Just as a heads up, but there will be no regular media availability with the team this week. We are open to request players, as I have done, but Justin Wilcox, Peter Sirmon and Mike Bloesch are not scheduled to speak with reporters this week.

I do want to keep everything active here, however, so I thought it would be a good time to do a mailbag. So, drop any questions you have about the team, recruiting, really whatever below and I will answer them for a content item later in the week.

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The Bears were one of the early programs to jump in the mix with four-star quarterback Luke Fahey, and now the hot start from the team has helped push Cal even further into the conversation with the 2026 prospect from Mission Viejo High School. Ole Miss has emerged as the favorite up to this point, but the Bears have continued to make their move now into his junior season. I've watched him quite a bit already, and he has all the tools to run the offense and would provide some quality depth behind Jaron Sagapolutele in the future if the Bears are able to win out in his recruitment.

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Cal’s Oct. 5 matchup with Miami has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT. It will be broadcast by ESPN as the Bears get the marquee evening TV spot for the big ACC matchup. It will be the first matchup between the two programs since their meeting in the 2008 Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. The Hurricanes will be making their first trip to California Memorial Stadium since 1990.

The two teams have split the four meetings in their all-time series with the Bears winning the first matchup back in 1964 in addition to the Emerald Bowl victory. Cal enters its first bye week with a 3-1 record after falling to Florida State in its ACC opener on Saturday, 14-9.

The Week 6 contest against the Hurricanes, which are currently ranked No. 7 in the latest AP Top 25 poll, enter Week 5 undefeated after taking down South Florida on Saturday, 50-15, ahead of a Friday matchup with Virginia Tech this week.

Now we wait and see if they get ESPN Gameday as well.

3-7 last week 23-18 for the year. 1-0 for my lock of the week for 4-1 for the year. https://cal.forums.rivals.com/threads/lets-pick-the-acc-week-4-games.32982/

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Miami by Vtech by 19.5 - Vtech covers?

NC State by 7 over Northern Illinois - Nc State

BC by 13 over Western Kentucky - No idea. Western Kentucky.

Wake Forest by 3 over Louisiana - Wake?

Notre Dame by 5.5 over Louisville - Two overrated teams. Louisville is more overrated. ND covers.

Duke by 3 over North Carolina - Crazy. North Carolina wins.

Clemson by 21.5 over the Furd - Clemson covers.

SMU by 5.5 over Florida State - They are who we thought they were and we let them off the hook. SMU

Non conference lock of the week: USC by 14.5 over Wisconsin - USC doesn't cover big spreads at home. Wisconsin covers.