Thirty years ago a colleague told me they hired from Chico State when they needed people skills, and Davis when they needed engineers. The Chico grads often landed interesting customer-facing jobs. A super bright, personable ME friend (Aggie) torched an introductory test entering the Navy's nuclear school, while a Cal grad struggled. (The questions were posed on a blackboard in front of a small group.)

When's the next big signing date?

One highly touted Gould recruit from Arizona that AZ HS coaches were saying had "NFL future" left after two years. Then there was Ryan Parenteau who was hot, then he dropped off most college teams radar for some unknown odd reason. I'm no expert, but saw his tape and went "Wow", and commented about him here. Covered well, hit like a truck, we inked him. He became almost an immediate impact player.

Before Hawkins arrived it seemed we landed a lot less 3-star recruits, they were typically all league and often had MVP awards, accolades, big numbers, etc. Gould had some 3 star guys, mostly studs, and most bounced.

Not negative. I don't understand the hype (stars) for players with very limited PT, but if he wins the starting job, great. Keelan Doss missed his junior year in HS w an injury, FBS schools had allocated all their schollies, and Coach Gould landed him. But Doss had solid sophomore and senior seasons.

Kids get 3 stars for going to certain camps? That may explain Axel Eason.

AD made a bad choice w a high school coach?

Things don't look good for Sac.

Chris Peterson, Jake Maier (who we grabbed early).

27 out, 2 in, net down 25 plus those who graduated.

The new HC comes from UW where the 220-pound back played this year.

Maybe they could schedule scrimmage games with American River College and DVC?

Vargas has competition. Cal signed a 220-pound back w 4.4 speed from UW, a 200-pound back from UTEP, and a three-or-four-star HS RB from Miami.

Check out this video, "Adam Mohammed" https://share.google/wMWOJQITfKWuEprbH

FWIW, a former Aggie coach joins Cal.

"Cal Hires Pat McCann as Passing Game Coordinator"

Others included LSU, Oregon State, and Michigan State.

Why hype our discoveries?

If Pinnick does well, maybe he bounces again and goes up another step.

A quick search says WSU football has $1M, but the goal is to get to $10 Million. That's a massive jump, I don't see how, unless they're including conference monies.

Volume again way too low on this interview, I have my smartphone all the way on high and later in the interview can barely hear him.

Would the ubiquitous today Lavaliers / Lapel / feather Mics solve this ongoing problem?

Vargas being courted by LSU and today Oregon.