McGill, Jim
Jim McGill
Editor in Chief
Jim has been with Bear Insider since 2003. He's covered Cal Athletics with an emphasis on football, basketball and recruiting for over two decades. Jim is a Cal grad (Class of ’88). His wife Susan is also a Cal grad (Class of '89) and he has three kids - two who are also recent Cal grads ('22 and '24) and a daughter in grad school. He has followed Cal football and basketball since childhood in the early 70s and has been on the NFL and ACC Networks and several ESPN, Fox Sports and local radio and podcast outlets providing Cal football analysis.
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Bears Stay Hot With Commitment From Corona Centennial DT Lucky Schirmer
1 day ago by Jim McGill
Bears beat out Washington, Arizona State, SDSU and more for DT's commitment
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Bears Pick Up First Commit of OV Weekend #3 With Kailua OT Esaiah Wong
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 1 day ago by Jim McGill
Bears beat out UCLA, BYU, Washington and a host of others for the Hawaii OL's commitment
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Commit #3 from this weekend
2 days ago by Jim McGill
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Highest PFF rated WRs
3 days ago by Jim McGill
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2nd Official Visit Weekend Another Success for the Bears
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 4 days ago by Jim McGill
With commitments from at least four of the nine uncommitted visitors last weekend, the Bears stay hot with their early recruiting efforts
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Bears Pick Up NFL Academy Tight End Luca Wolf
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 4 days ago by Jim McGill
6-5/250 European 2-sport star is yet another addition from last weekend's successful summer OVs
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Great ACC feature on Cal's poly connection on ACCN right now
5 days ago by Jim McGill
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More of this, please
5 days ago by Jim McGill
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Bears Gear Up For 3rd Official Visits Weekend
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 5 days ago by Jim McGill
After two successful recruiting weekends, the Bears prep to host another big group of visitors
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Bears Get One of Their Top WR Targets in Fresno WR EJ Morgan
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 7 days ago by Jim McGill
Bears stay hot on 2nd OV weekend adding speedy WR Moegan
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Bears Add Another Commitment From 2nd OV Weekend With Fanua
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 7 days ago by Jim McGill
2-way DE picks the Bears
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Get to know OC Bryan Harsin
8 days ago by Jim McGill
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Bears Add First Commit of 2nd OV Recruiting Weekend With Hawaii IOL Keli
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 8 days ago by Jim McGill
First of five OV commits announces as Bears add Hawaii IOL after picking Cal over Oregon, SMU, Michigan State and more
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Keli goes public for the first commit of the weekend
8 days ago by Jim McGill
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Bears Get Their QB With 2026 San Diego QB Brady Palmer
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 10 days ago by Jim McGill
Bears add Cathedral Catholic QB with offers from Ohio State, Auburn, Washington, Michigan State and more
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First 2026 OV Weekend a Hit With Recruits
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 11 days ago by Jim McGill
At 5 commitments and counting, the Bears hit a home run in their first big recruiting weekend of the summer
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Bears Add Highly-Recruited Hawaii TE Taimane Purcell
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 11 days ago by Jim McGill
Bears beat out Oregon, USC, UCLA, Tennessee, Stanford and more for talented TE
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Bears Ready to Host 2nd Big Official Visitor Group of the Summer
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 12 days ago by Jim McGill
Two current commits and nine offered targets highlight this weekend's OVs
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Bears Pull in Top 4 Star OT Tommy Tofi
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 13 days ago by Jim McGill
Bears beat out Ohio State, Miami, Tennessee, Oregon, USC and more for highest-rated OT they've pulled in decades
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De La Salle DL Telona Stays Local With Cal
Cal Bears Football ⋅ 15 days ago by Jim McGill
2-way Spartan star chooses Cal over Auburn, Oregon, Arizona, ASU, Minnesota and more
 
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