Golden Nuggets: Rams Publish an Extensive Essay on Jared Goff

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Football

• (Pro): Jared Goff, due to his debut 1-11 season at Cal, is in a familiar position now trying to get the Rams back to glory after a tough first season. Note this is a LONG essay but is worth the read. It has quotes from his parents, and an extensive look at his time at Marin Catholic and Cal.

“I think there were a lot of things we went through and had to learn from and ultimately, it was changing the culture, and changing the expectation in the building,” Jared says. “And I was a part of that but I wasn’t the only part of that — there were a bunch of guys there with me that were pulling their weight as well. And I’m proud to say I was a part of it but by no means was I the only person behind that. It was a group effort.”

“No team has ever gone 1-11 and then to a bowl game the next year in college football. And they could’ve done that. There were a couple of games that they probably could have won [but] didn’t,” Jerry says. “They ended up 5-8, and then yeah, they moved on.

• From Bay Area Media Day - Cal and Stanford talk about learning about recruits by their social media.
• Greg Biggins analyzes newest Cal commit (or one of them, at least) Will Craig.

Most of these are old and I missed them last time, or they were launched just as I finished the last GN.

• Golden Bear Report’s takeaways from Pac-12 Media Day.
• James Looney noticed something was different about Justin Wilcox (as opposed to Sonny, I guess? Its not clear) his first week as coach.
• Justin Wilcox talks about Aaron Rodgers’ relationship with Cal now that he is the coach.

Misc.

• Women’s Basketball: The Meet the Freshmen series continues with Kianna Smith.

• Rugby: Summer camp is wrapping up, here’s a recap.
• Women’s Gymnastics: Zoe Draghi, Arianna Robinson and Amber Takara earn Scholastic All-America honors by the National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches/Women. Each had at least a 3.5 GPA last season... though how about Draghi’s 3.95 GPA?
• Track and Field: Five men (Tyler Brendel, Paramveer Chohan, Garrett Corcoran, Thomas Joyce and Cameron Tu) and one woman (Bethan Knights) received All-Academic Honors from the US Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association, given to athletes with at least a 3.25 GPA as well as having a successful season on the track. In addition, both the men’s and women’s teams were named All-Academic teams by the USTFCCCA for having a cumulative +3 GPA.

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