Cedric Dozier Sticks With Cal, Jordan Payton Switches From Cal To Washington
by TwistNHook on Jan 31, 2012 12:45 PM PST
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PrintFirst up, Wide Receiver Jordan Payton announces his college decision at 1:10 PM. You can watch it at ESPNU. Here is the online ESPN360 channel for ESPNU.
Word on the street is that Jordan Payton, who previously did choose Cal, will not choose Cal when it is time to put pen to paper. But those are all just rumors and innuendo right now. Hope springs eternal!
UPDATE: As expected, Payton switches from Cal to Washington.
That is at 1:10. At 2:30, Athlete Cedric Dozier will make his college decision. He is between Cal and Washington State. The News Tribune, out of Tacoma, WA, will try to webcast the announcement. It appears that the webcast might be listed here. We'll keep an eye out for it and try to edit in a link if we can find a direct one as the time approaches.
UPDATE: Dozier commits to Cal once more. GO BEARS! (Read up on our original story here.)
So, use this thread to discuss the two announcements. Hopefully, Cal will go 2-2, although there are serious concerns that that will not happen. GO BEARS!
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I don't know about the rest of you
But I’m pretty tired of the circus surrounding our recruitment this year.
Someone already used this, but at this point I just feel like Hyman Roth. I’ll check back in tomorrow afternoon. If our recruits have signed and faxed in their LOIs, then I’ll know they’re Bears. If not, then I know not to care about them any longer.
Wake me up tomorrow.
Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".
by SoCal Oski on Jan 31, 2012 12:51 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I'm with you
This year has been a crazy year in terms of de-commits and change of hearts – not just for our recruits but many places around the nation. Maybe we’re just destined to be a perennial decent team, but it is what it is and at the end of the day, we only need the players who want to be here anyways and we do our best to fill the stadium and cheer.
I feel like I’ve been watching this male version of “Housewives of NCAA” show. Time to turn off the damn TV.
We all we got, we all we need
Agreed
Maybe it’s the internet hyped world (twitter is crazy), but I just don’t feel like kids get the same upbringing that they used to. No loyalty to local teams. I have friends who kids have latched onto players more than teams and the teams they like are way outside of the Bay Area.
Seems like a lot of kids don’t care much about college and want the easy road to the NFL. Not sure what the average career is there, but it can’t be much more than 3-4 years IF they make it. It’s not as much about winning on the next level, but about where can I get myself exposed for the level after that.
If that is the case, then UW shouldn't be an option...
Cal and USC are West Coast NFL gold mines.
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getting through school
It’s certainly easier to get through college elsewhere than Cal. While we have the same NCAA admission standards as all other schools, it’s not as easy to pass 24 units each year (and minimum 8 in the fall) as other schools.
We’ve had our share of academic casualty over the years…
I'm in
If I have learned one thing in seven years in Silly Con Valley, it’s this: I believe in what I have in front of me with thing in hand and signature on the paper. Until then, it means nothing.
This is why I can’t get arsed about recruiting. I saw a whole bunch of “can’t miss-OMG-this guy will make or break the program” types come through Alabama and Auburn as a kid. How many of you have heard of Lectron Williams? All right then.
The flip side, of course, is who the hell ever heard of Hollywood Jay Cutler? Or Jordan Rodgers? Or Jordan’s brother…damn, what is his name…I know he played college ball OH THAT’S RIGHT THE BEST DAMN QB IN FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW.
Long story short: I don’t care until September 1, 2012. Then I believe in everyone that runs out of the north tunnel.
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
by VandyImport on Jan 31, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 9 recs
This.
So very much this^^^.
So much energy by Cal fans is being wasted on spilt milk. In the end, it’s all about the Ws and Ls, not who you ink or don’t ink to a LOI.
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But… but… Obama just told us that it made sense to cry over spilt milk!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
If you do it right :)
Though, Gawker actually wrote up a good article about why the milk rule actually did make some sense.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
It wasn’t particularly convoluted, actually.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
1. Tosh Lupoi loves spilled milk
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I didnt even give you 2 and 3?
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1. A lot of times we’re talking about not just some milk, but hundreds or thousands of gallons.
2. When it leaks in that vast quantity, it can contaminate the environment in a major way that requires a lot of money to clean up and can cause major problems in the meantime (ex. from the article: caused a wastewater plant malfunction which released sewage, suffocated fish, shut down a lake for a year, etc…)
3. There are many, many examples in the fairly recent past where these types of incidents have happened.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know enough about the extent of the regulations, and I’m sure they could stand to be reformed, but they’re not as stupid and pointless as Obama’s joke made them out to be, is all.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Is the rule specifically tailored for these MEGA spills? Or is it so broad as to cause great disconveience regarding minor spills?
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[shrug]
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
JORDAN RODGERS HAS A BROTHER?!? IS HE ANY GOOD?!?
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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We just love the DOOOOOOOM and PAAAAAIIIIIIINNNN
Why do we keep doing this to ourselves?
If a kid is listed as 50/50 with us and another schools that really means he isn’t coming to Cal.
If a kid isn’t currently enrolled in Cal, chances are he will not honor his committment to Cal.
If a kid put a Cal hat on during an All Star game, that is the kiss of death and he really will not be coming to Cal.
Payton has decommitted
And it doesn’t look like Cal is even in the final running…
https://twitter.com/#!/CraigHaubert/status/164449097640706048
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 1:01 PM PST reply actions
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this has been an awesome last 2 weeks.
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by boomtho on Jan 31, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
THIS IS LIKE DRAFT DAY EXCEPTED DOOOM IS DOING THE DRAFTING!
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck To$h
I thought I was over him.
No I’m not.
Californian in Exile:
by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
no, no, you’re good. keep on fucking
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 31, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Keep on fucking. I like that.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
and what if that guy who tweeted is wrong and all this hate is misdirected? just saying, its not over till they sign on the line.
Jorge's casa no es su casa.
by dballisloose on Jan 31, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
this is not going as planned.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 31, 2012 1:02 PM PST reply actions
I don't understand how we are losing all these WR's
I understand that we lost Coach K but I felt that Coach Chandler was an upgrade over K and actually played in the NFL at a high level as a WR. I thought a lot of these kids would stick once they got to know Chandler but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all.
I am a little surprised a lot of these WR’s recruits don’t seem to be very enthused about the Chandler hire. That kind of concerns me going forward in future recruiting classes and battles.
2 weeks to connect and build a relationship? Tough job for anyone without a boat
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
And these kids probably have no idea who Wes Chandler is/was. You have to be over 40 to remember him playing.
by Monica's Dad on Jan 31, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
The night we hired Chandler, a lot of you talked me off a ledge, since my fear was exactly what has transpired…
He is a good coach, but with no current connection that these kids have to current NFL players, and given the tunnel vision that these kids have for general football history as it is, this was my fear for this year’s class we were trying to save.
I think Collins would have netted us Payton in the end.
That having been said, it’s time to start having Chandler work forward in finding the gems of the 2013 class. This one is so over. The good thing is that there will be always the 4* and 5* recruits to go after each year.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
research."
I wouldn’t want us to hire a coach just to pull in one recruit. It’s quite an unfortunate situation for us
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
I guess
If he’s a good coach anyway though, and all else being equal, landing a talented kid or two sounds like a bonus to me. I guess that means Tedford must be pretty confident that Chandler is truly a better coach.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely right. But it’s no surprise W.C.‘s hire wasn’t enough to lock down the kids who’d already bonded with Coach K. As you say, it’s just an unfortunate situation for us. And something we’ll enjoy avenging for the next few years.
by Monica's Dad on Jan 31, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
hahahahahaha
Wow we got trolled so hard
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:09 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
All 3 guys who committed during the All American Bowl
Are gone. Unbelievable.
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Hey!
But Dozier is still here! (At the very least for another hour.)
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
What does that mean?
Jordan Payton committed somewhere else?
Updates anyone?
by Monica's Dad on Jan 31, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
They're in to the 2nd segment and no word on Payton at all
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someone who's watching pls post the news
so i can get back to smashing my head against the wall. kthx.
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by TheScientist019 on Jan 31, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
I keep checking this blog...
To see if the world has ended. Are we there yet?
Armstead moreso than McCarthy.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Our recruiting class is looking a lot more like the middle of the Pac-12 than the top at this point. I’d probably rank them like this now:
1-USC
2-Oregon
3-Stanfurd
4-UCLA
5-Washington
6-Cal (loses Payton, Dozier, Walker)
7-Utah
8-Arizona State
9-Washington State (gets Dozier)
10-Colorado
11-Arizona
12-Oregon State
Sads.
It almost looks like the Pac-12 regular season rankings! Wonder if there’s a correlation.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
There kind of is.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
really.
Top 3 in the standings:
Oregon 12-2
Stanfurd 11-2
USC 10-2
Top 3 in the recruiting rankings (using Daveman’s post):
1-USC
2-Oregon
3-Stanfurd
Bottom 4 in the standings:
Washington State (4-8)
Arizona (4-8)
Oregon State (3-9)
Colorado (3-10)
Bottom 4 in the recruiting rankings:
9-Washington State
10-Colorado
11-Arizona
12-Oregon State
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
That is a coincidence (as far as we are concerned) not a correlation… unless you think these recruits naturally gravitated to their respective schools based on last year’s finishes and not on any recent extenuating circumstances.
When Tosh left, I’m pretty sure he pushed our recent record and lack of success over and over.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
correlation != causation
There is a correlation. The causation is debatable.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 31, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
I hate to be the pedantic dick who pulls out the dictionary… but where this is concerned…
mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients.
Statistics . the degree to which two or more attributes or measurements on the same group of elements show a tendency to vary together.
Well, I actually laid it out in my post. If I drew a chart with the a line for wins and a line for recruiting standings, the lines would in fact move together, which is the definition of correlation which you so helpfully provided. In fact we could measure it, and I guarantee you the correlation factor would be closer to 1 than it would be to zero.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Those both support what I said.
The numbers indisputably correlate.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 31, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
Well, it IS a correlation in statistical terms, though you’re right, maybe it’s not a direct causation.
Actually though, the arrows go the other way. It’s good recruiting that translates into wins. There have been studies published that demonstrate that elite recruits do in fact correlate quite well with on-field success.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Really, Shaq, Walker, and Payton push Washington above us?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
We’re probably going to have six-seven empty slots, so yes.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
on ESPNU, it said
Cal, USC, Stanford, Oregon, UCLA, Colorado, ASU,…
Washington was surprisingly low at #9, even with Shaq.
There's not to their class much behind the headliners they've poached from you.
Before the Tosh hitjob, they had two 4* commits per rivals. Even with the poaching to date they’d really have to sweep the board to pull way up in the rankings. As it stood two weeks ago they were on par with OSU. Even with the additions is they’re not that far ahead of Oregon State for a quality class (though sweeping the board might also entail taking OSU’s second best commit, who they’ve been trying to flip after stealing his position coach, who was OSU’s ace recruiter).
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
Payton picked the Huskies.
Said it was tough to commit to a school where two coaches you were close to left.
Listed a final three of Washington, UCLA and Cal.
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Said he never looked at Washington until the coaches left.
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How can these kids and their families POSSIBLY not consider this sleazy???
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Sucks for us, but I feel bad for the kid. Everything got flipped around last minute for him and I don’t fault him for wanting to go elsewhere after these changes.
I just hate that Tosh and Sark are benefiting from their immoral actions.
by TheScientist019 on Jan 31, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
FUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKK
This is To$hmageddon!
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 1:39 PM PST reply actions
C’mon guys, we knew this.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 1:40 PM PST via mobile reply actions
This nerd on ESPNU just butchered Lupoi and Kiseau's names.
Not that they’re easy names to pronounce, but Lupoi leaving was the biggest recruiting news in the country over the last month.
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Couldn't we say that Lupoi's name deserved to be butchered?
by Jigglz on Jan 31, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Lupoi’s face deserves to be butchered, too.
/angrybear
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
I want Zack Kline
to lightup the UW secondary like a fucking xmas tree, and Avery Sebastian to destroy all their WRs.
HAHA, awesome, MBC
There’s still time for Payton to commit every other P12 school before signing an LOI. He’s a quarter of the way there. Impressive.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
JP's twitter pic
still has him in a cal hat. tease!
Holding on to Treggs and Powe is key IMHO
I worry that if Dozier flips things could spiral, even though most of us saw the Shaq/Payton thing happening for over a week.
People here in SoCal say Payton is no loss – but that only holds if we keep most of the other WRs.
Guess we're not going to have the luxury of redshirting a couple of WRs
Agreed, this makes Treggs and Powe that much more important and they’re going to have a huge impact this fall.
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As a UW guy, what is wrong with these kids? How can they buy follow Tosh and Kiesau?
It really makes no sense to me. If those two leaving mattered so much, I would not follow them to UW. Jesus Christ, Dozier better not go to Wazzu. On another note, Payton is not anything special. He is a possession receiver that won’t see playing time for the next two years because he has Kasen Williams in front of him.
I dunno, they’re 18 year old kids who don’t know any better, and our current coaches apparently aren’t very good salesman.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
I'm at the point where I don't even want them
Good riddance to them all. If they waiver that easily, I don’t want them on our team.
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That’s exactly how I felt about Shaq pretty much this whole time. First he drops USC from consideration because of his twitter followers, and then he flips. Guys like Kline WANT to be in Berkeley. They WANT to be Golden Bears. They WANT the experience. Seems like some of these guys are looking ahead of the college years already. Their reasons for committing elsewhere sound more like justifications to me, but If they don’t want to be here, then it’s probably for the best.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Damn you UW guy for making sense...
Given very recent history, would anyone with common sense really be willing to bet a lot of money that either are going to be in one place for the next 4 years? When you follow hot assistants around, you’re likely to be abandoned at some point…
This.
Wilcox will be a head coach next year. Tosh will be his DC.
That is wishful thinking, he won't be fired yet. Two seasons of 6-7 win seasons then he'll be on the hot seat.
He really knows how to motivate the alumni, he’s still in good standing.
It isn't like UW sucks. It's a great school which is quite comparable to Cal in many aspects.
I don’t neccesarily understand the relationship between the players and the coaches, but it isn’t like they are choosing Wyoming over Cal or something ridiculous like that.
They both use glass and concrete in some of their buildings
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 31, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
One has boats and the other has a concrete canoe
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Don't forget
they are both universities, that’s like kind of a big deal.
by CalBeer on Jan 31, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
They are both universities in the world
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
They both have a lot of people who attend them.
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They both have the word University in their nae
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They both have successful trolls.
Oh wait…
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
No, not at all, I think it’s in response to the comment earlier:
Payton picked the Huskies.
Said it was tough to commit to a school where two coaches you were close to left.
Listed a final three of Washington, UCLA and Cal.
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by crazedfan on Jan 31, 2012 1:37 PM PST reply actions
Said he never looked at Washington until the coaches left.
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by crazedfan on Jan 31, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a bit ridiculous because they seem to just be following 2 coaches around… what happens if either leaves?
Then you look like the 18 year old kid that you are and you have to live with the consequences of your silly decision.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
As a student, there is no comparison.
Cal: Better academics, better campus, more attractive females, nicer facilities (our athlete gym isn’t close), better nightlife, better weather.
The only reason why I did not take my transfer acceptance was because of the difficulty of registering, which is a non-issue for athletes considering their priority registration.
You may personally perfer Cal's nightlife, gym or campus etc.
But they are all comparable to what UW offers in the same category. Like I said, it isn’t like they are going to the middle of nowhere for school.
Get the fuck out.
Have you ever been to Cal’s campus? Are you high? You can go grind on jailbait at Fusion or drink beers at Finn’s you retard. The UDistrict is a garbage neighborhood and we’re not close to Downtown at all.
because one them is funny
it only takes one
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 31, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, alright. I'm sorry you hate your alma mater so much.
Cal and UW are both great schools, that’s all I’m saying. UW has a very nice campus. The U District isn’t the absolute greatest, but if you hate everything about it then you aren’t looking hard enough.
You don't, I'm honestly not sure what he's talking about. THe U-district in Seattle has something for everyone.
(Especially drunk homeless people)
I went to a UW game with Cal Band a few years back
And I liked the campus (what we saw of it) a helluva lot more than some other Pac campuses. AND the fans (at the time) were very respectful of us. We even partied with the UW band, starting a nice tradition of mutual enjoyment of alcoholic beverages and the company of complete strangers in dimly lit rooms.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
We in the UW band love you guys.
The tradition of hosting each other for parties started before I was there, but I certianly enjoyed some good ones in my time.
If it means the same thing as when I was at SC, “god-damn independent,” or not in a fraternity.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
that was one of the central dividing lines in undergrad culture at SC at the time.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Hard to imagine that
Never considered joining anything, and yet I walked into any fraternity party in eugene I wanted, and even lived at a few for a week so when I was between addresses.
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 31, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Different cultures.
There is a pretty stark difference between those who live in Frats and those who don’t at UW. Apparently at USC as well.
Ah, I should have known that.
TKM399, are you saying you’re in a Frat and don’t have things to do?
There are positive and negative stories from every road trip, as you can imagine
but we found that our reception was mostly dependent on the quality of the opponent. For instance, the UW trip I referred to was in 2007, after our 5-0 mercuric start took a turn for the worse, and we finished 6-6. At that point UW was 3-7 and the frigid rain didn’t make the loss any easier. What did ease the pain was the warm praise we received from UW fans as we exited the stadium and made our way back to the hotel. Fans of losing teams know how to be gracious winners. Also, we celebrated our collective hatred for USC and their silly style of marching and boring halftime shows.
To contrast, at Oregon State in 2006 we were put on the corner of the field. We were heckled the entire game, fans stole some personal belongings of band members, beer bottles were tossed at us as we exited through the parking lot, and we witnessed a grown man teaching his small child the proper way to flip off the Cal Band. Classy bunch. Perhaps the difference was that we beat them 41-13 that year.
Moral of the story is once the game is over, try not to be a douche, especially if you win. I’ve always liked and respected UW fans, and I really hope it stays that way.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting, we've also had terrible experiences at OSU.
My freshman year in addition to having all sorts of crap thrown at us someone stole a drummer’s shako which led to our grad assistant running after the guy, tackling him, and the cops arresting him. So in the end the abuse was worth it.
We stopped going to the Arizona schools
partly because of funding cuts and also because the ASU trip that I skipped (thank god) turned out to be just awful. Our band director said it was one of the worst games and experiences he’s had. And this from a guy who makes friends with USC tailgaters!
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
was this the one year they were good? Yeah, that game sucked… it was a night game, I think it was Halloween… the students were lit and the general fans were awful.
Sounds about right.
That seems to be the trend. Right when teams start going on an upswing, the fans get big heads and bigger mouths. I’m all for pride and a little bit of friendly trash talk, but any time you got drunk guys about ready to punch a girl you’re probably in bad company. I think the problem was that they stuck the band right next the edge of the student section.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
I never went to ASU.
Arizona was decent. Their band treated us really well, their fans were of a different sort than I’ve ever seen before. We saw a few fights in the stadium.
I’ve had good experiences at OSU… and without a doubt, some of the biggest douche bags I ever encountered were at UW BUT that was probably due more to the fact they stuck us in the endzone.
It always appeared to me that opposing bands were pretty much surrounded by their fans at Husky Stadium.
But you’re right that the endzones are not where the classiest fans reside.
Ah, my bad.
Wait, were you in the non-bowl endzone? That is the wrong place to sit as an opposing fan, there are a lot of douche bags there.
no I was in the bowl endzone. I was the micman waaaaaay back in the day.
These total douche bags kept getting on me and ever so cleverly calling my Howdy Doody (go ahead Boomtho, say something, I know you want to…)… finally near the end of the game I went right up into the stands (I was FED up) and they shut up like the biggest fucking pusses… It helps being 6’4 and about 250 ;-)
i don’t understand this reference. (also, i think this says more than a snide comment would) :)
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Good choice.
Those fans are as annoying to most of us as they are to you.
We sat in one of the endzones (the one that looks out towards the Sound) and I guess there were a few Cal fans around, but it was cold and rainy so not surprising that attendance was down.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
On nasty days or games against bad teams those seats are always empty.
The stadium rennovation will bring them much closer to the field so hopefully they’ll fill up more.
Yes it does.
Isn’t Pac-12 TV money the greatest? I think it is great that UW and Cal are both upgrading their stadiums so much, even if the increased ticket prices will hurt a bit.
to be fair, a big part of our stadium upgrade is “make sure it doesn’t collapse in an earthquake”
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You guys apparently haven't been to Husky Stadium.
The same things apply here. I think we were spending two million a year just keeping the place standing.
I haven’t been to Husky stadium either. Tell me, how are your port-a-potties?
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Did Memorial really not have plumbing?
Our bathrooms were pretty sketchy, but they did have running water.
I'm just saying, Berkeley has a lot more to offer than UW. Huskies need to stop pumping our school up so much, it's embarrassing.
We’re like Seahawk fans, we talk about how great Tavaris Jackson is and how we’re on the cusp of being a Super Bowl team. Cal’s track record of putting WRs in the NFL. I don’t want a guy who would follow coaches (who clearly are not here for the long haul) to a school because the likely hood of him transferring is high.
by TKM399 on Jan 31, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No, come from a family of Cal grads. Didn't get in as a freshman, got in as a transfer
but would have lost a year from the transitions to quarters→semesters. Still want to see Cal do well, especially with Tedford on the hot seat.
Bless your soul.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Heart, dude. It’s “bless your heart” if they’re alive, “bless their soul” if they’re dead.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
I’ve never heard this distinction before in my life.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Neither had I, until I started hanging out with serious Catholics at my old job.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Oh. Well, then it’s okay, because I’m not Catholic. We all have souls while we’re living that can be blessed, as far as I’m concerned!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
whatevs.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Atma, baby!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
I grew up in a place where people used “bless yourheart” as a regular expression, but I’ve never heard “bless your soul” in every day use.
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and bless your heart is the southern equivalent of “with all due respect” meaning it gives you total license to rip someone… “i’ve never met a bigger imbecile, bless his heart”
Others:
“I’m not racist, but … "
“I don’t mean this in a bad way, but … "
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The Bobby Bowden variant was "they's good kids"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug1EDJ1KZ44
(I thought it was funny.)
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It was fantastic."
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I think you need to give UW another chance.
It might not be as great as you think Cal is, but there is nothing embarrassing about it and I think it is pretty ridiculous that you think it is so inferior to Cal.
You seem to be having trouble recruiting TKM399
I know of a douchebag that is available to help. He can offer a romantic boat ride on the sound
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
He's busy today.
Since it’s a no contact period he and Sark decided to get a head start on finding baby seals.
Where is this that I can grind on jailbait again?
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Isn't there an express bus service downtown?
Failing that, taxis?
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Hmm. I got from Green Lake to that downtown transfer point last summer in a pretty reasonable amount of time and I thought we stopped right near the campus… but maybe I’m confused.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
We're probably thinking about the same bus route.
When I’m heading downtown I normally plan on it taking about 15 minutes or so. If you get on an express which goes on the highway it can take 5, or you can get stuck in traffic and have it take 30.
it was the express
that explains it. I liked being able to take a functioning bus line downtown, catch a Sounders game, and head back with minimal fuss, but I think that’s a function of where my brother and his wife live, as opposed to a universal experience.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
In 2015 the light rail will go to UW.
Then it’ll only take 5 minutes to get downtown no matter what traffic is like.
I respect UW's academics
I have friends that went there.
Payton made a choice: Kiesau had only been at Cal one year anyway. Not that big of a deal (or rather nothing to be too upset about, although it does sting losing a commit at a time like this for the program).
It’s Shaq, Tosh, and Lupoi’s recruiting for UW while still employed by Cal that is not cool, and should be a recruiting violation if true.
by Lynch's Golf Cart on Jan 31, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
this
I’m disgusted with those coaches for their complete lack of professional ethics. I’m disappointed in the players only because they’re rewarding that kind of conduct.
My sentiments exactly.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
This recruiting class has turned into a clusterfuck of negative momentum
it is like we are Charlie Brown and the rain clouds just keep following us around.
I have never seen anything like this. Sure this has happened to schools who have fired their HC or their HC bolts for another school but for this to happen because two assistant coaches left is just fucking ridiculous at this point.
The rational side of me knows not to blame Tedford but how does a coach in his 10th+ season at a school lose a class like this? You would think Tedford and his entire staff were fired the way we have been hemorrhaging recruits lately.
Only healthy thing to do is...just get over it
Accept and celebrate the fine young men who have pledged to our beloved University.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Losing Tosh is a double-edged sword, because not only does he stop recruiting for Cal and confuse everyone, but he immediately can lay out the inside dirt on the program to everyone at UW and trash everything about the school. Hard for some of these guys not to be swayed by the guy who’s your closest contact to Cal football.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
How long is this going to be an issue for Tedford and Cal? Obviously if Cal wins 9-10 games next season it will not be an issue.
However, is Tosh going to go into homes again and talk shit about Cal and Tedford and about Tedford losing his job and all the other dirty laundry? Truth is we will have to face off against Tosh for the next couple of years so will Tosh and this continue to be an issue?
Yes. It’s already begun for 2013 with the top NorCal preps. It’s going to be a problem.
Disappointed in Tedford that things fell apart to the point that Tosh is going at us like this.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
wait, what? how is any of this Tedford’s fault?
by the federer express on Jan 31, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Tedford and Tosh didn’t get along. Tedford should’ve tried harder to make it work and stood up for him. But I can imagine the strain of their relationship made Tosh’s decision easier to leave.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
oh come on. Tedford and Tosh had a working deal that Tosh would stay, and then he pulls his UW crap. give the guy a break.
by the federer express on Jan 31, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah. But we shouldn’t be losing the number of recruits we’re about to lose if Tedford can sell Cal right. That’s a reflection on the current staff.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
That is what pisses me off the most. What the hell is this current staff doing? How could they let one person have this much sway in recruiting? And why aren’t they trying to stop him?
but then you have to look at it from the other end….if you don’t send your best recruiter to snatch up a blue chip recruit, then you have people criticizing you for that choice too.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Why is one person though the best recruiter? Why isn’t the entire coaching staff good at recruiting? This is what I don’t understand. Did Cal seriously just have one person who was good at recruiting?
You really don’t understand this? Do you think in any organization everyone is your best salesman? Do you think you have people who are good at certain things?
This is where I am going to need to step away because what annoying me more than losing the recruits is the ridiculous manner in which some of the fans are reacting.
what?
Tedford got a bunch of excellent players to committee with Tosh. It is just that some of the bigger recruits are on D and Tosh’s duty.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
There are finite and legal limits on recruiting resources. It’s not possible for every coach to recruit every player. Tosh was assigned to recruit the people who have flipped.
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Tosh was assigned to recruit the people who have flipped.
exactly
by the federer express on Jan 31, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
The biggest issue is that Tedford failed to understand Tosh and his motivations and trusted him with way more than he should have. That’s something a good head coach needs to recognize.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
You’re not even making sense… how you’re saying Tedford trusted him too much when before you were saying that Tedford should have stood up for him more.
by fiatlux on Jan 31, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s either one or the other. Placate Tosh or cut him loose before he can do serious damage.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking as a small business owner and boss who has gone through a variant of this, (younger employee tried to extort more money from me, caused all sorts of morale issues) it’s just not that simple.
If you haven’t ever managed someone, I think it’s unfair to point the holier than thou fingers in this case. Did Tedford screw up? Maybe. He could also have been deceived by Tosh’s act and not known there was bitterness behind the mask.
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Ten years Tedford has known Tosh, coached with him, recruited with him. How could he not have known?
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
My dad got screwed over by an employee that he had known and trusted for 23 years.
People change. Money, ambition, and the disease of more can seriously eff with someone’s head.
I had someone that I thought was a the kindly old grandmother-type who did everything right, was classy, polite, old-school manners…and she quit the frigging day after our Xmas party. With a note in my in-box. Knew her for 4 years. Never saw it coming.
Not saying that Tedford is above reproach here. Whenever you have a staff screw-up, you need to look at yourself and your systems for a “what the hell went wrong” review. But, it’s a lot more complicated than “well, why didn’t you just do X, Y, or Z?”
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Artist's rendition of Tosh's motivation
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by TwistNHook on Jan 31, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Artist's rendition of Tosh making his decision
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by TwistNHook on Jan 31, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Tosh is a fucking juvenile with a raging ego. That’s not Tedford’s fault.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
It’s also not Tedford’s fault that he didn’t recognize Tosh is a juvenille with a raging ego?
Coach has been around Tosh for TEN YEARS from player to coach. You’d think he’d pick up on this.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
On the flip side, what if Tedford knew that Tosh was prone to being immature, but was trying to mentor him?
Gave him his first break and a chance in the coaching business.
Promoted him beyond where someone his age and his lack of technical knowledge really should be.
Tried to overlook the bad in favor of the good. And still got screwed over.
Personnel management ain’t easy.
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The series of events you propose sounds reasonable. But it just doesn’t sound like a good idea. You’ve got to recognize the wolves in college football.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
you can't work without trust
otherwise nothing gets done
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
it’s a lot easier apparently for people who have never managed anything or anyone in their life.
This is where your people skills are FAR greater than mine… I’m feeling a message from the mods coming on… ;-)
Haha.
Emailed you before you even posted this.
I so wish it were so easy to hire the right people, treat them the right way, keep them within your budget, and avoid all the bad seeds.
It would have saved me a ton of grief if there were the magic training manual or seminar out there.
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Well, I suspect the ego has manifested itself largely in the past couple of years with Tosh’s Recruiter of the Year award.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
This
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:38 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
So this will be an issue until Tosh leaves the Pac12? The great news just keeps coming and coming.
At this point it doesn’t even seem like Tedford is able to win these battles against Tosh. I am getting more and more upset about this whole situation and it seems like it will continue to haunt us for years to come.
From someone in the relationship business…
Guys, it’s really hard to unseat very close long-standing relationships even if you have the better product (pricing, features, brand, whatever). No big surprise that Tosh would win this battle when Teddy was given only two weeks to build rapport.
Fire Starkey. You... complete me.
I think peeoples concerns are why is it so lop sided such that Tosh has an amazing relationship and Tedford doesn’t seem to have much at all.
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I get that analogy but Tedford also goes on recruiting trips and meets these kids just as much as Tosh does, doesn’t he? Once again I don’t know how this whole recruiting thing completely works but doesn’t Tedford often meet recruits on his own trips or at the very least goes with coaches to meet these kids? Or does Tedford just kind of come in to meet a kid after an assistant or coordinator have met them several times?
Also how big of a role does Clancy play in recruiting kids? Does he just recruit defensive kids? Why doesn’t Clancy seem to have a very close relationship with some of the defensive kids? That is one name I have never really heard mentioned much in regards to recruiting.
I get that analogy but Tedford also goes on recruiting trips and meets these kids just as much as Tosh does, doesn’t he?
I don’t know all the ins and outs but what I do know for sure is that Tedford, like every other head coach, doesn’t spend nearly as much time with the recruits. It’s just not possible. It’s exactly like the above analogy. You bring in the head coach / ceo to close the deal.
SDBear… will you fucking get over it. Man, YOU (and you know I like you) are a the vortex of the clusterfuck of which you speak.
You can blame a lot on Tedford, but getting absolutely royally reamed by the asshole Tosh is not one thing.
No offense taken in your comments, I am just frustrated that things fell apart the way they have in such a short amount of time.
I am really not mad at Tedford or advocating he get fired for this. I am just trying to understand how things could get this bad in just a few weeks. I know Tosh and his treachery deserves a lot of this blame.
I know Tosh and his treachery deservesa lot of thisthe blame.
There is but one person to blame here. The guy who went and recruited AGAINST CAL WHILE HE WAS BEING PAID BY CAL.
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 31, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Umm, no, losing 3 recruits is not a reason to fire your most successful coach of the last 50 years. Step back from the ledge, SDBear!
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I never said to fire him but as the HC he holds most of the responsibility for this, whether he deserves it or not.
I am just shocked that one ASSISTANT COACH leaving could just destroy a class like this. Not even a coordinator, an assistant.
wait
2 coaches left. One happens to have connections with some high level recruits.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
True Coach K did leave, I forgot about him. That would help explain the WR’s leaving but I believe Payton cited Tosh so it seems like Tosh leaving had a bigger impact as he had a better relationship with him.
probably both but these are 18 year olds we’re talking about.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:29 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
it would be interesting to see how many decommits we've seen in prior years
I’m sure this is way more, but there are always some. Like Bigelow and Jackson last year. We just had a very long way to fall with Shaw.
Hoping that Dozier stays, that would be a nice silver lining.
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 1:58 PM PST reply actions
He'd at least better not pick the Huskies
Then I’d really flip out.
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He won't
It’s Cal vs. the Dread Pirate Leach of Wazzu
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
so
it’s SAHPC vs Locked Closet.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 31, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
But the locked closet isn't in Texas anymore...
…so it’s more bearable?
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ugh, stop with the negativity, guys
by the federer express on Jan 31, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
but Tedford hasn’t abandoned ship. Seriously, if the kids wanted to follow Tosh and Kiseau, then there’s little Tedford can do about it. The most he can do is to learn from it and to not allow one recruiter to have his pick of blue chips like Tosh did. The position coach in charge of the recruits area should be the lead and that’s it. No more cross over just because one recruiter is dominant
This
How coaches can recruit when two coaches leave 2 weeks before LOI day?
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:18 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Was Tosh the only recruiter on this team?
What the hell is wrong with these other coaches? Do they not recruit? Or they do recruit and only find players like Maynard?
Does Pendergast not have ANYTHING to do with defensive recruits?
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Gould is an amazing recruiter. Perhaps better than Tosh.
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Then why are all these recruits leaving? Doesn’t look like anyone on this team was recruiting except Tosh.
who left?
Dline guys and receivers. Guess what coaches left?
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
exactly
Shaw is a unique case and had connections with UW beyond Tosh.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:24 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I’m just trying to grasp the big picture here. These guys decommitting doesn’t make our current staff look good in my opinion.
Cal definitely doesn’t look good right now, but I think its a complicated situation. I dont think you can paint the entire staff here with a broad brush.
Its unclear who was recruiting whom.
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pretty sure Tosh was the lead recruiter on most of our highest-profile recruits.
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And that’s what I just don’t understand. Why would you give the job of recruiting the blue chip prospects to one person? Coaches leave staffs all the time for better jobs, that isn’t new, but Cal didn’t have a backup plan or another recruiter in these kids ears?
Of course they do but they recruit other positions and guys.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:33 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
dude, this is the whole reason it was so painful for tosh to leave. he was the best recruiter we have (maybe Gould notwithstanding).
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by TheScientist019 on Jan 31, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
that's just silly
There are limited resources and time.
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:31 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I’m not saying they have to pay for another coach just to recruit, but they should have had another coach on staff who should have been talking with these kids.
1) there is a limited no. of coaches and visits.
2) Tosh had recruited some of these kids for 2 to 3 years. How does someone else do that?
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:35 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I don’t think that’s likely. Plus, Texas has not one, but TWO hotshot young coordinators in Manny Diaz and Bryan Harson… I guess 3 if you count Applewhite. So they wouldn’t need Wilcox and Tosh.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
HA!
Kinda like how Armstead listed “academics” as a reason for choosing Oregon.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Our sports medicine department is not very good, but on the plus side the Korean international students
have no interest in the subject so the bell curve isn’t too bad.
It makes sense...
UO is like a UC… only easier.
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UC Eugene = UC Merced
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to be fair
he specifically cited the sports marketing program, which is basically a Nike intern factory.
The Oregon Ducks ARE the marketing program there.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
The Warsaw School of Sports Marketing!
I know one of the sons of Mr. Warsaw (the grandfather invented the bobblehead as a sports promotional tool and the father basically invented the sports licensing business) – the kid, although I’m sure came from a very wealthy family, was a super nice super cool kid with a good head on his shoulders.
It shames me, but he liked the sports marketing department
which is good among them
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Tosh apparently has facility with bullshit statistics.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
ASU is #3 you know
for some perspective
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 31, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
It’s easy to graduate when none of the classes are hard, or when the rest of your classmates making up the curve are… ASU students.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Offended
I worked at Student Med Center and with the Sports Medicine department.
Awesome docs and staff. Some of the best in the world. Where I met Deltha O’Neil
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
More like Jordan "Paytons of money to Tosh"
AMIRITE?!
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 31, 2012 2:10 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
THIS DESERVES TO BE GREEN PEOPLE.
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It was fantastic."
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this whole thing has made me sick
You only get one shot at a Cal degree. You can make the NFL from any college. Sad statement on the intellect of these kids/their parents if they can get swayed by a bullshitter like To$h…and pick a school solely for that reason. As for guys like Shaq, the degree doesn’t matter. If he kills it at UDub, he is gone after 3 years. If he doesn’t, doubt he finishes out his time there. I want kids in the program that love Cal, not kids that love some 30 year old dude who stays up all night on xbox courting 16 year olds. After getting a closer look at this process, I could give a shit about landing these kids, if the motivations behind it were so twisted from the start.
Super DOOM
saw this on my FB feed just now (no joke), posted by someone who knows nothing about football:
Polar Bear Hugging Huskies
Still hope for Stefon Diggs, Thomas Johnson, and Darius Hamilton.
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Stefon Diggs,Thomas Johnson, and Darius Hamilton
fixed
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 31, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Miami or UF?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure Johnson ain’t happening. Schiano leaving Rutgers may help a small amount for Hamilton but he’s most likely headed to Florida.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Carroll was academically ineligible at UCLA. Why do we think he would make the grade at Cal? Also, why would he transfer in conference if he would have to wait an extra year?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Flip? He’s not committed in the first place I don’t think.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t seen that.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
That was reported at one point but apparently it was just a big mess.
He is considered a UW lean though.
I'm pretty happy
good qb recruit, good ILB rewcruit, awesome pass rushers in the 3-4 last year, 3 big OL recruits, couple or WR recruits, awesome DL recruits LAST year, maybe a couple of DB recruits this year, 2 good RB recruits last year, I think Im happy this year. Hopefully next year will not be filled with de-commits.
It shouldn’t be… unless those rumors of Tedford bolting after the 2012 season actually come to fruition.
Feels bad, man.
crossing my fingers
if he does, hopefully he doesnt leave a week before NSD
by heinzketchup on Jan 31, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
where would he bolt to? Unless he wins 9-10 games in 2012, his stock’s pretty low… unless he’s willing to go back to being an OC
I don’t read comments on ESPN or Yahoo! anymore.
They’re just as bad or worse than YouTube comments.
Feels bad, man.
I can tell you that Tedford would in high demand
I don’t think people appreciate how hard it is to win, let alone stay competitive, at Cal
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:26 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
i dont know about 9-10 games in 2012. we need a damn qb. nate longshore was our last 10 win qb and everyones been a disappointment since then.
by heinzketchup on Jan 31, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
In the words of the famous philosopher, Avery Sebastian:
Avery Sebastian @Cali_Showtime4
The good news of the day. Boise st won without great recruits they just had a well coached team, family atmosphere, and great support staff
We have all of those plus great athletes. Sounds like uprising of the #calgang
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
by ikoolykedat on Jan 31, 2012 2:19 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
wise beyond his years
Cal education at its best
One of the best things to come out of this recruiting cycle is the leadership of Avery Sebastian. This kid has shown just how wise and mature he is, as well as how much he truly loves Cal.
This has been a breath of fresh air and I truly look forward to watching this kid grow up and play for Cal.
If he goes to Wazzu
I hope Mike Leach locks him in the damn closet.
Just stop...
So sick of hearing everyone whine about us losing some of these guys. We’re the best damn public university in the world, and everyone’s got their panties in a bunch over a few 18 year olds. I get that they have a lot of potential, but they’ve still never played a down of college football. And if it’s this easy for them to bounce on Cal, fine, I don’t want em. I’ll take 3 star guys who will come in, bust their ass, and play with a chip on their shoulder over these egomaniacs any day. Sucks we lost our best X-Box player and recruit brown-noser (tosh), but he can go to hell. Sarkesian can go to hell also. Actually, the entire University of Washington can go to hell for all I care. They will never be as good as us. Nobel prize scoreboard, we win at life. We still have a new stadium and a real solid group of guys who actually want to be here. I’ll start worrying if and when I find out there won’t be cold beer at my pre-game tailgates next year. And since I’m assuming that’s not going to happen, I’m just not gonna worry.
by daj08bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:25 PM PST reply actions 13 recs
rec’d
I think it’s fine for us to vent a little, but Bears don’t tuck their tails between their legs. Dawgs do.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
LOL my bad
i have no idea wtf i just watched… somebody was sitting at that table with that banner
DOZIER TO WAZZU!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:29 PM PST reply actions
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Can anybody who isn’t our #1 most popular troll provide an update here for us working stiffs?
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REDONKULOUS BEAR TO COUGCENTER
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
MORE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
fin.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 31, 2012 2:31 PM PST reply actions
jesus
this screams wazzu. in front of home town fans? damn it
I am assuming it's
his HS
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
probably
but 15 minute of fame
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:39 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Exactly
Nobody has a big ceremony to re-affirm your pre-existing commitment. So my hopes are not high here. AND YET I WATCH…
Maybe he's just saying goodbye to his home state?
Californian in Exile:
by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
MIKE LEACH WILL COMMIT SEPPUKU IF THIS DOESN'T GO HIS WAY!
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:39 PM PST reply actions
Grew up in Washington
and applied to the UW as a “back up” choice….
The campus is beautiful, but it does rain a lot and the winters are long and dreary. I chose to attend college back east, but when it came time for grad school felt incredibly fortunate to be able to attend U.C. Berkeley.
Clearly the decisions made by these young men was predicated on football and not other aspects of the university. Clearly most of these players will not have a career in the NFL and so the quality of their education will matter.
Did they make the best choice for themselves? Who’s to say. Football is only a game, after all….
Perfect scenario:
Dozier: In conclusion. Eff y’all. I’m heading to Berkeley. Peace
by stevvy89 on Jan 31, 2012 2:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
TwistNHook must’ve written this speech. We’re doomed.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
he’s making the most of it. most kids only commit once twice three times so they may as well enjoy one of the biggest moments of their young lives
Jorge's casa no es su casa.
by dballisloose on Jan 31, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Payton only took 10sec. to announce
because it was on National TV, that’s all he had.
So, get to the point Cedric.
Whatever
This might be the last time he gets a chance to shine. Let him have his moment.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
HIS MOMENT TO COMMIT TO WAZZU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Did anyone think Cal was going to keep all these wide receivers?
Treggs, Payton, Dozier, Walker, Powe, and Lawler? There is no way these guys all would have played 3-4 years together.
yeah
I was surprised to see all commits at WR
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:48 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
if tosh & kiesau didn’t leave, we probably would have only lost dozier.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
funny now
:)
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
We could have kept 5-6 and most of them would’ve gotten PT. We are going to be pretty thin at WR in the next year or two
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
i went to chic fil a and ate, just got back.
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by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT????? REALLY!?!?!?!?
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what is this
good news?
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by CalBear949 on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
YOU KNOW IT!
"Some people watch adult videos on their computer - I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. That’s what gets me going."- Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions head coach
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by Berkelium97 on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
YOU TELL THE STORY!!!
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YOU TELL THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD....
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
THAT DOZIER IS GOING TO CAL.
wait…
by the federer express on Jan 31, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
FUCK TO$H LUPOI!
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by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
YES, THIS.
Rec’d
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OMG WHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT1?!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
GO BIG BLUE! SHOW THAT YOU CAN DOOM!
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
"It's a great university for academics and sports"
Californian in Exile:
by secret ASian man on Jan 31, 2012 2:50 PM PST reply actions
LOL WOW GREAT NEWS!
It feels so good! It feels so good!
Talk more, Cedric!
Please talk more! I take it back!
by bigdruid on Jan 31, 2012 2:51 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad...
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research."
by Auricursine on Jan 31, 2012 2:51 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Lulz
The overjoyed disbelief is very entertaining
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Oh yeah...
Fuck TOSH
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by Fire Starkey on Jan 31, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Good news? We're allowed to have that???
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WHAT? HE CHANGED HATS! HE SWITCHED AND SAID WASHINGTON STATE!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:51 PM PST reply actions
Recruiting is that new CRACK! Just when you think you have kicked the habit
it ropes you back in!
Cedric Dozier
turning DOOOM into WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I forgot what good recruiting news felt like
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I just LOL’D SOOOOO hard at that
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
Dewey Defeats Truman
DEWEY DEFEATS MUTHA FUCKIN TRUMAN YO
WE ARE THE 0%
by zoonews on Jan 31, 2012 2:52 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
no no no
We’re Truman this time!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
WE ARE TRUMAN FUCK STANFURD!
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
LOL we need a picture of this with Doziers head photo shopped in
and the paper should read WSU defeats Cal!
The grey Cal hat was a bit screwy.
What if he was like, “SIKE, IT’S A UW HAT, I’M ON A BOAT!”
comment from CougCenter
I hope we get Dozier
but I would feel bad for the guys at CGBs. I like those guys over there. They are like the opposite of BN.
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by boomtho on Jan 31, 2012 2:52 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
People like us, they really like us! Woooooooooooo!! :D
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Wazzu fans have always been classy, they’re awesome.
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by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah I like the CougCenter folks
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I just cant hate Wazzu or OSU, everyone else
absolutely.
Oh, OSU can go to hell.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Mike Riley
good dude. Although they did hurt Jahvid and Riley.
Woah I thought for SURE this post was by Twist.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
/sarcasm, obviously. I don’t even talk to my friends because I live and die with every down.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Haha yeah I know, but if it were by Twist it wouldn’t be sarcastic :)
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
OSU, UW, fUcla, furd and the Arizona schools, screw them all.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!!
- alpha1906
At this point I honestly DESPISE every single other school in the Pac-12 with the exception of Colorado and Wazzu. And I don’t hate USC quite as much as everyone else does.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
What do you have against Utah?
I’ve always hated Washington the most, so it’s nice that everyone seems to be with me on that now.
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - R. Feynman
They’re lower on the hate list, in fact I’d put them just above Wazzu, Colorado, and USC at the bottom of the list. Mostly it’s just lingering from their pantsing us in the 2009 Poinsettia Bowl. Utah’s not really my favorite state, either, though it’s better than Arizona at least.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
Cedric Dozier reminds us of...
Ed Reed haha, who needs Shaq?
by Lynch's Golf Cart on Jan 31, 2012 2:53 PM PST reply actions
Rivals has him as ATH
Maybe they’re only going on body type w/ the Reed comp.
by Lynch's Golf Cart on Jan 31, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Well he will come in as a WR and I hope he sticks at WR but he could also potentially slide to corner if WR doesn’t work out for him.
incidentally, Ted Miller thinks Dozier is a RB
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
He thanked ALOT of people
My basic psychological analysis says this guys a good dude. Is thankful for people around him. Good to have him.
by heinzketchup on Jan 31, 2012 2:53 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
HAHA
That’s not what a lot of folks were saying when he was giving his speech
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
As opposed to the clowns we lost who need their egos stroked. He’s comin for the right reasons, I love it!
by daj08bear on Jan 31, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Unlike Shaq
who thanked no one in his TwitCommit!
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 31, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
not as poetic as I wanted but close enough:
Perfect scenario:
Dozier: In conclusion. Eff y’all. I’m heading to Berkeley. Peace
by stevvy89 on Jan 31, 2012 2:43 PM PST reply actions
see, if i were you – and i’m just spit ballin’ here – if someone i knew was having dinner with a senior partner at my company who was heading a project i wanted to be on, i would be, oh I don’t know, less mocking and more not mocking… but that’s just me ;-)
So what exactly are you making fun of? That in my haste i said tweet instead of twitter?
lol, you cut me deep fiat :)
i just had an image of my dad… he’s an engineer but consumer-tech ignorant, saying “what is the deal with twitters and tweet handles”. and that’s why i thought it was funny.
ps i’ve somewhat given up on that case… i’m on this one till april, probably, and not much free time for extra stuff. but i am super glad that you are somewhat involved here – i would have reached out to you anyway!
"#caltrollgang" - RB
I know you think I am REALLY old… but sometimes my mistakes are my fingers typing without my brain…
so you’re saying you don’t want me to mention you? He and i had about a two hour call last week. Great guy. TOTAL Cal guy. Turns out we had already talked in Vegas at the UNLV game.
it’d be great if you mention me! (but serious question – you don’t know my name, i think?). i’m not sure my manager / client commitments will allow me to be on that case, but I’D LOVE the opportunity to make that decision!
email me if it’s worth talking further… believe you have my email. thanks!
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The more and more this went on
The more and more I really wanted this kid to come. We can make fun of how long this took, but it just seemed like the kid had a lot of people he wanted to thank and had an understanding of how many different people had a part in this (he thanked his fullback in 7th grade I think?).
Very happy that he’s coming.
This is good news because we really need WRs in this class. i’m OK with Armstead and McCarthy walking, but we definitely needed 3-4 solid WR recruits this cycle. I wonder if this will affect Lawler’s decision b/c as of right now we should be getting:
Treggs
Powe
Dozier
Harper
I’m expecting Walker to walk. If we can get Lawler, then I’ll feel really great about the WR position going into the next few years.
I agree that if we can get Lawler to replace Walker that would be great and might even be an upgrade.
A WR class of Treggs, Powe, Dozier, Harper and Lawler would be awesome!
I was okay with Armstead walking, I will admit I would have loved to have gotten McCarthy but we knew keeping McCarthy, even if Tosh had stayed would have been tough.
Lesson I'm going to take from this entire saga
Don’t pay attention to recruiting until the players sign the actual LOI. Saves us from heartbreak.
Agreed.
I got my hopes up only to have boat fall on them.
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by AndyHogan14 on Jan 31, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’d rather save my heartbreak for the annual USC loss.
by 49er16 on Jan 31, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
so youre saying...
dozier can still sign a LOI with WSU?!? NOOO
by heinzketchup on Jan 31, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Its usually not this insane.
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Arent you already a raging pessismist?
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Somedays I am a raging pessimist, somedays I am just a regular pessimist
on other occasions I have even been described as optimistic, clearly those people don’t know me well enough.
Zach will have someone to throw to!
That was my only concern. Of the two I just watched, I’m glad we got the one we did. Welcome to Berkeley!
Or even better...
show him how to use a U-lock. It’s all about preparation and anticipation.
Mike Silver reaction to decommits:
MikeSilver Michael Silver
We don’t want to be a gimmicky, SC-wannabe nautical operation like the 1 up north. We’re the best school in the world. No sleaze, no tricks
7 minutes ago
"
MikeSilver Michael Silver
These kids have major decisions to make that will impact their lives forever. We want Bears For Life; not a good fit for everyone…
9 minutes ago
Love it.
by stevvy89 on Jan 31, 2012 3:01 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
That is kind of funny coming from a guy who seems to support Tosh and took Tosh’s side in this whole saga.
He switched, I think when the whole story came out. Someone asked him later the same thing and he joked he was declaring Jihad on UW
Oh okay, I suppose that is a bit better. I just remember when it was all going down he seemed to be pro Tosh and taking Tosh’s side.
That’s why—without knowing the whole/true story—it’s pointless to go batshit crazy on the program or coaches. (NOT directed at you, SDBear, more in general)
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
True, just to be clear I have never thought Tedford should be fired for losing Tosh or ever took Tosh’s side.
I am simply pointing out that it was odd that Silver would take Tosh’s side so early on when the story had just broke and it was clearly obvious he had only heard one side (Tosh’s side) of the story. Seeing how Silver is a journalist you would think he would have waited until he had most of the facts in front of him and heard another side of the story before jumping to a conclusion.
to be fair… Mike is a total “labor” guy… ie he almost always sides with labor / underlings over management on these things.
True, that is clear with the way he almost always sides with NFL players. I agree that people should side with the players but sometimes he kind of jumps the gun.
Side story, I am a SD Charger fan and he tends to side with every SD player over AJ Smith. For example, he seems to have an issue that AJ Smith hasnt signed Vincent Jackson to a long term contract. However, what Silver fails to see or realize is that Jackson has had maturity and off the field issues, such as two DUIs in one year. Yet, he never mentions this as a possible reason why AJ and Chargers management has taken a wait and see approach to signing Jackson to a long term deal.
To be fair, I also have issues with AJ and do believe he does tend to let his ego get the best of him and he can hold grudges against players.
Yes, I obviously hope the Chargers stay as well but I do not think the city and the tax payers of SD should have to pay the whole bill for a new stadium. I do support some tax payer dollars going to a new stadium because a new stadium would help the local economy both short and long term. However, that doesn’t mean we should pay for a new stadium, especially if it is going to be privately owned by the Spanos family.
And this is why the Seattle Sonics are now in OKC.
I completely agree with you, but if that’s what San Diego decides than the team will probably move. It is ridiculous and unfair that cities are expected to pay for billionaire’s stadiums, but there doesn’t seem to be much we can do about it as long as other cities want to take our teams.
a little but not that much (and I’m not speaking for you). I think losing the Mariners would be far worse.
I agree.
Good thing Safeco and Century Link will last another 50 years at least.
Oh, I think Petco is great… I loved they didn’t use brick like everyone else. I also like the exposed metal look of safeco. I thik they are both great. I actually like them both better than ATT
I loved the exposed metal of Safeco and the fact that the roof is on train tracks. I just love the modern industrial look of Safeco.
Petco is still nice, I just don’t understand why they faced it looking in towards downtown and not the other way so that you had a view of the bay, Coronado and the Pacific.
i wish there was a way to turn dodger stadium around to have the view of downtown instead of the hills…but guess when the stadium was built, there was no downtown to look at, so the hills were better…
MLB Stadiums...
…all face to the northeast with the exception of Comiskey which faces southeast (to keep it at the same intersection as old Comiskey).
This is because it offers the lowest chances of the catcher having to look into the sun for pitches.
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by Auricursine on Jan 31, 2012 5:19 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
God I miss Dodger Stadium :(
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
I miss going to Dodger games, the stadium not so much.
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- alpha1906
I miss both. I <3 Dodger Stadium.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
I don't have much to compare it too, but I also think it is great.
Only other stadium I’ve been to is new Yankee Stadium which was very cool, but more from a “holy crap I’m in Yankee Stadium” point of view.
You should give AT&T a try!
Football games there are just the worst, but there’s nothing quite like a Giants game during the summer.
by SturdyGoldenBear on Jan 31, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
If I'm ever in SF in the summer I'll be sure to go.
I actually know quite a few Giants fans up here, maybe one of them will go with me.
san francisco is known for it’s clear, fog-free summers.
Signed,
mark twain and
Rich Sweatshirt selling souvenir shop owners
Micro-climates!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
AT&T is a fantastic ballpark
Attractive, Intelligent, Smart A**
by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’m on the record as being anti-tax dollars for football stadiums.. I also do NOT think it should be downtown… that is just dead space when games aren’t going on.
As far as downtown is concerned, I would normally agree but one of the possible locations is just dead space right now. Plus what little public transportation SD does have it all goes downtown so the public tranportation, such as the trolly already exist downtown and would help get people to the games on sunday. I was not a fan of the proposals to move build the stadium in Escondido or Oceanside at all.
SD is getting married??
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I was somewhat involved in the Toyota Center/Houston construction (in that, I knew people who were attending the meetings) – the money was raised via bonds + rental car + hotel + convention center taxes. TAX THE OUT OF TOWNERS TO PAY FOR OUR STADIUM.
Houstonians were very much ok with this approach.
Once Kline establishes himself . . .
Receivers will beg for a scholarship
by Lynch's Golf Cart on Jan 31, 2012 3:02 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Nice pick up you guys
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 3:05 PM PST reply actions
Thanks. Sorry man. I wish we were screwing the Huskies instead of you guys.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Can we all agree to find way sot screw over UW whenever we get the possibility? Perhaps we can get Sark/Tosh can take the boat to the coast of Italy . . .
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I fully expected him to stay with his original commitment.
Everything I have seen on Dozier made it look less and less like he would turn on his original commitment
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
They’re not mutually exclusive options!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
I hope we do
It would be easier if Holt was still the DC though…
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
Hahaha, Leach vs. Holt would be the mismatch of the century.
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Dozier > Payton
Was way more excited about Dozier than Payton anyways. Payton’s leaving was a foregone conclusion. Dozier’s leaving would have signaled something far more troubling. Interesting no one in the state of Washington will actually touch U of W.
by PappysBoy on Jan 31, 2012 3:15 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
He tried but Dozier saw through his lies and didn’t even take a trip to UW last weekend! I love it.
by SDBear on Jan 31, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
ESPN Ted Miller...
Whys is ESPN PAC 12 blog saying Cedric Dozier is a RB commit?
he played it in HS, and ESPN lists him as an athlete, so he just went with that
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by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
The bigger winner in all this:
CGB’s traffic!
Thanks, drama!
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RT @WazzuFBBlog: IIRC the last time #WSU was runner up to #Cal for a top recruit, that would have been for the services of Marshawn Lynch.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 31, 2012 3:21 PM PST reply actions
Hope for the parallel
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Marshawn at WSU?
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haha
marshawn was so oakland there was no way he was going to pullman if he had a choice.
by heinzketchup on Jan 31, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
GO BEARS!
Congrats on making a great decision, Cedric!
Sorry, you made the wrong choice, Shaq. Enjoy getting burned repeatedly on 11/2!
Very happy to have Cedric.
And I can’t wait for November 2nd. I hope that when U Dumb runs out, every single Cal fan turns their back to the field in silence. I know I will be.
The only reason I bleed is to get the red out of me.
I’ll probably boo unless we can coordinate something
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Link fail
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10279135-10000-reward-in-sea-lion-killings
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Are you saying that Sark is giving Tosh a $10k reward for killing sea lions?
This is bigger than we initially thought…
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Apparently, they must be ritually sacrificed to Sark’s chosen deity before any 5* guy will consider UW.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
$10k for each blow you deliver to a sea lion’s head with a blunt object
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 31, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
gorcey
RGBearTerritory Ryan Gorcey
“I want to be well-rounded,” says Dozier, of why he chose to stick with #Cal. #RivalsNSD
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by boomtho on Jan 31, 2012 3:35 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Can you please every saturday between September and November? Oh and assuming it goes well, on Jan 1, 2013 too?
Lifelong Cal fan here.....
I too am bummed out by the defections, but I have a serious question. Even if we got all of these recruits, what makes you think Tedford can coach them up??? Recent history suggests that he can’t. The thing about Tedford is that he’s stubborn; he has a system that he wants to use, but he needs to do a better job of designing it around the strengths of his players. It took like 3/4s of last season before he figured out what to do with Maynard for crying out loud.
"Even if we got all of these recruits, what makes you think Tedford can coach them up???"
The level of success we have had over the past 10 years despite our mediocre recruiting, as well as the level of play of former Bears in the NFL.
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 31, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
level of success?
I don’t think we have been watching the same games the last number of years…and I attend them all. Maybe I have a selective memory. Although I must admit, I embrace mediocrity with the best of them and yell and scream and throw things at my TV and really really really want to crush the opposition like bugs…which never happens (at least not to Pac foes). I think its fair to question the lack of consistent results. This whole recruiting fiasco has put me in a foul mood. Shit man, it feels like Saturday evenings in November.
by bobsyerunkle on Jan 31, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Like this past one where we won 3 out of 4 games? Look, we all want to take the next step as a program, and we’re not satisfied with the past few years, but there are plenty of positive signs that we are on the right path, and we have to be patient (but still insistent) that we improve.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
i missed the last 4 games...
as I had salted my eyes at the end of the UCLA debacle. After a good stint at the eye wash station, I was back just in time for Texas! sigh. you’re right 7-6 is OK. However, it appears that we are slowly slipping in the Pac12 pecking order and this recruiting class is a symptom of an overarching malaise. (I also hate that my UW colleagues at work actually feel sorry for me today)
by bobsyerunkle on Jan 31, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
"this recruiting class is a symptom of an overarching malaise"
You mean this top-20 recruiting class? MORE MALAISE PLEASE!
by Oski4Heisman on Jan 31, 2012 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
not even in the top 25 according to Rivals
I actually have no idea where these rankings are generated. ESPN doesn’t have us in the top 25 as far as I can tell. MALAISE FOR ALL! ha. I can’t believe I wrote MALAISE.
by bobsyerunkle on Jan 31, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
ESPN has Cal at 16...today...after all the hurly burly
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How you surviving in Anch? I lived there back in the early 80s and have some family there and see it’s been pretty cold recently.
Better lately, cause it's been snowing
so single digits. Was -10 to -20 for a bit.
First Winter here, originally from Davis. I actually love it up here.
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I grew up in Oakland and ended up staying nine years even though the plan was four months. It was minus 22 my second weekend there so it only got better. Stay warm!
No doubt. I figured out quick that the keys are a good waterproof coat, good waterproof boots, and good waterproof gloves.
Never had below 15 in Tahoe, now I am handling -15. I can even go out in a sweatshirt when it’s single-digits. #alaskahardcore
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Well, your fault for salting your eyes then, can’t help you there. Maybe we are slipping in the pecking order, maybe we aren’t. 7-6 is an improvement on 5-7, which happened after our bad recruiting through the tree-sitter fiasco. If we don’t continue to get better now that those impediments are removed and we have gorgeous new facilities, then yeah, let’s make some changes.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
…but I think we need another couple of years of wait-and-see to know for sure where we are.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Stubborn is the last word I’d use to describe Tedford. He is constantly tinkering with his approach (e.g., who/how plays are called, when practices are held, day of the week team travels to road games), to the point where I think the lack of consistency over the years has become a fault.
I will forever be a Tedford apologist, and there is nobody I’d rather have coaching the Bears. But I do sometimes wish he’d be less of a detail-oriented, tinkering perfectionist and more of a stubborn, this-is-how-I-do-things sort of leader.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Jan 31, 2012 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
Is that you GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOO Bears?
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Jan 31, 2012 7:12 PM PST up reply actions
Brandon Fanaika
since we’re pumping sunshine, what’s the story with Fanaika and what are our chances of picking him up?
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I don’t know, but I AM EXCITE!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Dozier
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
No, you’re talking about some other school’s player, while I’m talking about a Cal Golden Bear, so I don’t see what you did there.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
No you’re speaking my language!!! :D
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
bah
*Now
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
I’m impervious to your DOOOOOM!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Would have liked Payton to just have made the switch after his visit to UW. His tweets all but implied he wanted to go there. Not to mention his douchey cryptic tweets. Not sure I want him anyway.
I want to give Dozier a big hug though.
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by Nik Jam on Jan 31, 2012 4:00 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Here’s how fickle these commitments can be:
The U.S. Army All-American gave an oral commitment to the Bears in the fall, but he reevaluated his options after two coaches, including receivers coach Eric Kiesau, left for position at the University of Washington.
Dozier quickly scheduled an official visit to WSU. He enjoyed the trip and new coach Mike Leach’s pass-happy offense was enticing and nearly pulled him to Pullman.
"I made up in my mind earlier in the week that I was committing to WSU," Dozier said. "But I kept praying and it came to me today at lunch."
[…]
Between bites of pasta and chicken during lunch Tuesday, Cedric Dozier dialed up California football coach Jeff Tedford.
"We were just talking and something just hit me, telling me ‘Hey, right now is your time, this is what I want you to do,’" Dozier recounted. "It was Cal. I said ‘Hey coach, I think it’s time that I recommit.’"
Later in the day, the fleet receiver reaffirmed his oral commitment to the Golden Bears when he told a crowd full of supporters that he picked Cal over Washington State.
Daaamn, good talk, Coach!
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
That Tedford. What a Terrible Closer.
Sitting around and doing nothing while the class slips away.
by Lynch's Golf Cart on Jan 31, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
so Cal falls somewhere between Chicken and Pasta
like a fairy tale
scrappy
by Honka Playboy on Jan 31, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
OK...2 cents
I just scanned down through the PAC 12 recruiting classes to date this year…and frankly, we still look pretty damn good in comparison, even to a USC, and Washington really sucks..I know it’s been said, but kids who are so loosely tied to a commitment to a University that they jump based on the whims of their favorite recruiting coach…meh,…don’t think we really want them or that they have the stuff to take us where we want to go…maybe just rationalization on my part, but it makes some of the sunshine return to my veins, so I’ll take it…Go Bears…we are gonna be effing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by TKE Prytanis 79 on Jan 31, 2012 5:35 PM PST reply actions
Honestly, if Washington didn’t pull this shady shit, their class would have been a disaster.
The top 3 state of Washington recruits are all still not going to Udub. Without stealing Shaq and Payton, they’d have one of the worst recruiting classes in the Pac 12.
by LouisMurphy'sLaw on Jan 31, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
their class is still bad, only buoyed by shaq and payton.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 31, 2012 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
DDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOO………..ZZZZZZIIEEERRRRRRR.
The Rose Bowl is too mainstream anyway.
by KeenanAllenFett on Jan 31, 2012 5:36 PM PST reply actions
https://twitter.com/#!/JedB45/status/156615480432525313
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by EchoOfSilence on Jan 31, 2012 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
Are you effing kidding me?!
Maybe because this came out of the blue, but this is more upsetting than Shaq or Payton.
Based on that tweet, I’m scared Cal did something to wrong him/didn’t fulfill some agreement…
by TheScientist019 on Jan 31, 2012 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
Since he's a walkon
The logical inference is that he expected (or was hoping for) a scholarship but did not get one.
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That’s a shame. You’d think with all the decommits, we’d have the scholarships available… And I thought I heard good reports about Barnett’s punting.
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by atomsareenough on Jan 31, 2012 9:51 PM PST up reply actions
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