DBD 10.5.09 I need relationship advice, guys
by TwistNHook on Oct 5, 2009 7:45 AM PDT
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PrintGuys, I have a major emotional problem and I don't know to turn to. Years of unending shtick and consistent honking of those around me has left me with few, if any, friends. I didn't know who to ask, so I turn to you, all-knowing DBD.
See, omnipotent and omnipresent DBD, after the Cal-USC game, I was walking back to my car. As soon as the clock struck 0:00, I walked immediately to my car to return to my wife. She doesn't like it if I stay out much later than that. On the way, I'm calling every 15 feet to update her regarding my progress on returning home. Of course, I am a bit bummed that Cal lost. That sucks, but the pain of that loss was dwarfed (Red Dwarfed, some might say) by the pain of what happened next.
I am about to tell my wife about the score and she says that she had been watching some of the game, saw the score and saw that Cal had lost. But she said, it was OK, because (and this is where it goes downhill fast) she really liked that guy we that coached the other team.
Here's the thing: Because we're 400 years old, we had watched 60 Minutes one night and they had a thing on Pete Carroll. A teary-eyed retrospective. And, apparently, this was enough to cause my wife not only to like him internally (which is horrific enough), but to tell me OUT LOUD! that she thought it was OK Cal lost (which is an unimaginable statement for ones wife to make), because she likes Pete Carroll..........RIGHT AFTER THE GAME ENDED!
So, now I don't know what to do. Should I divorce her immediately or wait until Cal goes to a Rose Bowl, so that there is a lot more spite associated with said Rose Bowl trip??? Help me, knower of the past, the present, the future, and knowledge itself DBD! HALP!
Women's tennis wins Double tourney:
BERKELEY - The California women's tennis team wrapped up play at the 2009 Cal Nike Invitational today (Oct. 4) at the Hellman Tennis Complex with a pair of newcomers stealing the show as the winners of the Blue Flight doubles title. Freshman Tayler Davis and senior transfer Kasia Siwosz defeated Anais Dallara and Deborah Armstrong of Long Beach State, 8-4, in the final to go 4-0 on the weekend together.
In the Gold Flight doubles final, Cal's top-seeded duo of junior Mari Andersson and sophomore Jana Juricova fell to the second-seeded No.4-ranked team of Andrea Remynse and Yasmin Schnack of UCLA. The No. 2-ranked tandem of Andersson and Juricova stayed close with their Bruin opponents but were stopped at the end in a 9-7 loss.
Sophomore Stephany Chang and freshman Nelly Radeva teamed up to win the Blue Flight doubles back-draw with an 8-3 victory against Isabelle Hoy and Alexandra Zaniewski of Santa Clara. Junior Marina Cossou and sophomore Catalina Visico played in a doubles consolation match together and fell, 8-5, to Arizona State's Ashlee Brown and Sianna Simmons.
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Mens tennis freshman kicking butt:
FRESNO, Calif. -
California men’s tennis freshman Christoffer Konigsfeldt won his fourth consecutive match at the 2009 Fresno State Bulldog Classic at the Wathen Tennis Center Sunday (Oct. 4) to claim the back-draw title. The first-year Golden Bear defeated Cal Poly’s Blake Wardman, 6-2, 6-4.
In the A Flight doubles semifinal, junior Zach Gilbert and sophomore Sky Lovill fought out a tough match with Fresno State’s Taylor Leiby and Siddharth Alapati but were turned away in the tiebreaker, 7-3.
Please check www.gobulldogs.com and point your browser to the men’s tennis page for final results.
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Darkness suspends tourney mens golf is participating in:
GLENCOE, Ill. – Darkness suspended play near the end of today’s second round of the Windon Memorial at Skokie Country Club with the Golden Bears tied for ninth with Minnesota and the lineup needing to finish 2-4 holes before the final 18 tomorrow. Eric Mina is Cal’s top golfer, currently tied for 11th at 5-over, with two holes to play in round two.
James Coré sits tied for 15th at 6-over and has four holes left to play in round two. Stephen Hale ended Sunday three holes short of 36 and stands tied for 31st at 8-over.
Curtis Loop is tied for 66th at 14-over with four holes to shoot in round two, and Evan Derian has to finish his last two holes with a current standing of 17-over (T75) before his final round begins tomorrow.
Play resumes at 8:30 a.m. CT tomorrow with the Bears winding up round two and playing the final 18 holes. Live scoring will be available at Golfstat.com.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 5, 2009 7:51 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for opening line’s word usage, painting imagery of a golf tournament in a small medieval town.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Womens soccer ties SCU:
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The No. 10 California women’s soccer team tied No. 11 Santa Clara, 1-1, in double overtime Sunday afternoon at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Golden Bears are now 6-3-1 and the Broncos are 8-4-1 overall. The Bears scored the first goal of the game for either team with 43:03 to play in regulation, when Alex Morgan fired one to the back left bottom corner with freshman Lauren Battung coming in with the assist.
Santa Clara got on the board in the 72nd minute with a goal from Maxine Goynes, who was assisted by Jordan Angeli. Angeli headed the ball towards goal and Goynes shot it in.
Cal took two shots in 20 minutes of overtime and SCU had four, but neither could connect. This is Cal’s first draw of the year.
Rosie Aguilera made a key save with 5:15 to go in overtime, giving Santa Clara a corner kick but Katie Oakes cleared an attempt.
Cal earned a penalty kick in the 101st minute of play, which Alex Morgan took but the Santa Clara keeper Henninger made a diving save to her left and tipped the ball up and over the crossbar.
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Field hockey loses to Iowa:
Behind two goals from Tricia Dean, Iowa defeated California, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa. Junior Natalie Nurnberg and redshirt freshman Megan Shimojima scored the Golden Bears’ goals. Nurnberg now leads the team with five goals. Cal drops to 3-7 on the season, while the Hawkeyes improve to 4-6.
The Bears got on the board first with Shimojima’s goal in the fourth minute off of a deflection. It was her first score of the season. Redshirt freshman Claire Dougherty earned the assist. Iowa didn’t wait long to tie the game. In the eighth minute, Dean scored her first goal of the afternoon with a shot from the top of the circle. Dean led all players with five shots.
Iowa’s Chelsea Miller gave the Hawkeyes a 2-1 lead at halftime with her goal in the 20th minute. Miller scored off a deflection. Shortly after halftime, Dean scored her second goal of the day, and the sixth of the season, in the 40th minute. Dean scored off of a penalty corner. Leslie Pyle notched the assist
Trailing 3-1, the Bears were able to get one back with Nurnberg’s goal in the 45th minute. Nurnberg scored on a shot right in front of the cage.
Cal keeper Maddie Hand allowed two goals in the first half, while Haleh Nourani gave up Iowa’s third goal in the second half. Nourani tallied three saves. Iowa’s keeper, Kathleen Mcgraw also had three saves.
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VBall loses to UCLA:
LOS ANGELES – The No. 9-ranked California volleyball team (8-5, 1-2 Pac-10) fell in a four-set decision (25-20, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22) to No. 16 UCLA (12-5, 2-2 Pac-10) tonight (Oct. 3) at Pauley Pavilion. The Golden Bears were led by senior outside hitter Hana Cutura’s 17 kills (7e, 52att, .192). Sophomore outside hitter Tarah Murrey had 14 kills (4e, 31att, .323) and added eight digs and a career-high five total blocks, four of them solo.
Senior libero Kristen Kathan led all players with 18 digs and moved ahead of Holly McPeak (1987-89) into fifth place for all-time career digs at Cal with 1,199. Senior outside hitter Mindi Wiley had another strong night with 13 kills (2e, 20att, .550) and three blocks. Junior setter Carli Lloyd posted her fourth double-double of the season with 47 assists and 10 digs. The Bears attacked at a .252 rate in the match with 55 kills (20e, 139att) and stayed in front of a UCLA attack that posted a .240 percentage (58k, 23e, 146att).
UCLA freshman outside hitter Bojana Todorovic had a career-high 14 kills (4e, 29att, .345) to lead the Bruins as she logged a double-double with 13 digs. Bruin senior outside Kaitlin Sather logged 13 kills (5e, 33att, .242) and added 16 digs in the 3-1 win.
Cal went ahead by two points in the fourth set with a 10-8 lead but UCLA responded with a six-point run to lead 14-10 before Cutura blasted a shot cross-court to stop the bleeding. The Bears drew to within two points at 15-13 when Murrey claimed a kill off the UCLA block but the Bruins went up by six points at 19-13 when one of Murrey’s attacks went wide. Undeterred, Cal continued to press and came within two points of UCLA at 24-22 as Murrey put a shot off the Bruin block but it wasn’t enough as UCLA junior outside hitter Dicey McGraw came up with the final point of the match to give the Bruins a 25-22 win in the fourth set. The Bears posted a .235 attack percentage in the fourth set (13k, 5e, 34 att) and UCLA attacked at a .220 rate (16k, 7e, 41att).
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Field Hockey loses to Indiana:
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Morgan Fleetwood of Indiana tallied the only goal in Saturday’s contest against California in Iowa City, Iowa, as the Hoosiers topped the Golden Bears, 1-0. Cal fell to 3-6 on the year, while Indiana improved to 7-4. Highlighting the Bears’ day was junior Lisa Lohre notching two defensive saves.
Fleetwood, who led all players with seven shots, scored in the 54th minute. Fleetwood slammed one past Cal keeper Maddie Hand for the game’s only goal. Both Hand and Indiana keeper Alex Mann had three saves on the day.
Lohre’s two defensive saves gave her a conference-leading six on the year.
Sophomore Erin Magill led the Bears with two shots, one of which was on goal. Junior Sophie Sproats and freshman Deanna Kennedy had the other two shots on goal for Cal.
The Hoosiers outshot the Bears, 11-4, and Indiana earned 10 corners to Cal’s five.
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Mens water polo loses to USC:
BERKELEY, CALIF. – Despite three goals from senior captain Spencer Warden, including a last second shot from the length of the pool to end the third period, the No. 4-ranked Cal men’s water polo team fell to No. 3-ranked USC, 8-6, Saturday, Oct. 3 in a key MPSF match at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Cal, which had fallen behind 6-1 in the first 20 minutes of the match, dropped to 8-3 (0-1 in the MPSF), while the Trojans improved to 10-1 (2-0 in the MPSF).
USC’s Matt Sagehorn scored the lone goal in the first period with a lob shot over Cal’s sophomore goalie Wil Toppen with 3:32 left in the quarter. Jordan Thompson gave the Trojans a 2-0 lead with a goal with 5:20 in the second period, before the Bears got on the board on junior Brian Dudley’s inside score from two-meters with 2:02 in the quarter to make the score, 2-1.
But from that point USC rattled off four-straight points behind two goals apiece from Justin Rappel and Kyle Sterling for a 6-1 advantage. Down 6-1, Cal was able to make a run of its own. Sophomore Luka Saponjic broke the Trojan’s streak with a goal at 1:06 in the third period. Then with less than a second left in the period, Warden was able to fire a shot from next to his own goal that skipped past USC goalie Joel Dennerley to end the third quarter.
Warden continued the Bears’ momentum into the fourth period with a goal with 5:03 left in the match to get Cal within, 6-4. Unfortunately for the Bears, the Trojans separated themselves again with goals by Peter Kurzeka and J.W. Krumpholz for an 8-4 lead. Cal didn’t quit, however, as Warden mustered his third goal of the match with 1:07 left in the game, and sophomore Charlie Steffens notched a goal with 27 seconds remaining in the contest for the final 8-6 score.
“We have to know we are going to be successful, but right now we are not quite there,” said Cal coach Kirk Everist. “This team is still learning. Still learning how to be successful and have that confidence. We have the players to get there, but we missed way too many opportunities today. We could have put up a few more scores in the first half.”
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USC beats VBall:
LOS ANGELES – The No. 9-ranked California volleyball team (8-4, 1-1 Pac-10) fell in a thrilling five-set finish (22-25, 29-27, 19-25, 25-16, 22-20) to No. 13 USC (13-2, 2-1 Pac-10) tonight (Oct. 2) at the Galen Center. The Golden Bears had their six-match winning streak snapped by the Trojans despite a banner night for senior middle hitter Mindi Wiley and freshman opposite hitter Correy Johnson. Wiley recorded career-high marks in kills and attacks with 21 and 37 respectively (4e, .459) and added seven blocks while Johnson put up a career-high 15 kills (4e, 29att, .379) and nine blocks.
Cal notched a season-high 22.0 blocks and out-blocked USC, 22.0-13.0. The Bears also attacked at a higher rate than the Trojans as they recorded a .213 percentage (70k, 30e, 188att) and held USC to .177 (72k, 37e, 198att). Senior outside hitter Hana Cutura had 19 kills (11e, 53att, .151) and logged her fourth double-double of the season as she added 11 digs and six blocks. Cutura moved ahead of Alicia Perry (1997-00) into fourth place at Cal with 3,763 career attacks. Senior libero Kristen Kathan led the Bears with 18 digs and moved ahead of Tosha Commandant (1990-93) and Angie Pressey (2004-07) into sixth place at Cal with 1,181 career digs.
Junior setter Carli Lloyd put up 59 assists and added three kills, eight digs and six blocks on the night and sophomore outside hitter Tarah Murrey added nine kills (7e, 42att, .048) with 14 digs and six blocks. Freshman middle hitter Kat Brown had three kills (1e, 11att, .182) and added eight blocks while junior defensive specialist Meagan Schmitt tied a season high with 10 digs. USC senior outside hitter Jessica Gysin led the Women of Troy with 21 kills (8e, 51att, .255) but the Trojans had contributions from all three of their outside hitters as junior Kimmee Roleder posted 18 kills (7e, 42att, .262) and sophomore Alex Jupiter put up 19 kills (12e, 61att, .115).
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Your family must be so torn.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I know
she likes Pete Carroll
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Oh, I ge tit now. I thought you were referring to my family member who is a Cocks fan.
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Can’t you mail her back and ask for a refund? Sure there might be a 10% restocking fee, but it would totally be worth it.
You’re much closer to Eastern Europe right now, cany ou look into that?
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I vote in favor of murder-suicide. Or alternatively, just suicide.
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 5, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Ya, well, what sort of power do you have to make these votes, or, in the alternative, rulings????
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Supreme and/or ultra power, apparently. Are my powers working on you? Do you feel like suicide? More specifically, do you feel like suicide but unrelated to Cal’s performance the last 2 weeks?
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 5, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Its difficult to parse through the suicide to determine what should be attributed to Cal and your powers. Its a pain you must know all too well. After all, how can you determine what suicidal thoughts are attributed to Cal and what ones are attributed to you living in Ohio?!?!?!?
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Too much talking/honking, not enough suiciding
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 5, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Chowder, once I develop my own currency, with your permission I’m gonna use that as the motto on the back of paper money.
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 5, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
A CAL TEAM WON OVER THE WEEKEND!! MEN’S SOCCER BEATS STANFORD!
BERKELEY – Forward Andrew Wiedeman scored in the 49th minute to give No. 6/7 California a 1-0 victory over No. 17/20 Stanford in their first Pac-10 Conference game of the season on Friday afternoon at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears improved their record to 7-2-0 (1-0-0 Pac-10) in front of a crowd of 1,320, Cal’s largest regular-season home attendance since Kevin Grimes has been the Bears’ head coach (2000 season). Stanford fell to 6-2-0 (0-1).
The last time Edwards Stadium held a larger crowd for a Cal men’s soccer game was in 2007, when 3,479 watched as the Bears eliminated UC Davis, 2-1, in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
On Friday, Stanford outshot Cal, 12-7, in a tight match between the two rivals. Cal sophomore goalkeeper David Bingham made five saves to earn the shutout in his return after a one-game absence. Stanford goalie John Moore made two saves in the loss.
In the 19th minute, Wiedeman had a chance to score when Moore left his six-yard box, but the junior’s shot from a tough angle went wide.
Forward Daniel Leon came close to notching a goal for Stanford in the 32nd minute, but his shot hit the crossbar.
Wiedeman’s team-leading ninth-goal of the season, assisted by senior forward Jeff Cosgriff, gave Cal a 1-0 lead early in the second half on Cal’s only shot of the second half. The Cardinal outshot Cal, 4-1, in the final 45 minutes.
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I’m still too depressed to make dumb jokes.
That said, meeting Twist in-person was disappointing, primarily due to the lack of RLH (Real Live Honking).
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
The suit was just as I’d imagined him.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
The suit was a surprise, as was learning that Rishi is not 4’ tall and toting lemon drops everywhere he goes.
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Was that you who asked if I brought all the ingredients for lemon drops with me?
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Just pictured him as this little pimp Indian dude who seduces Frieda Pinto look-alikes into sleeping with him. Instead, he’s like a 6’ tall pimp Indian dude who seduces Frieda Pinto look-alikes into sleeping with him.
Avinash was surprisingly short for someone with a strong presence on the board.
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Look, Avinash has a major health-related problem and probably doesn’t appreciate you mocking his short stature. It’s not his fault he has Mugsey Bougesitis!
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To be fair, it’s not due to lack of trying.
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You’re one of those guys who eats whatever and doesn’t put on any weight?
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No, I eat very healthy. I just can’t put on muscle mass, in spite of going to the gym several times a week and doing legit weight training (but not spin classses, unfortunately).
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
I retired the honk like 3 weeks ago!
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Outside of poncho dude, Twist is the easiest guy to spot in the stadium.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Tell me more about this… poncho dude.
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He’s this dude who wears a poncho. Serious.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 5, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I, too, could use a Winnie-the-Pooh hug.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
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I even made sure to leave before you got there!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, avoiding me for sandwiches and shotgunning? :(
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
I may have showed up late, but at least I arrived with beer.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Look, I was still drunk when I woke up. I’m impressed I was able to put on matching socks.
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I guess we’ll have to shotgun at the next tailgate!
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You were the one who wasn’t there on time! I even met new people.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I weep, but I beam for bringing such joy.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, this is a slow morning. Everybody must still be crying.
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I started my morning trying to be reasonable with people at Bear Insider. I’m not sure that’s worth the effort.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
That’s like trying to teach wolves good manners. Sorry man, but lots of those posters are older than our dads (and the others might as well be). They’re not going to change.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Very true, but it’s guys that age who donate to the program and ultimately pay Tedford’s salary. My guess isthey too are a tad irrational right now.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
I tried to OD on vitamins. It’s all I had. It didn’t work. At least my daily value for folic acid is somewhere like 100000%.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Sorry…I was too busy telling Coach Tedford to play not to lose, Coach Ludgwig to only call Riley/shotgun pass plays and Best/shotgun run plays, Coach Gregory to only have 2 defenders (12 yards back) covering 3 bunched WRs, and Coach Alamar “to just keep doin’ what you’re doin’.”
No…in all honesty I was up where I usually am (LHoS parking lot).
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Did you go for the star gazing event after the game? It’s actually pretty sweet.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm no longer crying, but I feel like I would if my wife cheated on me with a fat, ugly man
It was hard for me to come to CGB today. I feel like Cal has been having an affair with some fat, ugly, old man known only as Failure.
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by dballisloose on Oct 5, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am not old! I may be fat, ugly, old, and adulterous, but I am not a Communist!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal is not having an affair with you either, and your name isn’t Failure.
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You don’t know that! You weren’t at the tailgate when I was.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you being all serious and shit again? Do I need to write in all caps to calm you down? Because I will do it.
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You realize that nobody can actually see you, right? Except for sec199 who is living in the bushes outside your place of employment right now.
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Especially because I’ll only receive your communication if you type it!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It looks like it was overall not a good weekend for Cal Sports.
Re: your wife, a few more details please — does she close your eyes when you, errr, have a tender moment?
Well, no, but, to be fair, she was born without eyes.
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I think I could have been a lot happier with Saturday if water polo had won. I went to the game with some friends, and it was packed, with people standing at the ends of the pool and sitting in the aisles. Could have been a great atmosphere, but $c jumped out to an early lead. The Bears didn’t play well at all for the first 3 quarters, and wasted a bunch of man-up opportunities. Then a bunch of $c fans started leading chants, including the hated “scoreboard!” chant. I was thus forced to several “Cal-i-forn-ia!” chants, which caused several douchey $c fans, who looked like they had never played water polo in their lives, to start yelling at me. Then Cal started coming back in the 4th, and the crowd got back into it. Unfortunately, they had dug too big of a hole early, and couldn’t come all the way back.
The football game is more of a blur to me. I vaguely remember turning our backs on the $c band, keeping the volume up in the 4th, booing Taylor Mays for a late hit, a bunch of Isi and JB in the backfield together, and Tep hurdling a Trojan defender. Then I went to PF Changs with some friends, had some sesame chicken, Trumer Pils and Anchor Steam, and forgot I attended any sporting events that day.
I've been Honked...
Then Cal started coming back in the 4th, and the crowd got back into it.
Don’t you just wish the crowd would get involved at the beginning and stay involved? It’s kind of depressing being the only person still yelling towards the end of a game, especially when the team has a chance to come back.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s an interesting thought, and one I’m probably going to discuss later in the week.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s just difficult to get people to make noise throughout the game, rather than just at critical moments. People get tired, people get worried about losing their voices, people don’t realize that
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
…making noise only at the end of games doesn’t do a whole lot when there isn’t time to make a comeback anymore. That’s what I’d see at basketball, especially.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I felt like the whole crowd was waiting all game for the team to give them an excuse to get into the game. Instead, we got a bunch of excuses to distance ourselves emotionally. That’s not how great crowds do it, but it’s how Cal fans usually do it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Oct 5, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Agreed. It’s like it isn’t understood that the crowd makes the home-field advantage.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I could be wrong, but I’m guessing the fans will only show their support if the team gives it. Unlike most fanbases, our enthusiasm is dependent totally on the team performing to what their fans expect them to do. Highly peculiar.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal fans suck, in general.
They make noise, cheer, and clap after a first down….as the should, but they should also shut the fuck up when the team goes to the line of scrimmage on first down.
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I wonder how much Rally Comm sucking has to blame for this.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I’d be disappointed in Cal fans if Rally Comm sucking is to blame for any bit of this.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Half the people in Rally Comm don’t know what the hell they’re doing. They start cheers right in the middle of downs or when they’re in the huddle, they ignore the on-field action, they don’t notice hurry-up drills, etc. etc. It’s ridiculous. They’re drones.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
1. As far as I know, Rally Comm doesn’t start cheers.
2. Relative to the student section (disregarding the rest of the stadium), they’re much fewer in number and they’re directing sound away towards the field. I doubt they’re vocal to the point that they’re influencing people around them to any large extent.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I do know the “HEY ALUMNI GO! BEARS!” chants were the weakest I’ve ever heard in-game, mostly by the alumni, but even the students seemed subdued.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously.
I didn’t get into the stadium until the third quarter, since I was helping out on Tightwad Hill with the cannon, and I was all kinds of disappointed at how quiet the stadium was, with a half left to play. Especially after seeing (and hearing) the many USC fans who came up to Tightwad Hill (in flip flops, Uggs, shorts, no layers, etc).
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn't a criticism....
just an observation about some US fans that I’ve encountered…Coming from Europe, I really don’t get the fans at the sporting events I’ve been to – and that’s baseball games, NFL games, NHL games, I was a Cal season ticket holder…and nowhere are there consistently good chants that get the crowd and the team going. When I was growing up, I used to go to Manchester City games at Maine Road in England. The Kippax stand there used to rain down songs and chants on the opposition for pretty much 90-minutes non-stop. Manchester City have never seen much success in my lifetime but I’m sure that atmosphere bought us at least a few wins.
At Cal games, yes, there’s the whole “Go, Bears” chant and a few others but that’s completely choreographed by some guy who is employed to do this. WTF??? Where’s the spontaneity? People who seem so meek during the games immediately turn into internet warriors as soon as they return home to slate the team. They don’t realize that they have a role to play at the game – home field advantage. I wonder how good the atmosphere at Cal games would be if people would get into it more, and chants didn’t have to be organized by some lame committee, or some guy or whoever. Anyway, sorry, rant over. There are many differences between US sports and European soccer but this is one I just don’t understand…
by firefly on Oct 5, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
One of the biggest issues is ticket prices—many of the most passionate fans are usually priced out and stay at home. Another is the emergence of HDTV and huge screens that make the game as enjoyable to watch from the comfort of your home.
Most importantly though, there are a lot of sports to divvy up attention to, so passion is diffused. I suggest you try out some college football games in purely college towns, where noise is organic and generated spontaneously. Maybe not great chants, but there’s definitely a lot more noise up there.
Also, high school football games in small towns with great traditions can get pretty crazy.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a feeling that once television money REALLY comes back to the team they’ll have to backtrack on a lot of the gameday annoyances in order to fill the seats. If they were smart, at least. Which they aren’t.
I wonder if fan attendance is an intractable issue. I have a feeling we’ll be doing much better once we reduce the size of the stadium to 62k or whatever it’s scheduled to be.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
seems a shame..
yes, other schools may have better facilities than Cal.
yes, other schools may get better recruits than Cal.
But one of the best ways to make up these disparities would be with a loud crowd that makes Berkeley a tough place to come and play. I guess it’s OK most of the time – we’ve got a pretty good home record most of the time at home – but I just wonder how much of a difference it would make for those games that don’t end up going our way. Mainly USC…
Good thoughts man, I’ll probably discuss it later in the week.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Technically, they don’t have to be. That’s how “23’s a bitch!” started. You just need something that other people will chant with you, and have it spread, like some infectious disease.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
And that chant was awesome and most importantly EFFECTIVE
It’s telling that it was started in the student section during the Monsoon Bowl against Oregon where only the diehard of diehard fans showed up.
In other words, Go Bears!
He’s got a point though.
There’s no one at the Coliseum leading cheers during an A’s game, yet Let’s Go, Oakland! can get CRAZY. Cal fans not so much
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Do you ever hear anyone leading cheers during a baseball game unless it’s October or a pennant race? It’s not the type of sport that’s suited for that type of noise.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The Coliseum got fired up when I was there 2 weeks ago…. for a crap team…. it was still electric.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
East Bay pro fans are a bizarre group. I still have no idea why they sell out those Warriors games; if they’d STOP GOING TO GAMES maybe the owner would consider firing the coach and the GM and getting competent people.
Nope. Mas sellouts, more money for Cohan, no need to fire Rowell and Nelson.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone who was willing to stand in the rain at Maine Road deserves a rec as a matter of general principle.
As for the difference between terrace chants and choreographed cheering… I realize this will probably get me in trouble, but I think that it’s because college football draws most of its support – outside of the southeast anyway – from more or less middle class fans who are enjoying watching a game where much of the innovation occurs off the field and the players are left to try and implement it in a very regimented fashion. Hence the arguments about when to make noise.
Soccer by contrast doesn’t have the same degree of regimented play, so there’s no need to tie the chanting to any particular moment beyond whatever mood takes the crowd. Also, when you look at English and Scottish soccer supporters, even though it’s a much more middle class crowd at top clubs than it used to be, the terrace chants reflect a more working class verbal repartee where one valued form of currency is spontaneity and word play. It may not be Pulitzer material, but it’s funny. (The more tribal and sometimes vile chants may be inventive, but they’re not funny.)
I just don’t think that kind of humor is predominant in the US. There are a lot of people posting on CGB, especially in the sub-threads of inanity, who have the speed and verbal acuity to come up with situational chants for a Cal game as if it were a soccer game – but they’d be lonely, double-breasted-suit-wearing voices in a crowd of people who just want them to sit down and cheer when the opposition are on offense.
by DC Trojan on Oct 5, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Short answer: Americans sense of humor is shitty and they are less sharp than Brits.
…I’d agree with that.
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Well of course those soccer fans come up with chants. It’s not like there’s anything to watch on the field in a thrilling nil-nil tie, that ends after 90 minutes but, not really, because we’re going to add more time, but we won’t tell you how much, and the whole thing is going to be decided by a kicking contest that has nothing to do with the way the game of soccer is actually played.
If I had to go to soccer games, I’d spend my time making up chants, too.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
It makes no never mind for me if you don’t like soccer, but I feel compelled to clear up a couple of minor misconceptions for you there:
1) Regulation time is always 90 minutes. The amount of added time is clearly indicated by the fourth official at the sidelines. The referee has some discretion to add more time if players are fucking around trying to stop or slow play at the end – in other words, to offset the kinds of incentives that make the last two minutes of a basketball game the only really important ones / totally unwatchable.
2) The only games settled by penalties are single elimination games in cup competition. The only league stupid enough to try and force every game to a win for one side or the other was the early MLS, and they dropped that abortion of a rule when it became clear that the only people who cared about a goalless draw weren’t going to the games anyway.
As for whether it’s got anything to do with how the game is played… since possession isn’t dictated by Nanny saying that you have to give the ball over after four unsuccessful attempts to do something, how else would you propose that you bring a definitive end to a game? Golden goal didn’t work, silver goal didn’t work. If you couldn’t be bothered to win a game in the previous 90 plus minutes, you don’t deserve anything more than random chance determining who wins.
Really, D.C., do I seem like someone who is remotely interested in having her misconceptions cleared up? I treasure my misconceptions.
I will admit that the only soccer games I have watched seriously have been in the World Cup. I am aware that most games are allowed to end in ties, but I think the fact that only the most important games, leading directly to championships, are decided by penalty kicks makes it even worse. When it’s for the championship, let them play ’til they drop.
And I do concede that penalty kicks are a part, a small part, of the regular game of soccer. But to me, deciding the World Cup final on penalty kicks is like deciding the Superbowl by having a field goal kicking contest or the World Series by a home run hitting contest. It misses the entire essence of the sport.
And why can’t there be a clock showing the extra time, so you know when the game is actually about to end and can get excited about it (or as excited as a person can get over soccer)? Instead game just sort of peters out . . .
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You may treasure your misconceptions, but I treasure your sarcasm more. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Perhaps you’re thinking about the 94 World Cup final, which was a shitty match that deserved to be taken out back and shot – not for the penalties, but for being an insult to the sport. At least during the 2006 World Cup, IIRC, both sides were sufficiently frightened of going out on penalties to try and win during extra time.
For what it’s worth, there are many many people who would agree with you that the World Cup shouldn’t be settled on penalties, and that players should run until they drop. One alternative I’ve read about that would be entertaining would be to keep play going and remove a player from each team every five minutes until such times as someone scores.
I didn’t remember this being such a fuss when I was but a little DC Trojan, and a little research revealed that the old FA Cup format in England was that teams replayed matches until someone won – but that was dispensed with for commercial reasons. Alas.
I guess I don’t get upset about being eliminated on penalties for two reasons – one, Scotland never has the luxury of getting that close to winning something, and two, I don’t think you can complain if you couldn’t close the deal. At the risk of being accused of pandering, it’s the same reason I wasn’t ranting and raving about USC losing to Cal in triple overtime in 2003 – if you have to mount a massive comeback effort only to come up short on the third crack at winning, you can’t really complain that you lost.
Oh, and as for the clock… the last time I was at a soccer game in a dedicated stadium was watching Partick Thistle playing St Johnstone in Perth a couple of years ago, and I think there was some display that showed the added time and then the minute count up from 45, same as on television. So that way you at least have some idea.
The last soccer game period which I attended at was DC United at RFK this June and they make no such provision, I was confused as all hell. Admittedly the large cans of Modelo Especial they were selling might have been an intervening variable.
Good call CalBear81
I do really treasure all the great waiting around at Memorial. “Ooooh, guess which cup the ball is under!!!!” While we play some zany music!!!!! Woooo!!!!!! How about you just start the game yeah?
Oh no, we can’t because there’s a guy on the field in a red bib and we can’t start until he fucks off. It’s all good though, because they’re getting another terrible commercial for impotence pills in on ABC.
But yeah, awesome.
Ok, firstly, don’t knock impotence pills until you’ve tried them. I’ve had some of my fondest memories/bar mitzvahs while on impotence pills, so I don’t take kindly to your mockery!
Secondly, I really don’t have a secondly.
Thirdly, I always get that cup and ball game. I’m so fucking good at it. So, take that away from me and I don’t know what I’ll do. Besides, most likely, assault a bald person with a series of cups out of a misguided attempt to recreate a live version of that game. Is that what you want, firefly? You want bald people to get injured?
Because if so I can give you the private contact information for DC Trojan and a gun.
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I think that's probably the problem...
…I always took my eyes off the cup for one second…and it always beat me. *shakes fist at the sky* DAMN YOU SPINNING CUPS!!!!!!!!!!!
I always knew it would come to this – so I decided that exercising my second amendment rights was not enough.
Bring it.
Well, D.C., you are the first soccer fan I have ever come across who has a sense of humor about the game. I think they feel like a persecuted minority, which tends to preclude humor.
by CalBear81 on Oct 6, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
this DBD needs more Tepper hurdling suckas.
Too bad he was ineligible.
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On the upside, it was illegal touching!
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Oh sure, now that the shock of the 8th grader has worn off, you’re making jokes about inappropriate bad illegal touching
I hope to dear god that that 8th grader doesn’t read the DBDs. What was bad was that it looked like (at least according to those that spoke to them) her father had no clue what CGB is about
In other words, Go Bears!
Can someone explain this 8th grader thing to me? I assume you’re not just talking about Rishi?
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Apparently an 8th grade girl came with her dad to the CGB tailgate.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 5, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
BWNQ post
http://thebearwillnotquit.blogspot.com/
It’s a pretty good one…I recommend reading it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 5, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I was there, and I ended up standing next to Avinash who tried calling/texting you many times.
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Does anybody get cell service in the stadium? Mine is so bad.
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The system is way overloaded at game time, what with your tweets and twats and your where are yous. Damn kids.
I did. Because I have Verizon. And Verizon is evil, but efficient.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I have Sprint, I get decent service.
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I look forward to CalBear81 being mad at us.
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by TwistNHook on Oct 5, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You know I don’t think she knows what it is on account of it being fairly recent slang AND DON’T YOU DARE LOOK IT UP CALBEAR81
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What do you mean, fairly recent? I could swear they used it in Rocky Horror Picture Show. And Wikipedia claims it goes back even further…possibly from Old Norse:
The word may originate from Old Norse þveit meaning cut, slit, or forest clearing.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Every generation thinks it’s the first one to invent these things. That particular slang word has been in usage since Elizabethan times.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll be nice here and just point out that you left your statement WIDE OPEN for some sort of mocking “old age” joke.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
After what HolmoePhobe posted last night, I’m immune to any further agist slurs.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Complementary to Rishi or rollonubears?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, are you telling me my generation DIDN’T invent the word “chillax”????
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“And thus the LORD spake unto Abraham, ‘Chillax, I don’t really want you to sacrifice your son.’”
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
FOREST CLEARING?!?! WHY DIDNTYOU TELL ME EARLIER?!?!?
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I was about as interested in Spazzy’s friend making frisbees out of the card stunt cards than the actual game in the 2nd half.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It went from the 50th row to the 3rd or 4th!
I was really impressed. Plus it was folded in, so they were totally harmless.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s all fun and games until someone posts a sad photo.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, if it was folded, it can be reused. I take back my previous comment.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
BWNQ has some good football analysis. I’d like to see more of that. But I question people’s abilities to provide psycho-analysis on somebody they don’t know, and their knowledge is limited to reading what’s printed in newspapers and from what they think they can perceive at games.
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Here’s what is factual, Riley doesn’t see open receivers and he is not accurate. I think BWNQ is probably right, that Riley doesn’t handle adversity well and doesn’t have the mental game to compete at a consistently high level. Tedford said multiple times that the reason Longshore kept hanging around was his ability to go through his progressions and run the offense. I’m not sure Riley reads defenses all that well or goes through his progressions. Add to that poor accuracy and there are going to be problems. And, the only reason i can think of that Riley was still in the game in the fourth quarter against USC is that Tedford didn’t want to hurt his confidence, have him looking over his shoulder.
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Right. I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said. It’s just, I have a hard time believing his theory that Riley started sucking all night because of the INT. To me, that’s pretty heavy speculation. An alternative theory is that Riley was just having a bad night over all regardless of his INT. I find the latter more legitimate than the former because the latter is based on less conjecture.
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I had a drink at the airport with a guy who played safety for Cal in the early ’80s. He said that as a defensive back, it would be incredibly easy to predict a) where Riley was going to go with the play before the snap, and b) where Riley was going to throw after the snap.
The trick play was such a failure even before he threw it, because he was staring over at the sideline the whole fucking time.
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Vereen was wide open on that play. It was a failure, bc Riley therw it out of bounds!
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Complete that pass and worst case scenario was a 15 yard gain, staring or not.
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That too, but from the snap he was looking in that direction…..which makes it that much worse that he threw it out of bounds!
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That play still makes me angry. Moreso than the INT and all the open receivers Riley couldn’t see.
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Jeremy Ross is a nice guy but an awful WR….I was saying it since the Minn game but you all wanted to give him so much credit. Well he can’t fucking catch the ball!
Still, the WRs were so fucking open all game and Riley just couldn’t get it there.
I promised myself I wouldn’t get into the analysis of the game, but the WRs have no heart, they couldn’t mirror the QB when he got in trouble. But Riley couldn’t put it in their hands when they were in wide open space with nobody around them.
Fuck the WRs, fuck Riley. Fuck the playcalling.
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I’m confused. What’d the receivers do yesterday? Those were hard catches to make.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Err, Saturday. I’m pretty sure I have no idea what the receivers did yesterday.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You have every right to fuck the playcalling, but there were receivers open all night and the ball just wasn’t thrown to them.
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what the WRs did wrong
When the play breaks down, they’re supposed to either come back (vertically) or mirror (laterally) to the quarterback. There was none of that. They ran their routes and if the ball came to them, they reacted. But it seemed like they could care less if the play was broken or if Riley was scrambling.
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I wonder how much of that is on Daft, you’d expect plays to break down like that against USC.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
He does? I thought the playcalling was pretty good.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
According to Marv Jones on Twitter, last night he was bored. Watch some gametape son! Run some wind sprints!
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I saw half the team in the azn ghetto last night… they looked upbeat… they should be pissed
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They should be? Why?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Pissed was the wrong word.
I dunno, I would hope that they would be watching tape, analyzing the playbook, figuring out how to be better.
Of course, they aren’t professionals. They’re kids. They have every right to get some grub. I do hope they understand what it is they mean to so many people, and hope they earn the scholarships they receive.
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They do know what they mean, after all, if they went to the Rose Bowl, the number of Cal’s living alumni would plummet.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Bleh.
Do you know how much time and practice they have to put in outside of the actual games? They HAVE earned the scholarships they received.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno…. if Marvin Jones has time to twitter that he is bored….
And yes, I do know how much goes into it. But if that’s true, and they have the talent we believe that they do, then there is no excuse for not scoring a touchdown in two weeks.
And if there is, no one should be BORED, they should be giving it more effort.
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Ok, firstly:
1. It takes like 2 seconds to Twitter. You have 10 characters. How long does it take you to write 140 characters? 40 minutes???? Do you type with your tongue or something?
2. You saw them at the Azn foot ghetto eating. Do you expect them never to eat? You dont know what they did all day.
3. Dont pretend to understand their reaction to adversity. Different people act differently towards adversity.
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3. Take TwistNHook, for example. Please.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re right, I know. I’m just grumbly. Thanks for bringing me back.
And typing with my tongue is a great party trick…. you have no idea how much ass that nets.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
It’s also not the act of typing it out that bothers me.
It’s the act of telling the world: “I’m the top receiver for a Cal team that just got embarrassed two weeks in a row and I can’t think of anything to do.”
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i missed all the context. when was Marvin Jones’ tweet and what exactly did he say?
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It was midnight Monday and he tweeted I’m bored. Now, i mentioned it mainly in jest. Though, I haven’t heard enough reports for my liking that the players are fired up and fed up of these results. Maybe I just haven’’t seen them and they exist. And, yes, I know different people respond differently to defeat and it can still be effective.
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I misread it and thought you said finger painting. I do hope the team is engaged in fervent finger painting.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
So did I, except for the wildcat. The wildcat is great at creating a man advantage, ideally 8 guys blocking 7. But when USC can bring both safeties down, its 8 blocking 9 and that isn’t going to work.
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Did you like the call on 3rd and 2 when the play was designed for Best to run to the weak side and try to outrun Taylor Mays?
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Well, anytime you can put Jahvid Best into open space, I’m happy with it.
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Because no one can hear him scream?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
We didn’t really know how fast Mays was coming back from that injury. Well, now we know.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you like the call on 4th and 1 when they called time out, only to come back out and punt it?
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That’s not a call, that’s a coach’s decision.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Or how about letting 12 seconds run down before calling time out when USC couldn’t complete their 3rd down try?
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Again, coach’s decision, not a call.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
So would you reword it to say that the playcalling was ok, but fuck the coach’s decisions?
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No, I believe you’re trying to say it, but you’re confusing playcalling with coaching decisions. While I disagree with what Tedford did, I’m not up in arms over it.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Friends who watched on tv said that the announcers were more vocal in their confusion over Tedford’s decision-making.
I am up in arms over it, because those are critical decisions that come at very important points in the game. That decision-making can make or break the game.
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OK, so you mentioned 1 play and 2 coaching decisions. The play where best was to outrun Mays was fine, it was one on one out there. Best is the fastest running back in football. i fail to see how that is a bad call.
The coaching decisions, I completely agree they were bad.
But, for the millionth time, there were so many open receivers that I have a hard time faulting the playcalling for the end result. Hit a few of those and it creates room for Best to do work.
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I’m not disagreeing on the passing game. But Tedford is not going to replace Riley anytime soon.
So you know what, let’s stop pointing out the flaws. This is a disgusting and futile exercise. The team is in really bad shape across all aspects of the game, and we’re too deep into the season to expect any meaningful corrections now.
Bottom line: we’re fucked.
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You are sort of a glass half full kinda guy, aren’t you?
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I’m really, really upset right now. I’ve been the most optimistic one among my friends, emailing all these stats and info and player news leading up to the season.
Then the season gets here and I feel like a complete idiot for taking up all my friends’ (and my own) time for this.
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If you are this upset right now, I fear to see you when something bad happens to you that actually, yknow, in some way, genuinely, really affects you.
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All this pent up tension could be responsible for my mysterious pains.
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I should have skipped the 2nd half and hit up the massage place on Shattuck. Would have relieved a lot of those tensions.
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HAHAHA
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You should really take my approach and blame Twist’s suit. Way easier for me to deal with that.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone ever read Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade”?
It’s all I’ve been thing of for two weeks now.
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Wildcat only works if, you know, you actually throw from it once or eight times.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
You should probably cover that in your postgame thoughts Hydro.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
the SC male flutists.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
big Natty Hawthorne fan, uh?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
speaking of SC male flutists, I almost got in a fight with one at the game
This guy in front of me was sweating his ass off, thru like 3 layers of shirts…..singing the USC fight song. When I told his bitch ass that just because he plays the flute (vulgar hand gestures included), didn’t mean he was part of the band, his friend leaned over and said that in fact, he did play the flute and had been in the USC band…..funny. My friends later pulled me away as I was about to Blount him.
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Barabbas. We shouldn’t have let him go so easy the last time!
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
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by TwistNHook on Oct 5, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
In fantasy sports news
Congrats to Balk This Way for beating me in the final of CGB’s Fantasy Baseball league. The No. 8 seed going into the playoffs, he had a great run, eventually beating me 7-7 over the final two weeks — winning on the first tiebreaker, ERA. Had I just one more Win, I would have tied that category and prevailed 7-6.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Where are the tie-breakers enumerated? I won the championship 6-6 on the tie-breaker
of ERA as well. What is the second tie-breaker and so on. I’m sure each league is different but I’m fairly certain our commissioner didnt change the default settings. Despite winning $200 I think the ERA tie-breaker thing is bush league.
by 33SwisherSweet on Oct 5, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I had already looked it up because I had won on the same tiebreaker in the semifinals. And I agree it’s kind of a crappy way to win (or lose) a championship, but I’m not sure how else to do it.
The Yahoo! head-to-head tiebreakers:
In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:
1. Lowest team ERA
2. Highest team AVG
3. Lowest team WHIP
4. Most team HR (batters)
5. Most team Wins
6. Most team RBI
7. Most team Saves
8. Most team Runs (batters)
9. Most team Strikeouts (pitchers)
10. Most team SB
11. Random “coin flip.”
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
My thought was tie goes to the team with a better regular season record so you’re rewarded for your team’s performance over the entire season as opposed to 1 or 2 goofy weeks.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I suppose, though that seems to go against the spirit of playoffs everywhere.
For my own part, I built my team with the playoffs in mind, essentially punting several categories so that I could be a world-beater in others. All I had to do was be awesome in 8 categories and I’d never lose. I got a low playoff seed, but who cares? It almost worked, too.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology
was awarded to three researchers for their work on telomerase…which prevents your chromosomes from fraying. Blackburn is a professor at UCSF and Greider earned her Ph.D. from Cal. Nice showing from the Bay Area.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Oct 5, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Coolest stadium chant evair?
Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeee
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
From the Oddball Files
Currently, two of the three teams tied for first in the ACC lost to Div-1AA teams. Including our very own Maryland.
The MAC has three winless teams: Miami (Oh), Eastern Michigan, and last year’s cinderella Ball St (0-5)
The ACC and Pac-10 are the only conferences without an undefeated team, unsurprsingly the SEC leads with 4 SIDE NOTE: SEC you are not fooling anyone
I’m not convinced that Mrs Twist is actually real so this DBD is moot in my opinion.
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
Letter from Sandy B:
Dear Cal Football Fans:
During Saturday’s Cal football game against USC, we know that many of you who attended had an unfortunate and unexpected gameday experience due to the long lines and congestion throughout much of Memorial Stadium. I want to apologize and, at the same time, make sure we move quickly to understand exactly what went wrong and let you know about the steps being taken to address it.
We have almost three weeks before our next home game against Washington State on Oct. 24, and with the help of the UC Police Department and other experts, we will be working diligently to improve pedestrian flow and crowd control.
An immediate review after the game found that almost half the crowd entered the stadium through just two gates – Gates 1 and 2 – near the north side of the stadium. The resulting bottleneck caused lines to back up, especially on the concourse level. Similar problems occurred in other areas of the stadium, as well.
We take your safety seriously and many valuable lessons were learned at the game. We did have additional staff placed in the concourse to assist with crowd control, but obviously it wasn’t enough, and we need to do a better job of monitoring and directing traffic.
Entering this fall, we knew that the potential for increased congestion in and around Memorial Stadium existed, and we worked with campus and city safety and security personnel to develop an access plan to help fans navigate around the High Performance Center construction zone. Although we had few issues the first two contests, the USC game clearly showed that we need to evaluate the plan’s effectiveness. The full release can be found by clicking here.
With construction of the Student-Athlete High Performance Center and the planned renovation of the stadium, we are well on our way to creating a better gameday experience for all. However, I will continue to do everything possible to minimize the impact of construction on some of the best days we have together as a Cal community. We will distribute our revised plan as soon as we fully identify and make the necessary improvements in our operations.
Thank you for your passionate support of our campus and Cal Athletics.
Go Bears,
Sandy Barbour
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I can’t figure out whether I should be smug or outraged. What to do? What to do?
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Conversation at tailgate
Rags (to someone): “USC girls are the kind to bang for one night and never call again”
Rishi: “Wait, there are other types of girls?”
Rags (sighing): “Now there’s the Rishi we all know and barely tolerate”
I’m so proud.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Has anyone else pondered why, since $C calls itself the “Trojans,” they dress up like Romans? Do you think anyone there knows that its not only the wrong country, but about 1,000 years too late? Do they have, like, a history department?
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I was watching a History documentary yesterday on the Romans and thought the same. USC is like the Romans these days, but eventually they’ll get sacked and pillaged to death.
In other words, Go Bears!
Look, the point is to prance around in vaguely homo-erotic outfits and have plenty of meaningful sword into field symbolism. Odds are your actual Trojans were rocking that sort of look.
Besides, Aeneas was the founder of Rome, it all shakes out in the wash.
Sorry, but I’ve never bought that Aeneas thing. I’m totally pro-Romulus and Remus.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Aeneas was the great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather of Romulus and Remus, give or take a few greats.
dboneisloose
Roman propaganda. They were actually wolves.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
But he wasn’t even raised by wolves! He was pulled away from battle!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
He “said” the reason he ran away from the battle was that he was pulled away from the battle by a goddess. Do you really buy that one?
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
As much as I believe Odysseus fooled a Cyclops by telling him his name was “Nobody”.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
And, I mean, the souzaphone wasn’t even INVENTED until Charlemagne. The fools!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 5, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You purposely explained it, you just didn’t realize the fallout that would result.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
A pictorial representation of Riley’s endzone interception and its effect on the rest of the game.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Prepare your gag reflex, ladies and gents
The San Francisco Chronicle added up the seconds of futility: 122:59 without a touchdown of any kind; 180:59 without a touchdown from someone other than Jahvid Best, and 215:59 without a passing touchdown. The clock will still be ticking when the Bears kick off at UCLA in two weeks.
BLAAAAARARRGHHH aw damn all over my keyboardsadfq 4vtwqer
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
I think that’s the most disgusting thing I’ve seen all day.
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
Was it too dark to see the mirror this morning?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Would Stanford have done better than 3-2 in our schedule? I think not.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
Scout.com's analysis of Tedford's playcalling
I normally skip over anything Cal-related these guys write, but this is, unfortunately, correct.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/557921.html
When Cal trailed, 20-0, in the second quarter, the Bears had forfeited the leverage needed to script and sculpt the game on their own preferred terms (see discussion above with regard to the use of timeouts in the Arkansas State-Iowa game). Tedford did not enjoy the luxury of making high-percentage moves. He had to chase a comeback with two-fisted totality. He did not have a choice.
What did he do instead? The list of missteps almost reads like a rap sheet:
Down 20-0 to USC, Tedford:
A) Punted on 4th and 1 from his own 38, and AFTER calling a timeout (!!!), with 2:47 left in the second quarter.
B) Kicked a field goal from the USC
Act all day, dance all night. Let's get it poppin'... I'm in Bombay, trick!
I got totally lucky
I had some surprise guests just drop in on me before the game so I wasn’t able to watch it till Sunday night. This was a horrific weekend for all Cal fans I know, but for some reason I feel alright. This is probably because instead of watching “the horror,” I had an excellent steak, got baked and watched Zombieland.
Don’t read any reviews, don’t ask your friends about it…just go check it out. It’s not a great movie by any means… I’ll probably never watch it again. However, it was LOL funny, had great characters, great one liners and didn’t take itself seriously. And Woody was great.
Highly recommended.
“Double tap!”
We need a highlight reel of SC cheerleaders, stat!
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
It was indeed a fun movie
And it gets mad props for highlighting Columbus, Ohio (even though it was apparently destroyed by zombies) as one character was trying to travel there. For once in the history of time, you could say that people were dying to get to Columbus.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Oct 5, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Twenty-somethings opt out of health care
U. ROCHESTER—Young adults are far less likely than adolescents to visit the doctor or use ambulatory or preventive care despite an increase in risky behaviors such as drug use and unprotected sex.
"Young adults are generally a healthy population, but many risky behaviors peak in young adulthood and few resources are available for this population," says Robert Fortuna, senior instructor in pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
"Despite having the highest rate of many preventable diseases, young adults garner relatively little attention from advocacy groups, researchers, or policymakers."
I blame the USC band.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
baby HTML steps
I figured out what br/ is without yelling for help! Yay!
Link to the first Fan Post I just put up, but truth be told, I didn’t write it. My friend Andy lurks on CGB and is less computer literate than I am, so he begged me to post it on his behalf.
Oh, and also because:
This is the only rant I will be giving because after I give it, all other Cal fans will agree with me and we will present a united front and help lead Cal to glory
by kolwave on Oct 5, 2009 2:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Cal Basketball ranked 34th All-Time
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Pretty impressive
I’m surprised they were that high, since Pete Newell was a long time ago. I guess having Jason Kidd and KJ helped us.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Who's the knucklehead who put the recruits WITH THE ALUMNI???
This really pisses me off. The results were predictable.
(This article is on Jordon James btw; I hope what happened last Saturday doesn’t hurt his standing with us).
“It was different than Washington because on my official visit to UW, we sat in the student section. At Cal, we sat across from the students in the regular section and a lot of the fans there were yelling at us to take our seats because they couldn’t see since we were a little late getting up there. It was weird, some of the fans were just plain rude to us and we had a lot of the USC fans sitting in our section too so that part was a lot different than my other visit.”
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Also, pretty much accepted that Jahvid is gone.
“It’s pretty accepted that Best will come out early this year so if I chose Cal, I would be able to go in there and compete for playing time right away. They have some other good backs too, Shane Vereen is really good but the coaches told me I would have a chance to compete for playing time and that’s all I’m looking to do.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, they’re usually with the alumni, but I still always get annoyed when I hear about alumni trying to get other people to sit down so they can see. It was happening in Q this past Saturday, too. Disappointing.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Usually? Ugh. We need a change of policy here.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s fucking pathetic. Fucking old people. As far as I can tell the line of thinking is "we donate money to the team so we have the right to:
1. complain to everyone about everything
2. except during the game when we’re quiet
3. be bitches to other people during the game
4. boo students."
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
I can’t wait until I’m old!
Different perspective: During the UCLA game in 2006, I met a Cal alum from the 30s sitting in the disabled seating at the top of the student section. He was sitting quietly in his chair watching people mill around around the field, but as soon as the band’s bomb went off and the band was running in, he was on his feet with one hand holding himself steady on the railing, the other hand waving in the air while he was yelling. Watching it was endearing, and it kind of set the model for what I’d like to grow into.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Old’s not so great. There’s a guy who lives across the street from me who’s 87. When I bought this house 10 years ago, I’d see him taking a brisk walk every evening. Then he started walking slower. Then he had a cane. Now he inches along in a walker. But he’s still out there every day. I love his spirit, even though he’s an $C grad and huge fan of theirs. During the season he wears his $C hat, and we banter about our teams. I invite him over to watch the Cal-$C game on my big TV when we’re playing down there, and he’s in heaven.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s like a super-mitzvah from a Cal alum. I hope someone in his family is glad that you do that.
As for being old – between watching the wife’s grandparents (96 and 91, still living in their house a couple of miles from us) or even the old alumnae at the wife’s Vassar reunions, I’ve concluded that while slowing down involuntarily sucks, when you give up and stop, you die.
Unless of course you’re from my family, in which case either your heart or cerebral arteries are much likely to give up before you do.
Different perspective, I’ve sat over there for two seasons now. For big games when everyone shows up, it f*cking sucks. It’s really tense and uncomfortable. It’s much harder to get to your seat than the student side because everyone is sitting and generally refusing to mov (there’s nowhere to go). Then you get there and there are asses and squatters hanging over into your space. Best case scenario, everyone is kneeing everyone else due to the stupidity of mixing two different designs of chairbacks with open benches. God forbid someone shows up late or goes out and in more than once. For large portions of the game you are simply stuck in place. Anything that is dropped slides down under the seats, so everyone is clutching their belongings lest they drop 50 rows down into a slushy pile of cell phones and sodas. It’s an ugly situation. The facilities just SUCK ASS and we all know it, and this has an impact on a lot of things you might not immediately think about. Unhappy fans + discomfort = grumbling + low energy unless there is something to cheer for.
All that said, I really didn’t hear that many boos in section I (south goal line-ish). Some grumbling about Riley in Q3+ for sure, but these codgers don’t have the energy to boo for much. Booing is generally much more of a student-side thing, y’all have mentioned boos that I haven’t even heard. So suck on that. Low energy, I’ll allow it, but nobody takes the responsibility to lead the alumni section so the game will take people out of it. I don’t recall a Go! Bears! in the first half. We get no cheer leaders, nothing.
The endless TV timeouts and the LAME scoreboard promotions and the lack of the Cal Band playing much of anything in the stands adds to the funeral-like atmosphere on these sour puss games. Can’t do much about the television complications, so the biggest offender is our “partner” ISP, who got a hold of an understaffed athletic department promising to sell the game day experience to advertisers and then proceeded to RUIN said game day experience with advertisements and promotions fit for an A’s game. The band should probably move to the endzone at this point so they can, I dunno, play songs.
by zoonews on Oct 5, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
The band was pathetically absent, whereas I heard the USC band constantly. Or maybe that’s because USC was giving their band something to respond to.
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Our band was absent because Coach Tedford and ISP combine to make them absent. Let’s not fool ourselves that there’s much more that they are allowed to do.
So, Tedford yells at our band if they play during the huddle. Fine. Who yells at the USC band for playing through an entire fucking play on the field?!?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
The limitations go way beyond that mistake. Beyond that, the U$C band has a partnership with their athletic department. Our band, lately, seems to be seen as a nuisance by ours. At least that’s my impression from the outside looking in.
Our band is unfortunately in the wrong spot, and the gameday experience director does not know how to adequately use them.
All of the timeouts are mapped out, so that, certain timeouts call for band, and others don’t.
What happens a lot, is that there’s offense in front of the band during the bands given timeout, resulting in dead air. Or, when there is no huddle, its a full promotional timeout.
If gameday experience was a little more flexible, you would definitely hear more band.
Also, if band moves to endzone, you would hear them a lot more, after big plays, etc. But seriously, would you want to be forcibly moved from those seats?
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Yes.
If it meant playing a fight song and less restrictions, 100% yes. Same thing happened in Harmon retrofit and it has worked out for the best. NE endzone would be perfect.
I’m completely out of the loop here. What’s “gameday experience” and how and why do they/it control all this stuff?
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s the marketing geniuses. They ruin things by pretending that every break in a football game can be assigned before the game to an advertiser. They tell the band when they can play, and that gets ratcheted back over time as their think tank comes up with new and worse ways to sell garbage. hey are controlled by an East Coast company called ISP that provides the same generic television show, advertisements, and promotions to many other college teams across the country.
The problem is, I’m sure it’s worth millions over the course of the year. In these times how are we going to replace those millions, especially when every spare dollar goes to the stadium renovation. Someone needs to just step up and sponsor the GAME. Hopefully twenty years from now when we’re rolling in money from our many Rose Bowl and MNC game appearances we’ll have enough open air time for band….
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
I’m seriously considering abandoning my season tickets if this is the trend. Less ads, less assholes, $500+ in my pocket. It shouldn’t be like a pro game, they are deathly boring.
So you’d literally rather have no game at all than game + ads?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
It’s not just the ads, it’s everything. I’ve been having a better “gameday experience” lately at home watching the Niners than in Berkeley watching my Bears. I feel bad about it but it’s true.
I honestly think a lot of that will go away with the new stadium. And the new stadium needs funding to be completed. You gotta give to get…
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Ya, I get that. But when the game stinks and there’s a capacity crowd, there is a perfect stom of annoyances. So I notice everything. Such as, why is it deathly silent during replays? Did nobody plan on them happening? And why do the television timeouts last so much longer than what is planned for them? If you are going to be an evil marketing overlord, at least be good at it.
Gameday experience is a euphemism for “marketing”.
They’re the ones who set up and plan any sort of entertainment/promotion/advertisement during the game.
During the game, there is one person who sits next to Mr. Callahan and has written up a script and coordinates all the other elements for every time out.
There are things they’re required to do as per ISP etc., but they can do them at any time. Flexibility is lost in the current scripted set up.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Somehow I missed this. I had wondered why Cal started having so much cheezy stuff going on during the games.
I assume the schools get money out of this?
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
They’re also part of the reason it took so long to have the “CALIFORNIA” banner hanging during the 2007 season after the poles broke in the 2006 season (but I still wonder if anyone actually noticed it was missing).
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Rec’d for mention of shitty “gameday experience”.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve started turning around and facing the opposite direction during the helmet shuffle. Although, I’ve still managed to guess which helmet held the football all three games running. I had much better luck with that than with the word scramble; apparently, the answer wasn’t “Thor”.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
WHO GIVES A FUCK WHICH HELMET HAS SOMETHING UNDER IT?
WHO GIVES A FUCK WHICH USED CONDOM WINS A RACE?
What is that shit?
It’s probably really fun for kids too young to understand “football”. I guess.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
That’s the logic behind those promotions, sell garbage while providing something that is “Fun for the whole family!” The problem is, it’s not football. It takes everyone out of the game. It silences the band and spirit groups. It’s calming, distracting nonsense provided for idiots. I don’t like idiots, I don’t want them around me, and the bigger idiots who think that a moron with a mic in the stands quizzing children about which used condom slushing around a track to sell Man Milk will win the predetermined “race” should be called out by the diehard core customers who FUND college football.
To be fair, those promotions were the only thing the girls in the student section were making noise about in the second half.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno the ones behind us were screaming a lot. Maybe it’s because they were groping Avinash…
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
Needs a photoshop of bear groping something.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
here's a bear actually groping someone
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by dballisloose on Oct 5, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
What are you talking about? That one kid had a football field in his backyard!
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with this. How many stupid mini-tron car/cap/whatever dances/races do we need?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
At the end of the day we should have local people thinking up unique Berkeley promotions, not Carolinian assholes providing us with the same garbage they give ASU and 60+ other teams. Alas, we’ve sold our dignity until 2017. At least.
by zoonews on Oct 5, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
But you can’t do that at a school like Cal that has no tradition! It’s not like we’re known for anything, ever.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
“Come to the Vegan Fair!”
“Check out Downtown Berkeley and our vibrant homeless population!”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, it’s tough to effectively sell product in this market. I just don’t like that my university gave up and sold out.
It’s the times we live in. Not happy with it either, but until the university can find a better way to get the money coming in, we deal with the devils.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s the times we live in.
I hate this excuse. Most notably because it sounds like I should quit bitching about it. Anyone want to guess where human civilization would be if people stopped bitching about “the times we live in”?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Hey man, I’m not defending the AD for this selling out. I don’t like it anymore than you do. But football costs as much money to the team (recruiting, video equipment, travel costs, hotel fees) as it does to us. Not to mention all the other non-revenue athletic units. It’s logical for them to find the easiest way to the largest revenues to pay for all of them.
I’d like to see alternative ways to raise money for the team (like the donor tickets they’ll be putting in place next year?), but until those alternatives are in place or thought up, we’re going to get Super Protein Odwalla beating out Superfood in a thriller.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Fighting a secret war against robots that we created years ago that look EXACTLY LIKE US?!!
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
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"Hello there! Yes you. Has the economy got you down? Do you need a vacation but don’t have the money? Well, a fabulous vacation wonderland awaits you on the other side of the Bay Bridge. It’s Oak-Land! The crown jewel of the East Bay!"
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Ruh-roh
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me guess, your sole experience of Oakland consists of riding BART to the airport Fremont freshman/soph year so your parents could pick you up?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
That video is very not funny.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
It’s no more not funny than the Cleavland tourism videos.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 5, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess we know where you stand on death panels.
by CalBear81 on Oct 5, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is the same Athletic Development office that did not provide food for the media until GAMETIME…. meaning all of the people covering us were hungry and unhappy til halftime
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
maybedballneedshappyending?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
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My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
i planned this very detailed carribean sailing vacation for 2010…..i just found out last week that my friends can’t go and backed out. FML.
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I'm really surprised by this--Cal-UCLA will be a 3:30 PM EST/12:30 PM PST ABC kickoff
I thought they’d pick Furd-Arizona, but I guess the California love is in our favor this time. It should be available to everyone else on ESPN360.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
I have 4 extra tix to the Cal-UCLA game, anyone interested?
I’m still going, but a friend isn’t and so I’m helping him out by trying to get Cal fans to go. Anyone interested?
At CGB, we whine because we care
correction, 5 tickets available
total $255 (face value + fees) = $51/ticket
At CGB, we whine because we care
I’ll republish the ticket exchange thread, might be hard to find people on the DBD.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 5, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Volleyball @ 10pm Pacific
PRD just informed me he will be streaming the Cal vs USC volleyball game from last Friday @ 10pm tonight.
http://www.justin.tv/prd74_2
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