Don't forget the annual DBD Holiday party Saturday (12/9) at the Hyatt Ballroom in SF. Featured entertainers include Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and our headliners: the University of California Straw Hat Band.
The gift shop now has DBD sweatshirts in all men's women's and children's sizes. Stop by for all your holiday shopping needs.
This week the cafeteria is offering the soup of the day for ten per cent off. Word is that today's corn chowder is delicious.
The DBD ice hockey team continued its winning ways over the weekend. They're in action at Oski Arena tomorrow night. Come cheer the lads on!
It's not too late to sign up for DBD's Secret Santa program but hurry because the deadline is tomorrow at noon. See Psychotic Oski for details.
Wednesday's knitting club meeting will be held in room 203 of the main building. A permanent home will be announced next week.
I may have mentioned this before. My b-I-l was a founder of the Cal club hockey team back in the 60s. He still has the old used football jersey they were given to use.
Dillon Gabriel - 22 - enters the transfer portal and will play for his third team and sixth season. Gabriel will challenge Case Keenum for most career yards, the latter only needing five years.
The whole best for the games is crap. Liberty is going to get blown out by Oregon. There was one other I was going to say but in my jetlagged state I forgot which game it was.
In elementary school I was part of the crossing guard unit. We'd get to school early and get out a little early to hold signs up at the crosswalks to school. I got a D (I think) on something and got kicked out for failing a class.
an NFL weekly pool for winning too many years in a row using a machine learning algorithm.
it was one of those where you pick outright winners and rank based on confidence.
my complaint is that everyone picks the winners based on some internal strategy. ours just happened to be particularly non-emotional. that being said, if no one else had any chance of winning, there would be no "fun" in playing anymore against the bots.
Normaly the bluetooth SIG provides large catered lunches for each of the events. Since not many companies wanted to go to Sydney to test, they moved the testing part to Paris into a Regus conference room. Since it's a small event, Regus has a place that can bring in boxed lunches so I chose 5 different ones. Of course once they delivered the lunches for today, we found out there isn't a microwave in this facility. so we went down the street and bought a small one for 60 euros, set it up, and warmed our food. Then someone that works here saw that we had one and said they weren't allowed to have microwaves for whatever reason and asked us to just hide it.
Going to have better food for dinner. Steak and frites at Le Relais de l'Entrecôte, Raclette at Le Chalet Savoyard, and middle eastern at L'As du Fallafel. One of the participants said we should also go to Chez Marianne around the corner from L'As du Fallafel, so we may try that place as well. Totally jet lagged today so I don't feel like anything heavy so may just get some sushi at a place across from my hotel.
Four plays later, the Titans punt and have it blocked - injuring the punter Stonehouse for the season. The injury is cringe worthy enough that I'm not posting it. Colts end up kicking a FG and the Titans get the ball back. The Titans score and miss the XP with Tannehill being the holder since Stonehouse was injured.
Jets lose 13-8 to Falcons despite Ashtyn Davis tossing 6-3" 261 lb TE Parker Hesse into Bijan Robinson for a safety. Jets will try (Rodgers), try (Wilson), try (Boyle), try (Siemian) to win again some time this year.
What an idiot. Goodell doesn't know what's good for the game if he would ban the "Tush Push". It brings an element of excitement to the game that's been missing for a very long time. And it flies in the face of the sport's specialization of positions and roles.
The Tush Push is close to a maul in rugby. Given that American football is a direct descendant of rugby, outlawing the Tush Push is further forsaking the roots of American football.
Great article from sfgate. It's an interview with Cal's Jack Clark on how, from a rugby standpoint, you might be able to defend the tush push. Bottom line is that it's really, really difficult.
Mr. Slug, I generally agree with you about the idiocy of outlawing it, but perhaps from a competitive balance standpoint, a nearly indefensible play isn't something the league wants. Goal-line stands are also really exciting.
This is but a blip in time. Other teams will catch up with it if it isn't banned. Other teams want it banned *now* because they're lazy and/or they lack imagination.
Philadelphia may be the only team to use it right now, but other teams will catch on if only because they will have to learn how to defend it. And there's nothing wrong with augmenting your offensive repertoire by imitating Philly's success.
Reporters often making the case that the NFL is a league built around offense. The Tush Push is about precisely that: offense, and it's used in short yardage situations. Learn to defend against it, already.
This purported ban of the Tush Push is also outrageous for a different reason, one that might not be so apparent. It's like trying to ban shifts in baseball. Shifts are beatable. Learn how to bunt, already!
Mavs go on a 30-0 run in Q4 vs. the Thunder -- still lose 126-120 after finished the final 4 minutes with miss, blocked, blocked, miss, 3, blocked, travel, miss, turnover, miss, miss, offensive foul, miss.
The 49ers defense allowed the Eagles to march into their territory on the first two drives of the game, resulting in 120 yards. A.J. Brown spearheaded the first score with a 38-yard catch and run.
Mooney Ward shadowed Brown during the first two drives. He had a pass break up in the end zone which resulted in the Eagles’ first field goal. A Javon Kinlaw sack led to Philadelphia’s second kick. That made it 6-0.
Dre Greenlaw did an illegal suplex on Devonta Smith and gets flagged for it. Big Dom - the Philly "Head of Security" steps on the field and puts his hand on Greenlaw. Greenlaw responds by putting his hand in Dom's face. Both are ejected.
Huge for confidence if they have to play there in January, as seems likely. Things get interesting if Dallas can beat Philly at home next Sunday night tho...
The Golden State Warriors blew a 22-point lead to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday afternoon in a 113-112 loss. In what seemed like a positive performance for much of the night, the Warriors were on the verge of returning to .500. Instead, they fell to 9-11 on the season.
With Andrew Wiggins sidelined, Moses Moody remained in the starting lineup. However, head coach Steve Kerr made another adjustment to the rotation, starting Dario Šarić over Kevon Looney at center.
LOS ANGELES – They didn't want to talk about it all season long. So, no one really brought it up.
But, with so much proven talent returning and the established championship pedigree on their team, every Golden Bear knew there was only one real mission in 2023 – to become just the fourth men's water polo team ever to win three straight national titles.
On Sunday, the Bears (24-5) accomplished that mission, defeating top-seeded UCLA 13-11 at Uytengsu Aquatics Center behind a third straight NCAA Championship MVP performance from Nikolaos Papanikolaou.
BERKELEY - Following a three-game-win streak to close the regular season, the California football team has accepted an invitation to play in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl on Dec. 16 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The Golden Bears (6-6) will meet Texas Tech (6-6) from the Big 12 Conference. The game will air on ESPN and begins at 6:15 p.m. PST.
MINNEAPOLIS – The No. 4 California men's swimming & diving team finished the Minnesota Invitational in style, winning four of the five events on Saturday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. The Golden Bears swept the 100 freestyle and 200 butterfly and had the top two finishes in the 400-yard free relay.
Cal was the team champion with a score of 2,360 points. Arizona finished second with a score of 1,455 and was followed by host Minnesota with a score of 1345.5. The Bears received individual wins from Destin Lasco, Jack Alexy, and Dare Rose - with all three recording NCAA A qualifying times in their respective events.
MINNEAPOLIS - Isabelle Stadden wrapped up a dominant Minnesota Invitational on Saturday by winning the 200-yard backstroke with the fastest time in the nation this season as the No. 13 California women's swimming & diving team easily took the team title over runner-up Minnesota.
Stadden, who placed third in the 200 back at last season's NCAA Championships and grew up in Blaine, Minn., touched the wall in a time of 1:49.21 to sweep both backstroke events at the meet. Graduate student Mia Motekaitis was second in a time of 1:53.98.
BERKELEY (AP) – Jalen Cone hit a career-best seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points and Jaylon Tyson had his third double-double of the season to help California beat Santa Clara 84-69 on Saturday in Haas Pavilion.
Cone made 8 of 11 from the field and Tyson finished with 21 points, on 8-of-12 shooting, and 11 rebounds. Fardaws Aimaq added 15 points for Cal (3-5), which snapped a four-game skid, and Memphis transfer Keonte Kennedy had 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists in his debut with the Golden Bears.
Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox announced Saturday that Mike Bloesch has been elevated to offensive coordinator/offensive line coach for the California football team.
Bloesch, who joined Cal in December of 2022 as the Golden Bears' run game coordinator and offensive line coach, helped Cal average 181.1 rushing yards per game – its' best since 2012 – over its' 12 regular-season games. The team's 2023 ground game is led by Pac-12 rushing leader Jaydn Ott, who is also fifth nationally in rushing yards per game (114.5) and 11th in total rushing yards (1,260). In addition, the Bears have made tremendous strides in protecting the quarterback and not allowing negative plays under Bloesch, improving from 10th to fourth in the Pac-12 in sacks allowed (2.58 to 1.50) and 11th to tied for fifth in tackles for loss allowed (6.08 to 5.42) from a year ago.
Tough to read between the lines of the press conference on why Spav left. Wilcox said something to the effect of “anytime people are able to do something that’s best for their family, we’re happy for them.”
rumors that Spav didn't get on with or mesh well with others. Don't think that was about everyone but enough that it made sense for him to move on. Bloesch is a popular choice in the locker room by all reports
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally by Saint Mary's (3-5) to earn a 74-69 win at Haas Pavilion Saturday afternoon and improve to 7-1 on the season. Cal had a 15-point lead with 4:01 remaining in the fourth quarter, but the Gaels went on a 11-1 run the rest of the way to nearly complete the comeback.
Mateen Bhaghani in the portal. I am not privy to insider information but speculation is that he asked for and didn't get a scholly since he was a walk-on
I don't think his leg is good enough for a P5 team. Maybe fUCLA since their kickers were trash. He's accurate but will he find a P5 scholly? Seems like sacrificing a Cal degree for a G5 scholly.
Interesting to note. I was making a list of Wilcox's ten best wins and came up with the four Big Game victories the two wins against each of the LA schools, and the home victories over ranked UW and WSU teams. Six of the ten were on the road although half in the Bay Area and all of them in California. If I'd made it his eleven best the next one would have been at UW. He also beat Ole Miss away All that being said the Bears have still basically sucked on the road under Wilcox going 13-24.
DBD news and notes week of 12/04.
Don't forget the annual DBD Holiday party Saturday (12/9) at the Hyatt Ballroom in SF. Featured entertainers include Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and our headliners: the University of California Straw Hat Band.
The gift shop now has DBD sweatshirts in all men's women's and children's sizes. Stop by for all your holiday shopping needs.
This week the cafeteria is offering the soup of the day for ten per cent off. Word is that today's corn chowder is delicious.
The DBD ice hockey team continued its winning ways over the weekend. They're in action at Oski Arena tomorrow night. Come cheer the lads on!
It's not too late to sign up for DBD's Secret Santa program but hurry because the deadline is tomorrow at noon. See Psychotic Oski for details.
Wednesday's knitting club meeting will be held in room 203 of the main building. A permanent home will be announced next week.
Have a great week everybody!
I may have mentioned this before. My b-I-l was a founder of the Cal club hockey team back in the 60s. He still has the old used football jersey they were given to use.
Got 3XL sweatshirts?
All sizes.
Good. I love to sport the enigmatic and apart from the well known. Besides, who doesn’t love a dump?
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Ohio State's starting QB Kyle McCord is in the portal
https://twitter.com/kylemccord16/status/1731690165616181423
The grass is greener somewhere other than Columbus? Really?
Same with Oklahoma QB. I would guess he follows his OC to Mississippi State.
Caleb William will not play the Holiday Bowl. Good luck Miller Moss against Jack Plummer
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39041912/lincoln-riley-qb-caleb-williams-sit-usc-bowl-game
Doesn’t want to risk the goods? Already has enough film out there?
Dillon Gabriel - 22 - enters the transfer portal and will play for his third team and sixth season. Gabriel will challenge Case Keenum for most career yards, the latter only needing five years.
Arizona is now #1 in basketball
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll
FSU gets hosed as CFB picks Texas and Bama
The whole best for the games is crap. Liberty is going to get blown out by Oregon. There was one other I was going to say but in my jetlagged state I forgot which game it was.
Liberty is there because the agreement requires the NY6 bowls to pick at least one G5 team, and they are the only undefeated one.
Didn’t know that. Still sucks for Oregon and the viewers, though.
i think that they werent going to leave out an SEC team.
it couldnt be UGA since they lost to Alabama
if they picked Alabama they had to pick Texas too
crappy reasoning .. but too many $$ at stake
A pox on you, Mark Emmert, for creating this chaos
I was kicked out of...
I was kicked out of a bar for bringing in a MosBurger in my pocket - so I deserved it. Their rules and I was being cheeky.
In elementary school I was part of the crossing guard unit. We'd get to school early and get out a little early to hold signs up at the crosswalks to school. I got a D (I think) on something and got kicked out for failing a class.
I remember doing this. The incentive was the skate party at the end of the year and the hot chocolate from the cafeteria lady.
an NFL weekly pool for winning too many years in a row using a machine learning algorithm.
it was one of those where you pick outright winners and rank based on confidence.
my complaint is that everyone picks the winners based on some internal strategy. ours just happened to be particularly non-emotional. that being said, if no one else had any chance of winning, there would be no "fun" in playing anymore against the bots.
Pac Bell Park for a Sunday Night ESPN game v. Arizona on April 16, 2000 that was eventually rained out.
DBD Lunch
Butter Chicken
interesting choice of lunch for being in Paris no? or maybe it is really good there ..
Poulet au beurre
Normaly the bluetooth SIG provides large catered lunches for each of the events. Since not many companies wanted to go to Sydney to test, they moved the testing part to Paris into a Regus conference room. Since it's a small event, Regus has a place that can bring in boxed lunches so I chose 5 different ones. Of course once they delivered the lunches for today, we found out there isn't a microwave in this facility. so we went down the street and bought a small one for 60 euros, set it up, and warmed our food. Then someone that works here saw that we had one and said they weren't allowed to have microwaves for whatever reason and asked us to just hide it.
Going to have better food for dinner. Steak and frites at Le Relais de l'Entrecôte, Raclette at Le Chalet Savoyard, and middle eastern at L'As du Fallafel. One of the participants said we should also go to Chez Marianne around the corner from L'As du Fallafel, so we may try that place as well. Totally jet lagged today so I don't feel like anything heavy so may just get some sushi at a place across from my hotel.
You make the jetsetter life sound more adventuresome than one would expect.
January 2021 - group of us (10+) had a fun memorable dinner here:
https://www.restaurant-aupassage.fr.
Small plates, unusual fare, good wines, something for everyone even the less adventurous amongst us. bon appetit!
DBD AV Club
Org George Santos used to be part of
Doug Burgum is suspending his POTUS campaign. In other news, Doug Burgum was running for POTUS.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/04/politics/doug-burgum-suspends-campaign/index.html
Every accusation is an admission of some sort
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/04/curtains-for-moms-for-liberty-the-fallout-of-a-rape-charge-shows-the-far-right-group-is-floundering/
this should be good: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4340893-george-santos-interview-ziwe/
Sons of Liberty
Pros
There is bad special teams and then there's the Titan's game vs. the Colts.
There was this
https://twitter.com/Colts/status/1731409781271769316
Four plays later, the Titans punt and have it blocked - injuring the punter Stonehouse for the season. The injury is cringe worthy enough that I'm not posting it. Colts end up kicking a FG and the Titans get the ball back. The Titans score and miss the XP with Tannehill being the holder since Stonehouse was injured.
https://twitter.com/NFLonCBS/status/1731417377256919418
They would have won if they made the XP, but didn't and lost in OT. As a result, the ST coach got whatever the home equivalent to being "tarmacked".
https://twitter.com/jwyattsports/status/1731735076369473911
Packers somehow beat the Chiefs 27-19
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401547576
Jets lose 13-8 to Falcons despite Ashtyn Davis tossing 6-3" 261 lb TE Parker Hesse into Bijan Robinson for a safety. Jets will try (Rodgers), try (Wilson), try (Boyle), try (Siemian) to win again some time this year.
https://twitter.com/SamuelEllyson/status/1731383303867953563
SD beats NE 6-0 in another low scoring affair.
after i wrote that i realized the Chargers are now in LA!!
Your comment reminds me that there was a Scorigami yesterday.
Miami Dolphins 45, Washington Commanders 15 was scorigami.
By contrast, there have been 80 games in NFL history that ended with a 6-0 score, including the Chargers vs. Patriots..
i had not heard of Scorigami until today.
https://nflscorigami.com/
No 2 always loves to post scorigamis.
[The Athletic] Goodell wants to ban the Tush Push
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/2783344/report-goodell-wants-tush-push-banned
What an idiot. Goodell doesn't know what's good for the game if he would ban the "Tush Push". It brings an element of excitement to the game that's been missing for a very long time. And it flies in the face of the sport's specialization of positions and roles.
The Tush Push is close to a maul in rugby. Given that American football is a direct descendant of rugby, outlawing the Tush Push is further forsaking the roots of American football.
Great article from sfgate. It's an interview with Cal's Jack Clark on how, from a rugby standpoint, you might be able to defend the tush push. Bottom line is that it's really, really difficult.
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/eagles-tush-push-cal-rugby-coach-jack-clark-18525313.php
Mr. Slug, I generally agree with you about the idiocy of outlawing it, but perhaps from a competitive balance standpoint, a nearly indefensible play isn't something the league wants. Goal-line stands are also really exciting.
This is but a blip in time. Other teams will catch up with it if it isn't banned. Other teams want it banned *now* because they're lazy and/or they lack imagination.
Philadelphia may be the only team to use it right now, but other teams will catch on if only because they will have to learn how to defend it. And there's nothing wrong with augmenting your offensive repertoire by imitating Philly's success.
Reporters often making the case that the NFL is a league built around offense. The Tush Push is about precisely that: offense, and it's used in short yardage situations. Learn to defend against it, already.
This purported ban of the Tush Push is also outrageous for a different reason, one that might not be so apparent. It's like trying to ban shifts in baseball. Shifts are beatable. Learn how to bunt, already!
Cal's Jack Clark talks about how to defeat the Tush Push
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/eagles-tush-push-cal-rugby-coach-jack-clark-18525313.php
"forsaking the roots of American football"
isn't the direction of most pro sports
Mavs go on a 30-0 run in Q4 vs. the Thunder -- still lose 126-120 after finished the final 4 minutes with miss, blocked, blocked, miss, 3, blocked, travel, miss, turnover, miss, miss, offensive foul, miss.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39031387/mavericks-make-nba-history-30-0-run-loss-thunder
Elijiah Hicks got engaged
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0aE5P0vBY9/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
49ers blowout the Eagles 42-19; prove they’re the team to beat in the NFL
https://www.ninersnation.com/2023/12/3/23986709/brock-purdy-kyle-shanahan-george-kittle-brandon-aiyuk-49ers-eagles
The 49ers defense allowed the Eagles to march into their territory on the first two drives of the game, resulting in 120 yards. A.J. Brown spearheaded the first score with a 38-yard catch and run.
Mooney Ward shadowed Brown during the first two drives. He had a pass break up in the end zone which resulted in the Eagles’ first field goal. A Javon Kinlaw sack led to Philadelphia’s second kick. That made it 6-0.
Dre Greenlaw did an illegal suplex on Devonta Smith and gets flagged for it. Big Dom - the Philly "Head of Security" steps on the field and puts his hand on Greenlaw. Greenlaw responds by putting his hand in Dom's face. Both are ejected.
https://twitter.com/49erscast1/status/1731454737164423537
Dom facing an almost certain suspension, and in worst case scenario, a possible lifetime ban.
I thought the 49ers were better than the Eagles, but not THIS much better.
Huge for confidence if they have to play there in January, as seems likely. Things get interesting if Dallas can beat Philly at home next Sunday night tho...
Warriors fall apart again in 113-112 loss to Clippers
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2023/12/2/23985714/steph-curry-warriors-collapse-clippers-moses-moody-draymond-green-james-harden
The Golden State Warriors blew a 22-point lead to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday afternoon in a 113-112 loss. In what seemed like a positive performance for much of the night, the Warriors were on the verge of returning to .500. Instead, they fell to 9-11 on the season.
With Andrew Wiggins sidelined, Moses Moody remained in the starting lineup. However, head coach Steve Kerr made another adjustment to the rotation, starting Dario Šarić over Kevon Looney at center.
Cal
[MPOLO] Bears Three-Peat For Third Time
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/3/mens-water-polo-bears-three-peat-for-the-third-time.aspx
LOS ANGELES – They didn't want to talk about it all season long. So, no one really brought it up.
But, with so much proven talent returning and the established championship pedigree on their team, every Golden Bear knew there was only one real mission in 2023 – to become just the fourth men's water polo team ever to win three straight national titles.
On Sunday, the Bears (24-5) accomplished that mission, defeating top-seeded UCLA 13-11 at Uytengsu Aquatics Center behind a third straight NCAA Championship MVP performance from Nikolaos Papanikolaou.
[FB] Cal To Face Texas Tech In Independence Bowl
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/3/football-cal-to-face-texas-tech-in-independence-bowl.aspx
BERKELEY - Following a three-game-win streak to close the regular season, the California football team has accepted an invitation to play in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl on Dec. 16 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The Golden Bears (6-6) will meet Texas Tech (6-6) from the Big 12 Conference. The game will air on ESPN and begins at 6:15 p.m. PST.
Revenge for the 2004 Holiday Bowl!
2004: sad to be in a lesser bowl when we wanted to be in the Rose Bowl
2023: happy to be in a bowl we want to be in (any at all)
[MSWIM] No. 4 Bears Win Minnesota Invitational
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/2/mens-swimming-diving-no-4-bears-win-minnesota-invitational.aspx
MINNEAPOLIS – The No. 4 California men's swimming & diving team finished the Minnesota Invitational in style, winning four of the five events on Saturday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. The Golden Bears swept the 100 freestyle and 200 butterfly and had the top two finishes in the 400-yard free relay.
Cal was the team champion with a score of 2,360 points. Arizona finished second with a score of 1,455 and was followed by host Minnesota with a score of 1345.5. The Bears received individual wins from Destin Lasco, Jack Alexy, and Dare Rose - with all three recording NCAA A qualifying times in their respective events.
[WSWIM] No. 13 Bears Flash Speed On Last Night In Minnesota
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/2/womens-swimming-diving-no-13-bears-flash-speed-on-last-night-in-minnesota.aspx
MINNEAPOLIS - Isabelle Stadden wrapped up a dominant Minnesota Invitational on Saturday by winning the 200-yard backstroke with the fastest time in the nation this season as the No. 13 California women's swimming & diving team easily took the team title over runner-up Minnesota.
Stadden, who placed third in the 200 back at last season's NCAA Championships and grew up in Blaine, Minn., touched the wall in a time of 1:49.21 to sweep both backstroke events at the meet. Graduate student Mia Motekaitis was second in a time of 1:53.98.
[MBB] Bears Bash Broncos In Haas
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/2/mens-basketball-bears-bash-broncos-in-haas.aspx
BERKELEY (AP) – Jalen Cone hit a career-best seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points and Jaylon Tyson had his third double-double of the season to help California beat Santa Clara 84-69 on Saturday in Haas Pavilion.
Cone made 8 of 11 from the field and Tyson finished with 21 points, on 8-of-12 shooting, and 11 rebounds. Fardaws Aimaq added 15 points for Cal (3-5), which snapped a four-game skid, and Memphis transfer Keonte Kennedy had 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists in his debut with the Golden Bears.
[FB] Bloesch Elevated To Offensive Coordinator/O-Line Coach
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/2/football-bloesch-elevated-to-offensive-coordinator-o-line-coach.aspx
Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox announced Saturday that Mike Bloesch has been elevated to offensive coordinator/offensive line coach for the California football team.
Bloesch, who joined Cal in December of 2022 as the Golden Bears' run game coordinator and offensive line coach, helped Cal average 181.1 rushing yards per game – its' best since 2012 – over its' 12 regular-season games. The team's 2023 ground game is led by Pac-12 rushing leader Jaydn Ott, who is also fifth nationally in rushing yards per game (114.5) and 11th in total rushing yards (1,260). In addition, the Bears have made tremendous strides in protecting the quarterback and not allowing negative plays under Bloesch, improving from 10th to fourth in the Pac-12 in sacks allowed (2.58 to 1.50) and 11th to tied for fifth in tackles for loss allowed (6.08 to 5.42) from a year ago.
Tough to read between the lines of the press conference on why Spav left. Wilcox said something to the effect of “anytime people are able to do something that’s best for their family, we’re happy for them.”
rumors that Spav didn't get on with or mesh well with others. Don't think that was about everyone but enough that it made sense for him to move on. Bloesch is a popular choice in the locker room by all reports
[WBB] Cal Defeats Saint Mary’s 74-69
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/2/womens-basketball-cal-survives-saint-marys-74-69.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball team withstood a furious fourth-quarter rally by Saint Mary's (3-5) to earn a 74-69 win at Haas Pavilion Saturday afternoon and improve to 7-1 on the season. Cal had a 15-point lead with 4:01 remaining in the fourth quarter, but the Gaels went on a 11-1 run the rest of the way to nearly complete the comeback.
Go Bears!!!
Go Bears!
Mateen Bhaghani in the portal. I am not privy to insider information but speculation is that he asked for and didn't get a scholly since he was a walk-on
https://x.com/mateen_bhaghani/status/1731759806787297554?s=20
I don't think his leg is good enough for a P5 team. Maybe fUCLA since their kickers were trash. He's accurate but will he find a P5 scholly? Seems like sacrificing a Cal degree for a G5 scholly.
Cal and Army have the same number of National Championships in Rifle (5x)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_athletics_championship_game_outcomes#Rifle
Interesting to note. I was making a list of Wilcox's ten best wins and came up with the four Big Game victories the two wins against each of the LA schools, and the home victories over ranked UW and WSU teams. Six of the ten were on the road although half in the Bay Area and all of them in California. If I'd made it his eleven best the next one would have been at UW. He also beat Ole Miss away All that being said the Bears have still basically sucked on the road under Wilcox going 13-24.