Emerald Bowl Open Thread 12.27.08 Second Quarter

by TwistNHook on Dec 27, 2008 5:45 PM PST in Football Comment 157 comments

This is the second quarter thread. Use it to discuss all the actionin the second quarter. Don't forget to vote in our California Golden Blogs Insta-Poll. Go Bears!

Poll

Going into the Second Quarter, how do you feel Cal is playing?

Excellent

11 votes

Above Average

25 votes

Average

9 votes

Below Average

8 votes

Poor

4 votes

57 votes | Poll has closed

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Cal has looked good so far

Or Jahvid Best has. Can’t remember..

I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I should call Hydro at the game. He might try to ban you.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

I’ve been impressed with the D

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously, who are you?

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oregon State fan. Don’t you have a video for him?

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oregon State/Pac10/Anyone playing Oregon fan

I come in Peace

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I play Oregon on the 360. We kick ass.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

all the guys with J-names are cool though.

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Shit

You’re here, great

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks! I know you’ve been avoiding me, VD. But I’ve been keeping busy stalking you.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You caught me

You caught the tater

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Then you should know that not all of us hate Nate.

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ezeff got fooled on that deep route. Thought he was going outside, got twirled around.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 5:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

It was a well run route

Nothing a DB can do but guess where he’s going

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Longshore 1Q: 1 for 7, 74 yards

by elbarto83 on Dec 27, 2008 5:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

nice ypc :)

by turkey on Dec 27, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

At least he made the one completion count.

Diamonds are forever, but emeralds are cool too.

by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 5:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He needs to find where Morrah is… they have some kind of vulcan bond.

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

SYDGOD!

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 5:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

SQUID

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 5:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What are his NFL prospects?

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

average, he’s short.

by turkey on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's too bad

He’s been a terror for the Pac10..

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We think he’d be the sixth best quarterback in the draft if he declared.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

syd on offense!

by turkey on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I like his chance at Right Tackle.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i would doubt anything higher than 3rd round at this point...

but that’s just my amateur assessment. he needs to work on the 40.

by elbarto83 on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Probably pretty good after next year.

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I just got every possible answer

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What are Quizz NFL prospects?

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not

Good

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not even as the second coming of Dave Meggett?

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not even as the 2nd coming of Mugsy Bogues

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I hear he’s got no jump shot.

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's his left hand layups that really screw him over

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Too short to be a cornerback.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Should we call him

JJaquizz? Or is that too Duck-like?

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t make me call Hydro. I’m warning you two.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Flagged for warning.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You’ve got no objections from me.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It probably wouldn’t fly over at BtD

But seriously, why do so many of the Ducks players start with J?

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Destiny.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

JDestiny

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

On a related note, my girlfriend’s name starts with a J. So we’ve got that going for us.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My girlfriend has been in California the last 2 weeks

So you know what that means for me…

You better not piss me off tonight

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

NO ONE CARES

Talk game or start an open thread on your own sites to continue your date.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It was a commercial

And Twist said I could be here

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been stuck in an ice box of hell for the last week, while she’s been a way – I share your sympathies.

It's spelled "S-H-U-C-F-A-D-O-D-N-C-S"

Please, ask me about CFADODNCS.

by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Bad angle on that last play? (stopping the qb on the 3rd down run)

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 5:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Why did we decline the illegal shift call?

by royb on Dec 27, 2008 5:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah. :-(

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i agree. he couldn't spot the ball.

by elbarto83 on Dec 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hagan kinda lost his footing. Sort of favored one foot and couldn’t get in the air.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Been noticing that our CBs in general aren't really jumping up there for the ball to contest it.

Even with Syd, he was in the right position but he didn’t really jump and the WR ended up on top of him.

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Those are hard for DBs

You’re supposed to check the WR’s route and by the time you figure out he’s just going to the back of the end zone, you look up and the ball is caught

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think Hagan was thinking run on that play… then he realized it was a pass and couldn’t find how far his receiver had gone.

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 6:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

It helped that the receiver is 6-4.

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Reggie White

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 6:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Please tell me thats your answer to the Alfac Trivia Question

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Reggie White went to Cal?

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

State of…

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I meant Russell.. you know what I mean.

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

okay, Nate, lets see something out of the ordinary

alaska A residing in colorado.

by ak_A on Dec 27, 2008 6:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

"The always animated Jeff Tedford."

Uh…really? Sometimes we wish he’d show more signs he’s alive.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

In the past two years he's been plenty animated

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

BTW what was the time out for?

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

longshore to collect his thoughts about the upcoming three and out

alaska A residing in colorado.

by ak_A on Dec 27, 2008 6:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well third down coming up... Guess we'll see.

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

sigh

i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*

by ch0ster on Dec 27, 2008 6:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Laird totally whiffed on his block.

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 6:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Looked like he couldn’t chase him down.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Whoops, #70 is boskovitch

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

woo! complete pass!

by turkey on Dec 27, 2008 6:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Alright 3rd and manageable

by GoldenBear421 on Dec 27, 2008 6:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Pitch to Best

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hey, it would have worked

I should coach Cal

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Need to coach at Oregon first.

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by JShufelt on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Are you guys looking for a new defensive coordinator, cause that's my specialty

Or are you pretty happy with you have now

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

arghHHHH!!

i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*

by ch0ster on Dec 27, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wish Best could have caught that.

We would have gotten a first down I think.

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Christ, he came free

by GoldenBear421 on Dec 27, 2008 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

looks like our o-line's pass protection is still quite suspect

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by ch0ster on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Anger aint hittin it like he usually does...

by GoldenBear421 on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Best has to come back for that ball.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Unreasonable expectation on that play.

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by OskiMonsta on Dec 27, 2008 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i agree

by elbarto83 on Dec 27, 2008 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Looked like Best was going back, but Nate’s throw was too far to Best’s left; Best’s momentum was carrying him into the wrong direction at that point.

by BleedinBlue on Dec 27, 2008 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, what’s up with all the kickers in this game???

by danzig on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baseball grass doesn’t provide good footing I’d imagine.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

the grass as opposed to artificial turf?

by elbarto83 on Dec 27, 2008 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

as good as anger is, he can be pretty erratic at times too

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by ch0ster on Dec 27, 2008 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Its gotta be the wind at AT&T

by GoldenBear421 on Dec 27, 2008 6:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hope our defense ready to get us good field position… If the first quarter was ours, the second quarter has been trending the other way.

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

i worry that our defense is spending too much time out on the field

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by ch0ster on Dec 27, 2008 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What a powehouse high school, good Lord

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by The VD Special on Dec 27, 2008 6:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

We're playing too far off on the defense. 3rd and long and only a three man rush?!

ARGH. GREGORY BLITZ.

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Uh, you don’t blitz on 3rd and long.

by BearsNecessity on Dec 27, 2008 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's been working pretty well on previous possessions.

For a freshman QB who’s starting to gain confidence, do we really want to give him time to find open receivers?

Esp. since we’re playing off of the WRs by about 3-5 feet. With that much room as long as they catch within 3-4 yards of the yellow line, it’s going to be another first down.

by tjalorak on Dec 27, 2008 6:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs