Vegas not buying wilcox's "master plan."

Furd favored by 2.5 at hawaii. Interesting.

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The Bears held on after allowing 4 runs in the ninth inning to take down No. 8 seed Wake Forest in Durham on Wednesday to secure their spot in the quarterfinals of the ACC Baseball Championship. Right fielder Jacob French went 4 for 6 at the plate to help pace Cal in its 14-12 win over the Demon Deacons setting up a meeting with top-seeded Georgia Tech on Thursday at noon (PT).

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As we did last year, we will use this space to keep track of all the transfer news for the Bears this winter. I am expecting Cal to be plenty active in the coming weeks, so there will be plenty of news to watch. This top post will be where I keep track of all the additions and departures for the Bears, so make sure to check back here to see what the overall picture looks like this transfer season.

Winter 2024

Additions
– DL Tyson Ford (Notre Dame | Dec. 13)
– K Kyle Cunanan (Charlotte | Dec. 15)
– CB Jaden Mickey (Notre Dame | Dec. 20) [flipped to Boise State]
– CB Hezekiah Masses (FIU | Dec. 20)
– OL LaJuan Owens (New Mexico | Dec. 21)
– OL Tyson Ruffins (Nevada | Dec. 21)
– OL Lamar Robinson (Georgia State | Dec. 22)
– DB Tristan Dunn (Washington | Dec. 23)
– OL Leon Bell (Mississippi State | Dec. 27)
– ILB Buom Jock (Colorado State | Dec. 27)
– QB Jaron Sagapolutele (Oregon | Jan. 5)
– P Brook Honore Jr. (Arkansas State | Jan. 6)
– OL Jordan Moko (Charlotte | Jan. 6)
– OLB Jayden Wayne (Washington | Jan. 6)
– TE Mason Mini (Idaho | Jan. 8)
– LS Caleb Johnston (Washington | Jan. 8)
– WR Jacob de Jesus (UNLV | Jan. 10)
– WR Dazmin James (Arkansas | Jan. 13)
– DB Dru Polidore (Montana State | Jan. 17)
– QB Devin Brown (Ohio State | Jan. 21)

Departures
– OL Matthew Wykoff (Dec. 1) ➡️ committed to Houston
– TE J.T. Byrne (Dec. 2) ➡️ committed to Georgia Tech
– TE Nate Rutchena (Dec. 2) ➡️ committed to UC Davis
– DB Brooklyn Cheek (De. 5) ➡️ committed to Wyoming
– P Bobby Engstler (Dec. 5) ➡️ committed to Arkansas State
– WR Nyziah Hunter (Dec. 9) ➡️ committed to Nebraska
– QB Fernando Mendoza (Dec. 10) ➡️ committed to Indiana
– LS David Bird (Dec. 13) ➡️ committed to Alabama
– WR Josiah Martin (Dec. 19) ➡️ committed to Oklahoma
– WR Mikey Matthews (Dec. 23) ➡️ committed to UCLA
– K Derek Morris (Dec. 23) ➡️ committed to UMass
– DB Matthew Littlejohn (Jan. 3) ➡️ withdrew from portal
– QB Chandler Rogers (Jan. 6)
– QB CJ Harris (Jan. 17)
– OLB David Reese (Jan. 21) ➡️ committed to Syracuse

Spring 2025

Additions
– OLB Chris Victor (Chattanooga | April 16)
– WR Quaron Adams (South Dakota | April 19)
– OLB TJ Bush Jr. (Liberty | April 20)
– LS Rino Monteforte (Notre Dame | April 22)
– RB Brandon High Jr. (UTSA | April 25)
– CB Quimari Shemwell (Utah | April 25)
– RB Kendrick Raphael (NC State | April 26)
– OL Daveion Harley (Jacksonville State | April 28)
– WR Mark Hamper (Wisconsin | April 30)
– K Chase Meyer (Penn State | May 1)
– ILB Harrison Taggart (BYU | May 1)
– DL Zae Smith (Houston Christian | May 1)
– DB Jordan Sanford (Texas Tech | May 1)
– CB Brent Austin (South Florida | May 2)
– K Abram Murray (Miami | May 2)
– RB LJ Johnson Jr. (SMU | May 3)
– WR Jayden Dixon-Neal (Purdue | May 9)
– TE Landon Morris (Temple | May 10)

Departures
– RB Justin Williams-Thomas (April 11) ➡️ committed to Marshall
– TE Jack Endries (April 13) ➡️ committed to Texas
– WR Mavin Anderson (April 14) ➡️ committed to Texas State
– RB Jaydn Ott (April 14) ➡️ committed to Oklahoma
– RB Byron Cardwell (April 14) ➡️ committed to San Diego State
– RB Kadarius Calloway (April 14) ➡️ committed to New Mexico State
– OL Trent Ramsey (April 15) ➡️ committed to Appalachian State
– WR Mason Starling (April 15) ➡️ committed to San Jose State
– C Dylan Jemetegaard (April 16) ➡️ committed to Montana
– RB Jaivian Thomas (April 16) ➡️ committed to UCLA
– OLB Elijah Diaz (April 16)
– OLB Myles Williams (April 17) ➡️ committed to Nevada
– OLB John Gayer (April 17) ➡️ committed to Utah State
– TE Simon Mapa (April 17) ➡️ committed to New Mexico
– QB Andrew Maushardt (April 17)
– TE Camden Jones (April 17)
– DB Ryan Yaites (April 18) ➡️ committed to TCU
– WR Jonathan Brady (April 23) ➡️ committed to Indiana
– K Kyle Cunanan (April 24) ➡️ committed to Nebraska
– LS Caleb Johnston (April 24) ➡️ committed to Rutgers
– CB Marcus Scott II (April 28)
– WR Tobias Merriweather (April 28) ➡️ committed to Utah
– ILB Hunter Barth (April 28) ➡️ committed to Stanford

SI rates Fernando as the 5th best QB for next season which is one viewpoint that in a way highlights Cal's net drain of top end offensive talent in this year's portal

A very interesting story about an AD at FSU who takes care of his school while JK gets schooled

Can anyone try to explain what is Cal's correct share of ACC revenues? Does the new revenue sharing deal based on ability to generate media revenue cut down our participation even further?

It seems the days of scheduling cupcakes to get to 6 bowl eligible wins will have a price associated with it.

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Rare to see us get poached in an Olympic sport but it feels like the bill is coming due for Cal everywhere given the shambles our AD is in.

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Hey friends, wrote a pretty meaty feature today on Bear's Lair — I spent weeks going through archives and digging up history on the bar, which once hosted Jerry Garcia (!), Robin Williams (!!) and Aaron Rodgers with a bowl cut. You probably don't know about a lot of that history, though because Cal has stood by and watched it die a long, slow, seemingly never-ending death.

Full Article

The latest on a lot of big names:

Any news on where we stand with additional transfers? thx

This afternoon, Cal GM Ron Rivera announced a crowdfunding initiative alongside Justin Wilcox and Kevin Kennedy aimed at raising $500,000 with donations that will be matched up to that amount by Rivera, Wilcox and Kennedy.

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The ACC has announced this afternoon that it will be moving from a 20-game conference schedule to an 18-game slate beginning this fall. The move will allow for some scheduling flexibility across the league. The new setup will have two teams serve as primary partners (Stanford is going to be matched up with Cal) with those two teams playing twice in a season along with a rotating variable partner that will also have a home and home matchup on the schedule. Then the other games will be played against 14 of the 15 remaining teams in the league.

“As a league, we have been transparent about the importance of ACC Men’s Basketball and specifically our commitment to ensuring it is best positioned for the future,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said in a statement through the league. “Moving to an 18-game conference schedule is a direct result of our ongoing strategic review and analysis and provides our schools a better balance of non-conference and conference games, while also allowing them more autonomy in the scheduling process. This decision reflects our on-going prioritization to do what’s best for ACC Men’s Basketball, and we appreciate the thoughtfulness of our membership and the support from our television partners.”

Conference play will begin in late December and run through the first Saturday in March. Last season the Bears had a Dec. 7 matchup against Stanford before concluding nonconference play and played the Cardinal, SMU and NC State twice during the regular season.

Only at Cal would we get punished for this stuff. Absolutely a joke of an infraction . Ncaa trying to stay relevant

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Cal has scored a major recruiting win on Sunday as four-star outside linebacker Camron Brooks has announced his pledge to the Bears. Brooks had been set to take several official visits in the summer with Cal included among that group, but he's instead shifted course and opted to commit to the Bears now. He's teammates with current offensive line commit Artem Korchagin at Thomas County Central in Georgia, and the Bears are starting to build a nice pipeline into the school.

Clemson, Florida State and Miami are the other schools that Brooks had set official visits with already while Georgia, Ohio State, Texas, Michigan, LSU, Florida and Texas A&M are some of the programs on his offer list.

As it stands now, Brooks is the highest-rated commitment for Cal since the 2016 cycle.


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The latest on a lot of top names:

Beat Life University 55-38 today. Go Bears!

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Looking for a bar for tomorrow’s Cal national championship rugby game for meeting up with friends. Does anyone know of a campus area Bar or East Bay bar showing the rugby network? thanks for your help.

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Big get!

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High three-star recruit.

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Here's a recap of a busy portal day for the Bears who added three commitments on Thursday.

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