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2026 donde esta el bano y el banco tournament: 2nd round update


max homa (71, tied for 49th): muy bueno news-max is rolling the rock beautifully with 106 feet in draino putts after an unreal 132 feet yesterday pero the muy mal news-homa missed 7 greens again for the 2nd consecutive round with the most damaging the flared iron right into a baseball stance with his feet in the bunker outta heavy severely sloping sidehill rough on the par 3 17th hole which resulted into a whiffed flop shot en route to a double bogey


ay caramba

2026 asia pacific amateur north of auckland: 3rd round update

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ziqin zhou (71, tied for 24th, moving up 10 spots on the leaderboard): very good round in less windy conditions, Z is +9 for the tourney & +5 (2 doubles & a bogey) on the 375 yard dogleg left par 6th hole...this hole strategically is reminiscent of the 16th hole at pasatiempo, should just be a flighted low iron for zhou drawing with the dogleg followed by a three quarters wedge into the middle of the tricky green

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^ check out Z's finger clicking after hitting the sawed off pitch on the tiny par 3 17th hole (which is reminiscent of pebble beach's iconic par 3 7th hole)

cal golf is a global enterprise (just ask the future mrs callixte alzas)#

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^ icymi because u lack the disciplined focus/concentration of berkeley grads, there's a very cute/patient black doggy dog named shoski in the bottom left of the gram waiting for some ice cream (u scream, we both scream) or something!!

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real talk: beyond chase hendricks & ian strong (who seemingly get banged up every time they try to BLOCK which is a disqualifying red flag to NFL scouts), there is NO reliable wr3 (tyree sams & kyion grayes got the most upside) in the cal football program

ELITE wideouts charles "spida man" davis & demare "hollywood" dezeurn cannot arrive in berkeley soon enuf with their EXPLOSIVE to the ******* house styles of play!!

shocky has talked with both hollywood & the spida man a couple of times on the field at memorial stadium during the pre game warm ups, both guys are FUN (likable) with POSITIVE energy but underneath the surface is a raging INTENSITY that is lacking right now in a wr room filled with flag football personality guys

yeah just like the quiet/passive personality offensive line room (with starters watching the rb1, rb2 & rb3 get the ******* **** VIOLENTLY knocked outta them while they stand around with their hands on their hips NOT playing with their hair on fire from the snap to the whistle which is due in large part to coach famika being apparently deaf which is probably a protected disability in berkeley), there is IMMEDIATE playing time (day 1 starters on their first days out) opportunities for the 2027 cali bears high school commitments (several of whom including dajohn yarborough & giovanni hodge have directly tole me they gonna graduate hs early & matriculate this upcoming january in order to compete in 2027 spring ball)

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super heroes won't stop (SPEED wins football games for those that press press press press everything up for grabs)!!#


^ mj is of course a cbyf1 (and smart as **** as a high gpa mit student)!!

the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (and only a hour+ flite on southwest to the bay area from so cal on fall gamedays for moms & the fam)
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north carolina state wolfpack 31
california golden bears 10

another no show (including the monster) in raleigh by the bears offensive line which once again resulted in an undisciplined d getting worn down (on the field too much which is a function of the offense having a non existent running game & inability in stacking 1st downs) in the 2nd half which wuz compounded by conservative (non blitzing) play calling by hutch (who failed to force turnovers against a seriously injured wolfpack o-line)

in the interior tyson & bastian lack the necessary strength to move defenders/impose their will in the run game and usually get pushed backward in pass pro while sioape is honestly too outta shape/lacks the physical conditioning to play college football at a high level while at offensive tackle mike & jacob (who got the majority of the reps at left tackle) lack the quick twitch feet/+1 athleticism necessary to play in space against apex edge defenders

how did the o-line get to this point??

this **** did not happen ovenite

there's been poor recruiting/player evaluations by angus, bloesch & cherrington not identifying high motor vocal guys who thrive upon VIOLENT physicality and love the 24/7/365 relentless GRIND in the quest to become dominating (and also got the necessary gpas to be accepted by berkeley admissions)

so what needs to happen??

longterm (next season) the staff needs to keep the current 4 2027 o-line commitments with the expectation that both dajohn yarborough & isaiah bertola will be given the opportunity to be day 1 STARTERS...literally all the nil allocation dollars for new offensive players (the bears do not need any additional portal quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends or wide receivers) needs to be expended in the january transfer portal in identifying and signing at least 1 & maybe 2 IMPACT trench workers particularly at center & tackle

in the short term during the upcoming bye week famika needs to figure out why his room don't play with the necessary VIOLENCE from the snap to the whistle, why are guys standing around with their hands on their hips while plays are still ongoing instead of pushing the pile??

there is a lotta TALENT on this team but nothing is gonna change in terms of victories until the decade long abysmal o-line problems are solved

right now the offense needs more VOCAL leadership from JKS given the quiet personalities of his o-line & charismatic rb1 adam mohammed needs to be ready to physically pound the rock 20+ times for 100+ yards in 2 weeks in charlottesville while bringing contagious ENERGY into the offensive huddle!!

yeah odera okaka flashed (other than the dumb azz face mask penalty which is a function of poor coaching/technique development this late in the season) with 11 tackles and should start the final 3 games, outstanding punt coverage by tristan dunn & chase hendricks is a straight up high motor baller!!

and the great news is that vals got an unreal hall of fame PONYTAIL!!

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bencgilmore
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Do you think we retain the two Westlake wr commits? I like Hendricks too but it would sure make things easier if it WRs consistently got open. And if our OL blocked
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ben, based upon my couple of pregame on field conversations with hollywood & the spida man (and their families, demare's moms is big time FUN & values the berkeley degree!!) and discussing their life goals i think both will become cali bears on the upcoming december 2nd signing day, they see the unlimited opportunity to be 1st day out IMPACT wideouts given that there's really no reliable wr3 (bad hands, run poor routes, can't create separation other than kyion/tyree, don't block & are often injured) in the program behind ian & chase

imo there's multiple current bears in the wideout room that probably need to retire & focus upon their berkeley degrees (and run track if that's their true passion) after this season, they are wasting everybody's (including their own) time tryna to play football at the high d1 level

something that's lost on uninformed casual fans such as the always negative incel sr citizens that post on growls (the monster is the only thread that shocky reads & he's not a member of the premium board) is that high school football stars view the world thru their own lens/priorities (textbook case of ethnocentrism), charles (whose brother niles is a big part of his recruitment) & demare see the unique opportunity to make immediate IMPACTS in their legit quests to get developed by the highly regarded coach hilliard for the NFL!!

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bencgilmore
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Kids tend to be a lot more resilient than the middle aged fans on the couch, that's for sure. Hope to see them both in blue and good next year. This team needs many things, and fun might be at the top of the list
Shocky1
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agreed ben, watching their pregame warm ups from feet away it does not appear based upon the quiet demeanors/personalities that the current starters are having FUN or loving the game of football & the relentless GRIND necessary to develop into physically dominating VIOLENT o-linemen on the radar of NFL scouts

shocky still luvs/respects all the guys in the o-line room (which is the highest GPA room in the program along with special teams & quarterbacks), there's just been a lotta bull**** poor recruiting/player evaluations by the staff in recent years
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2026 asia pacific amateur at te arai south: 4th round update

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ziqin zhou (72, tied for 23rd): Z, CONGRATS on the EPIC eagle 2 on the drivable par 4 16th hole & eagle 3 on the spectacular par 5 18th hole in addition to the par on ur arch nemesis this week par 4 6th hole!!

brah, good luck next year at vietnam's best course the faux links hoiana shores, hopefully xihuan will be getting an invitation too!!

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2026 yo soy caca y seΓ±or stupido tournament in mexico: 3rd round update

max homa (79, tied for 68th, last place for those making the cut): hip hip hooooray, our maxazillion broke 80!!


and lost a sleeve of pro vs (good thing he get his balls for FREE!!) en el agua fria

maΓ±ana is max's final competitive round for the otherwise successful 2026 season


^ la casa de homa (burp)

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syracuse orange 30
smu mustangs 27

turns out the roadie win at syracuse (4-4) wuz way better than originally thought & the roadie collapse at smu (6-2) wuz way worser than originally thought

whatever

bears gotta stick together, finding solutions for improvement on the o-line should be the #1 PRIORITY during the upcoming bye week!!

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louisville low gpa cardinals 52
stanford high gpa cardinal 24

the high gpa 2026 Big Game which is SOLD OUT will be a fascinating matchup pitting the worst offensive line/rushing attack in college football against the worst run game defense!!

stanford (4-5) gave up an unreal 296 yards on 33 carries for an average run of 9 yards per carry, that is beyond breaking bad, that's not even championship flag football defense!!


^ watch this clip multiple times, check out the louisville linemen & wideouts BLOCKING from the snap thru the whistle signaling the touchdown, that **** is not happening in the cal football program

when did the monster know that cal's not so monster offensive line wuz regressing from even last season's abysmal standard??

wagner game stats (excluding ELITE rb1 adam mohammed's 91 yards due to breaking tackles/singular +1 athleticism):
ashten emory: 6 carries for 17 yards, 2.8 average
anthony league: 5 carries for 14 yards, 2.8 average
carson perry-smith: 4 carries for 12 yards, 3.0 average

keep in mind that wagner (1-8) got slow undersized non d1 defenders, **** me

after the game on the way to sfo heading back east for his daddy/daughter roadtrip from nyc to upstate new york for the syracuse game, shocky tole a totally disinterested taylor the bears might not win another game all season while she enthusiastically tole me about our multiple FUN spa, yoga, exhibits & dinner reservations for the upcoming week

u cannot WIN football games without successfully rushing the ball, the defense will be on the field too much & get decimated in the 2nd halves...no halftime coaching schemes can counteract that bull****

yeah while the "insiders" wuz love bombing this wuz gonna be a special season & the negative sr citizen incels wuz proclaiming it a lost cause (kinda like their fading lives), the monster knew the TRUTH from the jump

but the focus NOW during the bye week should be 100% on finding solutions for improving the play of the bears offensive line otherwise the team will not win another game this season (or even the 2027 season other than the old dominion & sacramento state body bag games at memorial stadium)

when coach lup wuz hired coach anae wuz sulking in hawaii (with his brah vic lobbying chesney for the bruins o-line job in westwood) over the winter break because he wuz assigned the interior line coaching responsibilities moving forward, the cal football program took a serious hit when the tackles coach viane headed to alabama

tosh needs to seriously evaluate/contemplate hiring a 2nd offensive line coach as the #1 offseason PRIORITY the day after the 2026 gauntlet is over

no cap


^ who knew that tristan dunn could actually sing??
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wake forest demon deacons 51
virginia cavaliers 7

the cavs (4-5) are the ideal next opponent for the struggling bears offensive line, they gave up a mathematically wild azz 309 yards on the ground with their flag football tackling techniques to the fiery deacs who BLOCK like bad azzs just released from 25+ years of solitary confinement in the hole!!


and guess what else??

the cavs are also candy azz soft in their own run game rushing for 16 yards in 19 carries...note to coach lup: don't sign any of the cavs offensive linemen if they enter the january transfer portal

dumb azzs that watch football games exclusively from their sofas will tell u it's the scheme, the offensive coordinator, etc but that's just uninformed bull**** (if the program could raise bill walsh from the dead & have him call plays cal would still lose to wake forest by 50+ points)...the monster would also point out that the non physical bears o-line is also a reflection of a lack of commitment to nutrition/strength & conditioning development by the room & the coaches

college & high school (the NFL is a different animal with greater talent parity) football games are usually WON by the most VIOLENT teams with apex predator mentalities that BLOCK & TACKLE like their hair is on ******* fire & not the quiet cal chess/football combo team!!
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bears vs cavs: ooh the battle of two teams that got blown out by wake forest. Score will be 13-6 punt fest
Shocky1
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^ blue, good thing then that angus davies from down under is the cali bears punter1 (p1)!!

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the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (including the mornington peninsula & specifically the peanut butter & fresh strawberry sandwiches at flinders cafe)
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2026 viva mexico golf tournament: 4th round update

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^ look the future mrs trevor cox es un poco loca pero the monster is maybe a little jealous or something of seΓ±or legoland

max homa (66, tied for 2026): max finished a successful 2026 season with a strong finish including a POWERFUL 296 yard 3 wood from a flat fairway bunker on the par 5 6th hole en route to a birdie 4!!

shocky's message to the undersized cal golf team: "homa (who is putting out adam scott career longevity vibes but without the good fashion sense, sorry lacey) works as hard on his body/health/nutrition as anybody in professional golf, u 9 guys got almost 100 days before the next tournament, what the **** are you doing with this precious time??"

unstated feedback from the cal golf team to the monster: "shocky, ur a lean/sneaky strong guy whose not gonna win any weightlifting/bodybuilding trophies, where do u get off telling us to gain muscle via strength & conditioning when honestly u look like a feral coyote/doggy dog just like us??"

the monster's response to the cal golf team: "stfu, my golf goals are traveling globally playing the world top 100 courses in my quest to remain the most knowledgeable golf course architecture critic on planet earth & not passing the **** out at heated karma classes, not ******* shooting lower scores than jake ******* knapp, got it??"

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fun facts: max is done for the 2026 season as is collin, michael will be competing next week in cabo...CONGRATS to fellow haas biz ad grad kk limbhaust shooting an en fuego ice in his veins 65 in huelva spain to advance to november 6-11th final stage qualifying along with byeong hun an & former bear/stanford grad nathan wang for a 2027 dp tour card, let's go kk & ben!!



the berkeley boyz of summer (it's an ENDLESS summer unless u give up & toss the ring, just ask anora)#
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pittsburgh pink panthers 34
georgia tech coked up yellow jackets 11

when pittsburgh (6-3) arrives at memorial stadium for both teams final regular season acc battle it will be with the conference's worstest white trash qb1 holden greiner (an erratic 13 of 30 for 180 yards) who lacks arm strength & just throws lofted 50/50 balls into the sky


however panthers rb1 damon ferguson jr (31 carries for 185 yards) is no scary azz joke!!

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trick or treat (smell my feet, no worries rebbeca)#

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^ ou est mon jus vert de 32 onces??

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un noveau matin a berkeley (a fresh opportunity for the bears struggling offensive line & undersized men's golfers to get better)#
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Shocky1 said:

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^ shocky is practicing his closing of yoga classes namaste speeches in prep for his future 1st day out as a substitute yoga teacher but honestly the feedback thus far hasn't been that ******* great...sigh

in other really bad ******* news, cal men's basketball tix sale metrics are absolutely ABYSMAL for the upcoming season (with the strategic decision to not offer FREE tixs to all berkeley students, **** the poor kids is the prevalent sentiment by the outta touch white people in charge of this ****show) despite 22 wins last season

the unlikable evil as **** ****tards non berkeley grads jay & jenny plans to "launch" the "game changing" strawberry creek studios to successfully market both hoops programs wuz just more misdirection bull**** by 2 incompetent worthless bureaucrats that are enabled by a feckless chanellor who refuses to let dan mogulof do his job & terminate the only 2 athletic directors on planet earth that don't got any social media presence

yeah cal basketball is lost in berkeley after dark (with an aging out fanbase & everybody else not giving 2 *****)



season ticket hoops attendance metrics (as of this morning):

2025/2026
men's basketball: 2350
women's basketball: 838

2026/2027
men's basketball: 2628
women's basketball: 884



real talk: there are berkeley grads (such as bill schulz and so forth) with successful track records of building fanbases but there's ZERO chance they evah gonna get involved as long as jay & jenny are enabling serious abuse allegations against women's athletes as documented by the multiple lawsuits in multiple sports against the cal athletic department

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^ real talk: if u don't got FREE all access backstage passes given to u by a performing artist at coachella then ur probably doing something wrong in life!!
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^ warning: do not mess with any cbyf1 that got 17 sharpened knives!!

la cocina de doms es scary as ****!!#

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KAAAAABBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

adios 9/11 terrorist financed pieces of **** human beings gooch, rahmbo, phony phil & worst of all deshambles!!

we will NEVER forget#
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NO (forgot what) !
Shocky1
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^ smh, underwear (and hoarding, minimalists are happier people) is for losers!!


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what's the best course in mexico by a landslide??

that would be the new tom doak's trillionaire retreat punta brava in ensenada baja mexico, the architect wisely did not try to compete with the spectacular setting & built low key/profile holes that celebrate the topography of the land with the ground game alive on a tight walkable routing

honestly the only negative with this architectural masterpiece is the safety/risk management precautions that are necessary in getting to the property: point to point private jet travel with no stops, vetted armed ground transportation, traveling under an alias, etc...the monster learned this lesson the hard way getting robbed/pistol whipped under a freeway in medellin columbia back in the day after getting sold out by a taxi driver after a round of golf in south america

the comp course would be coore & crenshaw's point hardy in st lucia which might be slightly more dramatic but the mountainous terrain failed to yield a tight walkable routing (with the exception of the shockster 99%+ of the play there will be dumbed down american cartball for rich lazy as **** white guys getting drunk while blowing cigar smoke in the faces of the hard working employees)

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yeah punta brava is a world top 100 design, the monster will have more to say about the corrupt rankings run by the outed monetizing grifters (fooling nobody) ran, hoyt, simon & the dead lapper in the future but the reality is that nobody under 30 years of age reads magazines anymore
https://top100golf.blogspot.com/2006/01/people-who-have-played-top-100-golf.html

meanwhile back in los estados unidos the future mrs trevor cox is apparently still running circles around mr legoland

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ay caramba

besos#
philbert
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Beat me to the Liv golf ending news. About time!
Shocky1
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philbert, as someone who loves attending pga tournaments/the majors (which fundraise hundreds of millions of dollars for local charities & protect the game) this is now my official booing list if any of these ****tards evah make it back to the big dance (which is honestly looking kinda bleak right now)

go gooch, go asterisks!!

philbert
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agreed. Curious what Rahm will do. Saw that he was willing to accept penalties to come back. Will the PGA cave?
Shocky1
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philbert, my take is that rahm, his wife kelley (born in the northwest & met at asu, zero interest in living in europe) & their 4 young children who live a bunch of par 6s away from my tree fort in north scottsdale are in a really bad family situation, jon has alienated too many pga players (who passed on the dirty terrorist money)/board members for there to be a clear pathway back to the tour that does not involve meritocracy

so rahmbo will head to europe in 2027 & living in hotels further afar away from his family (he's actually a good dad) trying to make it into the top 15 in a stacked dp tour (with the majority of the players giving him the stink eye on the range/course) in order to earn his card back to america for 2028...the pressure (and unhappiness) is mounting which resulted in him shooting a couple of just south of 80 rounds en route to a near last place finish at wentworth in his last dp tournament

there are consequences for tryna monetize everything in life regardless of integrity or geopolitical considerations

good luck to kk limbhaust & byeong hun an (ben threw away his pga card for this season) at dp final stage qualifying in spain starting friday

and props to collin morikawa, max homa & michael kim for never selling out (and that's just good parenting) their childhood DREAMS of competing at the cathedrals of golf on the game's largest stages

go bears#
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official attendance tonite: 1952
^ more jay & jenny worthless bureaucrats trick or treat bull**** (actual sub 1000 crowd according to multiple sources)

ZERO accountability in the cal athletic department#
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