The Athletic has a great recap of the legal action taken by the SEC to establish their right to govern themselves and to keep LSU from interfering in that right. Lack of control over Kiffin sited in particular:
"During that Friday meeting, according to the amended complaint, the 15 conference CEOs “expressed great concern” that Kiffin was working with the counsel for the athletes in the Louisiana lawsuit, with support and involvement from Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, and that the LSU administration has “no meaningful control” over Kiffin or the LSU football program. The amended complaint adds Murrill as a defendant in the lawsuit."
President Trump appeared to suggest on Sunday that New Mexico should be renamed “New America,” prompting swift backlash from the state’s Democratic leaders over his latest effort to put an American stamp on geographic names.
Trump is insane. I don't care about the Goldwater Rule because this is not a campaign and the world becomes less stable as long as Trump remains president: the president is insane.
That Trump's sanity is not a topic of discussion in the most commonly read and accessed media outlets should be a scandal in and of itself. I'm not a psychiatrist, psychologist, trained medical professional. But I do know that the person elected to the office of President of the United States is not sane.
He has DC so messed up. I went into the city on my run. They are pumping the rain water out of the reflecting pool and there was about a dozen men doing some kind of work around the edges. Part of the fencing blew down during the storm last week and some is back up but not all. The area between the WWII Memorial and Washington Monument has had the grass pulled up and a tractor was doing some kind of work on the dirt. I was going to go to the east end of the mall to see where the grass down to the Capitol is roped off but the national guard and park police had the bike trail blocked. Went up to see the Ellipse but it was fenced off with a black tarp covering and Constitution Ave was closed for at least five blocks. Finally just turned and headed home.
classes start tomorrow at MIT and i was not expecting to see young freshman women at MIT all dressed up in short skirts and high heels for the rush/initiation activities.
I used to work for the libraries for my last 2 years at Cal. My senior year, I was a floor monitor at Moffitt. Back then, Moffitt was basically a night club where people looked to hook up while pretending to "study". My job was to keep the moaning sounds to a minimum. I also was able to watch some of the filming of Junior (starring Schwarzenegger and De Vito) during my senior year from Moffitt. Neat!
Bounced around a lot of libraries, almost never Moffitt- too much of a zoo. Spent some time in Eshelman, which was razed and replaced. There was a little I guess sub-library in Doe where you could be essentially outside sort of on the roof. Loved that one.
Can't believe the NFL is starting this week. Was at dinner with UCLA friends and he mentioned Niners travel schedule to Australia for the game. Tomorrow is the first game, Seahawks vs Pats.
A bunt and an infield single boosted the San Francisco Giants’ win probability to 100% Monday night in a 5-4, 11-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals that turned Oracle Paek into Shay Stadium.
Based on tonight’s game alone, you could’ve fooled someone into believing Emmet Sheehan was the starting pitcher in this outing, putting up an All-Star season, as he led the way for a 6-3 win in his return to the bigs. With a scarcity of hits, particularly on the home side, the Dodgers saved their only home run for the most impactful of moments as Teoscar Hernández crushed a three-run bomb in the sixth, responsible for half their runs.
CHANDLER, AZ - California men's golf freshman Callixte Alzas shot 7-under par after two rounds of the Bombs, Darts, & Birds Collegiate on Monday. Alzas ended the day in eighteenth place, while the Bears shot 17-under par as a team and currently sit in eleventh place after day one.
The California men's soccer team hosts Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday to conclude its three-game homestand before heading to No. 22 Louisville on Sunday to continue ACC play. The Golden Bears enter the week 1-0-3 after back-to-back 2-2 draws against No. 12 UCLA and North Carolina.
For the fourth straight match, the California Golden Bears (4-1) will be playing away from Haas Pavilion. After winning both of their games at the Stephen F. Austin tournament in Nacogdoches, Texas, the Bears are now set for a clash with the South Carolina Gamecocks (4-1).
California men's basketball has its 2026-27 nonconference schedule solidified, with the Golden Bears hosting 11 opponents at Haas Pavilion in their 14-game stretch prior to ACC competition. Only two games will take the Bears out of state — a neutral meeting against Minnesota at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., and a visit to former conference-mate Utah.
BERKELEY – California men's soccer opened ACC play with a 2-2 draw against North Carolina on Sunday, September 6, at Edwards Stadium.
The Golden Bears got off to a slow start, conceding in the 18th minute. Cal turned the momentum, however, sparked by a big save from goalkeeper Adam Salama in the 26th minute. The Bears would then equalize in the 42nd minute, with Junhwan Park netting his second goal of the season, assisted by Alex Hauschild. Just over two minutes later, California tipped the score in its favor with help from Callen Lewis, who scored his first goal of the season in the 44th minute. Finley Reynolds recorded his first career assist on the play, Noe Morales credited with the secondary assist.
BERKELEY, Calif. – The California women's soccer team defeated Columbia Sunday afternoon at Edwards Stadium.
The Bears opened the scoring in the 16th minute when Reese Doherty found the back of the net off an assist from Elhom Khursand. The goal marked Doherty's first of the season and gave Cal a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.
The California field hockey team (3-0) led wire to wire in a 4-0 shutout win over visiting Columbia (1-1) at Underhill Field on Sunday afternoon. Liz Klompmaker scored a pair of goals for the second consecutive game and 11th of her career. The Golden Bears held the Lions to just two shots for the game.
The play calling after the first drive was not very good. Me thinks having first time play callers is not a good idea. The Cal D wasn't great in the first half, especially the last drive. Played much better in the 2nd half and maybe the play calling was better.
UCLA looked much faster in the 1st half, not as much the 2nd half until sometime in the 4th. The good thing is this doesn't impact us winning the ACC. This coming week will tell us a lot as well. Hoping I'm not regretting flying to Syracuse thurs night.
I think the offense turned when JKS hurt his ankle/knee in the 3rd Q. He was obviously hobbling and not throwing on the run as well. The 1st INT was slightly behind and high to Mini and off his fingertips. The 2nd one was probably a miscommunication. Mini was streaking for the endzone and the safety just sat down and I wonder if JKS was going to throw assuming Mini just sat down in front of the safety and he wasn't there so he tried to throw it in the ground and just didn't get it low enough.
Also when Swinney went out and we had to start a new center.
Even so, we had a tie game in the 4th quarter (and the stats were pretty even at that point too) before that avalanche of turnovers, so I didn't think the team was outclassed exactly. There was just a gap in team cohesion and execution. Hopefully that stuff improves as they play together.
I felt as though they were holding back with JKS for most of the game. Very little downfield, though that could've been goo defense by fUCLA. I did not realize that JKS had an ankle tweak, so that probably had an effect on late play calling.
I think for most of the first half the OL wasn't very good. He didn't seem to have much time to throw and they had to move him out of the pocket to get some time. And I think we lost the center at some point. So much for making the OL better. I think the Left Tackle was getting abused all game long.
BERKELEY – The California football team came back from a double-digit deficit to tie the game in the second half but ultimately fell to UCLA 45-24 in its 2026 season-opener on Saturday night at California Memorial Stadium.
The Golden Bears, playing their first game under new Travers Family Head Football Coach Tosh Lupoi, fell behind 21-10 late in the second quarter but eventually knotted the contest at 24-24 with 3:50 to play in the third period. The Bruins scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to put the game away.
The Travers family is best known in the Bay Area for their profound philanthropic support of the UC Berkeley academic and athletic programs.
UC Berkeley Philanthropy
The Founders: Colonel Charles T. Travers ('32) and his wife, Louise ('33) met as students at UC Berkeley during the Great Depression.
Major Gifts: The family provided historic multi-million dollar endowments, including a $16 million commitment in 2005 and subsequent contributions, to name the Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science.
Athletics: The family's contributions also endowed the Cal football head coaching position and funded vital training resources and student-athlete scholarships.
Other Colleges
SEC meeting on Thursday on whether or not to expel LSU.
https://x.com/rossdellenger/status/2097346080148996362
That will not happen
No but it would be funny to think if it did. I'm guessing double secret probabtion.
The SEC going thru this exercise is sort of funny. "We are going to send LSU a very sternly worded letter, personally signed by Greg Sankey himself!"
The Athletic has a great recap of the legal action taken by the SEC to establish their right to govern themselves and to keep LSU from interfering in that right. Lack of control over Kiffin sited in particular:
"During that Friday meeting, according to the amended complaint, the 15 conference CEOs “expressed great concern” that Kiffin was working with the counsel for the athletes in the Louisiana lawsuit, with support and involvement from Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, and that the LSU administration has “no meaningful control” over Kiffin or the LSU football program. The amended complaint adds Murrill as a defendant in the lawsuit."
DBD AV Lunch
Korean fast food at MIT student center. was perfectly mediocre
Probably something simple like a ham sandwich on baguette, either with mayo and cheese or just a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese.
@I know people really want to know.@. Ended up doing mayo and havarti with ham.
yes we did want to know
Dumb Government
Someone was up late rage tweeting.
Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/us/politics/trump-rename-new-mexico.html
President Trump appeared to suggest on Sunday that New Mexico should be renamed “New America,” prompting swift backlash from the state’s Democratic leaders over his latest effort to put an American stamp on geographic names.
Trump is insane. I don't care about the Goldwater Rule because this is not a campaign and the world becomes less stable as long as Trump remains president: the president is insane.
That Trump's sanity is not a topic of discussion in the most commonly read and accessed media outlets should be a scandal in and of itself. I'm not a psychiatrist, psychologist, trained medical professional. But I do know that the person elected to the office of President of the United States is not sane.
He has DC so messed up. I went into the city on my run. They are pumping the rain water out of the reflecting pool and there was about a dozen men doing some kind of work around the edges. Part of the fencing blew down during the storm last week and some is back up but not all. The area between the WWII Memorial and Washington Monument has had the grass pulled up and a tractor was doing some kind of work on the dirt. I was going to go to the east end of the mall to see where the grass down to the Capitol is roped off but the national guard and park police had the bike trail blocked. Went up to see the Ellipse but it was fenced off with a black tarp covering and Constitution Ave was closed for at least five blocks. Finally just turned and headed home.
Boston colleges
Sorority rush.
classes start tomorrow at MIT and i was not expecting to see young freshman women at MIT all dressed up in short skirts and high heels for the rush/initiation activities.
2 days of work meetings at various schools in town. Wentworth, MIT, Northeastern, UMass, BU.
tomorrow is first day of classes for both my kids as well. would be fun to randomly run into them in the hallways.
But not the actual Boston Collelge?
no BC this time.
Moffitt library
I used to work for the libraries for my last 2 years at Cal. My senior year, I was a floor monitor at Moffitt. Back then, Moffitt was basically a night club where people looked to hook up while pretending to "study". My job was to keep the moaning sounds to a minimum. I also was able to watch some of the filming of Junior (starring Schwarzenegger and De Vito) during my senior year from Moffitt. Neat!
Somehow I preferred the vibe of Doe, even though they closed earlier (10 pm).
Bancroft had some status and mystery; not sure if it still does.
I tried going here to start but never ended up sticking with it. I didn't find a group that I clicked with
My go-to libraries were,
- music library where you could borrow any DVD you wanted from an amazing collection of classical stuff
- physics since there was some chance of getting help from others
Bounced around a lot of libraries, almost never Moffitt- too much of a zoo. Spent some time in Eshelman, which was razed and replaced. There was a little I guess sub-library in Doe where you could be essentially outside sort of on the roof. Loved that one.
In my day, the music library only had vinyl.
I can't remember why, but I also had access to Doe as an under grad.
Digital diversions
Globle
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#globle
a little lucky. i just chanced upon it
🌎 Sep 8, 2026 🌍
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.95
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https://globle-game.com
#globle
Me too. I'm still not grasping the distance on this continent.
I did not know that is where this country was.
Worldle
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Can't believe the NFL is starting this week. Was at dinner with UCLA friends and he mentioned Niners travel schedule to Australia for the game. Tomorrow is the first game, Seahawks vs Pats.
Giants work late for Labor Day win
Shay Whitcomb chopped home the winning run in the 11th inning and the Giants got a 5-4 holiday win
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisco-giants-scores-standings/111360/giants-work-late-for-labor-day-win
A bunt and an infield single boosted the San Francisco Giants’ win probability to 100% Monday night in a 5-4, 11-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals that turned Oracle Paek into Shay Stadium.
Red light turned green; all systems go for Emmet Sheehan (Dodgers beat Reds 6-3)
https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/123887/emmet-sheehan-ties-career-high-strikeouts-teoscar-hernandez-home-run-win-reds
Based on tonight’s game alone, you could’ve fooled someone into believing Emmet Sheehan was the starting pitcher in this outing, putting up an All-Star season, as he led the way for a 6-3 win in his return to the bigs. With a scarcity of hits, particularly on the home side, the Dodgers saved their only home run for the most impactful of moments as Teoscar Hernández crushed a three-run bomb in the sixth, responsible for half their runs.
Cal
[MGOLF] Alzas Leads Bears After Day One in Arizona
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/7/mens-golf-alzas-leads-bears-after-day-one-in-arizona
CHANDLER, AZ - California men's golf freshman Callixte Alzas shot 7-under par after two rounds of the Bombs, Darts, & Birds Collegiate on Monday. Alzas ended the day in eighteenth place, while the Bears shot 17-under par as a team and currently sit in eleventh place after day one.
[MSOC] Bears Set For Cal State Fullerton, No. 22 Louisville
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/7/mens-soccer-bears-set-for-cal-state-fullerton-no-22-louisville
The California men's soccer team hosts Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday to conclude its three-game homestand before heading to No. 22 Louisville on Sunday to continue ACC play. The Golden Bears enter the week 1-0-3 after back-to-back 2-2 draws against No. 12 UCLA and North Carolina.
[VB] Cal To Face Off With South Carolina In Showdown At The Net
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/7/volleyball-cal-to-face-off-with-south-carolina-in-showdown-at-the-net
For the fourth straight match, the California Golden Bears (4-1) will be playing away from Haas Pavilion. After winning both of their games at the Stephen F. Austin tournament in Nacogdoches, Texas, the Bears are now set for a clash with the South Carolina Gamecocks (4-1).
[MBB] Cal Men’s Basketball Announces Nonconference Slate
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/7/mens-basketball-cal-mens-basketball-announces-nonconference-slate
California men's basketball has its 2026-27 nonconference schedule solidified, with the Golden Bears hosting 11 opponents at Haas Pavilion in their 14-game stretch prior to ACC competition. Only two games will take the Bears out of state — a neutral meeting against Minnesota at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., and a visit to former conference-mate Utah.
[WSOC] Cal Opens ACC Schedule at No. 9 North Carolina
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/7/womens-soccer-cal-opens-acc-schedule-at-no-9-north-carolina
2026 Cal WSOC Match Notes Week 5
After extending their unbeaten streak at home, the Bears hit the road Thursday to open ACC play against No. 9 North Carolina.
[MSOC] Cal Nets Two In Draw Against North Carolina
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/6/mens-soccer-cal-nets-two-in-draw-against-north-carolina
BERKELEY – California men's soccer opened ACC play with a 2-2 draw against North Carolina on Sunday, September 6, at Edwards Stadium.
The Golden Bears got off to a slow start, conceding in the 18th minute. Cal turned the momentum, however, sparked by a big save from goalkeeper Adam Salama in the 26th minute. The Bears would then equalize in the 42nd minute, with Junhwan Park netting his second goal of the season, assisted by Alex Hauschild. Just over two minutes later, California tipped the score in its favor with help from Callen Lewis, who scored his first goal of the season in the 44th minute. Finley Reynolds recorded his first career assist on the play, Noe Morales credited with the secondary assist.
[WSOC] Cal Beats Columbia at Home
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/6/womens-soccer-cal-beats-columbia-at-home
BERKELEY, Calif. – The California women's soccer team defeated Columbia Sunday afternoon at Edwards Stadium.
The Bears opened the scoring in the 16th minute when Reese Doherty found the back of the net off an assist from Elhom Khursand. The goal marked Doherty's first of the season and gave Cal a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.
[FH] Cal Remains Undefeated With Win Over Columbia
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/6/field-hockey-cal-remains-undefeated-with-win-over-columbia
The California field hockey team (3-0) led wire to wire in a 4-0 shutout win over visiting Columbia (1-1) at Underhill Field on Sunday afternoon. Liz Klompmaker scored a pair of goals for the second consecutive game and 11th of her career. The Golden Bears held the Lions to just two shots for the game.
Somehow I thought we were going to be much better on both sides of the ball.
At least it seemed that there was incremental progress
[FB] Postgame Notes: UCLA 45, California 24
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/6/football-postgame-notes-ucla-45-california-24
I watched the first couple series then it was off to bed. Glad I didn’t stay up until one/two o’clock to see the fourth quarter.
The play calling after the first drive was not very good. Me thinks having first time play callers is not a good idea. The Cal D wasn't great in the first half, especially the last drive. Played much better in the 2nd half and maybe the play calling was better.
I was excited to see the second half adjustment and felt good in the third quarter. Then 4th quarter happened
UCLA looked much faster in the 1st half, not as much the 2nd half until sometime in the 4th. The good thing is this doesn't impact us winning the ACC. This coming week will tell us a lot as well. Hoping I'm not regretting flying to Syracuse thurs night.
I think the offense turned when JKS hurt his ankle/knee in the 3rd Q. He was obviously hobbling and not throwing on the run as well. The 1st INT was slightly behind and high to Mini and off his fingertips. The 2nd one was probably a miscommunication. Mini was streaking for the endzone and the safety just sat down and I wonder if JKS was going to throw assuming Mini just sat down in front of the safety and he wasn't there so he tried to throw it in the ground and just didn't get it low enough.
Also when Swinney went out and we had to start a new center.
Even so, we had a tie game in the 4th quarter (and the stats were pretty even at that point too) before that avalanche of turnovers, so I didn't think the team was outclassed exactly. There was just a gap in team cohesion and execution. Hopefully that stuff improves as they play together.
I felt as though they were holding back with JKS for most of the game. Very little downfield, though that could've been goo defense by fUCLA. I did not realize that JKS had an ankle tweak, so that probably had an effect on late play calling.
I think for most of the first half the OL wasn't very good. He didn't seem to have much time to throw and they had to move him out of the pocket to get some time. And I think we lost the center at some point. So much for making the OL better. I think the Left Tackle was getting abused all game long.
[FB] Bears Fall To UCLA In Season-Opener
https://calbears.com/news/2026/9/6/football-bears-fall-to-ucla-in-season-opener
BERKELEY – The California football team came back from a double-digit deficit to tie the game in the second half but ultimately fell to UCLA 45-24 in its 2026 season-opener on Saturday night at California Memorial Stadium.
The Golden Bears, playing their first game under new Travers Family Head Football Coach Tosh Lupoi, fell behind 21-10 late in the second quarter but eventually knotted the contest at 24-24 with 3:50 to play in the third period. The Bruins scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to put the game away.
who is the Travers Family and i wonder how much they paid to get their name mentioned in perpetuity?
According to AI:
The Travers family is best known in the Bay Area for their profound philanthropic support of the UC Berkeley academic and athletic programs.
UC Berkeley Philanthropy
The Founders: Colonel Charles T. Travers ('32) and his wife, Louise ('33) met as students at UC Berkeley during the Great Depression.
Major Gifts: The family provided historic multi-million dollar endowments, including a $16 million commitment in 2005 and subsequent contributions, to name the Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science.
Athletics: The family's contributions also endowed the Cal football head coaching position and funded vital training resources and student-athlete scholarships.