Cal Football Recruiting Event: Tosh Lupoi Broke His Word

As we know, the coaching changes at Cal and UW just before National Signing Day had huge repercussions for much of the conference.  UCLA was a net benefactor in this instance, but there are some important lessons to be gained.

Cal AD Sandy Barbour took her turn at the mic and began by sharing some additional information about Tosh and the process.

Barbour and Tedford first gave Tosh a raise when his former teammate and Oregon alum Justin Wilcox was made defensive coordinator at the University of Washington (refuting the common sentiment that Cal was back on their heels while Sark the puppet-master directed the strings). This was a proactive attempt to retain Tosh, knowing that Wilcox and UW would be likely to try and recruit (pun intended) Tosh to join them.

In total, Barbour and Tedford would make three different offers to Tosh, with each attempt requiring them to go to a booster group to solicit additional funding to make up the gap. The last time an offer was accepted by Tosh, there was an implicit agreement not to entertain additional offers from UW.

But UW kept calling, and we all know the rest.
http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2012/2/13/2794738/tosh-lupoi-washington-huskies-cal-golden-bears