Cal went on a bit of an offer spree today as the Bears look to build some momentum on the recruiting trail after a big visit weekend. The Bears focused on the younger prospects with a handful of offers going to 2025 and 2026 prospects. However, one 2024 recruit with several high-level offers was also added to the list as well.

Here's a look at the newest group of official Cal targets.

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Jovani Ruff is arguably the most prominent visitor Cal has had on campus since the arrival of Mark Madsen, and he took his first trip to Berkeley over the weekend. Things went well with the top-40 2025 prospect as he continues to build a strong relationship with Mark Madsen and the Bears staff. He said one of the things that pushed him to make Cal one of his early official visits is that the Bears have by far been the most active in his recruitment.

Washington could get him on a visit this fall, but for right now Cal is the only one he had planned. It is very possible he doesn't take any other official visits until later in the year or next year.

The Bears are in a good spot and did nothing but help their chances with the high four-star guard over the weekend.

"It was really good, and it was actually way better than I expected," he told Golden Bear Report. "People be talking down on Cal because of the season they had las year, but I feel like they're gonna have a really good year. The staff is great, and the players are really good."

Read the full update at the link up top. @djsit

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Sam Jackson V met with reporters today for about 10 minutes after practice to discuss his play in the game against Auburn, what he learned going through the experience on Saturday and what he expects heading into this week's game against Idaho. You can watch the entire media session from Wednesday in the video above.

Looks like Rowing won't be on the chopping block

The initial 2026 Rivals100 was just revealed. Take a look at the coverage:

Top 10 Countdown for 2026 class
Meet the initial five-stars in 2026
Tuesdays with Gorney: Thoughts on the 2026 rankings
Who's the top player at each position in 2026 class?
2026 Rivals100

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Here's a few updates from today including AJ Alany's first article taking a look back at Saturday's game against Auburn. Plus, the latest piece from Maria on today's media session with Justin Wilcox, Jake Spavital and Peter Sirmon.

Lastly, we have some clips from Saturday's game if you want to relive the action.

4-5-1 last week for 8-10-1 for the year. 1-0 for my lock of the week: https://cal.forums.rivals.com/threads/lets-pick-the-pac-12-games-week-2.32194/

Home teams in italics
Oregon State by 24 over SDSU - I guess SDSU just isn't good? Oregon State covers.

UW by 16 over MSU - Guess it depends how MSU responds to their coach getting fired. UW rolls.

Oregon by 37.5 over Hawaii - Hate these huge spreads. Hawaii?

Colorado by 22.5 over Colorado State - Colorado has to look shitty at some point right? Colorado State covers.

Fresno State by 2.5 over ASU - ASU sucks and is unmotivated. Fresno covers.

Arizona by 17.5 over UTEP - UTEP isn't terrible. UTEP covers.


Non conference lock of the week: Texas by 28 over Wyoming - Letdown. Wyoming.

Cal is already through two days of work in preparation for its next game as the Bears will close out nonconference play against Idaho this Saturday. Tuesday, head coach Justin Wilcox spoke with reporters for the first time since after Saturday's game to discuss his lasting thoughts on the loss to Auburn while offensive coordinator Jake Spavital and defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon gave their evaluations of the game while also looking ahead to this week's matchup against Idaho.

Running back Isaiah Ifanse, who played against Idaho in the Big Sky Conference, also met with reporters to provide some insight into the Vandals' mindset as they head down to Berkeley looking for an upset.

Watch the videos below to hear from all three Cal coaches plus Ifanse in their weekly time with the media.

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Justin Wilcox confirms that starting center Matthew Cindric is done for the season with an "upper body" injury.

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This week's updated depth chart for Cal ahead of the matchup with Idaho. Some definite tweaks after Saturday's loss to Auburn. The placekicker position now has an "or" between Michael Luckhurst and Mateen Bhaghani. No more "or" separating Sam Jackson V and Ben Finley with Jackson firmly now at the top of the QB list. Trond Grizzell moved from Z to the slot position with an "or" separating him and Monroe Young. Taj Davis moved in as the starter at Z [edit: there is an "or" between Davis and Brian Hightower]. Jaydn Ott remains listed as the starter at running back as well.

We talk with the coaches today, so we will get some updates on the depth chart and injuries after Saturday.

I don’t think it’s possible to project high school kickers as college kickers. The recruiting focus has to be entirely on JC or portal kickers that have proven they can execute at this level. Of all the positions, this is one where experience matters and is a crucial data point in recruiting.

Our Week 2 winner was @kairbear with a score of 21 on his guess of Cal 28 - Auburn 17. Next best were @fjbards with a score of 23 and @lonestarbear with a score of 28.

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

Official Visit:

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Matt has more coming on this ...

Commits visiting:

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2025s coming -- there's a lot, give me a minute ...

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was just wondering if anybody takes babies to games at CMS? I have a ~1 year old and would like to go to a game this year... pretty much eliminates late start games, but afternoon could be good. probably wildly impractical, but just wondering if anybody has done it and if you have any suggestions on where to sit, etc... would presume west side for sun and facilities.

Interesting proposal. I wonder how that will impact season ticket holders.

Game Details

Who: Cal vs. Auburn (1st meeting)

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: California Memorial Stadium | Berkeley, California

TV: ESPN

RADIO: 810 AM, SiriusXM Radio (SiriusXM 138 or 206, SXM App 969), The Varsity App

Game day again, and it's a big one!

The Bears take on Auburn, and we'll have plenty of coverage tonight from Memorial Stadium.

Feel free to jump in the conversation and follow along with updates.

The narrative around Cal football has been in the dumps for a while — the last few months were especially bad, when it became clear that we were an afterthought nationally and barely got to stay a P5 program.

But the last week has broken really well for us. We found a home in the ACC, dispersing some of the existential dark clouds looming over the program. We won our season opener convincingly and put enough points on the scoreboard to make even casual fans look up in surprise. And now we have a nationally televised home opener against an SEC school that, while traditionally considered a power, is entirely beatable. Let’s fill up the stadium and get the ESPN crew reminiscing about the Tedford glory days. If we hit that $1 million NIL target this weekend, that should be a big talking point too.

Roll on You Bears!!

Here's the latest article from @Maria Kholodova breaking down an Auburn-centric media session today with Cal head coach Justin Wilcox, Jake Spavital, Peter Sirmon and quarterback Ben Finley.

Plenty of praise about the Tigers coming from the Bears today.

I'll have standings up sometime tonight. I wanted to do the first one so I could set the format up for Jeff to take over, so this week we're on my schedule with it, but I walked him through it Tuesday so he'll be able to pick it up moving forward, as planned.

Meanwhile, get those guesses in for this week!

We have another addition to the fall coverage. AJ Alany is going to do some postgame analysis pieces and contribute other stories as well this fall. He should pop in the game thread tonight, but I'll let him introduce himself further here.

Reminder, Matt is at the game tonight with Maria.

Let’s go Bears!!

Got to be a good sign that he’s still listed as a captain for tonight’s game 🤞

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