A nice win on the Cal recruiting front was short-lived, as three-star offensive tackle Amaziah Siale made the decision to flip from Cal to LSU.
From the moment Siale committed to Cal, the floodgates opened from major programs like Alabama, LSU, Texas and Oklahoma. After a visit this past weekend, Lane Kiffinâs crew appeared to make the best possible pitch to make the flip.
Cal still holds two offensive line commits in IOL Joshua Bunni from Santa Rosa and OT Isaiah Bertola from Honolulu, but it definitely seems like O-line will now be the priority for Tosh Lupoi to try and land some major commits. There are some significant candidates in the pipeline like DaJohn Yarborough and Lex Mailangi, but the net might have to be cast wider to finish out this class.
Unfortunately, this is the game Cal is in but if recruits canât see what itâs going to be like playing for an offense with a QB of JKSâ quality, then they belong at LSU! Sure, itâs a pain in the recruiting ass to lose a commitment, but you want guys who buy into Toshâs vision of where this program is going. If they canât see it, and canât see the difference between going to Cal vs LSU, then they deserve everything Baton Rouge, Louisiana has to offer! Good luck with that.
Follow the money. Monetized college sports is now on steroids. If a kid canât see what Toshâs vision, a Cal education, and the Bay Area experience have to offer â above and beyond the quick NIL payoff â then they werenât going to be a good fit anyway. Siale may also have personal and family reasons to role as did, so I wish him good luck on his chosen path (which, oh yeah, may flip again).