Shaq Thompson Flips From Cal, Commits To Washington
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 10:10 PM PST
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PrintJust committed to the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON #HUSKYNATION
— Shaq Thompson(Grant) (@ItsShaqThompson) January 31, 2012
It's official: Shaq tells us the reasons for Washington are: "It's where my heart is; second highest graduation rate in the Pac-12..."
— Joe Davidson (@sb_joedavidson) January 31, 2012
Just heard from Shaq;Wash was a close 2nd to Cal earlier;really likes Tosh Lupoi,academics;best friend James Sample is there. It's done.
— Joe Davidson (@sb_joedavidson) January 31, 2012
Cannot underestimate Tosh Lupoi impact here;had Lupoi next left Cal,Shaq would be a Bear & so likely would have Armstead;domino affect HUGE
— Joe Davidson (@sb_joedavidson) January 31, 2012
Baseball was another big factor for UW, Sark was willing to allow him to miss some spring ball, family appreciated the flexibility
— Greg Biggins (@GregBiggins) January 31, 2012
@bclose32 Not UW baseball, family is hopeful of getting drafted and doing minor league baseball in the spring, football in the fall
— Greg Biggins (@GregBiggins) January 31, 2012
There's really nothing to say. Best of luck Shaq.
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Sorry guys, I really thought he'd go to Cal
The All I Saw Was Green Blog, that's it I'm telling SBN legal
I was hoping Syd would come through
Ah well, can’t get them all. Gotta believe the coaches are still working hard on the other kids.
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by 1988goldenbear on Jan 30, 2012 10:15 PM PST reply actions
Shaq is what $300,000 + a boat can get you these days...
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:16 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Who is the defensive backs coach at UW? I can understand defensive line recruits who follow TOsh up to Seattle, but recruits from other positions who wont be working with Tosh, I dont get that as much.
Its unfortunate that Shaq is going to UW. I feel like the terrorists are winning here. If he went anyhwere else, Id feel happier. But for the unprofessional and unethical Tosh/Sark to succeed here, it is frustrating
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He’s the guy from OSU who said that he wouldn’t try to re-recruit kids he had been recruiting because it’d be unethical.
How ironic.
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Re-recruit kids he had recruited to OSU
Attractive, Intelligent, Smart A**
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed
If My Life Is Great, Why Am I Not Happy?
by well you win some and lose others on Jan 30, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
yep... it's a business...
i keep saying, i hope he understands how unethical the guy who recruited him is… that stank sticks. best of luck to him, unlike the others involved, he’s just a kid.
Ah yes, Richard Saykallay’s research.
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by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Why is the Pope Catholic?
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He is the German Shepherd.
If My Life Is Great, Why Am I Not Happy?
by well you win some and lose others on Jan 30, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks, To$h
When he changed his twitter pic and deleted the #calgang from profile I knew he was aa good as gone.
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by secret ASian man on Jan 30, 2012 10:18 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Alas.
Only recruit I’ve ever honestly felt disappointed when he didn’t come to Cal. His bro was such a great Bear and we all just hoped he would want to continue that legacy.
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We got Nickerson, we got Rodgers last year. If we can get Treggs, that would be the icing. Father-Son legacy at Cal has always been something special…(Kapp, DeLoach, Torchio, Toler, etc…)
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
To a lot of these kids...
…choosing a school that can offers a black uniform strictly because it’s black is a rational decision.
They are attracted to shiny things.
The only thing I am going to give the kid credit for doing is stopping the dicking around and announcing today as opposed to making us wait.
I suppose the other shoe to drop will be Payton. But then it should be done.
There will always be others to chase after in the coming years. Contrary to his own belief in his ability, he’s not the only 5-star recruit to ever walk the face of the earth…
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Gotta say i'm kinda over this
I’m proud of the men who are coming to Cal next year and I’m gonna root for my bears just as hard as I always do. I agree that we should all hate on washington as much as possible, but I’m focusing more on the guys we have coming to Cal and what we can achieve with the group we got. Go Bears, fuck washington, that is all.
by ucsdgoldenbear on Jan 30, 2012 10:20 PM PST reply actions 8 recs
I'm with you
Looking forward to seeing who we do get on Wednesday, and will celebrate having them as Golden Bears.
I think that we will see some great kids coming our way as the dust settles this year and on into the future, just as it has always been.
GO BEARS
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by 1988goldenbear on Jan 30, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'm with you on this. Me and @cali_showtime4
WE ALL WE GOT. WE ALL WE NEED.
by LeonPowe on Jan 30, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed for the most part
I feel bad that these young guys will never have the kind of life-altering experience that a Cal education provides and Berkeley atmosphere forments, but excited about the guys who are coming.
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Things that are much more colorful.
And often times frowned upon in high society.
Feels bad, man.
by Swamphunter on Jan 30, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Im in a glass case of emotions.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Im upset, this is just a crappy situation. Eff you Tosh.
I hope having your entire Alma Mater despise you is worth your boat.
Shaq May have that whole idea of grad rates, but it matters more to graduate from Berkeley. But cant blame him, he’s just a kid. Ill be happier when Treggs Kills the huskies however.
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I heard hes heading to New Mexico State!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
no, seriously
you know more than I know though, so if I’m incorrect in that, let me know. I thought that’s what I heard.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
His twitter is always CAL. He said before he cant wait to just get to Berk and get this all over with
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
And he says he started the #calgang tag, it’d be so awkward if he didn’t come here!
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Treggs will Be the next Marvin Jones I hope. Classy guy on and off the field, Said in march he’d go help train Treggs. I want more guys like that on the team. Helping a team after he’s gone. Thats awesome.
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
Really? That’s awesome. Marvin (and Keenan) do seem like good guys. I love that we have guys with great character on the team.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
Wasnt he runnign routes with Zach Kline the other day?
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Ya treggs twitter is #Calgang or Die. So i guess hes going to kill Shaq
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I’m not even feeling DOOOOOOM, I’m feeling GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
This makes me sad...
Sad that I’ve spent time investing time in an eighteen year old kid. I should be better than that. Best of luck to Shaq. Sad that the nasty business of college football means that a guy I used to think was a great Bear, Tosh, is just another mercenary. Sad that college football is about evaluating the meat market via stars and 40 times, versus getting degrees. I’ll check the list of commits on Wednesday, make comments as usual, but something changed during these last two weeks. And I’m not sure if I like it.
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I think it's just this year.
In the end, Tedford made 2 solid position coach hires. I hoped that they could save what could have been, but it was too late to do that.
To paraphrase the old Lion’s QB: We didn’t lose this, we just ran out of time. After Wednesday, the clock starts on the 2013 class. The playing field is back to even. But this team, we have the wise old men running our recruiting efforts from here forward.
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
so who wants to pitch in
to mail him Syd and Tosh Cal jerseys?
@Not_Coach_Lupoi - #boatsareforclosers
Why Syd’s? Why get rid of the jersey of one of our top DBs (with some badass hair)?
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
remind him what he’s missing and remind him what he’s getting
@Not_Coach_Lupoi - #boatsareforclosers
He’s not missing his bro, and he likes what he’s getting.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
Why best of luck to him?
Because he’s the brother of one of the best cornerbacks in Cal history?
Fuck that man, I hope we shred him and the rest of the UW defense to pieces
by heckyeah on Jan 30, 2012 10:30 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
+1
Fuck this “best of luck” shit. If you align yourself with the opposition, I’m pulling everything against you. I hope Sark does get cute, let him play some QB. Avery would love an opportunity to put his dick in the dirt.
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by Maisbikkja on Jan 30, 2012 10:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
+2
I want Shaq to get torched on the field, have people talk about him as “The lesser Thompson”, and make him wonder how life might have been if he went to the place that gets you on the cover of Madden instead of with the guy he likes to play at Madden.
by DancingBear96 on Jan 31, 2012 4:36 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Totally with you on this one
These guys basically flip Cal the bird when they change at the last moment. I don’t wish him ill, but I sure as heck don’t wish him “best of luck”. I want to see OUR guys burn him for 3 or 4 TD’s every time we play the mutts for the next 4 years.
by SanMateoBear on Jan 30, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
I wish him well
in that I don’t wish him any specific harm.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 31, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I wish the best of players
They are often the pawns in this game. The coaches, the manipulators, those are the ones I find ire with.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 4:15 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I agree
This was no surprise but I’ll wish him luck the day hell freezes over. I hope all of Washington’s players fail, so that Sarkisian and Lupoi are fired and their reputations ruined.
If he transfers away from Washington — even to USC — I’ll wish him luck against everyone but Cal.
At least we're done with all the bad news, right? Right?!
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Payton still to come.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
brb, gonna go kick some puppies
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 30, 2012 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Refreshed the page with more Tweets explaining some of his reasons
Hope these reasons make sense.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 10:31 PM PST reply actions
Playing with his good friend is a decent reason. Grad rates is kind of a head-scratcher.
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Sure, UW football players graduate
they need to do something for their future careers, since they won’t be going pro…. ;)
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by gigglingone on Jan 30, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
OH ZHANG!
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Baseball?
Did Lupoi convince Thompson we were going to dump the program again?
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
Tosh convinced him that he'd miss too much spring camp playing baseball at Cal, because we have a team that actually goes to the COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.
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by BearStage on Jan 31, 2012 12:17 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Playing with his friend and I guess his buddy Tosh is an okay reason. Academics and baseball are laughable reasons.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I’m deciding right here to not worry about kids who decide not to come.
WE ALL WE GOT. WE ALL WE NEED.
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by LeonPowe on Jan 30, 2012 10:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
At this point
All i hope for is that our WRs don’t go anywhere else.
I’ve already given up on Payton, but Treggs, Dozier, Walker, they better stay.
everyone you named....
yea, idk man lol.
Well, I'm actually totally okay with this.
The whole To$h deal made it clear that Shaq’s motivation to commit to Cal was a wrong one (and his motivation to commit to UW still seems to be a wrong one). Best luck to the kid having fun getting along with To$h for the next 4 years.
That 2nd high graduation rate thing made me laugh, however.
by coolingfan on Jan 30, 2012 10:35 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
I kinda wanna tweet the Will Forte gif @CoachSark
You know, this one:
It’s not classy, but then neither is he, and it’ll feel good.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:35 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
You know what.
We’ll win with who wants to be here. F it.
WE ALL WE GOT. WE ALL WE NEED.
by LeonPowe on Jan 30, 2012 10:42 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Now that I've let it sink in a little
Good luck to him in Seattle. I hope he plays like crap against Cal
I don’t give a damn how he plays as long as we beat them mercilessly.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
Keenan allen should play both ways against UW
He could be a better safety anyway!
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Pick off a pass and score on shaq.
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
That would scare me...
…who’s to say that they wouldn’t deliberately try to hurt Allen, much in the way Oregon did years ago to Daryl Skaugstad.
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
But Allen > any UW player. Look how good he is at WR and he was ranked the #1 safety in the nation….
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
Lupoi
Has already been connected to the stalling debacle last year. Sadly, I wouldn’t hold it past him to deliberately send in a scout team member with the sole intention of hurting one of our best players.
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
hes just a D-line Coach If KA is anywhere near the D-line thats going to be a head scratcher
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Screens, sweeps, end arounds
KA is often near the LoS and the D-line
(not that I believe any of this conspiracy theory stuff)
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 30, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
well true but to lined up next to the DE is what im thinking.
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think you’re going to like the new KA-as-tight-end plays Tedford is planning to install this spring…
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 30, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
Or those KA at QB plays…..
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Or those KA as UW DLine coach plays
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It also kind of annoys me that both he and Armstead were evidently down to Oregon and Washington at the end of the day. We weren’t even in the picture. Like, what the HELL did we do to get dropped from consideration, except get fucked by To$h? And how is that Cal’s fault? If anything, that’s a reason NOT to consider UW.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:46 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
maybe there was nothing appealing about Cal other than Tosh. and without Tosh, no reason to go to Cal.
by JustBear on Jan 30, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
??
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What he means is
Sadly, I think this is truefor them.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
If that truly is the case, we need to overhaul our recruiting strategy. But I dont think thats the whole story
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So, you do not know it nor are compelled to tell the story, and the whole wide world remains in ignorance.
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by CruzinBears on Jan 31, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
That explanation seems utterly preposterous, especially in the face of all the rest of our recruits.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
And it’s scary too…after what we went through to get the SAHPC, that these kids weren’t even paying attention.
But, apparently, if we have coaches who play X-box, and if we changed our uniforms to include an all-black ensemble, they’d be paying attention…
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
As hard as it is to like Tosh right now
The SAHPC isn’t going to recruit and coach our team. And Tosh was the main guy for a lot of these recruits in question.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Tosh isn’t a DB coach.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
Tosh has been Shaq’s main recruiter the last year when Simmons was dismissed.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
…yeah, so? I mean obviously Shaq is close to Tosh, but he’s not going to be Shaq’s position coach anyway. To go to a school for a coach that’s not even going to be coaching you makes no sense.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he’s got a mentor-mentee relationship.
I wouldn’t exactly want to be mentored by someone with his ethics though.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
I would be more than happy if we put together an all-black ensemble for Nov. 2nd. It’ll be entirely appropriate because the Huskies have a date with the executioner.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
God no.
I hate the black-out look. It’s such a lame attempt at looking badass.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
You missed the funereal allusion I was trying to make.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
I got it. I just hate the look that much, LOL.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
are you saying..
you don’t think these guys look street?
by fiatlux on Jan 30, 2012 11:13 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
You’d think that a bunch of smart kids would know better than to match black shirts and pants with white socks and helmets.
But knowing them, they all still got A’s in fashion design.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
You would think a bunch of smart kids would know that. However, these are stanfurd students.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Furdies know how to dress well and match clothes?
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
You’d also think a kid majoring in Architectural Studies would know the difference between a spiral staircase and a spiral ramp… but you’d be wrong… (and no, I don’t let things go…)
You’d also think a Furd runningback majoring in “Management Science and Engineering” wouldn’t need to take an introduction to calculus course as a senior, but you’d be wrong too (I also hold grudges!).
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
Depends how quickly you expect me to put out.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
Are they re-enacting a scene from an episode of Glee?
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But in Glee...
…no one actually, ever, goes to class.
All they do is sit around and sing 1970s songs stuck in front of them by 50-something showrunners who think they’re being ironic and hip.
Kind of creepy that Corey Monteith is a 29-year-old HS student. :oP
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
Those black unis did look sharp last November 5th, when they closed out old husky stadium with yet another loss to Oregon. And the copycat all-blacks must have given them a boost as the 17-point loss was the closest margin of defeat over the entire eight-game losing streak.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
My only thought is...
Tosh started trashing Cal has the ‘inside angle’ to make it seem credible.
by chowder on Jan 30, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I suspect the same.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
Some Thoughts
I’m a junior transfer and this is my first year at Cal. I haven’t been a fan my whole life, unlike many of you. That being said, there was nothing that could stop me from being a lifelong fan from the moment I went to my first Cal football game. Anyways, this being the case, my hatred of Stanford isn’t quite on par with many of you (I’m sure it will quickly get there if we lose to them next year).
Let me tell you something though, this whole Tosh debacle has instilled a hate for Washington that I’ve never quite had for any sports team before. I guess I’ve never quite cared for a sports team as much as the Bears though. I can proudly say they’re my team, and mean it. Anyhow, November 2nd is personal. It’s personal for me, it’s personal for the players on the team, and I hope it’s personal for you guys also. If there’s one game this year I hope we win, it’s that one. Honestly, that one will hurt the most if we lose it, but of course it will be the sweetest victory if we come out on top.
November 2nd, I hope to see you all there, LOUD and proud. I know I will be. Go Bears!
by ben10damn on Jan 30, 2012 10:47 PM PST reply actions 11 recs
You better fucking believe I’m going to be there.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
This is like watching a pupae hatch! I hope that sentence was scientifically accurate! GO BEARS!
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by TwistNHook on Jan 30, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
SHAQ WENT TO UW?!?!? TIME FOR SOME:
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by TwistNHook on Jan 30, 2012 10:49 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I should recruit for Cal
I play a ton of Xbox.
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 10:52 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Once they see how Cal is a power house by 2014 on NCAA 12 they are sure to commit.
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 31, 2012 12:14 AM PST up reply actions
Some speculation
The problem is when Tosh left, he was given ample fuel to negative recruit against Cal. Bullet points that are very key, like:
1) The University doesn’t support its football program, if they did, I would be there
2) Tedford is going to get fired, I know, I worked there.
3) Lupoi started coaching defense at around the same age as Jerry Sandusky, and we know how that will turn out…
If only things could be that karmic…
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Transitive property always applies in college football.
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Over it. Moving on...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/30/SPEL1N0JP7.DTL
“Those who want to be Bears, who bleed blue and gold, will stay with it,” [Kline] said. “You don’t play for one coach. You play for yourself, you play for coach Tedford and you play for the university. I think … the guys who are committed understand that. They’re true Bears. They want to be here.”
by oskiwow on Jan 30, 2012 11:01 PM PST reply actions 6 recs
That kid...
…I hope he develops into the QB he promises to be. :o)
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
No doom for me
We’ve seen it coming awhile now and I can’t fault a kid for picking a school he thinks is best for him.
That being said, I wish he went anywhere but UW for their unethical actions. Oh well—you don’t act ethically to necessarily get results, but you do it because it’s the right thing to do.
Go Bears!
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:01 PM PST reply actions
It seems like Cal can catch a break this year in recruiting.
Three kids commit to us in the AA Army game and none of them even come to Cal.
This is like the recruiting version of the 2007 Callapse, start the season/recruiting strong only to badly fade down the stretch.
Syd was better and will end up with the better CFB career. I don’t have very nice things to say about Shaq so I just won’t say anything at all.
It’s still a good class, let’s not forget that!
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by sec119 on Jan 30, 2012 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
We did finish that season with an epic comeback at the end, just wait and see what will happen
by Thetravesty on Jan 30, 2012 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s send Kevin after these kids!
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
I remember being there and feeling terrible for rooting against the Air Force, kind of like rooting against America
by Thetravesty on Jan 30, 2012 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
One thing that I learned from 2007
Talent will only get you so far. Sure the class 2 weeks ago had tons of talent. However I think we will have more heart now. And that matters just as much.
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Hopefully this will galvanize the team,—the players who truly want to be at Cal—and motivate them to practice hard, hit the books, execute flawlessly, and win.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
“…I think we will have more heart” – (burn) (attacks) (aches) (breaks) (lessness) (worms)
Just kidding. Recruiting season officially jumped the sark for me last week. With all these will-he, won’t he, I’m announcing, I’m tweeting, I’m playing coy, I’m jumping ship ridiculousness, I took a step back, remembered these are 17/18 year olds we’re talking about and I’m just having a good time with it now, waiting to see who the True Golden Bears are now. Sure, there are high-level problems facing our team – administrative, structural, strategery, etc. – but nothing we can do about those in the next couple of days before signing day.
Let the cards fall where they may this year, and let’s see what we can do to prevent this shi*storm next year and focus on the things we need to do to get us to the ever-elusive Rose Bowl. Oh, and the Bear will never quit, the Bear will never die. Go Bears.
...
Recruiting season officially jumped the sark for me last week
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
Well..
I hope they start him next year so Keenan Allen can make him look like a fool. Now that he’s UW, I have no reason to wish him well.
From an IM chat I'm having with a friend
we should be talking about all of them [ the recruits we have], yet instead, we are chatting about the guys going elsewhere
I believe that this will be the vent thread for the next hour or so...
But after this initial deal, we`ll be pulling harder than ever for the guys we have now who WANT to be Bears.
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Well, we’re not angry about those guys.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
As far as the last two days are concerned...
When AA committed to Oregon yesterday, I don`t think many of us were fazed really. Personally, I said “oh, okay then” and went about my day. This, however, is just Shaq and UW leaving a flaming bag of dog feces on the SAHPC doorstep. To lead people on through the whole ordeal like that is just immature… of SARK and TOSH.
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though im torn
because Shaq living his life the way he wants to is far more important than him living the way some random internet dude does.
I’m not torn. I think he made a silly choice and he’ll have to live with it. Best of luck to the guy though, it’s his life.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
You know what I hope he doesn’t. I hope he hates it and Sark and his whole staff get fired within three years.
Shaq goes Jason Kidd
and gets Sarkesian fired the way Campanelli was fired here.
Lupoi replaces Sarkesian, and gets immediate results, but then, in true Bozeman fashion, gets busted passing envelopes of cash to recruits—-on his boat, of course!
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
It’ll be legit because he’ll take ’em out to international waters.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
Well I really don’t wish anything bad for Shaq, I just hope when he comes home for break he realizes how much he misses home and wishes he had picked Cal.
I really do hope Sark and staff get fired in the next three years.
in order for that last point to happen, there’s got to be other pain…
i agree tho re Shaq.
This is exactly why i don’t really follow recruiting… it’s just so gross.
yeah, i dont wish anything bad for Shaq personally too.
That kid seems to be easily influenced by the surroundings, and constantly changing his minds or doubting his decisions, so I really hope Cal has a great season and that Shaq regrets not coming to Cal and having a great few years with his “buddies.”
If it makes you feel any better another 7 win season and Sark will be on the hot seat.
I think 7 wins is a pretty reasonable projection for them next year too.
i dont
i hope he regrets. Which means, Cal beats UW badly, and also finish above them in North division.
Whatever Ayoob was a high ranked recruit too.....
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Cmart may have gotten us Allen tho....
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
That we’d start a MAC QB got us Allen
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--Coach Clark
The planets aligning didn’t hurt, either.
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And Otis gettin paid
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
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True but im still happy with treggs kline and barton.
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by 4Ever Golden on Jan 30, 2012 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t he drop out of that JC also?
Now that is a kid I wish the best of luck. There’s confusion in his life that I can’t even begin to fathom…
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know if I have more sympathy for any of our guys than I do for Yarnway.
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I know a lot of blues are flustered. The biggest sting is the rare 5* guys with proximity to Cal, not that we needed a 6’11" DE or a safety. We needed OTs, QBs, CBs, and DT’s that are 5* guys.
We’ve had “the shaq’s” before, they’ve just played different positions. How much impact can a safety make anyway? We’ll be alright. Would have hurt a lot more if these guys played other positions.
I suppose the Hoff is gone, too?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
We do need a safety. It’s also not the fact of one guy, it’s the potential of the amazing class that would absolutely have been a huge difference maker, that is now just a very good class that will hopefully at least enable us to keep up with the Joneses in the Pac-12.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Who knows? Shaq going to Tosh U might push Beaver and Ford a little harder in our direction.
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I hear Shaq’s a soft verbal to Northern Colorado
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
From what i`ve read and seen on the twitters, Ford is all Cal`s if they choose to have him.
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Then again, from what i`ve read from all of the "recruiting professional’ journalists, the don`t know shit this year.
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Harold Ford, Jr.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Disco Dan Ford
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
(Raymond Ford)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Mariet Ford? Orrin Ford?
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
Better get those shotgun snaps down!
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun snap…
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Ford Fiesta
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
Ford Ford.
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well…he ain’t one us anymore. so…whatevers…
i’ll just remember his brother as being an awesome golden bear.
Yeah
I know people are wishing ill on him for this decision. But his brother was a GREAT Bear and it seems counter-productive to act against a family that has always supported the Bears.
Plus (need it be said?) it’s really unfair to act this way to a 17-18 year old kid.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
Nobody’s wishing him ill. They’re criticizing his decision, and hoping he loses against us, but that’s not exactly unfair.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Even more so...
…this might be the high point of Thompson’s playing career.
For many of these kids, they’ll never have a moment where they’re this important.
That’s not even unfair, that’s just sad.
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
For the 5* kids, they’re fairly likely to go to the NFL, so they’ll have plenty of attention.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
But we won *that* game!
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
He looks like Tebow in that picture.
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and apparently, the family hasn’t “always” supported the Bears, unless you think him choosing Washington is him supporting the bears…
by fiatlux on Jan 30, 2012 11:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You’re being way too harsh. The family can’t MAKE Shaq go to Cal. That’s abusive.
If Shaq wants to be a Husky, then so be it.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 30, 2012 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
you just said “the family has always supported the Bears” and what I am pointing out is he is a part of the family, and he most certainly isn’t supporting the Bears.
I want to see him fail like I want to see all of our opponents fail. But I want to see him fail more because it will make Tosh and Sark look worse.
by fiatlux on Jan 30, 2012 11:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ima making my kid go to Cal, so help me! :o)
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
But we have no reason to wish him well.
I don’t wish any harm upon him, he just made the decision he thought best. I wish him absolutely zero luck on the field, as he now plays for a division rival.
If Cal only wins two games next season let them be against the furd and UW.
It’s official I am rooting of or the furd over UW next season. I hope furd runs for another 400+ against UW and Shaq gets ran over in the process.
Never root for furd
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by secret ASian man on Jan 30, 2012 11:22 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
These are extenuating circumstances.
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No circumstances are that extenuating. Ever.
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I think this is a legitimate exception
Still raw, butt hurt, and feeling vengeful over the ethics, and that might only get worse as the week goes on.
At this point, I think there is ample motivation to pull for Furd over Uw. If nothing else, it can only help us finish above them.
Middle-aged toothwrangler (HT: Kodiak)
by 1988goldenbear on Jan 31, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
I rooted against the ice skater Debi Thomas in the Olympics, just because she was a Furdie!
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
I’m anti-Diane Feinstein for her furdness
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--Coach Clark
and FG Uprights Rice and Gray Davis
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--Coach Clark
THIS IS WHY WE BOOED TIGER WOODS, PEOPLE!
NEVER FORGET!
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no
Washington is public enemy #1 until Sarkisian is fired.
I would not root for them against Stanford.
I would not root for them against USC.
I would not root for them against Alabama.
I would not root for them against the Yankees.
I would not root for them against the North Korean national team.
Would love to do a scientific study on high school exam scores of highly touted football recruits in the months of December and January. The attention they get nowadays is UNREAL. Thank you Twitter and FB, as well as creepy old men with boring jobs.
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--Coach Clark
I'm amazed at all the kids that puts themselves out there
If I were a 5* recruit, I know for damn sure I would not be interacting with strangers on the internet. I wouldn’t want to hear what ANYONE else had to say. This means no twitter/private facebook/not doing interviews with journalists/telling people to fuck off if they ask me a shitload of questions of me in public.
Then again I’m a misanthropic anti-social person
Sound like my kind of guy!
Then again I’m a misanthropic anti-social person
Let’s be friends. Zoonews will be there too, awkwardly laughing.
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The emnity directed towards HS kids is *not* what Cal fandom is about
He made a decision — ill-advised? Not to him, despite what we’d argue. We cannot (and I will not) be like those knuckle-draggers badmouthing some 17-18 year old because he wants to go someplace that isn’t Cal.
I want to beat UW, not Shaq.
But… oh… I want to beat them bad.
"The Bear will not quit, the Bear will not die." -Joe Kapp
New topic...
What`s everyone put the over/under of us getting Eligwe away from FSU?
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[shrug] I think we have a shot at least.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
I understand that recruiting is a really important part of college football, but it’s stuff like this that prevents me from following it with anything but the mildest of interest. The University of California, groveling at the feet of 18 year old kids to attend our school? Alumni and students getting down when a fickle high school senior changes his mind (surprise!)? It’s pathetic and more than a little bit unseemly, too.
I’ll worry about these kids when they take the field. This high school drama bullshit is too much for me to worry about.
Thing C
This was my first year getting into recruiting because things were shaping up so well…
And it ended with all this…
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
yup
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Last year was much more boring. Last year was nice. I remember fondly of us all talking about how there were no surprises.
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Don’t worry, that’s just a style thing and not a grammar rule.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
Ironically though, each week, people tune in to see the HS drama that is GLEE!
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by Auricursine on Jan 30, 2012 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
Or congress.
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by Maisbikkja on Jan 30, 2012 11:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
lol truth
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
The only thing that would make me watch Glee is if they performed a theatrical rendition of Jumbacos.
by mrjpark on Jan 31, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That’ll be Isi Sofele and Brendan Bigelow next year :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:41 PM PST up reply actions
Folks, there's bigger news
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201201/college-footballs-strongest-cheerleader
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--Coach Clark
Oh sweet Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Who is that? (and would they be interested in playing football for the University of California?)
.
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 30, 2012 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
she's not trollin
Watson has been cheering since age 5. She can bench press 155 pounds, squat 255 pounds and dead lift 230 pounds. According to the school newspaper, she added an impressive four inches of muscles on her arms in just 10 months.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Wait… did Clay Matthews get an extention from the NCAA to play a year with UGA?
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I think we should be happy with the class that we already have and that these kids have stuck with us through all of this. I would pick our class over Washington’s in a heart beat. They only have two 4 start recruits. Honestly, I really don’t care about the guys who don’t come to Cal because they are not on our team. I just hope that we destroy them when we play them.
by CalLABear on Jan 30, 2012 11:37 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
This
Our coaches selected these recruits for their intangibles, character, and on-field skill. Regardless of stars, I trust our coaches to have an eye for good talent and good young men who will develop well on the field and stay out of trouble off of it.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Hey fellas
not here to rub it in. Just wanted to say I hope everything works out for you guys. I know you guys feel at least as far as Shaq announcing to Cal and then flipping to UW. Terrence Jones did the same to UW and then went to Kentucky in basketball. You guys have alot to look forward to and I wish you guys the best of luck. Obviously except against us.
There will never be a Husky free Northwest...never.
by ALLpurpleEVERYTHING on Jan 30, 2012 11:41 PM PST reply actions
WE DON'T LIKE CLASSY FANS HERE!
We need people to hat!
by TheScientist019 on Jan 30, 2012 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
Hats have been the problem for us this weekend…
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kthxbye
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by atomsareenough on Jan 30, 2012 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
Hey friendo
Thanks for stopping by, pal! Just wanted to say I sincerely hope you enjoy Tosh as much as we did, if not even more! You guys also have a lot to look forward to! All the best (obviously except against Cal. ha, ha).
Thanks
my man. I’m all for trash talking each other’s teams. But seriously, I feel for you guys. So close to signing day and BOOM! I’d be sick to my stomach. Really, best of luck. You guys have a ton of talent.
There will never be a Husky free Northwest...never.
by ALLpurpleEVERYTHING on Jan 30, 2012 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
You're welcome
my man. I’m all for showing up on each other’s blogs moments after the biggest fuck you from one program to another in a while. But seriously, I feel for you guys…
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cool man, thanks.
Stuff sucks, but thanks for the good vibes.
(looking forward to beating you in the fall) ;-)
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When you say all purple everything, do you even mean your penis? Because I’m kind of disturbed right now.
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Lest there be ANY confusion about what a scumbag Tosh
and by implication the guy who hired him is…
Lupoi told Thompson that he very well could be headed to Washington and to keep the Huskies in mind, and sure enough Lupoi was bound for Washington the very next morning, on Jan. 16.
Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/preps/archives/2012/01/shaq-thompson-d-1.html#storylink=cpy
They`re really picky about paragraphing and structure.
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That is what they will play?
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by well you win some and lose others on Jan 30, 2012 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
SDBear was being sarcastic.
And making light of the fact that Washington is recruiting a shitload of safeties.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Not just recruiting a lot but they already have a lot on their roster.
Maybe UW is looking for the next Taylor Mays! Big hitter but terrible in coverage, maybe Shaq can fill that role?
I hope there`s enough space in that locker room for all of those egos now.
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They currently have 12 safeties on the roster so imagine they will want to get as many of them on the field at once.
They must be ready to safety dance.
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by well you win some and lose others on Jan 31, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Hey
I just read that we’re looking pretty good with jabari bird right now. woooo basketball first in pac 12 wooooo
Forgive me for this but Treggs just tweeted
“Im heated right now. Not even gonna lie”
Now I am taking it that heated doesn’t mean the same thing to me as it does an 18 year old in high school???
…it doesn’t?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 7:15 AM PST up reply actions
It means he needs to turn down the thermostat.
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Like DJ Williams and Dirk Nowitzki before him, we will easily survive his decision not to play for Cal.
Whatevs – if he can’t see how great Cal is, let him go.
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Speak for yourself
Dirk at Cal would’ve been AWESOME.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
well, DUH, dude, obviously!
Trust me, I know how painful it was, I was there for it! I’m just saying we’ll survive.
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Shaq picked freaking Washington over the University of California guys!!! I can hear Tosh laughing on his way to cash his first five * bonus check. The only thing that can make the my soul feel better is if we demoralize them when they come to memorial. I want us to have their freaking number from here on out!!! Until Sark, Lupaid and company realize that all their classless scumballing brought upon them nothing, nothing!!
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by berkeleyboy510 on Jan 31, 2012 12:21 AM PST reply actions
Update about the baseball if you refresh the post
Which makes more sense I guess. Although aren’t there minor league teams in the Bay Area?
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 12:22 AM PST reply actions
I don’t usually follow recruiting, this was really the first year for me so I have a quick question. Is it normal for recruiting classes to turn over this fast and much?
I’m not just talking about Cal but ucla and now UW seem to just getting a lot of kids that weren’t on their radar a few weeks ago. UW I can instant but ucla? They just fired their whole coaching staff and their class is not top 10.
It is crazy to think how different Cals class is going to be come 2-1 and what it was just a couple of weeks ago.
No.
But it’s not normal for your top recruiter to desert you two weeks before NSD, call up all the recruits you brought in, tell them not to go to Cal, and badmouth and trash the program you’ve been recruiting for almost a year at every turn to the recruits and their parents.
(Probably because it’s a violation. But Tosh seems to be Man On Fire.)
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
Obviously I get the Cal and Tosh thing is abnormal but how do you explain uclas rise up the rankings? The only “Cal” guy that UCLA seemed to get after Tosh left was the DL recruit but everyone seemed to think that kid was going to be tough to keep before Tosh walked out the door.
by SDBear on Jan 31, 2012 12:58 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Mora is doing SEC-style recruiting of jettisoning weaker Neuheisel-commits and getting his own guys. Castro from UW, Millweard from ASU, McCarthy from Cal. Add in Fuller from the East Coast, a solid DB recruiting class, and you have a top 25 class.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 1:05 AM PST up reply actions
Okay that makes sense. I think this will be the last year I follow recruiting, this stuff is like following a soap opera.
by SDBear on Jan 31, 2012 1:13 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
In the end, I think that this is a poor recruiting move for the Huskies because safety was not a position of need for their team. As I’ve stated before, the Huskies currently have 12 safeties on their roster including Grant Union 4-star Shaq buddy James Sample, 4-star returning starter Sean Parker and returning starter Nate Fellner. Rather than just grabbing Shaq “because they could”, the Huskies should be worrying about who is going to step in for Chris Polk next year. It looks like they will be counting on Jesse Callier to step into the role. I do understand the rationale of getting the best players available, but seriously, 13 safeties on the roster for next year, really?
I would agree with this more if CFB was similar to the NFL and you could only have 53 man rosters. However UWs all safety defense will not hurt them too much.
I do agree that they have seemed to neglect the RB position. I would also say they might struggle replacing their top two WRs but it seems like they may be raiding Cal for a few WR recruits so they will be okay there.
by SDBear on Jan 31, 2012 1:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
were not dead
we have kasen williams at wr who was arguably our best WR last year and we have james sampple and kevin smith who both started last year so WR is probably fine, i agree with the RB part though it’s a pretty questionable position. I also think shaq may start out at corner next year and play both that and safety. i feel bad we did this to you guys really wish we had screwed over oregon and not cal.
Commitment? Baseball?
Opps
Meant to link to Matt Tuiasosopo (there are like a 100 Tuiasosopos, but not all of them played football for UW, some signed LOI, then bolted for minor league baseball
by mathghamhain on Jan 31, 2012 1:16 AM PST up reply actions
rise or fall of tedford
If tedford doesn’t produce this year, this recruiting cycle marks the beginning of his demise. Not all his fault though; having a CA state budget and high academic standards are two large obstacles in recruiting athletes
by rileyslaststand on Jan 31, 2012 2:34 AM PST reply actions
that is exactly why Tedford should get to stay
The fact that he has Cal in the discussion for top 25 recruiting classes and maintains a winning record is pretty amazing.
Too bad about Shaq but I am over it. This year was undermined by Benedict Lupoi but still a good class. We will see what happens next year.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 6:42 AM PST via Android app up reply actions 2 recs
Did Tosh pop this kid's cherry or what?
The kid will be successful anywhere, but honestly this doesn’t make any sense from any angle. Just goes to show you, when it comes to recruiting, it’s less about selling the school/program than it is about selling yourself. I wonder if he’ll transfer when Tosh leaves for a defensive coordinator position at Colorado or Arizona in two years.
God, this one stings. To think a local kid-turned-Bear-turned-coach would screw us over so royally like this is the worst kind of depressing. And the fact that Shaq has roots here as well makes it more so. I can’t wait to boo the living hell out of these guys when they get to Berkeley.
I now understand the move of the Stanf'rd game to October
Because the 115th Big Game, this year, will be Cal-Washington.
What would be an appropriate trophy to replace the Axe?
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Jan 31, 2012 7:39 AM PST reply actions
Reply fail and reply win all in one.
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I have some cloth sacks that I can paint dollar signs on. I think we should construct a cardboard boat to pass around the student section as well. Call it the S.S. Backstabber.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
Needs more trollface
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
hi
What is everyone so mad at?
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
Jack Jr. needs to be wearing a Cal hat.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
Did Jack Jr go to UW???
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I dunno, is his disappointment due to unemployment, or due to football?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
honestly, here’s what I’m thinking…
If players are going to follow others (coaches, friends, etc.) to programs, then they’re not true leaders. A real leader goes with what they want and is decisive regardless of coach’s leaving for boats. I’m glad Cal got leaders like Kline, Okafor, Cochran, Sebastian, etc. that didn’t give a shit that Tosh left. Leaders are what’s needed to get to the Rose Bowl. Not followers, and those drinking the Tosh Kool-Aid.
by stevvy89 on Jan 31, 2012 10:07 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
I had that thought as well. It would have been really nice to see a guy like Shaq be firm in his commitment, really want to be a Bear, and rally the class around him instead of reenacting Hamlet for us. I mean, I’m sure now that he’s going to UW he’ll be all in and be a good player for them, but it would have been nice for him to stick with his commitment and the Cal family to show some leadership. I think they guys that have stayed true with us definitely have that leadership quality to them.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
totally agree with this!
We have some great kids here already, and more on the way. We will be great.
Always best to build the Cal family with kids that want to be there. We all know it is a hard enough road to hoe without having second thoughts.
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by 1988goldenbear on Jan 31, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Rationalize, rationalize, gripe gripe gripe
My take: It sucks, fuck him, fuck tosh, go bears.
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at least watching Cal rugby is still thrilling…thrilling in the beat-down-no-mercy-for-the-weak sort of way that I dream someday I will witness on Saturdays. that’s why the last week or so has been so painful to watch unfold. there was a glimmer of hope. ah crap. lesson learned.
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 1:10 PM PST reply actions
I actually replied to that… I tweeted this to him:
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But then I deleted it because I’m classy :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
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