Great news! I watched the Spring Game. Happy to see the speed and agility on both sides of the ball. The defense will be better this year I bet. Still fretting over the O line. But hey, I got to admit it's getting better, getting so much better all the time. And the offense can't get now worse from last year, right? More Kool-Ade! Go Bears!
I met him when he came to Sacramento. A genuinely warm-hearted, humble human being (though didn't recognize him at half the size). Was a big fan before meeting him and am an even bigger fan after.
Welcome Patrick and Go Bears! We put guys in the NFL all the time, and this will let him play against the move visible schools this year. Do well against Pac12 talent and you've proven you can compete against NFL talent.
Cal is looking elite everywhere except for WR DL and OL. Unfortunately 3 pretty important positions but at least our secondary will be up to the TAKERS standards
I agree on OL and DL but not sure I share the sentiment on the WR's. Jeremiah Hunter, Mavin Anderson, and Monroe Young are a solid group of starters. Then you have Brian Hightower, Mason Starling, and players like Trond Grizzell fighting for reps.
I'm not worried about the WRs. They're in a new scheme getting used to a new QB with new timings, it's going to take some practice. They're all talented enough.
Spav's looking for up to to 7 more scholarship players on offense in the portal. At the scrimmage he said he wants more WR's and that he has plenty of TE's and he's learning how to use them. Likewise he wants to find an solid QB with game experience. And last but not least, he wants some more O-Linemen. For sure we need a stud at weakside tackle. I was watching the film from the final scrimmage and I'm concerned about Rohme. He's come a long way from last year and he plays with physicality, but on pass pro I worry that he's just not athletic enough. He gets pushed back to easy; I think this is because his ass isn't low enough and he loses leverage (and he is a tall dude). And I observed him overstepping to the outside and getting beat to the inside on an early play in the scrimmage. Right now, if we have a weak spot on our 1st team o-line, its him. I think he can solve a lot of his issues with smart play and sticking to technique, but it remains to be seen if he can do that. Maybe I'm to hard on Rohme because he's on an island, but he needs to be able to slow that pass rusher down for a couple seconds more. If he does that Jackson will light up the opposing defense. I like that Bloesch moved Aquilar to weak side guard. He's still a bit raw but performed pretty well and he is physical as well. The right side of the o-line looked good. I wonder how Cindric coming back will change things. I could see Cindric going back to C and Driscoll moving to one of the guard spots and maybe Agular moving to weakside tackle. I also liked the 2's. I htink we have 3 redshirt freshmen on the 2's. They're big thing to fix is calls at the line for their blocking assignments. They made a few bonehead errors. If they fix those then they look pretty good.
Is there anyone in the portal you have your eye on (or have heard is being targeted)? Do you think using a 2nd blocking TE could help or would that just bring in another defender?
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Great news! I watched the Spring Game. Happy to see the speed and agility on both sides of the ball. The defense will be better this year I bet. Still fretting over the O line. But hey, I got to admit it's getting better, getting so much better all the time. And the offense can't get now worse from last year, right? More Kool-Ade! Go Bears!
O-Line is still a work in progress but they looked much better this Spring than they looked last season.
Great to hear! The Rugbear assessment is always at the top of my list, but that's particularly true when it comes to the O line.
Great family! Happy to add yet another to our Cal family!
Malik was so fun to watch
I met him when he came to Sacramento. A genuinely warm-hearted, humble human being (though didn't recognize him at half the size). Was a big fan before meeting him and am an even bigger fan after.
Welcome Patrick and Go Bears! We put guys in the NFL all the time, and this will let him play against the move visible schools this year. Do well against Pac12 talent and you've proven you can compete against NFL talent.
*to don the blue and gold. :)
i fiddled with the phrase for literally 15 minutes deciding if this was right or not and still got it wrong lmao
Nice!
Cal is looking elite everywhere except for WR DL and OL. Unfortunately 3 pretty important positions but at least our secondary will be up to the TAKERS standards
I agree on OL and DL but not sure I share the sentiment on the WR's. Jeremiah Hunter, Mavin Anderson, and Monroe Young are a solid group of starters. Then you have Brian Hightower, Mason Starling, and players like Trond Grizzell fighting for reps.
I liked Robinson on the first drive for the 2's.
I think Monroe Young will be passed by younger receivers.
I'm not worried about the WRs. They're in a new scheme getting used to a new QB with new timings, it's going to take some practice. They're all talented enough.
Yeah, we should have several WRs emerge out of nowhere and shine in Spavital's offense
Spav's looking for up to to 7 more scholarship players on offense in the portal. At the scrimmage he said he wants more WR's and that he has plenty of TE's and he's learning how to use them. Likewise he wants to find an solid QB with game experience. And last but not least, he wants some more O-Linemen. For sure we need a stud at weakside tackle. I was watching the film from the final scrimmage and I'm concerned about Rohme. He's come a long way from last year and he plays with physicality, but on pass pro I worry that he's just not athletic enough. He gets pushed back to easy; I think this is because his ass isn't low enough and he loses leverage (and he is a tall dude). And I observed him overstepping to the outside and getting beat to the inside on an early play in the scrimmage. Right now, if we have a weak spot on our 1st team o-line, its him. I think he can solve a lot of his issues with smart play and sticking to technique, but it remains to be seen if he can do that. Maybe I'm to hard on Rohme because he's on an island, but he needs to be able to slow that pass rusher down for a couple seconds more. If he does that Jackson will light up the opposing defense. I like that Bloesch moved Aquilar to weak side guard. He's still a bit raw but performed pretty well and he is physical as well. The right side of the o-line looked good. I wonder how Cindric coming back will change things. I could see Cindric going back to C and Driscoll moving to one of the guard spots and maybe Agular moving to weakside tackle. I also liked the 2's. I htink we have 3 redshirt freshmen on the 2's. They're big thing to fix is calls at the line for their blocking assignments. They made a few bonehead errors. If they fix those then they look pretty good.
Is there anyone in the portal you have your eye on (or have heard is being targeted)? Do you think using a 2nd blocking TE could help or would that just bring in another defender?
What is your definition of elite? We have an elite RB, good WRs and LBs, a bunch of positions that are solid and are bad along the lines.
I’d hesitate to say anything beyond the pairing of Ott/Cardwell is elite though.
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