Interesting that he chose NAU. They haven't had a guy drafted by the NFL in almost 20 years. Whatever is driving his transfer, it's not his football career. He'd be way better off as a backup in Berkeley than a starter at NAU.
If Kai left then either we have a QB who has confidentially committed and we are waiting to announce the news, or, the CAL staff doesn't think he has what it takes to play at the P5 level. I tend to think it's the former. NAU is a yuge step down for Kai...surprised he didn't get any action from better programs.
Seeing the headline, I was reminded of this quote from the old Eric Idle Beatles parody, "The Rutles":
"While the Rutles are off with Arthur Sultan, their manager Leggy Mountbatten, plagued by business failures and lonely, goes home and tragically...accepts a teaching job in Australia."
While his football team is off recruiting large tight ends and former 4-star running backs, their back-up quarterback Kai Milner, plagued by a poor showing at Spring Practice and unable to beat out the Purdue transfer, goes home and tragically accepts a scholarship to Northern Arizona.
I am not sure I’ve ever seen a coach mismanage the two most important position groups on offense and potentially on the entire team (QB and OL) like Wilcox has managed to do so. If this were Stanford or any of our rivals were would be laughing our asses off at them and their incompetence.
Sam Huard just hit the portal. What I read said he isn’t concerned about level of program as much as an opportunity for playing time. We check that box, maybe we got a shot.
Just saw on SI that Cal is bringing in another tight end from North Texas. He did not catch one pass in 2022, and neither did J.T. Byrne, the other portal tight end addition from Oregon State. I guess that means that defenses won't have to worry about covering tight ends in Spavital's new offense.
I had not heard Chance Nolan's name mentioned in association with Cal, but I believe he is the best guy of all the names mentioned on this thread. I have watched him many times. When he is on, he is very good. Had the second best QB rating in the Pac 12 in 2021. Get off your ass and go get him, Wilcox, before more Cal dudes get frustrated from this inaction and dive into the portal.
Well, time to scratch Chandler Rogers off the QB list. He is going, of all places, to North Texas. I guess he saw what we have and kind of reslishes squaring off against Cal in the first game of next season. Please, please give Chance Nolan a call. He spent most of 2022 on the injury list, so maybe he is not interested in playing behind Cal's O line.
A bit of an odd move considering he was at a Power5 school with an open QB job. Even if he does well at NAU, I think he would need to transfer again to a higher tier school in order to prove himself out for the NFL draft, assuming that is his goal. If his goal is not to make the NFL, then transferring out of Berkeley for a random directional school in Arizona is even more puzzling. I know he is from AZ, but yikes
Now that his destination is finalized, I am not that disappointed anymore. Had he gone to a Power 5 school it would be much different, but if he chose Northern Arizona over Cal, well then.... not much to be disappointed about
I’m going to go out on a really skinny limb here and make a wild guess.
And that is that Spavital is going to implement some sort of variant of the wishbone / T a la a military academy wherein we don’t really have a qb (Yikes if true…I’m doomed to watching my bears and midshipmen run gimmick offenses…this truly is hell).
I say that based on the evidence…
1.) o lineman who excelled primarily in pp transferring out
2.) 2 traditional pocket qbs transferring out
3.) Smaller rbs sans a power element transferring out
4.) Sturdivant transferring out. Not really a yac guy. That trophy belongs to Anderson
5.) two block first tight ends. Two block last tight ends out
Mark my post. We will see some sort of chair Force academy offense next year.
Interesting that he chose NAU. They haven't had a guy drafted by the NFL in almost 20 years. Whatever is driving his transfer, it's not his football career. He'd be way better off as a backup in Berkeley than a starter at NAU.
Since UCLA is six deep at QB, can the Regents send us 1?
If Kai left then either we have a QB who has confidentially committed and we are waiting to announce the news, or, the CAL staff doesn't think he has what it takes to play at the P5 level. I tend to think it's the former. NAU is a yuge step down for Kai...surprised he didn't get any action from better programs.
Chandler Rodgers just committed to UNT
Seeing the headline, I was reminded of this quote from the old Eric Idle Beatles parody, "The Rutles":
"While the Rutles are off with Arthur Sultan, their manager Leggy Mountbatten, plagued by business failures and lonely, goes home and tragically...accepts a teaching job in Australia."
While his football team is off recruiting large tight ends and former 4-star running backs, their back-up quarterback Kai Milner, plagued by a poor showing at Spring Practice and unable to beat out the Purdue transfer, goes home and tragically accepts a scholarship to Northern Arizona.
I am not sure I’ve ever seen a coach mismanage the two most important position groups on offense and potentially on the entire team (QB and OL) like Wilcox has managed to do so. If this were Stanford or any of our rivals were would be laughing our asses off at them and their incompetence.
Sam Huard just hit the portal. What I read said he isn’t concerned about level of program as much as an opportunity for playing time. We check that box, maybe we got a shot.
Just saw on SI that Cal is bringing in another tight end from North Texas. He did not catch one pass in 2022, and neither did J.T. Byrne, the other portal tight end addition from Oregon State. I guess that means that defenses won't have to worry about covering tight ends in Spavital's new offense.
I had not heard Chance Nolan's name mentioned in association with Cal, but I believe he is the best guy of all the names mentioned on this thread. I have watched him many times. When he is on, he is very good. Had the second best QB rating in the Pac 12 in 2021. Get off your ass and go get him, Wilcox, before more Cal dudes get frustrated from this inaction and dive into the portal.
Sam Huard from Washington, former 5-star QB, just entered the portal. 247 lists him as most similar to Goff
Hmm…
Well, time to scratch Chandler Rogers off the QB list. He is going, of all places, to North Texas. I guess he saw what we have and kind of reslishes squaring off against Cal in the first game of next season. Please, please give Chance Nolan a call. He spent most of 2022 on the injury list, so maybe he is not interested in playing behind Cal's O line.
A bit of an odd move considering he was at a Power5 school with an open QB job. Even if he does well at NAU, I think he would need to transfer again to a higher tier school in order to prove himself out for the NFL draft, assuming that is his goal. If his goal is not to make the NFL, then transferring out of Berkeley for a random directional school in Arizona is even more puzzling. I know he is from AZ, but yikes
Now that his destination is finalized, I am not that disappointed anymore. Had he gone to a Power 5 school it would be much different, but if he chose Northern Arizona over Cal, well then.... not much to be disappointed about
I’m going to go out on a really skinny limb here and make a wild guess.
And that is that Spavital is going to implement some sort of variant of the wishbone / T a la a military academy wherein we don’t really have a qb (Yikes if true…I’m doomed to watching my bears and midshipmen run gimmick offenses…this truly is hell).
I say that based on the evidence…
1.) o lineman who excelled primarily in pp transferring out
2.) 2 traditional pocket qbs transferring out
3.) Smaller rbs sans a power element transferring out
4.) Sturdivant transferring out. Not really a yac guy. That trophy belongs to Anderson
5.) two block first tight ends. Two block last tight ends out
Mark my post. We will see some sort of chair Force academy offense next year.
Maybe if we scored some aces on Oline and QBs will be more interested.
Until Oline is a priority, things are dismal.
So we have an offense where top QB, WR and TE want to leave but top RBs want to play. Pretty much opposite of what I was expecting with Spavital.
Give me Rogers or Justyn.