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Damien Moore enters portal, as expected.

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Well, in 2019 he ran for over 100 yards in the big game as a freshman. Now he is third string. I suppose Hayes or Stredick will replace him on the depth chart. God forbid any of our other RBs transfer out.

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[MBB] Bears Host Trojans To Open Pac-12 Play

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/mens-basketball-bears-host-trojans-to-open-pac-12-play.aspx

BERKELEY – California will open Pac-12 Conference play on Wednesday night when it hosts USC at Haas Pavilion. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT and the conference contest will be televised on the Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein and Bill Walton on the call.

The Golden Bears (0-7) are back home after two games played at the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville, Florida, where they fell short against TCU and Clemson. Wednesday's clash with the Trojans (4-3) is the first of two early Pac-12 games for Cal this week, including a road contest at No. 4 Arizona on Sunday, Dec. 4.

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Nov 30, 2022·edited Nov 30, 2022

Well he made P12 play, so the rumor that said if Fox lost back at UCSD he’d be fired before conference play was bullschitt.

Knowlton’s gonna give him the entire season, isn’t he?

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Just fire him already to show that someone is even paying attention

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Exactly. The longer he’s around, the worse it looks for Knowlton. Serious lack of leadership.

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[FB] Pillar Of The Community

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/pillar-of-the-community.aspx

It was third and a long 2 for USC at the Cal 42-yard line in the season finale last December at FTX Field At California Memorial Stadium. The Bears were leading 10-7 with 4:06 to go in the second quarter when Trojan quarterback Jaxson Dart handed the ball off to running back Darwin Barlow.

Barlow hit a hole in the line, but was soon met by a form tackle and a helmet on the ball from Cal safety Elijah Hicks. The ball popped out of Barlow's grasp and bounced along the turf toward linebacker Trey Paster, who scooped it up and scampered 55 yards down the sideline for a touchdown. That gave the Bears a 10-point lead on the way to a 24-14 win over their rivals to the south.

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[WBB] Bears Set To Host 2nd Annual Raising The B.A.R. Invitational

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/womens-basketball-bears-set-to-host-2nd-annual-raising-the-b-a-r-invitational.aspx

BERKELEY - This weekend shapes up to be a fun two days of women's college basketball as Cal will be hosting the 2nd Annual Raising The B.A.R. Invitational. What was previously known as the Cal Classic, an annual tournament that started in 1978, was re-branded by Cal head coach Charmin Smith to the Raising The B.A.R. Invitational in order to is to elevate the voices, stories and people in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging space. The purpose of the event is to shine a light on the fact that Black female coaches are a highly underrepresented group among women's DI college basketball programs (Black student-athletes made up 40.7 percent of the total playing population yet Black women coaches made up only 18.5 percent of women's DI basketball coaches in the 2020-21 season*) and put on an event that highlights them. The goal is to make this the marquee annual event that teams want to participate in and that celebrates the achievement of Black female coaches in the sport. The three other teams that are invited to participate every year are all led by Black female head coaches.

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[MSWIM] No. 2 Bears To Compete at Minnesota Invite

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/mens-swimming-diving-no-2-bears-to-compete-at-minnesota-invite.aspx

BERKELEY – The No. 2 California men's swimming & diving team returns to the pool this week when the Bears travel to the Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center for the annual Minnesota Invite, hosted by the University of Minnesota Recreation and Wellness, Nov. 30-Dec. 3.

Traditionally one of the top events in the season, the Bears will face stiff competition. Also competing are No. 1 Texas, No. 21 Wisconsin, No. 24 Minnesota, No. 25 Arizona. Rounding out the competition is Harvard, receiving votes in the latest CSCAA poll, Pitt, and UNLV.

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[WSWIM] No. 14 Bears To Race At Minnesota Invitational

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/womens-swimming-diving-no-14-bears-to-race-at-minnesota-invitational.aspx

The No. 14 Cal women's swimming & diving team will face some fast competition this week at the Minnesota Invitational at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.

Always one of the top events of the college season, this year's field includes three nationally ranked teams with the Bears, No. 1 Texas and No. 13 Wisconsin. Minnesota is the second team listed as "also receiving votes" in the latest CSCAA poll.

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[WSOC] Cal Trio Earns All-Region Honors

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/womens-soccer-cal-trio-earns-all-region-honors.aspx

Three Cal student-athletes earned All-Region honors from the United Soccer Coaches on Tuesday. Sophomore Ayo Oke was named to the All-Pacific Region First Team while fifth-year Sydney Collins and senior Keely Roy were named to the All-Pacific Region Second Team.

Oke, a defender from Lawrencevile, Ga., earned her first All-Region honor. Oke was also named to the 2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team, the second conference postseason honor of her career after being named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2021. Oke wrote herself into the Cal record books this season, tying for second place on the single-season assists leaderboard with nine. She led the conference in assists and ranked 22nd nationally.

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[WTEN] Giavara, Augustus Named To Team USA

https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/29/womens-tennis-giavara-augustus-named-to-team-usa.aspx

BERKELEY – Two-time California women's tennis All-American Haley Giavara and head coach Amanda Augustus were named to the U.S. team that will play in the 15th edition of the Master'U BNP Paribas Championships – an international university competition – in Honfleur, France, the ITA announced Tuesday. The eight-team tournament – including the defending champion United States – runs Friday through Sunday at the Normandie Tennis League's Centre de Tennis.

This marks Giavara's first foray into the event, previously an annual tournament that didn't take place the previous two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cal senior hopes to join Golden Bear alumna Maegan Manasse – who was on the U.S. team in 2015 – among the ranks of Master'U BNP Paribas champions.

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Wilcox & Co. need to master the portal during the off season.

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Go Bears!!!

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ISIS has a new CEO. The previous CEO was only in the role for less than eight months and left for personal reasons, which includes needing time off due to his death. I didn't see the new hire requisition, but the role was filled so fast that I suspect that the hiring process was biased.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/middleeast/isis-leader-dies-intl/index.html

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I wonder if they used the search firm of Collegiate Sports Associates to find the new guy.

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"Ohmygawd the quarterback IS toast"

Die Hard's Clarence Gilyard has died at the age of 66

https://twitter.com/27inchZenith/status/1597572843776405505

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NO! Loved that guy…He also tussled with Maverick at/in Top Gun after Goose died….”I will fire when I am G-d damn good and ready…you got that?”

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Jiang Zemin dies at age 96.

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"But where is your FAMILY from?"

An activist describes her experience at a royal British event that isn't that much different than what minorities deal with every single day/week/month (depending on where you live).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/30/buckingham-palace-ngozi-fulani-reception/

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A right-wing British commentator tries to stand up for Lady Hussey with mixed results:

"I‘ve known Lady (Susan) Hussey since I was 18. She is a decent woman and certainly not a racist. She often asked my mother where she was from because she had a Central European accent. I am sometimes mistaken for non British because of my colouring. I’m never offended."

https://twitter.com/PetronellaWyatt/status/1597976761744363521?s=20&t=0E5RoGxBMeK_w-HO0CY8eQ

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Not just any right wing commentator, but one of Boris's former mistresses!

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And the valedictorian of the Kari Lake School of Portrait Filtering

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she's not exactly choosy, is she?

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How's your health?

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Nov 30, 2022·edited Nov 30, 2022

I assume you mean physical in which case I'm doing really well. The pacemaker keeps my heart beating steadily with none of the flutters that were so annoying and I'm back to working out. How's yours?

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I've been on crutches for 12 of the past 14 days. Finally went to the orthopedist. Verdict: It's arthritis. It will never get better and there is no permanent solution. I can do injections like I did with my other knee, but insurance will eventually refuse to pay for them. The idea that I'll hobble around in pain for the rest of my life is a gut-punch, something that I'm not willing to accept yet.

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That is shitty, sorry to hear.

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I'm sorry to hear that. Here's hoping for the development of a new miracle drug to ease your pain.

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that sucks, especially the "never get better" part

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nice that you asked ..

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I've had sinus congestion and a sore throat for four days, tested negative for Covid 3x and my wife, who started feeling sick yesterday, tested negative with her work's PCR test, so it may just be a cold.

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It's also flu season.

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Yep, I got my flu shot about a month ago, so if it is that, that’s probably why it’s so mild

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externally - mostly good

internally - high cholesterol (150 LDL) and might need to go on meds since there is some family history also.

the current plan-of-action is to be hyper-careful about diet for 2-3 months and see if i can get LDL < 100.

also, there is the high carb part of my diet, pasta and alcohol that could be tweaked. it was a lot easier to overlook that stuff when i was riding my bike ~100 mi/wk.

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right there with you, though I went ahead on the meds. and have added biking 40-ish miles a week, and have been a bit better about diet lately (and lost 15 lbs in 2 months.)

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Gotta lose 20.

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Finally feeling near normal. Thanksgiving night I was up virtually all night coughing and sneezing. Two days earlier I got the bivalent booster and I don't know if it was a reaction to that or just a really bad cold. I spent the entire weekend around the house and had some aches, chills, loss of appetite, but no fever. Am now slowly feeling close to normal.

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“I spent the entire weekend around the house and had some aches, chills, loss of appetite, but no fever. Am now slowly feeling close to normal.”

dcblue just described 2/3rd’s of my Cal football weekends this fall…

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Just had a comprehensive blood and lipid analysis on Monday. Everything was pretty good except slightly high systolic blood pressure. Diastolic was fine. Over 50 so doc said it was kind of to be expected.

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day to day, fine! Long term trends, well there's some work to do

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WORLD CUP

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El Tri vs. KSA

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What an ending!

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I was kind of hoping for yellow card difference to be the reason for Mexico not advancing, but a late minute fuckup will do just as well

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Yeah, that was shaping up to be mighty amusing, getting knocked out because you got too many yellow cards.

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Nov 30, 2022·edited Nov 30, 2022Author

Argentina vs. Poland

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LECKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!! It wasn't thundering, but it was accurate and the keeper was a bit flat footed.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-beat-denmark-advance-to-round-of-16-20221201-p5c2oh.html

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Does Mark Fox coach Denmark? JFC they looked horrid.

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Maybe the most disappointing team of the tournament? Ranked Top 10 in the world and finished last in their group.

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Hooligans everywhere. FIFA is opening a disciplinary case against Croatia for this sign.

https://twitter.com/samstreetwrites/status/1596935954581061633

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every time I get tempted to support a Balkan team, their supporters remind me why that's a bad idea

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Christian Pulisic, who may be resting with a bag of frozen peas for his juevos, says he'll be ready to go vs. the Dutch.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states-usa/story/4819629/usas-christian-pulisic-off-at-half-time-after-goal-vs-iran

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I have not kept up with El Tri in a number of years, but after a very uninspiring performance vs Argentina, I have little hope they make it out of the group.

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I had originally thought the second set of games today might be a bit dull, but it looks like everyone has to play for a win, so perhaps those might be entertaining after all. I suppose Denmark - Australia might have an air of desperation about it also.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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what did the neighborhoods do to deserve this

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Senate passes same-sex and interracial marriage protection bill 61-36. I don't know about others, but my two Republican GOP Senators voted for it... probably because the state is purple and a vote against it might hurt their 2024 chances.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/politics/same-sex-marriage-vote-senate/index.html

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Mitch McConnell probably went home and gleefully told his Chinese American wife that he voted against it. She was probably happy about it.

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Stewart Rhodes and four other Oath Keepers were found guilty of various charges. Rhodes was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy - a charge that carries up to 20 years in federal jail.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/politics/oath-keepers-convicted-verdict-charges-january-6-seditious-conspiracy/index.html

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Beef Wellington

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Pork rinds

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There's a BBQ joint next to my work that has a sign on the table where they sell pork rinds that says "don't crush the pork rinds". There's a story behind every weird sign out there. It's also the same place that was recently in the news because a customer called 911 because their BBQ was pink.

https://theshaderoom.com/bbq-restaurant-claps-back-at-ignorant-customer-who-called-911-and-left-one-star-review-over-smoked-pink-meat/

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George Bush II favorite snack

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Go-to dishes

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Salmon dill chowder

pasta bolognese

italian sausage and wilted spinach over penne

chicken thighs, couple canned of chopped tomatoes with herbs, and random veggies, all over cheesy gnocchi.

mushroom risotto

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- pasta w/ caramelized cabbage and anchovies

- lamb kefta meatballs + cauliflower marak

- grilled fish en-papillote (aluminum foil actually)

- casual seafood paella

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we also have a set of more mundane dishes that we make at vacation rentals and ski trips that require hardly any exotic ingredients.

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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Schadenfurd

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Kyu Blu Kelly (Sr) declares for the NFL.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CljcMwDvqNM/?hl=en

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Bradley Archer (RS-Jr), who decommited from Cal in 2018, has entered the Transfer portal.

https://stanford.rivals.com/news/stanford-te-bradley-archer-enters-grad-transfer-portal

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Arlen Harris (RS-Fr, former 4-star RB) enters the portal. He had two carries for one yard. Harris was left off the roster since Oct 29th and wasn't on the 3-deep before then.

https://twitter.com/arlenharrisjr33/status/1597390997990027264

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S Jonathan McGill enters portal as grad transfer. He was team captain

https://twitter.com/OriginalMcGill3/status/1597412968685219841

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A one-sided perspective to be sure, but it does, as much as anything, suggest a desire and expectation for a culture of the campus community that isn't and won't be reality. That alone is a recipe for disaster, regardless of where you fall in the spectrum of possible desired circumstances.

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I agree. 'furd administration has no interest in changing the 'good old boy' program they have had in place for over 100 years.

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Once again, regardless of where one falls on the spectrum of the issues, which could be viewed as an ammunition scavenger hunt or a major issue, the underlying sense I get is one of a culture not close to in touch with another in existence, and no apparent effort to bridge between disparate virtual realities. What could go wrong?

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One man's trash is another man's treasure

https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-nevada-wolfpack-hiring-angus-mcclure

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This will bear monitoring.

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Well, this bear will not monitor because, no bear no care. See what I did there?

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Fox Sports O'Donnell says Coach Prime is narrowing choices down to CU, Cincy, and USF.

https://twitter.com/ODonnellFox13/status/1597946120331632640?t=9wK16XzYpG36yliBfodaFQ&s=19

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Read into this interview what you will as to Colorado's chances...

https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1597816260569333760

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USC's Caleb Williams has thrown 34 TDs and only 3 INTs this season.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/gamelog/_/id/4431611/caleb-williams

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Kentucky fires OC Rich Scangarello after only 1 season. I mean, someone is to blame and it certainly isn't Mark Stoops

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35138939/kentucky-fires-oc-rich-scangarello-1-season

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Justin, I know you’re gonna want to, given his time in the Bay Area with Kyle Shanahan, but DO NOT HIRE THIS GUY.

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Prediction: The OCs that we're looking at are up-and-coming guys (read: guys we can afford) and are more likely to be lower division guys getting a shot rather than P5 retreads who will want $$$ rather than a chance.

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Either young and up coming guy or former NFL HC for OC!

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I thought one of the caveats with Wilcox's extension was more money for the assistant coaches?

If we still can't afford a decent OC, AND the expected mass exodus of players occurs, then what the f-ck are we even doing here with him?

Incompetence reigns in this athletic department.

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we can afford a decent OC. The issue is finding one who will both work with the players we have, and do some good recruiting.

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I'm beginning to think that we will be out of major college football within 10 years. I just don't think there is a will to make a commitment to the sport, and sans that and continued portal losses and inability to fund NILs there is not much of a future. Need a Phil Knight to save us.

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Well, we have an AD that is in over his head at the Power 5 level, and a Chancellor that longs for a return to the collegiate athletics landscape of the 1970's.

If this roster suffers portal losses at the skill positions and struggles to another 4-8 year in '23, how safe is Wilcox?

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Brent Key has interim tag removed, becomes HC for Georgia Tech. He becomes one of the rare O-line coaches who becomes HC.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35139993/sources-georgia-tech-targets-brent-key-football-coach

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I don't follow the NFL much so I was shocked when I saw that Tom Cable, former Cal O-line coach, was HC for the Raiders back in 2008.

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Makes sense at GT

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Trent Dilfer named HC at UAB. He has four years of high school coaching experience.

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Louisville ties Cal. Loses to Mayland by twenty-five to fall to 0-7.

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Watched some of that. They’d beat Cal by 10.

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I think the current Cal team coached by someone else could beat the current Cal team coached by Fox by 10.

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I'd also wager that Charmin Smith and her staff could get a few wins out of the men's team.

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Good point bud

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PRO

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LA beats Seattle 9-8 in extra innings. [checks notes]. Sorry. I meant "overtime".

https://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore/_/gameId/401458943

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Warriors lose a close one on the road to the Mavericks.

watched the end of this game and the Warriors actually played decent. a few rushed shots in the final minutes, but they certainly had some chances.

Luka played amazing. 40+ points and was mostly unstoppable,

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Also had a couple of chances at the end, but Steph got called for traveling (on a play that technically is traveling but is rarely called that way) and then Klay got a good open look at the end and just missed it short.

These things happen.

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they called traveling very tight all not on both sides. but like you said. they normally dont.

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They couldn't hit anything outside all game and were missing shots they normally make. Could have easily won had they not given the Mavs a 17pt head start by chucking up 3s for most of the first quarter.

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He is a PWO. Guard-sized. I think he is a project. Good frame, athletic, nasty streak. Raw in form and technique.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/13179146/636c762f2347420d64f3bb8a

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That's terrific

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I had a hard time finding the DBD today. It's not showing up on my main page and when I click on "New" down below it still wasn't there. Only when I clicked on "Community" did it show up. Curious if anyone else had this problem.

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Yes, I thought we lost it to the transfer portal.

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Yes. Not the first time I've had to do this.

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HSB: no DBD today?

HAG: It's on the archive list.

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To whom it may concern: As of 7:50 AM Pacific time today's DBD is not on the front page and must be found via the archive.

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This is how it always starts. DBD doesn't make it to the front page unless enough comments/visitors occur until it makes some algorithm put it there.

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My front page still shows Avinash’s article about the 2021 Arizona Covid stuff

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but it is still not on front page at 130p ET. algos gone BESERK!!

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I found it just now by clicking on see all

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I didn't even know there was a new DBD until clicking around a bit. This is at 2pm PT. I think this one just isn't getting on there.

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So the first few people of the day should refresh a lot?

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Or the author should take the extra step to go to the Archive list and pin it to the front page. Its the way substack works. It's unfortunate there isn't a checkbox to pin to the front page on the screen when you publish an (any) article.

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There is a pin option, but it crowds out other content that is more important - especially content that is paid content. While I value the DBD, that's a non-starter. It will remain as an unpinned post. If y'all manage to comment and like enough to make it to the Front Page, that's up to you.

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I'm sorry what is more important than this?!?

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whoa the only reason i pay for W4C is for the DBD come on now

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