— Golden Bear Report (On3 | Rivals) (@CalBearsOn3) July 27, 2026
1) inside linebackers: good news to hear that coach lup thinks highly of alaska native aaron hampton because all the guys including portal transfers (all from powerhouse football factories) tristan jernigan, aj tuitele & kamar mothudi are UNPROVEN as starters, replacing the inside steady play of cade & luke is gonna be critical to a MONSTER victories season with the uc championship game now within our sites
2) defensive line: great news is that the 2027 high school commitment class gotta lotta immediate impact starters/playing rotation standouts with potential NFL upside but the d-line right now is a concern from both starter productivity (star power) & reliable depth
3) left tackle: let's be real here last season last season the bears got the WORST tackles in the p4, guys that that lacked the strength to impose their will in the run game & lacked the mobility in open space to nullify apex predator edge rushers in the pass game...stud jimothy lewis solves the problem in guarding the jks blindside at right tackle but the ongoing battle between frederick williams iii & jacob arop at left tackle will determine if the bears are finally gonna operate (potentially drop 50) behind a cal's MONSTER offensive line
https://instagr.am/p/DbGfauUH9BJ 4) kicking game: punter angus davies is gonna be the solution to solving the erratic/inconsistent play at this position but it remains to be seen if kickers chase meyer or towns mcough are gonna be ready to star on broadway in a potentially EPIC season in berkeley
One of the most underrated teams heading into the 2026 season is Cal 🐻
The Golden Bears have been largely off-the-radar for most of the offseason and are disrespectfully rated 62nd by the ESPN FPI heading into this fall.
real talk: if none of this **** works out the shockster (who intends to watch all 13 games in person) is probably gonna move to ******* alaska (finding a buc-ee's & new yoga studio could be problematic) or something!!
that would be the experience level of the current staff, coach lup has assembled a remarkable staff of guys with NFL EXPERIENCE!!
in case u haven't figured it out yet let the monster break it down for u, NFL EXPERIENCE is the highest level of football knowledge/performance for the ruthless trillion dollar+ industry, it's kinda like a ******* HARVARD MBA!!
it should be pointed out that during the wilcox era of mediocrity that his 2 most successful coaches (developed guys for the NFL) peter sirmon & gerald alexander both eventually ended up leaving to the NFL
and no a mid over the hill billy musgrave (who the shockster bumped into outside the stadium party par 3 16th hole at the phoenix open absolutely ****faced along with charlie ragle while they wuz on a "recruiting" trip," justin wuz a big fan of guys who like a drink or 7 like spavital) don't count if ur mentally a tossed salad
our berkeley bears NFL EXPERIENCED staff are gonna ensure the days of candy azz soft wide receivers not BLOCKING & mind boggling repetitive dumb as ****/dangerous (****** up the careers of ott & the jet) linear running plays directly into d-lineman without PITCHOUTS on the edges in wide open space are ******* over, u feel me??
^ #71 sioape vatikani looks noticeably more fit/slimmed down!!
today is the FIRST DAY OUT, yeah ucla is pretty ******* confident re: the september 5, 2026 uc championship game (**** that ****, on 10 paws we stood tall, we wanted in 2 states can't move wrong!!)
One of the nastiest cases of “f*ck around and find out” just went down in Korean MMA
https://instagr.am/p/DbGzjFfAQjX coach anae is prioritizing with an actionable offer national recruit +1 athletic 6'6" 285 lbs aden owolabi from san ramon valley high school (a 30 minute drive for moms & the fam to memorial stadium on fall gamedays), owolabi got an unreal relentless work ethic
aden is NOT a dumb azz, he got a 3.86 GPA & is taking care of biz with almost NO EFFORT!!
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (and the best opportunity unlike usc & oregon to build GENERATIONAL WEALTH via early starting/NFL development & hard work in the classrooms of berkeley)
The World University Rankings 2026 have just been published.
The performance of Asia’s top universities has stalled for the first time in 14 years, while the US continues to decline.
real talk: eugene is a rainy freezing as **** ****hole truck stop town for singularly focused low gpa disposable gladiators that put all their cards for the future on playing football on a football field with a football
^ unreal quick twitch fluidity/strength rep by +1 athletic 6'4" 345 lbs nose tackle1 (nt1) #44 jericho johnson
the sorry azz (coached to occupy space, not freed up to make plays) bears d-line has not had anybody drafted by the NFL during the last decade, that **** is gonna change with this staff (led by a head coach who may be clueless as **** re: maps but wuz a defensive line coach in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE)
I think the FedEx playoffs start next week in Memphis. Is that field the top 70 in FedEx points or top 100? I can't remember. I think both Max and Michael are within the top 70....They need to fix the handicapping for the final at East Lake. Giving Scottie a 10 stroke lead off the bat takes all of the fun out of it....
andy, all 3 cali bears (collin #6 in fed ex standings, max #51 & michael #59) will be competing in next week's 1st round playoff event in memphis (contested in lobster boiling humidity at an ugly as **** non descript corporate office complex, probably the worstest course on the pga tour that is adjacent to the fed ex world headquarters) which is for the top 70 players
https://instagr.am/p/CbnZcI5loiJ then the top 50 will compete the following week at bellerive in st louis with the top 30 then invited to east lake in atlanta for the tour championship (thankfully the dumb azz starting strokes format has been dropped this year)...keep in mind that the season end top 50 are invited to the 2027 signature events which makes homa's absence this week in greensboro kinda puzzling
the good news is that the pga commish & staff are finally recognizing that all 3 of these playoff venues are architecturally absymal courses & there is a plan/discussions to replace these dog tracks with some of the classic golden era cathedrals of golf starting in 2028!!
https://instagr.am/p/DAACFELPQ1Q meanwhile on the 9/11 terrorist financed (now bankrupt) liv exhibition league for morally corrupt ****tards there are literally dozens of fans following deshambles en route to a 75!!
Two cents on middle linebackers. The initial Bear Insider depth chart for fall camp was released Here and has Jernigan and AJ as starters with Hampton and Mothudi as their back-ups. Both back-ups have the physical gifts to be starters and will still get game reps if they stay back-ups by the end of fall camp. Cal may have more depth at middle linebacker than expected with AJ being the best performing MLB in spring camp.
agreed that coach gregory got 4 guys in aj, texas a&m transfer tristan jernigan, oregon transfer kamar mouthdi & alaska native aaron hampton that can play, will be interesting to see which of the young guys like beckham barney or jonathan mckinley emerges as the 5th backer (which will probably involve seeing the field on special teams)
the shockster's plan is to see cal commit gunnar perry (the arizona republic's #1 ranked zony linebacker, reputation as a sideline to sideline relentless tackling machine) in his season opener on thursday nite august 27th
https://instagr.am/p/DbmWlH9HKa0 as you've pointed out both cade (now byu) & luke (clemson then tampered with & now at ole miss) benefited from a scheme that funneled tackles to them, will be interesting to see how their production plays out this fall
2026 cali bears football biggest CONCERNS heading into fall ball on august 5th:
4) kicking game: punter angus davies is gonna be the solution to solving the erratic/inconsistent play at this position but it remains to be seen if kickers chase meyer or towns mcough are gonna be ready to star on broadway in a potentially EPIC season in berkeley
^ the shockster really admires fellow hopa/hopa poly honorary cali bear rickie's positive outlook on life despite the fact that his 4.0 gpa berkeley grad wife alison married him in a pathetic attempt to make me jealous or something
michael kim (67, tied for 37th): michael is playing the best golf of his life right now with unreal birdies on the par 4 17th & 18th holes!!...mr chipotle gotta an ideal early tee time tomorrow morning with significantly less humidity & fresh greens, let's ******* go michael!!
https://instagr.am/p/BlTzuyohOYF ^ fun day: in the morning played first out the front nine with slim wadie & the head pro at the spectacular tobacco road, went to the bears exciting victory over them tar heels thx to malik's clutch ice in his veins acrobatic 1st down/drive sustaining reception & then drove back to briskly walk with our bags over our shoulders the back nine at tobacco road with shadows falling on the 18th green as we putted out in the pines
2026 cali bears football biggest CONCERNS heading into fall ball on august 5th:
3) left tackle: let's be real here last season last season the bears got the WORST tackles in the p4, guys that that lacked the strength to impose their will in the run game & lacked the mobility in open space to nullify apex predator edge rushers in the pass game...stud jimothy lewis solves the problem in guarding the jks blindside at right tackle but the ongoing battle between frederick williams iii & jacob arop at left tackle will determine if the bears are finally gonna operate (potentially drop 50) behind a cal's MONSTER offensive line
real talk: the 2026 berkeley bears offense is gonna SAIL & drop 50+ from time to time if the unit gets solid reliable play from the left tackle position!!
to the balcony where hands embrace (to come this close, won't leave)#
^ the shockster really admires fellow hopa/hopa poly honorary cali bear rickie's positive outlook on life despite the fact that his 4.0 gpa berkeley grad wife alison married him in a pathetic attempt to make me jealous or something
michael kim (67, tied for 37th): michael is playing the best golf of his life right now with unreal birdies on the par 4 17th & 18th holes!!...mr chipotle gotta an ideal early morning tee time tomorrow morning with significantly less humidity & fresh greens, let's ******* go michael!!
https://instagr.am/p/BlTzuyohOYF ^ fun day: in the morning played first out the front nine with slim wadie & the head pro at the spectacular tobacco road, went to the bears exciting victory over them tar heels thx to malik's clutch ice in his veins acrobatic 1st down/drive sustaining reception & then drove back to briskly walk with our bags over our shoulders the back nine at tobacco road with shadows falling on the 18th green as we putted out in the pines
Reminiscing, we stayed at theWashington duke, got a personal moment with the Duke golf coach, then played the traditional Trent-Jones Duke University course in the middle of campus, got our swings analyzed by each member of the championship women's team (this was a test for them), had drinks bought for us at Bull Durham Bar, was serenaded by Duke band members with Fight for California when we left the parking lot, watched Cal beat North Carolina and then drove to Pinehurst. That was pre- two lower back surgeries ago. Gotta say I loved the southern hospitality and the golf. Wished I had played Tobacco Road. Heard it is one of the most unique courses in the world.
https://instagr.am/p/CwQcO5IIhL_ ^ cal men's golf OFFICIAL announcement: the program is gonna be transitioning to cheerful green shirts for the upcoming season (non conformance to this bears MONSTER team rule will result in benching, shaking hands with morikawa after his 7th consecutive poopy diaper change, sharing a cart for 9 holes at silverleaf with a hangry homa with him acting out like mr grumpy pants or playing 18 holes with an imaginary golf ball, fafo trevor)!!
𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: A guy has gone viral for being forced to play a full round of golf without a ball with complete strangers as punishment for losing his fantasy football league.
michael kim (68, tied for 35th): despite only draining 58 feet in putts, michael is continuing to play exceptional golf (ball striking is on point with 15 outta 18 greens hit in regulation) with yet another round in the 60s!!
fun fact: tournament leader (11 under par) virginia's ben james got his azz handed to him my brah ziqin zhou at this spring's acc championship tournament which wuz won by Z in a heroic playoff battle with a crying stanford cardinal
Looking for a number on Michael Kim missed cut. #USOpen
UNC coach Bill Belichick announces that defensive coordinator Steve Belichick is on medical leave. I asked if he'd be back for the season opener, and Bill Belichick said only that he'd be back "as soon as possible."
^ nice man bun/ponytail brah, r u a teacher at modern yoga (ok, the shockster is kinda jealous despite my ability to call out during the pre call snap jaron telegraphing the audible jump ball to mark hamper, rolo needs to do better disguising ****)??
2026 north carolina global cigarettes production tournament: 3rd round update
https://instagr.am/p/DW_qhU6DXmb michael kim (69, tied for 40th): a mid 3 over par thru the 12th hole, michael woke the **** up with birdies on the 13th thru the 16th holes & then a gritti palace buried 17 foot par (after hooking his drive deep left into the pines) on the uphill par 4 18th hole to shoot in the 60's yet again!!
the bear would NOT ******* quit, the bear would NOT ******* muerte!!#
Stanley Saole-McKenzie committed to Cal before his senior year at Saint Louis in the summer of 2019, and has remained loyal to the program ever since. "I built relationships that will last me a lifetime," he says. #Calohapic.twitter.com/WRaRG7YqoU
https://instagr.am/p/60_r2alQp8 ^ honestly rickie should quit being such a jealous **** (it's not a good look for him) & just get over it (there's no shame in being a plan b husband, a h2)
michael kim (71, tied for 56th): michael hit his coolest shot of the year on the severely front to back/left to right sloping (augusta national level tilt) par 3 12th hole, from 50 feet straight off a cliff (shot traveling probably 15 on the stimp) hit an unreal sand wedge with extreme spin from on the green to a couple feet beyond the cup & rolled in the par putt!!
liv exhibition league update: dozens of fans (kinda like the projected wagner game attendance due to the marie antoinette outta touch dumb azz decision to not offer FREE tixs to all berkeley students, **** the poor kids that don't got rich parents that will buy them the season student pass) are descending upon new jersey, yeah talor gooch & his oklahoma city asterisks are must watch golf along with the mirabel 3rd flight mother/daughter championship!!
even tho almost everybody on planet earth knows the liv team championship in michigan is gonna be cancelled due to insufficient funds on the league's overdrawn credit cards, the official liv website is still selling tixs (with a zero chance of future refunds)
2026 us amateur at merion: good luck to ziqin zhou, trevor cox & sihao cong tomorrow & tuesday in 36 hole qualifying among 312 contestants for the 64 player match play starting wednesday!!
https://instagr.am/p/DbjeAXqv7eV the back nine at merion east (36 hole qualifying will also be played at the fantastic philadelphia cricket) is among the best inland nines on planet earth, let's ******* go cali golden bears!!
^ rocky did it all (drinking them daily 32 oz green juices to facilitate great gut health & pooping like a race horse) for that cbyf2!!
cal is a golf school (with an above average left handed qb1 that pre snap telegraphs his audibles)#
^ this fascinating interview captures the essence of the inclusive poly brotherhood within the cal football program (which is facilitated by the 9th island's randy scott off campus poly house)
what's the genesis of this cal's monster offensive line thread??
the shockster wuz tole during a conversation with someone within the program a couple of years ago that 4.0 gpa true freshman sioape vatikani wuz already the "strongest" player in the program thru the summer workouts & that he would start as a true freshman
this wuz a clear RED FLAG that the cal s&c program wuz FAILING (how could a reno high schooler already be stronger than guys who had been lifting weights for 4-5 years at the "high performance center" under the direction of a non accountable s&c staff??) along with a non existent NUTRITION program (numerous weights on the o-line wuz blatantly lied about in the above roster measurements)
most people don't know this about the shockster but he can guess males, females & doggy dog weights within a lb or two after looking at them in person for 30 seconds (this skill*?? has won/settled a lotta 19th hole golfing bets thru the years)
anyways shocky wrote the above 1st post with the intent to support o-line recruiting which ironically wuz not MONSTER at all
sioape is blessed with unique/unlimited upside from the jump but in watching the pregame warm ups in the north end zone at memorial stadium from 3 feet away from the action thru the years it's always been obvious that sioape wuz overweight (360+ lbs), outta shape (poor bend/flexibility) & moving sluggishly relative to his god given potential (which resulted in injuries & dropping off nfl draft boards)
https://instagr.am/p/DbYqY6NjjlV so it's GREAT NEWS to hear now that vatikani is taking his nutrition seriously (funny how he admits with a sheepish grin that he "cheated" on his diets all the time) & finally getting his body/mind right heading into the EPIC uc championship game!!
gotta luv paws but note that despite the conversation re: weight, mike NEVER asks sioape how much weight he's lost or how much he weighs now!!
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (including the beautiful people of tonga)
current starting line up (subject to change/competition):
left tackle: frederick williams iii, 6'5" 335 lbs left guard: tyson ruffins, 6'2", 310 lbs center: bastian swinnery, 6'6" 315 lbs right guard: sioape vatikani, 6'4", 330 lbs (last year listed at 320 lbs but wuz actually 360+ lbs) right tackle: jimothy lewis jr, 6'6" 315 lbs
odds & ends: there are heavily contested playing rotation battles right now for swing tackle2, interior offensive lineman2 & center2...+1 athletic huge upside tackle daniel mcmorris is listed as 6'6" but only 265 lbs...the 3 o-line texans recruited by mike bloesch (now back at north texas) are no longer with the football program (tyler knape & aiden newbill are still students working toward berkeley degrees & syris corley is back in texas)...with former stanford & briefly cal assistant line coach viane talamaivo now at alabama, coach famika "potty mouth" anae is now relying upon future head coach in waiting (haas biz ad grad) mike saffell & rising +2 athletic moani for player development
^ this fascinating interview captures the essence of the inclusive poly brotherhood within the cal football program (which is facilitated by the 9th island's randy scott off campus poly house)
what's the genesis of this cal's monster offensive line thread??
the shockster wuz tole during a conversation with someone within the program a couple of years ago that 4.0 gpa true freshman sioape vatikani wuz already the "strongest" player in the program thru the summer workouts & that he would start as a true freshman
this wuz a clear RED FLAG that the cal s&c program wuz FAILING (how could a reno high schooler already be stronger than guys who had been lifting weights for 4-5 years at the "high performance center" under the direction of a non accountable s&c staff??) along with a non existent NUTRITION program (numerous weights on the o-line wuz blatantly lied about in the above roster measurements)
most people don't know this about the shockster but he can guess males, females & doggy dog weights within a lb or two after looking at them in person for 30 seconds (this skill*?? has won/settled a lotta 19th hole golfing bets thru the years)
anyways shocky wrote the above 1st post with the intent to support o-line recruiting which ironically wuz not MONSTER at all
sioape is blessed with unique/unlimited upside from the jump but in watching the pregame warm ups in the north end zone at memorial stadium from 3 feet away from the action thru the years it's always been obvious that sioape wuz overweight (360+ lbs), outta shape (poor bend/flexibility) & moving sluggishly relative to his god given potential (which resulted in injuries & dropping off nfl draft boards)
https://instagr.am/p/DbYqY6NjjlV so it's GREAT NEWS to hear now that vatikani is taking his nutrition seriously (funny how he admits with a sheepish grin that he "cheated" on his diets all the time) & finally getting his body/mind right heading into the EPIC uc championship game!!
gotta luv paws but note that despite the conversation re: weight, mike NEVER asks sioape how much weight he's lost or how much he weighs now!!
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (including the beautiful people of tonga)
current starting line up (subject to change/competition):
left tackle: frederick williams iii, 6'5" 335 lbs left guard: tyson ruffins, 6'2", 310 lbs center: bastian swinnery, 6'6" 315 lbs right guard: sioape vatikani, 6'4", 330 lbs (last year listed at 320 lbs but wuz actually 360+ lbs) right tackle: jimothy lewis jr, 6'6" 315 lbs
odds & ends: there are heavily contested playing rotation battles right now for swing tackle2, interior offensive lineman2 & center2...+1 athletic huge upside tackle daniel mcmorris is listed as 6'6" but only 265 lbs...the 3 o-line texans recruited by mike bloesch (now back at north texas) are no longer with the football program (tyler knape & aiden newbill are still students working toward berkeley degrees & syris corley is back in texas)...with former stanford & briefly cal assistant line coach viane talamaivo now at alabama, coach famika "potty mouth" anae is now relying upon future head coach in waiting (haas biz ad grad) mike saffell & rising +2 athletic moani for player development
WELCOME arizona transfer +1 athletic cornerback/special teams standout 6' 190 lbs marquis groves-killebrew aka mgk from north cobb high school in atlanta...marquis got 1 year of eligibility after stops at texas a&m (outta high school), louisville & arizona
mgk is NOT a dumb azz, he wuz on the arizona college of humanities dean's list with distinction as an interdisciplinary studies major as a big 12 all academic honoree in 2025 along with being named to the acc all academic team in 2023
and yeah according to whoseurbabydaddyancestry.com, former minnesota twins homerun slugger harmon killebrew got "some" familial blood to the cali bears newest TAKER!!