Alex Mack, the smartest dude on the Cal team is only at 8%. Can you tell Cal fans to vote more?

This is my cause right now, probably because It’s easier to get Mack this award than beating USC.

(Note for CGB people: If you just delete the cookie for the website, you can revote. In mozilla firefox, go to Tools > Options > Show Cookies > find the football.seniorclassaward.com, highlight and hit remove cookie. Then you can revote.)

This is great for you guys. I was hoping you’d eventually get to do an interview with JO.

I’m wondering what sort of relationship he has with the team. I’d like to know how close he is with the team, given how closely he follows them. Is he just a guy with a laptop who watches them from a distance, or does he know many the players quite well? How well do the players know him? Do they all know his name, recognize him, and like him? Do they interact as non-professionals (person-to-person) in addition to their interactions on a professional basis (interviews, etc)?

and would work really well for CGB. It would be awesome to get JT and maybe a player, too.

I like the questions you brought up.

I’m wondering:

How does he draw the line with reporter and columnist?

His paper-based publications would require more reporting, while the blog would require more of JO’s opinion. In my opinion, I’d like more of JO’s opinion in his blog. A follow up would be:

“How much time are you supposed to devote to paper vs. blog articles?”

Matt Maiocco does a fabulous job of both while covering the Niners…some might say Maiocco’s the face of the Press Democrat.

“Saturday’s game highlighted the need to have 2 QB’s ready, just like 2 RB’s need to be ready. Next year will you split 1st team reps between Riley and Mansion, provided that Brock deboards the Brock Mansion Party Yacht that was off the coast of Washington last weekend?”

Follow up: You seem bitter.

some experts argue that the purpose of the dimetrodon’s back “sails” were for thermoregulation – what is your take on this controversial triassic period topic?

1. Who is the biggest tool: Ray Ratto, Jake Curtis, Jon Wilner, … or Carolyn Jones?

2. Has this Cal team exceeded, fallen short, or performed right to your pre-season expectations? Who or what has been the biggest surprise? Good surprise (better than expected)? Bad surprise (worse than expected)?

3. There was a lot of turnover in the coaching staff after last season. Things appear to have worked out fantastically on the defensive side so far. But what about the offense? Will Cignetti provide some long-term stability at the OC position, something that has been missing since the departure of Cortez?

4. What kind of tequila will you be buying Joe Kapp after Cal clinches in next trip to the Rose Bowl?

5. If there was one thing you could change about the game-day experience of Cal football, what would it be?

6. The Pac-10 venue you most enjoy visiting is _______ . Why?

1. From what you can gauge, how do players learn to handle being “football stars,” with sixty thousand fans screaming at them once a week, and being regular college kids with homework and classes and parties?

2. This is sort of a pessimistic question. I don’t know the exact number, but it seems like the average college team has 80-110 roster players. In a very good graduating class, 4-5 players might be drafted. 3-4 will get signed, 1-2 might start that year, and maybe 1 will start consistently year in and year out. How focused are the players on making the NFL and ONLY making the NFL? That is, how many of them are looking only to have a career in the NFL, and how do they wrap their heads around the odds that it just might not (in fact, probably will not) happen? With the amount of time and dedication the players put into the team, do they ever
consider that the NFL just won’t be in their future?

3. Fifteen years ago, the “media” consisted of newspaper and TV. Players could fairly easily be sheltered from sensationalism and press-related distractions pretty much by not watching the sports report and not reading the papers. Now, in addition to these the world has 24/7 ESPN, internet, cell phones, blogs, blackberries, blueberries, and chuckberries. Sports information, hype, and distraction is available to everyone, all the time. Has the coaching staff adapted to try and completely shelter the players from the media? Or is there more of an attitude that “it’s there, they’re gonna see this ridiculous media, might as well prepare them for it.” How do players deal with this constant barrage of media?

only one for me:

1) Ciganetti: Tedford spinoff or his own man… your analysis on the play calling thus far pls.

Does Darian Hagan still go by D-Hag or does he have a new nickname now?