From the article:
The 18-person task force formed to come up with a solution to combine the school’s academic name (UC Berkeley) with its athletics name (Cal) produced an 18-page report that concludes this:
Recommendation #3
Shift the athletics identity to Cal Berkeley in both name and logo. Develop a visual identity that clearly communicates this shift.
In essence, the “Cal” and “UC Berkeley” names were merged for sports in this recommendation.
This kind of reminds me when I was small and decided to rename myself from my nick name to my dads name…. Which was also my actual name I just didn’t know it….