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Christopher, TD_24 and team, did you notice in the bowl game how little Mendoza looked at #3? To my eye there were 3-4 plays (a 4th and 1 in particular) #3 looked locked up 1-on-1 and didn't get to beat the CB! Would love your analytics.

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He did not create much space.

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Wilcox is lucky Ott is returning. If he wasn’t I would have put Wilcox in the portal.Wilcox is one step forward and two back.

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I wish that anyone who’s going to declare had to do it on a single designated day. Tear the whole bandage off at once. This bit by bit stuff is painful and nerve-wracking.

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I wish the portalling period was AFTER bowl season so transfers could play w their teams, then bail, and yes, also all on one day….

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Well if anyone wants a portal pick me up, we just landed a transfer kicker https://twitter.com/RyanCoe34/status/1737886340098789841?t=BlT9JErFlUzoldNzZqs7pg&s=19

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Take that, Mack! 😂

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BBB (bring bhaghani back)!

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Ouch.

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Entering the portal doesn't necessarily mean he's gone, does it? Is there a potential to up the NIL ante? Losing our WR1 in successive years is not a recipe for success.

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Let's get back Sturdivant his productivity went down at UCLA - come back please! ;-) .. I think Hunter is good but Sturdivant was better. I wouldn't surprised to see Hunter's numbers go down where he ends up. I agree with other we need to hit the portal hard WR, O-Line, and even get another QB too. GO BEARS!

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Sturdivant's game is flashier because he runs fast and jumps high, but Hunter has always been WR 1 between the two of them.

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Hunter had 200 more yards than JMike in 2022, so he was clearly #1 WR, but it's true JMike was flashier and felt like a #1 WR.

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I'm now wondering if that's why he left, because he thought he could be the #1 there and knew he wouldn't be here.

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I feel like Hunter is the "better" player given his productivity, which at he end of the day is what it's all about. But Sturdivant probably had/has the higher ceiling based on his physical tools. I didn't watch a lot of fUCLA this year, so I can't say whether it was a Sturdivant issue or a system issue or both but I suspect Sturdivant would have contributed greatly to this Cal offense this year if he had returned.

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It would have been amazing if Sturdivant was our #2 WR this year and Grizzel was #3 instead of Davis/Young/Anderson as they were almost non-existent.

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The lord giveth and he taketh back.

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WOW!!! SO, NOW ITS HUNTER. IF I HAD TO LIGHT A CANDLE FOR EVERY CAL PLAYER DECIDING TO LEAVE I'D END UP WITH MY HOUSE BURNING DOWN!! GERBEAR

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If you had a candle every time a Cal football player graduated, you'd have a candle 84% of the time. He walked on Senior Day. I wish him well.

https://calbears.com/news/2023/11/7/football-bears-host-cougars-on-senior-day.aspx

https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/6/athletics-news-cal-matches-all-time-high-in-gsr.aspx

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I pringled audibly at this. The pain is too real, Gerbear.

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Look around at literally any/every program. This is just the way it looks.

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Bummer! Who else is gonna fill the critical role of catching an undeveloped screen pass that has no chance of success, and eeking out a 1 to 4 yard gain???

Wish him the best though. Thought he was one of the true bears.. wondering/hope he graduated?

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Just fell to my knees in the middle of Steve's KBBQ

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I love Jeremiah and will always remember him fondly, but this makes a ton of sense for him, and isn't the worst for us. Particularly because WRs are the position that is deepest and most easily "gettable" in the portal.

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I hope you're right!

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Did he graduate?

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And Richardson from Tufts announced yesterday.

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Big (though not devastating) loss. Probably the biggest loss along with KEO so far.

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It's a big loss and understandable. He was bracketed a lot this year and had relatively few targets. We have not one roster WR that can consistently get open in one-on-one!

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