DBD 10.7.09 Daily Bear Dump: Just Add Links
by TwistNHook on Oct 7, 2009 7:56 AM PDT
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PrintJust another quick primer on what the DBD is. It is designed to keep the FanPost section smooth and free of clutter. Many times people might just have 1 link, but then if youput up a fanpost with just 1 link well thats useless. So, we ask that people put the links in here as a way not only to keep the fanpost section free, but also create one stop shopping for all Cal news. So, keep those links coming!
Of course, if you want to make a statement on the link, feel free to write up your own fanpost. If you have original thought or content on it, write up your own fanpost. But if its just the link, put it up in here. Dont forget to only include a few paragraphs from the story and blockquote everything, so that the legitimate content stands out.
Also, this has turned into, over time, a place to just chill and discuss the matters of the day, be they Cal-sports or non-Cal-sports related. So, that's what the DBD is. And for those who want to read the Cal news, but don't feel like wading through the DBD, each night Berkelium97 posts up the Golden Nuggets, which has the info of the day. Those are just some of the ways that you can get your ENTIRE Cal fix here at the California Golden Blogs. That and we'll mail you heroin if you ask.
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3 former Cal players in UFL:
BERKELEY – Three former Cal football players will be on opening day rosters for the inaugural 2009 season of the United Football League. Guard Erik Robertson will suit up for the New York Sentinels, while both long snapper Nick Sundberg and linebacker Worrell Williams are members of the California Redwoods.
Robertson started 24 of 25 possible games over his last two seasons at Cal in 2005 and 2006. As a senior, he earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors and was named the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Lineman when he started all 13 games while batting various injuries. He also earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic recognition in each of his final two seasons with the Golden Bears. Robertson signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in the summer of 2007 and spent the 2008 NFL campaign on the practice squad of the Seattle Seahawks.
Sundberg played as a long snapper in all 50 games possible over his four-year career at Cal from 2004-08, taking over the position in his first game as a true freshman in 2005 and never relinquishing the job. Sundberg was signed as a free agent by the Carolina Panthers in April of 2009 and spent time on the team’s roster before being released prior to the current campaign.
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Womens VBall to take on Washingtons:
BERKELEY – The Golden Bears look to maintain their undefeated home record after a rough weekend on the road. Cal had its six-match winning streak wiped out while in Los Angeles but has an opportunity to start a new string of victories against two Pac-10 teams ranked in the top 25; No. 3 Washington and No. 25 Washington State. Last season, the Bears split matches with the Huskies and took two wins over the Cougars to run their winning streak against Wazzu to 12. Senior outside hitter Hana Cutura continues to lead the conference in kills (4.71 kps) and points (5.26 pps) to pace the Bears as they head into the heart of a Pac-10 schedule that features a record eight teams ranked in the AVCA top 25. Head coach Rich Feller’s next victory will be his 200th at Cal; while he needs just two more wins to reach the 500-win plateau in his career.
THE FACTS: The No. 15-ranked California volleyball team (8-5, 1-2 Pac-10) hosts No. 3 Washington (14-0, 4-0 Pac-10) and No. 25 Washington State (14-1, 3-1 Pac-10) in matches at Haas Pavilion this weekend. The Golden Bears tangle up with the Huskies on Friday, Oct. 9 in a 7 p.m. PT match and take on the Cougars on Saturday, Oct. 10 in a 4 p.m. PT match.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Comcast SportsNet California will broadcast Cal’s Oct. 10 match against Washington State live at 4 p.m. PT. Dave Cox will call the action with Todd McKim alongside to provide commentary. Please check your local listings for specific showings. Live video and statistics are available for both matches via links at www.CalBears.com.
PROMOTIONS: Friday’s (Oct. 9) match against Washington features a special pre-match public chalk talk session at 6:15 p.m. with head coach Rich Feller. Fans will also have a chance to participate in the Largest Group Lotto in which the largest group in attendance will be invited back to a later match for free where it will take part in an exclusive pre-match chalk talk with coach Feller. Saturday’s (Oct. 10) match against Washington State is Youth Day. All youth 12th grade and below will receive free admission to the match.
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Mens tennis chugging along:
TULSA, Okla. – California men’s tennis juniors Pedro Zerbini and Jonathan Dahan won two matches in the men’s doubles qualifying tournament of the D’Novo/ITA All-American Championship. In their first-ever match together, the Golden Bear tandem defeated Guillermo Gomez and Dean O’Brien of Georgia Tech, 8-4, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the campus of host Tulsa University.
The pair later took out the 13th-seeded and No. 50-ranked team of Vijay Paul and Bryant Salcedo of Vanderbilt, 9-8; earning a 7-4 score in the tiebreaker. Dahan and Zerbini will face Texas A&M’s Jeff Dadamo and Marcus Lunt Wednesday, Oct. 7, in a match not to begin before 1 p.m. CST for one of eight spots in the All-American Championship doubles main draw.
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Mens soccer hosts UW, OSU:
This Week
Fourth-ranked California (7-2-0 overall, 1-0-0 Pac-10) continues Pac-10 Conference action when it hosts Washington (3-4-3, 0-0-2) at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, and Oregon State (5-3-2, 1-1-0) at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley. The Golden Bears are ranked No. 4 in the current Soccer America poll and No. 5 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll.
Scouting the Golden Bears
Cal opened Pac-10 Conference play with a 1-0 victory over rival and 17th-ranked Stanford on Oct. 2 at Edwards Stadium. Junior forward Andrew Wiedeman scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season off in the 49th minute an assist from senior forward Jeff Cosgriff to hand the Golden Bears the win over the Cardinal.
Wiedeman continues to lead the Bears in goals, points (21) and game-winning goals (5); he also has three assists. He also earned his second Muscle Milk California Student-Athlete of the Week award of the season for his effort against Stanford.
Cosgriff (3 goals, 4 assists) is tied with junior midfielder Hector Jimenez (1, 7) for second on the team in points (10 each). Jimenez paces Cal in assists.
Sophomore goalkeeper David Bingham, who made five saves against Stanford to earn the shutout, has a 0.70 goals-against average in eight starts.
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Field hockey loses to Northwestern:
EVANSTON, Ill. – The California field hockey team completed its three-game Midwest road trip with a 3-0 loss at the hands of Northwestern Tuesday afternoon in Evanston, Ill. Despite allowing three goals, Cal keeper Maddie Hand collected a personal-best 14 saves. Cal drops to 3-8 on the season, while the Wildcats improve to 11-4.
Northwestern’s Courtney Plaster recorded the first score of the game in the 24th minute. Plaster blasted a shot from five yards out that was partially blocked by Hand’s foot, but still managed to sneak past her and into the cage. The Wildcats scored once more in the first half on a goal by Jill Putnam to take a 2-0 lead at the break.
In the second half, Elizabeth Dobbs, who notched an assist on the second goal of the match, put the game away with her score in the 39th minute. Dobbs put Northwestern up by three when she deflected in a hard shot from a penalty corner. Chelsea Armstrong earned the assist.
Redshirt freshman Claire Dougherty and sophomore Jessica Kreck posted Cal’s two shots on goal. Juniors Lisa Lohre and Sophie Sproats each recorded a shot.
Hand made 10 of her 14 saves in the first half.
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Mens water polo goes to UCI Invitational:
Bear Bites:
The No. 4-ranked Cal men’s water polo team (8-3, 0-1) will be competing in its second major tournament of the season when the Golden Bears travel to the UCI Invitational (SoCal Invitational) in Irvine. Cal is the fourth-seeded team in a tournament that features the Top 10 teams in the nation and five other squads ranked in the Top 20. The Bears kick-off the competition versus No. 16-ranked Pacific, Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10:40 a.m. Cal had placed fourth at the NorCal Invitational, Sept. 19-20 at Stanford – defeating Santa Clara and UC Santa Barbara before falling to No. 1-ranked Stanford (8-7) and No. 3 USC (8-6). The Bears only other loss this season came last Saturday when USC topped Cal, 8-6, in an MPSF match at Spieker Aquatics Complex. On Sept. 26 in Stockton, the Bears defeated Pacific, 11-7, in a non-conference match.
About the UCI Invitational:
The UCI Invitational features 16 teams, 15 which were ranked in last week’s Collegiate Top 20 poll. Bracket A consists of No. 1 Stanford, No. 8 Pepperdine, No. 9 UC Irvine and No. 19 Princeton. Bracket B includes No. 2 UCLA, No. 7 Long Beach State, No. 10 Navy and Redlands. Bracket C has No. 3 USC, No. 6 UC Santa Barbara, No. 12 UC Davis and No. 18 Bucknell. Bracket D features No. 4 Cal, No. 5 Loyola Marymount, No. 13 UC San Diego and No. 16 Pacific. On Oct. 10, Cal plays Pacific at 10:40 a.m., and if the Bears prevail, they would play the winner of UC San Diego-Loyola Marymount at 5:20 p.m. at Anteater Pool. If Cal wins both of its matches Saturday, it would play at 10:40 a.m. versus the winner of the Bracket A (Stanford, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, Princeton). If Cal wins that match, it will play in the tournament championship at 5:20 p.m. Last season at the SoCal Invitational in Malibu, Cal fell to USC, 12-7, in the semifinals, but rebounded to defeat UCLA, 12-11 in overtime, in the third-place match.
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Womens tennis player eliminated at tournament:
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -
No. 26-ranked California women’s tennis junior Mari Andersson was eliminated in the first round of women’s singles qualifying Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the 2009 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. The second-year Golden Bear fell in two sets, 6-2, 6-3, to No. 80 Elze Potgeiter of Texas A&M but rebounded to defeat No. 77 Megan Broderick of Kentucky, 7-5, 6-2, in her consolation match at the Riviera Tennis Club.
Andersson is still alive as a part of the No. 2-ranked doubles team in the country with sophomore Jana Juricova as the two begin play in the doubles main draw on Thursday, Oct. 8. Ranked No. 4 in singles, Juricova will also take part in the singles main draw with No. 18-ranked junior Marina Cossou. For complete results and draws, please visit www.itatennis.com
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49ers finally sign Crabtree
The 49ers and top draft pick Michael Crabtree reached agreement on a six-year contract in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, bringing to an end an impasse that had kept the prolific Texas Tech wide receiver away from the team for all of training camp and the first quarter of the season
Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker flew out to the Bay Area on Tuesday and entered into negotiations with team president Jed York, general manager Scot McCloughan and chief contract negotiator Paraag Marathe in the afternoon.
In the end, Marathe and Parker were left to complete a deal that the 49ers announced via text at 3:55 a.m. Wednesday.
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Negotiation Phail
In the end, he took the almost the same deal minus the money he would have made if he had played the first four games. Plus, he established himself as a prima donna, which could affect future endorsement opportunities.
Way to go.
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Ratto has an interesting take on this
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Yeah, I was thinking the timing was weird with Braylon Edwards’ fight.
Let’s look at the major players in this deal. It’s tough to figure out how the Jets and Browns made off, given that the trade involved an “undisclosed” draft pick. For this exercise, let’s assume a second rounder:
Browns – Mangini’s offense already sucked to the point that they don’t have a stable QB and can’t score. Now, take away their #1 receiver and they’re stuck with nothing to spark the offense. He got a #3 receiver and an LB in return. Basically, Mangini is trying too hard to be Belichick and failing miserably.
Jets – Risk/Reward. Edwards drops a ton of passes, but when he’s on, he can be great (see 2007). The X factor here, though, is how he affects the strong team chemistry the Jets have demonstrated in the past several games.
49ers – Realistically they just added another weapon to an already-solid offense and there’s no need to rush Crabtree in. Also, did not cave into ridiculous demands.
Crabtree – Hurt himself in the short-term. Lost out on four games of pay, preseason experience, team building, and a chance to establish chemistry with Shaun Hill. May not make a difference several years from now if he performs as he is supposed to.
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niners might get tampering-related picks too.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’m surprised the Niners didn’t make him wait longer. Can they use him this season?…well, guess so, and, that must be their motive. A few weeks to learn some post routes, and in he goes. But, if you add up the camp and games he has missed, it is more than just subtracting his salary by 4 games….I wonder how much of this new negotiation is being handled by the very young York, and, am I mistaken,or isn’t the Niners previous owner still in town after an awards dinner here for him? Any Chance young Jed called for advice?…or was player negotiations strictly Carmen Policy?
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I believe Maraag Parathe handled the player negotiations.
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fyi 49ers Contract Negotiator is a Cal (Haas) alum
I know I’ve mentioned it here before, but its worth mentioning again, I had classes with this guy, Paraag Marathe
http://www.49ers.com/team/staff/paraag-marathe/003aa543-ba13-4dea-a5f1-f18113cd9245
He went to work for Bain, then got his MBA from (ugh) Stanfurd.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m proud of the niners. Holding strong and not giving in, and even lowering their offer because of the holdout. Now the niners control Crabtree for longer without sacrificing much. I came out against bothering with Crabtree, but I’ll gladly take him with this deal in place.
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What's up with the servers?
I keep getting 503 errors and no ability to preview posts. Is it just me?
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This site was really slow yesterday, and even worse today. Fix it, Twist! What do you thing we’re paying your for?
This is madness!
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 7, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
They are working on it, but have provided no ETA regarding completion. They actually had to turn that off for some reason to fix something else. Not sure why.
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I’m sorry, Twist, but we are going to have to seriously consider revisiting your compensation package if you don’t improve your service.
The bottom line is that the Bears find themselves in one heck of a hole. Back to back embarrassing losses that have knocked the Bears out of the conference title picture may have also set the program back a few years.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Just like the loss to Tennessee when Bruce Feldman said he’s never put Cal in the Top 25 again. Or when Cal lost 6 of 7 to finish 2007. This isn’t the first embarrassment.
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I think this is worse, given that expectations are higher and that most of those 6 games were pretty close.
dboneisloose
The expectations were higher than 2007?
Or against Tennessee?
In both of those years Cal was expected to get to a BCS game and in 2007, to take over USC and make a run at the national championship.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
At least in 2007, Cal was competitive in all of those losses and the outcome wasn’t decided until the fourth quarter.
And the Tennessee game at least had a few reasonable excuses (Syd’Quan making his first start and only taking the job a week prior, Nate Longshore in a hostile environment for his first real game, etc.).
I’m not sure there are any excuses for scoring three points the entire game, and that too, only because Tedford basically gave up.
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Not many excuses for how bad Cal’s first team offense looked against Tennessee. It was an exact replica of Oregon this year.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Don’t forget Syd Quan’s broken wrist in Tennessee. It’s not like the Vols could have not picked on him.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
The only fair point made was that we embarassed ourselves in front of a number of five-star recruits, which could realistically set the program back.
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Most kids don’t care about wins and losses. Back to back ones like that don’t look good. But, if they connected with the players, liked Tedford, liked the campus, and liked the academics, we will get a couple of those guys.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Right, also the whole “sticking them with alumni” thing can’t help either.
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Even if they don’t care about wins and losses, how could they not care about having the fans against you in your own stadium?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Granted, the two losses were bad. Horrid. But set the program back “a few years”? That’s one helluva 3-2 start. Maybe we should see how the whole season plays out before burying the program like that.
Praise be to Tedford!
That’s what happens when recruits don’t enjoy their visits.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Bama FotW (pic & vid)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Jqlcupfdw&feature=player_embedded#
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Stanfurd's using
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Saudi gets 5 years in jail for frank TV sex talk
(10-07) 05:23 PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP)
A Saudi court on Wednesday convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said.
Talking about sex publicly is a taboo in ultraconservative Saudi Arabia.
Lawyer Sulaiman al-Jumeii said he plans to appeal the court’s ruling and is confident the sentence against his client, which includes a ban on travel and talking to the media for five years after his release, will be revoked.
1,000 lashes? What year is it over there?
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 7, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I got invited to a halloween party and the theme is
fuckin Pokemon.
Someone please kill me. Please. I know there are at least a few people on this forum who would love to do that. Someone? Please?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
LOL "HE BEAT YOU"
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ITS A PLAY ON WORDS THAT MAKES ME SOOOOO CLEVAR RITE GUYZ
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 7, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
HAY GUYZ YOU KNO WHATD BE CLEVER? LEMME QUOTE SOMEONES POST AND JUST SWAP WORD ORDER WOWOWOW I JUST MADE A JOKE GUYZ
(PS, that wasn’t intentional at all).
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You just have episodes where you turn into Spazzy for a bit?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to some Asian Halloween party a few years back, the girls were dressed like you might expect them to for a young 20 something Halloween party filled with 1,000 other people. Then some fat middle-aged southerner came up to me (probably because I was one of five white people in a 1,000 person Asian party) and asked me if this was some sort of porno convention.
Just wear this T-shirt to the party!
http://www.bustedtees.com/caughtemallpokemon
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I can't get a reading on your comment
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 7, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
No work today!
Sweet! We’re moving offices so no one can go in until Monday so basically I get a three day paid vacation. And tomorrow some of us from work are going paintballing! So in short an excellent week
In other words, Go Bears!
I will be very disappointed if your day tomorrow does not look like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLSwIfl9x_M
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YO reminds us that we have games to play yet
Contrary to popular belief, Cal’s season is not over.
The Bears actually put on their practice uniforms and held a practice Tuesday afternoon, despite back-to-back losses that more than likely knocked them out of the Pac-10 race.
Still, the Bears seem committed to getting back on track and playing more like the team they think they can be. Spirits actually seemed pretty good Tuesday, as players raved about the hard work they put in at practice today.
Cal coach Jeff Tedford understands the urgency of the situation and the need for his team to improve. That’s why he’s handling this bye week differently than most. In most seasons, the players in the regular playing rotation give up the reps to the younger players. In most years, guys like Allan Bridgford and Steve Williams would be getting the bulk of the playing time this week. Not this year. The starters and backups are getting the majority of the reps, with a few sprinkled in for the scout team players.
"We need the work," Tedford said.
Praise be to Tedford!
Look, our hardest games are over. It can’t get any worse. Or is saying that just tempting fate?
dboneisloose
Paradoxically, you could say our easy games are over too….in that there are no easy games anymore.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Enthusiastically, you could say that we need to shut up and just support the team and hope for the best.
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With great enthusiasm, he’s telling us to shut up.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
ThatRishi’s enthusiasm is known to mankind
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
This team has the ability to win a lot more games and go to a bowl game. I’m not about to predict 10-2, but I’m certainly not going to predict 3-9, 4-8, or 5-7 either.
Look at the FBS teams we’ve beaten. Maryland just beat Clemson (which isn’t a bad team) last week and I’ve seen enough of Minnesota since we beat them to believe they’re a decent football team that might go to a bowl game. If we were as inept as the collective mood seems to be in Cal nation, we wouldn’t have won at Minnesota and we certainly wouldn’t have beaten Maryland by 39.
Don’t get me wrong – we’ve got issues. You don’t get beat 72-6 in your last 2 games if you don’t have some problems. But it’s far from hopeless.
Praise be to Tedford!
I wasn’t implying that it was hopeless. My point is that the Pac10 is a tough conference, and our season isn’t going to be as easy as we expected it to be.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Want to pick up a couple WRs for your fantasy team? I’d like to take the Florida defense off your hands.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm…I need to look at my team carefully and see how it’s going…if you make a trade offer I’ll consider it.
dboneisloose
Looks like you’ve got a couple WRs that are kinda lame, and I’ve got 6 guys, all of whom average about 13-14pts/week. I don’t need 6 average guys, but you might be able to use one or two.
Take a look at your team and mine, and email me before I propose anything.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I need WR’s, I’d consider parting with the Virginia Tech D for a couple of good WR’s
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 7, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe after this weekend, I play you this week and I’m not interested in helping you beat me!
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Could still make something out of this, sure. Didn’t see enough moments of brilliance to indicate we’ll get things going again, though, and that is the big worry. These weren’t heart breakers, they were hope crushers.
agreed
I was still numb from Oregon, when Riley throught that interception…USC storming downfield for the TD made me think I was back in Autzen. But, hey, UCLA, and the rest of the Pac-10, are no stronger than our Bears, so, wtf. We have 3 weeks before we watch them live, and, maybe somehow, the new OL coach can teach these kids how to open a few holes for Jahvid. Let’s face it: a 200yrd game by Best will put us back on track…at least as fans. I would’t try to sell anymore Kool-aid this year, tho.
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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So I just went to the bank to turn in some coin rolls for cash. As you all know, the coin wrappers list their amounts on the side:
The cashier tried to give me $50 for $40 worth of wrappers, I had to explain to her twice that she was giving me $10 extra.
Shouldn’t basic addition skills be a prerequisite for working at a bank?
dboneisloose
Kids obviously need more hours in school to get their math skills up to the level of other countries.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Taking advantage of stupidity fail...
You could have had lunch on the Bank HolmoePhobe… Sure its not the most ethical thing to do, but if she doesn’t get it on the first time you bring it up, that’s your $10…
Also, Cal football needs to look at the coin roll example presented here…
Try Nickel and Dime’ing some teams… Slant routes! slant routes! slant routes!
I hear El Paso is beautiful in December....
Could've bought one of those crappy real-time radios
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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So basically, a girl was flirting with you by trying to see if an extra $10 would gauge your interested, but she wasn’t worth it?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. Clearly HolmoePhobe should have said “look baby, lets work this out over drinks tonight”.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Cougar week isnt far away
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by Fire Starkey on Oct 7, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
beat me to it
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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In my work, I have encountered reasonably intelligent people who seem to lack basic math skills like this.
I blame it on the increased proliferation of excel and calculators.
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True story, my wife is super smart and an accountant…..but she can’t do math without either excel or calculators. Blame it on technology. The GMAT is forcing her to re-learn math without technology, since you can’t use a calculator on the exam.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Being able to do math on the fly, in one’s head, if even just to get a rough estimate, is a really underappreciated skill.
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Its the one thing I do really well. Unfortunately, its the only thing I do really well.
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s not fair. You also cave into your wife’s pressure really well.
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Is it that obvious?
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Arranged marriages are good.
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How about a certain physical-attractiveness context?
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You realise arranged marriages don’t work the way the common stereotype makes them out to, right?
It’s not a blind “walk into your own wedding and meet your husband/wife for the first time as you get married to him/her” situation anymore.
“Arranged marriages” today are basically your parents “setting you up” with a friend or peer’s daughter and you meet her with the mindset of “is she someone I could marry or not”, then you kinda take it on your own terms. It takes most of the guesswork out of whether their family’s values are compatible with your family’s values or not.
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So you’re saying that the point of an arranged marriage is:
1. To help set you up with someone because you can’t meet anyone on your own, and
2. To make sure their family and yours gets along?
Neither of those sound like very compelling arguments to me. In addition to which it seems kinda ridiculous to meet someone for the first time with the mindset of “do I want to marry this person”?
dboneisloose
The best reason of all is so you can tell the girl where she belongs….you’re in the kitchen, trick!
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1. To help set you up with someone because you can’t meet anyone on your own, and
It’s not because you can’t meet anyone on your own. The whole idea of it being for desperate people is a ridiculous meme that needs to be retired. Would you say the same thing if your friend set up you with a girl?
It’s another avenue, but you get the background research done for you and there are some of us who trust our parents’ judgment.
2. To make sure their family and yours gets along?
To bring up a cliche, marriage is the union of two families, not just two people, so clearly, that’s important. I’m really not sure the model of hating your in-laws and having your family and her family constantly fighting really works.
In addition to which it seems kinda ridiculous to meet someone for the first time with the mindset of "do I want to marry this person"?
It’s not as if you make the decision right away – you take it at your own pace. If you think you’re compatible, you give it a try. If not, you don’t waste your time. It’s efficient.
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by Rishi on Oct 7, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
To bring up a cliche, marriage is the union of two families, not just two people, so clearly, that’s important. I’m really not sure the model of hating your in-laws and having your family and her family constantly fighting really works.
Yes, clearly in all non-arranged marriages the in-laws hate each other. And clearly the compatibility of the in-laws is more important than the compatibility of the people actually getting married.
dboneisloose
It feels weird to say this, but I think I agree with Rishi here, at least to a degree.
Note that my marriage was the furthest thing from arranged, yet I and my family get on fine with the in-laws. My dad has even exchanged genealogical information with her dad.
On the other hand, I’ve never met AndBears’ brother. I’m told he exists, but for a few framed photos, I have no corroborating evidence.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
My dad has even exchanged genealogical information with her dad.
This sentence confuses me.
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Exactly, you and AndBears met by yourselves and yet – gasp! – your parents aren’t “constantly fighting”. So you’re actually completely disproving Rishi’s point.
dboneisloose
But I never said that love marriages lead to bad relations – I just gave you one point that arranged marriages are good at.
If anything, all I’m saying is that arranged marriages still work in modern society, while you’re saying all arranged marriages are outdated and Twist is saying that it amounts to rape. What happened to being open-minded?
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I, too, love state sponsored rape.
But others might not hold the same view.
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by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
......
Wow.
You’re a gigantic douchebag. And to think you call me ignorant?
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OMG!
If my wife ever saw that comment, she would automatically ban me from this site, AFTER she found dballisloose and fish-gutted him with a dull bic pen.
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I’m not going to get into a huge with you, Rishi, about the concept of arranged marriages. I’m sure there are many, many of those that go great. But if one party doesn’t enter into the marriage with their own consent than I don’t believe much else after that has consent.
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So why criticise the idea of arranged marriages in general and refer to arranged marriages as “state sponsored rape”?
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You may not have noticed this, Rishi, but sometimes people on this site post things that other people find offensive. The people who make such postings apparently do it because they think they are funny. Sometimes they aren’t.
by CalBear81 on Oct 7, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was not a joke. And I used the term “state-sponsered” because it was far less likely to be insulting towards a fairly large group of people than another term I would use.
I can certainly appreciate the fact that Rishi’s modern concept of arranged marriage is as he described above. I respect that.
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I mean, what you’re essentially saying is that the Hindu religion promotes rape through arranged marriage (stop sugar coating what you’re saying).
And I’m saying that a) that’s a ridiculous blanket statement, b) saying that because of instances in which one party does not agree that the whole institution is a sham is like saying that the institution of marriage in general is a sham because divorce occurs, and c) it’s highly offensive not only to members of the faith, but all those who have had real arranged marriages (read: some of our parents).
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Well, you know, Twist, family-arranged marriages have been the norm pretty much everywhere throughout the entire history of the world, at least among people with property. This is just as true in Europe and America, as elsewhere. And no one considered it evil or oppressive. In fact, a family would have thought it ridiculous and an abdication of their responsibility to their children not to arrange a proper marriage for them. This is not women being sold off to some horrible ogre. This is young people being raised to believe, and believing, that their parents will make this important decision in their best interests.
It is only in the 19th Century, with the Romantic Era that people even began considering non-arranged marriages. It’s not our way, but it’s not automatically wrong. It all depends on the circumstances.
by CalBear81 on Oct 7, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Merely because we were discussing misogyny in a specific context here does not mean that I have a different view on misogyny in other contexts. I don’t doubt that people of most any time, place, or era will take actions that they believe to be good and just. It does not necessarily make it either good or just.
I’m well aware of the indescribable burden of femininity for the first infinity or so years of humanity’s existence. Fortunately, in recent times, things have changed for the better. And arranged marriages like the ones Rishi describes are hopefully the wave of the future.
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Twist, I’m speechless.
(But fortunately, I can still type.)
by CalBear81 on Oct 7, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know whether this is speechless because I am impressed or speechless because you are the biggest idiot alive.
I’m leaning towards the latter. This is why I stick mostly to inanity and don’t really speak my mind on the serious issues, because I don’t always see eye to eye with people.
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I already knew the “idiot” part, so that wouldn’t make me speechless. So I guess it must be the “impressed” part. You are a man of untold depths, Mr. NHook.
by CalBear81 on Oct 7, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE
Who are you and what have you done with TwistNHook!?!!?!?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 7, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with you. Part of the problem with Indian arranged marriages isn’t necessarily a function of arranged marriages in general, but of how sexist/misogynistic Indian society is (and this is more likely to manifest itself in an arranged than a non-arranged marriage).
dboneisloose
Allow me to HolmoePhobe you
ahem
So what you’re saying is that all non-arranged marriages will have no discontents?
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Is Arranged Marriage Really Any Worse Than Craigslist?
Note that less modern versions of this still go on as well.
This.
This article is a great example of how ridiculous the whole arranged marriage thing is.
dboneisloose
I think it’s a great example of just how hard dating is, especially if you’re not great at meeting people.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Except normal (American) dating doesn’t involve parents placing newspaper ads like “Match sought for Bengali Brahmin, wheatish complexion”.
Or complete strangers calling you and asking “What are your qualifications?”
etc.
dboneisloose
That’s a really depressing article. It seems like as the author tries to straddle the border between the two cultures she grew up with, but by honoring both she pushes away suitors from either tradition.
Even more sadly, she willingly seems to be defining herself by her (lack of a) marriage as much as her family seems to:
I was made to eat dinner at the children’s table—they sent out for Domino’s pizza and Pepsis—because as an unmarried woman, I didn’t quite fit in with the adults. As much as I resented my exile, I realized that maybe I didn’t want to be eating vegetable curry and drinking rum with the grown-ups. Maybe that would have meant they’d given up on me, that they’d stopped viewing me as a not-yet-married girl but as an unmarriageable woman who’d ruined her youth by being too choosy and strong-headed.
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holy god that sentence is awful. Let’s try again:
It seems like as the author tries to straddle the border between the two cultures she grew up with, but by honoring both she pushes away suitors from either tradition.
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To be fair, I don’t think Twist was joking.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff Tedford has certainly lost his reputation as a quarterback guru. After such a long string of accomplished protégés, including Kyle Boller and Aaron Rodgers at Cal, the Bears have gone three years without a formidable passing game. Kevin Riley showed signs early in the season that he’d turned the corner, but these past two weeks, with Oregon and USC loading the box and shutting down Jahvid Best, Riley has completed less than 40 percent of his passes and failed to reach the 200-yard mark either week. Obviously, Cal’s defense has been exposed as well. They got almost no pressure on either Jeremiah Masoli or Matt Barkley, who promptly tore them apart. And once those teams got significantly ahead, the Bears had no choice but to pass, thus rendering Best a non-factor. But think back to Tedford’s one elite-caliber team, the 2004 squad that went 10-1 in the regular season. The combo of Rodgers and J.J. Arrington made them incredibly tough to defend. Without a dependable quarterback and/or a game-breaking receiver, like DeSean Jackson, Cal has been one-dimensional. As Best goes, so, too, do the Bears.
From Stewart Mandel: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/10/07/sec.penalty/index.html?eref=sihp
BTW, how do you block-quote multiple paragraphs?
Basically, extra space before the blockquote begins. From the CGB FAQ:
I can’t get blockquotes to work correctly. HALP!
It’s an annoying problem, but Berklium97 seems to have nailed down the problem. I’ll let him explain:
Berklium97: You have to have a blank line of space between the last line of text and the beginning of the blockquote (basically, hit enter twice). For example:
pre-blockquote text
-blockquote-text text text
(new paragraph) text/-blockquote-
will look like this:
pre-blockquote text
text text text
(new paragraph)text
But, if I put a paragraph space between the pre-blockquote text and the blockquote text…
pre-blockquote text
[space]
-blockquote-text text text
(new paragraph) text /-blockquote-
…then it will look like this:
pre-blockquote text
text text text
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by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Once again, your omniscience saves me the trouble of wondering.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we've linked to it, but we didn't mention it
But Nyan Boateng’s might be back for the UCLA game. They’ve taken the cast off his foot at least.
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Clearly, Nyan is the difference between blow-out wins and blow-out losses. Prepare to lose by 40, UCLA!
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He’s our best blocking receiver, that’s for sure, definitely opens up our screen and swing game.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Would making constant jokes about ‘basketball school’ be a violation of the new BN policy? Because I want to make a ton of them come Bruins week.
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If I understood correctly, as long as you don’t call Nestor a whimpy toolbag, you’re good.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Condi Rice, the secret behind Furd recruiting success?
Recruit who considered Cal chose the Furd because of the former Secretary of State.
“She heavily influenced my decision,” said Jones, who will enroll in 2010. “How many colleges can say they have a Condoleezza Rice and that she can be a mentor to you? It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me.”
Last March, after two terms in the Bush administration, Rice returned to Stanford as a teacher and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Originally hired in the early 1980s as an assistant professor, she has served numerous capacities over the decades, including freshman adviser, member of the faculty senate and provost.
Although Rice’s duties have changed, her love for Stanford sports has not waned. Whether it is meeting with recruits, lifting weights alongside athletes before dawn, attending games or serving as a volunteer assistant coach for the women’s golf team, she is a passionate member of the Stanford athletic community.
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I bet Condi can bench press more than Twist….then again, that doesn’t say much
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Holy crap, you aren't kidding.
She’s buff.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Bah. Michelle Obama has better arms and would kick Condi’s ass.
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Yeah, no, Condi would destroy her.
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Update on Cecil Whiteside
Still committed to Cal but keeping his options open.
Linebacker Cecil Whiteside (Newport Beach, Calif./ Newport Harbor) committed last April to Cal and took an official visit to Berkeley this past weekend.
The four-star prospect is a talented two-way standout who committed to the Bears to play outside linebacker, but is one of the state’s top tight end prospects as well.
“I had a good time there, I wish I was out there battling with the team,” Whiteside said. "The game didn’t go well at all but overall, it was still a nice visit. I met some great people and I got to hang out with a lot of the recruits.
“D.J Holt was my host and he’s a great guy. The highlight for me was just meeting all the other guys on the visit since there were like 15 recruits there. I mostly hung out with Cassius Marsh, he’s a cool dude and we all bonded pretty well.”
Whiteside has always maintained that despite his commitment to the Bears, he wanted to take a few other official visits and that remains the case.
“I don’t have any other dates set, but I know what schools I want to check out,” Whiteside said. “Arizona State, Arizona and Colorado are three schools I want to check out and those will probably be after the season but I really don’t know for sure. I’m just going to play it by ear.”
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I don’t see anything to be concerned about. Seems that Cal-USC had little effect on Whiteside’s methodology for choosing schools, he was going to look at these other ones anyway.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m starting to adopt the philosophy that we’ll get the kids who are right for the program, and by right for the program I mean they’ll be top quality guys who have good heads on their shoulders and can keep us a Top 25 team, and help us place in the top half of the Pac10 every year.
I’m slowly convincing myself that its ok to just be above average, without the stress of trying to win a national championship.
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eh...
A total of 78 Golden Bears’ contests have been televised in seven-plus seasons under head coach Jeff Tedford. In the seven years prior, only 41 Cal games were televised.
Trying to remind the faithful, or just a typical calbears.com post?
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You seem distressed carp.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
My mouth was hanging open when I saw 15 or so players chatting it up with friends and family immediately after the game (including # 4) as if they just beat SC 30-3 at their house, on homecoming, in front of a packed house, and with 25 6-star recruits in the stands.
Maybe this is an NCAA-wide practice. I doubt it though. I’ve played enough sports at a high enough level that you just don’t do that…especially after getting your assed whipped, at home, for the second consecutive week.
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I dont get this. I just dont. Why is it bad to be jovial when you fail? I’ve failed a shitload in my life and I wish I coulda stayed jovial, just pushed it off and moved on.
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You should have just laughed along as all those people were laughing at you.
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Then Twist would’ve made them laugh with him. The ultimate win.
I wonder how many of the players play with the realization that their time at Cal is limited, and once they’re gone, it’s unlikely that they’ll play football anywhere near that level ever again. With every game they play, there’s one fewer game left, so that’s why I have at least some faith that the team hasn’t “lost heart” or given up. Most of these guys have been playing football for all or most of their formative years; it doesn’t make sense that they’d be willing to give that up so easily. But, only they know how they think/feel. There’s probably a better way to phrase all of this.
It came up in that Contra Costa Times article on the 2003 win over USC:
The game had little impact on Robertson’s career at Cal. A junior in 2003, he threw only 11 more passes the rest of his college career, seeing mop-up duty in seven games.
After graduation, Robertson spent two years teaching English at a school in Japan. “An unbelievable experience,” he said. Today he lives in San Diego, where he’s trying to break into the video game business.
For the unlikely hero of the victory over USC, never taking another meaningful snap at Cal remains hard to swallow.
“I try not to think about it as much anymore,” Robertson said. "Sometimes I think, ‘What if I got to play a little more?’
“I am more than happy and proud to be part of that game. But that was the last time I ever played, and that’s kind of hard.”
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not so much one’s personal method of dealing with it so much as the impression it gives people. At least, I think that’s why everyone is bothered by it. I’m not particularly so.
dboneisloose
Have you played team sports at the varsity high school level or beyond? If so, was said team any good? Did they win a championship? I ask not in a condescending way…but there are familiar qualities of championship teams. It has nothing to do with being jovial or not. It’s about “we just embarrassed ourselves, but let’s at least be united, leave the field together, and go listen to what the coaches and our captains have to say so we can get better.”
How the fuck is Tedford supposed to address the team when 15 of his players are out on the field still? He doesn’t…and that gets back to a familiar criticism. This program has no leadership.
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Perhaps you should write a fanpost about this carp. It does seem like an intriguing discussion.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
My varsity football team started the season 7-0. We were getting really cocky and arrogant. I don’t remember the coaches saying anything to us to boost our egos. Then we lost a game we should have won. Then we lost another game we should have won. At that point, it didn’t matter what the coaches said, because we stopped playing for the league championship. We just wanted the season to be over.
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There should be incentives for runners up or top performers in high school athletics that don’t make it to the title game. Like a free bucket of ice cream!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
why I hate the BCS....
I don’t think college football should have such emphasis on “lose one game and your season is a failure”.
I don’t think the BCS really helps, nor do I think having a playoff is the solution. I wish we could just go back to the old days where we have controversy and debate over who is the best team, and leave it to that.
Less formal, less structure, more fun for players and fans alike?
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by dballisloose on Oct 7, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
It’s a good topic for discussion. Unfortunately, we’re likely to see any change here.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
“I wish they’d cried. On the field. FOR ALL OF US TO SEE.”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
One could say that.
It’s not just losing. It was how they lost and how the fanbase sucks balls because a) the Bay Area doesn’t give 2 shits, b) people buy season tickets and sell the SC game to SC fans, c) people buy single game tickets and sell them to SC fans, d) the idiots harrass recruits who, suffice it to say, are less interested, and e) the general perception is that Tedford teams are over-rated and will break your fucking heart.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Yeah, that’s fair. But hey, we’ve dealt with it before. We get back on the ship and carry on.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m, somehow, looking forward to the bye week and then tuning into ABC to watch the contest vs. the Baby Bruins.
And the Poon Fridays will be back, baby. It might be all that we have left.
We need 3 wins for bowl eligibility. Smell Paso never smelled so good.
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right, even in 2007 we went to a bowl game. still something to look forward to. and apparently if the players are jovial enough after losing so bad, maybe they’ll be happy just to go to any old bowl game.
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Plus schwag bags. You get free schwag bags with cool stuff!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
They get free schwag bags with cool stuff.
by Yes We Cannon on Oct 7, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
CGB mods get free schwag bags. Plastic bags from Safeway with cool dildos.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 7, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Here’s hoping that you have a MUCH better time at the Rose Bowl than I had at Autzen!
by CalBear81 on Oct 7, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Feelings?
Here’s hoping that you have a MUCH better time at the Rose Bowl than I had at Autzen!
I felt worse at Autzen than at home, watching Riley single-handedly flush the football down the toilet. Was wondering, of those who plodded the Walk of Shame out of the Duck’s stadium, if any felt the same. Which was worse for you, Carp?….or, anyone else who may have witnessed both? I don’t think I’m going to the Big Game now…..I just can’t suck it up enough.
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
|
Oregon St. Beavers
|
3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
|
Washington St. Cougars
|
2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| South | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
|
USC Trojans
|
7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
|
UCLA Bruins
|
5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
|
Utah Utes
|
4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
|
Arizona St. Sun Devils
|
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|
Arizona Wildcats
|
2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
|
Colorado Buffaloes
|
2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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