Follow the money. Monetized college sports is now on steroids. If a kid can’t see what Tosh’s vision, a Cal education, and the Bay Area experience have to offer — above and beyond the quick NIL payoff — then they weren’t 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).
We are here already: top football schools (not necessarily top educational institutions) will buy off the top talent and there will be a de facto major and minor league striation to the FBS. Players AND coaches in the minor league schools will compete to move up to the major league schools (example, Darian Mensah), and the revenue $$$ sharing will widen dramatically between major and minor league FBS schools. Being ranked 10th in the ACC in 2026 means Cal is in the minors today; let's hope Tosh and RR. can change that. GO BEARS!
Unfortunately, this is the game Cal is in but if recruits can’t see what it’s going to be like playing for an offense with a QB of JKS’ quality, then they belong at LSU! Sure, it’s a pain in the recruiting ass to lose a commitment, but you want guys who buy into Tosh’s vision of where this program is going. If they can’t see it, and can’t see the difference between going to Cal vs LSU, then they deserve everything Baton Rouge, Louisiana has to offer! Good luck with that.
Follow the money. Monetized college sports is now on steroids. If a kid can’t see what Tosh’s vision, a Cal education, and the Bay Area experience have to offer — above and beyond the quick NIL payoff — then they weren’t going to be a good fit anyway. Siale may also have personal and family reasons to role as did, so I wish him good luck on his chosen path (which, oh yeah, may flip again).
We are here already: top football schools (not necessarily top educational institutions) will buy off the top talent and there will be a de facto major and minor league striation to the FBS. Players AND coaches in the minor league schools will compete to move up to the major league schools (example, Darian Mensah), and the revenue $$$ sharing will widen dramatically between major and minor league FBS schools. Being ranked 10th in the ACC in 2026 means Cal is in the minors today; let's hope Tosh and RR. can change that. GO BEARS!
Unfortunately, this is the game Cal is in but if recruits can’t see what it’s going to be like playing for an offense with a QB of JKS’ quality, then they belong at LSU! Sure, it’s a pain in the recruiting ass to lose a commitment, but you want guys who buy into Tosh’s vision of where this program is going. If they can’t see it, and can’t see the difference between going to Cal vs LSU, then they deserve everything Baton Rouge, Louisiana has to offer! Good luck with that.
Commitment Light
On June 2nd and 3rd in this space we celebrated his arrival. On June 15 we say goodbye. When is the “closing date” for this chaos?
It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous!
afraid to compete
Hey they can't do that!
Disappointing but nice to know we are getting attention from recruits that are worthy of getting poached.
I had nothing to do with it . . .
"The California Golden Beras will need to continue searching for offensive line talent."
Someone's got California politics on the brain... :)