He may actually make it in the league do his size and speed. I thought he was just a possession receiver but on those long TD catches he showed some wheels.
I used to marvel at folks who announced a huge gift of money to a charity of some sort, where someone who was not well off was granted some sort of gift or sudden ability to see what their life or the life of others could be with a "transformational" gift. Not anymore.
I have a decidedly jaundiced view of such gifts now, especially when the benefactor's name is plastered all over the news or at the top of a press release. Really, *why* is it important that Mr. Jones makes damn sure that readers know that *he*, Mr. Jones, gave some freakish sum of money for a cause or an effort that few people have heard of or know exists?
Billionaires now make the argument that their charity gifts should forever more exempt them from paying income taxes. Why? Because there's no glory in doing your civic duty by doing what a commoner does every April 15th!
It isn't money that's filthy, folks. It's our relationship to money that's filthy.
It's a funny little indicator of the socio-economic diversity among the CGB/WFC communities of past and present, which is probably equivalent to the diversity at Cal. Being a 1st generation college student and not coming from wealth, and being the stereotypical broke college kid, one of my memorable experiences was consoling a new Cal friend over the fact that her Chevron exec dad has decided that her brother will inherit the family share of a large sacred land trust that can only be bequeathed to one descendant. (This horrific news coming maybe a day after I pawned my guitar to buy food.. different story though).
haha I never did get it back. it was a Washburn acoustic i'd spent ~$300 a year or two before and pawned it for $20. and to provide context, this was 20 years ago, ha. even looking back now im ashamed i didnt just sell it on craigslist for more, but a brotha was hungry. I remember walking to the Jack in the Box next to the pawn shop and ravaging a jumbo jack immediately after the dirty deal. This was after I'd expended my funds buying white rice from Walgreens. I wasnt a very bright kid. (spending most of my dough at the bars)
i think he has done pretty well for himself in IT consulting world. he never finished his Cal degree in the early-90s, went off to work for many years, and then came back a couple years ago to finish.
It's not necessarily money that exists yet (though it very well may be). It looks to be a gift that will come from his will. Could be from money he already has, but could be from planned growth, an insurance policy or any number of other ways.
While it is possible to build tall buildings in the bay margin muds, it is not easy or cheap to do in such a way that they don't have these sorts of settlement problems.
I wonder what the markdown is, now. At some point, especially given the ridiculousness of the SF real estate market, I can imagine people saying sure, I'll assume that risk to live in a luxury condo that I couldn't otherwise afford.
Unit 10H, a 666 square foot 1bd/1ba, originally sold in 2011 for $560K and is currently pending sale for $675K, with a $1502/month HOA.
Unit 303, a 1bd/2ba 1295 square foot unit, originally sold for $1.295MM in 2011 and is now pending at $1.395MM. Its HOA is an eye watering $2,725/month.
Unit 42D is currently listed for $3.0MM (3/3, 1952 sf) and has been on the market for over year with just a single $100K price drop. Let's keep an eye on that one.
Doorman, concierge, valet parking, wine storage room, 20,000 sf gym, pool, screening room, residents cocktail lounge, a pretty great outdoor party terrace -- it was an exceptional building when it was built. The whole tilting thing kinds of kills the buzz though.
The timing isn't right, and probably won't be for at least a couple years, but he's talked positively about it being the job that could convince him to jump down to the college ranks.
After the PR nightmare of the latest COVID schitt-show surrounding the program, the CoB and the University administration, pretty sure the entire football coaching community is well aware of the challenges at Berkeley.
But the Chancellor's email she just sent to all donors had our glorious victory over USC mentioned as the the first item. Wilcox getting some love from the administration.
It’s easy to throw a quick mention into a mass f-ing email. Let me know when the Athletic Program starts getting tangible support from the City or University.
Don't really know much about Mr. Anderson, so not commenting about him.
But the observation about school ties is dead on. Don James didn't have school ties to UW and yet he is revered by the Huskies fans as the Dawg Father.
BTW, I looked it up - Don James played his college ball at Miami (FL) as a QB and DB; he came to UW (1975) from Kent State (1971-1974). Prior to Kent State, he coached at -
Florida State (DBs, '59-'61; DC, from '62 to '65),
Michigan (DBs, '66-'67), and
Colorado (DC, '68-'70)
Bruce Snyder came to Cal from the LA Rams, Snyder played his college ball at Oregon and he was a head coach at Utah State for 7 years before Dave Maggard hired him in December '86.
The PR disaster caused by COVID the past 2 years has made a tough job even tougher. Plus, Knowlton's albeit limited track record in revenue sports hires at Cal leaves a lot to be desired.
Well, his coaching wins football games. He was 58-3 with a state championship coaching high school, then he went to FCS and broke records as the passing game coordinator for Eastern Washington, then he took over Sac State and is 15-1 in the Big Sky.
I recognize that winning at the high school and FCS level is not the same thing as winning at a P5 FBS program...but still, he's got a pretty darn good record. It's not like it'd be a Ted Lasso outside of the box hire.
thank you. And for reference, we can point to Notre Dame's internal promotion of Freeman. No HC experience and only has one year at the P5 level. and that's Notre Dame, one of the bluest of blue bloods in CFB. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle like USC did with Pete. Maybe this is the hire for ND. Maybe Troy is that for Cal. One never knows.
Yeah, the fact that just about Kelly's whole staff decided to stay at ND with Freeman says quite a bit about both those dudes. I think Kelly's departure might end up being the best thing to happen to ND.
U of Florida faculty issued a report that alleged that DeSantis' office pressured them to delete Covid data that was not supportive of DeSantis. They were also told to not talk ill of him.
For some reason, Biden administration nominated GOP's Meg Whitman to be ambassador to Kenya. Perhaps it's a reward for anti-Trump stance. Perhaps it's punishment by having to live in Nairobi. Perhaps it was the $500k donation, which is how these types of things work.
GOP candidate for GA lt. governorship wants to eliminate state income taxes by either changing sales tax to be 17% (gee, I wonder where people would shop) or eliminate K-12 public education.
Liz Cheney says Jan. 6 investigation has won a victory in the courts requiring Trump documents to be released relating to the event. Meanwhile Trump is doing his best to hide his activities, delay, and obfuscate. Apparently he will be subpoenaed and forced to appear. Doubt he will show up, though.
we have tix to the game vs the Knicks here in NYC next week. there are still 2 games before that so unless he goes bonkers the next 2 games we have still a chance to see him break the record.
My boss just asked if I would like to go back into the office more often, and I said: Hmm yes. But I don’t want to take slots from people whose work can’t easily be done from bed, like my work.
They had the best program back when his offense was innovative...now that O is trendy, with everyone and their mother running it. Well, everyone but Wilcox, of course.
Kinda like some SC douchebag who just tweeted that John Robinson’s 2nd SC go-round was an “unmitigated disaster”.... they won a Rose, Cotton & Freedom bowl...ya, what a disappointment.
CAL
Adrian Martinez 👀
What's the word?
bird
👀
Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel, paulie.....
WR Trevon Clark - who is out of college eligibility and is a graduating senior - declares for the NFL draft.
https://twitter.com/trevon2221/status/1468818588001714181
The good news is that it seems like everyone I read about not coming back is graduating.
dont you dare jinx it.
^^this^^
We should revisit this after Oregon makes a hire.
He only played 3 games last year which he could parlayed into a redshirt year if he wanted
Last year doesn't count towards eligibility
He may actually make it in the league do his size and speed. I thought he was just a possession receiver but on those long TD catches he showed some wheels.
Go Bears!!!
Nice try
https://twitter.com/dianaharvey/status/1468680321516273665
Ken Montgomery Makes Transformational Gift To Cal
https://calbears.com/news/2021/12/7/cal-athletics-fund-ken-montgomery-makes-transformational-gift-to-cal-mens-water-polo.aspx
Who did he name drop while making the gift?
fuck that guy
I used to marvel at folks who announced a huge gift of money to a charity of some sort, where someone who was not well off was granted some sort of gift or sudden ability to see what their life or the life of others could be with a "transformational" gift. Not anymore.
I have a decidedly jaundiced view of such gifts now, especially when the benefactor's name is plastered all over the news or at the top of a press release. Really, *why* is it important that Mr. Jones makes damn sure that readers know that *he*, Mr. Jones, gave some freakish sum of money for a cause or an effort that few people have heard of or know exists?
Billionaires now make the argument that their charity gifts should forever more exempt them from paying income taxes. Why? Because there's no glory in doing your civic duty by doing what a commoner does every April 15th!
It isn't money that's filthy, folks. It's our relationship to money that's filthy.
Inherited money?
It's a funny little indicator of the socio-economic diversity among the CGB/WFC communities of past and present, which is probably equivalent to the diversity at Cal. Being a 1st generation college student and not coming from wealth, and being the stereotypical broke college kid, one of my memorable experiences was consoling a new Cal friend over the fact that her Chevron exec dad has decided that her brother will inherit the family share of a large sacred land trust that can only be bequeathed to one descendant. (This horrific news coming maybe a day after I pawned my guitar to buy food.. different story though).
I suggested we start the "not official financial advice" section just for you.
Did you ever get the guitar back?
haha I never did get it back. it was a Washburn acoustic i'd spent ~$300 a year or two before and pawned it for $20. and to provide context, this was 20 years ago, ha. even looking back now im ashamed i didnt just sell it on craigslist for more, but a brotha was hungry. I remember walking to the Jack in the Box next to the pawn shop and ravaging a jumbo jack immediately after the dirty deal. This was after I'd expended my funds buying white rice from Walgreens. I wasnt a very bright kid. (spending most of my dough at the bars)
<3
I don't think so... but I don't know for sure.
i think he has done pretty well for himself in IT consulting world. he never finished his Cal degree in the early-90s, went off to work for many years, and then came back a couple years ago to finish.
It's not necessarily money that exists yet (though it very well may be). It looks to be a gift that will come from his will. Could be from money he already has, but could be from planned growth, an insurance policy or any number of other ways.
Yeah, I think it's earned money.
Pretty impressive to put that kind of cash away and donate it, for an individual.
I'm like 90% sure that he didn't grow up well off and I'm also pretty sure he was estranged from his mom.
Do people know that Solomon Hughes is playing Kareem in the upcoming Lakers movie on HBO? Mindblowing.
Dr. Solomon Hughes.
See below, BP...absolutely wild!
Weather
I got snow outside my window. If I wasn't quarantined, I'd be skiing again this weekend.
how are you feeling?
Cold in W4C Mid-Atlantic. 40s and 30s for much of the month so far, but we're hitting 70s on Saturday and 50s/60s next week.
It hasn't been too bad. Haven't had to wear tights on a run yet so far. That's my threshold, though I'm good to the mid 30s in shorts.
Record low snow in Colorado
https://www.newson6.com/story/61b131cb8f026368703464ee/ski-resorts-dealing-with-significant-snow-drought
they are supposed to be getting a storm today w/ 20-ish inches. still, i am not sure if iti will be enough for our Xmas trip to Steamboat.
"Rain" twice in one week in LA and an actual storm on the horizon for next week.
Solomon Abdul-Jabbar
https://twitter.com/LightsCameraPod/status/1468994283432812552?t=h7coXJ9YbvUH6236CUySHQ&s=19
I didn't know Solomon Hughes got into acting.
If they ever remake Airplane!, he's got the Roger Murdock role on lockdown....
Yeesh.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/sf-millennium-tower-tilts-quarter-inch-in-four-days/2750189/
This seems suboptimal
Well stated understatement.
While it is possible to build tall buildings in the bay margin muds, it is not easy or cheap to do in such a way that they don't have these sorts of settlement problems.
Username checks out
It may be ridiculous, but there is not a chance I'd go in that building. I'm sure it's within tolerances, but NO.
I wonder what the markdown is, now. At some point, especially given the ridiculousness of the SF real estate market, I can imagine people saying sure, I'll assume that risk to live in a luxury condo that I couldn't otherwise afford.
It would be wise to put a small portion of the savings into a decent life insurance plan
Not a whole lot.
Unit 10H, a 666 square foot 1bd/1ba, originally sold in 2011 for $560K and is currently pending sale for $675K, with a $1502/month HOA.
Unit 303, a 1bd/2ba 1295 square foot unit, originally sold for $1.295MM in 2011 and is now pending at $1.395MM. Its HOA is an eye watering $2,725/month.
Unit 42D is currently listed for $3.0MM (3/3, 1952 sf) and has been on the market for over year with just a single $100K price drop. Let's keep an eye on that one.
Which one are we crowdfunding for DBD Party Condo?
I betcha those HOA fees are at least partially, if not mostly, funding the engineering fix. Holy forkballs.
$2,725 monthly HOA?!?! What amenities does that building have? Do you get a parking space in the building with that?
Doorman, concierge, valet parking, wine storage room, 20,000 sf gym, pool, screening room, residents cocktail lounge, a pretty great outdoor party terrace -- it was an exceptional building when it was built. The whole tilting thing kinds of kills the buzz though.
A $2725 monthly HOA better come with either some sort of snow removal or happy ending. That’s patently absurd.
It's more than my monthly mortgage payment. I'm trying not to say anything crass about what amenities ought to come at that price.
Iron Man suit and suite or GTFO
I think Joe Montana already moved out.
Who do you want as Cal's coach if/when Oregon hires Justin Wilcox?
Gary Patterson, not that he'd ever leave the state of Texas.
Mike Houston, not that he'd ever leave Best Carolina
Ron Rivera
Seems unlikely as he already has a big time head coaching job.
The timing isn't right, and probably won't be for at least a couple years, but he's talked positively about it being the job that could convince him to jump down to the college ranks.
oh, has he left the Washington Football Team?
Nope, and like last year they have a losing record but seem they may be headed for the playoffs.
Blake Anderson. I don't understand the obsession with Cal fans needing it to be someone who has school ties.
Good choice. I loved him in Workaholics
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2981935/
My only thought with that is hoping the incoming coach recognizes the administrative…challenges…that come along with the Cal job
After the PR nightmare of the latest COVID schitt-show surrounding the program, the CoB and the University administration, pretty sure the entire football coaching community is well aware of the challenges at Berkeley.
But the Chancellor's email she just sent to all donors had our glorious victory over USC mentioned as the the first item. Wilcox getting some love from the administration.
It’s easy to throw a quick mention into a mass f-ing email. Let me know when the Athletic Program starts getting tangible support from the City or University.
I think so. It's the concern that someone without Cal ties may just not be able to fully understand the problem.
I just don't know many coaches to begin with, and don't have any favorite, so i can only come up with guys who has ties to Cal
Don't really know much about Mr. Anderson, so not commenting about him.
But the observation about school ties is dead on. Don James didn't have school ties to UW and yet he is revered by the Huskies fans as the Dawg Father.
BTW, I looked it up - Don James played his college ball at Miami (FL) as a QB and DB; he came to UW (1975) from Kent State (1971-1974). Prior to Kent State, he coached at -
Florida State (DBs, '59-'61; DC, from '62 to '65),
Michigan (DBs, '66-'67), and
Colorado (DC, '68-'70)
Bruce Snyder came to Cal from the LA Rams, Snyder played his college ball at Oregon and he was a head coach at Utah State for 7 years before Dave Maggard hired him in December '86.
If a coach wins for Cal, they start getting school ties.
I like this one.
Kellen Moore
Gerald Alexander. Beast Mode as OC
Make a case for Wilcox to Oregon that doesn’t include his ties to Oregon.
pltm
There is no case.
The PR disaster caused by COVID the past 2 years has made a tough job even tougher. Plus, Knowlton's albeit limited track record in revenue sports hires at Cal leaves a lot to be desired.
It may actually be Troy Taylor time.....
make a case for Troy that doesn't include his ties to Cal.
Well, his coaching wins football games. He was 58-3 with a state championship coaching high school, then he went to FCS and broke records as the passing game coordinator for Eastern Washington, then he took over Sac State and is 15-1 in the Big Sky.
I recognize that winning at the high school and FCS level is not the same thing as winning at a P5 FBS program...but still, he's got a pretty darn good record. It's not like it'd be a Ted Lasso outside of the box hire.
But I should reiterate that I'm hoping Wilcox stays.
That's a pretty good case, tho I do hope Wilcox stays, too. Continuity, booby!!!
thank you. And for reference, we can point to Notre Dame's internal promotion of Freeman. No HC experience and only has one year at the P5 level. and that's Notre Dame, one of the bluest of blue bloods in CFB. Sometimes you catch lightning in a bottle like USC did with Pete. Maybe this is the hire for ND. Maybe Troy is that for Cal. One never knows.
Yeah, the fact that just about Kelly's whole staff decided to stay at ND with Freeman says quite a bit about both those dudes. I think Kelly's departure might end up being the best thing to happen to ND.
He won't be poached by a big name program?
Those big name programs don't have GB49 pushing for TT.
They might have their version of GB49 in the fanbase
GB49 probably has Troy Taylor's wiki page framed on his bedroom wall.
Bob loves him
Don’t you put that bad juju on me!
Today in Covid
Elsewhere in college
According to Twitter, the following people are all confirmed to be the next hire for Oregon: Matt Rhule, Lane Kiffin, Urban Meyer, and other names
Urban Meyer! pqtm
Do you want long-term stability or a national championship?
Yes!
Updated Pac-12 '22 transfer Portal (per 247 Sports):
CU 10, UCLA 8, USC 8, Arizona 7, ASU 7, Furd 5, Cal 4, OSU 3, Utah 3, Oregon 2
pqtm
https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1468389838667849739
QB Jake Haener will stick with Fresno State/Tedford and not follow DeBoer to Washington
https://twitter.com/chris_hummer/status/1468746090308583427?s=21
Recommending DeBoer to UW, taking the Fresno job, and then getting Haener to stay? Tedford is playing four-dimensional chess against DeBoer's checkers
Yes
Haener 4 Heisman
We will not stop punching ourselves in the nards until our brother stops doing it first.
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1468746571453853696
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
U of Florida faculty issued a report that alleged that DeSantis' office pressured them to delete Covid data that was not supportive of DeSantis. They were also told to not talk ill of him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/584909-university-of-florida-researchers-pressured-to-destroy-covid-19-data
People who actually believe that DeCoverUp's state actually had zero Covid cases are the most idiotic people out there.
WaPo: NYC DA to sub-peen Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-letitia-james-deposition/2021/12/09/01b10140-587f-11ec-a219-9b4ae96da3b7_story.html
If you look close enough, you can see the Crown Vic that's towing this 1/6 insurgent's home.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1468764614422937601
Around that time a saw a few vehicles parked around the area that were clearly people here for the demonstration.
I like the comment in the thread about Fox News raking around their Christmas tree.
Fox News: "This guy should go to jail because he doesn't like us, so hating white supremacists is technically a hate crime".
https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1468933370621136907
For them, not bowing down at every turn to white supremacy is basically treason/murder/rape all wrapped into one.
For some reason, Biden administration nominated GOP's Meg Whitman to be ambassador to Kenya. Perhaps it's a reward for anti-Trump stance. Perhaps it's punishment by having to live in Nairobi. Perhaps it was the $500k donation, which is how these types of things work.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/biden-nominates-meg-whitman-to-be-ambassador-to-kenya.html
She's a loser.
Sure won financially. The show
Narcos had good quote about money. If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at who he gives it to.
OOOooOOooo That is a good quote.
GOP candidate for GA lt. governorship wants to eliminate state income taxes by either changing sales tax to be 17% (gee, I wonder where people would shop) or eliminate K-12 public education.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/gop-hopefuls-in-2022-want-to-eliminate-state-income-tax/DL76BUKGBJHHHMA3VK4HZ7B52M/
It's been a bit weird to have my "this is a hyperbolic overstatement of right wing policy goals" takes start to swim into range as possibilities
Senate overturns Biden's private company vaccine-or-test mandate thanks to Machin & Tester
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-resolution-defund-repeal-biden-vaccine-mandate-n1285636
Senate hasn't overturned anything. They have voted to overturn. Still needs to pass House and be signed by Biden, so it isn't happening.
I’m surprisingly ok with this. The people not already vaccinated wouldn’t abide it anyway. Just a lost cause, sadly.
I’m having to read papers on medical ethics to remind myself that even unvaccinated people still deserve care…my empathy glands are empty.
Sen. Ron Johnson R-WI): Gargle with Listerine to fight Covid
Doctors: kinda, but no
Listerine: no
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/09/ron-johnson-mouthwash-covid/
Ron Johnson is a national treasure
Good. Hopefully he's buried somewhere soon.
If Nic Cage tries to steal him we will know why
Liz Cheney says Jan. 6 investigation has won a victory in the courts requiring Trump documents to be released relating to the event. Meanwhile Trump is doing his best to hide his activities, delay, and obfuscate. Apparently he will be subpoenaed and forced to appear. Doubt he will show up, though.
PRO
Highlight of a nil-nil draw
https://twitter.com/ESPNUK/status/1468709035021119499
Lame. He totally flopped.
Does she still have eligibility? Cal football could use her.
Without seeing the twitter, I am assuming this is about Sam Kerr... in which case, yes, Cal football could use her.
yup it was.
P12 Officials would have flagged her on the illegal block...guy's head was not turned around... ;-)
blindside hit
Possible targeting, no less.
She did get yellow carded.
Warrior beat Blazers 104-94. Nobody had a great night. Nobody had a terrible night. Steph moves 6 treys closer to record.
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401360200
we have tix to the game vs the Knicks here in NYC next week. there are still 2 games before that so unless he goes bonkers the next 2 games we have still a chance to see him break the record.
there's chatter about him sitting against the Pacers as a "rest day" (since NY is SEGABABA, right?) if he doesn't drop 10 against his bro Saturday.
it would be back-to-back nights for the Warriors in Indi-NYC
guess i should have looked up SEGABABA before it set the whole thread on fire ...
I was just happy to have the chance to use SEGABABA (which is a term I learned on GSOM). :-)
TIL what SEGABABA is. I like TOOTBLAN.
right. so rest Indy and play NYC.
My boss just asked if I would like to go back into the office more often, and I said: Hmm yes. But I don’t want to take slots from people whose work can’t easily be done from bed, like my work.
your bed, surrounded by empty cartons of ice cream and discarded cake boxes.
Ducks Twitter is losing it's mind over the permission requests to speak with Chip and Wilcox....pretty hilarious.
Based on a majority of the tweets, neither UC coach would be a popular hire.....
What's wrong with Kelly? They had the best program under him.
They had the best program back when his offense was innovative...now that O is trendy, with everyone and their mother running it. Well, everyone but Wilcox, of course.
Re-treads aren’t splashy.
Also Oregon fans are completely, adorably delusional
Kinda like some SC douchebag who just tweeted that John Robinson’s 2nd SC go-round was an “unmitigated disaster”.... they won a Rose, Cotton & Freedom bowl...ya, what a disappointment.