BERKELEY, Calif. -- Miles Goodman, a first-year grad student at U.C. Berkeley, had no idea the chain of events he was about to set off when he opened his photo-editing app late in Cal's 21-14 win at Auburn on Sept. 7.
For months, Goodman had interacted with opposing fan bases under the handle @golDonbear on the social media platform X -- formerly known as Twitter -- and it was normal for him to run into barbs about Cal as a bastion of progressive values. The stereotyping was often meant to be insulting, but usually just left Goodman amused.