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BearForceOne
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I'm kind of hoping Tosh will pay homage to Tedford by replicating Tedford's first offensive play call which went for a touchdown against Baylor. Or at least a similar type of bold play to make a statement.
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Shocky1 said:

^ odonto, my daughter taylor graduated from asu (the #1 ranked stripper college in the united states) & her dad graduated from berkley (he got an "a+" in astronomy 10!!)...embarazzing but true, the shockster shared this achievement with a cbyf1 modern yoga teacher back in the day & when she asked him wut wuz his favorite planet he tole her truthfully "uranus" (the monster also asked her once when she wuz pregnant "do u know whose ur baby daddy?" to which she responded "my husband")

cal football scrimmage: update

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rb1 #24 fellow zony adam momhammed & rb2 carter vargas both got ELITE high upside SPEED which is gonna be a massive upgrade over last season's room when the bad new bears wuz #133 outta #134 in the nation in rushing which wuz also a function of predictable linear run calls into stacked defensive fronts & the worst offensive tackle play in the power 4 conferences

it's the MONSTER recommendation that the 1st offensive play of the coach lup era be a PITCHOUT to adam in wide open space on the edge for the following reasons:

1) it would be a tosh tip of the cap to legendary bears coach jeff tedford during an era of multiple NFL running backs

2) it would settle the issue of whether the bears wr1s are gonna ******* BLOCK in the fall of 2026 (ike & geoff should hand out a nyan boateng award for the most violent BLOCK after every game)

3) it would test the bruins 3 starting corners/nickels who are around 5'10" 175 lbs

4) it would test the bruins outside linebackers who are "coached" by vic so'oto who like a lotta former wilcox coaches is a good guy but a poor developer of talent (literally nobody got better in berkeley as edge defenders under vic)

5) shocky would probably stroke the **** out if #24 turns upfield & SAILS for an EPIC 75 yard touchdown run when the cannons start blasting on tightwad hill & the cal band loudly plays our favorite songs which would solve coach lup's current problem of unsolicited advice from the club pro guy!!




I vote for this type of first play...

A 70-yard halfback trick-play touchdown pass from Terrell Williams to David Gray.The play occurred on August 31, 2002, on the very first play from scrimmage of Jeff Tedford's debut game as head coach of the California Golden Bears against Baylor. Quarterback Kyle Boller pitched backward to running back Terrell Williams, who then threw downfield to wide receiver David Gray for the score. Cal went on to win the game 70-22.
BearForceOne
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That's the play I'm talking about! How exciting that was after a 1-10 record the previous season!

How about a bomb from JKS to open the Lupoi era? Maybe not even a trick play. Just line up 4 WR's. "Here it is, stop it if you can!"

The pitchout to Mohammed can be the first play of the 2nd series. :-)
Shocky1
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2026 state of tennessee sweatbox tournament: 4th round update

^ apparently coach lup is not the only dumb azz on planet earth that don't know **** about maps or geography (jt is still shocky's favorite college drop out from the deep south, roll tide to the dumpsters out back behind the waffle house!!)

max homa (68, tied for 24th): max is a straight up doggy dog brawler who when cornered battled back 1000% in unbearable humidity including an epic sandy par save on the diabolical par 4 18th hole (collin & michael lost balls in the water en route to bogeys) for a scrambling par!!...finished the regular season #53 in the fed ex standings, fully expecting world class golf from homa this fall on the pga tour!!

collin morikawa (72, tied for 55th): honestly just GUESSING (shades of the 2025 us open at oakmont) on his green reads (tpc nowind got the flatest greens on the pga tour), morikawa brought in caddie mark urbanek for a drained 6 foot par putt on the 6th hole but then went into full lone ranger mode for the rest of the round, finished 62nd in a 68 player field in putting for the week

collin got no interest in golf course architecture (i.e. traveling to world top 100 golf courses like the shockster) & ima 99% confident he's never played next week's bmw venue at bellerive in st louis, hopefully mr stubborn pants will share greens reading responsibilities with urbanek

fun fact: morkawa's new chipping routine this week is taking a a couple one handed left swings before moving into the shot, this will promote cleaner less flippy contact with the ball when scrambling

michael kim (73, tied for 55th): michael understandably bogeyed 4 of his final 5 holes, he's absolutely exhausted after playing an ironman 9 consecutive tournaments...hopefully mr 59 will now take a well deserved vacay back home in north dallas with no touching the clubs for a couple of days & cold/hot water plunges!!



liv exhibition league update: there are no press conferences scheduled at this time for hopefully the FINAL walk down the gang plank in indy, carnival barker commish scott can spin the facts like Z can with a prov+!!

Shocky1
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real talk: the $125 combo student pass is NOT affordable for berkeley student from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who don't got rich parents that will buy this **** for them & these discriminated against (deprived of the magical opportunities to participate in FUN school spirit activities such as intercollegiate events and so forth with their fellow classmates) students will NOT become future season tix buyers/athletic/builder's of berkeley donors when they start earning their first million dollars with their golden tix berkeley degrees

my berkeley grad tiger moms did not attend games when she wuz a berkeley student back in the day because she wuz poor as ****, got it??

honestly the well intended but feckless chancellor not terminating the anti revenue sports agenda co athletic director ****tards Jay & Jenny (non berkeley grads) is gonna ensure that there are 40,000 EMPTY seats for the wagner football game & that the men's hoops program will again play in front of EMPTY abysmal low energy crowds of sr citizens that can't remember where they parked their car after games despite probably winning 20+ games this upcoming season (the prevailing mentality that it's better if potential new fans don't know a single thing about any of the players or honestly even their names will guarantee this market driven outcome for a failing product with zero marketing savvy)

the 2026 cali bears football season with remarkable qb1/good human being JARON KEAWE SAGAPOLUTELE is likely gonna create generational memories (and institutional imprinting) for those students with the financial means to attend gamedays, why would any berkeley students be EXCLUDED from this party of a lifetime (do u even know who is hooper humperdink??)



inviting berkeley students to attend all football & men's basketball games for FREE is not only the RIGHT THING to do but also a smart biz INVESTMENT COST for future revenues/donations in today's 6 second attention span market economy at a time when the university's state & federal funding is precipitously declining to potentially devastating existential levels

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listen to the MONSTER, he's telling u the truth!!

rich, at the end of the day, ur the person most responsible/accountable for this ****show with the unlikeable & non innovative JAY & JENNY (their FAILURES to protect the abused berkeley women's swimmers with suicidal iterations from harm's way will never be FORGOTTEN), is telling berkeley students from financially challenged backgrounds (realize u grew up near menlo park & joined the sae fraternity as an incoming freshman but that shouldn't mean ur outta touch) to **** OFF really the message u wanna send them from the #1 ranked PUBLIC university in the world??



don't be a ******* myopic and MEAN non inclusive dumb azz#
juarezbear
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Shocky1 said:

2026 state of tennessee sweatbox tournament: 4th round update

^ apparently coach lup is not the only dumb azz on planet earth that don't know **** about maps or geography (jt is still shocky's favorite college drop out from the deep south, roll tide to the dumpsters out back behind the waffle house!!)

max homa (68, tied for 24th): max is a straight up doggy dog brawler who when cornered battled back 1000% in unbearable humidity including an epic sandy par save on the diabolical par 4 18th hole (collin & michael lost balls in the water en route to bogeys) for a scrambling par!!...finished the regular season #53 in the fed ex standings, fully expecting world class golf from homa this fall on the pga tour!!

collin morikawa (72, tied for 55th): honestly just GUESSING (shades of the 2025 us open at oakmont) on his green reads (tpc nowind got the flatest greens on the pga tour), morikawa brought in caddie mark urbanek for a drained 6 foot par putt on the 6th hole but then when into full lone ranger mode for the rest of the round, finished 62nd in a 68 player field in putting for the week

collin got no interest in golf course architecture (i.e. traveling to world top 100 golf courses like the shockster) & ima 99% confident he's never played next week's bmw venue at bellerive in st louis, hopefully mr stubborn pants will share greens reading responsibilities with urbanek

fun fact: morkawa's new chipping routine this week is taking a a couple one handed left swings before moving into the shot, this will promote cleaner less flippy contact with the ball when scrambling

michael kim (73, tied for 55th): michael understandably bogeyed 4 of his final 5 holes, he's absolutely exhausted after playing an ironman 9 consecutive tournaments...hopefully mr 59 will now take a well deserved vacay back home in north dallas with no touching the clubs for a couple of days & cold/hot water plunges!!



liv exhibition league update: there are no press conferences scheduled at this time for hopefully the FINAL walk down the gang plank in indy, carnival barker commish scott can spin the facts like Z can with a prov+!!



I don't have a lot of hope for Collin to win the FedEx. Seems like his back is really bothering him now. Maybe Michael or Max can make a splash, but who knows.
Shocky1
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andy, unfortunately collin will be the lone cali bear this week in st louis, both max & michael did not advance to the 2nd round field of 50 golfers for this week's playoff event

it's probable that max & michael will compete again in 30 days at the september tourney the week before the prez cup (would be great if the us captain brings the team together including collin in asheville), otherwise hoping other fans will join me at the utah st george black desert tournament (around a 2 hour drive from las vegas) on friday october 2nd the day before the bears battle unlv at allegiant stadium on saturday october 3rd

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Shocky1 said:

andy, unfortunately collin will be the lone cali bear this week in st louis, both max & michael did not advance to the 2nd round field of 50 golfers for this week's playoff event

it's probable that max & michael will compete again in 30 days at the september tourney the week before the prez cup (would be great if the us captain brings the team together including collin in asheville), otherwise hoping other fans will join me at the utah st george black desert tournament (around a 2 hour drive from las vegas) on friday october 2nd the day before the bears battle unlv at allegiant stadium on saturday october 3rd

I'd love to go to Vegas for the game and the golf, but I'll be in NY for our upcoming Tom Hanks baseball movie called the Comebacker. Hoping my Friar's Head buddy will be in town. If not, I'll probably get to Century or Winged Foot.
Shocky1
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^ hollywood, send me a FREE guest pass for ur world premiere of the Comebacker with tom hanks & the shockster will buy u lunch at erewhon!!

https://instagr.am/p/DaTnqGzk0Fg
friar's head>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>winged foot west>>>>>>winged foot east>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>century

https://instagr.am/p/DPRx8wejmEj
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KAAAAAABBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

true freshman parisian callixte alzas is now in berkeley!!

good luck to all 3 incoming freshmen & merci beaucoup to haas biz ad grad/dp tournament winner joel stalter for his pivotal role in this remarkable recruitment

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^best (by far) lids in the history of cal athletics!!

callixte, coffee and smoking no es bueno & is for losers mon ami, compris??


the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university (in todo el mundo!!)
Shocky1
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real talk: last season the bears starting SAFETIES did NOT make many plays on the ball in passing coverage, some of that can be attributed to the wilcox bend don't break ultra conservative schematics (with safeties playing deep center field with instructions to not let the ball get behind them) & some of that might be attributed to the closing speed for dru (credited for defending 3 passes all season, no interceptions) & aidan (credited for defending 2 passes all season, 1 interception)...none of the bears safeties brought tackling physicality during the nightmare on blacksburg street

the shockster is a huge fan of both 4.0 gpa aidan mantuai & is rooting for significant 2nd year development in the program with connor boyd & king von brown and tristan dunn (interception in the above video) got upside plus tristan is crushing it in the classrooms of berkeley (after a 3.0 gpa in high school)!!

the current starters kingston lopa got unreal size/length at 6'5" 210 lbs & isaiah crosby got unreal SPEED...and yeah northern arizona lumberjack (flagstaff) transfer michael hurst is gonna compete for playing rotation time along with bringing physicality to the bears special teams

do not SLEEP on the bears safeties in 2026, they gonna be making big time plays to WIN ******* football games this season (as opposed to tryna prevent big plays to avoid losing football games last season), it's just a different mindset in how it's gonna go

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^ davon bennett aka king von wuz gunned down in a gang altercation at age 26
Shocky1
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Shocky1 said:

acc update:


0-12 in 2026 is officially on the table in chapel hill


^ 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 ****)??


jordan, it's great to hear ur qb1 is "excited about being able to check plays when he sees something" but much more importantly are u & rolo working with him re: telegraphing the audibles??


tosh, the uc championship game on saturday september 5 2026 at 7:30 pm at memorial stadium is gonna be SOLD OUT, the real question is if the tixs/seats are gonna be sold/filled up by cal fans or ucla's fired up fanbase??
https://calbears.com/sports/2022/7/11/cal-golden-bears-football-tickets.aspx

juarezbear
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^ hollywood, send me a FREE guest pass for ur world premiere of the Comebacker with tom hanks & the shockster will buy u lunch at erewhon!!

https://instagr.am/p/DaTnqGzk0Fg
friar's head>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>winged foot west>>>>>>winged foot east>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>century

https://instagr.am/p/DPRx8wejmEj

Completely agree with your courses analysis....depends on where my hosts are that week.
Shocky1
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andy, understood, u probably already know this but friar's head allows member sponsored unaccompanied guest play with full clubhouse dining services/privileges including the rain forest showers


would make a hard pass in the nyc region on trump bedminster which buys off corrupt golf rankings con artists like steve lapper (he dead now, not missed by anyone with ethics, will his estate have to pay irs taxes on non reported illegal earnings facilitated by ****tard grifter hoyt mcgarity who is gonna have his azz legally handed to him by the nicklaus orgnization) & ran morrissett (an absolute disappointment to his mother for his monetizing deal making)

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^ nice non calculated 5:00 pm manscapped facial stubble brah (facts: snoopy & woodstock would never set foot in a golf cart, sigh)!!
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not so fun fact: under the prior head coach them berkeley bears led all football teams on planet earth including the canadian football league in FAIR CATCHES on kick off & punt returns because of his overwhelming irrational fear of turnovers (playing it safe is a sure bet to mid results in life)

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^ why is mike saffell walking by me on thompson street in soho??

**** me

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^ the following is the actual (the above is ai generated by craig walker) non censored version of potty mouth coach anae's actual press conference comments:

"Let's be real ******* clear about this, my thirty eight year old center1 Bastian Swinney is like the Mauna Kea volcano's fiery eruptions on fall gamedays, he will **** you up, then he will **** up your sorry broken down piece of **** azz some more and the reason is because we both care about Cal's MONSTER offensive line, we both ******* care, you feel me brah??

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let it fly, lulu, let it fly (the most marketable hoops player in berkeley)!!



the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university according to kangaroos (just ask punter angus davies)


^ coach lup needs maps or something in the worst way possible

juarezbear
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juarezbear said:

Shocky1 said:

^ hollywood, send me a FREE guest pass for ur world premiere of the Comebacker with tom hanks & the shockster will buy u lunch at erewhon!!

https://instagr.am/p/DaTnqGzk0Fg
friar's head>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>winged foot west>>>>>>winged foot east>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>century

https://instagr.am/p/DPRx8wejmEj

Completely agree with your courses analysis....depends on where my hosts are that week.

I may also sneak onto Sleepy Hollow which I hear is first-rate.
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andy, sleepy hollow is a fantastic masterpiece designed by charlies blair mcdonald (who designed my favorite course on planet earth the national golf links of america), only weakness are the kinda outta character par 4 1st & 18th holes...fun facts: the hollow got these amazing rickety scary azz looking bridges plus there's always FUN things to do in nyc that are FREE (complimentary admission) after ur done filming with bad bunny

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liv exhibition league: final tournament update


^ yeah bryson is working to "grow the game" just like phony phil!!

deshambles es un numero uno caca en todo el mundo!!#


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adam, hit me up when u wanna meet up at the buc-ee's in goodyear for some tasty bbq brisket sandwiches (the shockster will bring extra toothpicks) & we can build some lego cities (or apollo high school including the science lab & football field) or something afterwards brah!!

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^ let me check but not sure if buc-ee's stocks hair dye products but who knows

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the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (according to the latest rulings/rankings by the maricopa county supreme court)
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2028 high school recruiting update:

https://instagr.am/p/DatxmjmMgoF
with a succession of ELITE qb1s locked down as cali bears for the foreseeable future the staff is targeting explosive SPEED 6'2" 165 lbs wideout damari dean from powerhouse delasalle high school (a 30 minute drive to memorial stadium on fall famedays for moms & those that loved damari from the jump)


damari is NOT a dumb azz, he got a 3.47 gpa

yeah SPEED wins football games!!

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (for spartans that got maps & ****)

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^ the monster is a big fan of bears coaches like kb that talk about specific bears & provide FUN insights re: their skillsets & wut makes them tick, this space got no time for coaches who talk in generalities blah blah blah coach speak, **** that ****

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^ yeah polys want their gumbo with ramen

chef keith bhonapaha gotta croc pot!!#

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is this a parody account of ucla football (or did chesney hire longwell as the special teams coach??)??

do u got ur tix(s) for the uc championship game on 9/5/26 at memorial stadium??#

juarezbear
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Shocky1 said:

^ hollywood, send me a FREE guest pass for ur world premiere of the Comebacker with tom hanks & the shockster will buy u lunch at erewhon!!

https://instagr.am/p/DaTnqGzk0Fg
friar's head>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>winged foot west>>>>>>winged foot east>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>century

https://instagr.am/p/DPRx8wejmEj



Done!
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2026 stinky hot (but not memphis bad) gateway arch tournament: 1st round update

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collin morikawa (68. tied for 21st): collin is moving thru the ball as freely (healthy looking, the 3 week break after the british open wuz a wise decision) since the pebble beach victory!!

hit only 7 of 14 fairways in regulation stat is kinda misleading as several drives wuz in the 1st cut of intermediate rough with beautiful lies on the zoysia turf...only real **** up wuz 6 mid shots on the par 5 17th hole en route to a dumb azz bogey (also made par on the only other par 5 8th hole after a wipey cutty sark fairway wood 2nd shot from the fairway & a putting misread *also a major misread on a right to left putt on the par 4 2nd hole by several feet too high)

the great news is that morikawa is rolling the rock aggressively with excellent pacing (holing speed) on the relative flat greens, yeah 86 feet (including a 20 foot birdie bomb on the par 4 18th hole) in drained putts es muy bueno brah!!

if collin can clean up his play on the par 5s & continue to release the putterhead with confidence a championship this week might be in the st louis cards!!

liv exhibition league: rory update

Shocky1
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what do you call 26 predominantly white girls from some of the wealthiest enclaves/neighborhoods on planet earth that got preferential admissions (varsity blues vibes) into berkeley that wuz 6-11 (yet another Jenny overseen failing program while a well intended but feckless chancellor just looks the other way) last season playing a sport that is almost exclusively played at high end prep schools??

answer: the cal women's lacrosse team

https://instagr.am/p/DcKWbPPGtkV
apparently the team bonding event this summer wuz held at the shockster's favorite resort, il san pietro di positano on the sun drenched amalfi coast!!

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go bears (go be great and rich as ****)!!
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What do you call 26 predominantly white girls from some of the wealthiest enclaves/neighborhoods on planet earth that got preferential admissions (varsity blues vibes) into berkeley that wuz 6-11 (yet another Jenny overseen failing program while a well intended but feckless chancellor just looks the other way) last season playing a sport that is almost exclusively played at high end prep schools??

Answer: It's called complying with Title IX using Prongs 2 and 3, which are:

  • History of Expansion (Prong 2): The school must show a clear, ongoing history of adding sports programs or expanding opportunities for the underrepresented sex. [1, 2, 3]
  • Accommodating Interests (Prong 3): The school must prove that its current program fully meets the real sports interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex. [1, 2, 3]
  • If you don't comply this way, you have to comply with Prong 1, which requires the ratio of male to female athletes to be about the same as the ratio of male to female students. Because football has such a large roster, complying that way would require cutting male non-revenue sports. I know you are OK with that, but not everyone is, and there's still an ongoing question whether backers of those sports might pull academic contributions if they are dropped, which supposedly was threatened at the time Sandy was looking to cut sports. I agree with you that Lyons probably doesn't want to sink the boat over this issue.
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    Jeff82 said:

    What do you call 26 predominantly white girls from some of the wealthiest enclaves/neighborhoods on planet earth that got preferential admissions (varsity blues vibes) into berkeley that wuz 6-11 (yet another Jenny overseen failing program while a well intended but feckless chancellor just looks the other way) last season playing a sport that is almost exclusively played at high end prep schools??

    Answer: It's called complying with Title IX using Prongs 2 and 3, whcih are:

  • History of Expansion (Prong 2): The school must show a clear, ongoing history of adding sports programs or expanding opportunities for the underrepresented sex. [1, 2, 3]
  • Accommodating Interests (Prong 3): The school must prove that its current program fully meets the real sports interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex. [1, 2, 3]
  • If you don't comply this way, you have to comply with Prong 1, which requires the ratio of male to female athletes to be about the same as the ratio of male to female students. Because football has such a large roster, complying that way would require cutting male non-revenue sports. I know you are OK with that, but not everyone is, and there's still an ongoing question whether backers of those sports might pull academic contributions if they are dropped, which supposedly was threatened at the time Sandy was looking to cut sports. I agree with you that Lyons probably doesn't want to sink the boat over this issue.


  • In the bigger scheme of things, with football and basketball out of the subsidy business due to among other things, NIL and the threat of conference realignment, the only justification for many deficit heavy programs is in the case of women sports, Title 9, and in men's sports the desire to field teams in traditional sports. The fully endowed sports have earned their keep. None of this is an excuse for poor performance. If you have a volleyball team, they should be competitively elite, like every other area at Cal. If Cal is elite in academics, why not research? If Cal is elite in research, why not sports? Rinse and repeat. As for Lyons, he has a lot of battles to fight. He will get around to the co-ADs when warranted. I predict in October 2026, one prominent area will be removed from their oversight.
    Jeff82
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    Precisely. Based on the current roster numbers on Calbears.com, here are the men's sports I assume would be cut if Cal had to comply on Pront 1: baseball, cross country, gymnastics, crew, soccer, tennis and track. Golf, rugby, swimming and water polo survive because they're either allegedly self-funded, or because they have benefactors where I believe the threat to pull academic contributions if they are cut would have weight.

    Cutting these would allow Evans Diamond to be converted to some other use. Edwards would presumably remain to serve women's track and soccer.

    Lastly, I still view this issue as a key remaining impediment to resolving the college sports issues at the federal level. There's an underlying assumption that the legislation will include some sort of pass for football regarding Title IX compliance. Democrats are never going to vote for that, unless they want their you-know-what's cut off, either politically or literally by their wives and daughters.
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    ^ can u spot taylor, slim wadie & the monster (white t-shirt/blue cal lid) celebrating with jaron in boston the MAGIC of cal football???

    cal poly-berkeley=the 9th island (and a home away from home)

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    Shocky1 said:

    Shocky1 said:

    cal transfer portal recruiting update:


    uber productive ohio transfer wideout with 71 receptions for 1037 yards 6" 203 lbs chase hendricks from st louis is on an official visit to berkeley today (and will visit purdue tomorrow)

    https://instagr.am/p/DSobiqHDql3
    who wants to catch dimes from jks??#


    KAAAABBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    the bears are building an ELITE wide receiving room with the addition of wr1 chase hendricks who is gonna build his NFL resume getting coached by a nfl legend & catching dimes from a humble faith based lefty from ewa beach


    chase is NOT a dumb azz, he wuz named to the 2025 academic all mac team in his finance/entrepreneurship studies with a 3.21 gpa

    wowza, if the o-line can get sorted out, the bears are gonna be dropping 50+ in a lotta games next season en route to 10+ victories and an acc championship battle with miami, right??

    https://instagr.am/p/DcRaa0-IoF6
    Shocky1
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    jeff & alex, think we're all on the same page re: the necessity of title ix...my point of emphasis is that there are many women's FAILING SPORTS such as softball (jenny extended the contract of a mentally unstable head coach before her departure, team will be at the bottom of the acc again this season with a new stadium, 15-37 last season/5-19 in acc) & volleyball (the bears played in a national championship game with carli lloyd & tarah murray not that long ago, now they are at the bottom of the acc every season, 9-21 last season/6-14 in acc) due to the evil as **** (we will never FORGET the suicidal women's swimmers & her failure to protect them) JENNIFER SIMON-O'NEIL!!

    the women's sports programs deserve better leadership than jenny & yeah a significant # of men's teams that nobody really gives 2 ***** about should be cut or relegated to club status (it's 100% a MYTH perpetuated by worthless bureaucrats that financially rightsizing these men's programs with near non existent donor support would somehow cause unrest with the builder's of berkeley) with evans diamond & edwards field "sold" to the university to wipe out the massive athletic department debt to the central campus and repurposed for the greater good of the community

    fun fact: cal is the only university in the united states of america with an endowment for the men's golf program greater than the football program!!...no joke: cal is a golf school
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    what do you call 21 predominantly white (with 1 or 2 exceptions) girls from some of the wealthiest enclaves/neighborhoods on planet earth that got preferential admissions (varsity blues vibes) into berkeley that wuz a mediocre 8-8 (yet another Jenny overseen failing program while a well intended but feckless chancellor just looks the other way) last season playing a sport that is almost exclusively played at high end prep schools??

    answer: the cal women's field hockey team

    https://instagr.am/p/Db_txAevKJr
    apparently the team bonding event this summer wuz held at the shockster's favorite big city hotel, the george v in paris!!

    https://instagr.am/p/DaBFQbTkQob
    go bears (go be great and rich as ****)!!

    Shocky1
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    2027 high school INJURY update: 3.8 gpa dane weber recently had surgery on his right throwing hand & is gonna miss the opening of the chaparral high school football season, fortunately dane got a 1000% healthy positive energy moms who is gonna help her son work thru this ****

    https://instagr.am/p/DalUWc-HAHY
    berkeley bears INJURY updates: both wr1 ian strong & cb1 ricky fletcher are low key practicing again


    life is NOT linear (berkeley, stanford & ivy league degrees are the one SURE pathway to building generational wealth)#
    Shocky1
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    https://instagr.am/p/DcRJHVuIr5L
    real talk: the monster would not vote (which should always be handled by an independent cpa firm to avoid the appearance of corruption) for any of them polys, vote (twice if possible) for MOANA for polynesian player of the year & Andrew McGraw for athletic director!!

    Jeff82
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    Hi Bill:

    My criticism is you attacking certain women's sports based on the socio-economic profile of the athletes, which as far as I can see is irrelevant to the topic at hand. If what you're suggesting is that Cal create the equivalent of the Oakland Soldiers for women's lacrosse, so more women of color have an opportunity to play it and get a Cal scholarship, I might agree as a matter of equity, but that's not going to do anything in terms of changing Cal's requirement to offer the sport. It's just going to increase the cost of doing so.

    I in fact don't agree with the fact that the women's sports basically skate in terms of paying for themselves. But that's basically the equivalent of telling young people to get off my lawn. As Title IX is currently structured, Cal either has to do what it's doing now, or it has to cut a bunch of men's sports as I outlined in the earlier posts. I would note that there have been other posters on this topic who noted that cutting track and field would mean cutting a sports that frequently provides scholarships of athletes of color, which is lamentable. But we're now dealing with the sports program as a business, and if we have to cut to meet Prong 1, we have to do it strategically.

    One last thing in that regard, which is your comment that the idea of losing academic donations as a result of athletic cuts is not a reality. Maybe not, but do you really want to cut swimming and piss off Ned Spieker, who also gave the largest donation ever to Haas, the seed money that allowed Cal to offer a full four-year undergraduate program in business, which we both know has been a key to golf recruiting?
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