Womens BBall takes on St Marys tonight AT HAAS! Tickets prolly still available!

The No. 13/18 California Golden Bears (1-0) close out their opening home stand with a pair of games this week. First up, Cal will host Bay Area neighbor Saint Mary’s (1-0) for a Tuesday, Nov. 17 game tipping at 7:00 p.m. On Sunday, Nov. 22, Cal will play the first of their televised games of the season, hosting fellow top-25 power Baylor (0-1) at 2:00 p.m. in Haas Pavilion.

Cal got off to a hot start to the 2009-10 season. After scoring an unofficial 101 points in their exhibition game against Vanguard, the Bears made the triple-digit score official in their 100-43 rout of Idaho State in the season opener. It was the first time since Jan. 6, 1996 that Cal had scored 100 or more points and was only the 15th time that had happened in the history of the program. The even 100 points also set a Haas Pavilion record for the most points scored by a team playing in the building, erasing the previous record of 99 points Cal scored against Washington State during the 2007-08 season.

The Bears showed depth and balance in the game with every available player scoring in the game. The freshmen class looked like seasoned veterans on the floor. Forward DeNesha Stallworth scored 17 points in her official debut, going 6-for-8 from the field, including hitting a three-pointer. Stallworth also logged eight rebounds, had three assists, and a pair of steals. Forward Talia Caldwell logged a game-high nine rebounds. Guard Eliza Pierre scored 11 points with nine of those coming from the freethrow line. Pierre also had four steals, two assists, and a block. Guard Layshia Clarendon ended up being the workhorse in the game, leading the squad with 26 minutes on the court. Every player saw at least 15 minutes on the court.

BUT BOOKS ARE GOOD

XC Trio receives honors:

BERKELEY – Juniors Steve Sodaro and Kari Karlsson, as well as sophomore Deborah Maier, have been named to the All-West Region team based on their finishes at last Saturday NCAA regional race in Springfield, Ore.

Sodaro completed the men’s 10,000-meter circuit in 31:10.42 to claim 16th place, with Karlsson taking 21st in 31:14.40. Maier was 14th in the women’s race, finishing her 6,000-meter race in 21:20.43. Each of the top 25 men’s and women’s finishers earned all-region status.

Sodaro paced the Golden Bears in four meets during the fall, which included an 18th-place finish at the Pac-10 championships Oct. 30. His highest result came at a meet at Sacramento State early in the year where he crossed the line third overall.

Karlsson was Cal’s No. 1 runner at the Pre-NCAA Invitational, taking 51st in a strong field full of nationally ranked teams. He was also 27th overall at Pac-10’s.

Maier finished as the Bears’ top runner in all four meets she competed in this season, which included a sixth-place finish at the Pac-10 championships and a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Invitational.

Water polo to host Gatekeeper Academy. No word yet on any sort of Keymaster Academy:

The University of California men’s water polo staff will be hosting the 2009 Boy’s High Performance Water Polo Camp and Sean Nolan Goalkeeper Academy, December 19-21 at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The camp/academy will teach water polo skills and tactics to boys age 12-18 in a team and camp environment with an optimal amount of pool time.

The camp is directed by one of the most respected and successful water polo coaches in the nation, Kirk Everist, a two-time Olympian who led Cal to NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007, along with Cal associate head coach Boyd Lachance, and 2000 Olympian and Golden Bear goalkeeper coach Sean Nolan.

The camp has limited space to ensure individual attention and allows Everist and his staff to utilize the philosophy of education and coaching, which is essential to a high performance athlete. Participants should have at least one year of club or high school water polo experience. For more information on how to sign up for the 2009 Boy’s High Performance Water Polo Camp and Sean Nolan Goalkeeper Academy check the camp website at 2009 Boy’s High Performance Water Polo Camp.

Womens Lacrosse gets hella new recruits:

BERKELEY – The California lacrosse program signed eight recruits to National Letters of Intent, Golden Bears head coach Theresa Sherry announced on Monday. The incoming class features three players from the San Francisco Bay Area – Lauren Goerz (Danville, Calif./Monte Vista High School), Teresa Li (Pleasanton, Calif./ Amador Valley High School) and Hayley Olson (Livermore, Calif./Granada High School) – two from Colorado – Shelby Barrett (Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek High School) and Megan McGinnis (Morrison, Colo./Colorado Academy) and three – Paige Gasparino (Darien, Conn./Darien High School), Grace Parente (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr School) and Jackie Pelletier (Andover, Mass./Andover High School) – from the East Coast.

The class includes multiple midfielders (3), defenders (2) and attackers (2) as well as one goalkeeper.

“We are extremely excited to welcome these eight student-athletes into the Cal lacrosse family,” Sherry said. “This class is made up of fast, athletic and mentally tough lacrosse players who we feel will help our program continue to achieve greater things in the MPSF and the NCAAs. We are happy to continue pulling players from all over the country to play for our team, the different personalities and backgrounds adding a significant flavor to the Cal campus both on and off the field.”

Goerz, a high school All-American midfielder who led Monte Vista to the North Coast Section title as a junior, was named the 2009 Contra Costa Times Player of the Year and East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) MVP. She tallied four goals and an assist in the 2009 NCS final.

Li, Olson and Goerz were named to the 2009 all-EBAL first team. A midfielder, Li was selected an honorable mention All-American and, along with current Cal freshman Ana Cyr, was named a US Lacrosse academic All-American in 2009. Li played at Amador Valley with current Cal sophomore Melissa Sheehan. Olson, an attacker, and Cyr were teammates at Granada High School.

I have a crazy friend who is applying to law school. They want to know what a good law school essay tutor company around here would be. I have no idea, so I turn to you all knowing omnipotent knower of the past the present and the future and knowledge itself DBD. I turn to you!

Ok, anybody got experience tailgating at the furd? A bunch of my friends are definitely excited about the idea. Anything we need to know or particular places we should set up?

Who should win it?

(First person to say “WHO CARES?!” loses)

If the Mic Men

do not have the student section chanting "What’s your deal?" "What’s your deal?"

then we have failed as a University.

Someone contact the mic men, stat!

The 2009 Womens Basketball Buckeye Classic on Nov 28 and 29 will be held in my AWESOME hometown of Columbus Ohio, and yours truly has tickets to the game. Who wants to attend with me?!?! Get to meet CALumbus Bear and Mrs. CALumbus Bear! Drink scotchy scotch scotch in celebration of Cal knocking off No. 3 ranked Ohio State! See the awesomeness of Ohio in late November!

p.s. Ohio Bear is not going because apparently he hates Cal and refuses to support our teams

Well…Fire Starkey and I have somehow found the 10 Stanfurd fans on the Internetz. Join the fun:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2009/11/16/big-game-preview-its-big-for-once-but-will-it-be-close/

Truth or Cougar: A higher % of white people can be found on the Stanfurd campus than in LaMOrinda (Condi and TIger don’t count).

I may as well tell the Friday night story to follow up on earlier discussion. Please note that there is approximately a 100% chance this will backfire on me, but whatever.

Friday night, was at the bar with a couple friends, waiting for more to show up (was around 11, so a little early). I was talking to two friends, let’s call them Rahul and Dev, irrespective of whether or not they were Indian. Rahul suggests, while I’m waiting at the bar for my beer, to pull a “Have you met Ted” with Dev and the girl at the bar.

Girl at the bar (let’s call her Sapna and continue this faux Bollywood story) was decently cute, with a good body, but most definitely not my type, so I said the only logical thing — “Challenge accepted!”

As soon as I looked up at the girl and said “Hi, have you met Dev?”, Dev, shy as he is, scampered away like Bambi from Dick Cheney. Not wanting to be a jerk, I talked to her. I decided to go with the “be nice” approach. We talked for a while and, contrary to wildly successful DC Trojan’s advice, did not offer to buy her a drink. Instead, just talked, made eye contact, and was nice — sadly, this approach worked, as she was interested in me, but I had no interest in her, so as soon as more friends arrived, I pawned her off to Dev, then left.

Later, Rahul (ps, if you’re reading this blog, sorry, couldn’t help but tell this story) was at the bar when Sapna was there. He offers to buy Sapna a drink, which she accepts, then she walks away a minute later.

Moral of the story — you don’t need to buy a girl a drink to have her talk to you.

Now, pleasee commence the abusive commenting. Prizes to the first people to comment with “cool story, Hansel”, “so you didn’t get laid? loser.”, or “twitter that way —→”

was decently cute, with a good body, but most definitely not my type

So, um, like, what is your type? 9.37675+ only? If you say “smart with a good personality” I don’t think anyone on CGB will believe you.

Any particular Stanfurd sins Bear fans would like to come forth with?

I happen to love their chem dept and almost did a postdoc there. I happened to enjoy the drive down University Ave and 29 palms. I also like the style of their 70’s home baseball unis.

Should I be flag’d? What are your Stanfurd sins?