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<!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE -->BERKELEY - Three players ranked in Rivals' Top 150 and a long-distance shooter from Chicago highlight the 2010 California men's basketball recruiting class, Golden Bear head coach Mike Montgomery announced Wednesday. The class ranks No. 17 by Scout.com.
The four players who have signed National Letters of Intent to play for Cal next season are: 6-2 point guard Gary Franklin (Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei High School), 6-9 forward Richard Solomon (Los Angeles, Price High School), 6-5 guard Allen Crabbe (Los Angeles, Price High School) and 6-5 guard Alex Rossi (Winnetka, Ill., New Trier Township High School). Franklin (No. 72), Solomon (No. 101) and Crabbe (No. 102) all earned mention in the Rivals' Top 150, while Franklin was also rated the nation's No. 66 recruit by ESPN.
"We're really pleased with the recruiting class that we have," Montgomery said. "We knew this was going to be a big year. This group of four is really an outstanding group of kids, and we still have one scholarship available. It's a very good group and they're very good individually. Given where we were, what we're going to lose and what we're looking at down the road, this was an extremely important group for us, and I think we came up big. It's kind of exciting. Considering we lose Jerome (Randle), Patrick (Christopher), Theo (Robertson) and Jamal (Boykin), specifically those guys along with Nikola (Knezevic), this is a good group of replacements."
Franklin averaged 14.2 points, 4.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game at Mater Dei HS last year, helping the school to a 31-2 record and a perfect 10-0 league mark. He also made 63 three-pointers. Scout.com ranks Franklin as the 16th-best point guard among this year's recruits and ESPN has him 14th among point guards. Rivals.com lists Franklin at No. 18 among point guards.
"Gary Franklin was one of the most sought after players, certainly in the West, if not the country," Montgomery said. "He's got size at the point. He can really shoot the ball and come off pick and rolls. He's in a very successful program; they won the state championship. He's been a starter there for years. I think it gives us some national credibility. He's strong, has range and he's got a really quick release. I've watched him at times, and he would recognize that his team needed some scoring and then, all of the sudden, he makes four of five straight threes."
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Women’s B-Ball has a great new class:
The California Golden Bear’s Women’s Basketball and head coach Joanne Boyle announced the signing of three California athletes to National Letters of Intent. Guards Afure Jemerigbe, Mikayla Lyles, and Lindsay Sherbert will all be wearing the Blue and Gold at Haas Pavilion next season. They look to join Rachelle Federico, Layshia Clarendon, and Eliza Pierre on the perimeter for the Bears.
It is another strong recruiting class for the Golden Bears, ranked at No. 7 overall by ESPN Hoop Gurlz and by Blue Star Basketball. Two of the Cal recruits, Jemerigbe and Sherbert, are ranked in the top-30 overall by ESPN HoopGurlz. Jemerigbe is ranked No. 15 overall and is the No. 2 shooting guard with Sherbert ranked No. 29 overall and at No. 6 among the small forwards. In Blue Star Basketball rankings, Sherbert is ranked as the No. 10 overall recruit and Jemerigbe once again is No. 15. In CalHiSports rankings of the top prep players in the state of California, Sherbert ranks fourth and Jemerigbe eighth. Mikayla Lyles ranks 18th on the CalHiSports rankings and ranks No. 41 in her position on the ESPN HoopGurlz rankings.
Afure Jemerigbe, a 6-0 guard, plays at Saint Mary’s High School in Stockton, Calif. where the Rams went 31-3 in 2008-09 and defeated Inglewood, 71-62, to claim the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state title. Jemerigbe averaged 15.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per contest and is a three-time All-State honoree. Afure also enjoyed a successful club team career for NorCal Elite.
“Afure is one of the top combo guards in the country,” said Boyle. “She is an extremely athletic and physical player with great rebounding skills and the versatility to play multiple positions. She is a slasher who can really get to the rim. Afure knows how to win. She’ll be a great addition to our backcourt next season.”
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Wow, 2 kick ass classes in a row for Coach Boyle
And she targeted the guard position, seeing as we’re going to lose Lexi, Greif, and Vital to graduation after this year. I still have hope we’ll be good this year notwithstanding the number of freshmen on our roster, but I’m intrigued about next year when all our bigs are a year older and wiser. Cal will have a dominant front line.
Praise be to Tedford!
Women’s B-Ball takes on Idaho State this Sunday at 5:
The No. 13/18 California Golden Bears open up the 2009-10 season with a three-game homestand. First up for the Bears will be the season-opener against the Idaho State Bengals followed by a Tuesday, Nov. 17 showdown against Contra Costa County’s Saint Mary’s Gaels. The homestand concludes on Sunday, Nov. 22 when the Bears host the No. 4/7 Baylor Bears.
The Bears are looking for their seventh consecutive victory in the home opener. Last season, Cal christened the 2008-09 season with a 63-39 victory over Albany. Cal hasn’t dropped a home opener since the 2002-03 season when they fell 56-49 to Rutgers.
Since the 2003-04, Cal has only lost one non-Conference home games, going 34-1 against teams outside the Pac-10 while playing at Haas. There are several ticket promotions running for the game. There will be free Admission for all youth (12th grade and younger). Also, if you show your ticket stub from the Cal-Arizona football game, you will receive one free admission to the game. These promotions are good for the general admission seats. This season, Haas Pavilion will feature more reserved seats for women’s basketball games with sections 1,2, and 3 as well as 15, 16, and 17 all being reserved seats.
Sunday’s game will also feature a post game autograph session with the team.
It will be a different looking team this season in the blue and gold. Cal returns just five players, three of them members of the 2008-09 starting lineup. Senior guard Alexis Gray-Lawson averaged 12.2 points per game last season, earning her first team All-Pac-10 honors and an honorable mention for AP All-American honors. Senior guard Natasha Vital, one of the Pac-10’s leading point guards, was an All-Pac-10 and Pac-10 All-Defensive team honorable mention each of the last two seasons. Senior guard Lauren Greif is the leading returning rebounder. She averaged 5.4 boards per game in 2008-09.
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you 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
My Idaho State allegiance is hard to deny. Go…Vandals??
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I believe U. Idaho is the “Vandals”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Fuck the Vandals!
PS What is ISU’s mascot?
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your google’s not broken.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Yknow, we often have team mascots that are animals that don’t exist in this nation (or even hemisphere, I believ). I wonder if schools in other countries have American animals as their mascots. Like are there a lot of Chinese high schools with Squirrels as their mascot. Or Bison.
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I doubt that Chinese high schools have teams to worry about naming: too busy with all that book larnin’ and test-taking.
Plus the kids demonstrating any athletic promise were taken to state-run training facilities when they were younger any way – and the “Glorious Gymnastic Factory of Come Here or Your Family Goes Hungry” doesn’t have much of a ring to it.
by DC Trojan on Nov 12, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
One letter and a world apart, my friend.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Nov 12, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Is she honking herself in that picture?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, that be her
Though perhaps maybe, on second thought, flagged for Susana Hoffs wearing red dress.
Praise be to Tedford!
and, uh, slowly
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Mens Swimming does well against Stanford:
BERKELEY, CALIF. – The California men’s swimming team performed extremely well in its Triple-Distance Meet versus Stanford Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Junior Nathan Adrian (sprint freestyle), sophomores Nolan Koon (breaststroke) and Martin Liivamagi (IM) and freshman Tom Shields (butterfly) won their specialty groups, while the Golden Bears captured 11 of the meet’s 18 individual events and placed first in the 200 medley and 200 free relays as well. Adrian, the 2009 NCAA champion in the 50 and 100 free, also set a new Spieker Aquatics Complex record in the 50 free with a time of 19.19, topping the old record of 19.39 set by Stanford’s Ben Wildman-Tobriner on Feb. 10, 2007.
In a Triple-Distance Meet, athletes divide into specialty groups and compete with one another in three races to determine a specialty champion in each of swimming’s six event domains: sprinters (50, 100, 200 free), distance swimmers (200, 500, 1000 free), butterflyers (50, 100, 200 butterfly), breaststrokers (50, 100, 200 breaststroke), backstrokers (50, 100, 200 backstroke) and individual medlyists (100, 200, 400 IM).
In individual races, Adrian not only set the Spieker Aquatics Complex record in the 50 free, but won the 100 free (42.77) and 200 free (1:41.54). Koon had an impressive win in the 200 breast (2:02.36), while Shields defeated defending NCAA champ Austin Staab in the 100 fly (48.57). Liivamagi captured the 100 IM (50.28), 200 IM (1:49.49) and 400 IM (3:59.75). Junior Damir Dugonjic, the defending NCAA champion in the 100 breast, won the meet’s 50 breast (25.07) and 100 breast (55.52).
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Men’s Water Polo hosts Pacific:
Bear Bites: No. 2 Cal men’s water polo (18-4, 5-1) continues its quest for another national title as the Golden Bears host No. 15 Pacific (12-13, 0-6) in an MPSF match Saturday, Nov. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Spieker Aquatics Complex, before traveling to No. 13 Santa Clara (17-10) Sunday, Nov. 15 for a 12 p.m. match. The Golden Bears, who own an NCAA record 13 national water polo titles, will be looking to build on their seven-match winning streak and set up for a showdown with Stanford at the Nov. 21 Big Splash at Stanford (2 p.m.). Of the Bears’ four losses this season, three have come in the hands of defending NCAA champion USC (whom Cal upended in the 2006 and 2007 national championship). Cal’s other loss was 8-7 to Stanford, Sept. 20 at the NorCal Invite at Stanford. However, the Bears have the distinction of handing the Cardinal their lone loss of the year, 10-8, in the semifinals of the UCI Invite Oct. 11. Cal has had three MPSF Player of the Week accolades this season – sophomore Cory Nasoff Sept. 8, junior center Zach White Oct. 12 and sophomore goalie Wil Toppen Oct. 19.
Cal Standouts: Everist’s troops feature senior captains Spencer Warden and Mike Sample, and juniors Brian Dudley and Zach White – all members of the Bears’ 2007 NCAA championship team. Warden and Dudley notched scores during the 8-6 win over USC in the `07 final. Warden, a three-time All-American, garnered second-team All-America honors last year after leading Cal with 40 goals and 68 steals; while Dudley was an honorable mention All-American after scoring 28 goals, including a match-winning shot in overtime at Long Beach State. The Bears also feature sophomore attacker Nasoff, who earned this season’s first MPSF Player of the Week honor when he notched 11 goals in three Navy Open matches. Cal’s other MPSF Players of the Week this season were Toppen when he tallied nine saves in the Bears’ 7-6 road victory at UCLA, and junior center White, who had four goals apiece in both the Loyola Marymount and Stanford wins, and had nine ejections earned in three of the four UCI Invitational matches.
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VBall to be the most electrifying home ticket this side of watching danzig save the economy (that good enough for ya, danzy??):
BERKELEY – The Golden Bears close out their regular-season home schedule with matches against Oregon State and No. 16 Oregon this weekend. Cal hopes to build off a five-set upset of Washington on the road and extend its three-match winning streak before completing the year with three matches away from Haas Pavilion. Senior outside hitter Hana Cutura was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for the second time this season and became the only repeat honoree of 2009 after she led the Bears to two pivotal conference road wins last week in the Evergreen State. Cutura became Cal’s all-time career kills leader as she passed 20-year record holder Tiffany Rochelle into first with 1,825 kills. Cutura posted new career highs in kills (33) and attacks (77) against the Huskies. Cal seeks its eighth consecutive win against the Beavers and hopes to avenge an earlier loss to the Ducks while in Eugene, Ore.
THE FACTS: The No. 12-ranked California volleyball team (15-8. 8-5 Pac-10) welcomes Oregon State (12-12, 3-9 Pac-10) to Haas Pavilion for a Friday, Nov. 13, match at 7 p.m. PT, this weekend. Then, after a one-day break, the Golden Bears will close the regular-season home schedule against No. 16 Oregon (16-6, 6-6 Pac-10) in a 12:30 p.m. PT match on Sunday, Nov. 15. Cal will honor seniors Hana Cutura, Kristen Kathan and Mindi Wiley in pre-match ceremonies as a part of Senior Day 2009 when the Bears take on the Ducks.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Comcast SportsNet California will be on hand to broadcast the Cal versus Oregon match live on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 12:30 p.m. PT. Dave Cox will call the plays with Krista Blunk providing commentary. Please check your local listings for availability and times of re-broadcasts. Live statistics and streaming video will be available for both matches via links at www.CalBears.com.
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Golf gets some good recruits, too:
BERKELEY – Head coach Steve Desimone and the Golden Bears men’s golf program will get an incredible boost next year with the addition of Byeung-Hun (Ben) An, the youngest-ever U.S. Amateur Champion, and Joël Stalter of France to the lineup.
The Korean-born An, 17 years of age and son of Jae-hyung An and Ji-min Cho, defeated Ben Martin of Clemson 7 & 6 in the finals at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., in August for the Amateur title. Other outstanding achievements from An in 2009 include tying for medalist honors at the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions, reaching the quarterfinals of the Western Amateur, being selected to the Canon Cup as well as being an AJGA First-Team All-American in 2008.
Coach Desimone said: “What Ben has accomplished so far speaks volume for his talent, work ethic and toughness. We’re very fortunate to have Ben join us, and I say that with a smile. Not only is he the U.S. Amateur Champion but, in terms of personality, he’s got a great sense of humor and a wonderful spirit.”
In addition, Joël Stalter, son of Jean-Jacques and Sophie Statler of Thionville, France, will bring depth to the 2010-2011 Golden Bears roster. Highlights of Stalter in 2009 include finishing tied for sixth in the French Alps professional event Mirabelle d’Or International Open, shooting 70-66-68-68 (16-under), and runner-up in the Grand Prix de Montpellier of France, with scores of 70-68-68 for a 10-under finish.
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Was he a deuschy fUrdy like the rest of them too?
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
by CruzinBears on Nov 12, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, he has this dopey smill and d-bag fist pump
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
VBall signs some great new players:
BERKELEY – The California volleyball team has signed prep prospects Adrienne Gehan and Lauren Loerch to the class of 2010, head coach Rich Feller announced today.
Loerch is a 6-2 outside hitter from Georgetown, Texas (Georgetown HS) who played for Austin Performance volleyball club. She was named to the “Next 30” list of Fab 50 Recruits and was the Prep Volleyball No. 23 Senior Ace. She captained her high school team and was selected to the 16-5A District All-Tournament team in 2008 and 2009. She was also a 2008 All-District selection. Loerch also lettered in soccer and received all-academic recognition four times from 2006-08.
“Lauren comes to Cal as a `high-flying’ outside hitter with exceptional athletic ability,” said Feller. “To me, she is a diamond in the rough. She has elected to graduate from high school early and will enroll at Cal this spring. Joining the Bears for our spring training will give Lauren extra time to develop her skills and strength; and will give her a great chance to contribute in her first collegiate season.”
Gehan is a 6-3 opposite hitter from Dallas (Episcopal School of Dallas) who played for the Skyline Juniors volleyball club. She lettered all four years in high school and was a captain and named team MVP in her last three. She was named to the All-Southwest Preparatory Conference team three times and was selected to the All-Texas team. Gehan was named an AAU All-American in 2007 and 2008 and was a top-50 junior recruit as well as Prep Volleyball’s No. 22 Senior Ace. Gehan holds school records in kills in a season and is the record-holder for career kills with 1,870.
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That’s it? “Vball signs some great new players:”?
This is a huge coup and our Volleyball team is on the rise and that’s the only title you could come up with?!
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haha. You beat me to it.
This is just the fall signing date, there’s also a spring one so we won’t know what our 2010 class looks like until the spring date. I’ll do a full post after that date. Plus all the Fab50 rankings won’t get worked out until then. Having said that, both Lauren and Adrienne WILL make the Fab50.
Our greatest needs are at Outside Hitter and Libero. We’re stacked at MB now and at Setter. All three of these girls will be molded into Hitters to replace Hana. We need to bring in a top notch Libero b/c the girls we have now are a bit too slow and we’re going to need one once Kristen Kathan graduates this year.
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Lauren Loerch – 6’2 – OH
Loerch is a 6-2 outside hitter from Georgetown, Texas (Georgetown HS) who played for Austin Performance volleyball club. She was named to the “Next 30” list of Fab 50 Recruits and was the Prep Volleyball No. 23 Senior Ace. She captained her high school team and was selected to the 16-5A District All-Tournament team in 2008 and 2009. She was also a 2008 All-District selection. Loerch also lettered in soccer and received all-academic recognition four times from 2006-08.
This Laruen Loerch girl looks impressive so far. I found this pic of her and it looks like she can chin the net, meaning she can get her chin above the net. Vertical is the most valued measurable out of any VB recruit. She’ll be on campus by spring and she can touch 10’3" but by the time Feller is done with her I bet she can go higher.
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Adrienne Gehan – 6’3 – MB
Gehan is a 6-3 opposite hitter from Dallas (Episcopal School of Dallas) who played for the Skyline Juniors volleyball club. She lettered all four years in high school and was a captain and named team MVP in her last three. She was named to the All-Southwest Preparatory Conference team three times and was selected to the All-Texas team. Gehan was named an AAU All-American in 2007 and 2008 and was a top-50 junior recruit as well as Prep Volleyball’s No. 22 Senior Ace. Gehan holds school records in kills in a season and is the record-holder for career kills with 1,870.
Oct 08, 2009: In two victories last week, Gehan had 37 kills, 23 digs, 10 blocks and 10 aces. For the season, she is in the top five in the area in kills and aces, the only player ranked in the top five in both categories.
Notable: Gehan has committed to play volleyball for California, a team perennially ranked in the top 25. She liked the school because of the prestige but also the location. “I’ve always wanted to go to California,” she said. “The weather was perfect both times I visited, and the mountains and ocean are right by.”
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Oni Lattin – 6’1 – OH
Since Oni signed late, CalBears.com didn’t mention her, but she’s going to be a Golden Bear. She prob won’t make Fab50. However, maybe she can be the next Angie Pressy… short but got mad hops. Her vert is incredible. Check out how much higher she can jump vs her peers (she’s #10).
Party Yacht Pipeline?
Gehan is a 6-3 opposite hitter from Dallas (Episcopal School of Dallas) who played for the Skyline Juniors volleyball club
That’s the same high school that Brock Mansion attended, no?
Praise be to Tedford!
Really? Well, it’s going to be too bad for her anyway b/c Brock is dating Carli. There aren’t that many guys that these girls can date, unfortunately. Someone like Brock, I would imagine, would be a hot commodity among the VB girls.
I remember seeing Morgan Beck kissing her ~6’7" boyfriend in CVS. It was like a foreign Giantess mating ritual
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Party Yacht Pipeline?
Gehan is a 6-3 opposite hitter from Dallas (Episcopal School of Dallas) who played for the Skyline Juniors volleyball club
That’s the same high school that Brock Mansion attended, no?
Praise be to Tedford!
Gehan is a 6-3 opposite hitter from Dallas (Episcopal School of Dallas) who played for the Skyline Juniors volleyball club
That’s the same high school Twist’s van is parked outside of, no?
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It’s less of a van, more of a rolling PART-AY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No adults allowed.
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How obvi is it that I just don’t care about writing solid DBDs anymore and hope really really hard every morning when I wake up that I won’t have to?
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This obvi
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
I thought you were just bringing the DBD back to basics. Giving us a KISS (the “Keep It Simple Stupid” kind). Trying to be less inane.
So yeah, pretty obvi.
Praise be to Tedford!
I’d say 8/10 CGB DBDers jump straight to the comments section, so if we want to keep it simple, that’s fine by me. My News & World Report, I’ve found, is better as one solid chunk but that typically takes an hour to compile and post and sometims I just don’t have time for that.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
8/10 CGB DBDers are idiotos, then.
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don’t say it like you’ve just discovered this.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
and this is news, how? exactly?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 12, 2009 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
American APparel is doing clothes for the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. Check out what one of their shirt says:
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Do ya suppose those Honks are strategically situated?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, she appears to be a crystal meth addict.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
Could be worse. Could be a crystal meth addicted squared! That’s twice as much crystal meth addiction!
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"Honk if you love crystal like Andre Agassi"
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
HONK!
/Bobby Brown and the Olson twins
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
She is honking and therefore thinks Rags is great, but smiling is not.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
This morning some douche decided to turn right on red in front of a steady stream of cars. I really thought Rags was great at that point.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Dude, its American Apparel, the next time they have one of their emaciated models smile, it’ll be the first.
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So is it better when they have healthy-looking porn stars modeling their clothes?
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Wow!
Not one, not two, but three Tennessee Volunteers were arrested for attempted armed robbery.
Safety Janzen Jackson and receiver Nu’Keese Richardson, two of coach Lane Kiffin’s most prized signees from his first recruiting class, were among three Tennessee football players arrested early Thursday morning in Knoxville on charges of attempted armed robbery.
The third player arrested was also a freshman, defensive back Mike Edwards. It was not immediately clear if the players have attorneys.
Arizona State also loses a player to arrest:
TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State senior cornerback Terell Carr has been arrested on suspicion of three misdemeanors and booked into a Maricopa County jail.
And on top of that...
One of these guys (Richardson) is the recruit whom Kiffin gloated about beating Urban Meyer to get, erroneously charging that Meyer “cheated” in the recruitment.
Praise be to Tedford!
That same recruit was supposed to be featured in the offense against South Carolina, he wasn’t and has contacted other schools about transferring.
that’s because he’s not very good, tbh. just a small guy trying to be like desean… but isn’t. overhyped small florida recruit
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
But when the victims opened their wallets and showed they had no money, a third black male approached the other two and said “we’ve got to go,” and all three got into the Prius and drove away, according to the police report.
And their getaway car was … a PRIUS?!?!
Maybe if their victims had more cash on them, then these three could avoid a better car.
BTW, mugging people today is kinda foolish, because people are far less likely to carry cash. They often do have an iPod on them, but I’m not sure what the resale value of a used iPod is.
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Maybe they were thinking that if they drove slow enough, the cops wouldn’t hear where they had gone.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Nov 12, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
beat me to it
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by CruzinBears on Nov 12, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
that’s a perfect getaway car. except I don’t think I’ve ever seen a black person in a Prius, so it might stand out. I’m not trying to be racist, just sayin.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Saying “just sayin” makes it even MORE racist!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I hate Indians. Just sayin.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe “attempted armed robbery” is police code for “being Black in Knoxville.”
It is Tennessee, after all. Just sayin’.
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What’s police code for “being Black in Walnut Creek”
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“Mathematical impossibility”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 13, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Look, say what you want about Coach Tedford, but you have to give it up that we don’t have any bad apples like that on the team. He runs a clean ship and that should count for something, yknow?
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Yeah, and they were forced to walk the plank on the clean ship. These Tenn guys will probably stay on.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Only one football player was involved in that incident!
Doxy was dismissed from the team over the summer for violating team rules
Doxy wasn’t even on the team when this occurred! We’re not takin’ the fall for THAT guy!
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Uhhh.
Garrett, a fullback, was dismissed from the football team Tuesday, said Athletic Director Sandy Barbour.
Barbour said she was not aware a current and former athlete were suspects in the case until Oct. 19.
Cal football coach Jeff Tedford said he was not told until Tuesday that Garrett, who has seen limited playing time this season, was arrested.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 13, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
1) I was making a joke.
2) what are you trying to say with your post? We still washed our hands of Doxy before this happened, didn’t we?
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I see what you were saying now.
I thought you were referring to Doxy in your “only one football player was involved” statement, since he had been a Cal football player. I now see that you were talking about Garrett. My mistake!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 14, 2009 2:56 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, that really sucks… Janzen Jackson is a 1st-Team Freshman All-American
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
This is totally going to be added to Bruins Nation’s list of USC infamy. Because Kiffin learned all his law-breaking ways from Pete Carroll, obviously.
obviously
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by CruzinBears on Nov 12, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
AHAHAHAHARHAHA
Murray says the warning was needed because students didn’t heed his “reasonable request” to stop the meeping
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This is like the message board I used to frequent that banned the word "muppet"
which apparently had developed into sort of an in-joke insult somehow.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
That’s just wrong. Pete Carroll clearly teaches that the key is to pay your players so much that they lose the motivation to commit armed robbery.
by CalBear81 on Nov 12, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Some people do it for the thrill, CalBear81, so that they know they are truly alive, and not just wasting away in a cubicle somewhere.
Wait, what?
Jordan James
Biggins writes he isn’t sure where he should go:
Running back Jordon James (Corona, Calif./Corona) will announce Thursday on ESPNU at halftime of the hoops game of the week. Arizona, Cal and UCLA are his final three, but according to one of his coaches at Corona, James still hasn’t decided where he’s going.
“It doesn’t make much sense because they were on him so hard early so I’m going to call down there and see what’s up. Right now, Jordon is pretty confused about where to go and is still thinking through this.
“I just don’t want him to rush in to a decision and have regrets later. It’s still early, it’s only November and if he doesn’t know when he wakes up in the morning, I really hope he considers putting this off until he’s 100 percent sure of it.”
Bleh. So much for that.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Thought we’d finally have great Cal recruiting news. Unfortunately it looks like we have to wait a little longer.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
BWNQ has a new post up
haven’t had time to read it yet, but here it is:
http://thebearwillnotquit.blogspot.com/
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
You shouldn’t read it because its abreak down of how stupid carp is for stopping his Pac10 Poon Series.
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Jahvid Best was on campus yesterday
"It was great to see him and give him a hug," Tedford said. "He just stopped by and got treatment on his back and said hi to the guys. He was moving a little slow, but it was nice to see him up and walking around."
Best didn’t stick around for meetings and practice and hasn’t yet returned to classes, either. Tedford had no idea when Best might return to school.
"I don’t think anybody knows that," Tedford said. "I don’t think with something like this you say, ‘OK, next Tuesday I’m going to class.’ You don’t know. He could feel great tomorrow and want to return. Who knows? It’s really totally how he’s feeling when he returns to anything around here."
Tedford was also asked if Best might be on the sidelines for Saturday’s game.
"It’s totally how he feels," Tedford said. "I’m sure if he feels up to it, he’ll be there. He’ll take it day by day and see how he does. It would be great to have him there, but this is 100 percent on Jahvid and how he feels and how he responds."
Also, Derrick Hill may play on Saturday vs. Arizona, but Anthony Miller is still out.
Praise be to Tedford!
This is undeniably great news. I really hope he continues to mend with no set backs. Forget football, that is what is truly important.
That said, if you’ll excuse me, I’d like to now transition to a variety of jokes offensive solely to Rishi. LIKE KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS! HIYO!
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The only football injury I have witnessed in person that was as scary as last Saturday, was to a Stanford player in the 1983 Big Game. He guy was down for about 20 minutes and he was paralyzed. They hauled him off the field in an ambulance. Thankfully, the paralysis was temporary and he made a full recovery. He was even cleared to return to playing football. But he decided not to.
I don’t remember the guy’s name, but I’ve never forgotten his statement when he announced he was quitting football: “There was something about laying face down in the mud for 20 minutes unable to move my arms and legs that made me reconsider how important playing football really was to me.” Hard to argue with that logic.
I do like how they are talking about him returning to class. Good emphasis on student needs.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
srsly
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
apparently there’s some big secret conference about the structure of the EPL soon
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Well, they just shot down Rangers and Celtic from joining up. There have rumors for years of forming a Prem 1 Prem 2 format by taking the bigger Championship teams and telling the rest of the League to stick it. Hmmmmmm.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I have mixed feelings about that. People opposed to the idea made the argument that the Old Firm couldn’t play at a level to justify their inclusion – but the television money for the Premiere League alone would allow them to buy better players etc. That’s the thing though, the EPL teams don’t want to split the money.
The most disappointed people in all of this are, of course, every other team in Scotland, who would be only too pleased to be rid of Celtic and Rangers.
I feel like further dividing the Premier League is kinda ridiculous. Do people really want to see the same half a dozen teams playing each other over and over?
…wait, don’t answer that question.
dboneisloose
if they get rid of regular relegation, i’d storm parliament.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
This joke has gone over my head.
Do you mean this taxi will be our get-away car? I feel we should look into a Prius…
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Well, you’d need to get to the Houses of Parliament to storm them. I suspect that an angry mob would be intercepted well in advance by the police, and get plenty of chances to be beaten enough to die suddenly.
So, the relative anonymity of a taxi seems the right way to show up.
If field trials in TN are any indication, using a Prius seems a bad choice.
Yeah – my main criticism of Silver is that he tries to quantify everything, and some things (particularly in a sport like football/soccer that doesn’t keep a ton of statistics) are not quantifiable.
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by HolmoePhobe on Nov 12, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
This statement is 39.583% incorrect.
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by Rishi on Nov 12, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
not Carps news and world report
Nasa clears up difference between Movies, Science. (Re:2012)
Not surprisingly the first comments are:
1)the real story is elsewhere on the crazy part of the internets
2)How much funding was wasted on this (a simple FAQ page to reduce panic).
Honk if you think Rags is great!
actually that was my point. I think it probably cost $15 of an interns time, and hopefully will reduce panic.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
Reading comprehension
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
1) Work for the government
2) Get a job pointing out the variety of people’s craziness
3) Bet on people doing stupid things
Here's my plan to get rich and not work
1) Build up mid-major program on basis of weak scheduling
2) Complain a lot
3) Get hired by big-name program
4) Sign huge contract
5) Fail
6) Get huge payout.
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If I had Photoshop abilities, Sandy Barbour would declare you Sanchez.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
After which, she would be happy to jump in the pool!
She already does that when she’s sober – that’s how awesome she is.
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Even sober, she’s pretty great. She bought my friend a drink once! And made pretty good conversation over the course of a dinner.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve heard that too … ::nudge nudge wink wink::
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm, not to make this all about me, but I know I’m already pretty awesome sober, I wonder how much MORE awesome I’d be drunk.
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I think Twist would literally never stop talking if he were drunk. Not to breathe, not while eating, never.
dboneisloose
How would I continue drinking, then?
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That sounds like the makings of a good porn film!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, it actually was completely rated-G: mostly-sober people on a non-moving fiberglass bull set up for photo ops. Sandy is great tho, always. I don’t always agree with her decisions, but upgrading our facilities in this economy ain’t an easy thing to pull off in the real world.
“On the next Riding the Bull with Sandy Barbour, Sandy explains the economics of a winning football team to zoonews while he posts pictures of cats with PENIS GOES WHERE???? quotes ontop the internet.”
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
A former Stanfurd football player is running for the GOP nomination for Secretary of State.
Incidentally, he’s only voted once in his life – which neatly matches his total career receptions in the NFL.
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by HolmoePhobe on Nov 12, 2009 11:02 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
I need some help from you Cal fans
You guys remember the fanpost I made earlier in the year called Statistics and Records for Cal under Tedford right?
Well I’m thinking of making this a yearly feature, but I don’t just want to update it for the sake of updating it. I want to add more information and look at things that perhaps harder to quantify.
In any case I had an idea but for that I need help. I basically need to know who were the best players for Cal for offense, defense and special teams for each year. By best I mean those who started most if not all games, those who are listed as “impact players” by ESPN, All-americans, etc. But also those who might not be the most heralded but definitely has a strong impact to the team (in a game of course). So for example Best and Mohammed last year. This is what I have so far:
2002
Offense: Kyle Boller
Defense:
Special Teams:
2003
Offense:
Defense:
Special Teams:
2004
Offense: Aaron Rodgers, JJ Arrington, Marshawn Lynch
Defense:
Special Teams:
2005
Offense: Marshawn Lynch
Defense:
Special Teams: DeSean Jackson
2006
Offense: Marshawn Lynch, Desean Jackson, Robert Jordan, Lavelle Hawkins, Nate Longshore
Defense: Damieon Hughes, Desmond Bishop, Syd’Quan Thompson, Thomas Decoud, Zack Follet
Special Teams: Desean Jackson, Tom Schnieder, Andrew Larson
2007
Offense: Desean Jackson, Justin Forsett, Robert Jordan, Lavelle Hawkins, Alex Mack
Defense: Thomas Decoud, Syd’Quan Thompson, Zack Follet
Special Teams: DeSean Jackson, Andrew Larson
2008
Offense: Jahvid Best
Defense: Syd’Quan Thompson, Zack Follet, Worell Williams, Anthony Felder, Tyson Alualu
Special Teams: Bryan Anger
2009
Offense: Jahvid Best, Marvin Jones
Defense: Syd’Qyan Thompson, Tyson Alualu
Special Teams: Bryan Anger
I also need to know who the OCs were for each year: Cortez (2002-?), Dunbar (2006), Tedford (2007), Cignetti (2008), Ludwig (2009).
In other words, Go Bears!
2004 offense—Macarthur
2004 defense—Mbakogu, Riddle
2005 offense—awesome offensive line
2006 defense—no Follett or Thompson, put in Mebane
2008 offense—Alex Mack, Will Ta’ufo’ou
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah he’s worth a mention.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Hughes as well… but 05/06?
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by oskisunbear on Nov 12, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
oh god oline ‘05… philip, o’callaghan, robertson…mmmmm
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by oskisunbear on Nov 12, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
05 defense- smith, mcclesky, mixon… secondary was sweet
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by oskisunbear on Nov 12, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
harrison
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by oskisunbear on Nov 12, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
My two cents on a few
Here’s what I say for some of the “early” years you list:
2002
Offense: Kyle Boller, Joe Igber
Defense: Nnamdi Asomugha, Lorenzo Alexander, Matt Nixon
Special Teams: Jemeel Powell
2003
Offense: Aaron Rodgers, Adimchinobe Echemandu, Geoff MacArthur
Defense: Donnie McCleskey, Wendell Hunter
Special Teams: Mike McGrath, Vinny Strang
2004
Offense: Aaron Rodgers (other candidates: JJ Arrington, Geoff MacArthur)
Defense: Ryan Riddle, Ryan Gutierrez, Harrison Smith, Matt Giordano, Joe Maningo
Special Teams: Mike McGrath, Marshawn Lynch
2005
Offense: Marshawn Lynch, Justin Forsett
Defense: Brandon Mebane, Tim Mixon, Daymeion Hughes
Special Teams: DeSean Jackson
You have all the OCs, I believe. Cortez lasted through the ’05 season. Michalzik was co-OC in 2007.
Praise be to Tedford!
Robert Jordan played a lot as a frosh, especially after Makonnen went down.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
But was he an “impact” player? Someone the opposing team had to account for?
Also was Ward a WR in 2004?
In other words, Go Bears!
Oh, RJ had a BIG impact in the Holiday Bowl
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
But not the kind I’m looking for ;)
(I’m assuming you mean he caused an INT)
In other words, Go Bears!
Yeah, RJ’s forearms got in the way of a perfect A-Rod pass. He more or less just gave it to a TT defender. Ugh.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, the football bounced off his forearms.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Certainly not RJ’s
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yes and no
MacArthur was great. Chase Lyman would have been great if he hadn’t been injured. Lyman had big time performances in each of the first 3 games before going down with season-ending injury in the USC game. After Lyman got hurt, we relied on Jonathan Makonnen and Burl Toler to fill in. But then both of them got hurt, too (Makonnen on a cheap shot hit in the Arizona game). When it was clear that Makonnen and Toler weren’t going to be healthy enough, Tedford was forced to burn Jordan’s redshirt. Jordan started the ASU game (his Cal debut) and caught a TD pass from Rodgers on the game’s first offensive play. Nice debut.
Praise be to Tedford!
Soliciting Rishi advice -- FML?
Rishi, just met with my investment advisors. They claim there is no good reason that the stock market is doing well; rather, in spite of all the crap that is going on, the market is doing well because there are few decent places to invest, so people are throwing their money in the market and that is making it go up. They expect a correction, but given that our economy now has a better safety infrastructure, they expect a slower deflating instead of a bubble bursting. Best bet was to move into high-grade non-growth companies who can better handle flat revenue, along with other non-equity investments. Thoughts? Invest only in lemon-drop and motino futures?
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If you want serious advice, e-mail me on my personal e-mail address (rnjbond at yahoo dot com).
That said, there’s nothing wrong with high dividend stocks to get some income right now. Non-equity investments? I’m not sure what your advisor is referring to. The municipal bond market, for instance, is at some of its worst levels in decades.
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i luv me sum dividends
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Not really looking for advice, just wanted to start a discussion. Some of the non-equity stuff are currency exchanges, oil and gold (that’s been pretty good to us the past few months). I’ve been advised to keep my equity exposure to less than half of the total portfolio, for now.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, gold’s been a barnburner…
Discuss.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, i was just in GDX for a trade once upon a time. not in it right now… too much hype!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Ug. I don’t want to get into this debate. All I can say is people have been assigning the word “crazy” to gold for the past six years. At this point I can’t blame anyone for having a small exposure to precious metals and copper just because there’s almost a guaranteed long term upward bias. People that keep buying the dips may be called gamblers, but I don’t blame them.
I’ll expose myself for some Paladium and Gold any day!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Gold is at record highs; I personally would not jump into it right now (blah blah blah, downward hedge, blah blah blah).
If you want currency exposure, instead of doing FX trades, buy a foreign gov bond (say, Australia); then you have exposure to the country and to the currency.
Equity stuff, I said below, don’t worry so much about stock selection or market timing; worry more about asset allocation. Look at fundamentally what the companies do and ask if this is something you can imagine doing well or not. Do people need this, etc. Diversify betwen cap size, sector, and country (I’m a believer in international diversification). ETFs are great; please stay the hell away from mutual funds, unless you are 100% sure what’s going on with it.
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We got into gold a year or so ago. I guess what I’m really interested in is whether you see a significant but not catostrophic drop in the stock market in the near future. Put on your fewchur-prediktin hat
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
I do forsee a correction in the market. When it will happen, I don’t know (I honestly had no idea how much the market would go up in October), but I really see tech correcting itself. Look at the PE ratios of some of these companies.
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what % would you put on your correction?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
this is worrisome.
just from my rank amateurish experience over the last few years and personal approach, it feels like equities markets are much more about the big players than the underlying economy except in the extreme situations like the housing bubble. but that’s just me. very unsophisticated look at things, i know
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Note, short selling is not for everyone and present unlimited risk; however, good money can be made in a down market. Jes sayin
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yeah, yeah, i’m aware. i just like when things are good!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
near future = ?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
dewd, market is still open for another hour, WATCH OUT
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
I was just kidding. That being said, PANIC!!!!!!!!111
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
The Cal fan’s approach to the stock market
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
False
Cal fan’s approach to a stock portfolio is more like this:
“I’m up 810% YTD! This clearly means I’m overvalued and the market is going to crash asap!”
“My biggest holding got a favourable earnings report! This must mean it’s overrated and will crumble under pressure!”
“Oh no! GYSPZ just threw a 4th Quarter Interception!”
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Actually, the Cal fan’s approach would be FIRE BERNANKE!
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Damn. I don’t have time to really discuss this in depth, but I agree with Rishi. Asset allocation is the key and chasing equity yield doesn’t mean anything unless you’re also watching your tax exposure. Which is why, unlike him, I like new muni issues.
People believe in teh Philips curve too much. The relationship between inflation and unemployment does not always hold. In the 70s it was totally broken. The day Regan took office, inflation was in double digits and unemployment was 10%-ish. The day of Regan’s re-election unemployment was 7.5 and inflation was still high.
Demand push inflation is always easiest to understand but in a world where there is no-cost capital mobility you need to think more globally about cost-push inflation. China is interesting… inflation is artificially controlled but real inflation has been very high and real wages will have great upward pressure…. thus no longer allowing china to hide or offset our inflation (like it’s been doing).
Metals/materials, foodstuffs, oil and foreign labor all will have upward biases as the world comes out of recession. Given our trade deficit, our economy has become incredibly coupled and we can have a situation of high unemployment AND upward inflation (instead of deflation) and that’s the sort of thing that scares the shit out of markets and can cause a double dip. This is one scenario among MANY I’m considering.
… My advice would be to listen to Rishi. This is his thing… it’s his job to look at all the pieces and how they fit together. I’m a specialist and my interest in economics only extends to how it applies to my specialty.
Yeah, not going to disagree with danzig here. I only don’t like munis because their tax-equivalent yield, even on 45%, is still lower than optimal, which is why I’d go after something with higher yields and tax benefits (say, MLPs).
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You know, if I had to do Cal all over again, I’d only focus on Stat, Accounting and Economic History.
Almost everything else isn’t very practical. Learning econ through charts in Micro is not a good idea. I’m advising my cousin who is just entering Cal and am telling her to learn econ through our own history. It’s all there – all the concepts – happening in real life and we can learn how it’s all tied in with politics as well.
how bout this: the equities market will always correct to dow 10k forever and ever in cycles. how’s that for economics?!?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
btw, Rishi + danzig, i’ve been out of school for almost 2 years now, but i’m hoping to be back at Cal very soon. I don’t have much more to take in my major, but I feel I need to take some econ classes before I leave. Do either of you have specific recommendations for econ/stat classes at Cal that have been very applicable to what you’re doing these days in your jobs? I feel I have very poor basis in these things, as the last econ thing I did (besides casual reading) is take an AP test =(
thanks.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I think classes change drastically with the professor, but I would take a shit load of accounting and stat b/c it’ll make you very valuable to employers. If Haas has any excel modeling classes I would def take those. While still at Cal my employer sent me to Atkins Matchett, which is a financial modeling school. Learned more there than anything I learned at Cal. So if Haas has anything like that, take it.
I learned a ton in Environmental Econ, which at the time, was an Econometrics class using real life examples like water resources. Rhetoric is also very useful.
Interesting. Thanks.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
sarcasm?
I’ve actually been quite interested in taking that because I haven’t taken any Poli Sci either. Don’t want to take PS 1 either.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
If I had Cal to do all over again, I would be so much sleazier. I felt I was insufficiently sleazy.
Also, I’d major in music.
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I can’t imagine a more useless major than Music. Well, I can, but not at Cal. Unless you wanted to be a music professor, I guess.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
More useless than PoliSci? At least I woulda learned something interesting to me. But I woulda had to do work. I guess it evened out.
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Really, really useless. Interesting, true, which is why I think the minor was worth getting, but of basically no practical value — if you actually wanted to be a professional musician, it didn’t seem like the degree would help you one iota.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
But couldnt I have learned more about jazz theory something I regret not doing?
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Certainly. Not a reason to get the degree, however.
Personally, I think you’d learn more about Jazz Theory by a) listening to more jazz, b) playing more jazz, c) getting yourself a good tutor. Some of the music department’s classes were really good in this regard, however.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Will you be my tutor? Tute on, Rags. Tute on!
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EECS, with a Music minor. Would’ve double majored, but I started the music program too late to finish in four years. So, I think I at least have some valid grounds on which to criticize the music degree.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I would’ve/should’ve double majored in Psych. Or at least a minor I think.
But then I graduated early.
In other words, Go Bears!
I’m almost you: CS with a near-miss on a music minor. I was (ironically?) actually gigging at the time and thus couldn’t work in the performance requirements. Everything else fulfilled, or just about.
Dude, being in the marching band doesn’t count as a gig.
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Dude, playing with the rest of the trombones during the Holidays at Union Square doesn’t count
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I cross-dressed for my band, Twist. More than once, less than thrice. Onc at the Folsom Street Fair. I’d appreciate it if you didn’t belittle what was such a significant part of my life.
Dude, transvestite kazoo playing while drunk at family reunions does not count.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, well, I was 2nd violin in the 7th grade orchestra at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School so you can just suck it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
It is not, thank goodness. We all called it JLS, or “Jail S”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
From what I can tell, there’s actually a lot of crossover between CS and music people. Something about their brains working in similar ways or something.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Mine clearly doesn't
I’m musically challenged. I took piano lessons for nearly a year and I can barely read the notes still.
I also am the only person in the world that can’t get past the tutorial in Guitar Hero
In other words, Go Bears!
wait seriously? my mom could…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
I only tried like once TBH.
I’d like to get Rock Band or Guitar Hero just to learn and play it but I doubt it’s worth it if you’re not playing with people. It would’ve been a better investment in college.
In other words, Go Bears!
Someone has to tell me what EECS is. Either I’m so old that it didn’t exist in my day, or I’m so old that I’ve forgotten what it was.
Electrical Engineering/Computer Science.
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Indeed. It was probably still part of the math department or whatever back when you were at Cal.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Dude, I went to Cal about the same time you did.
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There actually was a computer science department in my day. And an electrical engineering department. But I don’t recall there being a crossover. But then, we history and Dutch majors didn’t really know much about what went on in the basement of Evans Hall, which was where every single computer on campus was located.
By every single computer, you mean the big giant single computer and the stack of punchcards beside it that solved complicated probles such as “+ 7 9 =”
No, there were actually some individual PC-type computers (like 286’s, but not as good) available to students to use. But you had to sign up for a one-hour slot weeks in advance. Only people in computer science classes ever bothered. The rest of us used books and typewriters.
I will be honest, I wish there was someway to keep using a typewriter. The sound it made…when that sound is gone from the world completely, it will be a worse place.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Huffing the copious amounts of Liquid Paper™ required was a cool bonus to typing up papers in high school.
rollonu has never known the hardships of a world without internet.
I mean, really, neither have I, unless you count elementary school or something.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
My now-wife and I communicated a LOT @ Cal using Talk, which is like IM except each c h a r a c t e r was sent in real time.
A cool medium, as it allowed for [dramatic pauses] and [taking things back] (backspace backspace backspace)…
Ah yes. I remember having to ‘ping’ people to see if they were online.
Oh days of UNIX! I remember signing up for an OCF email account – down in the dark dark dungeon of Evans Basement. Scary place.
It still is.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
They banned that from the school I went to in Holland because there was too much of a huffing problem from 5th through 12th grades. Late 70s / early 80s, what else would you expect?
Giant afros and a insane obsession with ABBA?
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Oh My God, yes on the ABBA.. When I lived there (1976-77) the Dutch were crazy about ABBA. I thought it was the most annoying, grating crap I had ever heard, but I couldn’t escape it.
See, it’s essentially hard-wired into my brain, because let me assure you that the obsession didn’t ease off after you left Holland.
Incidentally, we moved to Holland in April of 76 – it’s mildly amusing that we were in the country on an ex-pat basis (more or less) at the same time with no reason to know about one another or expect that we’d be trading comments on a Cal blog 30+ years hence.
AUTOMATION
(Alan Sherman)
It was automation, I know
That was what was making the factory go
It was IBM
It was Univac
It was all those gears going
Clickity clack, dear
I thought automation was keen
Till you were replaced by a ten-ton machine
It was a computer that tore us apart, dear
Automation broke my heart.
There’s an RCA 5-0-3
Standing next to me, dear, where you used to be
Doesn’t have your smile
Doesn’t have your shape,
Just a bunch of punch cards and light bulbs and tape, dear
You’re a girl who’s soft, warm and sweet
But you’re only human and that’s obsolete
Though I’m very fond of that new 5-0-3, dear Automation’s not for
me.
It was automation, I’m told That’s why I got fired and I’m out in
the cold How could I have known When the 5-0-3
Started in to blink it was winking at me, dear
I thought it was just some mishap
When it sidled over and sat on my lap
But when it said "l love you " and gave me a hug, dear
That’s when I pulled out. . . its plug.
Copyright 1963 Curtain Call Productions
tune: Fascination
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not really a crossover still.
There’s an EE department (based in Cory hall) and a CS department (based in Soda) both with overlaps with Math (in Evans).
There just are two majors offered: B.A. in Comp Sci or B.S. in EE&CS. It’s just pre-reqs that are different and what classes you take.
In other words, Go Bears!
CS is the better major because you don’t have to solder all those bullshit wires together. DON’T HIT ME YOU EECS BULLIES I JUST DON’T LIKE TO SOLDER OK?
I’m actually not sure I ever soldered anything. I may have had to for one class, but if so, I just let my project partner take care of it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
OH GOD I COULD HAVE BEEN AN EECS MAJOR WHY DID I GIVE UP GOD OH WHY!
There was at least one more electrical-circuitry focused class and one was more than enough for my attention span.
Acutally, had I an opportunity to do it over, I woulda doubled in music and math. No idea why.
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If I had to do it all over, I’d be my same major except I’d take a semester abroad and graduate in 4.5 yrs instead of 4.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d!
I actually probably would have tried to go to Haas undergrad and instead of majoring in Poli Sci/Int’l relations, just taken a bunch of PS classes instead.
Also, more Chinese classes. But I didn’t know I was going to move here.
The funny thing is I had zero desire to study abroad, even watching my friends and sister do so. This last semester my younger brother has been in Australia, and FUCK ME why didn’t I think of Australia!?!?!?!?!?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
*abroad when I was in school, up until very recently.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I f I had to do it all over, i would have made sure I was on a co-ed floor in my door so I use use my suaze 21 year oldness to maximum sexual advantage.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
If I had to do it all over, I would have avoided Ragnarok like fuck with the knowledge of what our friendship would one day create.
Also, I’d be a lot sleazier. Like a LOT.
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I’m a BARQ’s rootbeer man, myself.
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Word to that. I find all other mainstream root beer’s too sickeningly sweet.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
are you shaking your cane at us as we speak?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
And turning my hearing aid up to 11 so that I can hear the person on the other end of the AARP Whippersnapper Alert Line.
Sorry, I’ll get off your lawn!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
- no apostrophe
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Too late. We are already judging your entire generation based on your inappropriate use of apostrophes.
yes but to be fair, you had already done that.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
Twist taught a class at Cal. It wasn’t actually that bad (and virtually nothing like Twist normally is).
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Hey what you got against Decals?!?!?!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
What do you think of the idea of a Scrabble decal?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I taught a Scrabble Decal. Twas awesome. I was trying to bait Royrules.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
I took the Seinfeld DeCal. EPIC!
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Fantasy Literature, Children’s Literature, “MacGyver 101”, and the “Learn to Play the Carillon” DeCals. Pretty great.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
YOU’RE prior to the snap!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
I demand royalties. I will donate them to the band undert he name Penis vaginersson.
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I hat you so much.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t imagine a more useless major than Music. Well, I can, but not at Cal.
Come one, Rags, I double majored in history and Dutch. At Cal. That’s got to be twice as useless as music.
Come one?
At least you didn’t major in underwater basket weaving!
That used to be the biggest threat that our high school counselors used against us:
“If you don’t submit your college apps in time, you’ll end up doing underwater basket weaving at De Anza”.
De Anza being the local community college.
In other words, Go Bears!
Fair enough. Both of those are quite useless (although I think History at least is applicable to a much wider range of career choices — including the law — than Music is).
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Art History is probably more useful than Art. The only Art History major I knew at Cal wanted to be a curator at museums, which seemed like a reasonable course of study.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
One of my roommates freshman year was a History major. He always wanted to work in a library for some reason. Well he ended up going to grad school at UCSD doing library science or something of that sort. And apparently he’s now taking some CS classes too.
In other words, Go Bears!
I think its longer than 140 characters.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 12, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s a saturated market. There are a lot more art history majors than there are collections to curate, even if you’re willing to work for an eccentric billionaire.
Well, the NFL is also a saturated market. Doesn’t mean that it’s not worth the work if you can make it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Ah yes, Political Economy of (Newly) Industrialized Societies. I have no idea what that means, but it’s probably useful somehow, somewhere, by someone.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
No, I didn’t realize that. In fact, I didn’t have any sort of clear idea of what the major was about.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
PEIS
Political Economy (PEIS) major examines the relationship between politics and economics in modern societies, focusing special attention on problems of both domestic and international policy. The curriculum is both multi- and interdisciplinary in scope and is based on the assumption that the political-economic relationship is affected by society, culture, geography, and demographics.
I almost majored in it, but was scared by the language requirement (4 semesters) – it turned out that my Poli Sci classes plus upper division econ classes pretty much mirrored the PEIS cirriculum. But again, I think I would’ve been better off in Haas if I knew then what I know now – Haas + like 8 semesters of Chinese.
the stock market and economy are very disjointed, for sure, but that’s always been the case. as long as fed rates are so low, i wouldn’t expect much more of a correction than the 5% we’re getting day-to-day.. it feels like a flat market to me, but some major individual companies have given great numbers and guidance in this earning season (cisco, toll brothers just recently—much, much better than expected, apple)
my advice is just ride some AAPL on some weakness in a nice diversified portfolio =P (when i’m in the market, i usually only have 5 holdings). i don’t have a lot of money, and i do a lot of momentum trading, btw. if you don’t have a lot of time to follow your companies, i’d just suggest vanguard funds or looking at your popular high-yielders.
danzig, help me out here. i’m not much of a bear at these levels; i think it’s more of a find good, clean companies/stock-picker market at this point. the crazy run up from the bottom feels like it’s over though
as far as non-equities, treasury stuff is kinda horrible right now (i used to invest in 4-week T-bills every week back when rates were so high)
i don’t really look at investing as much more than hi-falutin’ gambling though, tbh.
i’m probably about to get flamed by econ majors now
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Tech is one of those sectors that have been leading to the overinflation of the market (witness AMZN, GOOG, etc).
What’s more important than stock picking or market timing is asset allocation, honestly. You can’t go wrong with some sector, cap, and country ETFs.
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Australia (EWA) has been good to me. I’m young, so I’m not interested in being my own mutual fund though, tbh
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I think CALumbus should discuss something like this one on one with Rishi. Rishi knows that without determining suitability, we really can’t help him too much.
Again, don’t worry, I won’t be following anyone’s internet advice, I was just interested in the subject when my advisors said “watch out for a market correction soon”, even though I had recently been enjoying and feeling a tiny bit optimistic about 12 month highs.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
well, advisors have been saying that loudly since august. it’s always a good idea to be safe with your money, but i’m sure you know that. have you taken a lot of profits off the table recently?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Just to give perspective to what they say, even the best advisors in the business had no idea that the Dw would be above 10K by this time around.
No one can predict the future.
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“So why should I hire you as my investment advisor?”
“Because I can accurately predict the future.”
“Yeah, but I belong to the same golf club as my current advisor, so….”
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Be with your advisor because he’s smart and treats your money like his own, not because he’s cool to talk to.
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One of my advisors (yes, I diversify them too) only puts my money where he puts his own money, which makes me feel better.
Also, why did you have to use the male pronoun, you sexist pig???
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Man, you must be made out of money if you have several different advisors.
Also, female advisors are sadly rare. I think there may be..
Damn
I actually think there is one in my entire branch.
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PS Multiple advisors? Can I hav ea loan? At 0%. With no anticipation of payback.
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I’m just gonna beg him to give me money at this point. Wife needs a new pair of EVERYTHING!
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and go!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 12, 2009 2:02 PM PST
You were prior to the snap!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
In a way, I feel like we’re all prior to the snap.
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Why, sure, Mr. White! Take whatever you need!
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 13, 2009 8:12 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
true, true
i guess i’m a pretty risky dude because i’m so young and unemployed
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
T-Bred, thoughts on Chris Kaman throwing the ball out of bounds and missing a bunch of layups and Steve Novak getting subbed in for the final minute?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Kaman can’t kill it every night.
Steve Novak’s a pimp. Simmons can quit his bitchin’
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
30-52, here we come!!!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
we’ll see! we’ll see!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Rishi, just curious, are you actually a financial advisor, or is this stuff just part of what you do?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
do you have coverage over a certain sector
now i see why you have so much time to post on CGB =P
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I’m an overall analyst.
And I have so much time to post on CGB because I work ridiculous hours, so I make myself take these breaks, or I would go crazy.
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it feels as if you’re on a constant break
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks Rishi, danzig and T-bred, for the discussion. I think I heard you correctly that I should put all my cash into gold and mutual funds. Consider it done.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
don’t forget to buy some Yen!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT? No.
Listen to your broker. Brokers get a real bad rap but remember that they can be very useful. Bad brokers are dangerous but their firms overlay an overall product strategy that won’t allow them the f-you up too badly. Good brokers are like extremely valuable and can truly enhance your life. Best thing to do is be knowledgeable yourself so you can show your broker you mean business and you’ll be able to tell if he’s really worth your time or not.
I thought he was just kidding at the end there, ’zig.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, danzig. He was making the funnies.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Really, guys – we should stop having general discussions like this. It’s really dangerous without determining suitability and actually knowing the client.
You’re right, but if people rely on financial advice they receive in a DBD they should probably not be allowed to have any money in the first place.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
yeah. people are always chomping at the bit to bilk you out of your money
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I hope people take their fashion advice from the DBD.
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Are you joking? Any man willing to brave my Ukrainian sex storm ex-psycho gf isn’t getting any of my money.
FWIW, I googled her just now and didn’t find her. Her mom still lives in SF though. The internet is truly amazing.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Ha! Good luck with that. If I had any decent ones, I’m sure the wife would have purged them without my knowledge many years ago.
But I’ll look just for you.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
That should have said “psycho ex-gf”. Texas education FTW!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Summer school here sucks balls. It’s 2,150 degrees and the school uses Summer school to weed out the incoming freshman who have to be accepted by State Law. The entire Summer school structure at UT is devoted to that. UT students go to Austin CC for Summer school to avoid this.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
danzig, you must be too busy making awesome, high quality videos to tell that I wasn’t being serious there. Don’t worry, I have too much Cal education to make idiotic decisions.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
haha, you’re right though. retirement money, savings, etc is way too important to be throwing out ideas willy-nilly. i will refrain from further discussing stock-picking and such
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
No one said NOT to do it, so giddyap
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’m investing all my money in pumpkins. I noticed that they really sky rocketed last montha nd I think now is the time to buy!
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No you fool, zippers! Wave of the future.
I hear they’re building a giant zipper in the sky you can ride all the way to New York!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously, I’ve tried investing in zippers. Sadly, not possible.
Look at anything you own with a zipper on it. Chances are, it says YKK on the pulltab. YKK is the world’s largest producer of zippers, and actually wanted to buy stock in the company – they’re certainly not going anywhere, and it’s highly unlikely their market share would dry up. Unfortunately, YKK is not a publicly traded company, so there’s no stock to be had.
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Soliticing Rishi advice. I have a crazy friend who says its wrong to eat meat. Is he crazy?
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I personally believe eating meat is wrong, but it doesn’t make the person wrong. It’s about personal beliefs.
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Okay, I will accept that if you can go an entire week without eating any vegetables or grains.
Go.
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Pass – the toilet repairs alone at the end of the week make that a very bad plan.
by DC Trojan on Nov 12, 2009 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It really hurts me when you:
a)Take me seriously
b)miss a Simpsons reference of that magnitude. I mean why did you even GO to Bovine University??
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Its a photo of a cat with its paw in the air with the text “CURSE YOU, VILLAIN!” Its quite amusing.
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No sugar, but Chai with milk is nice.
Other than Chai, all my teas are without cream or sugar, which is why I like green tea or herbal tea.
Can we go back to making fun of British people now?
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Apparently, your crazy friend hasn’t heard of the food chain.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Ovi, I eat poodles, monkeys, platypus, slugs, squirrels, bats…
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Go Slugs!!!!
Just thought I’d throw that in there…
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If they explode, will it be messy?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
You remember the scene in Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life? With the fat dude and the waiter and the buckets of hurl everywhere? It’ll be like that.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Indeed. When shown the menu he says “I’ll have the lot.” Classic. “It’s wafer thin!”
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 12, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Desean Jackson makes big plays
In addition to four long receiving touchdowns, Jackson has punt-return scores of 68 and 85 yards and ran for a 67-yard touchdown earlier this season against Washington. Randy Moss (eight receiving, one via punt return) leads all players with nine scores from 50+ yards out before turning 23; he broke the record held by Gale Sayers, whose seven such scores came on three receptions, two runs, one punt return and one kickoff return. Jackson turns 23 on Dec. 1, which gives him three more games to break the tie with Sayers; if we include postseason performances, Jackson is already #2 on the career list.
But unlike another receiver who once donned an Eagles jersey, Jackson does more than just catch (long) touchdowns. He’s in a tie for seventh place on the list of players since 1960 with 100-yard receiving games before turning 23, and he has an outside chance to tie Larry Fitzgerald for second on the list with seven 100-yard games. Jackson was part of the oddball class of 2008; no wide receivers were drafted in the first round but 10 were selected in Round 2. Jackson, who leads the class in career receiving yards, was just the seventh wideout selected in the second round. Concerns about his size (he measured 5-10, 169 at the combine) caused him to drop in the draft, but he was a big-play machine at California and continues to be one for the Eagles.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:17 PM PST reply actions
Should athletic coaches and administrators be exempt from the systemwide UC furloughs?
What are your guys’s thoughts?
While UC Berkeley football head coach Jeff Tedford will lose approximately $22,500 of his base salary as part of a pay reduction program akin to the UC systemwide furlough program, the amount given back to the campus comprises less than 1 percent of his overall compensation.
Tedford is one of 34 contracted coaches and administrators in the campus Department of Intercollegiate Athletics who voluntarily participated in the program. Participants’ pay reductions range from 4 to 10 percent and exclude additional compensation and performance-related bonuses.
Because they are contracted employees of the university, athletic coaches and administrators are exempt from the systemwide furlough program. While most coaches and athletic administrators have voluntarily accepted pay reductions, some faculty members criticize the fact that the pay cuts do not cover additional compensation beyond base pay.
“The critical detail is that the percentage reduction is not being applied to the coaches’ full compensation, but only to a small fraction of it,” said Brian Barsky, a professor of computer science.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:20 PM PST reply actions
My thought is that the overarching problem will not be solved by coaches taking furloughs and that if professors really want to solve the problem they should target their efforts to Sacramento.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Rec’d. The problems the university is having are a result of the budget disaster caused by our irresponsible legislature and irresponsible voters. Nothing short of a major overhaul in how the state government taxes and spends is going to make any real difference.
Plus, when the university signs a contract with Jeff Tedford — or anyone else — guaranteeing certain compensation, that contract has to be honored. That’s the law, regardless of whether anybody likes it or not. If Tedford or other people with contracts want to voluntarily give up some of their compensation, then they are doing that entirely out of their own good will. But they have no obligation to give up anything, and no one can make them do so. Mr. Computer Science Professor ought to get the facts before he starts talking.
CNN says that Berkeley is one of the 10 coolest college towns.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/11/02/college.towns/
That’s nice, but I, for one, don’t see coffee shops as the most interesting thing about Berkeley. Nor would I be inclined to describe Telegraph Avenue as a “festive commercial strip.”
Here it is again.
For some local suds, stop in for pints at the festive Pyramid Brewery.emphasis, mine.
yea, I don’t really agree.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
That’s two festive articles about Berkeley this week that suggest going to Pyramid. Who wants to drive way over there. Jupiter has great brews and is within walking distance from the school. Or Manny’s (Raleigh’s). It’s way more festive.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah!
Festive!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh, retards, I love Pyramid and went a few times in college, but it is no one’s go-to place and doesn’t define Berkeley AT ALL.
Suggest the Bear’s Lair, for God’s sake! How many other college campuses have a full on-campus bar like we do? Not even UT does!
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Uhhh, the on campus bar was my dorm room. I was the only guy over 21 on the whole floor when I transferred in.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Positives= I was the only person over 21 besides the RA. I was looked on as a Man God
Negatives= It was one of 2 all male floors in Jester (the massive dorm there). FML
On a co-ed floor, I could’ve sleazily boozed my way to a smorgasbord of willing, barely legal sexual partners who worshipped my aged wisdom, alcohol procurement abilities and alluring, dangerous Cali good looks. Instead it was a never ending series of knocks on my door with pimply faced teenagers saying “Dude, can you buy me some beer?”
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
No. Sadly. After a couple weeks of that, I started hanging out in a different dorm with guys my own age.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Listen, this isn’t doing it for me. Tell me stories about encounters with women that weren’t your ex-psychos
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Flagged for being Rishi…
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm, I dated one girl whose mother was French, her name was Cherie. Not the brightest girl, she said something dumb and I felt the need to correct her. She laughed and said “Oh, toosh!” “Toosh?” I said. After trying to explain to me what “Toosh” was, I finally realized she meant “Touche”. I dumped her that night because I couldn’t deal with that. Half French…toosh. Sigh. FML
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
TMI alert!!!!
Oh, I had quite the string before I got married. The psycho half Dominican/ half Puerto Rican from the Bronx who fake tried to kill herself after I dumped her, convinced my Mom she needed nurturing, moved in “because she had no where else to go”, changed her name to Sidney June and became a bull dyke in the City.
The virgin who dumped me after I had a bad day and wanted a shoulder to cry on, then went out and screwed some dude in a bar.
The compulsive liar daughter of a California Supreme Court Justice who tried to drive me away by telling me she had been raped by a black hobo. It didn’t work so she made sure I caught her screwing her ex boyfriend. That was quality.
I could go on and on. Is it any wonder I married the first normal, attractive, intelligent woman I met? I think not.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
In fairness, I can’t blame the girl for dumping you if you went out and screwed some dude in a bar.
by CalBear81 on Nov 12, 2009 5:44 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Once again, Texas education FTW!!!!!
To clarify, the virgin dumped me and she went to a bar or club and ended up screwing some dude.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 12, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
jesus you should publish a book or something.
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 13, 2009 12:25 AM PST up reply actions
And that’s what Brown can do for you.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 12, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t be a snob. Providence, especially College Hill, is a good place to live. Solid restaurants, bars, plenty of music, etc.
she said, festively.
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
she festived, festively, at the festive festival fest.
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 12, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Telegraph is totally festive, especially when compared to 99% of the country. Check it out on a weekend sometime.
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Byron Scott fired
How does this relate to the Pac-10 at all?
Marc Stein: “Our own @ricbucher reports that the Hornets are adding head coach to GM Jeff Bower’s duties and bringing in Tim Floyd to be top assistant”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:30 PM PST reply actions
From Ted Miller's chat.
Golden (Berkeley, CA)
Cal’s lack of consistent quarterbacking: Product of O-line or Riley?
Ted Miller (3:16 PM)
Both… the offensive line has been disappointing (coaching changes to blame?) and Riley has been hot and cold. I’m also a bit surprised that the WRs haven’t stepped up more…the bears mediocrity on offense has been a total team effort.
Matt (Philadelphia)
Is Cal ever going to get fed up with Tedford and 8-5 seasons or are they more concerned with trees?
Ted Miller (3:29 PM)
Cal should be careful if it starts to believe it can do much better than Tedford… that said, Tedford is a big boy and a highly paid one at that… Bears fans have a right to expect more. I thought this was going to be a banner year in Berkeley. I was wrong. I still look at the roster and can’t figure out why… guess some guys pass the sight test but not the play test.
Don't forget Okanes chat in half an hour!!!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
So whatever happened on YO’s chat?
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Desean makes way less than Maclin
For people like Twist annoyed that we think Jackson isn’t making enough, what Desean is earning isn’t much at all.
That second-round draft status limited Jackson to a bargain-basement, 4-year, $3.078 million contract, with a $1.353 million signing bonus. Jackson will make $385,000 this season, $470,000 next season and $550,000 in 2011.
The Birds’ other starting wideout, Jeremy Maclin, got more than $9 million in guarantees and can make more than $15 million over the life of his 5-year deal – but Maclin was taken in the first round last spring, 19th overall, about where Jackson originally was projected in 2008.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 12:36 PM PST reply actions
DeSean should retroactively sit out last year until they pay him as much as a first round pick would get. That’s when he should’ve been drafted anyway.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
should he have stayed another year?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
who knows? the knocks on size/injuries/‘team player’ would have likely remained
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know about you, but a 9’6" tall WR would be baller. He could probably catch anything Kevin Riley throws.
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Hed have trouble crack backing, tho.
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We already went over this. It wouldn't work.
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Who ya got?
Furd 11 @ USC: Furd +11 (USC 28, Furd 24)
UW +12 @ OSU: OSU ~12 (OSU 37, UW 21)
UCLA ~17 @ Wazzu: UCLA ~17 (UCLA 35, Wazzu 10)
Zona +3 @ Cal: Zona +3 (Cal 28, Zona 27) (hey, if we lose, we have the same record as last year with same two teams to play)
ASU +18 @ Oregon — tough, ASU18 (Oregon 28, ASU 14)
Note: I am not betting any money on these games … my thoughts are subject to much change
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Betting on any of them?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
I mean, I should have learned my lesson on that Oregon game.
But there’s a little voice in the back of my head telling me to take the ‘Furd as part of a teaser…there’s no USC beats them by 17…right?
dboneisloose
Stay away.
Although, yeah, I don’t see USC stomping them, but the Pac-10 is a real minefield.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hell yeah it is.
We have five ranked teams right now! Half of the entire conference is ranked. And Cal’s right under them, still able to beat a good chunk of the teams out there.
How can anyone deny that the Pac-10 is the toughest conference in football?? I just don’t understand it.
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Next year is gonna be even worse.
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 13, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Greatest offensive college football player of the decade
Here’s the short list. Did they miss anyone? How would you rank them? (stats are pre-09)
Matt Leinart, Quarterback, Southern Cal
10,693 yards passing, 99 touchdowns
Reggie Bush, Running back, Southern Cal
6,541 all purpose yards, 42 touchdowns
Tim Tebow, Quarterback, Florida
6,159 yards passing, 67 touchdowns/2,037 yards rushing 43 touchdowns
*Career still in progress
Vince Young, Quarterback, Texas
6,040 yards passing, 44 touchdowns/3,127 yards rushing, 37 touchdowns
Darren Sproles, Running back, Kansas State
4,979 yards rushing, 45 touchdowns
Adrian Peterson, Running back, Oklahoma
4,057 yards rushing, 41 touchdowns
Carnell Williams, Running back, Auburn
3,831 yards rushing, 45 touchdowns
Larry Johnson, Running back, Penn State
2,782 yards rushing, 25 touchdowns
LaDainian Tomlinson, Running back, TCU
5,263 yards rushing, 40 touchdowns
Larry Fitzgerald, Wide Receiver, Pittsburgh
2,677 yards receiving, 34 touchdowns
Michael Crabtree, Wide receiver, Texas Tech
3,127 yards receiving, 41 touchdowns
Josh Reed, Wide receiver, LSU
3,001 yards receiving, 17 touchdowns
Charles Rogers, Wide receiver, Michigan State
2,551 yards receiving, 27 touchdowns
Braylon Edwards, Wide receiver, Michigan
3,541 yards receiving, 39 touchdowns
Kellen Winslow Jr, Wide receiver, Miami (FL)
1,330 yards receiving, 9 touchdowns
Heath Miller, Tight end, Virginia
1,703 yards, 20 touchdowns
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 1:47 PM PST reply actions
I’m glad whomever made this realises just how great Matt Leinart was in college (IN COLLEGE STOP TALKING ABOUT HIS NFL CAREER)
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He was a pretty good college QB. But he did have amazing wideouts, one of the greatest all-around talents in the backfield, plus a slogging offensive line and a power running back. Everything kind of came together for him and Petie.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 12, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
His last season, Leinart had the latitude to audible almost any time to run an offense that put up 7500 yards of offense and scored 83 TDs. So fart as I am concerned, the effect of Chow leaving before that season was significantly offset by Leinart’s on-field reads. You’re not going to convince me that he was able to so that solely because everyone else on the team was good.
Bottom line, “pretty good” doesn’t get you this.
So fart as I am concerned
I got a head start on the “only meat for a week” challenge, apparently.
by DC Trojan on Nov 12, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds like Leinart was audibling quite often on the field there.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 12, 2009 2:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Either of the first two is legit. There’s no excuse for drinking Charles Shaw other than I need to get drunk right now and my options are Charles Shaw or Robitussin.
dboneisloose
it was more of a joke…
i was really going to tally only votes for the first two
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Ninehs gonna win, bruh. Gonna win!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
Can’t you drink both the 6 pack and the 40?
Drink 40 first. Then see what is necessary of 6 pack
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Wouldn’t the other way round make more sense? The Blue Moon tastes better, so drink a few of those first. Then, once your taste buds are dulled…
dboneisloose
Except that the 40 doesnt keep… the blue moon can be opened in smaller amounts
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
40s age like a fine wine!
In my old fraternity house, one of the bathrooms had a 40 strategically located on a shelf with a sign saying “break in case of emergency”.
dboneisloose
Your only REAL choices. You're welcome.
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"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
“Injuries are the only red flag that will accompany him to the next level but when healthy James shows elite ability at the running back position and is a major in-state keep for UCLA.”
Just what the Bruins need: injury-prone players
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10000&ATCLID=204832028
they could be really good if Kaepernick stays for his senior season… impressive offense in WAC play (i know, i know)
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
If only somebody had posted a link to a story backing up TBreds statement.
IF ONLY!
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Awesome
Road trip!
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 12, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
with a name like that...
A creative arts major…Aspires to be a State Trooper for the Military border patrol
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I was about to reply in a huff that nothing NOTHING could beat the Scientific Mapp and Majestic Mapp brothers.
But you have. Oh, you have.
those are classics… God Shammgod wants to have a word with all of us.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
God Shammgod got screwed in China. He was playing here about 5 years ago – was really happy playing for Zhejiang, Great city to be based in (Hangzhou – about an hour train ride from Shanghai – lot of western comforts, good teammates) then due to some stupid re-drafting system the CBA put in place, his 3rd year he got stuck in Taiyuan, Shaanxi.
How would I put it – for two years, he’s playing in a place like San Jose – which is nearby a nice place and then BAM, he’s in West Virginia. Backwards, coal mining country, grimy, crappy – the armpit of China (in a country with a lot of armpits)
how close do you follow the CBA? Max got a shot?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
Max could play in the CBA – the CBA talent ranges from low Division I to NAIA (yes, that’s a wide range). I think with his Cal experience he could be a starter and maybe an All-Star – the question is would he want to? He’d be paid as a local – and that’d be 30-50k a year unless he was a star.
Only imports make the big bucks.
Have you been to the Cancer Villages article on China Hush? Not to get all Spazzy, but holy crap is some of China just harrowing to look at.
http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Ahhh… the sweet smell of progress
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
I just look out my window – and Shanghai isn’t even half bad. I know I’m cutting years off my life by living here. There’s some very very ugly pollution, dumping, etc. going on in the hinterlands – the worst offenders are poor central planning and coal used for power plants. The worst part is with just a tiny bit extra cost to buy scrubbers for the coal power plants – you could improve everything as much as 3-5% which is HUGE.
He made Dana O'Neil's all name team
including one demi-god we all know well…
The all-name squad: We may have bid adieu to Alabama State’s Chief Kickingstallionsims, but we welcome in a new class of the greatest names of the game: New FIU coach Isiah Thomas joins Washington guard Isaiah Thomas in the college game, Cal freshman Bak Bak, Florida rookie Nimrod Tishman, Siena walk-on Just-in’love Smith and my personal favorite, Oklahoma freshman Tiny Gallon. Why does Tiny edge out Just-in’love? For the first name-surname combo and for the fact that Tiny is now down to 285 pounds. From 360.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
yeah, that’s where I saw it. and Bak Bak got his propers as well.
we were in the top 3 for Tiny Gallon too… the Cal basketball program can’t do much wrong these days.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah… who knew it was short for ‘Nimrodinson’ ?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 12, 2009 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
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