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Cal football: In case you missed it…
By Jonathan Okanes
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm in off-season stuff.
Cal actually got another commitment for this upcoming season over the weekend. Chris Moncrease, a defensive back from Laney College, gave his commitment to the Bears and will have three years to play three seasons.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Our program just continues to get better because of our depth and depth is everything these days.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
JO:
It seems like every recruiting update I read has Cal offering a scholarship to top recruits all over the country. It’s so exciting to have all the blue chip verbal commitments already. How is it that Cal have so many scholarships available this year?
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
The weather was great as usual this past weekend in the Bay Area. It really is the best place in the country to live and train. Unless you go to Hawaii you are not going to find a more temperate climate or better conditions to prepare.
Now that the facilities will provide everything an athlete could ever need nothing can top what Cal has to offer a prospect. The facts are it’s going to be harder and harder to be a Bear…the best prospects will jump on board so they don’t miss out.
The OL from San Diego sure appears to be a great recruit too. Love the impressive legacy Cal has at OL that is sure be added to going forward with people like Alex pledging!
Go Bears
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Moncrease is a beast at bringing WRs to their knees. His youtube video was the best highlight reel I’ve ever viewed. The video shows an incredible 4.4 speed, so PAC-10 opposing WR better watch out. BearInsider has a great article on him.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Jan K Oski Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Moncrease is a beast at bringing WRs to their knees. His youtube video was the best highlight reel I’ve ever viewed. The video shows an incredible 4.4 speed, so PAC-10 opposing WR better watch out. BearInsider has a great article on him. >>>>> He is a Taylor Mays wannabee.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Moncrease at 6’2″ 210 is not Taylor Mays, but if you’ve seen him play, you know he is the real deal. Cal just landed a STUD. Along with Forbes and Crosthwaite, and with numerouse other 4 and 5 star recruits with Cal at or near the top of the list (Gabe King, Cassius Marsh, Erik Kohler etc, the monser O-lineman from CT.) this WILL be the most impressive haul in school history.
If you build it, they will come.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I just spoke with my contact down at USC. He and I went to the same church and I was in his small group. He told me he never heard of the Moncrease kid but he hopes he does well. The rest of the signees we weren’t interested in with the exception of Marsh who might become a Trojan exept we have not offered him.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:05 am
Check out my thread on WeIsSUC.com – it got 8 pages of replies. SUCsters are tools
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:42 am
Checked out his highlights; very nice find. His speed is evident and he hits like a truck. I can’t wait to see him on the field.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am
I bleed gold and blue and I am very excited about our football program continuing to grow. Cal is a school that has already established itself as an elite academic institution and its is nice to see such balance between academics and athletics developing. USC may have an elite football and some decent other athletic programs but it is not match for Cal when it comes to athletics. If anybody has seen the rankings lately it is nowhere even close to the top 10 always hovering in the bottom 30s and 40s range while last year was the second most productive academic institution behind Cambridge University in the WORLD!!! Both my sisters went to ‘SC but I chose Cal strictly because of academics and I continue to be proud of my decision. And now even our athletic programs are rising. Our men’s basketball team could win the Pac10 championship this year, the womens side is also sound, man this is awesome!
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
At the Haas alumni wine tasting event Sunday afternoon in Lafayette, AD Sandy Barbour announced that the Minnesota kick-off will be at 11a CDT and yes, that means the same 9a PDT time as the debacle at Maryland last fall. The decision as to when the team will travel will be up to the coaching staff — not a financial one.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 am
Whenever Cal gets a recruit
“blah blah blah never heard of him, probably isn’t good”
“we haven’t even offered him”
“we’re so good”
maybe the damn kid wasn’t accepting money. Maybe he actually read NCAA rules. Maybe he was put off by the dishonesty…
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
To Abe: have you seen the national university rankings in the US News and World Report? stanford 4, Cal 21, ucla 25 and USC 27.
To Bears: do you really think the weather in Berkeley is better than UCLA, SDSU or USC?
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
To covinared: Have you seen how you are getting ripped on the WeAreSUC board posting as “BerkeleyGoldenBear”. You been found out Amy.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Scotty, these are offers for 2010, not this year.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
huh?
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
JO is skipping all the useless comments here, responding to comment #2, and pointing out that most of the verbal commitments are (besides this one) are for 2010 and not 2009.
I am still curious how we had an open scholarship for 2009. Anyone?
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:29 pm
To Covinared,
The weather in Berkeley is actually better than that in SoCal, which is where I am from, in that it is more balanced and not blistering hot and sunny all the freain’ time to the point unless one looks up the date in a calendar there is no way one can tell what part of the year it is. There is such a thing called too much of something and the bay area weather is among the finest in the nation for one reason—MODERATE—not too hot, not too dry, sprinkle here and there from time to time, nice breeze from the bay and oh yeah not as much smog, you can actually look up and see the stars at night. Great Weather. Finally to complement the weather Cal is ranked first in the Pac10 in the best campus life category, along with the best uniforms and one other category that i can’t remember.
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Socal weather is not bad, better than most of the rest of the nation but for the lower 48, the Bay Area is tops. Best place to live and learn in the country!
Go Bears
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I guess weather quality is subjective. I just remember my winter quarters at Cal with seemingly endless drizzle and gloom with occasional cold clear to partly cloudy. It started getting good right around winter finals when I needed to stay inside and study. In SoCal, those months are some of the best of the year. Surely, Berkeley weather beats most of the USA, but it can’t be considered a recruiting advantage vs. UCLA and USC,nor even Stanford, and selling it as the best in the continetal USA is a stretch. Its not much better in the winter than Eugene, Corvallis or Seattle.
That being said. Does anyone have a response to the ranking of USC vs. Cal by US News? Does it really have an advantage vs. Cal in football because its a dumbell university?
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Moncrease is coming in as a sophomore, Mayes is a senior and is listed as 6’3″ 230 lbs. He said he didn’t lift weights in H.S. Only the one year at Laney. Let’s see what he weighs going into his senior year at CAL with two years in the weight room!
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Mays is a freak who got a full ride out of high school. Very few, if any, college or pro players in history match his size and speed for his position. Is Rocko now saying that Moncrease will be that good in 2-3 years? Why did he not go to a Div 1 school straight out of high school? Its not fair or realistic to annoit him the next Mays. We are fine with DBs for the present anyway.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
of course he’s not the next T. Mays, USC has never heard of him
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Winter Quarter at Cal, Covinared? Because Cal’s on the quarter system, right?
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
And no, it doesn’t have an advantage over Cal in football because it’s a dumbbell university. That’s the reason Cal has an advantage in academics. They have an edge in football over Cal since they pay their players, just like in basketball. I always suspected you weren’t a Cal alum, but the “quarter” comment verifies that.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
winter quarter, ha ha ha…the only school that can best Cal academically is Stanford, except they suck in everything else (its amazing they are still in FBS), which is why once again Cal strikes the best balance between academics and athletics. Ted Miller of ESPN interviewed Rick (UCLA) about competing with Cal academically and Rick acknowledged how Cal beats out everyone and all, he even went on to mention a few recruits UCLA lost to Cal strictly because of that and one was Desean J, remember DJ? This is increasingly becoming an important factor because the number of NFL teams and the size of their roster hasn’t changed much for over half a century while the number of colleges and hence graduates has skyrocketed over the years. That means most student athletes know they will be pros in areas other than sports. When this reality becomes increasingly clear don’t be surprised to see the ‘SCs, LSUs, UFloridas…and so begin to take the back seat in the recruiting war against schools like Cal, UCLA, and so on. Strap on Bear fans its gone to be one hell of a ride into the future!!!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Will: Cal was on the quarter system when I was there 78-82. you need some other means to show me to be a fraud and should know more of your school’s history. Talk is cheap, and we need some other reason to blame our inferiority to USC in football other than the relative quality of undergraduate academics. Even if I am a fraud, please explain the US News rankings.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Covina – the rankings include factors like student retention, alumni giving, and resources. If you can afford to go to $C you’re likely to continue and therefore have a higher retention. SC benefits from the other factors because they simply have a lot of money. BTW the report lists Cal as the #1 public university. Not too shabby.
And yes, Cal was on the quarter system in 78-82.
PC
June 24th, 2009 at 5:31 am
How come only bunch of tools post here?
June 24th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Again, I challenge some sweeping generalizations (best weather in usa, usc wins because in part its a dummy school, moncrease = mays) made in replies here and am ultimately labelled an imposter and usc fan. I can be a Cal fan yet disagree with some of you that we haven’t been to the rose bowl in 50 years because of a cheating, rich dummy institution in LA.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:51 am
covinared Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 6:25 am
I can be a Cal fan yet disagree with some of you that we haven’t been to the rose bowl in 50 years because of a cheating, rich dummy institution in LA.>>>>>>> I have been saying the same thing for 5 years and I get the same responses you have. And when these fans can’t handle what I am saying and/or what other USC and Pac 10 fans are saying they resort to their final argument – “We are the #1 public u in the country.”
June 24th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Will Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
I always suspected you weren’t a Cal alum, but the “quarter” comment verifies that.>>>> And after making such a dumb comment are you one?
June 24th, 2009 at 8:33 am
MoreNCsarecoming is an imposter. I am the real Amy. If you don’t believe me, send me a PM to theAMYthicalprogram on scout boards. The only reason I changed my s/n is because that imposter stole my s/n here and that tool Jonatan Okanes would not allow me to post under different s/n
June 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
JO:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I understand all the recruiting updates being referenced are for 2010 not 2009. Most every high-profile recruit being mentioned and updated in the news or blogs has a pending offer from Cal. That is absolutely fantastic, and my point is it seems Cal has an abundance of scholarships for 2010. More so than ever before. I hope all those offers get accepted! Go Bears!
June 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am
AdvertisingBear – Who cares who you are? Contribute something once in awhile instead of mindless drivel.
Will – quarter systems were at Cal in the early 70s.
Covinared/MoreNCsarecoming/AdvertisingBear – probably all the same jerk since notice the time of the postings.
Finally I don’t like the latest on Cassius Marsh. Looks to be USC bound.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:18 am
covinared Says:
“Talk is cheap, and we need some other reason to blame our inferiority to USC in football other than the relative quality of undergraduate academics. Even if I am a fraud, please explain the US News rankings.”
Just like your athletic department your academic department cheats to get a higher ranking. Face it. You back a loser monkey school! Read this peon!
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/08/usc
June 24th, 2009 at 10:48 am
You got me. I concede now that I am a four headed troll that backs a school of rich, cheating idiots that are the reason why Cal hasn’t been to the rose bowl in 50 years, and you are right to predict that Moncrease is Mays.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
MoreNCsarecoming Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 6:51 am
I have been saying the same thing for 5 years and I get the same responses you have.
5 years is a long time to spend being a no life parasite, moron…Can you say ‘futility’?
June 24th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
BluenGold Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
MoreNCsarecoming Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 6:51 am
5 years is a long time to spend being a no life parasite, moron…Can you say ‘futility’? >>>>> And 5 years of stalking me….well you can make your own conclusions.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
MoreNC, you must stop pretending that you are me – NOW! Otherwise, Mr CC Myers will be on your Philippino @ss!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
MoreNCsarecoming = imposter, also known as lessncarecoming. He lives in Folsom, works for subprime lender from Canada. He dates a Muslim girl. He went to TCU. He is friends with CC Myers, a corrupt and bankrupt businessman. He is Phillipino and his dad is in Sacramento Philippino Business Society.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I stand corrected about the quarter system – unlike patty cakes, I’ll admit when I’m wrong. And I don’t agree with the weather thing either, So. Cal > Nor Cal weather.
As for USN rankings…the algorithm used to calculate USN rankings awards a heavy advantage to private schools. That’s why the best public school is still outside the top 20. So given the inherent advantages that private schools have over public schools in their rankings..$C is STILL behind 3 or 4 different public schools. And for that reason, spending 50k a year on that education is a waste.
And Moron, I’m not responding to our futility in football by saying we’re the #1 public university. I’m saying that you guys cheat like dogs.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
The problem is Will your faux paus and now your mea culpa just shows how you speak before you think. This is a characteristic trait of yours which would make any objective person know your comments are worth nothing. You are done pal. You have totally embarassed yourself. I would say you have lost your credibility but you can’t lose something you never had. Now go and play over at the SF Comical.
BTW your statement about cheating still has no proof. Let’s see the facts or have you forgotten a guy by the name of Bozeman.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Oh No. I was wrong on an internet message board. I’ve TOTALLY embarassed [sic] myself with my faux paus [sic].
1. Use spell check. You want to talk about people who should be embarrassed? How about your English teachers? Perhaps when you stop with your spelling faux PAS (please make note of the spelling), I’ll actually take you seriously.
2. I admitted I was wrong. And I’ll admit Bozeman cheated. That’s a little something called accountability, something that $C isn’t accustomed to. How about you admit you were wrong about Tim Floyd? You insisted nothing shady was going on there – but look at the program now. Football’s next.
3. I was right about one thing this entire time though – your lack of employment. Did you fill out those unemployment forms I posted? I don’t get why you’re so hostile when I’m trying to help you make some money.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Bye bye Will. You are done just like Floyd. Does that mean you are dishonest too?
June 24th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Yes, I am sure he left because he “lost enthusiasm,” just as he claims. And thanks for using spell check this time.
June 24th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Prove it to be otherwise. Let’s see you stick your other foot in your mouth. You do a great job of it. Of course I do expect the Pete Carroll persona anytime soon. I guess you wouldn’t know anything about that would you Will?
June 24th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I’m Pete Carroll now? I thought you claimed that I was GoldenBear. And seriously, did you get yourself a job yet?
June 24th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
I’d love to keep this exchange going but since I actually need to get up for work (yes, I’m making more money this summer than you’ve made over the last five years), I’m going to peace out. Have a good one, Patty Cakes.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:55 am
is there a stop to this nonsense?
TO COVINARED: if there is a Cal fan who thinks moncrease is as good as meyes, they must be dilusional for the latter is clearly a better talent and experienced player. on the other hand moncrease didn’t go straight to a university because he got injured late in his senior year when he was being offered by all the big dogs (look it up at bearinsider). therefore it is too early to say he can’t be as good as meyes or better. he is only a sophomore out of a jc meaning he has a lot of room for growth.
TO MORENCSARE…:we are not just resorting to our argument that we are number 1 pub u in the nation, it is just that sometimes some of you fanatics need to be reminded that this is just a sport and we are a university not a freaking football academy with the sole purpose of producing professional football players, i.e. in evaluating the strength of a program you need to take that into consideration. for example arguably our best receiver Tucker was kept our to spring ball due to academics and i bet any other school with lower academic standards (‘SC, for ex) he probably wouldn’t be. you simply cannot decouple academics and sports in collegiate athletics and the higher the standard of the academics the more coupled they are, since if you can comprehend that.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:08 am
BTW, to elaborate on the ranking system, one of the big factors used in the formula is the amount of money spent by the school in academic research (sort of a new trend) and this automatically favors private institutions with much higher endowments over public ones. which is why i pointed towards another criteria often used by international rankers and that is productivity, i.e. the amount of quality research put out by the university for the money spent on research and Cal ranked second in the world behind Cambridge U in 08 (or 07, not sure, but still looking for the source). just because you pour money over every lab on campus doesn’t mean anything and i hope the US based ranking system adopts the latter method. Just a reminder Cal has 20 Nobel winners to USC’s what two, three, i mean the numbers kind of speak for themselves interms of the quality of the faculty.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:49 am
The perception on the boards is when your fans hit the wall with your lack of Rose Bowls, lack of Heisman winners, lack of Pac 10 conference championships, plethora of choked games, poor sportsmanship of your fan base, etc. you turn to the “We are the best public u in the world” mantra. It only matters if it matters to your players and your DJs, Lynch’s, Mebanes, Arringtons, even Rodgers never graduated if you know what I mean. Your players are not the only ones kept out of practise sessions. Mitch Mustain is close to being released for academic reasons. Our players are not the only ones with marginal academics. You railroad your players into “gimmee” type programs. Yes? Just read your post again (#50). Your accusations are what you expect from a fan from your program and it is that kind of arrogant attitude that turns off Pac 10 fans.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I am cautiously excited and optimistic about this season; although I am starting to burst at the seams. I think we have an excellent chance at finally winning the Pac-10 outright this year and going to the game of all games, the Rose Bowl.
What I don’t think some non-fans understand is the hunger that we have as a fan base. None of us have ever been to a Rose Bowl. NONE. We’ve never had a Heisman. NEVER. This year we have a chance at both. It doesn’t come around every year (or even every decade).
Recently, we’ve endured the terrible seasons under Holmoe, and the tough tough downslide in Desean’s last year. All those downers will just make the year where we finally breakthrough so much much more sweet. It is no wonder why our fan base is extra excited this year; we have a chance. If we can witness a season where we end up at the Rose Bowl, then we know that we’ve seen something that hasn’t happened in 50 years. GO BEARS!
June 25th, 2009 at 10:58 am
The discussion seems to going around in cirlces. In parting, let me make a few observations of the recurring themes and banter I’ve noticed since I found JO’s column last summer. This MorenNC is having endless fun provoking the regulars because he easily exposes the lack of depth and hypocrisy(sp.) of many of the basic assumptions and arguments. I wonder if he or she would be around if he or she were merely ignored. Its obvious that the regulars have a huge USC inferiority complex chip on their shoulders. Likewise, I notice that any dissent whatsover to the basic premise of nearly all arguments is met with ad homein attacks instead of logic. Last summer I questioned whether or not Cal’s linebacking core was as good as the local hype and was immediately labelled an outsider or a traitor. Now when I respond to comments like “cal jock curriculum is more challenging than usc honors” and “usc undergrad academics is a joke” “Cal is top 10 and usc is in the 30-40s”with a neutral ranking system that suggests usc is not significantly lower in undergraduate quality , I am again attacked.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:07 am
cont. The other assumptions are that usc money and cheating are the root of our inferiority. We pay our coach 2.7 mil a year, and have a larger alumni base ( surely some of us are rich and want to see the team in the rose bowl)and taxpayer support. In the face of this, all arguments seem to turn on usc’s cheating as the root of our deficiency. Does anyone making these claims have any proof of this? If so, what is your proof, and what have you done to bring it to the proper authorities? If you can’t back up defamatory claims, you shouldn’t make them.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:14 am
btw. I agree with Davidson, except that the heisman is not that important to me. I am just thankful that the football team is consistently much better than it has been in the 30 plus years I’ve rooted for them, and believe that with a little luck, we will be in the rose bowl in the near future. maybe not this year, because its the bcs title game, but then again, why not?
June 25th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Covina – there will be a Rose Bowl and a BCS title game played at the Rose Bowl several days later.
Davidson is spot on.
PattyCakes does nothing more than throw firebombs into these discussion threads. Occasionally he makes valid points, but must times it’s just to goad the rest of the board.
Cal doesn’t have an inferiority complex as much as recognition that USC is the reigning champ and it is USC that they have to beat (along with the rest of the PAC-10. And as I’ve predicted several times, Cal will win the Pac-10 this year. Who knows better than me, Pete Carroll?
PC
June 25th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I meant “most times” not “must times”
PattyCakes, how could Will be the same person as me when I corrected Will about the quarter system? I am Pete Carroll. I know all when it comes to SC football. That’s why I know who will win the Pac-10
PC
June 25th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
BluenGold Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
MoreNCsarecoming Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 6:51 am
And 5 years of stalking me….well you can make your own conclusions.
Stalking YOU? Why would I, or anyone here, waste any time whatsover doing that? Why would a no life troll, whose net worth to society is a negative number, deserve that much attention? I never have, and never will, spend even a second stalking you. Don’t believe me? Try leaving this blog and see how many posters here try to follow after you. Just don’t bother to come back.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Covinared do you think we are really that naive and/or dumb to not equate you with Amy. You make the same exact point regarding USC. You say “In the face of this, all arguments seem to turn on usc’s cheating as the root of our deficiency. Does anyone making these claims have any proof of this? If so, what is your proof, and what have you done to bring it to the proper authorities? If you can’t back up defamatory claims, you shouldn’t make them.” Amy says “BTW your statement about cheating still has no proof. Let’s see the facts or have you forgotten a guy by the name of Bozeman.”
Stop having your daddy write up your posts.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
To Morencs…
mustain is in academic trouble, i am just not sure if that is a testament to the rigor of ‘sc’s academics or mustain trying to salvage his collegiate career and focusing too much on football and ignoring the books. nobody is saying SC is just a school for a bunch of money cows (though mostly thats the case) but the reality is you will open yourself up to some major ridicule if you try to argue that SC belongs in the CAL, STANFORD, UCLA..etc ground academically as opposed to the Oklahomas, LSUs and such. And speaking of arrogance, its amazing you of all people complain about considering the fact that the very reason this post exists because of you SC fans always trying to disparage everything going on in our program and me just trying to defend our turf, talk about arrogance.
If you are so sick of Cal fans what are u doing here in our living room, who invited you, you sound like there is someone with a gun on your head forcing you to post in the blog. If you got a brain you will see that you are contradicting yourself, but that is a BIG IF. DIDN’T MEAN TO BE ARROGANT.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Advertising Bear – once again no one cares who you are but please contribute something meaningful to these threads. Something with some kind of football input would be helpful.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
AMY: are you saying that two people with the same argument is indisputable proof that they are in fact one person? Is the argument that allegations should be backed up with more than innuendo that unique?
June 25th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Rocko Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 10:18 am
You back a loser monkey school! Read this peon!
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/08/usc>>>>
I can tell you must be a Social Welfare major. This article could have substituted virtually ANY large, well-known university’s name as its subject. It has been a common practice by most universities for more than a century to count part-time faculty or mentors or volunteers from industry among your faculty. Likewise, all emeriti are counted forever…some universities even list them posthumously! Don’t laugh, Stanford still lists Linus Pauling! You should see who UC counts among its faculty! Wouldn’t any school love to have Bill Gates or Warren Buffet stop by for a guest lecture? Most schools would have them listed on their websites as Volunteer Faculty by the next morning.
And why shouldn’t they? Any program that counted Pauling among its past faculty will still be recruiting top-notch faculty today. Isn’t the point that the finest schools want top prospective students at all levels to know that their faculty are outstanding? Isn’t a large part of a school’s reputation based upon its past as well as current records of success? I don’t know how a school can not be expected to publicize its faculty and their accomplishments. Universities also use these “calling cards” to recruit the best available current faculty to join their programs. Winners want to be associated with other winners at renown programs. And the best students want to know about the best programs in their chosen fields. Unlike high school kids, grad students don’t choose grad schools based upon their beautiful locations (UCSD, UCSB) or famous club sport programs like your rugby program), they want to study under the best and be associated with them because this guarantees their future success.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Moron has elevated making excuses to an art form, but still misses the point more often than not. BTW, moron you would be lucky to graduate with a social welfare degree, or ANY degree for that matter.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
That’s right B&G don’t even attempt to critique my post #64. Just call me names and go back to claiming that you are the #1 Public U with the best club sport team in America.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:49 am
66 replies – must be a record
June 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Why should I bother to critique postings by someone who falsely accuses me of stalking him/her/it and of being three or more other posters? It is you, moron, who has the severe credibility problem here; not me.
BTW, I did critique your earlier post. You are just too dense to catch it. As previously stated, you missed the point concerning the article about the U of sports corruption’s falsifications of its college of engineering faculty. The point of the articel was NOT that the same might be said about other school’s programs. The point of the article was that USC does it.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
First of all I have no credibility problem. Secondly it would be against my principles to not tell the truth. Here this is where I go to church.
http://www.sierrachristian.com/
June 26th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
INCREDIBLE!!!!!
A note about a JC recruit from Laney College,
Chris Moncrease, generated 68 comments.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I agree. There must be some pent up emotion that needs an outlet. For what its worth, I saw the you tube stuff on him, and he looks like a player. I like our db’s for now, except that I think Conte is best as a ss. He is adequate as a cb, but seems to be too good against the run to only put in nickel packages when hagan is ok.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Not to imply that Ezeff cannot do the job because he can.
June 27th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Perhaps moron should inquire of Pastor Bill whether falsely accusing someone of stalking and of using three other unrelated screen names to post to a message board causes him/her/it to have a credibility problem. He/she/it might not get the same answer.