California Golden Bears Football

[RallyMo]

More from Wilner on Allen.

Good stuff from Jon Wilner on Keenan Allen early on in this thread. It's a shame Allen has struggled so mightily in the league.

[RallyMo]

Goff is great, Goff is good, let us thank him for this food

Amen.

[RallyMo]

Also, Cal Football APR for the year: 997.

Dykes is doing the job he was hired to do.

Also, Martin has MBB sporting an APR of 1000.

Outstanding.

[Adam]

Wtf does that mean

[Tank]

i'm laughing at you, adam, for not knowing what an APR of 997 and an MBB sporting an APR of 1000 are.

[mrwicked]

those are academic numbers, based on athletes' GPA.

top score is 1000.

before dykes our players were idiots and did sh*tty in classroom. 

i think before him they had APR of like 920s which is awful, and you can get in a lot of trouble as a program.

now they have done insanely better, which dykes was hired to do, with their scored being up to 997.

which is highest in the Pac 12.

 

"Martin has MBB sporting an APR of 1000" means cuonzo martin (the coach) has the men's basketball programs academic score up to 1000.

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/college-football/ci_29790860/cal-football-makes-huge-academic-gains-its-apr

Edited April 22, 2016 by mrwicked

[RallyMo]

those are academic numbers, based on athletes' GPA.

top score is 1000.

before dykes our players were idiots and did sh*tty in classroom.

i think before him they had APR of like 920s which is awful, and you can get in a lot of trouble as a program.

now they have done insanely better, which dykes was hired to do, with their scored being up to 997.

which is highest in the Pac 12.

"Martin has MBB sporting an APR of 1000" means cuonzo martin (the coach) has the men's basketball programs academic score up to 1000.

http://www.mercurynews.com/college-football/ci_29790860/cal-football-makes-huge-academic-gains-its-apr

Yep. To go from being on the verge of almost certain sanctions and a ban to being best in the conference is a great achievement.

Dykes' contract has bonuses associated with academic achievement that are considerable.

[RallyMo]

Also: bye bye, Nike.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2016/04/22/cal-joins-stephen-curry-buster-posey-armour-family/

[nando714]

And then Cal's defense got worse with the loss of Hardy Nickerson

[mrwicked]

And then Cal's defense got worse with the loss of Hardy Nickerson

 

yeah, but you can't fault the guy.

he gets the chance to play under his dad, a cal legend. that's awesome.

no way the org is going to try and stop that.

best of luck to him.

[nando714]

Wentz will go before all 3 of those guys

I agree

[RallyMo]

It's been a solid week or so for Cal Football:

-first in APR in the conference

-#1 selection in the NFL Draft

and

-today a commit from a top ten, five star WR (choosing Cal over GA, ND and Bama) as an addition to the 2016 class

Nice.

[RallyMo]

Grad QB transfer Davis Webb from Texas Tech is headed to Cal. 

Que fantastico! 

[Angel Oracle]

Not a bad time at Cal, both the academics and the performance of the athletic teams are on the rise.

Granted MBB has to replace a trio of key players (Brown, Rabb, Wallace).

[RallyMo]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Not a bad time at Cal, both the academics and the performance of the athletic teams are on the rise.

Granted MBB has to replace a trio of key players (Brown, Rabb, Wallace).

Rabb is staying. 

We also just got a big commit from a top 50 point guard who will play in 2016.

Things are good. Rabb is poised to have a monster year. 

[mrwicked]

rally how are we looking for QB this year now that goff is gone?

also are you heading up for any games this year? if you go, get tickets for the club level. its amazing at the renovated stadium. plus the food is better and they sell booze.

[RallyMo]

On 6/28/2016 at 0:17 PM, mrwicked said:

rally how are we looking for QB this year now that goff is gone?

also are you heading up for any games this year? if you go, get tickets for the club level. its amazing at the renovated stadium. plus the food is better and they sell booze.

Here's everything you need to know about our QB situation: http://www.dailycal.org/2016/06/29/2016-cal-football-quarterback .

I'm hopeful.

I might make it out for a game this year. The home schedule is loaded: Texas, Oregon, UCLA, Washington, Utah and Stanford. 

[RallyMo]

Webb named to Maxwell award watch list:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000672994/article/2016-maxwell-award-watch-list

[mtangelsfan]

Not on topic but Cal certainly is having a heck a lot of success in swimming.  Really good program.

[nate]

Trouble in bankrupt paradise.

http://deadspin.com/the-fight-between-berkeleys-academics-and-its-football-1783216738

[RallyMo]

2 hours ago, nate said:

Trouble in bankrupt paradise.

http://deadspin.com/the-fight-between-berkeleys-academics-and-its-football-1783216738

What else is new, though. That's what makes Cal what it is. This is all old news conveniently re released two days before a contract is due to be renewed. The Chronicle article is severely biased.

But let's not limit discussion to the big Bears, how's the five star crew with the identical record doing?

[mrwicked]

and still no pac12 on direct tv.

[RallyMo]

On 7/7/2016 at 10:25 AM, nate said:

Trouble in bankrupt paradise.

http://deadspin.com/the-fight-between-berkeleys-academics-and-its-football-1783216738

 

More details about the toxic environment Harrington and Dykes created from a former player:

http://www.scout.com/college/california/story/1686172-former-walk-details-harringtons-methods

[RallyMo]

On 7/7/2016 at 1:42 PM, mrwicked said:

and still no pac12 on direct tv.

Not that it's relevant to this, but did you get an Xbox One yet?

[mrwicked]

On 7/14/2016 at 3:27 PM, RallyMo said:

Not that it's relevant to this, but did you get an Xbox One yet?

no.

haha.. its on my list.  i'll get one eventually. maybe the new slimmer one.