Put your official score guesses in this thread. Currently at Cal -14 with an O/U 54.5

As Cal prepares to head into the offseason here soon, there will be plenty of transfer portal movement once again. We'll keep track of the new offers going out for the Bears to players in the portal in this thread to be updated as the winter portal window plays out.

Alright, I suspect there are a few Warriors fans on this board looking for some escapism from the Calpocalypse. So as a diversion, I have a W's topic.

I'm in utter disbelief how many legit good NBA players the Warriors have on their roster at this moment. It's like how many legit good teams there are in the Western Conference! I was clamoring for Moses Moody to start over Klay Thompson - and I wanted Thompson traded - last year, Now, in exchange for Thompson, the have DeAnthony Melton, Buddy Heild, and Kyle Anderson, in addition to Moody, and the roster is so deep that they could possibly put Andrew Wiggins at SG, with Kuminga at SF, Green PF, and TJD at Center. Some people say this will hurt spacing, but with Draymond hitting 3s at a decent clip again, it seems to work.

Anyway, all this is to say the roster is exceptionally deep. My question is what do you do if you are the Warriors, both in terms of lineups, and also trade strategy. I mean conventional thinking is you need to package some very good players for an elite talent to compete for a championship, and depth doesn't mean much, but I question if any team has ever had this much depth and young home drafted talent. I think Dunleavy has said how it doesn't make a lot of sense to mortgage the future when you aren't getting to championship level with a trade. Does Giannis make the Warriors a championship threat, or might they be better off not having him, and having so much depth.

Yes, it's pre-season, but the W's are #7 in 3pt Attempts/Game and #2 in 3pt FG% this preseason through four games. The Warriors are also #3 in 3pt FG% Defense. Yes, it's a small sample size, but if 3pt FG% is now the path to championship contention, it seems the current roster is well constructed. Or are the pundits right, and Warriors must make a trade to land a superstar, and who might that be?

So was just doing some research on Cal in one-possession games (8 points or less) and the Bears are 5-15 from 2021-2024 in such instances, and the average margin in those games has been 5 points. Six ranked opponents in that bunch and a pair of overtime games. Just brutal for the Bears. Overall, Cal is 15-25 in one-possession games under Justin Wilcox.

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Cal Athletics and law firm Troutman Amin have agreed to a sponsorship deal that will bring corporate logos to field at California Memorial Stadium once again.

"We are absolutely thrilled to enter into this innovative new partnership with Troutman Amin, LLP, especially since Eric Troutman is a Golden Bear himself," AD Jim Knowlton said in a statement announcing the deal. "Troutman Amin's support helps us in our ongoing quest to provide a world-class experience for our student athletes and is another means for us to generate revenue as we move forward in this evolving landscape of intercollegiate athletics."

The Troutman Amin, LLP logos will be painted on the 25-yard lines at CMS opposite the ACC logos and that will take place this week meaning they will be on the field for the 127th Big Game.

The Irvine-based law firm was founded by Cal alum Eric J. Troutman (1999).

"If you stop and think about it, this was a no-brainer for us," Troutman said. "Cal is one of the top two schools in Silicon Valley, and one of the nation's leading engines for high-tech innovation. Troutman Amin, LLP is recognized as one of the country's most innovative law firms focused on emerging practice areas like telecom, data privacy and AI. So, this is an absolutely perfect match. And the fact that I am a Cal grad just makes it all the more meaningful."

I am very confused this morning

Our Week 9 winners is @droski with a score of 9! Next best were @icbear and @calderon11 with a score of 22.

Our Week 10 winners is @MC416 with a score of 3! Next best was @Colonial Bear with a score of 7.

Here are the updates standings through ten weeks.Remember, after Week 4 we drop each person’s two worst scores from the average provided they have participated all four weeks (or drop one score if a week has been missed). The bold scores are the scores that have been dropped.

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Rivals has updated its 2025 rankings and Cal quarterback commit Jaron Sagapolutele has moved up 82 spots to No. 90 following his senior season. Adam Gorney wrote today that that might not be high enough either.

Is that finally enough to get Wilcox fired? If so, I’m here for it. Short term pain for long term gain

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Here's Justin Wilcox's lengthy press conference from today, and I'll be adding the others here shortly.

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Nothing groundbreaking here, but I asked Justin Wilcox about recruiting heading into Cal's last chance to host recruits on a game day before the early signing period. He said the staff plans to be aggressive down the stretch of the recruiting cycle and in the portal with the offensive and defensive lines being the priority right now, though he specified priorities could change as the staff figures out who leaves and who doesn't from this year's team.

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Attention current Cal WRs ... don't transfer from Cal ... Neither Hunter or Sturdivant may get 20 catches this season. Both had 60+ catches in their last years with Cal.

Hunter has two catches for 16 yards, JMS no catches so far.

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Kenzo, our new MBB reporter, seems to be missing in action. It would be nice for Kenzo, for example, to interview our two new 4 * MBB recruits-commits and then post the results here. Dearly departed Ben Parker would have done that and more, letting us know about visiting MBB recruits and interviewing them as well. It is strange indeed that the paying posters here are doing Kenzo's job so far.

GAME INFO

Who: Cal (2-1; last game: 85-69 loss to Vanderbilt) at USC (3-0; last game: 98-95 win over UT Arlington)
When: 6:30 p.m. PT
Where: Galen Center | Los Angeles, California
TV/streaming: Big Ten Network | A.J. Kanell (PxP) & Don MacLean (Analyst)
Radio: 810 AM | Justin Allegri (PxP) and Theo Robertson (Analyst)
All-time series: Cal leads 137-133
Odds: USC (-7.5), O/U (152.5) – via BetMGM

I'm at Galen Center tonight and will provide updates of the Bears' fourth game of the season as they look to rebound after falling on the road at Vandy earlier in the week. Tonight they'll take on undefeated USC in LA.

Join the conversation and follow along for updates.

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BJ Omot moves back into the starting lineup after another standout showing against Vandy.

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Fernando Mendoza didn't want to blame anyone else for Saturday's result against visiting Syracuse. He put the blame on himself after throwing multiple interceptions for the first time since the Independence Bowl and only the third time in his two-year career at Cal. Meanwhile, the Bears' defense did not record a turnover for the first time this season in the 33-25 defeat at CMS on Saturday.

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Cal’s regular season finale against SMU will kick off at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 30. The Bears travel to Dallas in Week 14 and will wrap things up with their third consecutive afternoon kickoff.

So we’re going to go ahead with our Bear With Us podcast call-in line idea, and it’ll debut this week assuming we get a good batch of calls. Here’s some of the ground rules and the idea of what we’re looking for.

1) Let's do our best to keep these messages under 3 minutes just in case we have multiple messages that we want to use for each podcast.

2) Please leave your message board/log-in name either at the beginning or the end of the message.

3) Although this is the internet, please limit profanity and any vulgarities. Treat it like you would a live public radio show.

4) Let's keep the topics to the Bears and things associated with the programs at Cal. As much as I wouldn't mind getting into some other discussions I think it makes sense to keep it Cal-focused for our purposes.

As mentioned in the other thread, we don’t want it to turn into just a rant session, so I’ll ask that you base whatever you say on ultimately asking us a question to discuss or providing a topic to address on the podcast.

Open to other suggestions, but hopefully this gives you all another opportunity to interact with us and feel like you have a place to discuss the Bears. Definitely want all our subscribers to be part of the what we do, and I think this is a fun way to get you all in involved.

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4-2 last week for 54-43-1 for the year. 1-0 for my lock of the week for 8-5 for the year. https://cal.forums.rivals.com/threads/lets-pick-the-acc-week-12-games.33175/

Home team in Italics

Georgia Tech by 8.5 over NC State - Can't believe we lost to NC State at home. Georgia Tech covers.

Miami by 23.5 over Wake Forest - Miami isn't great at blowing people out. Wake Forest covers.

North Carolina by 3.5 over BC - BC covers.

SMU by 9.5 over Virginia - Virginia covers. Could be an upset.

Syracuse by 10.5 over Uconn - How embarrassing that we lost to a team that is only a 10.5 favorite over Uconn. Syracuse cover?

Cal by 13.5 over the Furd - Insane line. Furd covers.

Louisville by 7.5 over Pitt - No idea. Lousville?

Virginia Tech by 2.5 over Duke - No idea. Virginia Tech?



Non conference lock of the week: Ohio State by 11.5 over Indiana - Jersey line. Indiana covers.

Here's the game recap from the Bears' victory over the Trojans.

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Circa Sports has released its opening lines for Week 13 and the Bears open as a 12-point favorite for the 127th Big Game.

So I've done this at other places, but would you all have any interest in me setting up a call-in line for any subscribers who want to sound off about the Bears? There'd be some loose rules just to avoid a full Finebaum situation and it wouldn't be live, but it would give any of you who wish to discuss a topic a chance to be part of the weekly podcasts. If we get enough each week, we can definitely turn it into a segment to make things a little more interactive. Just wanted to gauge interest here before setting anything up.

What do ya think?

Here are the postgame press conference videos recorded by AJ Alany today with Justin Wilcox, Fernando Mendoza and Teddye Buchanan providing their thoughts on Saturday's loss for the Bears against Syracuse.

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Put your official score guesses in this thread. Currently at Cal -10 with an O/U 57.5

Not sure why the spread is now -10 (bigger spread than previous). Possible key injuries to Syracuse player(s)?