Jahvid Best 2008 Highlights
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If you're on this blog, then you've seen all this before...
This video is mostly for the non-fans that are googling Jahvid like crazy right now….
1) I had to make a ton of cuts.
Fitting a single video with Jahvid’s countless highlights was much harder than I thought. In the end only about 1/4th of his highlights made it into the 500mb/10min limit.
2) No WillT or Mack
I was going to do so many cool things with this video, like highlight WillT and Mack blocking schemes… but I barely could fit the raw clips into the 10min limit… so this one is pretty simple… just clips.
Download my original file (before they compressed the shit out of it):
http://www.filesavr.com/jahvidbest2008
i've seen those highlights a hundred times
but they never stop giving me a big shit-eating grin. that was incredible.
if it’s considered safe, I recommend putting this bad boy on the front page…
danzig, you have my vote for Blogger of the Year. Well done, sir.
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couple of notes:
- the quick run up the middle, followed by a sharp left turn to the left sideline appeared as a highly successful series of events.
- After watching this, Jahvid will be even better next year. His agility (or juking ability) should become more refined and successful.
- Also, it appeared that he occasionally outran his blocks and would eventually get tackled by someone who was supposed to get blocked.
- They type of juke move or direction in which he cut was occasionally the wrong decision. As the season progressed, it looked like he was making less of those mistakes.
- I like that Riley tries to block, but I think he should just stick to some guy and take him out rather than trying to make the perfect block. If Riley starts completing more passes, then I want him the Eff away from any defenders. Steve Young was awesome when blocking on reverses.
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I expect him to catch the ball a lot more next year with that unwieldy brace.
Excellent work… You should seriously contact the team and get paid for your publicity
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
Bravo again danzig
The Jahvid “The Jet” nickname kinda lost momentum last year. One of the announcers used it in the clips, but I don’t remember hearing it all that much later on in the season. Maybe the name Jahvid alone is becoming synonymous with “speed”.
Can’t wait to see what he does next year.
I wish there were some band highlights out there…. that checker pattern thing they did during the emerald bowl was sick.
are you kidding?
Every single pre-game and halftime is filmed by the Cal Band photo committee from the press box. Sound is questionable, but there is plenty of film out there. Check Youtube, PRD74 usually has great stuff.
Links??
I gotta say though, us fans don’t give the Cal Band enough credit. It’s gotta be exhausting playing at the pep rally, before the game, to the game, at the tailgate, before the game, during the game, after the game… and i’m pretty sure in their sleep. Then get up to do the Basketball or Volleyball game.
Our band is truly Great.
14-hour days and 9:30am burgers were common
You forgot Saturday morning rehearsal. Although the days are much nicer when everygame isn’t a 12:30 game.
Cal Band Video Game Show
Emerald Bowl Show
I’ll see if I can get you intouch with our video coordinator, if you actually want good video.
hhahahha… .the tetris music. Why they gotta bust that out during Wash07?? One of our worst games ever. They should’ve saved that one for a better game.
If you give me footage, I’d love to make a HL video for the layman and post it on this blog. Not sure how interested anyone else would be. I’d have fun doing it though.
I just noticed, there’s over 700,000 hits on this Cal Band video… jesus. I’m thrilled when one of my videos break 200.
the video game show touched a nerve
there are hundreds of geek/tech blogs that linked to it right after it was posted.
Go Bears Go
Big Game 2004
It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
Some of the craziest crowd reaction I’ve seen…you can catch it a little bit in this video somewhat delayed after each song starts.
A must-watch for anyone who didn’t see it in person.
It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
Just watching it again gives me goosebumps.
Full band dance blocks, bandsmen dancing with the Dance Team, Kate Troescher dancing at the end. Soooo good.
It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
WOW.. that was awesome
My new favorite show. Really they should let loose like that more often… and man handling the dance team girls was also a nice touch. Did you notice how great the crowd reaction was during the dancing sections?
I def vote for more “interactive” dancing with the dance team.
That had to be one of my favorite parts, even though I wasn’t in any of the dance blocks.
I also really liked, during “Toxic”, the deeper, brassy section where (it’s hard to see from the video) the whole band crouches down. During practice someone brought up the “badger badger badger” internet meme, as that is what it kind of sounded like, and that’s all that I would think of when performing it.
Good times.
It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
Also, it is totally possible to overdo dance blocks and gimmicks. Part of the greatness of this show was how unusual it was relative to the rest of the season, and how awesome every other aspect of the show was. The gate turns (where the whole field looks like pinwheels or something), in particular, look awesome from this video angle.
It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
I agree, there needs to be balance.
some of the shows from the early and mid 80’s also had that sort of balance. including things like a full sousa march with counter marches and hard core marching geek stunts, followed by a Stevie Wonder or latin disco medley including drum solo’s and dance steps.
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 8, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Counting Crows Show
Also from 2004, this show is a very good example of classic field display. The song starting at about 4:06 has one of the coolest whole field things I’ve seen.
It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
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It's seriously too bad that there's no building or complex around that might have a large supply of sports drinks.
Really liked the music in this one… counting crows sound really good as band music… rather unexpected. That crossing pattern in the middle was visually awesome.
I still like the dancing aspects of the Bounce with Me show… the crowd was way more pumped… you used the dance team, oski etc…
Is there such a thing as band competitions… do band compete against eachother?
It's Saturday Morning Bears!
a football game day is all day. 7 am-ish until about two hours after the game.
that said, it’s a huge amount of fun and any of you who are still students should learn and instrument and do at least one year.
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I can play the cow bell… does that count? Lame, I know, but I do it with a lot of style.
You’re a band guy too…? Seems this blog is full of them. Sometimes I think the most die hard Cal sports fans are band members and not football junkies like myself.
well....it's easy to be die hard fan
and I’ve seen the bears die hard. OMG.
If you really want to know if we have play calling tendancies? listen to folks in teh band during a game. see how often they call the play. tedford and staff are better than previous coaches….but (especially last year) knowing down/distance and personnel be pretty close to right on most plays.
if you can play the cow bell and read music, you can likely play the saxaphone well enough.
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Dude, why you gotta hate on the Phonez?
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not hate'n
just that it’s easier to learn the basics than some of the other instruments. and much much harder to master than some of the others as well.
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What the hell sort of insanely hard to master instrument did you play? The cello? The jazz organ?
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trumpet.
harder to be decent starting off, but once there all you need is practice on range to be really really good. The principle trumpet of the SF Symphony played at UCDavis….
I know lots of people who picked up the alto and were plenty decent after two weeks of learning fingerings. getting from there to Charlie Parker…is another question
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Trumpet easier to pick up than sax. Here’s why:
Each have an embouchure (mouth technique for those who haven’t ever played an instrument) that is equally as difficult to learn for a newbie. So, no real difference in difficulty there.
Regarding fingerings, they, of course, play the exact same notes. The trumpet has 3 pressy dealies to get those notes. The sax has like 45 million. Remembering the combination for the trumpet is, thus, quite a bit easier than the sax.
Now, getting to a medium level, I think its easier to do that on the sax. Because you can just press a pressy dealie to go from octave to octave. For trumpet, you have to develop your embouchure (btw I totes knew the spelling for this off the top of my head!!!). As a brass player myself, I know how difficult it is to develop the embouchure. Reeds instruments don’t really have that problem.
So, I disagree with your main point that its easier to pick up the sax. But in the long run, I think its the easier instrument to learn.
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I’m really glad you all are more concerned about brass instruments than our screen game. Great… really super.
well....the screen game
has always blown. from the days of Joe Kapp until the present. I can’t worry about that.
I can worry about teaching you the sax or even better the sousaphone for next fall!
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You would like Beast Mode in the back, wouldn’t you?
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I think generally that defenses have
figured out how to read screens better. especially the ones that go to the tail back or full back.
the flanker screens or middle speed screen is harder to read.
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I disagree.
getting the embousure developed enough to play cal songs on trumpet is much more difficult than getting it developed enough to play them on the sax. Which is what I would call the base playing level.
no one really minds if you can’t play the guitar solo section on ‘All I ever wanted’, but you do have to be able to play at least the second part to Fight.
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Your original thesis was this:
if you can play the cow bell and read music, you can likely play the saxaphone well enough.
Followed by:
just that it’s easier to learn the basics than some of the other instruments. and much much harder to master than some of the others as well.
With the first one, you are saying if you can play the cowbell and read music, you can pick up the sax. But, it is implied, probably not the trumpet. I feel I refuted that.
As to the second one, you are talking about the basics. When it comes to the basics, I again, feel its easier to pick up the basics of the trumpet than the sax.
Now, as for playing a Cal fight song that’s different than what you were previously discussing. It’s not really the basics anymore. And as I noted, I feel once you try to get to the medium level, the sax might be easier.
We might be in agreement here, but you seem to be changing your argument around a bit. Are you talking about the basic or the medium level?
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I would say that being able to play fight songs is the basic level.
I could play that level of music in 7th grade, and I am no prodigy or hard core musician.
And I think that someone who can read music, and has an understanding of playing in a group (watching the director, blend, intonation, etc) can pick up the saxaphone well enough to play cal songs, really quickly. Easier than pretty much any other instrument in the Band.
I also think that it is more difficult to develop the saxaphone to the level needed for a professional player than many of the other instruments in the band.
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 7, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Clearly, the disconnect here is that you view the fight songs as basic while I see them as more moderate. I find it wildly doubtful that either side could convince hte other of the merit to their position.
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LIES
ok, you’re right. ;)
the best man at my wedding learned to play the sax in two weeks to join band. then switched to bass. (she was always an odd duck).
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 7, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
The odd part here is that apparently the best “man” was a woman.
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not really....
nearly all the weddings of my friends from Cal included either a ‘best woman’ or a ‘dude of honor’, not including the gay weddings, of course.
all you conservative youngsters….(and get off my lawn!)
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 8, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Well our foes are picking up these patterns too… we can’t screen for shit. Given the talent we have at OL, size at WR and speed at RB… it’s a disgrace that we can’t block a proper screen (except during the Big Game).
One question…. what’s with some of these band girls that look like they’re wearing a uniforms 5x sizes bigger than they should be? Are you guys not allowed to tailor your uniforms?
tailor?
these things are expensive, and are supposed to last many, many bandsmen. you takes what you gets and you likes it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
That’s understandable, but some of these things fit like tents on these tiny, tiny girls. Am I the only one to have noticed this?
Not all of us are as creepy and sex-starved as you are. Most. But not all.
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2 things:
1) the band buys the uniforms with essentially a bell-curve of sizes, people in middle sizes have the most choice, people on the out-lying edges have less choice, and then newmen least amount of that. SO, if you happen to be the latest tiny tiny girl, you may have to settle for whats left
2) No band uniform that I know of is tailored for women. So even a small size change will look baggy because nothing fits the frame of a woman well.
What about a man’s warm embrace? That always seems to fit the frame of a woman well.
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by TwistNHook on Jan 7, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Who the fuck rec’d this????
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back in the old days
Before 1972, women were only allowed to tailor the uniforms not play or march, and there is one particularly older alum who likes to bring that fact up… A lot.
some of those guys are very strange.
even after all this time.
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He is the Best
Great work Danzig, I hope you keep this highlight around for a while, I’d love to go back and watch it later in the offseason when I start shaking with withdrawal symptoms.
I left my heart at the Durant Food Court
This should be Jahvid Best's theme song for 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qae_TUTeGo
by BearsNecessity on Jan 7, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
We had this debate before, I think. We all agreed it would be funny, but probably won’t work in a highlight unless there was a techno version of this song, or something.
Old 90s songs do translate well to techno…if you can find one that would be great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR8N34yfDi8&fmt=18
Best
Keep them coming.
Worrell Williams tribute video with 50 Cent – I Get Money Instrumental would be PFS
How about whatever song he’s doing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPKR6LuqJuc
by BearsNecessity on Jan 7, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Aye! You just jumped the gun. I already have that clip in his folder and was going to put it in his video as a surprise.
Hopefully he’s a civilized man and doesn’t read the CGB comments section.
by BearsNecessity on Jan 7, 2009 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
I have a 20gig database full of clips of almost every one of our players…. organized in folders.
When I find a new clip or picture, I put it in the appropriate player’s folder… even mp3s that I think might fit them.
by danzig on Jan 8, 2009 7:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
this is the sort of dedication that makes
the highlight reels so cool.
Thanks!
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 8, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Because of your burning hatred for Bruins?
by BearsNecessity on Jan 7, 2009 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
I think my fav is the opener agains wazzou
I was listening on the radio….“Bears in the I formation, give to Best aaannnd He’s gone. We’ll count the yard lines down for you….”
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 7, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
Rec'd & thank you
Danzig, you are truly talented, but how come you can’t fix the economy?
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Thanks, but seriously… talent of any kind isn’t required to make videos….you just need to know how to read a software manual. Wait, is reading a talent?
what's more important?
the economy or cal football highlight videos?
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by Rocksanddirt on Jan 8, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
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