"Forgive Me Tedford, For I Have Sinned."
by BearsNecessity on Oct 15, 2008 10:37 PM PDT
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PrintEDSBS had a pretty fun post idea which generated a good amount of discussions: What blasphemies have you committed upon California gold and blue? What are your Cal Bear fandom transgressions?
Examples from other schools:
ORSON, Florida: “I like Georgia’s colors.”
HOLLY, Tennessee: “I think the recitation of Neyland’s Maxims is one of the dumber traditions in college football and would like nothing better than to see it scrapped.”
PB, Texas: “I don’t hate Kirk Herbstreit like I should. It’s pitiful. He has some weird charisma that overwhelms my rational mind. Maddening.”
SIGNAL TO NOISE, USC: “I’ve started to hate Mark Sanchez. I was uneasy with it; there was something I couldn’t place. I was kind of “well, he’s the QB of the team I root for,” but when the announcers last week compared him to Vince from Entourage, my hate made sense.”
ROCKABYE REGGIE NELSON, Florida: “I prefer games on TV to games in person.”
WORSTFAN, Ohio State: “I want Ohio State to lose again, so I can stop trying to rationalize how they still deserve to be in consideration to be “in it”. I say this as a holder of two Ohio State degrees and former 5 year resident of the 43210.”
BURRITOBROSSHITS, Florida: “Feigning love for the Buckeyes to get laid. Actually worked but I felt really dirty and guilty afterwards. I didn’t have the heart to tell her, though, so I just bounced.”
MONDAY MORNING PUNTER, Ohio State: “Daryll Clark is the man! He strikes me as the kind of guy that could take a girl out to a nice dinner the one minute and then toss her down a flight of stairs the next.”
LT. WINSLOW, Miami: “Fuck it. I don’t regret it. I shared a brief, romantic moment with my coke-whore ex girlfriend’s best friend inside the privacy of a stall in the women’s bathroom in the west endzone of the Orange Bowl at the ‘06 Miami-FSU game. There were little teardrop shaped titties and a baggie of white powder and I’d do it again if I had the chance.”
Just a few of my personal examples:
- I like the 'Furd when they're competitive, not when they're a doormat. It adds flavor to the rivalry. Also increases possibility of schadenfreude for the fanbase, which will create deep emotional bonds for everyone involved. Or alcoholism.
- UCLA's home powder blue unis are sweeet. Although our navy blue unis aren't too far behind. And I still think those gold things are garish.
- Once in awhile I hum USC's fight song unconsciously. When I realize what I'm doing, I feel the urge to pull my tongue out of my mouth. Seems like the à propos reaction.
Spill your own.
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I like the ‘Furd when they’re competitive, not when they’re a doormat. It adds flavor to the rivalry. Also increases possibility of schadenfreude for the fanbase, which will create deep emotional bonds for everyone involved. Or alcoholism.
Once in awhile I hum USC’s fight song unconsciously. When I realize what I’m doing, I feel the urge to pull my tongue out of my mouth. Seems like the à propos reaction.
Agreed.
UCLA’s home powder blue unis are sweeet. Although our navy blue unis aren’t too far behind. And I still think those gold things are garish.
Disagree. Baby ("powder") blue does not belong anywhere outside a crib (not the MTV
kind).
Here are mine:
-I respect the Oregon fanbase. Yes, the under 30 crowd are far more douchebaggy than your typical under 30 crowd, but when the whole town cares so much about the Ducks, it really makes the games mean more. In Eugene, probably 60% of the population cares about the Ducks, even if casually. In the Bay Area, it has to be what, max 3%? We can barely fill our stadium in a metropolis of 7 million people…
-I like “All Right Now” when played by a band, even if the band acts like two year old children in a ball pit.
To be fair, you only get so many chances to watch San Jose Shark hockey or 70 win baseball teams!
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
First, the Sharks have been pretty successful, so no qualms there. Second, I think one of the big problems, attendance wise, is that there are 2 pro teams in the area. Most people don’t or can’t attend 2 football games on back to back days. There are just too many football games going on for one metropolitan region, even one that is 7 million large.
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Forgive Me Tedford For I Have Sinned...
(1) I would eagerly and lustfully trade the Cal Dance team for UCLA or USC’s cheerleaders.
(2) I would eagerly and lustfully trade Top Dog for Diddy Reise.
(3) During highschool UCLA was my first choice for undergrad, then USC, then Cal.
(4) I think the chorus singing in USC’s Conquest fight song is kind of cool.
I feel… so ashamed of myself.
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how about an It's it?
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
But DR has something shady going on, they can’t be that cheap for how good they are. It has to be a front for something…
damn.
that looks like my garage.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Oct 16, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You're dead to me now.
You can take my Top Dog when you pry it from cold, greasy, fingers.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
also, their Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles >>>>>>> the one in Oakland, by far.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 16, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I too have unfortunately hummed SC’s fight song. And, I even liked to watch Reggie Bush, though I hated Matt Leinart.
Sometimes, I think the Stanfurd band is funny . . . sometimes.
I was almost late to the Arizona State game this year. I started running. I felt terrible for the first quarter, having almost let JT down.
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I’ve hummed USC’s fight song if only because it sticks in your mind, not because I actually want to. It’s just burned into my brain.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh my god, you should all be burned
The Stanfurd band is NOT funny, they should be used as landfill.
And any self-respecting Cal fan who starts humming the $C fight song should immediately hit themselves in the head hard enough to pass out. Finishing humming even the first stanza means you’re dead to me.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
ZOMG
You’re lucky the only comments I ever delete are my own duplicates!
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
ZOMG
You’re lucky the only comments I ever delete are my own duplicates!
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
I find "All Right Now" to be annoyingly catchy
I’m still working on building up the ability to respond with gut revulsion instinctively when I hear it.
I also wouldn’t mind hooking up with a hot stanfurd chick … of course so that I can yell out “Go Bears!” at the moment of triumph. I figure it’s slightly less violent than a donkey punch.
by Rickeyfan on Oct 16, 2008 2:20 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I have "All Right Now" on my iPod
not the Stanfurd band version, but i think it’s a fun song. it’s not a fight song, but it’s a great party song.
i do not think their band is funny.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
It would have been, if they let me in!
They often have jokes that are funny in theory, but less so in reality.
For example, at many Big Games in the mid to late 90s, Cal fans rioted at Stanford stadium. So, at the 2001 game, their halftime show was them making the words “Don’t Riot” over and over again. It was called the “Cal Fan Appreciation Show” or something like that. It was,in theory, humorous. However, in reality, it was them standing n one plae playing for 2 minutes n the word “Don’t” and then “Riot.”
So, the execution of the idea makes it wildly less funny.
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or a "Hot Carl"
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
See, now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout
That’s the kind of sinning I respect.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I rooted for Stanford as a kid (Cal too though). Leaned more Cal when I figured I was going there. And I Think “All Right Now” as played by the furd band is pretty sweet. my dream football scenario is both teams 8-0 going into the Big Game. The atmosphere in the Bay Area would be amazing.
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I am blameless.
However, some of my thoughts and actions require a little explanation.
- I am a PAC-9 fan.
- My little man gets agitated at the thought of the UCLA Dance team.
- My little man stands at full attention at the thought of the O-girls.
Stanfurd Delendum Est.
I, too, am a sinner
I think “Fight On” is a good fight song.
And when I was about 10 years old, I went to a stanfurd-ASU game and rooted for stanfurd.
Go Bears!
I applied to Stanford early decision and would have joined their marching band in 3/4ths of a second.
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At least you weren’t planning on becoming the tree.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey who knows what that future held? The possibilities could have been endless!
Nonetheless, I rather liked the prospect of running around the football field with my pants down wearing only a series of perfectly played yamulkes. I’d be perfect for the Stanford band!
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My list
1. There are 4 Stanford athletes who I cheer for as professionals (Tiger, Johnny Mac, Summer Sanders, Mark Madsen)
2. Stanford was my number 1 choice as a school.
3. I love Nick Young.
4. I like all the Oregon football uniforms. And their cheerleaders.
5. Occasionally I will hum Oooooo-Ssssss-Usuuuuuuuu, Oregon State, fight fight fight! while walking around town.
OK, I like Tiger, too.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I probably would have gone to Stanford over Cal
Although other than that I’m not sure I find much else redeeming about the Farm. I was strongly considering UCLA over Cal because they were giving me a year of housing and I was a spring admit into Cal (which is mostly the reason I met up with Twist and rags and we became fraternity brothers), and I’m not sure I really thought about USC. USC doesn’t really have a sterling academic reputation on the East Coast as far as I can tell.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
It doesn’t have a sterling academic reputation on the West Coast, either!
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or the Middle Coast
Wait…that will only happen if Palin becomes president.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Dude, I can't believe you are admitting this in public
It is so very very wrong. I think you need to be locked in a room with a bunch of Old Blues for a week, so you gain a better understanding of why the Bear Fan hates Stanfurd.
Unlearn what you have learned, young Jedi.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I grew up in New Jersey!
It’s not like I knew much about the schools other than their academic reputations. And coming from an Asian family, academic reputations are pretty much all parents and family friends judge schools by.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not saying you don't have an excuse for your ignorance...
I’m saying I can’t believe you’re ADMITTING IT!
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I root for Stanford and USC
when they play OOC games
This is a product of the BCS and the conference-vs.- conference media boner. I feel sorry for all of us.
...nuh nuh nuh gone
by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
that's ok I think
I hate the “Pac10 is down” crap
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
I have always rooted for 'furd against $c
I own two articles of red clothing.
a well done fight song is a well done fight song (fight on, allright now, mighty bruin).
I love that we taught our rude words to oregons fight song to thier band. since they didn’t know their own words.
Oregon our alma mater,
where the men of steel are found.
in the bushes with the co-eds
making love upon the ground.
this goes on ‘till early morning
when the cops break up the fun
there’ll be a military wedding for the sons of Oregon….
Go Bears Go
Don't hate me Tedford
1) I love just about every other school’s cheerleaders from USC/UCLA/ASU/Fl/UT/etc more than my own.
2) I chose Berkeley’s farm school (UC Davis) over Cal because Cal’s bio program was not so good and they have no med school.
3) I hated going to Cal games before you arrived.
4) I wonder if Mrs. Tedford is happy when you sleep in the coach’s office of damp, must Memorial Stadium.
5) I don’t really get the cannon.
6) I question your skills as a Travel Agent.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
yes...thanks zoonews
but why? I was thinking it had WWI-type “memorial” tribute…but they should just release faux Mustard Gas stink bombs.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
true...and
less stinky than stink bombs
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Big Game 1991 @ Stanford...
…there were remote control cars with smoke bombs tied to them zipping around the field as the Cal Band performed. My mom and I were in the last row in the end zone watching in awe. These were the epic days of giant student section slingshots flinging apples and oranges throughout halftime; the Stanford band carried lacrosse sticks to fling them right back. It was madness. My sin is that I loved it. The Stanford Band is the only other band I could have lasted more than a year in. I would never go to that snobby school though, so that redeems me.
Yeah, that's it, zoonews.
This is much better sinning.
And to get back onto the cheerleaders (rim shot), I think the Cal cheerleaders are better than the Cal average this year.
And somehow, don’t we seem to have 24 this year instead of 12? When did they expand, and why didn’t it happen sooner?
let’s have a little more love for this year’s squad.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
my sins
I hate that we have 24 dance squad girls. What are we? Midwesterners? Is there no better form of artistic expression for these women?
I also own lots of red clothing and even habitually wear a garnet ring. Just not during Big Game week.
And I think I’m missing UCLA this year to row a race
That doesn’t make you a bad Cal fan. It just makes you a girly man.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
artistic expression?
Are you trying to say using HD TiVo to capture cheerleaders in a high-kick is not artistic expression?
I mean, I’m just trying to see where you’re coming from, dude.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he’s talking about the garnet ring and missing a game for any reason at all
...nuh nuh nuh gone
by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm an extremely girly man
the kind who’s given birth to children. Call me dude if you must, but not every CGBer is a male.
by classof87 on Oct 17, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's always nice to remind myself how easy it is to be an ass
Thanks for putting up with my juvenile tendencies, I hope you know where I’m coming from – as in, I hope all those fine young women find beneficial, productive, empowering roles for themselves as people in society, and do not buy into themselves as sex objects; HOWEVER, it’s fun to look at pretty girls in skirts, and don’t mess with the fantasy.
We only get a few good excuses to look at cheerleaders as it is, and then I can behave properly the rest of the time, like to my wife and my female co-workers.
And yeah, the garnet thing is more of an issue for me. :-)
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
the garnet ring ain't right on a Cal grad
that’s why I confessed to it as a sin, but it reminds me of my high school ring which is at the bottom of Lake Merced. I promise to take it off for Big Game Week.
I don’t have a problem with cheerleaders, but they should all be able to fit on the bench. Any extra is too much.
Thank you for making me the second most girly man on this site!
Now, do you want to share knitting tips?
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No, but I do sew
I got my Mom to teach me sewing so I could make Jedi Robes for my kids (AND ME) for Halloween.
Girlie men make better lovers.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
That is the most extreme girly man of all. Well done.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 17, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Nailed it!
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It's marginally okay for chicks to own red clothing ..
It makes ‘Take off that red ______!’ all the more gratifying for the guy. That said, it’s a private thing. In all the years we’ve been together, my chick has worn red no more than a handful of times because she knows my visceral reaction to outer clothing of that color. (Yeah, she even gets less attention from me when wearing that color out … I’m very much a True Blue die-hard)
yes thank you...I'm actually at UCSF
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
So you went to Davis instead of Cal
to go to UCSF. Color me confused.
Ph.D. at UC Davis...postdoctoral researcher at UCSF
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
One more thing
I think Stanford does better research (this one hurts the most).
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
We chanted "we have more nobel laureates than you do" at the Big Games 1990-1994 I attended.
Bite your tongue. They’re just more efficient because they have much better parking, so they can spend more time in lab. Cheaters.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
You're right...Cal does have more NP awards
but it would be nice to have that kind of bank roll that ’furd has. That Lokey guy from BusinessWire needs to spread the wealth!
Cal does an admirable job with what it has!
BTW…that must have been a tough chant for a stadium crowd…
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
yes, it was tough
But Cal students are smart enough we were able to do it.
That bank roll just tells you what sell-outs they are down at the Farm.
If you’re all about the money, you might as well be at U$C.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Stanfurd's research funds
far surpass $C research funds…
Be careful who you criticize
The bottom line is this: research and education needs more money and Bushy/Arnold have hurt us.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Well, yeah, we need the money
And don’t me started on politics, but I’m saying if the big pile of money itself is appealing to anyone, they should be at U$C (that’s a backhanded compliment to Stanfurd, you see?), where $ worship is out in the open. That means it’s not quite so bad at Stanfurd (but it’s better at Berkeley – where we have to beg for $ when the state won’t put up).
You will not find anyone who agrees more that we need better research and education funding. You can raise my taxes for that in a heartbeat, and I’ll pay them happily.
Now let’s get back onto cheerleaders.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
here, here
J.W. I’d buy you a beer if I could…instead I’ll leave you with this.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
It's a precious gift...
That keeps on giving.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
--Save to iPhone Wallpaper--
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm thinking desktop wallpaper
on my 26" work computer monitor
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
If it kept giving
there would’ve been a butt3.jpg, butt4.jpg, etc … what? I’m the only one who checked? I guess that’s what happens when you combine pr0n with low level comp sci, er, hacker skills.
interesting. I’d say that the chem department at Cal does a better job than Stanford, although I can’t say the same about physics or biology.
ahh...mighty fine observation
the chem department (if judged by best place for grad school) is, in fact, Cal. They have an impressive number of faculty that span 9 subdivisions when most schools only recognize 4 or 5. However, in my subdiscipline of chem, I feel ’furd has the best organic chemists in the Bay Area. The synthetic chemists are also aided by having the ’furd School of Medicine directly across the street…helping their compounds advance through the pipeline.
It’s too bad more people in chemistry don’t care about Cal-Stanford rivalry…these departments are always in the top 3!
One of my favorite T-shirts is Cal: 16 of elements discovered, Stanford: 0.
Cal was the place to do physics and chemistry where Nobel Prize winners would literally rub elbows…but that began to slowly fade 40 years ago (public funds). It is still a premier place, just not as dominant…especially in synthetic chemistry. I think that nod goes to Scripps or Harvard.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Yeah, to be honest another cringe moment for me is hearing the phrase “number one public university,” which is different from “number one university.”
I'm okay with that ...
There’s an inherent disadvantage with being a public university. And despite that, we’re consistently ranked (USNWR, FWIW) as the best (or tied for) public university and in the top 25 overall of universities. It would be as if a non-profit org cracked the top-25 of the Fortune 500. That’s nothing to cringe about.
And our grad schools are consistently top 5/10 in their respective fields.
1. I think I am becoming a closet $C fan. Never to the point of rooting for them over Cal, but close to rooting for them over Oregon
2. Like everyone else here, I would trade the Cal cheerleader/dance/whatever girls for those from $C or Fucla.
3. I respect Furds
4. I kind of dig Oregon’s fans and their mascot.
I feel so dirty
Go Bears!
Oski
you need to leave SoCal, Oski…if that is where you live. You are being overcome by Carroll’s flooding chinos!
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Another ...
I’m slowly losing my revulsion to red/cardinal … I’ve always been okay with it for Christmas and CNY, but other than that, it’s usually prompted a subliminal growl … Now I’ve noticed in Sweden that some chicks look good in red.
I wore a XC Stanford Invitational shirt to CalSO back in 99!
I have Reggie Bush on my fantasy team!
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I have the same shirt!
except from like 2002 or something. Go Campo XC! It was really hard to rationalize wearing it though, even in high school.
I am so creeped out by the Stanford Tree, that I like it – In the same way I like the King from Burger King.
It's spelled "S-h-u-f-a-i-l"
He reverse pickpocketed me yesterday!
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Awesome, but you’re a Duck fan. Give us stuff that would make O fans look at you funny.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
(well, I guess O fans would look at you funny for that anyway)
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's a few
1. I like the Beavers. I actually want them to win.
2. I don’t like jerseys prior to 1999
3. I’m generally okay with the bend but don’t break defense
4. I like most of the Pac-10 teams. But I’m a fan of Cal and OSU in addition of UofO.
It's spelled "S-h-u-f-a-i-l"
It really is spelled S-h-u-F-A-I-L!
...nuh nuh nuh gone
by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Its actually spelled S-h-u-n-o-n-s-u-c-c-e-s-s.
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To speak anything poorly about the program would be blasphemous.
I’ve seen Monty Python’s Life of Brian to know that I don’t want to do that.
It's spelled "S-h-u-f-a-i-l"
Only the true messiah would say that!!!! You are the messiah!!!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 16, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I like to old, meaner mascot
not Oski with his shit-eating grin
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Oski looks like a PedoBear
...nuh nuh nuh gone
by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Oski looks like over 9000 PedoBears.
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
That looks painful for the Cat’s eye!
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This will be Mike Stoops reaction to Jahvid Best’s power level on Saturday night.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
that's willie tuitama
after…Toot Toot!
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Angry OSKI rules
Can someone find a picture of the ‘angry’ Oski – my buddy has a T-shirt with big-chested Oski with an angry look and a hat that says Cal on it. That is the best Oski.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate
Stanfurd fans when the game is at ‘furd Stadium…wait…that’s not a sin!
I especially like it when drunk Cal students shout to deep pocket ’furd alumns with, “Thanks for paying for my education you cocksuckers!”
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
I like "All Right Now" too.
So much so, that when it came out for Rock Band 2, I created the Stanfurd Band.
I felt so dirty making all these characters, and having them wear those damn red blazers.
I can't believe you did that.
Incidentally, I still haven’t picked up Rock Band 2 yet. Waiting for it for PS3…should be next week, right? Are the new instruments worth it or should I just get the disc?
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Sooner, actually.
It will be available this Sunday.
As for the new instruments, I’ve heard that they’re better, but I only have the RB1 set.
I got my RB 2 guitar last week
And it rocks. So does the new game. I just beat it on hard to get a ‘clear’ Fender Stratocaster. Now you can see my lead guitarist’s short shorts more clearly – and they’re blue & gold, thank you very much.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
This is disturbing on so many levels. The Rock Band from Hell!
by BearsNecessity on Oct 18, 2008 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Okay, I actually watched the whole thing
The catchiness of the song was offset by my distaste for red, so I was mostly impartial.
Coupla pts/suggestions
1. Add Californian Golden Bears to the tags
2. I watched the video for the commentary, nice touch. Add Go Bears! as a finishing shot.
3. Pts for creativity (creativity points are award separately from ugly penalties)
4. More anti-stanfurd vitriol. Or backhanded compliments. Maybe mention how this video game video by itself is better than the actual stanfurd band performance, but that it’s not really a compliment. It’s like saying your 7 year old kid can run faster than a 10 yr old quadriplegic.
5. While you’re mentioning Gary, splice in the money shot from the Play.
6. Color wash the video in the end to blue and gold.
7. Finish the video with the open chord(s) to Fight for California. (I really get the feeling a buncha furdites will comment/crow about this vid)
anyhoo, golf clap for you … it’s a good draft.
Duely noted.
Updated video is rendering right now, and will be up soon.
I pretty much got everything except the color washing. If I were to wash the colors, the entire video would end up washed in those colors, not just the ending.
Dude, I might put that up in a FanShot and then promote it to the front like tomorrow or MOnday. Its hilarious! And we’ll mock the SHIT out of you! Its too busy now, though.
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Is it possible, in tis video game, to create a player with no pants wearing a series of perfectly placed yarmulkes?
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I think the script Cal is a terrible symbol
I mean – it just says “Cal.” Aren’t logos supposed to pictorial / representative? Or at least not spell out the whole name? Only UCLA’s and OSU’s are definitely worse in the Pac-10. I wish we used the walking bear instead.
Also:
The Bear will not quit, the Bear will not die
I wish we could incorporate this more
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I was an undergrad (I think soph)
when this was first introduced … it has a very 90s feel to it. It was cool at the time .. now? meh. It’s not bad, I’ve seen uglier. But it’s now “Wow!”
Cal fans were like that, Calfan, but then we entered the depths of the Braun era. When I was at Cal, they’d line up for hours before games. The Bench was packed with people and that one dude was a Shirt Nazi, making sure you actually wore The Bench shirt.
Last year, it was cold and empty in there, like some sort of frozen tundra. With Montgomery back, I am feeling stronger!
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Kirk Ferentz???
Tedford’s time at Cal will end with Golden Bear athletes winning the Fulmer Cup? Nooooooooo.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
OK - BAN HIM!! The Cal symbol is the best logo in the nation.
They shoot people for that, don’t they?
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it when the USC Cheerleaders
talk about how much they love the Trojan family.
Please…you just wanna wear the all white uni with a thong underneath and try and land a gig with Maxim
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
…and we have absolutely no problem with it
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
me too
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
No such transgressions
The only thing I do it tap out the beginning of $Cs fight song with my hand on my desk, once I realize what I am doing I immediately start to beat my hand.
As for the Furd… moving into enemy territory (Menlo) made me hate Stanford so much more. Try going to the grocery store with a Cal hat on three days after ’06 Tenn, (this might be hard to do now). I got into like 5 shouting matches in one trip, never came to blows (probably good for me), but I hate those jerk offs and I will always root against them. Though I agree with 408, if both teams were undefeated it would be the sweetest of victories for the Golden Bears.
I am glad to see people confessing their sins and I am sure the most merciful Oski with accept your prayers of forgiveness with the requisite libation.
you should make a T-shirt
that says…
Jim Harbaugh is no Chuck Norris
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Oski: Uh…what? Hold on, I’mma lil busy right now.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
wtf…I wear Cal stuff on Stanford campus on a regular basis (I have friends in grad school there), and I never hear a peep.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 16, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The kids are cool, I really don’t think that most of them care, although I still feel like 5000 times more sketched out in Palo Alto @ 2a.m. then in B-town. It’s all the old pricks that give me crap, and typically only on Sunday, after they have losses on the brain.
Seriously though, Pizza my Heart at 2:30 is great place to find a fight.
No ... the sweetest of victories would be
an 11-0 Cal vs a 0-11 stanfurd. An undefeated (and hopefully coincidentally championship-game-at-the-Rose-Bowl-bound) team putting the final nail in the coffin of a winless stanfurd team. We’d also have at least the Rose Bowl locked up (as to not risk the woofing gods). And some wealthy Cal fan would buy up tons of roses to hand to Cal fans as they come into the stadium. And at halftime, the Cal Band would incorporate the bid into their show. And we’d have a card stunt doing that too.
There’s also better parts of this fantasy that involve cheerleaders from both schools and I, but this is a family blog, right?
No, because no one at the ’Furd would give a crap.
They’d give somewhat of a crap if the ’Furd was playing for the Rose Bowl.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 18, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
You should all be ashamed of yourselves
Ok fine, I have a few…
I root for Oregon and USC when they’re not playing us.
I think the stanfurd band is funny sometimes and liked hanging out with them when I was in school.
I was hoping our basketball team would lose games last year so Braun would be fired.
I don’t have a problem with 3. I think most of us here have that in common. I don’t think there’s any shame in rooting for your team to lose in the short-term for the long-term good of the team, but of course, I’d have to be pretty sure that canning the coach/GM/whomever is the right thing to do. Witness Lions fans and Matt Millen, of course.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
1 – I want the SAHPC built, but it makes me sad to see all of the trees gone. I like trees.
2 – I used to root for UCLA before I discovered Bruinsnation
3 – Previously mentioned Stanford Invitational shirt, although I stopped wearing it in college. Although I probably should have burned it – my Cal-grad fiancee wears it now.
Completely agree with 1+2. I used to think of UCLA as a little brother. Now it’s more like your little brother’s annoying, retarded friends who steal from your room when you’re not around and then break it, and then cry when you yell at them.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 16, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Coach Rick Neuheisel is a savior dude. Don’t blasphemy his glorious name.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 16, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re not supposed to use Coach R*ck N**h**s**l’s name in vain…
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 16, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The year that they bitched about going to the Rose Bowl rather than the NCG cured me of any sort of affection for UCLA as a sister school. Then they went on to get waxed in the RB, so there was good karma all around.
They got waxed by the Ron Dayne Train… the only Rose Bowl I’ve ever attended
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 17, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think I could ever listen to confessions...
It’s too scary. I mean you guys have some REAL BAD sins to beg forgiveness for.
Your pennance is to wear Blue and Gold body paint, and nothing else, for all remaining home games. Maybe this year and next year too.
And STOP sinning!
OK, I have some little ones:
I let my wife decorate the house with lots of use of the color red, and I might even think it looks good.
My high school colors were Red and White, and I didn’t even TRY to transfer out.
Now that I have HD, I like getting all the camera angles and replays when I watch at home. Which is only for away games, dammit!
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 1:46 PM PDT reply actions
That’s what I wear to every game I go to. Just ask Twist!
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
Everyone knows these things don't apply to you, Maharg, you're "Special".
Just ask Twist!
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
PUT IN A QB
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 16, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
1. i HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE our non-conf opponents up until game day...
…and then i love them to death and poop bunnies and want them to run the table. Prolly explains why I like watching Tennessee and
2. Back in the day, I used to date someone from SC. There is a picture of me wearing an SC hoodie (shudder)
3. I think Oski looks weird. I wish Oski looked more the bear in my icon. He looks more collegiate than the Oski we have now (which looks like a Oski the Librarian).
4. I like Coach Bellotti.
5. Cal > Vols > Ducks > Bruins > Huskies/Trojans > Cougs/Cards/Beavs/All of ’Zona > the rest of the country.
6. (not really a confession) – MY DREAM ROSE BOWL MATCH UP IS CAL VS. MICHIGAN
by totallyawesome on Oct 16, 2008 2:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
6. Mine is...
Cal vs. Texas (Big Ten opponent would be in National Title game)
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal vs. Texas is a better match-up but
something about BLUE vs. BLUE appeals to my inner football geek
by totallyawesome on Oct 16, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree, I always felt we had a kinship with Michigan. Same colors, quality public education…
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 16, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh oh - that's the angry oski
Sorry I didn’t notice your icon before. Where did you get that? That’s the REAL Oski to me, even if it’s not the oldest one.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
you still see it used
mostly on vintage-style Cal gear, tho. i think a full-sized Angry Oski would be awesome to see on the football field! much better than our current hall monitor-style bear.
by totallyawesome on Oct 16, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I like creepy sexual harrassment lawsuit oski
always have.
waaaayyy back in the dark ages pre-Kapp…there was a fight between oski and one of the girlish mascots from some other team….it ended with oski trying to mount the other mascot and his handlers finally pulling him off….
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 16, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
This post is useless without pictures
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn’t look ANYTHING like Pedo Bear.
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
What, pray tell, is Pedo Bear?
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yeah, but it was pre-video everything.
when we would have one or maybe 2 tv games a year. oski was fully your drunken inapproriate male relative in those days.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 17, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions
My 4th grade elementary school teacher went to $c and always wore her $c sweater. She was excessively hot, and I learned from her that girls didn’t have cooties and made weird things happen to me when she bent over to look at my papers…
From that point forward, I thought that I’d go to $c as a second choice because of the abundance of hot ass (as shallow as that sounds).
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now you're getting the hang of it
sin that wins.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I bonded with a USC fan on Santorini last April. I managed to check Bearinsider and got the news about Olsen and Cowan both going down within 5 minutes of each other and saw the guy in his SC hoodie and told him the glorious news. The UCLA girl he was with started sobbing.
That's not a sin - that's just a happy ending.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
3) I left work on the Cal campus to work for a firm whose colors are Red and White
2.5) I’ll PROBABLY miss the UCLA game because some old friends are coming into town. First home game NOT spent in stadium or on campus (Oskiweewee, the guilt never ends)
2) I really don’t like roll-on-you-bears, and I roll-on-my-eyes every time
1) I am NOT going on my husband’s crazy 30-hour total roadtrip to Arizona. I’m staying here, watching the game with friends, and getting super drunk.
BUT atleast I didn’t schedule my wedding during a Cal game. also, I don’t read this blog very much. sorry
Hope is dangerous, but Glory is addictive.
and I don’t particularly want to sleep with ALL of the football team.
Hope is dangerous, but Glory is addictive.
Just a question for the guys
You feel guilty if you like hotter/dumber ‘song girls’, okay, whatever, feminism can take another one for the team.
Should I then feel guilty for not wanting to sleep with all of the football team— Re: Riley > Jordan Kay?
Perhaps, it’s fine if I appreciate them for their athleticism. (I’d suggest the same for the dance team, but who are we kidding).
Discuss.
Hope is dangerous, but Glory is addictive.
nah, that's fine
you should only feel guilty about wanting to sleep with our rival’s football players.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
So...
You want to sleep with Riley but not with Jordan Kay?
Please elaborate. With pictures, preferably.
And please list all the Cal football players you would sleep with, in order of preference.
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
7...7.5...8 on the creepy scale
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
hey...hey...just because they're
hot doesn’t mean their dumb too! I mean…they did cheer for the wrong team…twice…but other than that their body of work has been very impressive, no?
AndBears guys just like to drool a little, you know? You dropping the F-bomb makes me feel like this is going a little too past my comfort level. If all of the song girls were buck naked I’d probably walk away after holding up my left hand and pointing to the ring on my finger.
No…I’m not voting for McPalin even though Nailin’ Palin was the star of CougCenter Week a few weeks back.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
not my term
Larry Flynt is making a production…TNH is right…San Fernando valley.
AndBears…you seem like the feisty female type this blog needs! We beed more comments and FanPosts!
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Yeah, roll-on is not that great
I don’t think this rule is written down anywhere, but my understanding is Roll-on you bears should be yelled only after we cross the 50 yard line. You do it 3 times, and then you’re done.
If limited to that, I think it’s just sort of an interesting tradition, and shows that we know more than one or two damned cheers, ‘cause we’re all smart-like up hee-yah in Buhkley.
When done way too often, sometimes after 1st downs, etc., and it goes on too long, and distracts the student section from something else, then it does suck.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree on the Roll On Tradition. Last year people weren’t doing it then. And look what happened!?!?!? I blame 2007 failures on inaccurate traditions!
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Roll On rules
1. You start it on a first down that crosses the 50
2. And do it again on each first down for the rest of the drive.
I’ve never heard of any 3-time limit.
People did hate this cheer during Holmoe, but mostly because: (1) first downs (let alone sustained drives) were so rare; and (2) people did it at the wrong time, which we then blamed for the resulting offensive sputters (as though the offense wasn’t going to sputter anyway). Ironic use of “Roll On”, however—like on defense, when the opposing team got called for a penalty that pushed them back across the 50—was always amusing. Relatively speaking.
The Bear will not quit, the Bear will not die
I am to feel guilty for having my wedding during a Cal game? I had no power or control over the situation! That’s like blaming the victim for being mugged?!?!?
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Correction: Sounds like a marriage!
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Please find your balls soon…
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, grow a pair, dude
let her decide the cake, the flowers, the guest list, the music, the food, etc., but just say “Honey, it has to be on a Sunday, not a Saturday”.
But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume that you can hold this over her and demand ‘special favors’ to make up for it whenever you bring it up.
Right?
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 16, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Can I have yours? You already lent me a sax and a flute.
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His man-sax and skin-flute?
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t realize there were different gendered saxes?
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It is a euphemism for dick
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
With ya here ... the ultimate would be
a wedding on Big Game day or Cal – Rose Bowl day. For that, I’d have to have a signed contract granted me unfettered and enthusiastic lifetime special favors. But then again, I’d be much more aware than allowing a wedding in the 3rd/4th wknd of Nov / 1st wknd of Dec (wtf, conf football in dec?)
1. I’m jealous of schools with obnoxiously catchy fight songs. UT, USC, etc.
2. I like being nice to the visiting fans.
3. I don’t think either Longshore or Riley is clearly above average.
4. I get bored during the blowouts.
being nice to visiting fans is fun...
…but only when Cal is winning.
by totallyawesome on Oct 16, 2008 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
3. I don’t think either Longshore or Riley is clearly above average.
Word, sec119. Everyone’s been thinking it, but you finally said it.
Mansion ’08!
by CalBandGreat on Oct 16, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Dang, I forgot his tagline...
Mansion ’08: The man with the name.
by CalBandGreat on Oct 16, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know.
They both could be the best in the Pac-10…
I don’t see much from Sanchez that puts him ahead of either Riley or Longshore. He’s probably more mobile than both, but his passing play has been inconsistent. Rudy and Willie have just been around for forever. It’s not like either has ever lit us up.
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
2. I like being nice to the visiting fans.
This is a good thing. Remember, we’re the classy school, not the douchenozzle school. (incidentally, that’s my favorite new insult).
Hope is dangerous, but Glory is addictive.
by AndBears on Oct 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec this
Being nice to visiting fans is absolutely not a sin.
Don’t you know how very very badly it hurts when you lose to a team and they’re polite and nice to you? Oh, it KILLS.
You take their self-righteousness right out from under them. And besides, you sleep better at night when you’re not an asshole. And you can take your kids to games with you because you don’t have anything to be ashamed of.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with you...classiness is important
is it just me, or does that get thrown out the window during the Big Game?
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Well, um...ahem...we, um....might have been *drinking* more for the Big Game that year...
It does depend on how unclassy they have been recently, or during the game.
OK, OK, I have not always been nice to visiting fans. After the sickening loss in 1990 (Stanfurd scored 9 points in the final 16 seconds, partially because we rushed the field early, and got either 1 or 2 ‘technical’ 15 yard penalties), we rushed the field again, as did the Furdites, and nearly had a brawly in the South End Zone.
There was a line of cops and staffers in a 20 foot ‘no man’s land’ between the two rioting groups, who were throwing things, shouting obscenities, and generally having a very dangerous best time of their young lives.
We lifted one of my friends up onto our shoulders, he held up the Stanfurd hat he had found, and proceeded to set in on fire with a lighter. That made the ’furd fans…upset, shall we say.
Wow, that was fun. But I totally don’t condone that sort of behavior! I’m a grown up, now!
P.S. As a stupid young man, we had a thing about shouting “Let him die! Let him die!” if an opposing player went down with an injury. An absurd part of this policy was it was only used for Pac-10 conference opponents. Non-conference opponents were not treated to this yell. So that was a sin…it does feel better to admit it.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
“Blood, Blood, Blood makes the grass grow”
or the classic
“Shoot him like a horse”
or the less rational
“Blood, Blood, Blood makes the turf grow”
Hope is dangerous, but Glory is addictive.
I think it goes something like this:
“What is the purpose of the bayonet?”
“To KILL!!!”
“What makes the green grass grow?”
“Blood!!!”
“Whose band is so damned stupid they play the same song 300 times a game?”
“U$C!!!”
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
And everyone needs to know a few things before the $C and UCLA games..
There is a yell for UCLA, you do it in three parts, and if you do it well, they can understand every word and they feel ashamed. You do it in a down moment when they’ve played OUR fight song to themselves.
“Hey UCLA”
“Get your own fight song!”
“Get your own colors!!!”
“Get a REAL BEAR!!!!”
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
There's words to the $C fight song...
I’m sorry, I don’t know them all, so you’ll have to help me out:
“This is, the only song we know…
It’s boring and it’s slow…
We really wish you’d go…”
please help out – there’s at least another 10 lines that rhyme.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
your mother is a ho
our GPAs are low
get on your knees and blow
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
nice hadn’t heard that one yet.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you meant “your” GPAs…
is this the only song you know…
you’re boring and you’re slow
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 17, 2008 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m guessing from his post up above there that The Maharg’s GPA is actually fairly low.
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congratulations! now you can put a check mark by that one and move to the next line in the song!
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
1. I just moved, so I’m setting up house, and I have a striped red shower curtain —> bath mat —> floor rug —> curtains —> duvet cover. Damn Martha Stewart gene … it looks like a Stanfurd fan lives there
2. I held out fiercely for 2 years after graduation, but now I’m starting to have a few red items in my closet as well
3. I really like “All Right Now”
4. I love going to Cal football games … to hang out with friends
5. I’m embarrassed I started (A) reading this blog and (B) created an account
#4-5 are grounds for immediate account suspension?
There’s nothing shameful about 4. The people and atmosphere at the Cal game is what makes it so fun!
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Personally,
I like the game of football
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 16, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I love the game of football. So, when you add in the amazing atmosphere of a Cal game and seeing friends I dont often see except for at Cal games, its always a great time out!
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I guess what I was trying to say is that I’m not a purist (and feel embarrassed to admit that here, since 99% of y’all know more about football than me)
We accept you and all your flaws
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 17, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Who are these purists? They go to games, surrounded by thousands of people screaming their heads off and are all “Wait, guys, can you be quiet, I’m trying to think?” Who are these people who go togames where dozens of their friends are, but instead leave them to stand quietly by themselves dozens of rows/sections away? Who are these people who willingly forgo a fun time to watch the football and ONLY the football?
Oh yah. HydroTech. That’s who.
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And ME!!!
If there’s one things HydroTech and I have in common, it’s football purism. If there’s two things it’s football purism and a belief in the indiscriminate use of the b& hammer.
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
If you are so pure about your football fandom, how come you stood 1 foot to my left and babbled endlessly into my ear about how much you hated something called a “Zoo News.”
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BTW, do you remember when we were walking through lower sproul and I saw Zoo news and yelled “[Insert Real name Of Zoo News Here]” and he looked over at us and then kept on going in the other direction??
HOW RUDE!
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oh, also: there is this one guy in my group who tends to listen to Starkey while watching the game. If the folks in the stands are wondering why a flag was thrown, this guy will enlighten us, based on his insider radio knowledge and also his superior understanding of football. Well, sometimes I like being ignorant, and feel like smacking this guy upside the head. Actually, most of the time.
I agree. I always love being ignorant!
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Violence is never the answer, unless you're irritated
Recent daily show:
After Jon described how there the McCain campaign is sustaining some common, and wrong, misconceptions about Obama, the Senior Brown Correspondent said that McCain is giving a voice to the ignorant. He is speaking up for those who should not speak!
Yes, Aasif Mandvi is quite hilarious.
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I know this is a few years late, but since I’m not sure how dialed in you are to other Indian comedians: Russell Peters!
I’ve watched him some. He’s not bad.
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Do I have a problem if more than 75% of the women I’ve dated are South Asian?
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 17, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
With me or with Russell Peters? Well, either way, the answer is yes.
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100% f the people he’s dated should be The Maharg! That’s just how I see it!
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Only my love for you has blinded me!
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Love me? you didn’t even invite me the breakie!
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
uh oh
sometimes I’ve been that guy. sorry. I thought people LIKED knowing what the hell was going on.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Forgive me Tedford, for I have sinned.....
1. I think that ‘Hail to California’ is an extremely lame song,
2. I think that Oski’s gotten soft. He needs to get back to the lean, mean days when he beat up the duck and the tree.
3. I think Cal fans have gotten soft. We need to get back to the days of pelting the tree and the most homo-erotic mascot in the country (the Trojenz’ Trojan) with old oranges.
4. I am often ashamed of the student section (Never boo your own players in college or high school sports, DAMMIT!!!)
5. I think everything about Oregon is cool: Belotti, Phil Knight, the crazy unis, the cheerleaders (especially the cheerleaders), Eugene, Portland, Dennis Dixon last year, former OC Jeff Tedford, no sales tax…
6. Sometimes I have doubts that Cal will make it to a Rose Bowl before I die (Damn you Mack Brown!!!!!)
last one
7. I blindly support Tedford not because he’s a football genius but b/c he’s EXACTLY what I think I’d be if I were a Div 1 football coach.
Forgive me Tedford, for I have sinned.....
1. I just don’t hate Furd. I don’t particularly like them, but I just can’t hate them.
2. I love Memorial, but it’s got a teenager I-love-my-parents-but-am-embarrassed-by-them deal going on. I’m a traditionalist, but this has gotten ridiculous.
3. I enjoy sitting on my butt occasionally during a game (TV timeouts, end of quarter, etc.)
4. I am concerned about what will happen if we actually get over the hump. When OSU was awesome that one year, they were d*cks. I’ve always enjoyed the Cal fan vibe, but there are getting to be some bandwagon-ish and new fan-ish behaviors that cause concern.
5. I’ve gotten depressed enough to leave a couple games early (2004 HB, Maryland game, a great comeback at USC – fortunately that one was TV)
6. I do not believe Cal will be able to maintain a good football program if Tedford (and possibly Barbour) leaves. I do not buy the Cal-should-be-good argument.
6. I really don’t see Tedford leaving unless we win a BCS bowl game, and he gets $3.5mil+ offers from championship programs.. Even then, he’s a west coast guy with all his connections, and the only programs I could see him leaving for are $c (very very unlikely) and Oregon (maybe… but is it that much of a better job?). All things are stacked in his favor here at Cal and will only continue to get better with the new facilities, his kids’ education, salary incentives. I’d put my money on him staying here for the foreseeable future.
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 17, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
my comment wasn’t that he was about to leave (I agree with you on that, I think we’re ok for the time being), my comment was that if for whatever -forbid reason we were to lose him, I think we go right back to the dark ages.
nah
Cal isn’t a natural football hotbed — we shouldn’t expect to be on top year in and year out — but I don’t agree that, sans Tedford, Cal immediately tumbles back into the dark ages. Getting the facilities up in order will certainly help, but there is plenty of local talent in Northern California, and since Stanford runs more of a national campaign, a decent recruiter should be able to lock up most of the prep talent in the area. We play in the premier conference on the West Coast, one of the top 3-4 conferences in the country, and have a tradition and a fanbase that, while not the greatest in the country, are certainly a valuable asset. Berkeley and the Bay Area are, for many people, an appealing place to live, and the prestige of obtaining a degree from the University of California – Berkeley has to been seen as an asset that few other schools can match.
The problem at Cal for years — decades, even — was that the University didn’t care enough to support the football program and give it what it needs to succeed. Sandy Barbour has been huge in building on the momentum that Tedford’s winning teams got started, but even if she leaves, as long as the UC community decides that they want to commit the resources necessary to having a successful football team, Cal should never go 1-10 again.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I agree. when we have decent coaching we do just fine
not national prominence neccessarily, but we do fine.
the problem was that for so long we didn’t pay well enough to keep decent coaches (especially positions other than head coach) for very long.
in on sense you get what you pay for.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 17, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
3 = OK, 5 = Not OK
When I say ‘stand the whole game’, I mean while football is being played. Maybe others disagree, but I don’t need to respect the TV network by standing during a commercial while they hold up the action. Half time, etc. – it’s all fan. You don’t have any fan duties during those times.
The key point is practical, not just ideological – we have to be loud, early, on Defense, and to do that you need to be standing well before the next play begins. So you can’t sit down until you’re needed during the main football parts of the game – because it takes everyone to long to get up and get loud when 3rd down comes around.
You can sit during a TV timeout – just pay close attention and get back up in time.
- - this tendency afflicts many Bear Fans, and you need to fix it. Alcohol or other substance abuse may help. Don’t let it happen again. Sit with funner people who know how to take a loss. And it builds character, dammit.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I presume you meant 5 on that last comment. Ya, I’ve stayed to the end of some pretty atrocious losses. But since we’re asking for forgiveness I had to put my transgressions out there. In all cases I had some “excuse” of course – illness, 5 hour drives to get to, 12 hour jet lag, etc. But sins nonetheless.
:-)
Right, it was 5, and sorry I often miss the point
This is about admitting our sins and asking for atonement. Snarky outrage is just a sideshow.
So you’re forgiven. Your pennance is to watch the next 5 blow-out College Football games you see on television right to the VERY END. With the volume up. No skipping commercials. And just sit through it and feel the pain of the losing team, not to mention your own brimming insanity as the color commentator and the play by play go into that truly HORRIBLE blow-out commentating mode.
You know, where the camera spends more time on them then the field, more time discussing their favorite SEC team than either team in this game, more time showing clips of 1 or both of them in either high school or college football games, followed by chortles and ‘you never looked that, good, Dave! – harharharharhar’.
Oh, the pain. Then you’ll realize it’s far better to sit through a home game depressing loss. It’s a still a day you’re with your friends at a Cal football game, in Memorial stadium. The cannon fires off at least twice, even if we never score…and Cal BAND GREAT! even if they don’t get to play Palms of Victory.
Oh, oh, I have a new sin I forgot to say:
I don’t think Palms of Victory is any good as a marching band song, and I wish we always played something else.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW I love that “start yelling while they’re still in the huddle”. We’re fairly poor at that, and third down is worse cause we’re doing the clapping thing which may look cool but isn’t exactly very loud.
Thanks, tmoran. That really means a lot to me...
That you read my .sig line.
The clapping thing would be OK, because it gets people started and in unison, but it just has to happen MUCH MUCH earlier, so it’s completely done and we’re at full volume while they’re STILL IN THE HUDDLE.
In case anyone isn’t completely on board with this, I have been at 5-10 games where I felt that we got the cheering loud enough that the opposing quarterback couldn’t audible to his Wide Receivers, and he was forced to take a Timeout he shouldn’t have had to take.
The loss of an enemy time-out is a real, tangible, benefit we as Fans can bring to this team, and it’s our jobs. Not to mention morale for our side, general energy, etc.
I’d like that number of forced by the crowd Timeouts to be more like 5 games a season – not 5 games in my life.
It’s one of the best feelings you get as a fan, besides winning.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s one of the best feelings you get as a fan, besides winning.
And the knowledge that your team really cares about you. And that you aren’t like all those other fans.
And Cougcenter week. That was the best feeling I’ve ever had as a fan.
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
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DC Trojan:
The first pep rally I attended at freshman orientation, I looked at all the blond people making the fight-on gesture, at night, with the marching band, and thought, fucking hell, it’s Nuremberg without the torches.
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ROFL
Forgive me Tedford, for Oski gave me the middle finger
I really hate Oski’s outfit, as Rocksandirt says it looks like a version we should call “Sexual Harassment Oski”. Whats up with the “I have someone’s finger up my bum” expression he always has.
Speaking of fingers…….I once told Oski after a pep rally in 1999 that he needed to change his outfit, and he flipped me off! WTF?! Happy-go-lucky Oski gave me the bird. I almost transfered to Stanford because of that…..almost
I left my heart at the Durant Food Court
Should turn Catholic
This confession gig is fun!
I never substitute “blue” for “red” while singing the anthem
Yeah, I feel slightly guilty when I say blue for red...
or any other modifications to the Anthem. Oh, and I’m a liberal pinko commie, in case you weren’t sure, I’m just old fashioned about a few things patriotic.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll show you mine if you show me yours...
Is that a flag pin in my pocket or am I just happy to be talking to a female Cal fan? – HA, beat you too it, Twist!
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
lets keep this forum rated G.
has this forum EVER been rated G? (our first post‘s prominent feature of ’Aladdin’ notwithstanding)
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Jasmine is showing a LOT of skin there.
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was rated G, no?
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Hmmm, who is hotter: Jasmine or Aishwarya Rai?
I left my heart at the Durant Food Court
by dballisloose on Oct 17, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel guilty too, but easily give into peer pressure
so, I do a lame cough Blue cough. Kind of half-assed.
Hope is dangerous, but Glory is addictive.
Wow, this CGB thing sure beats working.
I’d make a cool Excel chart showing how my productivity has gone “not quite able to fire him” to “zero” since I started posting to CGB, but I have to write in another thread.
And I was just fired.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
If you were truly just fired, that sucks and I am sorry to hear it.
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No, dude.
I’m totally still here wasting the day at my cushy job.
Damn, the economy is really bad, if you believed me.
Actually, damn, the economy IS really bad.
I better do some work today.
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by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 17, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
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