the current husky staff coached any of the previous nfl guys
cal: the hawaii pipeline is real to the #1 ranked public university in the world for those that wanna build generational wealth both thru nfl development with the takers coaching staff & hard work in the classrooms of berkeley...the depth chart is favorable for early playing time with sr starter craig woodson (hopefully improved his closing SPEED this offseason) a legit nfl prospect
PITCHOUTS to all american jaydn ott in open space r triggering (unstoppable with SPEED)#
Jahvid Best obviously had higher top speed than anybody but on that particular run Ott would have juked out of the backfield much faster, his lateral agility is on another level.
agreed strykur & that's why last season's failure to give ott opportunities to showcase his lateral agility in open spaces on the edges via PITCHOUTS is inexplicable unless it's kinda like the bears always fair catching punts during the wilcox era due to the head coach's irrational aversion to ball security/turnovers (playing to not lose gets u 6-6 records)...and with that being said if the qb1 can't safely pitch the ball a couple of feet to jaydn we're ****ed
the good news is that coach bloesch & coach gilbert get it, they group texted me this evening to let me know that the 1st play of the season opening uc davis game on august 31st at memorial stadium is gonna be a PITCHOUT to jaydn in open space which will be an epic 75 yard touchdown espn play of the day to start the heisman trophy hype due to vati's td celebration haka dance!!!!
2026 monster predictions: jaron drops 60+ on them bruins while the jet rushes for 237 yards in the fall of 2026 & the university of calveston's buc-ee goes viral as a mascot making out with doms at memorial stadium on the field after 60,000+ true fans storm the field in an EPIC celebration that causes a majority of the strawberry canyon homeowners to move to twenty nine palms or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
post production note: if u look very carefully at the above foto of doms it's kinda obvious that she's staring/making eye contact with shocky at his 50 yard line perch at memorial stadium...how much do casitas cost in orange county?
Sort of looks like the kid last year at Washington. No, not her...the QB.
2024 scottish open at the renaissance club: 1st round update
collin morikawa: 7 birdies en route to a 65 & tied for 8th...didn't make any really long putts just played morikawa elite ball striking brand golf while taking care of biz with 4s on the three par 5s...putting stroke looks good/aggressive with a relaxed stroke releasing the putterhead on the slower linksy greens
byeong hun an: roared home with birdies on 4 of his last 6 holes in also shooting a 65 & tied for 8th...ben will be representing south korea in the golfing olympics in paris next month, his parents wuz ping pong olympians back in the day
max homa: wuz visibly agitated early in the round but caddie jj greiner helped max keep his **** together en route to a solid 67 & tied for 34th
shocky just had a 2 hour phone call with fellow haas biz ad grad & legendary cal coach steve desimone re: a wide variety of topics (some of which must remain confidential):
*****steve is in agreement that michael wilson (academic all american who led the bears national championship team) would be an excellent choice as the next cal head coach
*****michael weaver (haas biz ad grad) just got married & would not be in a position to return to berkeley as a coach
*****cal men's golf got a current financial endowment of $37,000,000+ which is the BEST of any berkeley athletic program...thx you to alex & marie shipman for endowing the head coaching position
*****fellow haas biz ad grad rich lyons will be initiating an audit of the cal athletic department, we are both in consensus that significant change within the department is 100% inevitable
*****walter chun confirmed to steve earlier this year the program has the ncca max 4.5 schollys (with title ix the women's team has 6.0 schollys)...it's possible that future roster sizes will be less than last year's 14 player roster
*****the best administrator steve's worked with thru the years that he respects the most is jay john (coach montgomery & lute olson's brainstrust)
*****steve thinks tony chen, nathan wang & daniel heo all got upside...his dark horse breakout candidate is 6'5" charlie berridge who is playing lights out this summer in new york state amateur tournaments & whose playing style reminds des of scottie scheffler
*****des is gonna follow up my recommendation & reach out to seton hall transfer wenliang xie
*****steve spoke with collin morikawa for an hour yesterday & says collin loves where his game is right now...steve is predicting a morikawa victory in the next month at the scottish open, british open or the 2024 summer olympics in paris
*****des is in agreement that collin should involve his caddie jj (a d2 ncca champ at chico state back in the day) in greens reading...whereas shocky thinks morikawa's putting misses are often putts shoved to the right with an open putterhead, steve thinks his misses are due to a lack of speed on the low side of the hole
*****des thinks max homa got the game & time to win a major championship
*****steve's health (prevented him from attending any golf matches this past season) is good & we made plans to meet up at the bears mckenzie cup at the meadow club which is not further afar from muir woods & stinson beach high school
spoke with des this evening, jay john is running point on the interview process with feedback from the cal men's golf committee
there are 3 finalist candidates right now (this # could expand), one of them is a former california golden bear, one is a successful local coach who graduated elsewhere & one is a kinda unknown wildcard...a decision could come as early as late next week
not so fun fact: arguably the top projected returner (along with tony chen) nathan wang (more than halfway to graduation) is gonna transfer to pepperdine (it's disappointing he's being counseled to do so)...yeah nobu malibu is shocky's favorite restaurant in the world but a current 3.5 gpa berkeley student trading in a degree from the #1 ranked public university in the world for a diploma from an academically mediocre school is a DUMB decision...it's more FUN to be a guest of the nobu ryokans (shocky & his daughter shay luv the cabo san lucas property, it's got world class amenities particularly the spa, the monster shivers in the ice cold water plunge pool) than an employee when ur 30 years old, got it nathan?
