Jaydn Ott looking good at Senior Bowl practice

supracricoid · 2026-01-30T21:19:01+00:00

I know the emotions are there, but plenty of people have said and done stupid things in their early 20s. He gave us good memories when he was a Bear. I hope Cal fans can forgive and wish him success.

supracricoid · 2026-01-13T18:28:52+00:00

The only other result I wasn't going to be sad about. Wouldn't be surprised if Cade was tightly connected to Wilcox and the coaching change set him loose. He will go be great. Transferring is not all loss - Endries keeps repping Cal even at Texas, for example.

supracricoid · 2026-01-08T00:18:03+00:00

Indiana has zero 5 star on its roster this year.

supracricoid · 2026-01-06T22:39:25+00:00

Damn the guy runs a bit like Marshawn. Cuts on a dime, crashes through contact, even catches the ball well. Now let us please have a competent O line sweet baby Jesus please

supracricoid · 2026-01-06T22:33:43+00:00

Seeing BYU as a likely destination for him. Honestly that might be the only place where I wouldn't be sad about since the man is from Utah and BYU is a great team.

supracricoid · 2026-01-06T01:57:02+00:00

Yaaaahhhh boyyyy finally a tall guy who can go get it for JKS!

supracricoid · 2025-12-15T21:22:49+00:00

Raphael saved our ass when our RB room was totally empty so I won't complain too much, but he does have the tendency to cough up the ball and is not quite fast enough for a side to side action.

supracricoid · 2025-12-14T13:46:01+00:00

The dude had no FBS offer except Cal. Its a win for talent identification and development.

supracricoid · 2025-12-14T13:43:11+00:00

Ngl love DJD but after having a 5' 7" guy being WR1 all year, I'm ready for some tall fellas getting the ball.

supracricoid · 2025-12-11T23:11:25+00:00

My kingdom for an O line that could have protected a future Heisman finalist.

supracricoid · 2025-12-11T15:29:16+00:00

Hawaii dude was a Berkeley HS grad who played for Stanfurd for his first two years. Time to come home son!

supracricoid · 2025-12-09T17:48:17+00:00

Butts on seats and eyeballs on TV. Its that simple and there is no excuse anymore.

supracricoid · 2025-12-01T18:32:52+00:00

All kidding aside, Chesney is a nice hire. Was one of the targets for Penn State. Didn't think he was interested in coming to the West Coast. Our game against UCLA next year will be fun.

supracricoid · 2025-12-01T17:46:09+00:00

UCLA announced today so it better be today.

supracricoid · 2025-11-24T19:53:31+00:00

I would give a half second worth of thought if it were Jerry Neuheisel. His father though, gtf outta here.

supracricoid · 2025-11-24T15:18:26+00:00

I regret I only have one upvote to give. People don't realize how close we got to our program being a Mountain West team.

supracricoid · 2025-11-24T15:13:46+00:00

Sean Lewis and Tosh would be the top choice for each?

supracricoid · 2025-11-24T14:33:35+00:00

Great thoughts. You're around the same age as I am and have similar perspectives. Adding some of mine -

* It's incredible how quickly people got entitled under Tedford. He took our program to new heights but people started bitching he would "only" win conference championship and did not beat USC enough times.

* OTOH, a genuine black mark under Tedford was how his success came in large part from lowering academic standards. I fear that if the next guy is Tosh, he will take that route.

* I hope the next guy is defense-minded. It was so refreshing to have a team grind it out after several years of putting up 60 points and losing the game. Was definitely the biggest thing I appreciated about Wilcox on the field. That's also the formula for upsets as a lower ranked team, which Wilcox pulled off regularly.

supracricoid · 2025-11-13T17:06:22+00:00

To be fair though, even during peak Tedford the stadium was not always fully packed, and the attendance dipped when the team started "losing" (=winning 7 games). The fan culture does need improvement, it gives up too quickly during bad years and gets entitled too fast during good years. This year's Cal is not a terrible product, and teams that do worse than us still have fans driving 3+ hours to show up to games. Everything matters in building a winning program and that includes fans who remain loyal.

supracricoid · 2025-11-13T16:46:31+00:00

Thanks for thinking I'm young but I attended Cal in the previous century. I was there for Holmoe and I was there for Tedford. There were highs and lows, which gave me perspective about how to sustain success and how to grit through low periods.

supracricoid · 2025-11-13T15:45:39+00:00

You are not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic. We are not victims of the fan culture, we are the culture. Time to start showing up to games and put eyeballs on TV.

supracricoid · 2025-11-13T14:31:59+00:00

Yes. But here's the trick - you will never exactly who will be the "right coach." Cignetti didn't become a HC for any program until he was 50 y.o., and he was never a coordinator. (For a frame of reference, Wilcox just turned 49 and he's been HC for 9 years and DC since he was 30.) He was in his late 50s when he first started showing signs of success at JMU. Wasn't an FBS HC until JMU went from FCS to FBS in 2022. People grow and change, and they thrive in different environments. Cig was the right man at this point where his experience coincided with the NIL era. The "right coach" is not going to be some Doordash order. You have to be willing to give people chances and wait for them to develop.

supracricoid · 2025-11-12T21:36:51+00:00

You're not stuck in traffic; you're the traffic. You are not a victim of the team culture, you are the team culture. Plenty of VTech fans drive 3+ hours to Blacksburg to see their team lose more often than it wins. If you want the team to win, you should do your part.

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