Golden Nuggets: Oski the Bear Finds Out, Bill Belichick's Bad Trip to Berkeley, and a mess of Hot Links
someone help me acquire oskii.com
Hello and welcome to Golden Nuggets, our weekly recap article where we try to highlight all the fun, funny, or interesting things you might have missed roughly over the last week across Bear Territory (the whole damn world of course).
Just Use Adobe Photoshop…
Man. What a week! For those of you that went to the game last week, you undoubtedly saw the above, totally real, not fake, and definitely not currently available for $5,595 (Kevin Kennedy let’s talk) image up on the jumbotron during the Cal vs. UNC game. You might have been a bit confused, but we here at Golden Nuggets are here to clear things up and help you out.
This past week, internet investigative reporter Pablo Torre dropped the latest episode of his podcast/YouTube Show “Pablo Torre Finds Out” an exposé into Bill Belichick and his 24-year old girlfriend’s professional relationship. If you’re deeply invested into the internet culture, I highly suggest viewing it in full to get a sense of how UNC arrived at their present situation.
About midway through the episode, it’s revealed that much like me, Jordon Hudson is an aspiring graphic designer who made Bill Belichick’s website (https://billbelichick.com/). The tumblr-era layout is…interesting? creative? a choice? I guess ultimately what you need to know is that all to came to light last Friday at about 9 AM, roughly 10.5 hours before the 7:30 kickoff. Which means someone in the Cal Athletics Score Department of Scoreboard Operations Memes Subdepartment created that beautiful Oski website (it was not me!) for our glorious benefit.
You can read more about the successful trolling efforts from this past weekend at SF GATE here.
Hot Links
9066 - Fear, Football, and the Theft of Freedom
Cal Athletics announced a special screening of 9066: Feat, Football, and the Theft of Freedom, an Emmy-nominated documentary telling the tale of the Heart Mountain Eagles, a high school football team formed in Wyoming inside a Japanese-American incarceration camp. Scott Fujita will host a panel after the film. Learn more here.
Manicures, now with less skin-cancer
Berkeley News profiled a new to market product that started in a Berkeley Chemistry Lab that will help protect skin from harmful UV rays during manicures.
Hey Look! A Cool Place to Watch the Game on Friday!
BerkeleySide caught up with Headlands on Campus for a nice profile. I can attest, it’s a great place to host a watch party and watch away football games!
And now, a moment of silence for Top Dog.
SF Gate reported that storied Berkeley hotdog joint Top Dog is down to just one location now over on Durant in Berkeley following the closure of the North side location, the Downtown Berkeley location, and now the Lakeshore Ave. location in Oakland. Lord help us all if Durant falls.
Alice Waters Guide to Berkeley
Far be it from me to tell Alice Waters where the best Bay Area haunts are, but Arts Intel Report caught up with her to get the secrets. Read them here. Of course she’s wrong because she doesn’t mention Haas or California Memorial Stadium anywhere in the article, but still worth a read!
We’re 3D Printing in Space Now
Now the astronauts can make toys for their long journeys!
Oh Cool, We’re Talking about Tree-Sitters
ESPN went back and interviewed a number of folks on campus and off-campus now about the infamous Berkeley Tree Sitters.
The Last Class
SF Gate reviewed a new film out about Detective Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
Solving the City of Berkeley’s Problems
Berkeley News profiled the Berkeley Civic Engagement Challenge where students will compete for prizes and develop proposal that could lead to city-wide improvements. First up, GameDay parking.
At First I Didn’t Want To Share This…
But the Athletic interviewed residents up on Panoramic Hill and around other stadiums in the country about what it was like living next to a football stadium. If anyone is interested in selling their houses up there, I know a few buyers that won’t quite yell as much..
Golden Bear Honors
Constance Fouillet (Women’s Golf) set a St. Andrews course record of 9-under par 63
Theodor Roald Gadderud and Aidan Li competed in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships this past week in Jakarta. Aidan qualified for the Pommel Horse Final.
Cal Athletics recognized new inductees into the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame
Mikayla Hayden (Volleyball) was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski (Tennis) qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship and made the singles final of the ITA NW Regional Championships
Teagan Wy was named the Teagan Wy ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the 4th time this season
Hezekiah Masses was named a Top 10 Defensive Player of College Football
Luke Ferrelli was named to The Athletics' midseason All-Freshman Team
Cal Athletics Recap
Women’s Golf won the St. Andrews Links Collegiate title and Constance Fouillet set a women’s course record. The celebration is worth watching.
Men’s Golf fell to Princeton in the Match Play Championship round of the St. Andrews Links Collegiate
Women’s Soccer beat Miami (2-0) and drew even against Florida State (2-2)
Volleyball reverse swept #14 Miami (3-2) but lost to Florida State (2-3)
Men’s Water Polo lost to Stanford (8-12)
Football punched out a victory over North Carolina (21-18)
Cal Pros Recap
Soccer
Karlie Lema was called up to participate in the US U23 Women’s National Team camp later this month.
Basketball
SLAM Online interviewed Jerome Randle.
Track and Field
Cal Track and Field mourned the loss of Hawa Wague.
Football
Jared Goff did enough to get it done, throwing for 240 yards and a TD in a win over the Bucs. Aaron Rodgers lost the battle of the uncs but still threw for 249 and 4 TDs. Keenan Allen discovered the fountain of youth, recording another 119 yards and a touchdown.
Next Week in Bear Territory
Men’s Soccer plays at Radford (10/22) and Virginia Tech (10/26)
Men’s Water Polo plays Fordham (10/23)
Field Hockey plays at Davis (10/24)
Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving competes at the Stanford-Arizona Tri-Meet (10/24-10/25)
Men’s Water Polo plays Airforce (10/24)
Volleyball plays at Georgia Tech (10/24) and Clemson (10/26)
Football plays at Virginia Tech (10/24)
Rugby competes in the West Coast 7s in SoCal (10/25-10/26)
Softball takes on the College of San Mateo (10/25)
Men’s Tennis competes at the International Tennis Federation M25 Harlingen, TX (10/27-10/31)
Men’s Golf competes at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate (10/27-10/28)
Women’s Golf competes in the Nanea Invitational (10/27-10/29)
Women’s Basketball plays an exhibition game against Westmont College (10/28)
And so we find ourselves again at the end of Golden Nuggets. I appreciate you all reading this, and I have a ton of fun writing it. Last week’s most clicked link was the robot fight in case you wanted to watch it again. Thanks again for reading, and see you next week!
Okay, not sure I want to admit this here, but I grew up on Panoramic Hill (in a house my grandfather built and my mom grew up in). I never understood the attitude emanating from the hill and I think my Dad, a Cal engineering professor (who passed in 2020), wanted to live there BECAUSE of it’s proximity to work and the football stadium.
We got to walk to games, hear the cannon if we weren’t at games, hear Greek Theater concerts when the wind was blowing our way….all we had to put up with was traffic on KNOWN days 6-8 times a year. All of which every resident knew when they moved in. Wouldn’t have traded it for the world…..
I’m glad when the lights went in they were designed to minimize shine into houses; O’wise, those complaints fall on my deaf ears.
The safety issues are real but are there regardless of football crowds. One stalled car or downed wire and egress by car is blocked. There are numerous marked foot routes for evacuations due to strong preparedness from the residents and the fire department.
My now wife and I met working at a law office in Berkeley about 25 years ago. The woman in The Athletic article is the wife of the main partner. They were—and apparently remain—two of the most ridiculous and staggeringly entitled humans I’ve encountered on this planet. My wife and I have been cackling about this non stop this week since we read it.