Labor Day Live Blog Open Thread
by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 12:03 PM PDT
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Fresh off the success of his Opening Night Liveblog, Avinash is back. Join him in the Open Thread as he live-blogs today's action in the comments. Agree with him, tell him how wrong he is, it's all good.
Today we have Rutgers-Fresno St. at 1 PM PST and then UCLA-Tennessee at 5 PM PST. Should definitely be fun and exciting games. GO BEARS!
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For what feels like the seventieth year in a row, Fresno State enters the season overhyped. Amazing what getting close to USC in one game will do for your preseason status. Well, they’re taking on Rutgers, a school which excites no one, yet they seem to always win eight games in the torrid Big East. Should be good.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have absolutely zero feel for how that Tennessee-UCLA match up will play out. I think in order for the Bruins to have a shot they are gonna have to score some points either on special teams or defense. Vols are favored by 7…
by Itchy25 on Sep 1, 2008 1:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Tennessee fans are terribly confident like last year.
Interesting with Ainge gone. The Vols are loaded at the skills positions though, so the Bruins D will have their hands full.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rutgers with 60 yards on a screen pass.
Excellent job by Fresblow.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was the worst field goal kick I've ever seen.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Imagine how that kicker would feel knowing mere moments after his epic failure bloggers everywhere are giggling into their green tea.
by Itchy25 on Sep 1, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a strange pooch punt. That thing sped up as it hit ground.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rutgers moving the ball at will right now
Rutgers for National Championship!
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Greg Schiano is the greatest coach!
MY BFF!
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am REALLY glad we don’t have to play Fresno State, hype or no.
LOL @ Wisconsin having to play IN FRESNO next week. Hahaha they tried so hard to get out of that one…
And fUCLA is going to get wrecked. Wrecked.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 1, 2008 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sucks for Wisconsin. They have nothing really to gain from that game. If they win, then they will simply be meeting what is expected from them. But if they lose, it will really hurt their image.
by Berkelium97 on Sep 1, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, having been to a game at Fresno State (Cal lost 17-3 in 2000), i certainly don’t envy Wisconsin. i wouldn’t want Cal to ever schedule a game there again.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wisconsin’s final game of the season is against San Luis Obispo. Yes, THAT San Luis Obispo. They have so many chances this year to get embarrassed.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey, Cal Poly just beat San Diego State on Saturday. they are not completely awful.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stupidest strategy ever.
3rd and goal at the 4 RUN UP MIDDLE STUFF!
4th and goal at the 3 RUN UP MIDDLE STUFF!
What a grand strategy.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
…and Rutgers responds with a terrible trick play. way to give it back, guys.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 1:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching Greg Schiano vs. Pat Hill try to outsmart the other would be like watching girls from The Hills try to beat each other at Go.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aaand another fail for the Suckgers
This is what, their 20th play in Fresno territory? Still scoreless?
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i would like to say that it's good defense
i really would like to be able to say that. i really would.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's good defense
By Rutgers. Great job breaking up the plays to themselves.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, what a thriller
Rutgers keeps on getting position at the 40 and proceeds to do nothing with it.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hey, field goal range!
…and more!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This'll end with a missed field goal
On 3rd down.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Totally BS PI call
But I guess you need to start doing things like this when you’re playing like crap.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, to be fair, everyone thinks it’s amazing when David Beckham bends the ball like that…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He should kick the ball from out of bounds.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just got back in and havent seen anything or read anything else than the comments to this point, but man, this sounds like the funniest game ever.
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
espn ticker reports that the ravens just signed Joey Harrington
i don’t know if Harrington and Kyle Boller know each other, but that’s quite the collection of Tedford protegés there…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All they need is Akili Smith to be the waterboy.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brandstater has amazing ability to throw that ball in the stands. He could be a great bad quarterback one day.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is there any reason
why he wouldn’t want to Hail Mary it? I am actually perplexed at that last play.
by GoldBlooded on Sep 1, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pat Hill is a genius though. Haven’t you heard?
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-0 at halftime.
200 yards of total offense for Rutgers to 79 for Fresblow. Scoreless at halftime. Don’t you love college football?
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do the Fresno State helmets have a V on the back? If so…why?
by joffle on Sep 1, 2008 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i saw that…and i have no idea why…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aha
The green “V” worn on the back of the football players’ helmets (and also on the front of the basketball uniforms along the neckline) honors the agricultural industry of the San Joaquin Valley, and the importance it plays in financially supporting Fresno State (as well as the university’s contributions to the area economy).
So, the V stands for “San Joaquin”. Or “agriculture”.
by joffle on Sep 1, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
interesting. makes sense. kinda weird-looking, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More ESPN Schiano pimping
You’d think this dude is the patron saint of football the way they talk about him.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
3-0 Fresno State
A three run home run ends the no-hitter.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yay, scoring!!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-0, field goal attempt off the left goal post
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
damn. It did hit the right goalpost though.
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The genius of Pat HIll pushed it through.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
man, are you bitter, or what? did pat hill and greg schiano run over your dog or something?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, ESPN has been overhyping Hill and Schiano for years. I’ve watched too many Rutgers games where Schiano is considered a genius for resurrecting a New Jersey program.
Also, Hill at Fresno always seems to have his “best team” every year, according to the pundits. I find it highly amusing when they fall short of expectations, again.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
anybody notice that Schiano looks exactly like Richard Kind?
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fresno goes DEEP!
Oh Rutgers, talk about failing.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow, the battle of the no-neck coaches just got 3% more interesting!
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Blood might be spilled in this half.
I’m really in the mood for more questionable coaching, since we know there’ll be none this evening. Triple reverse!
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait, are you watching Notre Dame – Kansas?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Add Maryland for a 3 way dance!
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
does Rutgers feel like an upstart mid-major to anyone else?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow, playaction destroys Rutgers safeties.
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pat Hill's coaching advice to Brandstater at the half:
“When you air it out, throw it towards the crowd.”
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
man, Rutgers just can’t do anything offensively. oh, how they miss ray rice.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why would you go for it this early?
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, it’s sorta one of those ‘too long for a field goal / too short for a punt’ areas. but perhaps they’re just getting desperate for anything positive.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
because the kicker is so awful, and it's too close to punt.
Plus, a chance to get some momentum in theory.
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, the defense holds, at least.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, this one's going back.
Just comical.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
was fun while it lasted, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those penalties were so funny with their total blatany
They were like, “Yeah, this is a block in the back, but what the hell, BAM!”
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t agree that the block was a block in the back.
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there were two? i’m studying right now and only turning on the tv when i see something on gamecast that’s interesting or when you guys say something so i didn’t see it live. i saw a highlight right before commercial and it didn’t look like a block to the back to me. it appeared as if there was only one block. but perhaps there was a 2nd i didn’t see.
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there was one really obvious one, and one that was kinda borderline.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were two. The first one was debatable. The second one was pain.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, thanks for the clarification
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How can “Higher Education” or “Healthy Lifestyles” be causes? Can “Sleeping” be considered a cause too?
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
touchdown!
we’ve got a game!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
TD Rutgers
This extra point will be fun.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
oh, he was down!
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, i think so too…
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two of the last three pass plays have gone for extra yardage because of Fresno State players running into each other. Nice defense.
by Berkelium97 on Sep 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
how precise “four inch line”
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do they take out a ruler and measure it? That is NOT four inches.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overturned.
Can’t wait to watch three straight halfback dives.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t wait for another botched field goal!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 1, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, still just basing this all off of the comments, but seriously, are they playing yakety sax throughout this whole game? Is this like Monty Python v. Benny Hill? This sounds amazing!
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i love how they overturned it, but
not until after the announcers had emphasized 12 times that there was no way it would be called back
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Touchdown.
Okay, NOW it’s time for Jet Li to shank the PAT.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Schiano has to take a dump?
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s going back to the phone to get another brilliant play from some kid that is good at NCAA ’09 on his xbox
by GoldBlooded on Sep 1, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you watch closely, sometimes you’ll see the players pee during the game out on the field.
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
err, sidelines, i mean.
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
on the field would probably be ruled either "illegal formation" or "illegal motion"
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
five yards, from the spot of the urination, 1st down!
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greatest liveblog ever!
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 3:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Todd Jones this is your future:
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 3:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pat Hill never had a banal Yahoo Sports column.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yet!
"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Detroit fan?
"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
man, doesn’t Rutgers have cute girls to show gratuitous sideline shots of?
(Yellow Fever, feel free to weigh in here…)
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 3:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just finished downloading MSU game
I think everyone else did too. There are like 20 seeds, hop on and grab it!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it just finished. I’m showing 67 seeds. There were more but some people hopped off right when it completed (I saw the seed numbers go down).
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll stay on until I distribute the equivalent of 5 copies, I have to share the love…
by GoldBlooded on Sep 1, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the heads-up. It’s fluctuating between 600 and 1000 kBps, so now is a great time to download it.
by Berkelium97 on Sep 1, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did they ever explain why Schiano left the game?
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 3:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Persistent Vegetative State?
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To come up with a list of excuses for the press
Attesting to their shittastic performance today.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh man, that was a terrible drop. no excuse.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 4:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Road to the BCS?"
Really? They’re going to talk about Fresno State in the BCS after THIS game?
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 4:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, it’s a decent road win, whatever the score. they’re still in it, i guess.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not by much. Rutgers really screwed themselves out of 17 points in the first half. No way they should have fallen behind by this much.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any thoughts on Tennessee-UCLA guys?
This game’s done; let’s move on.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 4:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m tempted to think it will be closer than people think. It just looks so bad for UCLA right now, it’s a prime chance for Tennessee to stumble.
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think UCLA fights and keeps it close
but i don’t think they have any realistic chance to win. i look forward to being surprised.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So is UCLA down to their 8th string QB yet?
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not yet, just wait until the 2nd quarter
Too bad the int-machine/law firm MacLeod Bethel-Thompson still isn’t around.
by bearsglory on Sep 1, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“California cheese is better than Wisconsin cheese”
If that doesn’t get Wisconsin riled up for the FSU game, nothing will.
by Berkelium97 on Sep 1, 2008 4:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wisconsin’s too busy getting set for their epic confrontation with Cal Poly in the season finale. They have no idea what’s going to happen there.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
thoughts on starting a new thread for the new game?
or is this one still good?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Sep 1, 2008 4:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’ll probably fill up since it’s in primetime.
by BearsNecessity on Sep 1, 2008 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I predict we should start a new thread. As Avs noted, itll be even more popular.
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by TwistNHook on Sep 1, 2008 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
start ’er up then
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by HydroTech on Sep 1, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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