Golden Nuggets: Will Arik Armstead's Connection with Todd Howard Bring Him to Cal?
by Berkelium97 on Jan 22, 2012 10:30 AM PST
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PrintOur new defensive line coach Todd Howard has an interesting connection to Arik Armstead: he offered him a scholarship back when Armstead was just a freshman. Will this play a role in Armstead's choice?
Arik Armstead is a wanted man, with scores of colleges providing a full-court press to talk to him, to visit him, to land his considerable football and basketball gifts. The 6-foot-8, 295-pound Pleasant Grove High School All-American lineman will entertain home visits in the coming days from the following schools:
* Cal (Bears have been on him since his freshman season, with football coach Jeff Tedford and basketball boss Mike Montgomery coming for home visits with more to come; new DL coach hire Todd Howard is interesting as Howard was the first to offer Armstead a scholarship - 3 years ago when Howard was at UCLA).
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Said Arik, "I'll take my time and make the best decision. It got too rushed. We'll figure things out."Armstead said Saturday that he does like Todd Howard, the new Cal defensive line coach and joked that he hoped the coach still remembered him. Son, he remembers.
After the jump Cal loses a tough game to Washington State and rugby's merciless campaign continues, as the ruggers have now outscored opponents 352-13 this year.
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- Jeff Tedford announced the hiring of Todd Howard as the Bears' new defensive line coach.
- BearTerritory.net has more on the Howard-Armstead connection.
- Faraudo has a couple quotes from Howard.
- Bryan Anger was remarkably consistent in the East-West Shrine Game. He kicked punts of 59, 60, and 61 yards.
- Faraudo's game thread follows along in the back-and-forth game against Washington State. The Bears came up short this time, 77-75.
- Oakland Tribune recaps the Bears' loss.
- Four teams now have two losses in the conference standings.
- An underclassmen-led team defeated Santa Clara 83-7. Unfortunately, the Bears gave up their first try of the year.
- The 8th ranked Cardinal topped no. 5 Cal this weekend. The rivals are now 1-1 against each other this year.
- The women's team opened the season with a 16-6 win over Santa Clara.
- The second-ranked Cal women's team defeated no. 16 UC Davis 13-5.
- Eight members of the men's team were selected for the MPSF All-Academic team.
- The Bears competed in their first meet of the season. Angelica Weaver won the 400 meters while Hammed Suleman finished second in the triple jump.
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Hyman Roth: I’m going to take a nap. When I wake up, if the signed LOI is on the table, I’ll know I have a defensive lineman. If it isn’t, I’ll know I don’t.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 22, 2012 10:56 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
Rec’d
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!!
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by golden oso on Jan 22, 2012 11:07 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Arik Armstead: 6'8" 295 lbs
I wonder who wants him more: Tedford or Monty?
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If he had started classes last week, Monty would love him more this spring. Could’ve used him last night.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
Nah, he wouldn’t be up to speed this year.
by Missing Barry on Jan 22, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
(Which isn’t a knock on Armstead, by the way, just the reality of the situation)
by Missing Barry on Jan 22, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Anger
Bryan Anger was remarkably consistent in the East-West Shrine Game. He kicked punts of 59, 60, and 61 yards.
Clearly, he fixed whatever it was that went wrong on that first punt.
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I fucking hate rugby punts so much right now. SO MUCH.
and clearly, our punt protections much more. sigh.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 22, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
But even when Anger punted normally for us, he wasn’t able to consistently nail them this well. Must be a coaching issue… ALAMAAAAAR!
by TheScientist019 on Jan 23, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
adamgorney Adam Gorney
Four-star WR Bryce Treggs torn about decision. Just talked to him and will have story posted soon. #Cal and #UCLA there and will visit #USC
https://twitter.com/#!/adamgorney/status/161168629742845952
Shall we lose our shit now, or later? I hope Gorney’s just making some uninformed statements here. Treggs has been considered a lock for a while…
no bear, no care
nah
we good. he’s OVing thurs-fri to SC, unOV to Cal fri-sun.
by ShajBear13 on Jan 22, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So what changed between last Monday and the end of the week?
Is Wes Chandler the Anti-christ? My own concerns were pointed out to me to be misplaced, in light of his experience, but apparently, there was a reason to be concerned?
At this point, it’s almost as if, absent the young-ish X-box-playing assistant, the only shiny new thing we can use to get recruits is to change our uniforms to an all-black Nike ensemble.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
by Auricursine on Jan 22, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think that ANYONE could have walked into this situation and picked up exactly where Tosh left off as far as recruiting for this cycle. I do think that we can reasonably expect that MOST of this class stays intact, although a few may reconsider. Also, LOI day hasn’t happened yet, it’s probably not worth being concerned until it’s time to be concerned.
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That’s actually pretty much where I’m at, to be honest. It seems like the recruiting news is getting stirred at this point just for the sake of stirring it. The only reason why the Treggs news worried me is that he was one that seemed so committed when the shit was hitting the fan on MLK day. And then, when stability was being restored to the team’s WR position, the noise machine suddenly kicked on for him.
LOI day can’t some soon enough.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
He probably just wants to get to know his position coach, I’m guessing its not Tosh related. When you take a job at Apple you sign up with a great organization but you likely want to know what your manager is like.
by MV Bear on Jan 22, 2012 1:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Which brings up the question
who has EVER left Apple for Microsoft???
This guy
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 22, 2012 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
I don't trust Gorney
His articles this week have been highly reactionary and highly negative, for example claiming the Cal recruiting class was ‘crumbling’ when in actual fact the only direct loss was Ellis McCarthy. I feel he took the shock by Cal recruits at the loss of Tosh and Keisau to mean ’I’m bailing’, when in actual fact they just needed some time to process the information, and wait to see who their new coach would be. Also, ESPN updated their recruiting class rankings and Cal is still the top rated Pac-12 team.
wasnt he a UCLA honk before becoming a general “West Coast” reporter?
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 23, 2012 6:19 AM PST up reply actions
Let’s see, before announcement of Tosh leaving we had verbal commitments from:
Shaq Thompson (5 star)
Ellis McCarthy (5 star)
Jordan Payton (4 star)
Cedric Dozier (4 star)
Bryce Treggs (4 star)
and potential to get:
Arik Armstead (5 star)
Aziz Shittu (4 star)
Now it looks like this:
Gone
Ellis McCarthy verbally commits to UCLA
Likely Gone
Shaq Thompson toss up b/w UW, UO, Cal
Jordan Payton leaning UW
Arik Armstead likely not coming to Cal
Aziz Shittu likely not coming to Cal
Likely Staying
Cedric Dozier choosing between Cal and WSU, likely Cal
Bryce Treggs likely to commit to Cal
I think it’s safe to call that crumbling.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
We’re still very much in the game for Thompson, Armstead, and possibly Payton as well. We still have in-home visits to come. Shittu is also still a possibility. I believe we even have in-homes with Darius Hamilton and Stefon Diggs, both of whom we are still in the running for. I believe Eligwe is still coming to visit. Our cookies haven’t crumbled just yet. Let’s wait and see a little.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 23, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Rugby allowed a try???
DOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
by LEastCoastBears on Jan 22, 2012 2:35 PM PST reply actions
FIRE CLARK!
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wassup tosh
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New Cal DL coach Todd Howard: “Remember Owa, Marsh, Willis and others? With my head-to-head battles with Tosh, I won quite a few.”
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 22, 2012 8:50 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
https://twitter.com/#!/RGBearTerritory/status/161326490439520257
@RGBearTerritory Ryan Gorcey
Jordan Payton will likely not make an unofficial trip to #cal next weekend
ARRRRRRGGGGHHH
no bear, no care
from farudo's piece...
Lupoi, a former player at Cal and De La Salle High, has a three-year deal worth $350,000 per year, plus a $100,000 bonus and another $100,000 if he completes the length of the contract. That works out to an average of $416,000 — less than had been widely reported all week. Kiesau also got a three-year deal, valued at $375,000 in 2012, $400,000 in 2013 and $425,000 in 2013.
Isn’t it usual for assistant coaches to have only year to year contracts? three seems a lot, if they fire sark next year after some scandal and the new guy doesn’t want any of the assistants. now you have to pay these two knuckle heads a few hundred $k to go away.
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