DBD 11.24.09 - Huck the Fuskies?
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:29 AM PST
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Their TE is talking about running it up on our beloved Cougs in the Apple Cup. A win @ UDub and a quality bowl game performance and things are on the up and up...which should put Cal in line for another highly bloated preseason ranking in 2010.
I realize this is putting the cart before the horse, but they're not that far from that preseason ranking.
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Wilner writes what I was pondering:
If anything, Vereen is better as the primary ballcarrier than as the backup, which happens with many backs because they get into a rhythm carrying the ball play after play.
Now, let’s be 1,000% clear:
1. I’m not about to suggest that Vereen is more talented than Best
2. Or that Vereen’s a better playmaker than Best
3. Or a better pro prospect
4. Or that the coaching staff blew it by playing Best instead of Vereen.
Not suggesting any of that in any way.
But after watching two all-Vereen, all-the-time performances, I do wonder if Cal is more effective right now with Vereen than it would be with Best healthy and starting and getting the ball 15-20 times per game.
And I can’t help but wonder if the increased physicality of Cal’s offensive linemen has at least something to do with the fact that they have a more physical runner behind them.
I know: That’s all CRAZY TALK!
But here’s how it looks from the Hotline perspective: Vereen runs straight ahead more often than Best and he runs between the tackles better than Best – he has a little Jacquizz Rodgers in him, in that respect (a small back who runs with power up the middle).
And it sure seems that for the Bears, as currently composed, a steady between-the-tackles runner is what’s needed.
If Cal had a high-precision passing game and could move the ball consistently with five- or seven- or 11-yard passes, maybe I’d feel differently. Then you want the best big-play tailback in the country.
But the Bears’ aerial attack is both high-risk and inconsistent. It’s not like Kevin Riley is a completion machine, or his receivers catch everything thrown to them or the offensive line is a pass protection wall of granite.
All of those things happen sometimes, but not nearly enough for Cal to move the ball effectively against quality defenses.
So without a consistent passing game, the Bears need something to help them in the ball-control department. I mean, an inconsistent aerial attack and an all-or-nothing running game is a recipe for trouble against sound defenses.
And Vereen seems like a better fit than Best in the ball-control department. He almost always runs straight ahead and almost always churns out three or four yards between the tackles — and he can bust one for 20 or 30 or 60 once in a while, too.
That’s how you win conference road games in November – not by hitting one or two long runs each game, but by churning out first downs, dominating the ball and overpowering opponents between the tackles.
Vereen gives Cal a better chance to do that then Best.
I wouldn't mind seeing Vereen getting the rock 20 times a game and watching Best get 20 "touches" in other creative ways. Will we get the chance to see that in 2010?
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Almost immediately upon emerging from the Cal football team’s euphoric locker room following the Bears’ 34-28 win over Stanford, coach Jeff Tedford was asked to explain his decision to center the ball on third down from inside the Cardinal’s 10-yard line on Cal’s final drive.
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“I wanted to make sure that they were going to use all their timeouts,” Tedford said. “I didn’t want to risk any ball getting on the ground, wanted to make sure it was a touchdown game.”
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 8:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
gah. link phail.
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 8:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m glad they won for Coach Tedford’s sake. That call, as well as the 3rd and short rollout that failed and then electing to punt on the ensuing 4th and inches, was very conservative. The Fire Tedford crew would undoubtedly be out in full force.
The Bears could very easily have 3 additional losses.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He should have went for it on fourth and inches - our line was Owning the furdians that game.
You can’t get 6 inches there you dont deserve to win.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 8:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would love to see a rule of having to go for it on 4th and under 1 yard. It would totally change the game.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Situation, it’s 4th and under a yard on the 31 yard line, five seconds left on the clock, no timeouts. Cal has the ball and is down two points…
Normally, a smart coach would kick the field goal and win the game, Les Miles would probably call a spike, then get confused how spikes result in a loss of a down, and the “don’t be a pussy” rule would mean Tedford would have to go for it.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm talking 4th and one play - it was around midfield.....
No excuse not to go.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed. i was pretty ticked about it, as there was no way furd was going to stop it. we should’ve gone for it. hell, i would’ve run two QB sneaks on 3rd and 4th downs on that drive
they got back to that spot 2 plays after the punt!
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They actually moved there in 1 play:
1st and 10 at STAN 13 Andrew Luck pass complete to Chris Owusu for 37 yards to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down.
Which is why I’m happy Stanford had that 37 yard completion at the 13 yard line and NOT the 46 yard line.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
there was no way they were going to stop a qb sneak on 4th and less than 6 inches. i can understand your view from the seats, but those of us who saw it on TV knew it was an eyelash away from a 1st down.
we’re better than you
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
250 yards rushing on the day, what leads you to believe the furdians
could have or would have stopped us? Why are you so conservative? We are talking 6 INCHES to essentially ice the game.
Also, re: tedford wanting to leave them with zero time outs. Come on, really? It’s college football. 2:40 is an eternity in college football with or without a time out.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dont necessarily see how its icing the game with 9 minutes left in the game and 52 more yards to go.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Furd needed two scores. If Cal could get it down to 7 minutes on that drive the game was over.
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
…Why? The Furd struck on their first score in under two minutes. That would leave five minutes on the clock. Plenty of time.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You all look at this shit with revisionist goggles. You can't have it both ways.
When will any of the CGB blogmasters ever stop being apologists. Knock it off already – it’s tiring.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, you can’t ice a game with more than nine minutes to go. I know we’re not talking about Peyton Manning being on the other side of the field, but seven minutes is more than enough time for a team to score two touchdowns. It’s not common, but it does happen all the time.
That said, I agree that the team should have gone for it on 4th and 1. It wouldn’t have completely iced the game like you’re saying, but it would have helped.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure you can, you can make it tougher for Furd
two score TWO times if you take more time off the clock. Not technically “icing” but it does make it statistically harder for Furd to mount a come back.
The bottom line is this: Cal dominated that game. There is no way that we should have needed a pick by the profit Mohammed to save our ass. That is on the coaching.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed.
my thinking with going for it on the 4th and inches was this: they weren’t going to stop us.
nothing to do with ‘icing’ it or taking time off the clock. extending the drive was easy at that point.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m with this. Though it’s hard to say that this one decision is why it had to come down to the Prophet making a pick to end the game when any number of other factors could have ended the game earlier too.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why is Cal dominating the game NOT on the coaching?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That might be the most intelligent question I’ve ever heard you ask.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just hate it when people complain that the coaches did something wrong, but never credit the coaches for doing something right.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ya, but we’re talking about a single situational decision here… a totally different discussion than KAL COACHES SUX FIRE THEM LOLZ.
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by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Et Tu, Zoonews?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Knock it off....
it was an excellent game plan. EXCELLENT. I am critical of TWO plays – justifiably so.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is on the coaching, but when push came to shove
they went limp.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s not apologizing.
I bet Avinash disagreed with the call too.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
see, you can say they use revisionist goggles, but they can counter that you just cherry pick certain comments. avinash has disagreed with a bunch of coaching points this year, as have other CGB mods. while they may be more favorable to tedford, it’s a stretch to say the mods have some sort of agenda.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BBDB = isn't conservative at all (just waiting for that one guy to tell me BBDB is not an actual Defense - i get it already)
Tedford = not conservative
Both are laughable propositions.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you’re going off on tangents.
no one in this subthread said that Tedford wasn’t conservative, and no one has even mentioned gregory. we’re talking about one or two specific plays and justification for them.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thot it was a hip new restaurant in SF over by B44 and C3PO.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was guidance on trying any new position in bed.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When will any of the CGB blogmasters ever stop being apologists.
33SS – Cal WON the game. There is nothing for anyone to apologize for.
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by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but our running game was horrible! Jahvid Best had zero net yards at the end of the game.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, I wanted them to go for it on 4th. I just think that it is not as bad of a call as you think. I think you are looking at it in a context that is not accurate. There was still 9 minutes left in the game, not just a few. Cal was on its on 46, not right at the goal line or something.
I just want us to all be on the same page with the correct facts.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What are these “facts” of which you speak?
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That Tedford bowing to Harbaugh before the game was humiliating to us as a fanbase.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Funny how none of the people bitching about that remember Holmoe kissing Mack Brown…
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can never forget that. It’s burned into my retinas. There are some things you can’t unsee.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When will the CGB blogmasters ever stop having different opinions than me. Knock it off already – it’s tiring
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Same enough for ya?
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Happy Birthday! to AEE2007, bee tee dubz. She’s celebrating it the best way possible for her – halfway across the country from me!
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by norcalnick on Nov 24, 2009 6:43 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I feel so popular today
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 7:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The way the run game was going, I didn’t see stanfurd getting that much time for two scores. But hey, Cal won. It doesn’t matter :)
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If he's gonna say Furd scored in under two minutes and use the revisionist history as a measuring stick for a decision made prior to stanfurd scoring in two minutes
then how can you justify kneeling the ball on 3rd down with about 2:40 left on the clock. Clearly, Furd could score in under two minutes and time would not be an issue. You can’t have it both ways.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would agree with you. But I don’t agree with racists.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Personally I didn’t agree with the knee there to get the field goal. I’d have at least run another play, though I’m not certain Tedford should have passed there.
Unless it was from the WildBear. That would have been incredible.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agree with Turkey. That situation was set up perfectly
to be four down territory. In fact, the third down play call was perfect in my opinion. Play action bootleg with Riley with option to go deep (score a TD). However, I was baffled by the failure to go for it on 4th. If you know you aren’t gonna go for it on 4th then don’t go for the homerun on third down. Man, our O-Line was manhandling stanfurd. Get the first down there and stop being a pussy (tedford).
All this is said being appreciative of Tedford as our coach and basking in the glory that was our 7th BG win in 8 years. All praise be to Bak Bak.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bak Bak for Heisman
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by oskisunbear on Nov 24, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed re: 4th
We were dumbfounded that coach didn’t see it as a 4-down situation, especially with the pussified kickoffs we’d been doing: giving a decent offense possession on the 40 down by 6 with a couple minutes is a prescription for a LOSS. The only thing the call did, converting 3 to 6, was take overtime off the table. Soft.
But I also want it both ways, so we’ll have to disagree on that.
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by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think if it was later in the game, he might have. But I believe there were 9 minutes left in the game and thats more than enough time for Stanford to mount a comeback, especially if you give them the ball on their own 46.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, they could. They also could have 3 additional wins. And 5 additional ties. And a whole host of additional things.
All I know is that in the world we live in Cal won 8 games with a chance to get to 10. And that seems pretty fucking good to me.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Before popping off, i think you should consider that the ASU, Zona, and Furd wins could have very easily gone the other way. Taking that a little farther, would Tedford’s seat be getting a little warmer? Would it get significantly warmer if they were now behind the middle of the pack? I think it would, and that concerns me a bit that the fanbase is so close to going Ben Braun-like.
Additionally, it keeps me grounded about my expectations for this team.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, if I think that much before popping off, I’d probably never be able to actually pop off!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One could say that those wins were wins and not losses due to Tedford, not in spite of him. I think some of us were worried about a collapse a la 2007, and even those close wins are a huge credit to Tedford.
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 9:49 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
There you go popping off again!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree completely. My comment was more about being thankful that we’re avoiding the typical “Cal chokes again” crap that the liberal elitist media write which fuels the bellies of people like those at Bear Insider.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your comment seemed more like “Cal has BARELY escaped the wrath of Tedford!” than how you describe it.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think I meant Cal has nearly lossed 3 close games (which they didn’t in part thanks to Tedford) which would have fueled the FIRE TEDFORD bandwagon.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But they won 3 close games thanks, in part, to Tedford. That should fuel the TEDFORDISGOD bandwagon!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why can’t we just put him on middle ground and be done with it. He’s not God, he doesn’t deserve to be fired. He’s at this moment a very good coach, not an otherworldly one, not a bad one.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
(wipes tear)
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How dare you post reasonable comments on the Internet!
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Wait, aren’t WE the liberal elitists? If not, I want my money back.
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by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Twist, I’m pretty sure the tie has been abolished in college football.
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by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thats how bad Tedford is!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No 11 W. Volleyball to play No.6 Furd
BERKELEY – The Golden Bears look to close the regular season on a strong note after having their six-match winning streak snapped as they face rival Stanford in the second Big Spike on a day-after-Thanksgiving conference-season finale. Cal has a chance to win the season series against the Cardinal for the first time in 30 years when it takes the floor against Stanford. The last time the Bears paid a visit to Maples Pavilion, they took home a four-set victory to mark the first time Cal won in Stanford’s gym since 1979. The Bears also have the chance to play the role of spoiler as a win on Friday would put Stanford on the outside looking in for a share of the conference crown. Senior outside hitter Hana Cutura continues to provide some major firepower for the Bears as she leads the Pac-10 in kills (5.17 kps) and points (5.69 pps) heading into the final weekend of play.
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Time for Ernie Kent to go, you think?
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How the fuck did Illinois get to the RB in 2007?
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by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rashard Mendenhall? It’s great how he hates the Zooker now too.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m guessing Michael Dunkagain didn’t play
Physical.
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Is there really such a thing as a Montana sports fan?
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would argue that the team has been more effective post-Best’s injury (in the Zona and Furd games) for two reasons:
1) Best’s injury as a rallying point. I can’t claim to be able to quantify this effect, though; as of now, it’s pure speculation
2) More importantly, I really feel that Ludwig’s playcalling is more well-suited to Vereen’s running style than Best’s. Best is not an “up-the-gut” type of runner, nor is he a 42 carries in one game kind of runner. The sooner people realise this, the better.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 8:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I would have also liked to see Best returning kickoffs (and not Vereen). Let Vereen be the pound it out guy, and have Best be the “oh shit, you caught us napping” guy.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, I think if/when Best returns, Cal will be much better positioned to play off our RB strengths, be it against UW or in the bowl game… As both are similar enough that a certain play could not be discounted (Best going outside/Vereen inside/etc) when one is on the field.
Its one of those, I wish we knew this earlier things, but Vereen definitely seems like a rhythm guy, and can grind it out inside… We have two big play backs, one just is a shy faster and shiftier…
Needless to say, upon Best’s return, get both these guys on the field at the same time, and starting dumping off to Jones, Lageman, and Miller when they stack the box…
I haven’t noticed it this year, but do we run a 2 back shotgun set, with a TE and 2 WRs, very often? I think with Riley, Shane and Best in the backfield, it would get tricky to defend…
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 8:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
there are other ways too…with Best in the slot and Vereen as the TB. You can run out of that with fly sweeps, reverses, screens, etc.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t put Best on returns — he’s better at it, but too much risk for injury.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
while I see your point, it’s just another way to get Best the ball in his hands for a total of 20-25 times/game. Sure, he could get injured…but that’s happened plenty of times when he’s been the TB. I really think he could break a few too.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC, he broke a big one on a return at the Oregon State game last year and has broken a few before. I’m just really worried that other teams that know his injury history might… hit him a little harder on the returns. I know it’s horrible to say stuff like that, but I dunno.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 8:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His days as the gunner seem so long ago.
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Remember the question on media day about if Best will be a gunner?
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by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes. I agree on point A
I would like to have seen both of them on the field more together.
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 8:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ludwig may be the OC, but Tedford’s always been the type that loves having a fullback on the field and rarely likes running two back sets..
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, but how fun would it be to run a couple deep plays at WR, an over the middle with Miller, and both Best and Vereen flanking out for passes on either side…
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 8:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t disagree. That’s my favourite offense in Madden (Crabtree deep, Bruce curl, slant with Davis, Frank Gore and Glen Coffee on the sides).
Let’s add Sofele to this offense somehow.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 8:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Take Riley out of the play, have Vereen snap the ball, with Isi and Best on either side, with Jones, [Tucker, Boatang, or Lageman], and Miller at WRs/TE…
Now that’s a Wild Bear!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why can’t we just run a full-blown A-11?!
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hell no. Piedmont HS can suck it.
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 24, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Haha rec’d, cuz Piedmont High does suck!!!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ALBANY HIGH CLASS OF 89 RULZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 24, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed! mmmmm egggg nooogggggggggg
Its almost as good as Cadbury Egg season!!!!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, it was weird, none of my posts were posting, then all of a sudden they appeared at random junctures where I had responded before…
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fact
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2) is spot on
Maybe I’m just having trouble trying to visualize how any other kind of timeshare would be, but I don’t think a Vereen/Best timeshare like the one Wilner envisions is possible with the body type that Vereen has. He’s a better inside runner, but he’s not a workhorse that you’d expect to ride for 20-25 carries a game. The timeshares that I can remember being successful have paired one tough workhorse back with a shifty type – I’m thinking Duckett/Dunn in Tampa Bay, Jacobs/Barber in New York, Barber/Jones in Dallas, LenWhale/Bush at USC and LenWhale/Johnson for the Titans. Vereen just isn’t in that same mold.
Vereen’s obviously shown he can handle a large workload, but I wouldn’t bet 5 dollars on him being able to handle the kind of workload that Wilner’s suggesting.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 8:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
which is why I’m so excited about Dasarte Yarnway. Dude’s huge.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also MSG returning.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is true; I suppose it’s easy to forget about his impact here.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ya, for you, maybe. But up here in the MSG fan club, we never forget!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Disentangling the dual effects of MSG’s return and Vereen’s beastmode is probably not possible, but would be interesting. At first I was thinking that Wilner makes a good point about ball-control mitigating an inconsistent passing game. But then I thought that it’s obvious that three yards on the grounds beats an incompletion. So the real question is which back is better at grabbing those three yards, and with a good o-line I think both of them could. The only conclusion I could come up with is that they should both be on the field at all times.
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yknow, running it up the gut tends to have more to do with the OL and less to do with the RB itself. Most RBs, be it Best or Vereen, are just going to run straight forward and if there is a hole yay, if not, ruh roh!
Getting Best around the corner is great, but getting him going up the middle is even better, because he’ll be 10 yards down the field before you can even blink. But when our OLine was sucking, as they were, it doesnt mean much. Vereen is a great runner, don’t get me wrong, but if Best was playing against Stanford on Saturday, I am sure he would have had a great day the way the OL was playing.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yknow, running it up the gut tends to have more to do with the OL and less to do with the RB itself
Look at the New Orleans Saints and their RBs and get back to me on this point.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
God, somebody wants tons of attention!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Do you want me to explain the point to you about how Reggie Bush can’t gain yardage up the gut with the same o-line that Pierre Thomas or Bell can?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can you explain it to me like I am a 4 year old?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh, how much attention do you want until you’re happy?
I’m disagreeing with your point that the RB doesn’t play a significant impact when it comes to running it up the middle.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it does, but I also don’t think who’s running behind them affects the kind or size of hole that’s being created by the o-line. Different runners will do different things depending on what they see unfolding in front of them, but I don’t think that affects what the o-line itself is doing.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Right, I don’t disagree with you. I’m not making the argument that Vereen makes the line block better or open up more holes in the middle. I’m only saying that, with the same o-line, Vereen is a better up-the-gut runner and Best is a better lateral runner.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think anyone’s disagreeing with that either.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yknow, running it up the gut tends to have more to do with the OL and less to do with the RB itself
Sounds like Twist does.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll never be happy. At least not until you are in my arms.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can you really not wait until tonight?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
………..you’re not actually going to try to come over ot my house and snuggle with me tonight, are you?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unless you didn’t mean what you texted me last night :(
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Have I ever meant anything I’ve ever said ever?
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NAILED IT!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
More importantly, I really feel that Ludwig’s playcalling is more well-suited to Vereen’s running style than Best’s. Best is not an "up-the-gut" type of runner, nor is he a 42 carries in one game kind of runner. The sooner people realise this, the better.
Sorry, I don’t agree with this that much. The Bears are blocking better, especially with MSG out there to handle the middle, and they’re facing weaker defenses in Arizona and Furd. And it’s not like playcalling has changed much in terms of running—we do a lot of zone to try and open up holes and what not.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t disagree about the impact that MSG has had on blocking. Nor do I disagree that playcalling has changed. I’m juts saying that Vereen’s running style (what a dumb phrase) is more suited to Ludwig’s playcalling as it currently stands than is Best’s.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What do you mean though. That he runs better between the tackles? That he can run the Wildcat better? You have to be a little bit more specific as to how the playcalling favors Vereen over Best.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Flag’d. WildBear or WildGrizzly, not WildCat.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, Zona is 26th in rushing defense, right behind us.
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by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Best is not an "up-the-gut" type of runner
Despite the fact that nearly every major run of his career has been through the offensive line.
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by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When there’s a hole there for him to burst through!
But when there isn’t such a big hole, it’s different. Come on, it’s like you’re not even reading what I write.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That doesn’t mean that he’s a good up-the-gut runner, that means that the plays that have been called for him have involved him running up the middle.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would appreciate a distinction between the two concepts of "up-the-gut runner and “plays called for him involve him running up the middle.”
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If all of his runs are up the middle, by definition he is going to have more major runs up the middle, since that’s the only possible set of runs to draw from.
Do you need me to explain it with pictures?
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For me, running up the middle is implying the A-gaps, i.e. between the center and the guards. You’ve got to be clear what gaps categorize “running up the middle or gut”.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My point is that it’s impossible to say how good he is, relatively speaking, at running “up the gut” or through the A-gaps or whatever unless you can control for all other variables.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, I feel Rishi’s thing to begin with (running up the gut) is poorly defined, and he needs to explain it better in regards to why Vereen is better than Best at this.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Statistically speaking, Vereen is more likely to move the chains on (for example) a 3rd and 3 than Best is.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This – this should be the metric. Move chains – don’t move chains. (1-0) This would at least assume that if they had a clear field they could both run for very far and for the most part we wouldn’t care if it was 30 yards or 60yards — it’d still be a great run.
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by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Once the LSAT is over and I have more time, I’m going to input each of Best and Vereen’s carries by down and distance and do a fanpost on this.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can you explain it to me as if I was Rishi?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t decide which one I like more!
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather the zoom be on the Frieda Pinto picture.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A brief perusal of Google image search confirms that there are much more, uh, zoomable pictures of Frieda Pinto available. However, in an attempt to keep this DBD family-friendly…
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Flagged for keeping it family-friendly
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 24, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Flagged for being a terrible influence on carp.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did I really just get triple-flagged?
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, nobody actually followed throguh.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Presumably said plays have been called for a reason. I would venture to guess that said reason is not because Gould, Tedford, and the OC du jour are morons.
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by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Have you heard of Chip Kelly? Mike Leach? Plato?”
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“Morons.”
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by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
OSU even has a six-fingered man!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WTF????
Please explain…. Good photoshopping?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no, the dude was born with 6 fingers..
http://deadspin.com/5345870/escaping-ben-terrys-grasp-is-harder-than-you-think
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
freaky...
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 5:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That guy should learn to play the piano! He could play pieces no one else could.
No one else with 10 fingers, anyway.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Four Bears earn all pac10 status
BERKELEY – With Alex Morgan leading the way with placement on the first team, four California women’s soccer student-athletes were recognized by the Pac-10 Conference. Morgan was named to the first eam for her second time as an All-Pac-10 honoree. Senior Katie Oakes made the second team. Sophomore midfielder Katrin Omarsdottir and senior defender Brianna Bak were honorable mentions.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:45 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Vote Vereen for AT&T All-America Player of the Week
I note that he was also Pac10 Offensive PotW runner up.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Mohamed Pac10 Defensive PotW
WALNUT CREEK – Cal junior linebacker Mike Mohamed was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, winning the award for the third time in his career and on the second occasion in 2009. Mohamed is one of five Cal players to be honored with a Pac-10 Player of the Week selection this season, joining Offensive Player of the Week picks of Kevin Riley (Sept. 5) and Jahvid Best (Sept. 19), and Special Teams Player of the Week selections Bryan Anger (Oct. 17) and Giorgio Tavecchio (Nov. 14).
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
How many PotW did Wazzu get total this year?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve really wanted to make a joke about no visualizations of The Prophet all week long now, but I’m not sure how to draft it.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure if this has been brought up the past couple of days, but I think it kind of sucks that Tavecchio loses his placekicking duties after being The Man last week and winning Pac10 Special Teams PotW.
On a related note, nice to see the Pac10 reward holder Nate Costa for saving Oregon’s ass.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Apparently he had some sort of leg infection - a direct result of making that game saving tackle vs. UofA.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 8:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the clarification, I was on carp’s page at first….
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 8:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he couldn't kick anything longer than 40 in warmups, thus D'Amato got the job for the game
Well, at least I know who to blame.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess they used Tavecchio on kickoffs because a) he kicks the pooch kick the best, and b) he’s not afraid to get his nose/leg in there.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So, speaking of terrible coaching decisions
What the fuck is with these pooch kicks that leave the ball on the other team’s 45 yard line?
Everyone agrees that kicking the ball out of bounds is moronic. It’s a penalty, for God’s sake. Yet these pooch kicks usually give the team better field position than that. It’s insane. It’s not just Cal— I’ve seen other teams doing this to avoid other good kick returners. It’s the coaching equivalent of amputating your arm so your finger won’t get infected.
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by PaulThomas on Nov 24, 2009 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much
It’s a good decision. Owusu is one of the most (if not the most) dangerous return man in the Pac-10. You do anything to get the ball away from or even if he gets it make sure it’s close to your coverage team so that they don’t get a big return. Starting at opp 45yds is better than having the other team start in your side.
It’s basically pick your poison,
Remember teams punting away from Desean? Gave us some good field position.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that Owusu is a better than ‘usual’ returner and that our special teams is worse than ‘usual.’ So that probably factored into the thinking in this case.
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Now I know why I hate him so much! It’s the goatee!
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 8:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think in 1994 the University de Nueva Leon (or something like that) made Alamar their head coach. Couple of things on this:
1) Was this for football or futbol?
2) I can’t decide which is worse – UdNL making Alamar their HC or Alamar thinking it would be a good idea for his future to be UdNL’s HC.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Flagged for putting his picture up
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by Fire Starkey on Nov 24, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
good to know, thanks 33SS.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I got that from BI so don't know how trustworthy that information is.....
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 8:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d say it’s likely, he got stitches on his leg from that tackle. Got cut somehow, I imagine it involved cleats….
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 8:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Field/Momentum Turf is also a great place for bacteria to live.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
'cause they water it.
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and also a hearty “WTF Versus” for not knowing that Vince (a right footed kicker) was doing the placekicking. They must be drinkin’ in the booth.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 8:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Best thread ever?.......
http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21988
Excuse me if it’s been posted previously.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 8:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Read my thread damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 9:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate reading BI because I had clicking on individual posts to read them. Also, I hate them in general.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there is a way to change that, but Im not sure. Change it to threaded view?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I was in threaded view. Linear shows everything at once. I think.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
linear view = how the internet should work. I don’t get how people can live with threaded view…
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I don’t think it’s funny, will you hurt me?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Says the man in love with Marmaduke strips.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, the Marmaduke strips are horrible! That’s why the sarcastic explanations are so funny.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, but you can punch me in the face.......
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
...said Jimmy Clausen
Too soon?
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by Ohio Bear on Nov 24, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
when we speak of Jimmy Claussen, it’s never too soon.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
only by about 10 mins.
:D
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I mean, he’s not to blame for his team losing.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lol, I like the “Missed Connections” comment.
by Shadwhand on Nov 24, 2009 9:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
haha
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha. That reminds me, I apologize to everyone I came in contact after 12:30PM on Big Game day.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I can’t help but wonder if the increased physicality of Cal’s offensive linemen has at least something to do with the fact that they have a more physical runner behind them.
This honestly makes no sense to me. Does Wilner honestly believe that when Best is in, the OL is going all “Well, I could maul this guy to open a block for Best, but instead I’ll dance around like a beautiful ballerina!”
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:04 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Mayhaps the thought process is "I don’t have to sustain my block as long because Jahvid = Jet?
by Shadwhand on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Man, the only time I’ve ever seen an offensive line consciously change how hard they’re working was in Any Given Sunday.
I don’t think there’s any merit at all to thinking that an OL is going to run block any differently depending on who’s running behind them. Pass blocking, yes, because you’d have to think about how long the guy behind you might be scrambling to try and extend a play, but this sounds like more random Wilner BS.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 9:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I figure that with the type of guys we seem to have – particularly schwartz and msg, they just want to destroy anyone in front of them so I agree with the assessment.
I was referring to Wilner’s thought process in my comment though.
by Shadwhand on Nov 24, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would say that Shane is more physical, but to a different effect.
I do remember one play at Big Game where I was yelling at Tepper for his very slow blocking, and Shane was then forced to slow behind him. He was definitely expecting to be hit and was limited by Teppers speed. Best really was just so good at getting distance from everyone, including his linemen.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I do remember that play with the OLineman stopping Vereen. How unfortunate.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
more like, I've got to move this guy, and
get down field to block for a big play.
How many times over the past year or two have we seen a 20 yd run where a lineman is right there in teh pile trying to make a block to keep best going.
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Four times?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
smart ass. rec'd
I’d say a lot actually.
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by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think what he’s trying to say is something equivalent to the baseball term “hitting is contagious.”
Perhaps the offensive line gets inspired by Shane’s tough-guy effort* and continual success on every play whereas Best can frequently put you in 2nd or 3rd and long? This then makes it an obvious passing down and puts them on the spot to prevent the Dline from teeing off on the QB.
I believe I’ve heard similar comments regarding the QB switch from Shaun Hill to Alex Smith for the niners, as Alex “creates things with his feet” and, iirc, gets sacked half as much as Hill did.
- I don’t mean to imply that Shane tries harder than Best. Vereen has the knack to take a hit and keep going despite being physically smaller than the tacklers.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What I like most about your posts, carp, is how much you believe in age old aphorisms like “hitting is contagious” or “tough-guy effort.”
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there’s something too them, in a team sports psychology kind of way (and I minored in Psych, so that means I’m a fucking expert). Lots of positive results propagates unrelenting effort?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
to fail.
mildly NSFW
http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d417153ef01156fb125f6970c-pi
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know if you are a fucking expert in Psych, but I will believe you are a fucking expert. You even have the kid to prove it!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t have to be a fucking expert to have a kid. You don’t even have to be a fucking enthusiast!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 9:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t even have to be sobr.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Monty Press Conference Quotes
On Theo Robertson:
He is not going to play tomorrow. He had a major foot MRI this morning and we are in the process of getting it read by a variety of different people. The first indication is it looked pretty positive.
On how missing Theo Robertson affects Patrick Christopher:
It makes us an awful lot easier to guard, that’s for sure. They made a distinct point not to let Patrick and Jerome (Randle) get clean looks, and we could have made some adjustments with Theo like we’ve done in the past. He would have had a field day having that extra guy, the extra shooter, plus with Jorge (Gutierrez) in there. But we really didn’t have another shooter to offset what they did. He just gives us so much flexibility and our substitution pattern was different. Jorge started, got into foul trouble, and then he was out. We were scrambling a little bit.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
hahhaha
Tiger getting booed makes the front page of the Huff Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/tiger-woods-booed-at-stan_n_368683.html
TTA’s video now has almost 45,000 views.
by danzig on Nov 24, 2009 9:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
These comments are funny.
Rivalry or not, the booing Cal fans were rude and out of line. There can be no disputing the fact that Tiger Woods is one of our greatest athletes. Unlike so many other athletes and public figures, Woods has not committed any grave offenses to deserve the condemnation exhibited by those Cal fans or many of the posters here. Can we try to adhere to a general standard of civility? As for the race issue, if you are going to “boo” one of the most talented, hard-working, and successful athletes who ever lived and who is of African descent, then, yes, one should question whether racism or prejudice is a factor, especially in today’s climate of open resentment toward successful African-Americans (think President Obama). (full disclosure: Stanford ‘80. To Cal: we won’t go to your campus and insult your illustrious alumni if you will refrain from doing the same while you are guests on our campus.)
THEN CHEER FOR HIM YOU IDIOTS!
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Boy, pulling the race card.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YES I HATE TIGER WOODS BECAUSE HE IS BLACK
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 9:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I knew it all along!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unlike so many other athletes and public figures, Woods has not committed any grave offenses to deserve the condemnation exhibited by those Cal fans or many of the posters here.
Dude, he went to Stanford. Sounds like a fucking grave offense to me!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude's a college drop out.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Still tainted!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good gawd
Geez. Why do they take it so F-ing seriously? Cal people hate Tiger Woods because he’s Black? C’mon.
I’ve gotten the sense from posts here on CGB about this that the booing was all in fun anyway. Seems like this is way blown out of proportion.
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Nov 24, 2009 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the commentors on HuffPo are all focused on race.
to the exclusion of any good sense.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ya, I mean only like 40% of my booing was because hes black and hes only like 50% black, so I figure that means only 20% of my booing was due to his race! JUST 20%!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i think Tiger is only 25% black
25% thai, 25% chinese, 12.5% native american and 12.5% dutch.
by since1997 on Nov 24, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HE’S DUTCH!??!?!
That’s it! I’m booing him every time I see him now!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Tiger is 100% American...
…just like me!
Still: Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Tiger is 100% Uhmerikan…
…just like me!
Still: Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HEY HE'S ALSO THAI TOO!!! THOSE THAI RACIS
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If he was white you would call it self confidence, but if he’s black you whites see it as arrogance.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wait, what?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m white and I think that most whites are a hateful group when it comes to race, gender, sexuality – a whole host of groups. The most enlightening thing is that the white population in this country is dwindling; by the year 2050 whites will be in the minority. The southern tier of the U.S. will have whites in the minority by 2035 (this is according to census projections). So there is reason to believe that whites will try to hold onto every shred of their majority – but along with this comes animosity and hate. You do the math.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m white
You’re white?
BREAKING NEWS: RISHI IS WHITE!!!
carp, as a white person, what would you suggest Rishi should be prepared for?
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
DEMOCRATS 4 EVER!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How else can I handle guilt for stuff I haven’t done?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote for Meg Whiteman?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Except that her name is Whitman, so it doesn’t.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Name has “man” in it. That’s sexist.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you mean, the man who screwed up everywhere but is somehow still the leading candidate?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree with your assessment of his record, but it was mostly just an attempt to get Rishi to make some bad puns about Jerry Brown vs. Meg “Whiteman”.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Where’s HP when you need ’em?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Breaking down Ingram, Spiller, and McCoy?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HolmoePhobe…not Heisman Pundit. That hurts, Rishi. That hurts right here (points to liver).
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
While you’re doing the race math, Whitey will be counting the dollars and turning everyone else against one another.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t get this kind of cash and control by sitting around singing kumbaya.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
while you are guests on our campus
What this commenter fails to understand is that we were NOT guests. We were in BEAR TERRITORY
I've been Honked...
by giantfan5 on Nov 24, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Guests don’t pay for tickets. Suck it up buttercup.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was yelling Boooouurrnnnsss!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hahahhahahahahahah
How ugly. Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer who ever lived, is worthy of respect. He has done nothing to merit the disrespect of the Cal students. I’m sure their reaction was likely rooted in jealousy. When great athletes are introduced, people on both sides generally put aside loyalties to honor the unquestionable achievements of the athlete. I can’t imagine anybody booing Michael Jordon or Joe Montana or Babe Ruth. Tiger is certainly in their league.
It is unfortunate that every year our society becomes less civil. It was evident during last year’s presidential campaign. Let’s beat up Miss Manners. Let’s burn all the Emily Post etiquette books. Most kids have never even heard the word “etiquette.” We were taught some courtesies in elementary school — especially if you did anything rude and the teacher caught you. Yet today, any time you go out in public, it is evident that people have abandoned good manners. Parents don’t seem to appreciate the necessity of civility, so they can’t teach it to their children. One of my pet peeves is little children being on a first-name basis with adults.
It is good to have rules of engagement in society. The psychology behind etiquette is important to character development, order, respect for authority, etc. We have become a lowest common denominator society. It will not serve us well.
Twist, is this your wife?
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, forgot the response to this post
Shut up. He was wearig Stanford gear. booooooo
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Tiger Woods BOOED At Stanford"
What a bullshit, sensationalist headline. That’s why HP sometimes annoys the shit out of me. It’s like a progressive news site produced by E! Entertainment. This takes the credit away from Cal fans.
Cal fans booing Tiger is totally expected and therefore not controversial enough for them.
by danzig on Nov 24, 2009 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm, if they brought out Condi Rice and Cal booed her I think the HP would be all over it and cheering it on…
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 9:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So would I!
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It answers the question: “What would Bleacher Report look like if it was a political rag?”
Ugh, shudders.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One of my pet peeves is little children being on a first-name basis with adults.
10:1 this person is a librarian.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would boo Joe Montana in a heartbeat because he went to Notre Dame.
I can’t think of any reason I would be at a basketball event, so I would have no occasion to boo Michael Jordan.
And I wouldn’t seek out Babe Ruth’s grave to boo, because what’s the point if you can’t hope to see the sheen of a tear in the eye?
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to rec this, but that whole Trojan thing got in the way…
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
boooooooooooooo
am I racist now?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, what’s your stance on pasty white people?
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
use sunscreen, I know I do!!!!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Splendid advice. I like to stay at the forefront of increased SPF technology myself.
by DC Trojan on Nov 25, 2009 6:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Montana is a Niner! HOW DARE YOIU
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll watch NFL games, but college rivalries always win out for taunting purposes.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that’s just MORE reason to taunt him.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is going to end well, I can tell
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Raiders are one game behind the Niners in terms of W-L record
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 2:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Niners have been 100000x more competitive in those losses.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well whoopdeefrickindoo.
4-6
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Excuse me
It’s Whoopdedamndoo.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, so we may not make the playoffs this year, but the team is on the right trajectory. Changes don’t happen overnight.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Story of the last 3 years.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Umm, no. Do you not remember how uncompetitive the Niners were under Mike Nolan (except for a brief period of time in 2006)?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
MIKE NOLAN WAS OUR COACH!??!?!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, he was just sideline fashion model.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 3:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
His suits weren’t even double breasted!
(were they?)
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If by “good” you mean “extremely generic”…
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A) Compare him to any other NFL coach
B) He had restrictions on what kind of suits and ties he could wear (true story: his suits were made by Rebok).
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, my mom thought he was hot… So…
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, way to button too many buttons there. Jesus Christ, its like I went to a funeral or something.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
three button suits are soo 2005
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I will agree with Twist — a two button suit with only the top button closed is the way to go.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree, that makes the bottom of the jacket splay out.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You make the bottom of the jacket splay out!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, well…you’re prior to the snap!
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You win this round!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is as good a place as any to point out that I was taking “You’re prior to the snap!” to a whole new and strange dimension at Big Game, including yelling “You’re Tiger Woods!” at Tiger Woods.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re superdrunk!
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I take offense to that! I may be Indian, a Cannoneer, superdrunk, and unemployed, but I am NOT a Communist!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You never ever ever button the bottom button of a suit! (say that 5 times fast)
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 24, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but you do button the middle button.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Where is the middle button of a 2 button suit? Now I’m worried…
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 24, 2009 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You can only see it if you’re Indian. It’s like that Harry Potter train station thing.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only if you raise your hands in a victorious manner.
Which I never do.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Neither did Mike Nolan!
ZING ZING ZING
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dont necessarily believe that 3 buttons are bad. But if you have 3 buttons, dont button the top or bottom button. Just the middle!
It creates a tighter hour-glass silhouette. Which is the effect.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Beacuse you are so obnoxious!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly, only using the middle button only compensates for so much. It’s certainly not going to get me to hourglass anything.
by DC Trojan on Nov 25, 2009 6:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So does that mean they’re Notre Dame competitive? Maybe they could hire Charlie Weis, I hear he’s going to be available and is well respected in the NFL.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
White people hate nothing more than to see blacks succeed and excel. This is just like Oprah hate, etc, no surprise hear.
33Swisher, is that you?!
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BUY MORE TICKETS
…you lazy Stanfurd fucks. Then your favorite golfer’s goat won’t be gotten by the boos from lusty throats.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This!
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey danzig, I’ve seeded the Big Game for three days and gotten a ratio of 10. Can I stop seeding now so I can use my bandwidth to DL some more illicit material?
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes, apparently the slowness I was encountering yesterday on my home network, was due entirely to Ragnarok setting up seeding for the Big Game. I just want to make the point that we’ve done our part. Whether I knew it or not.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No don’t stop seeding!!!!
My DL has been averaging 25 kbps since Monday morning : (
Give me 4 more hours please… Pretty please….
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea if this is set up today or not. Neither I or Ragnarok are home, or will be home for many hours. I suppose I could call the dog, but I think that would accomplish little to nothing for anyone.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
dog fail…
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s been going for about 2 1/2 days at this point. my ratio is at around 5.5. i’ll probably keep it up for tomorrow too. then i’m out for vacation.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Nov 24, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I stopped seeding today morning
Because I turned off my computer and all electronics at home.
I reached about a ratio of 10 also.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Because I turned off my computer and all electronics at home.
Mennonite Much?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah I’m heading out on vacation
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
today morning
There’s a Cal Graduate.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bama FotW
Is he wearing a pig nose? Isn’t that an Arkansas thing?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:26 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
thanks TiG…and nice bike!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
is he in a parade?
or just driving down the street to the store?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think so. Love the porta potties on Main St.
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Harbaugh tweets!
Congratulations to Stanford RBs coach and my brother from another mother, Willie Taggart, the new head football coach at Western Kentucky.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:32 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
will be interesting to see if they are able to replicate the recent
running success. Now Gerhart can’t be replaced, but if will they get good production out of whomever else is available?
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Who was their backup this season? I remember him playing a few snaps Saturday, not doing that much though.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
a quick shifty kid.
IF he gets solid coaching (a la what Gould does for us), they will be fine….if he gets mediocre coaching…..less so.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didnt he have 1 big run around the right end for like 15 yards near the goal line?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yep.
touchdown overturned by the refs.
should have counted.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought replay officials got that right
Knee was clearly down before he stretched ball over the pylon. If anything, they placed the ball too close to the goal line.
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Nov 24, 2009 9:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
His knee was out way before the ball touched the pylon
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh Gerhart was gonna get that TD whether it was 1 yard or 1.5 yards away.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no it shouldn’t. The reversal was the correct call. He was out at the one.
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
by Fire Starkey on Nov 24, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He isn’t the #1 backup though… the guy who ran it was Gaffney (true frosh, bigtime recruit from SD)… stepfan taylor was the backup — don’t think he got too many carries
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Glasper had a 20 yard toss sweep run that set up Gerhart on the 1/2 yard line in the second half.
"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
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by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, who’s Glasper? (Oh he’s a corner at Oregon. That makes sense!)
"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
by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tyler Gaffney was teh dude, but the backup this year was Stepfan Taylor
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This'll go over well with Trojan fans
Mays said the Trojans were “where we need to be” as they resumed practice. This will be Mays’ fourth USC-UCLA game, but the Seattle native and son of a former Washington lineman remains more familiar with the Washington-Washington State rivalry.
“I didn’t grow up a fan of USC or UCLA so it’s not that big a deal to me. I know more about the Apple Cup,” he said.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:35 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
perhaps not, as the USC-UCLA rivalry is on the “meh” level, is it not?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 9:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Uhh, I’m pretty sure their fans hate each other quite a bit. Unlike Cal-Furd, which is totally one-sided (because the other has no fans).
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
………………..and then someone busts out the yeo and it’s all good.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Everything in LA is.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
everything in LA is 20 minutes away by car.
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed! mmmmm egggg nooogggggggggg
Its almost as good as Cadbury Egg season!!!!
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pre-emptive declaration of disengagement for the pending loss to the baby bruins. Apparently getting no love for not tackling and not making any actual tackles instead of whistling past in a failed kill shot is hurting someone’s feelings.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
D.C., I am completely ignorant of the traditions of the U$C-U.C. Los Angeles rivalry. Is there a trophy for the winner? If so, what is the history behind it? Are there specific songs, like we have “Stanfurd Jonah”? Are there bonfire rallies? Any other traditions? Just curious.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s a Victory Bell that goes to the winning team – a big bell on a wheeled chassis. Like so:
According to wikipedia, apparently we stole it from them in the 30s and hid it until they argreed to make it a rotating trophy. (The Los Angeles brain trust at it’s finest, on both sides.)
There’s a tradition of low-grade pranks on each other’s campuses – painting stuff, that sort of thing. People drag stuffed bears around on nooses for the week, and then there’s a bonfire (or used to be, anyway) at a night rally wherein a large stuffed bear is given the Joan of Arc treatment.
If there’s a song specific to the rivalry, aside from whatever version of “Westwood High” that people sing, I never heard it…. but then you’re dealing with someone who thought he heard at the start of his Freshman year that the libraries were closed on Saturdays only to discover in his last semester that what had been said was that they closed early on Saturdays when there was a football game.
by DC Trojan on Nov 25, 2009 6:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So is the Bell a big deal like the Axe is? Do the students yell stuff like “WE WANT THE BELL” or “WE’VE GOT THE BELL”? Is there a chant of “GIVE ’EM THE BELL, THE BELL, THE BELL, RIGHT IN THE NECK, THE NECK, THE NECK”? (Probably not, but anything similar?)
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by CalBear81 on Nov 25, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
USC does a pretty shit job of protecting it, compared to what’s done with the Axe. After the USC game last year, we saw them wheeling the bell to the frat areas by the Coliseum, and my friend and I followed them for a bit, with some knowledge of how we treat the Axe when we have it. Not only was the bell protected by three people at most, but those three people were fairly scrawny and unwatched.
It didn’t seem like what I’d expect for a rivalry trophy.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 25, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not many universities can match the silent Haka that was the stare-down at the Big Game.
by DC Trojan on Nov 30, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL for mocking what was one of the lamest concepts ever.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 30, 2009 6:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, not really. It’s much harder to assault someone with a bell that size anyway.
by DC Trojan on Nov 30, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hay guys who won the Big Game?
Because the Furd highlights make it look like they did
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
WE LOST 28-0???? WHICH GAME DID I GO TO????
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And the only time we had the ball, riley threw an INT.
by dingosean on Nov 24, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The highlights just show that they had moments during the game to make highlights out of. I didn’t see anything that suggests that they won.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of Danzig’s excellent highlights of the Oregon game, which were just shots of the Oregon cheerleaders. Good times.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 24, 2009 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember the Cal highlights from the USC game looked damn impressive too.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One of the cheerleaders, more specifically, the one that danzig gave like… a 9.7 in last year’s civil war highlight is featured on SI this week.
It's spelled "S-H-U-V-3-0-0-0"
by JShufelt on Nov 24, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pix or it was a 9.473529
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 24, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m at work, and SI is blocked at work. (Stupid swimsuit catalog)
This is the same girl that suffered a concussion at the Arizona game.
It's spelled "S-H-U-V-3-0-0-0"
by JShufelt on Nov 24, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Nov 24, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does anybody find it weird that the Stanford Daily hasn't done a piece on the game yet?
by danzig on Nov 24, 2009 9:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Does anybody find it weird that danzig reads the Stanford Daily?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Are they blaming Tedford for that, too?
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Nov 24, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
no, gregory
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They discuss danzig's reading habits on BearInsider now?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Eurasia was always at war with Eastasia.”
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
not really.
if you ignore things you don’t like they don’t exsist.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You've gotta be kidding me
Bleacher Report writer blames refs and Tucker sideline completion for Furd’s loss.
On 3rd and 10 from their own side of the 50, Kevin Riley dropped back to pass and waited. He then rolled left and threw the ball down the field to the sidelines where his receiver “caught” the ball. Or did he?
The play was reviewed and shown from many angles, most of which showed that the receiver had the ball with barely one foot in bounds. But that was not the issue. From the angle that was perpendicular to the sideline facing the Stanford bench from California’s side it was very obvious that when the receiver hit the ground the ball moved and slid on the ground as he rolled over it before the receiver gained control of the ball again. Of course he jumped up and held the ball up high as a way to say he caught it. In order for it to be a completion the receiver must first get one foot, knee, or elbow in bounds and if the play is continued out of bounds the receiver must maintain control of the ball the whole time. This clearly did not happen.
I saw the white spiral marks on the ball rotate as the ball slid on the ground, which clearly demonstrated that the receiver did not maintain possession of the ball after hitting the ground out of bounds. Therefore it should have been ruled and incomplete pass and the ruling on the field overturned.
I just don’t understand how I, a spectator, could spot something that the trained replay booth officials missed over and over again. The only think I can think of is that they did not look at the shot of the camera that had a perfect angle of the ball moving on the ground. If that is the case then it is ridiculous that they did not look at it from every angle. If they did look at it from all the possible angles, then they really made a big mistake.
This 1st down conversion allowed the Golden Bears to continue their drive and get the go ahead touchdown. Sure the Stanford Cardinals had a great opportunity from inside the red zone with time running out to win the game, but that was taken away by a costly interception. Either way, this missed call cost Stanford a chance at the PAC-10 Title, and a trip to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's Rocky isn't it?
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really wasn’t aware any of those existed on the InterWebz.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am looking at the play by play at ESPN. I am trying to remember where this play was. It was in the 4th, right? If so, here it could be:
California at 7:01 CAL STAN
1st and 10 at CAL 28 Shane Vereen rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Cal 26. 31 28
2nd and 12 at CAL 26 Kevin Riley pass incomplete to Shane Vereen.
3rd and 12 at CAL 26 Kevin Riley pass complete to Verran Tucker for 18 yards to the Cal 44 for a 1ST down.
1st and 10 at CAL 44 Shane Vereen rush for 2 yards to the Cal 46.
2nd and 8 at CAL 46 Shane Vereen rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Cal 44.
3rd and 10 at CAL 44 Kevin Riley pass incomplete to Verran Tucker.
4th and 10 at CAL 44 Bryan Anger punt for 35 yards, downed at the Stanf 21.
DRIVE TOTALS: Cal drive: 6 plays 16 yards, 02:43 Cal PUNT
That is the only completion to Tucker listed in the 4th quarter. If so, Cal proceeded to go 0 yards further than that and then punt. So, it was not as if they moved down the field and scored on that drive.
This post is either wildly disingenuous or completely inaccurate. Because if its the go-ahead touchdown, well, that is when Cal went up 17-14. They never trailed after that point. Stanford got as close as 28-31, but never was able to get ahead. Tucker did have a catch for 12 yards in the drive where Cal went up 17-14. But it was not the catch this writer refers to. Further, it was THE FIRST DRIVE OF THE SECOND HALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well before “crunch time” as this writer makes it seem.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
YOU’RE KILLING OUR POST TWIST.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing I wrote there, Avi, relates to anything we’re putting up tomorrow morning. Perhaps you wrote something aobut it, in which case, sorry. But I am wanting to show that this article is not just poorly written, but it is simply not accurate factually.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You should post that over there.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is the right drive; the commenter is screwed up
The call that the commenter is so incensed about did not lead to a TD. We punted and stanfurd got the ball back with plenty of time. In fact, that’s the series where Harby decided to go for it on 4th and 8, giving us the ball in stanfurd’s territory.
I think the facts in the comment are wrong, too. To me the only question was Tucker’s foot, specifically, whether the right foot remained on the ground when he caught the ball. Tucker kept possession.
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Nov 24, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with ohio bear. the commentor is incorrect.
the question of foot down when in possession was not terribly clear from teh replay.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 24, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, two refs were in perfect position on either side of Tucker, standing directly on the sideline, and they both agreed it was a catch.
by chowder on Nov 24, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It is Bleacher Report not like you can expect a lot.
by Tedfordisgod on Nov 24, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
This is what you get when standfurd people try to follow football.
by chowder on Nov 24, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
More Tiger booing coverage, this time from SBN golf blog Waggle Room
Can someone go over there and ask him where I can find my trust fund? I could really use it.
Normally, I despise Cal fans. They think they’re so smart out there in Berkeley. But, guess what? They’re the ones going to school near Oakland. Idiots.
Their football stadium is old, crappy, and foggy. Their fans somehow believe that the Pac 10 is a superior athletic conference when they routinely get pasted in every sport. Maryland embarrassed them in basketball last year (and we would happily do it again this year).
Cal fans are so self-loathing that they have to project their hatred on others, including world number one Tiger Woods.
At the Stanford-Cal Trust Fund Bowl/rivalry game (Cal fan: “Hey, take that red off!” – losers), Tiger Woods was to receive an award from Stanford at the half. Tiger has about 647,000 trophies at home, so why not another, right?
Normally, I despise Cal fans. They think they’re so smart out there in Berkeley. But, guess what? They’re the ones going to school near Oakland. Idiots.
Their football stadium is old, crappy, and foggy. Their fans somehow believe that the Pac 10 is a superior athletic conference when they routinely get pasted in every sport. Maryland embarrassed them in basketball last year (and we would happily do it again this year).
Cal fans are so self-loathing that they have to project their hatred on others, including world number one Tiger Woods.
At the Stanford-Cal Trust Fund Bowl/rivalry game (Cal fan: “Hey, take that red off!” – losers), Tiger Woods was to receive an award from Stanford at the half. Tiger has about 647,000 trophies at home, so why not another, right?
Well, the Cal fans laid it on Tiger. They must’ve seen the video of him flinging that driver to the group, catapulting it into a crowd of defenseless Aussies – AND THEY DISAPPROVED.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Whoops copy/paste fail
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I read that...
Dude is a butthurt Maryland fan still aching from their beatdown in Memorial
18 to Cheeseboard
by JrBear on Nov 24, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude why is he hatting on Oakland so much??
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 9:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
God, these people make Twist look like a nuclear scientist…
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
These people? Damn, so racist!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what does “liberal white guild race card” have to do with anything, and what is being exposed? The title said Tiger was booed at a Stanford game, and after reading the article I found out that Cal students actually booed him. It’s tiring to see trolls such as yourself come on this board and speak of things and project which don’t exist. IE Race baiting, whie guilt, etc.. Maybe in your small world where everyone is homogenous all the way down to their favorite meal, however most people don’t feel the way Drudge Report, Reuters, and Breitbart commenters do. I frequent those boards often, you call liberals leaches to the system, when it’s the Big Republican Red states which receive the most dollars of government funded programs, ie welfare, foodstamps, it is the red states with the lowest educational standards and graduation rates and yet you say we need to wake up and inform ourselves. It is the republican rhetoric from your POLs which further divide this nation, their policies have bankrupted this country and yet you blame liberals. The only “white guilt” I have is I’m guilty of sharing the same skin tone as so many stupid white people such as yourself.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
First Rishi is white, now Twist is a Republican????
My whole worldview has been turned upside down.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am too lazy to read this, can I just assume that Rishi completely took my joke seriously and wrote a bunch of shit as if I accused him genuinely of being racist?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, that entire paragraph is about lemon drops.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 24, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tiger Woods HuffPo comments. They’re gold, Twist, gold!
by Kai on Nov 24, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cal fans all have a throbbing inferiority complex toward Stanford. It causes them to get overly worked up over anything Stanford related.
Cal’s a very good school likely the top public school in the nation, but they’re increasingly being swallowed by the shadow of their much better funded and more prestigious rival in Palo Alto. The situation is just going to get worse with California’s fiscal situation.
Cal never figured out how to prepare for the future. While other top public schools like MIchigan were raising alumni dollars and charging higher tuition rates to compensate for the drop in state funding, the UCs twiddled their thumbs. It is sort of sad, I remember when the UCs were the envy of the world.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am too lazy to read this, can I just assume that Rishi completely took my joke seriously and wrote a bunch of shit as if I accused him genuinely of being racist?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh fer cryin’ outloud. As Freud said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a good cigar.”
Tiger wasn’t booed because he was black, rich, exploiter of the masses, or a rich golfer. He was booed by Cal Tech fans because be he was a Stanford fan, talking up Stanford during a football game. In this venue, its completely appropriate and done in the spirit of competition.
http://www.syracuse.com/today/index.ssf/2009/07/tiger_woods_to_play_in_charity.html
http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/529-tiger-woods
And Nike is not perfect, but it has done a lot in improving its conditions at its global factories.
This is from an academic article from MIT:
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
RACIST
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 24, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
TECHIST
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 24, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Whyt are you talking about Cal tech and Nike?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You're being incredibly insufferable today
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re lacking the ability to realise I’m copying and pasting comments from the Tiger Woods thread.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 12:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re lacking the ability to use blockquotes.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It is significantly more fun to copy and paste them directly and confuse everyone.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, that entire paragraph is about lemon drops.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Especially the part abbout all the throbbing.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
carp, is that you?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Nov 24, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Another suggestion...
…since I’m being helpful: Don’t honor esteemed alumni during a rivalry game you Stanfurd morons.
You’re welcome.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Another suggestion...
Fill your own stadium with stanfurd fans, that way opponent’s fans won’t have an opportunity to boo your alum off the field.
by chowder on Nov 24, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I already made that suggestion above, but yes. This too.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I live in Oakland.
It’s much better than living in Maryland…
by dingosean on Nov 24, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
do you live NE of Lake Merritt or E of Hwy 13?
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by carp on Nov 24, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
As of right now, I live off Jackson St downtown.
And I feel safer than living back home in Antioch. A lot safer.
by dingosean on Nov 24, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that makes Antioch look bad, really bad.
by turkey on Nov 24, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2 shootings on my parent’s street in the last year. Not to mention, per capita, its had the highest crime rise out of any city in the bay area – so I understand.
Place is going down the tube.
by dingosean on Nov 24, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I might not have to tell you two this, but huge parts of Oakland are perfectly fine. Sure, there are the other parts where everyone is killing each other. You don’t have to go to those parts, though. I’m in the Dimond district myself, feel safe from violence and somewhat safe from property crime (we take reasonable precautions).
I’ve seen the Antioch decline too, growing up between Brentwood and Antioch in the hills thar. The tract housing out there is becoming like Richmond and Stockton. Sad stuff.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, how are you safe? Your house burned down 3 days ago! I saw it myself.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It also leads the league inf oreclosures. You ever seen the auctions on th Court steps in Martinez. Kinda sad.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, actually. Is there a good story here?
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Its a sad story. Its a story of people building and building properties in the Bay Area exurbs then selling them at inflated prices to people who can’t really afford them such that the amount of foreclosures is incredibly high. This leads to throngs of people on the Courthouse steps buying the properties at auction prices.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There was a housing bubble here? How come no one told me?
Anyway, I was curious about if you had actually seen the auction itself, in all of its sad glory.
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I have seen them. The dude has a computer and is rattling off APNs. You have to speak the language, because its only investor sharks there. Its not like “We got a great 2 bedroom at 123 Fake Street going for 300K” but more like “323-232-323, how much do I get for that?” They also have the HUGE stacks of papers at the front of hte Courthouse will all the info.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Montclair4liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really? I must be doing it rong then.
by DC Trojan on Nov 24, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I read an article somewhere, no idea where, that said Oakland has the most perfect weather of any city in the United States. I lived in Berkeley and Oakland for 15 years, and while I can’t verify the weather everywhere else in the country, I can’t imagine how it could be any better than Oakland. And if you live in the hills, it has some of the most spectacular views anywhere. It has easy access to the entertainment and cultural mecca across the bay (except when the bridge collapses, of course). And you’re only a few minutes from Cal. Other than the poverty and the crime, it’s just about perfect.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Redwood City claims the best climate, by government test.
I hope they are right, or else that sign is pretty darn embarrassing.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno. I lived in the Long Beach/Garden Grove/Anaheim area of SoCal for quite some time, and I feel the weather ismarginallybetter than Oakland/Berkeley. Not that much better, but I prefer it.
As for the cultural stuff, Bay Area pwns Garbage Grove, let me tell ya.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We took this trip to Garden Grove
It smelled like Lou-dog inside the van, oh yeah
This ain’t no funky reggae party, $5 at the door
It gets so real sometimes, who wrote my rhyme
I’ve got the microwave, got the VCR
I’ve got the deuce-deuce in the trunk of my car, oh yeah
If you only knew all the love that I found
It’s hard to keep my soul on the ground
You’re a fool, don’t fuck around with my dog
All that I can see I steal, I fill up my garage
Cause in my mind
Music from Jamaica’s all the love that I found
Pull over there’s a reason why my soul’s unsound
It’s you
It’s that shit stuck under my shoe
It’s that smell inside the van
It’s my bed sheet covered with sand
Sitting through a shitty band
Getting dog shit on my hands
Getting hassled by the man
Waking up to an alarm
Sticking needles in your arm
Picking up trash on a freeway
Feeling depressed everyday
Leaving without making a sound
Picking my dog up at the pound
Living in a tweeker pad
Getting yelled at by my dad
Saying I’m happy when I’m not
Finding roaches in the pot
All these things I do
by LeonPowe on Nov 25, 2009 7:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I <3 living in Berkeley for pretty much those same reasons. The poverty and crime, though, simply come with living in a major city (or near one, in Berkeley’s case). Whever you’re somewhere like that, you will have people living there who are of all different levels of financial means.
Although to add to your list, don’t sell Oakland short as a cultural destination. There’s a ton of stuff to do and see there as well.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 11:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t argue about the weather, that’s for sure, and the vistas in Bethesda are more or less non-existent. But it has its compensations… I have the kids in a national top 10 school district, I’m 20 minutes from downtown DC and some of the best museums etc. going, there are hundreds of restaurants ~5 – 10 minutes from my house, never mind what’s available in DC. (Rumor has it that there are things to do in VA as well, but I only come over here for work.)
Plus I’m not all that far from NYC for the occasional visit, and so on.
I don’t miss living in southern California particularly, and I don’t get out to northern California enough to have any feeling about it one way or the other except that the traffic seems just as bad.
by DC Trojan on Nov 25, 2009 6:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
STOP PROMOTING MARYLAND AS A PLACE TO LIVE!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 25, 2009 8:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry. Ah, Maryland is a crap place to live, don’t come here, you spend all your time dodging tour buses speeding into DC, and Automobile magazine just rated it as the second most anti-driver state. After California.
by DC Trojan on Nov 25, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How can California be anti-driver? We have more drivers than anyone!!
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by BearStage on Nov 26, 2009 12:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
High taxes, emissions requirements, that sort of thing.
Oregon was the only state in the top third of the list that I’d even remotely consider living in.
by DC Trojan on Nov 30, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Daily Cal op/ed on the Wheeler occupation
For many, the events that transpired on Friday were inspired by the protests and marches that initially occurred on Sept. 24 and the incredible turn out of support and solidarity launched among students, workers and faculty.
The reasons for our participation in the occupation vary from one person to the next, but inside Wheeler Hall on Friday the communal effort of everyone involved was apparent from the start. As officers of an already established organization on campus, the Latino Sociology Association, we would like to state that our intentions were directed solely for the purpose of creating interest and unifying the students who shared opposing views towards the budget cuts, fee increases, staff layoffs and the numerous repercussions that we would be sustaining on our public education.
Various media sources who covered the protest have spun the truth of the actual events that occurred. Because of this, we feel it is urgent that we as students who were there step in to say what happened and what our final feelings were at the end of everything. Beyond the actual occupation, what happened Friday was more about the people below who stood in the cold, the rain, behind barricades and chanted along with us “Who’s University? Our University!”
It was about the police brutality that occurred, the people that were harmed in the midst of supporting the strike and the heart and dedication of thousands of people outside Wheeler Hall. What we did serves as a catalyst to the beginning of the people’s movement, we worked off the energy from other University of California campuses around the state and received support from groups across the globe.
Question: If I asked to join the Latino Sociology Association, would I be turned away/
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:07 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Who IS University? Inquiring minds want to know!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The same ones that want to know “Who Is Axe”?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Who is Spain?”
“Why is Hitler?”
“When is right?”
“Where was that stooped and mealy-colored old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down?”
“How was trump at Munich?”
“Ho-ho beriberi.”
“Balls!”
"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
by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How much is the state to blame for the UC budget troubles?
Tara Raffi of the Daily Cal seems to nail it on the head.
I have heard only one logical argument, which is to protest the state for their mis-prioritization of funding for our country’s number one public university system. The state has cut UC funding by $813 million this year, much less than the cuts to prisons. Between 1990 and now, state funds have fallen by approximately $7,200 per student. This is irresponsibility that needs to be focused on, but instead it is tucked away on the corners of Strike websites and excluded from picket signs.
Yudof can lobby legislators for increased funding, but is ultimately at the mercy of a dysfunctional and bankrupt state. We are facing fee increases because the state has cut our funding, not because the regents have some sinister intent to charge us extra money or buy diamond-encrusted bobble heads for their desks. It is easy to cite “lack of transparency” when you don’t like what the regents are doing, but how many people have actually tried to research this before assuming Yudof would use our money to the detriment of the university?
But we ignore these questions and march out to Sproul to demand that Yudof be fired. Why is Yudof being interviewed by The New York Times instead of the governor? Because of us! Because we are framing this protest against the regents, we are targeting media attention for this issue to the intermediary, and we are wasting an invaluable opportunity to target the people that have most power to improve our situation.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:17 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
This.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Instead money was wasted on students screaming at a misconceived aggressor for an imaginary solution.
That’s my Berkeley!
This is a surprisingly good article.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
After further thought, A for content, C for execution.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Was she too passive in her word choice?
Maybe she should’ve gone for the jugular at the end instead of being conservative with her choice of words.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
especially when she took a knee to set up that easy zinger.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Especially since she knows how aggressive the other side plays ball. They can definitely come back at her with huge attacks. Hopefully she’ll make that aggressiveness work against her.
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by Avinash on Nov 24, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did Tedford write this article?
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
33SS in 3...
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 24, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For a campus like Berkeley, this article is already overly hostile. She made the right move to gather the maximum support.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
but, but, did you read this?
We are facing fee increases because the state has cut our funding, not because the regents have some sinister intent to charge us extra money or buy diamond-encrusted bobble heads for their desks.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wait…. do those exist?! I want one!
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
by oskisunbear on Nov 24, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you could always buy a bobble head and encrust it yourself!
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
But I don’t own a Bedazzler
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
by oskisunbear on Nov 24, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Then you probably weren’t a girl in the 80s
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
……………………………………………………………..I probably shouldn’t admit I own a bedazzler, then, should I?
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We can all tell from the jewel-encrusted cut-off denim vest you like to wear.
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
blast!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A commentator in Entertainment Weekly magazine described the Bedazzler as: “The cheap-ass rhinestone-studding tool favored by art teachers and over-excitable soccer moms everywhere, the biggest piece of crap sold on late-night TV since the Thighmaster, the reason women own shirts with glittery kitty-cats on them.”
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i lol’d
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
by oskisunbear on Nov 24, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Biggest ZING! of the week
Instead of facts, answers, and change, the only thing that I see happening is that our limited academic resources are being squandered. The university was forced to spend funds on police forces to contain the protests, in addition to the money already paid for teaching, classrooms and other services that Friday were so forcefully deprived of us. Isn’t this a budget crisis? It costs $30,000 to open the Moffitt and Doe libraries during finals for the next two semesters, ironically the subject of an earlier Solidarity Alliance protest. Instead money was wasted on students screaming at a misconceived aggressor for an imaginary solution.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
but if Berkeley students don’t protest, what will they do? How will their uninformed opinions get heard?
Blogs!
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am perfectly fine displaying my uninformed opinions right here, instead of interrupting classes that people pay for!
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Rishi, Rishi, Rishi.
No one is disagreeing that you have uninformed opinions.
…the end.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Were you born this way or did being a Cal fan make you so bitter?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Being a Cal student made me snarky. Being a Cal fan made me tough. I don’t think I’m bitter yet.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Late for dinner?
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
SOMEBODY’S BITTER!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The might consider voting.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“They”
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oh sure, just give into the Man why don’t you.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Someone is on today.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The More You Know
The prison union is the second strongest union in the state.
by chowder on Nov 24, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to guess #1 is the California Teachers Association?
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
CGB Unoin!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Union City?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would much more sympathy for this argument if people:
1. Voted
2. Didn’t support stupid “tough on crime” laws like Three Strikes
3. Didn’t simultaneously demand more services and lower taxes.
While the students themselves aren’t responsible for the state’s problems…Californians as a whole definitely are. It’s easy to bash the legislature and/or unions, but voters have done their fair share of damage to the state too.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Public employee unions aren’t the whole problem by any means. However, I have represented public entities in negotiations with their labor unions, and I can tell you that they are a significant part of the problem. In the private sector, management and the union are distinctly separate entities, each representing its own interests. That’s how the employer-union model is supposed to work. But in the public sector, the unions are huge contributors to the campaigns of the elected officials who are “management.” This means that the unions effectively sit on both sides of the table. “Management,” i.e., the politicians, is beholden to the union for getting elected and re-elected. As a result, public employee unions get goodies that would be unimaginable in the private sector.
You also have to consider the spending that public employee unions do to support ballot initiatives that are good for the unions and their members, but horrible public policy. The prison guards union, for example, has been the single largest source of funding for three-strikes initiatives and “tough-on-crime” prison sentences — out of an utterly cynical willingness to throw people in prison so that there will be more jobs for prison guards and more dues for the union.
There is plenty of blame to go around for our fiscal mess. Voters who pass costly initiatives and want the state to provide all sorts of other benefits, but who go wild if they are asked to pay for them, are probably the biggest problem. But don’t underestimate the problems created by public employee unions.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
by CalBear81 on Nov 24, 2009 5:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand the role that labor plays in California politics. But the implication that labor alone constitutes a special interest seems disingenuous to me. The Chamber and business groups in general, just to name one example, put just as much money into the political arena as labor does. Yes, politicians shouldn’t be beholden to public employees, but they shouldn’t be beholden to corporations (who also get plenty of value for their contributions) either.
So yeah, I’m no fan of the prison guards, but I think that the problem is structural in nature rather than due to just one specific group acting in bad faith.
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 24, 2009 6:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
seven
"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
by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 6:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
/wrists
"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
by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 6:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Down the road, not across the street.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck that, I’mma do it with a goddamn weed whacker.
"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
by AERose on Nov 24, 2009 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
FINALLY.
I’ve been saying this from Day 1. It’s useless and pointless to bark at the Regents and the UC system for fee hikes that have to with Sacramento’s lack of funding. If they raise fees, they get yelled at. If they cut department funding instead, they get yelled at. If they cut services instead, they get yelled at. They need money to run this place and keep it from becoming a second Cal State system. They have to raise fees. It’s unfair, I know, but it’s not their fault, and they have no choice.
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You must have been a very talkative child.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 24, 2009 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was indeed! I am also a very talkative adult. :-)
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by BearStage on Nov 24, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It had to happen eventually.
I lost to both CBKWit and Twist in FF last week.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Rags and I are facing off for the College FF title this year. Which makes it twice in a row that I’ll lose in the finals, probably.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
In my friend league I’m undefeated except for 2 losses to CBKWit. This pains be deeply.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YAY for Ragnarok! Victory is nigh!
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MASOLI AND QUIZZ ARE OFF THIS WEEK
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I’m doubling down on the Triple Option this week. Josh Nesbitt, come on down!
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
So if you win, do you get six options?
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Which I’ll then exercise depending on the spot price at expiration versus their strike price.
Quick – USC defense against UCLA or Washington defense against Wazzu? I think there’s potential for shutouts from both defenses.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Riley Cooper, Julio Jones, Donovan Varner. Pick two.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Julio Jones’ stats are remarkably weak this year, actually. 31 catches for 462 yards and four touchdowns. I figure Tebow should be able to carve up the FSU secondary and most of that should be to Riley Cooper, but I’m not so sure about the Alabama passing game against Auburn. Meanwhile, Thaddeus Lewis is playing his final game in college at home against Wake Forest.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really feel that Lewis is going to struggle with Wake.
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by Rishi on Nov 24, 2009 12:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot to play a kicker. And still beat you by like 30.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My team in that league is autodraft garbage. I’m playing it out, but…LaDainian Tomlinson, Eddie Royal, Steve Slaton, Dwayne Bowe (NA), Santana Moss, … I don’t have the cajones to look up exactly which round Yahoo! picked these gems for me.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Nov 24, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like the X-Games ramp the best.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like the part that looks like Endor.
I'm not playing with you, T-bred!
by AndBears on Nov 24, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I like the falling off the building part.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 24, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like blueberry muffins!
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
by oskisunbear on Nov 24, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
If you catch the sequence out of the corner of your eye, in the last few frames of that ramp fall, he looks like a tattoo on a cheerleader’s bare midriff. Or maybe that’s just me.
I don't care about losing all the money. It's losing all the stuff.
by Strang! on Nov 24, 2009 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That is one of the stranger things I’ve ever heard on the blog.
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by yellow fever on Nov 24, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Crap, I was going for strangest.
I don't care about losing all the money. It's losing all the stuff.
by Strang! on Nov 24, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like your thinking, son. But you need to get your head in the game! No chasin’ skirts ’round here
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Nov 24, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn’t that the fall where the guy got paralyzed?
by sec119 on Nov 24, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, lacerated liver and a couple broken ribs I think… He walked away from it, after lying there for like 15 minutes… I saw it live, and it is still one of the scariest things I’ve witnessed on TV, totes thought he died on the mega-ramp…
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
lacerated liver? OW!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 24, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, not sure how that happens… but OW! indeed…
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably has something to do with the broken ribs jabbing the liver
by Kai on Nov 24, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What are you a physascientomologist or something?
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by CruzinBears on Nov 24, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs