staff is prioritizing +1 athletic multiple purpose 6'7" 285 lbs marcus fatou from orange lutheran high school that competes in the storied dizzyland conference or something
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including the oc)
with the 2026 transfer portal mostly done (still need berkeley admissions acceptances & signed nil contracts for 3 committed defensive linemen plus a longsnapper), the staff is already building a wall around nor cal with 4 key pipeline high schools visited by the entire staff on monday plus a couple of in home visits with high priority targets such as serra high school's 3.3 gpa defensive back jeovanni henley & +1 athletic malakai taufoou
tosh is prioritizing 16 year old mountain man 6'7" 280 lbs offensive tackle drew felder from servite high school
yeah it's official: lupoi has already visited more uncommitted/unsigned prospects than wilcox (justin liked visiting committed bears & their families at their homes right before national signing day) did in almost a decade
a thunderbird (the tournament's organizing ceo group of old white male biz leaders) just tole me that collin morikawa (taking time away from his busy tgl schedule to actually play tournament golf), max homa (a home game) & michael kim (if healthy) have all given verbal commitments to play next week
yeah shocky's coaching responsibilities to his bears is gonna be kinda hectic or something!!
https://instagr.am/p/DTj4aRQjk0s make no mistake about it mimi is cal football's loudest & most enthusiastic fan on fall gamedays at memorial stadium!!
run it back, mimi, run it back!!#
https://instagr.am/p/DNO6ANuObYk the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including the beautiful people of the philippines)
tommy, while the 1st weekend in january 2027 ELITE junior day wuz primarily focused on nor cal this weekend's 2027 PREMIERE junior day is also targeting so cal & west coast prospects leaning into the 9th island's inclusive POLY culture (yeah that probably means chef benji is gonna be busy grilling)
among the 2027 (unless noted) headliners:
troy bowens: #1 prospect on the staff's overall big board apex predator edge defender from sutter creek high school
honor fa'alave-johnson: the top safety in the nation, this is basically a tosh keenan allen jr recruitment all over again...the staff needs to show honor a couple of scripted plays where honor playing both ways gets the ball in his hands on offense with a swing pass or something from his brah jaron
giovanni hodge: the 3.7 gpa MONSTER offensive lineman from grant high school is a CALCOMMIT!!
sione tu'amohola-keo: the #1 ranked qb on the rolo/jordan big board from the freezing azz northwest, polys thrive in warmer weather than low gpa ****holes like eugene
brady edmonds: current ohio state commit qb from huntington beach high school
duvay williams: lockdown corner/nickel from so cal powerhouse serra high school
jeovanni henley: physical defensive back from the peninsula's serra high school
malakai taufoou: +1 athletic baller with speed from the bay area's serra high school
clint lundin: wrestling background offensive lineman from delasalle high school
deshawn streeter: solidly constructed offensive lineman from antioch high school
josh bunni: road grading offensive lineman from cardinal newman high school
miles schirmer: huge priority (bro is kingston "lucky") high motor defensive lineman from centennial high school in corona
alifeleti tuihalamaka: destructive defensive lineman from oaks christian high school
charles davis: nightmare match up with length wideout from oaks christian high school
cooper cook: unblockable defensive end from tustin high school
sevelino taliuli: scrappy edge defender from servite high school
jacob whitehead: elite corner/nickel from st john bosco high school
evan mack, caden jones, ty johnson & jacob whitehead from crean lutheran high school
zion white: soft hands wideout with length from the img academy in bradenton florida
ezra sanelivi: dynamic homerun running back from liberty high school in henderson nevada
jaylen fitzgerald: son of larry is a +1 athletic from academic brophy high school in phoenix
talan scott: mobile tight end from american leadership academy in queen creek arizona
jalanie george: #1 ranked defender in the 2028 class from desert edge high school in goodyear arizona!!
jaelyn easterling-flores: 2028 safety with length from desert edge high school (arizona)
koa malau'ulu: 2028 qb priority from esteemed st john bosco high school
micah hannah: 2028 lockdown corner/nickel from simi valley high school
jordan slye jr: 2028 high iq defensive back from salesian high school in los angeles
pole moala: 2028 speed safety from leuzinger high school in lawndale
landon miller: 2028 +1 athletic linebacker from delasalle high school
max tuiileila: 2028 feisty offensive lineman from grant high school
amarion taylor: 2028 productive wide receiver from tulare western high school
eazy crichton: 2028 run stuffing defensive tackle from cardinal newman high school
jamar howard: 2028 playmaking quarterback from clovis west high school in fresno
drew cumby: 2028 skilled quarterback from st francis high school in mountain view
kaleb aiava, elisha mueller & keiden lokeni 2028 from bellflower high school
austin miller & david nanson: 2029 +1 athletes from bellflower high school
amar'e hodge: 2029 (bro is giovanni) offensive lineman from grant high school, youngest invitee!!
and hopefully inglewood's singer/actress1 becky g will trip to berkeley too!!
^ trust the monster, it's way ******* better to have backstage access/viewing at coachella than singing along/watching the big screen cuz u can't see **** in row 139!!
3.2 gpa 6'1" 170 lbs corner/nickel from serra high school in so cal duvay williams is a key target for the staff, gotta keep the ELITE good gpa local talent in cali!!
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university on planet earth (and an hour flite on southwest to memorial stadium on fall gamedays for the fam & friends)
update: duvay is tripping to berkeley this weekend!!
— Montana Malotu’upule Toilolo (@Toilolo_Montana) January 28, 2026
montana malotu'upule toilolo: 6'3" 250 lbs defensive lineman from powerhouse mater dei high school
Thank you @AnaeCoach for coming over to meet the fam we appreciate your time and the knowledge you passed on to us!! Safe travels#GoBears pic.twitter.com/xjXhYSMfmm
Through recruit visit posts (or if it was confirmed/announced elsewhere already), do we have an idea of who Cal's designated 10 assistant "off-site recruiting" coaches are? Tosh is allowed as the HC to visit in addition to the ten as far as I understand. By my count we've seen these coaches appear in off-sites so far.
Michael Hutchings - DC
Da-Von Brown - DB/Co-DC
Connor Boyd - Safeties
Darrion Daniels - DL/Pass Rush Specialist (Also needs to update Twitter profile to say Cal coach instead of Oregon)
Famika Anae - OL
Keith Bhonapha - RB/Recruiting Coordinator
Nick Rolovich - QB/Assistant Head Coach
???
???
???
Seems to leave 3 spots to me with room to have a LB & WR specific coach and maybe either our OC or the pass/rush game specialists on the offense?
Edit:
Special thank you to the new @calfootball Staff and @coachlup for making Serra their first stop this morning on their Bay Area tour. We are excited for our Student-Athletes and the opportunities created by this staff! #GoBearspic.twitter.com/sTbKjEYLq9
^ sns, think the mystery poly coach (far left in foto) might be offensive tackles coach viane talamaivao
Cal is hiring Viane Talamaivao as offensive tackles coach and run game coordinator, sources tell @CBSSports.
The former USC standout offensive lineman was most recently co-offensive line coach at Stanford. Before that, he was an assistant offensive line coach at Oregon and USC. pic.twitter.com/vRED83643T
https://instagr.am/p/DUE97C9CVey after walking the opening round with xihuan, shocky tole chang that it wuz truly a great honor to watch such a gifted golfer play 18 holes of golf with an unreal pga level short game!!
https://instagr.am/p/CN3dPiEHYbl ^ this is NOT maxazillion's calm lake placid demeanor after today's day on the beach (literally)
2026 legoland classic at torrey pines: 1st round update
max homa (75, tied for 129th): yikes, only 1 for 6 on sand saves suggests a bunker practice tutorial sesh tomorrow morning with the monster before tackling the much easier north course with it's 4 scoreable/exploitable par 5s & 2 drivable par 4s...the great news is that max is driving the ball beautifully (10 of 14 fairways) & crushed 3 fantastic 3 woods from the fairways on the par 5s too
yeah a good nite's sleep is kinda important (unless ur a scary azz vampire or something)
the bears (13-9) wuz the deeper roster & mjracle sheppard led her teammates with 10 assists along with 18 points on a highly efficient 7 of 10 field goals
gisella maul is playing lockdown d along with scoring 16 points & is a legit contender for the acc's most improved player award
it's a shame that this FUN college women's basketball program is not growing the fanbase particularly with students which is critical for building a pipeline to future season tix buyers/donors (nil supporters) but that just validates the truth that just winning basketball games won't fill up the stands at haas pavilion without innovative targeted marketing campaigns in today's 6 second market economy
and that's never gonna happen with the current co athletic director ****tards jay & jenny (each making just south of $500,000 at a time of serious budget challenges in berkeley) who have worked against both the football & basketball programs for years
This helps refute the argument that if we win, the crowds will magically come. I agree that our marketing is subpar, but it's a shame we can't draw organically. I'm in SoCal, so I'm wondering how places like St. Marys, Furd, USF, Santa Clara and SJS are drawing. Are all of the local teams struggling to draw for.basketball? We know Furd can't draw in football...
goof ball, berkeley got 46,000+ students (33k undergrad & 13k grad) & therefore attendance numbers should not be compared to small private schools or a commuter school (sjs)
but yeah it's outdated (and delusional) marketing to think that just winning will magically bring fans to haas pavilion on gamedays, the men's team is a solid 15-6 (and a remarkable 13-2 at home with a powder puff non conference schedule) yet it's currently 17th in the acc in attendance (with an abysmal average of 3970) only ahead of stanford https://theacc.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2025
and the women's team also got similar dysfunctional attendance woes despite a marketable superstar in australian lulu twidale which is a shame...last nite's FUN victory drew a pathetic 2357 against a national brand franchise program in notre dame, why is no-one held accountable within the athletic department??...the wnba valkyries averaged 18,064 this season so there's documented evidence of wild demand for women's basketball in the bay area that's currently untapped in berkeley
back in the cal monster class era we averaged 10,000+ on men's gamedays with frequent SOLD OUT roaring at haas EPIC gamedays!!
and here's the deal NOTHING is gonna change until chancellor lyons terminates the contracts of the worthless bureaucrats (both paid just south of $500,000 on an annual basis with no football responsibilities despite a financial tsunami heading towards berkeley due to slashing reductions in state & federal funding) jay larson & jennifer simon-o'neil (who is truly evil as **** & hated both internally by the athletic department staff & donors for her malfeasance)
drawing fans & growing the student fanbase will require ENERGY & a focused targeted marketing plan in today's fiercely competitive 6 second economy, there's a ZERO chance that's gonna happen with the 2 current *****tards (who aggressively worked against the football program with general knowlton's protections, neither one of them is a berkeley grad) running the show
rich, is haas pavilion your palace?????????????????????
rolo, jordan & tosh are building relationships with current illinois commit 6'3" 220 lbs kamden lopati from west high school in salt lake city...lopati is also talking to michigan & notre dame
kamden is NOT a dumb azz, he got a 3.8 gpa but is apparently unaware that polys thrive in warmer weather & not freezing azz level 7 hypothermia midwest winters!!
Illinois commit Kamden Lopati back to work at UA All-America practice this morning @CowboyKamden
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the WORLD (and the best athletic, academic & culture fit for polys on planet earth in the beautiful san francisco bay area with ZERO snow)
2026 legoland classic at torrey pines: 2nd round update
max homa (70, missed cut): when max shoved right (heel coming up too quickly, not squaring up the stroke, also did this on his 3 jack par after driving the par 4 7th hole) a 4 foot birdie putt on his 10th hole of the day he knew it wuz all over so homa dipped into a port-a-potty & called the holiday inn express in national city to cancel his weekend room reservation
2026 phoenix open (which is actually held in north scottsdale 15 minutes from the monster's tree fort): shocky will be working with his cali bears next week to get them into positions to hoisting a championship trophy (or beer cans with joel dahmen in the parking lot) come sunday nite
among the shocky's coaching/mentoring points of focus:
michael kim: encouraging michael that if he's gonna snap hook his drives on the island green par 5 15th hole to stuff a couple of practice balls in his bag during the warm up sesh, trust me the thunderbirds are NOT keeping track of this ****
collin morikawa: critical that my fellow foodie pass on the FREE 30 day old deep fried barracuda in player dining & instead take kat to one of schulzie's top 3 sushi spots in the valley of the sun: 1) across the pond (downtown phx on central avenue): tiny not well known spot with a great vibe with handcrafted cocktails 2) uchi (scottsdale old town): order the fried rice with mushrooms...warning: there's a lotta post asu boobage on display!! 3) nobu (scottsdale fashion square): the japanese a5 waygu that u cook urself on the 1000 degree lava rock is 60 bucks an ounce but worth it, best beef in the desert
max homa: quit ******* taking 3 dozen alex noren air swings on every hole, ur eventually gonna get sued by the swede for swing trademark infringement or inverse condensation or something...homa, r u even taking these imaginary swings while looking in the mirror & singing in the shower??
CONFIDENTIAL message to cal centel (if this is not u, keep ur eyes on ur own ******* paper, got it??):
if ur moms is a cbyf1 & filled out the father section of ur birth certificate with "a real ******* dumb azz," please send me a private message so we can figure out thanksgiving with the fam in ibiza this year, ok??
https://instagr.am/p/DUBb42MCIWz https://instagr.am/p/DUJvYZBEqjX ^ also named to the acc all academic team but not included in this graphic are berkeley drop outs (no degrees) devin brown & luke ferrelli...braden miller earned a berkeley degree & is enrolled in post bachelor studies at duke
SMART as **** cali golden bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Universities in the World, 2024:
1.🇬🇧 Oxford 2.🇺🇸 Stanford 3.🇺🇸 MIT 4.🇺🇸 Harvard 5.🇬🇧 Cambridge 6.🇺🇸 Princeton 7.🇺🇸 California Institute of Technology 8.🇬🇧 Imperial College London 9.🇺🇸 Berkeley 10.🇺🇸 Yale
real talk: berkeley, stanford & the ivy league are DREAM schools that open the pathways to building generational wealth in an increasingly competitive global economy while football factories like oregon exploit & ultimately replace their low gpa disposable gladiators who are then living NIGHTMARES at age 30 with no legit career opportunities
WELCOME all 2027 high school prospects to today's PREMIERE junior day in berkeley!!
while the 1st weekend in january 2027 ELITE junior day wuz primarily focused on nor cal today's 2027 PREMIERE junior day is also targeting so cal & west coast prospects leaning into the 9th island's inclusive POLY culture (yeah that probably means chef benji is gonna be busy grilling)
among the 2027 (unless noted) headliners:
troy bowens: #1 prospect on the staff's overall big board apex predator edge defender from sutter creek high school
honor fa'alave-johnson: the top safety in the nation, this is basically a tosh keenan allen jr recruitment all over again...the staff needs to show honor a couple of scripted plays where honor playing both ways gets the ball in his hands on offense with a swing pass or something from his brah jaron
giovanni hodge: the 3.7 gpa MONSTER offensive lineman from grant high school is a CALCOMMIT!!
sione tu'amohola-keo: the #1 ranked qb on the rolo/jordan big board from the freezing azz northwest, polys thrive in warmer weather than low gpa ****holes like eugene
brady edmonds: current ohio state commit qb from huntington beach high school
duvay williams: lockdown corner/nickel from so cal powerhouse serra high school
jeovanni henley: physical defensive back from the peninsula's serra high school
malakai taufoou: +1 athletic baller with speed from the bay area's serra high school
clint lundin: wrestling background offensive lineman from delasalle high school
deshawn streeter: solidly constructed offensive lineman from antioch high school
josh bunni: road grading offensive lineman from cardinal newman high school
zion cargill: soft hands wideout from cardinal newman high school
lue deberry: violent interior defensive lineman from folsom high school
miles schirmer: huge priority (bro is kingston "lucky") high motor defensive lineman from centennial high school in corona
alifeleti tuihalamaka: destructive defensive lineman from oaks christian high school
charles davis: nightmare match up with length wideout from oaks christian high school
cooper cook: unblockable defensive end from tustin high school
sevelino taliuli: scrappy edge defender from servite high school
jacob whitehead: elite corner/nickel from st john bosco high school
evan mack, caden jones, ty johnson & jacob whitehead from crean lutheran high school
jaden jefferson: playmaking quarterback from centennial high school in corona
zion white: soft hands wideout with length from the img academy in bradenton florida
ezra sanelivi: dynamic homerun running back from liberty high school in henderson nevada
jai jones: playmaking athlete from chandler high school
jaylen fitzgerald: son of larry is a +1 athletic from elite academic brophy high school in phoenix
talan scott: mobile tight end from american leadership academy in queen creek arizona
jalanie george: #1 ranked defender in the 2028 class from desert edge high school in goodyear arizona!!
jaelyn easterling-flores: 2028 safety with length from desert edge high school (arizona)
koa malau'ulu: 2028 qb priority from esteemed st john bosco high school
micah hannah: 2028 lockdown corner/nickel from simi valley high school
jordan slye jr: 2028 high iq defensive back from salesian high school in los angeles
pole moala: 2028 speed safety from leuzinger high school in lawndale
landon miller: 2028 +1 athletic linebacker from delasalle high school
julian "juju" bruno: 2028 16 year old high gpa fast developing linebacker from grant high school
max tuiileila: 2028 feisty offensive lineman from grant high school
amarion taylor: 2028 productive wide receiver from tulare western high school
eazy crichton: 2028 run stuffing defensive tackle from cardinal newman high school
jamar howard: 2028 playmaking quarterback from clovis west high school in fresno
drew cumby: 2028 skilled quarterback from st francis high school in mountain view
kaleb aiava, elisha mueller & keiden lokeni 2028 from bellflower high school
austin miller & david nanson: 2029 +1 athletes from bellflower high school
amar'e hodge: 2029 (bro is giovanni) offensive lineman from grant high school, youngest invitee!!
and hopefully inglewood's singer/actress1 becky g will trip to berkeley too!!
^ trust the monster, it's way ******* better to have backstage access/viewing at coachella than singing along/watching the big screen cuz u can't see **** in row 139!!
Incredible Premier Day! The Bears welcomed elite talent from across the region to the Cal campus. Grateful for the effort and sacrifice that made such an amazing turnout possible. We’re building something truly special here. Go Bears 🐻 pic.twitter.com/Ku3wOFGoZR
xihuan, yeah it's smart to keep your clubs protected during their travels but it's way more important to play 18 hole walking rounds (usually a twosome but maybe sometimes a threesome) in less than 3 hours like shocky!!
Through recruit visit posts (or if it was confirmed/announced elsewhere already), do we have an idea of who Cal's designated 10 assistant "off-site recruiting" coaches are? Tosh is allowed as the HC to visit in addition to the ten as far as I understand. By my count we've seen these coaches appear in off-sites so far.
Michael Hutchings - DC
Da-Von Brown - DB/Co-DC
Connor Boyd - Safeties
Darrion Daniels - DL/Pass Rush Specialist (Also needs to update Twitter profile to say Cal coach instead of Oregon)
Famika Anae - OL
Keith Bhonapha - RB/Recruiting Coordinator
Nick Rolovich - QB/Assistant Head Coach
???
???
???
Seems to leave 3 spots to me with room to have a LB & WR specific coach and maybe either our OC or the pass/rush game specialists on the offense?
Edit:
Special thank you to the new @calfootball Staff and @coachlup for making Serra their first stop this morning on their Bay Area tour. We are excited for our Student-Athletes and the opportunities created by this staff! #GoBearspic.twitter.com/sTbKjEYLq9
https://instagr.am/p/C6J9rxHtJ4h ^ the green in the foreground is for the downhill par 4 16th hole, then the 17th is a short par 3 traversing the fjord inlet followed by the walk across the bridge to the tee box of the dogleg right EPIC par 4 18th hole with the spectacular mountain in the background...fun fact: shocky played a 2nd round in a day as a single teeing off at 1:00 am (with the only difference being that the greens retain ocean moisture & putt quite a bit slower) putting out on the final green at 3:35 am in the morning...fun fact deux: there is no room for golf carts on the narrow walking paths, norwegians like walking doggy dogs & are not cartballers
world top 100 golf does NOT include ****holes like stillwater (do u got ur passport for the 2026 summer of love??)#
^ jeff, if the dabo (who has a reputation for being a straight shooter in the deep south college football cesspool) version of facts that he recited at this week's press conference (which reads like a federal indictment with it's details of events/timeline) are accurate, the ferrelli's tried to sell/monetize the ole miss tampering texts from the head coach to clemson via an increased tigers nil deal to basically testify against the crooks in oxford
