There was an interesting article this morning in the CC Times about the new academic rules Janet N is imposing on the PAC 12 which affect the compensation of ADs and coaches, It dawned on me that such rules may turn out to be tougher on Cal athletics, because a 2.0 average at Cal with a decent course load requirement is harder to achieve and realistically different than most other PAC schools. Cal is known as a school that puts enormous pressure on it undergrads, with tough grading and lots of work to be done in a very competitive academic environment. No wonder Sonny is recruiting scholars instead of athletes.

Not saying you were responsible but I am just wondering how:
A) Lonny Powell didn't make the top 250
B) ross bowers didn't get a 4th star

Also those semper fi QBs got rating bumps despite not being able to hit the back of a barn in the bowl game

Rivals is much more accurate than espn 247 and scout when it comes to rankings

I would just like to hear the explanation for Powell and bowers

I was perusing an article on the Web about Steph Curry's bet with his mother (whereby he pays her $100 per turnover for "excess turnovers") when I noticed an advert/link for a blurb entited "Hottest College Sororities by School: The list may surprise you." (It certainly did.)

I had to click on it, and it took me to a website called "americanlivewire.com." The link is set forth below. The first photo was of some gals who are purported to be from USC. The second photo (which I am trying to paster here and which I hope comes through) purports to be of the "hot sorority girls" from Stanford. LOL, check out the photo! Moreover, check out the caption, which is just too funny. "Ivy League." "Hottest babes." ROFL. I don't think this is gonna set off any tsunamis.


http://americanlivewire.com/2014-09-13-hottest-college-frat-girls-school-list-may-surprise-2/









Brains and beauty don't always go together, but in this case they absolutely do. Stanford is one of the most prestigious schools in the Ivy League but beyond that, the school is also home to some of the hottest babes in the country. If a degree from a prestigious college wasn't enough reason to go to Stanford, the girls should give you another to aim high.


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eric sondheimer þ- After scoring 43 points on Tuesday, Tyler Dorsey of Maranatha is averaging 32.3 points in 15 games.

I think Tyler's results qualifies him as a Scoring Point Guard.

... officially got underway this morning. 227 days to go...

Any news since his Miami visit?
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On a somewhat random note, I was reading about Oregon Coach Helfrich's season ending remarks and he mentioned that JuCo CB Dominique Harrison was transferring out of Oregon.

Is there any interest for Cal to give Dominique a shot? If I recall correctly, Cal was definitely in the running for Dominique before he committed to the Ducks (see article linked from about 1 year ago)...although I faintly recall the recruiting had some oddities.

One caution: This other brief article below was written by a small local paper called the Daily Emerald. Sounds like Dominique never really saw the field while at Oregon and I found the "no idea" comment by his dad as kind of a shocker.
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Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich said on Monday that wide receiver Chance Allen, cornerback Stephen Amoako and cornerback Dominique Harrison all plan on transferring.



It had been reported that both Amoako would transfer before Helfrich spoke during Monday's press conference, however Harrison's name had yet to be mentioned. Helfrich also added that a couple other guys are "in limbo."


Harrison, a junior college transfer from Tracy, California, came to Oregon in the Winter term of 2014 to take part in the Ducks' off-season conditioning program and recorded two tackles in the spring game. He did not appear on the depth chart or receive any playing time during the 2014 season.


Harrison's father told the Emerald that he had no idea that his son was transferring from Oregon and that he had no comment.




https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1585685

Will now visit Utah on the 16th. Cal official should be on the 23rd. With Yenser leaving, looks like they still could have some work to do to close Capra, which is a very important get, if not because he's one of Cal's two 3-star OL commits, then because his 2016 brother Jacob is one of the best OL in the 2016 class...

Capra to visit Utah

Cal football just tweeted out that Lonny Powell has joined the team. He's an early entrant?

With three commits coming out of Cal's 11-recruit strong official visitor weekend, could Chris Williamson be No. 4? We go in-depth with the Georgia DB, who talks about how the Tony Franklin System sparked Cal's interest in him, academics, and pressure from the other recruits...

Williamson next?

Just told Rivals he's down to Stanford, Vandy, and Cal, said he'll make his decision on Signing Day. Feel like this one is pretty close honestly -- Meeks was just admitted to Stanford, they just lost a big DB commit, and he just made his Stanford visit. I think that throughout Meeks has been really high on whatever school he visits and once the visit glow has worn off he's settled in on his thinking a bit more. I think in light of being accepted and just taking his Stanford visit, the Cardinal could have a lead right now. But once the glow wears off and final in-homes happen, I'm not completely confident they stay there.

I think between Buncom and Meeks, Buncom is probably the more likely of the two to commit to Stanford, but then again he added Cal in recent weeks back into his final four, and will make his official visit this weekend. It will be interesting to see if Frank does in fact go with Stanford if that affects Meeks' desire to as well. Bears really need to land one of the two with Meadors looking like he's down to UCLA and Notre Dame. More as we hear it...

Mark, Grant, are we at risk of losing any of our commits now that Harbaugh is a Michigan man?
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Rabb sits down with Eric Bossi for a 1-on-1, talks about Cal, Cuonzo Martin, and his decision timeline. Real nice read...

Rabb on Cal, Cuonzo

This fellow is Experienced, has a resume that includes Achievements and obviously is Motivated - I'm optimistic that this is a excellent hire by Sunny Dykes.

Bio from ECUI

As you are all likely aware, the NCAA just announced a modification of its 2012 Consent Decree with Penn State that largely eliminates the few remaining sanctions, and restores the 112 wins the NCAA "took away" from PSU football between 1998 and 2011. This restores Joe Paterno to the top of the career wins list for Division 1 football coaches at 409 wins.

The PSU ice hockey team decided to commemorate the occasion by playing a couple nights ago wearing small "409" stickers on the back of their helmets. This apparently disturbed a woman named Gretchen Nielsen, whose Twitter history describes her as a University of Michigan alumna. Ms. Nielsen tweeted Sandy to express her displeasure over the decals, and here is their Twitter exchange:

"@SandyB_PSUAD: Today was a win for #PennState and its student-athletes past & present. http://t.co/0DyDkSHyX9 #WeAre #OneTeam

@gretchnielsen: @SandyB_PSUAD no one in your office thought '409' on helmets might not show "we've learned our lesson. It's not about wins"? Dear Lord.

@SandyB_PSUAD: @gretchnielsen Agree with you. Inappropriate and insensitive. It's been corrected.

@gretchnielsen: @SandyB_PSUAD great to hear. Good luck to you guys!"


Sandy's Twitter page has since blown up with tweets from PSU alums incensed over her "inappropriate and insensitive" comment, and her puzzling desire to cater to the comments of a UM grad. Sandy is now backtracking big time, but this mess is far from over. (I understand that Ms. Nielsen cancelled her Twitter account.)

LOL, I'd much rather have our temporary AD than suffer through more of Sandy.
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Should be interesting to see how he deals with the press during Superbowl week.

Source says he'll get a visit from the Cal staff today.

In addition to the Peeler home visit barrage this week, Greg Burns is at Cal ATH commit Evan Rambo's home today.
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triple option is not a porn movie title. Million Man March, however, is under consideration at the upcoming ( pun intended) Porn Movie Awards to be held at Uncle Yu's restaurant. Triple threat was once used to illustrate the perfect basketball stance for an offensive player. Zero threat perfectly illustrates the offensive stance employed for 80% of our current players.

Per his twitter, he is committing to Indiana and shutting down the recruitment process

No Message

Two non-commits added: Brandon Singleton and JaMarcus Bradley will both be in Berkeley this coming weekend, and like I mentioned in another thread, basically all of Cal's commits who haven't visited will be there as well. Confirmed a bunch more of those today, we're up to 17 visitors for Jan 23-25. Also of note, all of the spring admits are now in Berkeley, which means Albert, Wilson, and Bowers will all be there to help host the visit as well. Updated list at the link below...

Updated OV list

I caught up with Dallas Bishop Dunne WR A.D. Miller and he plans to visit Cal Jan. 23. He says coach Dykes and coach Ingram are now leading his recruitment for Cal and coaching changes were not really going to impact his decision too much. Here's a link to the story

Miller keeping an eye on options

Points given up per game dropped by 6 total and almost 12%. Unfortunately it was still awful at 39.5 given up vs. 45.6

Rush defense went from 4.9 ypg to 3.98 ypg - huge jump and a solid #

Pass defense went from 9.4 yards per attempt to 8.1 yards per attempt - still anemic to say the least

Our points allowed per play improved by 20%+

Yes, we were still awful overall but at least the trend line is in the right direction.

Some reason for optimism that we will see a bigger jump in 2015:
- 2nd year in Kaufman's system
- 9 returning starters
- Influx of faster newcomers
- Looney on the DL
- Depth at LB and CB[/B]

Promote the DL coach, Jim Tomsula to HC.
Cant say im shocked, it seems like exactly the thing the niners would do, but damn am i disappointed. Of the plethora of guys available (including fangio) you settle for a DL coach with no prior HC experience? I was pulling for them to promote Fangio and then go out and hire a good OC like marc trestman.

Hope this works out...