Apparently Sagapotule is staying with Cal next year, which seems like insanity since any top flight team without a returning QB would pay a pretty penny for.

I have to think Tosh has been using his recruiting magic to retain the best pieces of this Cal team, and can improve it through recruiting going forward.

1 hour ago, Solar said:

Apparently Sagapotule is staying with Cal next year, which seems like insanity since any top flight team without a returning QB would pay a pretty penny for.

I have to think Tosh has been using his recruiting magic to retain the best pieces of this Cal team, and can improve it through recruiting going forward.

One of the first things Tosh did after accepting the job was travel to Hawaii and re-recruit Sag.

Under Tosh, I hope the Cal D won't have late-game, last-play meltdowns like it did on Christmas Eve, while blowing a 21-point lead vs. Hawaii, losing 35-31 on a blown coverage TD pass with ten seconds left, and Hawaii's starting QB out of the game.

Give it another 6-6 year and we’ll see where he lands.

Cal actually wasn’t far off from having a good year and they still fired the coach because being close has been Wilcox’s theme almost every year he’s been there. I could totally see Sag playing it out to see if this change gets them over the hump.

Edited Friday at 06:10 PM2 days by JabbaNoBargain

Cal is the team that recruited and developed Aaron Rodgers and Jared Goff under previous coaching staffs. It only made sense for Lupoi to pull out all the stops to keep JKS.

They could become a significant Oregon (USuC) rival for the best talent in California, but it will take time and a UC administration and Board of Regents that gives a crap about sports

On Friday, Dec. 5, Lupoi was at his introductory press conference at 12:30 pm, in Berkeley, having flown that morning from Eugene.

12 hours later, 12:45 a.m., Saturday morning he was at Sagapolutele's house in Hawaii.

1 hour ago, HDuck said:

On Friday, Dec. 5, Lupoi was at his introductory press conference at 12:30 pm, in Berkeley, having flown that morning from Eugene.

12 hours later, 12:45 a.m., Saturday morning he was at Sagapolutele's house in Hawaii.

He understood the assignment. He also was noticeably worn out in the JMU post game press conference per some reports.

Dan Lanning and the new DC may have to do some heavier lifting on the defensive side from here on out if Tosh is too compromised from his Cal duties.

Not sure, but I think that 12:45 am was local Hawaii time which means 10 hours after the 12:30 press conference in Berkeley.

HDuck, it may be 14 hours. But he lost the two hours he gained going west on the way over when he came back.

I've always said, "God Loves a Fact-Checker," but I'm sure he loves even more the "Fact-Checker to the Fact-Checker."

I just hope Tosh starts to earn his paycheck from OREGON this playoffs.

As far as I'm concerned, he still works at Oregon. He should be focusing on his current job duties before his new job.

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