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Official Cal-CSU Photos Thread!

Post any photos that you took at the game here. Since my photos are probably (most likely) worse than the others that are gonna get posted I decided to get it out of the way first:

Man it was effing hot.

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stadium view:
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Above me in student section:
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Cal kicking off at halftime:
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CSU on offense:
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Stuffed:
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Handoff:
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SydGOD, grabbing the ball on a punt. He proceeded to run it in for a TD:
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Cal on offense (with Longshore under center. He threw two TD's and no INTs in the 4th Q!)
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Handoff to Best (the next play he was injured and left the field. Hope he's ok for next week...)
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CSU fans leaving (this was the worst turnout for a visiting team I've seen since I've been at Cal - 2006)
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And of course:
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Click on the "via img.photobucket.com" link to see the full res. That's it.

Edit-

Videos as I upload them to Youtube (quality is crap sorry):

This is the starting lineups for Cal


National Anthem (best if you see in High Quality at youtube):

Cal band does the Script Cal (again see in youtube and pick high quality):

A single drive by CSU (where Syd recovers a fumble) - youtube link:

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Roy, love the photos. I welcome any and all to post their photos in here! Of course, I am putting together several posts of photos to go up in the next few days for the photo essays. But the more, the merrier in my view!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 27, 2008 9:58 PM PDT   0 recs

(this was the worst turnout for a visiting team I’ve seen since I’ve been at Cal – 2006)

I disagree. There were actually a couple hundred CSU fans there. Not that they made any noise at all. But there were absolutely 0 visiting fans for the LA Tech game last year, and a comparable amount to today for the 2007 Wazzu game.

PS Great Pics

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 27, 2008 10:07 PM PDT   0 recs

I saw quite a bit of LATech fans last year

But those green shirts got lost in the muddle…

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 27, 2008 10:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think the worst attended Pac 10 game I saw was Arizona last year…they seriously brought fewer fans than CSU today, it was really pathetic.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 27, 2008 10:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I saw a bunch

But that game had TERRIBLE turnout

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 27, 2008 10:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

By any chance...

…did you get the rest of the pregame show?

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 28, 2008 11:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was actually pleasantly surprised at the turnout, although high school band day had to account for a lot of butts in seats. I was expecting much worse for a midday minor non-conference team.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 27, 2008 10:15 PM PDT   0 recs

Yea the official attendance was greater than the one for MSU

And is it just me or were there a lot of middle school and high school (non-band) kids there?

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 27, 2008 10:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

A friend of mine who works on campus says her lab got free tickets. I think this was give-tickets-to-whoever-we-friggin-can game.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 27, 2008 10:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

anyone else notice that they never announced that it was faculty/staff appreciation day?

ahhh, the appreciation we’re used to….none….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 28, 2008 1:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Didn’t they have a big message from some Chancellor or something.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 1:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I must've missed it

I was sitting with a bunch of other faculty and staff as well…none of us saw anything…

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 28, 2008 2:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It was a personal message from the Vice Chancellor, apparently. Really personal, it was given on a video screen to 60,000 random people, only a small percentage of which were actual faculty and staff.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 2:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I feel vindicated for no longer working for the school! ;p

by turkey on Sep 28, 2008 9:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I TOTALLY HEARD IT

and then a few of the people around me starting ‘appreciating’ my friend who technically is not a campus employee. so there was action.

by AndBears on Sep 29, 2008 5:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It was going to college day

or something like that. lots of pre-collegiate groups

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 28, 2008 1:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I shouldn't say this but...

Those HS bands were pretty terrible. I mean I couldn’t make out the song because of all the off-key confusion. And OMG cut back on the drums.

Our band? Fucking amazing

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 27, 2008 10:15 PM PDT   0 recs

I totally agree. Too many people playing at once!

There are bound to be timing issues with 14,000 people playing instruments at once. It was not very impressive.

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by Berkelium97 on Sep 27, 2008 10:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think we should have a band that size. And play behind the opponents’ bench. All day.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 27, 2008 10:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs


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No one in the stadium can hear anything except a cacophony of madness

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by Berkelium97 on Sep 27, 2008 10:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Cacophony of madness << cacophony of stegosaurus

by OskiMonsta on Sep 28, 2008 6:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Those stegosaurii have a pretty sweet singing voice!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 9:20 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Somewhere in there was my high school’s band, so that was kinda cool.

by turkey on Sep 28, 2008 8:03 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I definitely had trouble hearing the bass clarinets. That is for sure.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 9:21 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

more than the number of instruments, you start getting sound lag issues when a band is spread out that far. that contributes to the feeling that the song is ‘muddy’ and ‘somewhat off’.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 27, 2008 11:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The problem with turn out was that they didnt give out those free vouchers. IN the past, they hvae given free vouchers for the C OOC game. They didnt. Turn out was poor.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 27, 2008 10:26 PM PDT   0 recs

Some pitchers

The card stunts for anyone who had no idea what a few of them looked like (and that probably accounts for nearly everyone at the game)

If you’ve never seen Bryan Anger punt in person, make sure you see him before he graduates. He’s been a little inconsistent recently, but when he connects with a ball, it is gone.

CSU coming out onto the field.

We’ll upset them, right guys?


Seeing that they are clearly overmatched, the Rams immediately run off the field in horror

A pep talk convinced the Rams not to forfeit immediately.

Coaches: It won’t be that bad. Just throw the ball at the receiver near Darian Hagan. It worked last year and it will work this year.

Last time I posted pictures, someone commented on her (or his?) appreciation of the players’ butts. SBNation automatically resizes large pictures, so you can’t see the butts that well here.

Click here for a better look at their butts.

Halftime featured a dance-off between the director and drum major.

Team captains going onto the field at the start of the second half.

The water system connected to the fan/misters by the Cal benches sent water soaring about 8 feet into the air after the game. I missed a picture of it by mere seconds.

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by Berkelium97 on Sep 27, 2008 10:35 PM PDT   0 recs

I have great video of that dance off. It will be enjoyed by all very soon!

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by TwistNHook on Sep 27, 2008 10:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Roy, I said it that time and I’ll say it again, I am SORRY I blocked your video. Happy now?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 9:22 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You’re not one of the cheerleaders?

Oh.

That’s cool, I guess.

by sec119 on Sep 28, 2008 10:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Even though I suit up each week in the official Cal cheerleader outfit, I’m technically not an official member of the squad.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 1:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That Bryan Anger punt, the one that went much higher than Memorial stadium — that was a thing of beauty. Have we figured out why he doesn’t kick off?

by sec119 on Sep 28, 2008 12:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Gotta save the leg?

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by TwistNHook on Sep 28, 2008 9:22 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

During the card stunts

there was a large group of students who were just holding up green cards the entire time to mess up the pictures. Cool or douchey? I think they thought they were cool.

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by HydroTech on Sep 28, 2008 12:17 AM PDT   0 recs

Big fucking assholes

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 28, 2008 12:36 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Only if this was a subtle jab at US immigration policies. Otherwise it’s just hipster douchiness.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 28, 2008 12:36 AM PDT to parent up   1 recs

That makes sense now

I thought the ol’ video board was just having a bit of a malfunction and had some pixels stuck on green. There is never a shortage of morons in the student section.

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by Berkelium97 on Sep 28, 2008 12:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Cool, only if they were doing it in protest of the card stunt starting while Rulon was still getting looked at.

by turkey on Sep 28, 2008 8:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They might have been incognito CSU fans…but we would have seen their horns…….

by GoldBlooded on Sep 28, 2008 11:18 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

CSU fans in the Cal student section?

Yea if they had a death wish. Not happening.

Now it’s much more likely that were a bunch of drunken fucking frat assholes

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Sep 28, 2008 11:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Speaking of poor frat boy behavior

I was by a large group of frat guys. When we scored they would “blowup” outwards – meaning they would all jump outwards and knock people over (backwards, forwards, and sideways). They knocked people down 2-3 rows below them which is a pretty dangerous situation considering people are all of a sudden getting hit from behind and thrown down the benches. They did this twice and I had a few friends get knocked down a few rows. There was pretty big potential for people getting seriously hurt by their stupid acts yet they thought they were cool and funny. Maybe I’m just old, but when are drunk frat boys going to learn that their stupid pranks often are more demonstrating of their stupidity and reckless disregard for human safety than their coolness?

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by HydroTech on Sep 28, 2008 11:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe I’m just old, but when are drunk frat boys going to learn that their stupid pranks often are more demonstrating of their stupidity and reckless disregard for human safety than their coolness?

Is this a serious question? Man, you are getting old. Never. The answer is never.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Sep 28, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This has as much a chance of happening as Memorial Stadium staying full for the entire game. I saw plenty of Cal fans ditch the stadium by mid 3rd/early 4th quarter to either beat traffic or hit up parties last year. Fairweather with football we are.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 28, 2008 5:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

At least we are fairweather

Plenty of schools that are ‘too concerned with academics’ to pay any attention to athletics. We’ve got nerds that like football over studying.

by GoldBlooded on Sep 28, 2008 7:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m not exactly certain that’s a good or bad thing. Although the more of them I meet, the more I’m convinced Stanford undergrads seem hyper-insulated.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 29, 2008 12:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Student Section

Yeah, the Blue and Gold zones were pretty empty by the beginning of the 4th, but the student section stayed fairly full. Not 2004 full, when people still appreciated the glory of a four quarter blowout, but pretty full.

by slims on Sep 28, 2008 10:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2004 was a special season

Everytime I reflect upon it, I think of how great it was. And how I wish I appreciated it more.

by BearsNecessity on Sep 29, 2008 12:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was in the student section and I stayed til the clock said 0:00, but I can hardly blame those who left. Up by 4 touchdowns, game dragging on, very little action, torching hot sun right in everyone’s eyes…it was pretty nasty.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 28, 2008 11:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

douchey in a cool way... then just douchey

I was standing right by these guys (last minute trip into SF parlayed into a weekend vacation and home game). They were mostly pretty drunk and wanted to see if it would work. They almost got into a fight with a bunch of people when they stayed green for the Briggs tributes, but it dissipated pretty quickly if for no other reason that there was very little to get heated about during that game (except maybe the poor quality of the Bay Area marching bands).

by slims on Sep 28, 2008 10:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hagan celebrating his int:

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Look! A construction site!

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Screen pass to Calvin:

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by turkey on Sep 28, 2008 9:54 PM PDT   0 recs

Screen pass?

Are you sure about that? Isn’t that Calvin about 10-yards down field on the nearside?

by OskiMonsta on Sep 29, 2008 2:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m sure there’s a picture of an inside screen type play to Calvin. It just happens to be this picture instead (thanks for the catch!):

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That was some other Longshore pass before that, might have been Morrah’s drop?

by turkey on Sep 29, 2008 3:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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