Cal-USC Postgame Thread: Grade the Bears
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 3, 2009 8:45 PM PDT
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PrintThis is the postgame thread. If the game isn't over, head down to the 4th quarter/overtime thread.
One of us will have our postgame thoughts tomorrow morning. Take this thread to either rant or rave (depending on the result), or reflect on the game in general.
The grades have to be higher than last time. Right? Right?
Again, you can click here to view the form or view the embedded thing after the jump. I kind of changed the order around to make it easier to sort the grades and thoughts around. The grades will be first; after that, you can put in your opinions. Forms should be submitted in by noon on Monday PST, and it'll be up on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, discuss the game. Win or lose, GO BEARS!
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I cried.
I invited over at least 10 other cal Alums, with 15 other friends. We stopped talking at halftime. What is wrong with this team? I found myself doing what I did in the Holmoe era. Looking for moral victories. That field goal made us all cheer.
by StudentDoctorBear on Oct 3, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply actions
completions made me cheer
how messed up is that?
"I bet that Mike Conley could find Osama Bin Laden...if he was open."
Here's something that really might make us cry
Did a Holmoe team ever go two straight games without scoring a single touchdown? Maybe they did, ’cause they were certainly bad enough to do so. But still.
Cal’s collapse in 2007 was torture, slow and steady, week by week. This year, it has been more like a guillotine: quick and painless. (OK, so it hasn’t exactly been painless.) My only hope is that, with the bye week and significantly easier competition ahead, Cal will find its mojo again and make us all proud the rest of the season. If nothing else, maybe the Bears will have a shot at knocking Stanford out of Rose Bowl contention.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Oct 3, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I just checked the stats - and...
>>sigh<<
No team ever coached by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named played two consecutive games without scoring a touchdown.
…I never thought I’d see the day when Tedford would lead us to a low that You-Know-Who could not.
Excuse me. I have to go weep softly in a dark corner somewhere.
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by BearStage on Oct 4, 2009 3:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
According to a very quick search of Cal football history, the last time we went 2 straight games without a TD was in 1986 (Joe Kapp’s final year as coach), when we lost 28-3 to USC and 49-0 to ASU.
The following week, Cal beat stanfurd 17-11 in one of the biggest upsets in Big Game history.
Praise be to Tedford!
In the stands, we started cheering formations that made USC burn a timeout. We won the timeout battle!
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Anyone else out there?
Did all the posters go to the game? I’m stuck in Ohio and had to stream the game via espn360. Someone shake my shoulder and tell me its okay!
by StudentDoctorBear on Oct 3, 2009 8:59 PM PDT reply actions
It’s not okay. We’re not very good. And you’re in Ohio. It’s not okay. Believe me.
Praise be to Tedford!
I too am a Cal alumni out in Ohio
and I agree with the above statement.
If memory serves, Mister Pie is in Cleveland. Where in Ohio are you StudentDoctorBear?
Praise be to Tedford!
Please don’t hold Cleveland against the rest of us Ohioans. There are better cities. And at least we’re not Detriot! We’re not Detroit!
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 4, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
We’re going to be fine. But all you guys in Ohio, I have terrible, terrible news.
You are stuck in Ohio.
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Am Too Drunk To Make Coherent Grades
The game is a blur to me. But Ohio Bear made a good point earlier. If you had told me before the year we’d lose to OU on the road and SC at home to be 3-2 on the season, I would be disappointed but not suprised. It’s just how we lost those two games that is suprising. 6 points in two games? Yikes.
Back to basics
That’s what the next two weeks are about.
The first five weeks have established Cal’s level, and it’s not what we hoped it would be.
But that’s the reality, and now the team and coaches have the time to adjust to it and make whatever adjustments are possible.
Cal can run roughshod against bad teams, and the Bears face a couple of those. The remaining opponents are other flawed teams. UCLA, the next opponent, looked awful today against Stanford.
I do think the Bears need to get back to running the ball, because our passing game isn’t particularly good or reliable. I don’t know what the solution is at quarterback, but the coaches clearly lost confidence in Riley today. The defense was respectable after the problems early on.
We’re in low-level bowl/hope to win the Big Game mode. Or so I hope.
To make it worse
i was already feeling the depths of despair like everyone else here, and then I realized all the recruits we had in the stadium were watching a pathetic display of passing and pass defense. OMG. FM.
I truly believe Riley has to sit a game or two or forever. Nothing personal, just business. I don’t care how badly Sweeney or Mansion play, I would rather lose by someone new than the same old way. I can’t begin to count how many passes Riley overthrew. He was 15-40!!!!! At least two sure scores were taken off the board because of his overthrows. The one to Vereen and the one to Best. OH, yeah, and the interception.
We lost the game due to:
Horrible quarterback play
Soft pass defense, again
Gutless coaching (not going for it on 4th, etc. etc. and not changing quarterbacks just to say WTF! let’s make a forward pass!)
I have to disengage from this team now. I hate to say it. They have to earn my Saturdays again. I can’t invest this emotional energy to have it pissed away with this sort of play.
I watched the Furd/Ucla game today and let me say, Andrew Luck made beautiful throw after beautiful throw downfield, and his line blocked well, and they ran it well, and their pass defense played a lot of man coverage and broke up pass plays over the middle. Stanford is playing a far better brand of football right now, and even UCLA looked pretty good in the loss.
Fuck. Watching Harbaugh on the sidelines be all fired up, and Carrol all happy guy, and Neuheisel being fired up, and then to watch my beloved Bears coached by Mr. Unemotion makes me think about a change. It makes me think about it. And I’ve been a
Tedhead. The arguments that we should kiss his ass because he saved us from Holmoe aren’t carrying water anymore. In fact, that is exactly the sort of self defeating thinking that we shouldn’t have. I say if Tedford doesn’t do something stellar to salvage this year, that Sandy Barbour can work some more magic and bring in someone with some fire and leadership and ability to rally a team and play inspired ball. I miss Steve Mariucci, and Bruce Snyder. We lost some, but we played hard and were always in the games.
Even though this loss is squarely on Riley in my book, that he is allowed to drag us into the gutter is a failure of coaching.
I"ll stop. Ignore everything I’ve said. I ’m just depressed.
by Calbear91 on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I agree that Riley most likely cost us this game, or at least made it a blow-out instead of a close loss. I think most of us knew coming into this season that our fate rested with whether or not Riley would be able to step up and I think it’s pretty clear that he hasn’t been doing so.
Not sure if I agree with the people calling for Tedford’s head. Bad losses happen even to good coaches, sometimes even twice in a row, but I still think it’s way too early to even think about getting a new head coach.
Look at the stats again
There were a lot of dropped passes throughout the game that were more than catchable. And a lot of the mistakes looked (as much as I hate to say it) as much Riley’s fault as the receivers for running really sloppy routes. Riley isn’t getting much to work with out there, and he isn’t getting much time either from the o-line. I really don’t think bringing the house (aka putting in Mansion) gets us any advantages.
Good points
I guess I just probably selectively burned the images of a few of Riley’s terrible overthrows into my brain. I recall last week that some of the Oregon game was the same… WRs dropping some very catchable balls.
How can anyone who doesn’t have the playbook distinguish between a poor read by the QB and a poor route run by the receiver?
Also, if the ball touches a receiver, it’s a dropped pass. Riley overthrew his receivers MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES! I’d rather lose with someone else at the helm, or with a freaking Wild Cat. GET RILEY OFF THE FIELD!
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
I know there are a lot of people freaking out here over a single drive in the 3rd quarter. But I thought the problem today was less with the play calling and more with the execution. I was seeing guys getting open. I was seeing guys put in positions to make plays, I just didnt see hte plays getting made.
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What about special teams?
USC had great field position all day and scored on a weak ass punt return due to coverage problems (to put it mildly). Not to mention the kickoff and FG problems.
I don’t fall under the banner of “Fire Tedford”, but if there ever was a reason, it was for keeping Pete Alomar on for all of these years.
Sideline emotion factor is overrated
Look, Tedford isn’t above criticism. (I believe that, my signature below notwithstanding.) But the whole sideline demeanor thing isn’t a reason for criticism. Being all fired up and rah rah on the friggin sideline isn’t a prerequisite to success. Plenty of coaches are successful with the calmer, subdued approach. And, frankly, I wouldn’t even describe JT as “calm” or “subdued,” at least not in the Tom Landry mode. He’s shown plenty of emotion, positive and negative – just not the constant motor running like the Pete Carrolls and Jim Harbaughs of the world. Tedford has his approach and he’s been successful with it. Yeah, we want to get to the “next level” and we’re maddeningly frustrated about what’s going on right now. But Tedford’s sideline demeanor, to me, isn’t even in the discussion of the problems this team has right now.
Praise be to Tedford!
It's not sideline coach emotion to be worried about
There’s something to be said about the SC players standing on the sideline and literally chanting throughout the game. We can’t rely on team captains to get energy on the players. Part of the has to be the coach. And Tedford is notoriously weak at this.
Again, not getting into the “Fire Tedford” camp but this is a factor that shouldn’t be dismissed
Remember that what we fans see on the sideline is far from a complete picture. Amongst his players, Jeff Tedford is as full of fire, emotion, and competitive desire as any coach in America. Two tough, tough weeks for the Bears, but they’ll be back, and they’ll win again. From my Saturday night, fan psychiatrist’s point of view, a bye week followed by a bus trip down to Pasadena to play a beatable UCLA team sounds like the perfect remedy to whatever is ailing the Bears.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Oct 3, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
It's worth noting
that the video clip you link to is six years old and is backed up by team captains screaming like fucking banshees. I love it, but it’s outdated.
Yes. Six years is a long time. But Tedford had the same quiet demeanor on the field then that he does now. My point is simply that, as devoted as we are, we only get a glimpse at the 24/7 world of Cal football, and I am thus skeptical that Tedford is “notoriously weak” at firing up his players.
I think the problem is simply that Cal has been beaten by two superior football teams, and that for whatever reason(s), neither the players nor the coaches have responded well to falling behind on the scoreboard. What makes this so bewildering is how well they responded, just one week earlier, to seeing a two-touchdown lead evaporate on the road.
It’s been a miserable eight days for Cal football. Only in December will we be able to make any sort of reasonable assessment of what went wrong.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Oct 3, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Not too bewildering
USC and Oregon (at home) are a whole lot better than Minnesota.
Tepper was like a RS Soph at that point.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
a beatable UCLA team
…beatable by whom?
>>sigh<<
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exactly my worry. If we were playing on their level, I wouldn’t worry. But… well, you know.
:(
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Don’t worry! We’ll score 3 like we always do, let’s hold them to 2. Got it?
by CaliforniaCMB on Oct 4, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
LoL, we’re like the Giants all year, let’s just keep it a LOW scoring affair, win!
by CaliforniaCMB on Oct 4, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The SC players were dancing about for the most of the game. They’d do these cheoregraphed dances. It was remarkably annoying. Remarkable solely, because I didn’t think USC could get MUCH more annoying.
When there is a will, there is a way.
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I’m rethinking the whole Tedford-is-God thing myself, but we always need perspective. Mariucci was a .500 coach at Cal, whose team collapsed during the second half of the season as bad as 2007’s (including an embarrassing bowl loss to freaking Navy.) And Snyder—a beautiful man, may he rest in peace—had three very mediocre seasons before Russell White and Mike Pawlawski came on the scene. Likewise, at ASU, Snyder had great teams when Jake Plummer and Pat Tilman were around, but it didn’t take long after that for the Sun Devil faithful to run him out of town.
This season is far from over, and even if it ends poorly, Tedford has bought himself a lot of time in my book. New facilities are actually under construction and the roster includes a lot of young talent. Toss in the program’s successes off the field, and I’d say it’s at least three years premature to be calling for a coaching change.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Oct 3, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Tedford was never G-d
But he’s far from horrible. And, it’s hard to assess his performance because he can’t keep his coordinators in the same place. If there’s a better head coaching candidate sitting out there waiting for a job offer, I’d love to hear some names, but I’m skeptical as well that we can do better.
Tuberville? In Berkeley? I’mma gonna guess that man has no intention of coaching anywhere outside of Deep South territory.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 4, 2009 4:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Come on now, we can’t take the one season of the Mariucci ‘era’ and say what kind of coach he was. It was only one year!
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You didnt seem this unreasonably negative yesterday after the game. Why the change?
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It just sank in that this could be another 2007. I sincerely hope it’s not, but who knows.
Also, I’ve begun to doubt Tedford for the first time. Not his coaching skills, not his playcalling – his ability to motivate the students. I mean, he said himself that 2007 taught him that’s about more than X’s and O’s and figuring out what you did wrong, it’s also about the keeping the players motivated. Why did it take him til 2007 to learn that? I guess with the students he had when he first arrived, just winning was enough to put them on Cloud 9 and keep them motivated. Perhaps once he got players who were expecting to win, it was a whole different story.
My prime example of coachin prowess right now is Mike Singletary. In general, I don’t like the Niners. I don’t hate them, but blah blah i’m an East-Bay guy, screw the Niners, etc. But dammit if Singletary hasn’t gotten me interested in the Niners. I mean, what a bunch of sad sacks they were – and look what Singetary’s done with them! Got them motivated, playing well, almost 3-0, what a difference a caoch can make!
anyway… yeah, it all just sank in.
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Yes. But no honking!
…well, ok, a little honking. Gentle honking,
I’d ask for Gentile honking, but there are just some dreams that Twist can’t make come true.
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Once again, rollonubears comes through where Twist cannot.
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Hey, at least I am not an 8th grade girl who showed up at the tailgate!
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
There was talk yesterday of getting both of you together.
Though I think it might be illegal. You’re like 10 aren’t you?
In other words, Go Bears!
7 and a half, actually.
Wait until I hit puberty to hook me up with anyone, please.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But providing that kind of motivation to a bunch of “sad sacks” is exactly what Tedford did in his first year at Cal. Maybe motivating a team that has been horrible is different from motivating a team that has high expectations?
Yeah, I had mentioned that Tedford did that, and that’s where he earned the trust we have in him. That makes him a good coach – taking us further would make him a great coach.
But I hadn’t made the connection that it was the exact same thing with Singletary. With Singletary, though, it’s only been one year, so we can still believe that the sky’s the limit. Some coaches can keep it up, let’s see if Mike is one of those.
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The Wildcat?
Really? Because, the last I checked, we aren’t the Dolphins or a high school team, and even the Dolphins suck this year.
/watched the game from a bar in Boston… sucks to all those who paid to go see this game
//sorry long time since last posting
///damn, a bit drunk
Quick personal thoughts before I go get something to eat and get drunk:
- Yes, Riley was inaccurate, but some of it can be pinned on USC beating our O-line just as Oregon did last week. However there were some that he should have completed.
- Even though I sang his praise in the non-con games, it’s quickly becoming apparent that Ludwig has no idea how to have a working offense in the Pac-10.
Hey Andy, Pac-10 =/= MWC. We actually have defenses here that know how to stop your stuff. Us running the wildcat straight for several plays was, in my opinion, a sign that he just gave up and said “FUCK IT, WE’LL DO IT LIVE!”
- To the “We Must Fire Tedford NOW >:-(” group, I’m going to ask you a question, and it is a very simple one:
Who? Who would actually want to come to Cal and coach for us AND lead us to a conference title if they were given a contract somewhat similar to what Tedford has had in recent years? AFAIK, there are new coaches out there… but do you know that they can win? Because personally, I’d rather have winning seasons with any bowl than losing seasons and no bowl at all.
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Wildcat was the biggest bullshit I’ve ever seen. Calling the same exact play over and over again is not being a good coach. I don’t care that it was working briefly. Of course they’re going to adjust and you didn’t even change anything up. No handing off to Isi to keep the D honest. Nothing.
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 3, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
They weren’t adjusting right away so we exploited that. We gained a good amount of yardage two times, third time they sniffed it out. The versatility of the Wildcat makes it dangerous to over commit
How bout the 8th time in a row we ran the wildcat.
The running of the wildcat and the bs FG attempt with 12 seconds left in the first half say it all about this coaching staff. No balls and no creativity. I’m done – I’ll watch and go to the games but I won’t put my heart into this team until they prove something. Completely lost faith in Tedford, but the grim reality is that Cal won’t ever get anyone any better.
by 33SwisherSweet on Oct 3, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
At least Riley didn’t touch the ball when we ran the Wild Cat.
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
I wanted to see Best take the snap, hand it to Vareen who hands it to Riley (running the WR-reverse) who throws it downfield for a large gain and/or TD.
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Fixed it for you:
I wanted to see Best take the snap, hand it to Vareen who hands it to Riley (running the WR-reverse) who throws it downfield for an… in-completion.
In other words, Go Bears!
Yeah, what was the point of a field goal try on second down with 12 seconds left? I just got home (to Sacramento) from the game, and haven’t heard any analysis. What was that? The $C fans were ridiculing the hell out of that (along with everything else). I’m not football expert like Hydro, but WTF?
I wasnt a huge fan of it, but I think the thought process went as follows:
1. Lets get some points to go into the halftime with momentum.
2. There are 12 seconds left. Enough time to take a shot at the end zone, which could net us some points. But given how the O-Line has been playing a sack could also occur (a sack had nearly occured on the play prior, IIRC).
3. Cal had no more time outs. As such, a sack would end the half on a sour note. So, the risk of another play leading to 0 points was higher than the risk of a field goal leading to 0 points.
I was confused myself, I do agree. But it was the least riskiest move at the time. Was it the right move? I don’t know. Contrasted with Pete Carroll’s redick ballsiness (going for it on 4th and 9 on our 25 comes to mind), it definitely stood out.
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Well, hindsight is 20-20. You have to judge the move on the information you know at that time. You also have to factor in the wind. I’m not sure if the wind was good or bad here. Obvi, any decision that fails is going to look bad, but that doesnt necessarily mean it was the wrong decision.
I honestly thought we shoulda taken another shot at the end zone. Then again, given Riley’s general dislike of accuracy today, maybe the FG was the right call.
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Well, hindsight is 20-20.
That’s why I really like hindsight. I think that from now on, Cal should play all its games in hindsight.
by CalBear81 on Oct 3, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
lmao. Nice. (-;
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by CaliSeth on Oct 4, 2009 1:23 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Contrasted with Pete Carroll’s redick ballsiness (going for it on 4th and 9 on our 25 comes to mind)
F*** ballsiness, that’s just showing confidence in your players. If a team hasn’t challenged you all night, dare them to beat you – why the hell not? It sucked to watch, but I wasn’t insulted by the call. I thought it made sense.
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You were insulted by a call out there? That shows an ever so delightful amount of perspective!
“I CAN’T BELIEVE TEDFORD WOULD MAKE THAT CALL!??! I THOUGHT HE LIKED ME AS A HUMAN BEING. THIS IS SO INSULTING TO ME?!?! WHY WOULD HE DO THIS TO ME?!!”
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no, i was saying that I wasn’t insulted by Carroll’s call. Or did I miss the joke?
But don’t worry, I still have no rational perspective!!
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Who? Who would actually want to come to Cal and coach for us AND lead us to a conference title if they were given a contract somewhat similar to what Tedford has had in recent years?
Tommy Tubes. He’d probably never come here, though.
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Lloyd Carr. Phil Fulmer. Other high profile coaches who wore out their welcome.
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Other high profile coaches who wore out their welcome.
For good reason. Lloyd Carr was the Tedford of the Big-10 forever stopped by Jim Tressel and the Fuckeyes.
In other words, Go Bears!
He did win a national championship.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Tedford
Don’t blame Tedford for our troubles. USC has incredible athletes at all positions. Hell, my mom could lead USC to a national title if she were given the reigns… Oregon was a great team that decided to switch over and fire all 8 cylinders before we stepped foot into Autzen.
Cal was bloodied up pretty horribly these past two games, but calling for Tedford’s head, a man who led us from the dark dirty depths of FBS to a school consistently in contention for the Pac-10 title, seems a bit rash. I believe in Jefff Tedford.
I haven’t seen many people on this site seriously calling for Tedford’s head, although I realize that there are some people that believe that.
You weren’t around when we lost last week. Hooo boy was that a fiery pit of rage.
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TWO WORDS
FIRE TEDFORD!! I’m so sick of having great teams and going to the emerald bowl!! Same thing happened 2007! We blammed that on longshores ankle. Was it? I don’t think so. He just can’t get then motivated to win! Whose falt is it this year? No one got hurt?!? This year and 2007 are om tedford!
by bear in the bluff on Oct 3, 2009 11:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m so sick of having great teams
lol.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
I’m shocked you didn’t go for this one:
We blammed that on longshores ankle.
Honestly, I’m not sure if “bear in the bluff” is trying to express his views on Cal football or convince me to send him money so that a Nigerian prince may send me millions back.
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Considering how my jokes usually fail on here, I went for simplicity.
Honestly, we could spend hours making jokes on the comment that bear in the bluff just blessed us with.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Better than discussing the game, I would say!
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I think discussing our bowel movements would be better than discussing the game.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a joke? Maybe with all the misspellings, bear in the bluff is making an ironic joke about the intelligence of all the people calling for Tedford to be fired…
No, it’s not a joke. Come on guys, ignore the misspellings (and Twist is one to talk!) and just take what he’s saying for what it is.
He’s saying that he’s sick of having great teams that are full of talent but never live up to their potential, because of (in BITB’s opinion) sub-standard coaching. In 2007 it was easy to blame Longshore’s ankle, but what injuries are there to blame things on this year?
The common denominator is the coach.
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Yes. I am one to talk. Thank you. Honestly, I’ve never taken any classes or anything, I guess I’m just a natural. I’m also really good at being annoying.
Again, no classes, no training, just natural abilities.
But, after reading through your responses in this thread, it sounds like you are in the middle of getting a Master’s or something.
NAILED IT! AND ONE!
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Yeah, because great teams TOTALLY lose 42-3 and 30-3 in consecutive weeks.
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With subpar coaching, they can.
Cal went from 1-10 to 7-5 from year to the next, and all that changed was the coaching staff.
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Um . . . But wasn’t the coach who led the change from 1-10 to 7-5 a guy called Tedford? Was he a good coach then, but a bad coach now?
Is your premise that once a coach has been annointed as “good” that he is forever a good coach and nothing changes? Thats ridiculous of course, a coach can indeed be good at some point in his career and not as good later. That being said, I am not a fire Tedford guy, but if he sticks with Riley for the whole season (and next? shudder) then his seat will indeed be hot.
While I do not believe any serious consideration should be given to firing Tedford. I do believe at some point some tough questions have to be asked. It can be argued that the best yrs under Tedford are behind us. These past few yrs have been very frustrating. I do not understand the utter inability to develop a polished QB. All these yrs we have had turmoil at QB. Ayoob. Longshore. Now Riley. Does anyone see a pattern here? What happened to the QB guru? We need a full time QB coach who knows what their doing. Curent QB coach blows.
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by CaliSeth on Oct 4, 2009 1:43 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This year and 2007 are om tedford!
Om tedford . . . Om tedford . . . Om tedford . . .
This Buddhist stuff really works. I feel better already.
You guys are dicks!! I just got a new blackberry and the keypad is sensitive! Lol.
by bear in the bluff on Oct 4, 2009 6:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
When you say sensitive keypad, are you just referring to your penis?
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You need a life!! Holy shit is this all you do?!?
by bear in the bluff on Oct 4, 2009 7:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Actually, I’m really bad at what I do. So, we shouldn’t assume success here.
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Okay, Mr. Technical Lawyer Guy: “He tries to evict grandmothers.” Satisfied? I mean, I’m trying to help you out here, Twist. Make you look like you do something other than this. I need a little cooperation.
……….but I don’t do anything other than this. I need a life!
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No. Is that the one that doesn’t allow ducks to wear hats?
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Sigh. That’s the SECOND amendment. All the animal stuff is in the SECOND amendment: ducks and hats, bears with fringe on their arms, etc.
What do they teach you kids in law school these days?
by CalBear81 on Oct 4, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I wasn’t mocking your grammar. I was mocking the content of your comment.
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yes, well no one’s blamming you now are they?!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 4, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I, for one, believe that it is entirely CalBear81’s falt.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
USC lost to WA. Nuff said.
and it wasn’t bcuz of Sarkisian (sp) USC is vulnerable.
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by CaliSeth on Oct 4, 2009 1:26 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Could be worse...at least they're not Vandy. Yet
I don’t know who decided to try a field goal on 2nd down with enough time left for a shot at the end zone before kicking, but if whoever called it had any less balls they’d have to pee sitting down.
I don’t think it’s time to fire Tedford, but it’s becoming obvious he’s not the guy who can light a fire under the team (cf 2007). And math it up – when Jahvid Best is getting 16 touches, and the passing game is going 15 for 40 with an INT and NO touchdowns, the playcalling needs to change. Quick. The Furd is as one-dimensional as you can imagine, but they’re riding their horse hard and getting results from it.
Seriously, I would take a guaranteed 7 wins and minor bowl berth every year in a heartbeat, but then I come from a school that hasn’t been a national contender since Roosevelt. (Teddy.) Cal is way too good to be settling for mere adequacy.
The worst part of the day was when an 8th grader showed up to the CGB tailgate. An 8th grader reads this site???? I need to seriously reconsider my life. I’m having a terrible influence on the future of this country and it might be better if I just stopped now before I ruin America.
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PS I should say an 8th grade girl. Her dad was there, even though he had no idea what the hell was going on. I can only assume that when she said “Dad, I want to go meet up with these guys I know from the internet” every parenting alarm in his head went off on Defcon 1,000.
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how did you defuse the situation?
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Of course, pursuant to Megan’s Law, I wasn’t allowed within 20 feet of her. So, yknow.
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You might say he has an eye for these things. These pretty little things.
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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Say again? Please tell me ur in the 8th grd too. )-:/
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by CaliSeth on Oct 4, 2009 1:50 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I believe she told somebody that. I do not know as I did not speak or make direct eye contact with her.
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No, from me.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Hydro’s pretty sane.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 4, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Even I am smart enough to realize how awkward it would be.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
dude are you serious?!?!! thank god I was there for all of 30 seconds.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
We also agree that it was great you were only there for 30 seconds. whew
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I don't think this has ever happened...
…but for the first time, when my wife was sick of it and wanted to roll out after halftime, I didn’t object. Thank God Nalgene makes a flask.
On the bright side, we won halftime in a walk…I’ve never seen $C in person before, but that band is the least interesting thing I’ve ever seen on a football field, and I was at Vandy when they ran the flexbone.
Dude, our band DOMINATED. Helloooo, Village People homage. Toads devastation.
We also won the battle of 2nd half timeouts. 3-0, bitches! Take the small victories.
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A d-bag Cal “fan” sitting to my right commented about how the SC band was a “real” band with lots of people. There was a former Cal band member to my left. It got interesting.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
They are a real band, because they have lots of people?
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The one good thing about these losses is that it often means these fair-weather types stop polluting my bench-space. Cal already has their season ticket money and they don’t produce home field advantage, so good riddance.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
Seriously.
If you have young alumni tickets, DON’T FUCKING SELL IT TO SC FANS YOU DIPSHITS!
There were WAY too many red hats in QQ today.
by CaliforniaBone on Oct 4, 2009 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions
What was up with that random hude dude just chilling in QQ. I thought he was going to get murdered before the game.
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I started a chant against him
I felt like an asshole but oh well. He was sweating at one point when everyone converged on him.
In other words, Go Bears!
per sfgate.com:
Coach Jeff Tedford said Riley is not in danger of losing his starting job, and the junior said his confidence is fine.
“I have all the confidence in the world,” Riley said. " I just have to go out there and do it."
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
"I have all the confidence in the world," Riley said. " I just have to go out there and do it."
You forgot to finish the quote.
“Riley then proceeded to toss his towel to the laundry hamper, overthrowing it by 25 yards.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Thanks for the hearty laugh. I needed that :)
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Tonight will be a night of many nachos
only cheese can erase this pain. OK, not really, I’m already over it but still disappointed. I will do my grades now.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
Posting 24 hours after the nacho comment, I’m guessing the warning is late. There was no violent dump, thankfully.
But now there is PUMPKIN PIE! Weekend is saved.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
I was really hoping he was just talking about the next DBD....
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
I’m actually reveling in victory. The victory of the pregame beer shotgun! Oh, there was a football game after that?
Should we have a grade for the fans, too?
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Sure. I’d like to give everyone around me an A for asshat. Except the lady to my left. She gets an A for cheering til the last down along with me.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
I cheered my ass off the first quarter and for much of the second. But after the while, why am I supposed to keep cheering?
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
When you apply for Cal, I’m telling!
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Well I don’t want to go there so no worries.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I became less enthusiastic over time
The student section got quieter and quieter while the alumni section never sounded loud at all. I barely had anything left when I realized no one around me was cheering.
But, boy, were they able cheer at inappropriate times during our offense’s first drive!
I yelled when USC was on defense for every snap except for the one where they took a knee
Clearly I failed.
In other words, Go Bears!
A+ for ROLL ON YOU BEARS after every play going for at least 10 yards, or for USC penalties that awarded us first downs
A+ for lots of cheering while on offense. Those guy love to hear us cheer them on in the huddle!
A+ for making only slightly more noise than that stupid fucking cargo plane flyover
A+ for leaving in the 3rd quarter
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 3, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
that stupid fucking cargo plane
Yeah, well, you don’t want that plane’s “cargo” falling anywhere near you, trust me.
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Looked like a C-5, most likely out of Travis AFB. What’s it gonna drop, a tank?
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 4:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I think they did a pretty good job considering our team did very little to keep the game interesting.
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Blowouts are weird. Cal rarely gets blown out in football and in basketball (at least, not last year). So getting the living shit kicked out of us is a new feeling for me. I don’t know how to react. My primary emotion right now is confusion. How the hell did this happen?
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I feel the way I did when my first girlfriend dumped me out of the blue.
Precisely, “Wait, wtf? There weren’t any signs that we weren’t cool.”
Heh Heh Heh
You are so young!
Honestly, as disappointed as I am by this loss, I’m not on suicide watch. It’s the Bears. It’s Cal. It’s fate. It’s our curse. It’s the Old Blue cynicism in me which lays low but expects this to happen – year after year after year. The only time in my life I’ve ever allowed myself to think that we would have success – when I actually believed we deserved it – it was taken from us by a whinging Mack Brown.
Forget about it, Jake. It’s Cal.
On ATQ I'm known as JSoCal Oski
It's spelled J-etc
I think I need a break from college football.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Tepper leaping that guy was epic.
2. My kingdom for a J Torchio! ;)!
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An illegal play provided the only real highlight of the game.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe we got 11 positive yards at one point.
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You are taking this loss very well.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s times like these that I rely on my facial attractiveness and general hilarity to fulfill my egoistic desires. As compared to the merit of my sport affiliations.
Honestly, I just don’t know how you ugly people do it sometimes.
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Tears. Lots and lots of tears.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn’t funny to the 8th-grader at the tailgate!
OH SNAP
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That’s my biggest fear.
That and being stuck in an enclosed space with Liza Minnelli.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 4, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just have me talk to her and sort things out. Wait… I am incapable of talking to girls. You’re fucked.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure you’re not a Berkeley student?
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The really annoying $C fan sitting behind me started calling Barkley “idiot” and “dumb freshman” when he missed a couple of passes. Those people so do not deserve to have winning teams.
The SC fan by me (who I’m pretty sure is actually a Cal season ticket holder?) was pretty cool. I think both LA schools have some very unfortunate hanger-on though.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
I thinkboth LA schoolsevery single school in the country with the exception of maybe Wyoming have some very unfortunate hanger-on though.
Fixed for accuracy.
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by rollonubears on Oct 3, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
This dude showed up to the tailgate I was attending today in a black and yellow USC jersey. The black seemed like a navy blue and I commented that it was a Cal jersey, seemingly. He said, no black and yellow are USC colors. I said, what kind of USC fan are you that you don’t even know your teams colors. So, he informed me that if I were to go to the Coliseum (an unfortunate task I have endured in my life), I’d see that nearly half (!) the fans there wear jerseys just like that.
I drew a raucous cheer amongst my friends by pointing out that it did not shock me that nearly half of the “USC” fans at the Coliseum didn’t know what USC colors are.
TAKE THAT, TEAM THAT CRUSHED US TODAY!!!
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by TwistNHook on Oct 3, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Clearly a moral victory. And those are almost as good as the real ones
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 3, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
In fact, I saw we get a dramatization of this moment made, send the video to the Pac-10 offices and see if they’ll overturn the USC victory and award it to Cal!
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I asked three different $C fans what the significance of that two-fingered salute thing they do is, and not one of them could tell me. In fact, they all seemed astonished by the question, like they had never even thought about it before.
I always give SC fans the one-fingered salute but they like it much less than the two-fingered variant.
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck, well now i just look like a poser.
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
wow
my goodness. That was bad. This is pretty serious. Im very concerned.
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by CaliSeth on Oct 4, 2009 12:43 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
This is CaliSeth’s concerned face:
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by TwistNHook on Oct 4, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This baby gets funnier each time I see it.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I think my brain is making me overlaugh to hide the pain from last night.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I laugh every time I scroll past. It is the gift that keeps on giving.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Quo Vadis, CAL?
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing"
In this gif we see Cal and USC.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
That punch was Riley’s TD “attempt” on the first drive
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 3:09 AM PDT up reply actions
In this gif we again see Cal vs. USC
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 4, 2009 2:51 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Wow, that dog is pretty good. He should play at linebacker for us
by BerkeleyChris on Oct 4, 2009 3:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I nearly fell off my chair.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Cal vs. SC
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
LOL. You can’t spell “Calgary” without C-A-L.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Oct 4, 2009 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude he challenged Jarko Ruutu a fight. Jarko just used his mind power to knock him over. That one is understandable.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
+100 LoL's!
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing"
by Jeff_Fuller_49 on Oct 4, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm done
I’m emotionally detaching myself from this team. No more planning my Saturdays around Cal football. Why should I make time to watch a team that shows little desire to win?
This is probably the worst thing you can say about a head coach, that his team looks like they don’t care anymore. Unfortunately, that’s what I saw last night. Getting worked for the second straight week and looking listless and despondent on the sidelines. Guys smiling and shrugging it off over yet another bonehead penalty or failed play.
These last two games have called into question the future of the program under Tedford. If we see another 2007-style death spiral, then we will have to give serious consideration to — and I hate to say this — firing him.
I disagree. I didnt see a team quit out there. I did see a team quit out there in Oregon (In specific the D).
The team I saw yesterday I felt played pretty hard until the end. Especially the D, which I felt played fairly well. I just saw some major execution problems, in specific, accuracy’s disastrous rejection of Kevin Riley. In my mind, there is a difference between caring and sucking and just not caring at all. I’ll tolerate somewhat the former.
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Did you watch the TV broadcast? Check out the sideline reporter’s comments about how there was no emotion on the sideline after the first interception — this in the second quarter, when the game was hardly over. See the close-ups of Mike Tepper and Jahvid Best smiling and shrugging after another failed play and/or penalty while down 23-0. That is a team that is no longer invested in the game.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think the team “quit” in the sense of what we saw against Oregon, playing hard but losing focus after getting down big. Against USC, I think they were largely indifferent about winning or losing from the get-go. Despite getting blown out again, they seemed totally fine with it.
Lack of Leaders
I think it’s more a lack of leaders this year. The team captains aren’t out there getting people fired up. That’s one thing I miss about Marshawn, he had energy and it was infectious. Best might be a better back, but he hasn’t stepped up and taken a leadership role and neither has Riley on the offense. The same can be true for the defense, there’s nobody there to really fire up the intensity.
Don’t fire him until he gets his facilities.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Let me get this straight, you’re angry at the players for not caring anymore. So you’re going to stick it to the coach by not caring anymore?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 4, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not angry; as I said, I’m just going to detach now. Expectations back to Gilby/Holmoe levels.
If the team looks like they are giving maximum effort and still losing, I can stick around to watch that. If it becomes clear that neither the coach nor the players are really trying hard to win, then I’m out. I won’t stop being a fan, or root for another team, I just won’t get excited about the games anymore.
Good, hopefully this means you don’t post here anymore, and you don’t go to games so your lack of enthusiasm doesn’t further permeate the team!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Oh noes! I failed the Cal fan purity test!
I guess I’ll have to root for the ’Furd now.
Seriously? I have to leave the board if I admit I’ve become apathetic about this year’s team? Also, I have some way of affecting the team’s attitude from behind my computer screen? Gimme a break, dude.
sycasey, ignore Spazzer. As is typical of his screenname, he can be kind of a Spazz in these matters.
Spazzy he is. Spazzy McGee!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 4, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Please don’t leave this blog, sycasey. This is my entire life and I base my emotional worth solely on the amount of readers we have.
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Yay! Now if could just get rollonubears to leave! I’d be as happy as a football careening helplessly off the fingertips ofa Cal WR!
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Your subliminal messages are getting less subliminal.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Is his strong suit double-breasted?
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Oct 4, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Great, so now I have to leave.
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by rollonubears on Oct 4, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s another point. Maybe we as fans are getting spoiled? Now if the Bears aren’t on the road to the Rose Bowl or dare I say it the National Championship, we as fans stop caring.
Well, speaking strictly for myself, I’m not losing interest simply because we’re out of the Rose Bowl race. It’s because we’ve gotten destroyed in two consecutive games, against our biggest conference rivals. If they were normal, 10-point losses or something, that would be different — I could more easily accept that.
Two blowout losses in a row, in which our team cannot score more than 3 points? And in which the players are left looking listless and despondent on the sidelines before the second quarter is over? That’s a little different.
Are people really serious that this stretch hasn’t shaken your confidence in this team and its coach just a little bit? More so than other losses under Tedford?
I am not quitting on this team or this season
And I expect the team to feel the same.
We can’t be the first team in the history of college football to feel crappy about ourselves after 5 games. Maybe we as fans have doubt about whether we’re good. Maybe we think we’re not. 6 points in 2 games will do that to you. But there’s a lot of season left. We have 7 games to play, maybe 8. Will we be national champs? No. Will we be Pac-10 champs? No. But can we turn this into a season in which we can be proud? Hell yes. An 8 or 9 win year and a bowl game are not out of the question.
Since when do we stop caring because our team won’t win a national or conference championship? I think getting better, winning as many games as you can, winning retaining The Axe, and going to (and winning) a bowl game are all worth playing for. All of that is in front of us.
Yes, these last two weeks sucked. Hard. These last 2 weeks cannot define our season or this program. And I expect the team to keep working to make that true.
Praise be to Tedford!
Big Game win = good season now.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 5, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I want to see something from this team.
Anger, yelling, frustration…something. I keep thinking back ( I can’t remember what game it was, maybe Oregon last year?) where Follett, in a timeout, ran into the offensive timeout and just let into them. I want to see some fire out of these guys.
I was under the impression we saw enough of Anger yesterday
by DougOLis on Oct 4, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I asked someone yesterday about Vedder
Was he better than Riley was yesterday?
In other words, Go Bears!
One good thing about Longshore...
.. he doesn’t overthrow all that often because someone always catches it.
Unfortunately half the time it’s the other team..
Ok this joke is old
In other words, Go Bears!
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