Cal-Washington State Postgame Thread & Grade the Bears
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 24, 2009 4:45 PM PDT
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PrintThis is the place to discuss how I couldn't understand what was going on because Joe Starkey was calling the game the Cal-Washington State game. If you want to discuss the rest of the games, scroll down to the "Non-Cal Football Open Thread"!
For the report card, it'll probably be harder for people who weren't at the game to get a clear season, so it's understandable if you can't fill in things like defense or offensive line categories. People who WERE at the game, please write up what you saw at the game! Considering how few people attended, we'll need them all. The form is here, or you can click after the jump to submit it directly from the site.
Postgame thoughts will be coming sometime tonight or Sunday morning!
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Final thoughts:
Well, uh, at least it was better than the last time WSU came to Berkeley?
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I was bored out of my mind during the first quarter
Then the next three quarters I was facepalming at every long pass given up by our secondary.
I’m not sure what to make of this comment.
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I honestly don’t even know how somebody could be bored at a Cal game. 55,000 of your best friends are right there!
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Bah, alright, bored wasn't the right word
After 3 TDs my attention started drifting from the game to the fellowship application essays I should probably have been doing.
I am in complete agreement with that statement. After 3 TDs, you do start to lose focus. I watched the rest of the game, but spent most of it just enjoying the afternoon with friends while a football game happened to exist nearby.
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I am in complete agreement with that statement. After 3 TDs, you do start to lose focus. I watched the rest of the game, but spent most of it just rolling in between the bleacher seats, actively roiling in a heroin/E/speedball rage, trying to claw my eyeballs out as my friends and onlookers screamed in terror.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 25, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Should be interesting grading
After all, many of us didn’t actually watch the game!
Kind of an evening out of emotions. Last week, I was inordinately happy with the win over Fucla, mentally capable of overlooking a lot of the warts in the win. This week, I’m somewhat disgruntled over a 49-17 win over WSU, emotionally incapable of looking past the fact that we gave up a crapload of yards.
Praise be to Tedford!
Yet we did pitch a second half shut out, and they did have the ball for billions of plays because of the quick strike nature of our early scoring.
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 24, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
All I'll say
is that I heard multiple screams of ALAMAR in the student section during the game
grumble damn big plays grumble
:D
Only one stat matters. Final score.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Oct 24, 2009 5:48 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Motherclucking gombadam I probably have heatstroke. At least I got some free sunglasses and a free rag.
DeBoskie+Sofele will be so awesome.
and two more years of vereen. and fucking Yarnway — already looks like he’s 27
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 24, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The thread polls are very disappointing.
Unlike certain folks, I was actually at the game. I come back home and see this in the discussion threads:
“omg we gave up a lot of passing yards that means we suck as a whole wah wah wah”
“wtf we got surprised by a trick HB pass we should be perfect on every defensive down wah wah wah”
Your team put up twenty eight points in the first quarter and ended up winning by thirty two points. Yeah, the second quarter was not all that pretty but the other three certainly outweighed it in the end.
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by Swamphunter on Oct 24, 2009 6:32 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, I think it must have been more frustrated for people who weren’t able to see it. Perhaps especially for those listening to Starkey – the man isn’t exactly an optimist
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 24, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Starkey is normally a cheerful guy, at least after the game when I listen to his post-game talks and stuff. He brought up the obvious problem with pass coverage which was prevalent today, but he, Troy Taylor and the Paragon crew all said that they have positive outlooks to the rest of the season (we’ll finish 9-3 or 10-2, stuff like that).
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Post-game I think you get the picture of everything that happened. But during the course of the game, you get analysis of each play. When you are listening to the radio, without a picture, and here “Riley overthrows the pass” your tendency is to assume that it was an awful pass. But, you have a really limited amount of information. Unlike some announcers, I think Starkey does do a decent job of not just ignoring what is happening on the field because the Bears have a 30 point lead.
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 24, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
For all you pessimists out there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmxyj6iInMc
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The California Golden Hurdlers
I swear, our team hurdles more people than any other team ever. For those who weren’t there, Deboskie had a great run where he hurdled a guy to pick up a 1st down.
In response to JrBear above, Covaughn is good, but you probably won’t see him much with Isi. The three guys I expect to see next season (assuming Jahvid doesn’t come back) would be Shane, Isi, and Dasarte. I have a really good feeling about Dasarte, who is moving around and running a lot better and looks to be recovering well from his injury. Dude is fast and powerful and has the potential to be a great back for us starting as early as next year.
Also on the topic of the future, it was really good to see Sweeny get into the game so early in the 4th quarter. He completed several nice passes, at least two of which were for 1st downs. Overall, a lot of good stuff in that game.
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Yeah. I like Beau a lot. The QB competition this off-season will pretty interesting. Beau has the spot now, but Brock could still make a move to reclaim the spot. It’s not like one is miles better than the other; both are pretty good QB’s.
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Don’t forget they’ll have to fight off Austin Hinder!!!! (Bridgford doesn’t count due to lack of pornstar name)
I think long run though, Bridgford is the man, right?
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 24, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, I’m not big on either Bridgford or Hinder to tell you the truth.
I think Beau may have that underrated super-accuracy our QBs have lacked.
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 24, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s good to hear – super-accuracy certainly is the trait that Rodgers and Leinart had in common, and they were the last two QBs who have really been awesome in the P-10.
Random question: On what are you basing that assessment? Have you been watching practices, just reading articles, or watching HS highlights?
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 24, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Guys, I'll be uploading highlights in a bit
Hold on.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 24, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions
Just got back fromt he game. So hot. What a day! I barely remember anything from the game. We were up 21-0 in the blink of an eye and then after that it was just party time!! I have the greatest story ever. I’ll save it for the photo essay, it’s going to be GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
What a great game! GO BEARS!
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Hahaha
No one will ever doubt me again! Fuck you Joe! You suck!
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
Any priceless Starkey quotes?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 24, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Best takes the hand off, gibberish, and he’s gone, touchdown!
by turkey on Oct 24, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My eyes and ears tend to glaze over but he was as horrible as I remember.
One the Ross punt return here’s his call “Ross takes the punt…turns a corner…he’s gone but it won’t matter. There’s a flag on the Bears. Blah blah blah” Very low key the whole time. Then shock when its a hold on the Cougs. God, he sucks. No descriptions, no feel for the game.
“Riley drops back to pass…throws…HE’S GOT IT! Jeremy Ross!” Lots of shit like that. Fuck an A he sucks
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 24, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Didnt that Ross punt count? It’s difficult for me to remember what was going on because the haze of successful plays all run together, but I feel as if that flag was called back or against WSU somehow.
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that’s cuz I got you high as shit
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
He kept going on and on about players’ names. He’d see a name and make some bizarre comment about how he’s in a random group somehow related to the name or how there’s some other person in history with a similar name who did something-or-other. We speculated that he was drunk or high (or both).
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by the way, i'm persuing through the game threads
And Starkey is full of hyperbole. Tedford was definitely upset, but he wasn’t blasting Riley. The stadium was practically full until the second half to the 55k capacity, until the students were overwhelmed by the sun and started deserting up 42-17.
Tuel is a pretty good quarterback. Not great, but very good. Bears were playing a lot of man coverage in the first half and Tuel BURNED THEM with some great throws. Which is why Gregory went back to the zone.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 24, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions
I’m not sure practically full is really a good description. It wasn’t as bad as the EWU game, but there were definitely some gaping holes. Of course, the south east corner (near me) was particularily bad, because few WSU fans.
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It matched the 55k capacity predicted I figure.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 24, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
55k tickets bought… some didn’t show up?
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 24, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a bad misquote
That’s pretty close to what he said, if not exactly what he said.
Praise be to Tedford!
You didn’t see JT go 10-15 yards onto the field to yell at Riley after he pitched the ball to Vereen on the option? He was pretty pissed off…
I actually missed this. Can you provide further context? Thanks.
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Cal offense was driving to the south endzone. QB option was called to the short side of the field. Riley ran the option and pitched. JT went out on the field and let a rip on Riley. I kind of doubt he was shouting words of encouragement. Lasted 5-7 seconds. The radio announcers on KALX talked about it as well.
Makes sense… Riley was giving it up way too quickly when we were playing UCLA. didn’t sell anything at all
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 24, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Was that the play that Vereen lost 5 yard on? I didn’t even realize it was option, I thought it was just a designed pitch play.
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This was one of the few times I remember Tedford going onto the field. He was pissed when that play didn’t work—Vereen got beat to the edge by WSU and lost like four yards.
TUEL!!!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 25, 2009 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
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From where we were in the student section, there was a group of about ~25 guys who would scream “TUEL” at the top of their lungs anytime the announcer said his name for pass plays/runs etc.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 25, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I saw him around campus, actually. On Sproul plaza coming out of the student store having bought a new beanie, actually. I was like “nah, that can’t be him…”
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don't worry
we don’t care around these parts
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 24, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL @ Dick Callahan
“a 26-yard gain, plus one hurdle”
I’ve been to a bunch of college football stadiums, and perhaps I’m totally biased, but Dick Callahan is totally my favorite PA announcer.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Well he’s better than the asshole Furd announcer: “The Axe comes home!!!!” or the Oregon announcer “Hey guys look at the stats. Best only has 10yds rushing but LaMicheal James has over a 100!”
In other words, Go Bears!
Fuck, PRD totally owned all my video—he was totally in the right place to get the best video angles. This is what I get for trying to take video into the light—WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SUNNY???
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 25, 2009 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Looks like the dude with his arms outstretched...
is about to get pantsed.
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by secret ASian man on Oct 25, 2009 1:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks for the vid
That was awesome. Every bit as exciting as Starkey made it seem on the broadcast.
Praise be to Tedford!
Starkey did something right! HE IS REDEEMED!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 25, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
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