DBD 11.3.09 We're Refreshed
by TwistNHook on Nov 3, 2009 7:23 AM PST
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PrintForgot to tell you guys there was a visual refresh. No changes in anythign else, just the visual side. Not sbn 3.0 myself.
Honestly, I like the way they tried to refocus on the front page stuff. But I feel as if the fanposts and fanshots were moved WAY down. In my view, every inch lower something in on the screen the less likely internet people are too see it. We want it and we want it NOW! We will NOT scroll down 3 inches to get it!
So, that is disconcerting to me, to be honest with you. It's not like I have any power or control over anything. What are your thoughts?
FREE WOMEN'S BBALL GAME TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!
The No. 18 California Golden Bears will give their fans a preview with an exhibition game this Tuesday, Nov. 3 against Vanguard. All general admission seats for the exhibition are free.
The Bears will open up the 2009-10 women's basketball season on Sunday, Nov. 15 when they host Idaho State at Haas Pavilion. The game will be a Youth Day where all youth 18 and under will be free. As a reminder, all seats in sections 15, 16, and 17 as well as 1, 2, and 3 will be reserved tickets this season. They can be purchased on a single game basis or as season tickets. For more ticket information, CLICK HERE or call 800-GO-BEARS.
The Bears play their first three games at home, hosting Bay Area neighbor Saint Mary's on Nov. 17 before taking on their first top-10 school of the season, No. 7 Baylor.
Baylor isn't the only tough game on the Bears schedule this season. Cal travels on Thanksgiving to participate in the Buckeye Classic in Columbus, Ohio, setting up a potential match up with No. 3 Ohio State, the second time in the month of November Cal will play a preseason top-10 team.
The first weekend of December, Texas A&M will play in Cal's Colliers International Classic tournament. A&M has been to the Sweet-16 each of the last two years, playing at the Trenton Regional last season where they lost to Arizona State, 84-69, in the game that followed Cal's loss to UConn.
Cal travels to San Diego to close out the non-conference schedule, taking on Boston College and then potentially facing San Diego in their second game. If they meet, it will be the first time the two teams have faced one another since the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament where Cal advanced with a 77-60 victory over USD.
Cal opens and closes the Pac-10 season with the Battle of the Bay games against Stanford. The two teams play at Stanford Jan. 2 and at Haas on March 6. Cal was picked to finish second in the preseason Pac-10 coaches' poll.
The opinions expressed in a FanPost are, in every way, reflective of the opinions of every California Golden Blogs Marshawnthusiast. Moreover, they are reflective of every employee of SBNation, including Tyler "Blez" Bleszinski.
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Men’s Crew doing well:
NEWPORT BEACH – The California men’s crew team swept Stanford as it claimed first in the Open 8, Open 4 and the Freshman 8 at the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival on Sunday in Newport Beach, Calif. The Golden Bears clocked a time of 13:40.057 in the 8, 15:47.231 in the 4 and 14:59.643 in the Freshman 8 to take top honors in all three races.
In the eight, Cal placed first and third in the race. Rowing on Cal’s winning boat were Jack Farthing, Nareg Guregian, James Long-Lerno, Patrick Williams, Spencer Crowley, Will Dean, Nick Lucey, Sam Walker and the Cox Zach Vlahos. Stanford took second with a time of 13:55.555, while the second boat for the Bears took third at 14:03.208. Cal also had a boat finish in fifth and seventh.
In the four, the Bears came in first and second, ahead of a trio of Cardinal boats that finished in third to fifth. Competing on Cal’s first-place boat were Long-Lerno, Dean, Crowley, Guregian and the Cox Vlahos. The second-place Cal boat clocked a time of 15:49.362.
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Womens Soccer beats ASU:
BERKELEY – The California women’s soccer team netted a 3-2 Pac-10 Conference victory in overtime against Arizona State on Sunday afternoon at Edwards Stadium. Redshirt junior Lisa Kevorkian scored the game-winning goal in the 98th minute to push the Golden Bears to 10-7-1 overall and 4-4-0 in the Pac-10 while the Sun Devils fall to 7-7-3 and 0-6-0 in conference play.
“Our team performed well today in a very difficult game,” Cal head coach Neil McGuire said. “We must credit Arizona State as they played hard. Cal showed great resolve to prevail in overtime.”
After taking five shots through the first 97 minutes of play, Kevorkian put one through at 97:36 for her team-leading fourth gamewinner of the 2009 season. Katie Suits was credited with the assist.
“I’ve never been on the bottom of a dog pile before – it was a great feeling,” Kevorkian said of her team’s celebration following her goal. “When Suits crossed the ball, I knew I had to get a piece of it so I jumped as high as I could and hoped for the best. With golden goals, it’s do or die. I just put all my weight behind it.”
With her Sun Devils trailing, 2-1, Alexandra Elston made things interesting in the 54th minute, when she did a half-bicycle kick off a header from Bianca Doller to even the score at 2-2 and eventually force overtime.
The Sun Devils got on the board first with a goal in the seventh minute. Courtney Tinnin drew Cal keeper Gina Pellegrini out, dribbled past her and touched it in for a goal.
Barely two minutes later, junior forward Alex Morgan powered off on a fast break. Despite being trailed by three defenders, Morgan past them to tie the game for the first time, 1-1, with 37:12 remaining in the half. Sophomore midfielder Katrin Omarsdottir had the assist.
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Womens Golf doing well:
The No. 10 California Golden Bears women’s golf team shot a two-over 290 in the opening round of the Turtle Bay Resort Collegiate Invitational in Hawaii, putting them in third place after the first 18 holes. Pia Halbig and Diane Kwon are both in the top-10.
Cal’s team score put them one stroke ahead of USC. They trail second place San Jose State by two strokes. UC Davis leads the field of 18 teams after posting a 281 (-7) on the par-72 6,361 yard Palmer Course.
Junior Pia Halbig, who came into the tournament ranked No. 19 among all individual collegiate women golfers, carded a two-under 70 to tie for fourth place among individuals. Sophomore Dian Kwon was also under par, shooting a 70 (-1) to tie for sixth place in the field of 93 golfers. Emily Childs ended her round at two-over with Joanne Lee finishing at plus-four.
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I think it looks alright. As lazy as I am, and believe me, it can reach epic proportions, I’ll put in the extra effort. Its just because I dont hate you guys.
I guess the difference is I do hate us. So, I’m less likely to scroll down.
I guess I’m thinking more about people new to the site and less a regular reader who is going to scroll down anyway. But I do appreciate your thoughts.
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So what you’re saying is you don’t care about regular commenters.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 3, 2009 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
It is change and we must fear change. I’m against it.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
If it was, would I be interacting with… people of color?
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
You can offset the difficulty with feelings of guilt, hypocrisy, and self-loathing.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
what kind of republican are you?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Flag'd
there’s no such thing.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
u know u <3 Rush.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Limbaugh. You know…he’s on station preset “1” in your car.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Carp dude, lay off. No political slapfights.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Have we ever had a Rishi-carp brawl? This could be an interesting one.
Sleaze off! IT’S A SLEAZE OFF!
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we could never brawl. Just disagree on certain things.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
FIGHT
FIGHT
FIGHT
FIGHT!
I wanna see some hair pulls and some faces scratched!
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PS – I, too, disagree with the near 10% sales tax in SF. That’s FUBAR.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Alternatively, move to Marin. Sales tax is only 9.00% there!
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"Alternately"
dammit grammar phail again
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sigh
I’d love to…but a) work’s not over there and b) ha! I can’t afford that!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I can’t imagine how anyone under 40 manages to afford living in Marin.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I have quite a few friends our age who live in Marin. They do it the same as we all do – roommates, shared vehicles, the like. One thing about Marin is that it’s very bike-friendly, and everything are pretty close to everything else, so you can do a lot more on a bike up there.
Of course, BART would make everything so much easier for everyone, but we all know that will never happen.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Pssst, Twist, you’re supposed to be the moderator of this site.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
MODFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
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Yes. Yes he is.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
INDIAN FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
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It’s 100% v. 50%. My money is on Rishi!
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We’re not fighting.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Damn, Rishi is gonna kill you with that attitude. You gotta puke up your dukes. PUT UP YOUR DUKES, DAMMIT!
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He is Indian, but actually it’s American Indian. Toads diff.
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To me its less about the political slapfight and the political slapfight-ees. I’d kinda like to see some new blood in there. We’ve seen rishi-holmoe 1,000x times over.
But we’ve never seen sycasey-CalBandGreat. Or RollOnUBears667-carp.
LET’S GET IT ON!
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is this like female oil wrestling at the frats?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’m offended you forgot about me :(
Twist doesn’t care about Indian people!
In other words, Go Bears!
We’ve seen you fight before. You suck at fighting. Just go sit in the corner and read your Harry Potter slash fic.
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by TwistNHook on Nov 3, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I also think Jerry Browne is a shitty gubernatorial candidate. I want DiFi.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Today, I got to work at 8:30 in the morning. So early! I swear, I saw the sun and I think my skin turned from pale to off-white!
Then, I worked on a project. I finished part of it, then sat around. So annoying!
I had a slice of pizza for lunch. I’m on a diet, so I threw the crusts away, but it was still good.
I’m ready to go home now. What a day!
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by Rishi on Nov 3, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
…let alone many guns, which would necessitate an entire rack!
What are you going to do… with a gun rack?
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psycho hose beast!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
There is not much news today. I’ll try alternative sites.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
In honor of Oregon's victory
Duck cheerleader videos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7K2AZnoiUk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWSoiuF3BMw
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this cries for danzig’s Cal-Oregon highlight vid, which I can’t seem to find on the ’tube. Got linky?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
found it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fvyWU3LU_s&feature=related
perhaps he could put together a USC-Oregon highlight reel in a similar fashion
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I swear all they need is a pole. I know it’s supposed to be cheerleading, but it sure doesn’t feel like cheerleading.
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p.s. I really liked your fear for your imaginary daughter to ‘just keep her away from the stripper pole’. :-) from yesterday’s dbd
Honk if you think Rags is great!
Chris Rock liked it even better when he first wrote that bit.
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Where do you think I got it from! All the greats steal from the greats before them.
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I wonder how many will steal from me then?
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As a young man, I can appreciate this overly-sexualized path the young ladies of today are taking.
As a potential father, I shudder and cringe at this overly-sexualized path the young ladies of today are taking.
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by BearStage on Nov 3, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Potential father? Is there something we don’t know about you?
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Nope. “Potential”, not “impending.”
Just that there’s a possibility of my procreating one day. At least I hope.
But seriously, it’s almost enough not to want you to have kids. It’s just scary how girls are wearing less and less at younger and younger ages. I mean, I know it’s that way for every subsequent generation, but we don’t have much further to go, do we?
I actually heard someone say the other day, “Miley Cyrus is the the most dangerous thing to happen to grown men since the Olsen Twins.”
…and you wonder why I’m afraid of having a girl.
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I lost it ca. 1:30 of the second vid.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
[quickly dashes to second vid which I had foolishly disregarded]
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
shouldn’t disappoint.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
They’re so … fit
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
TV for Arizona not decided yet
The game time and TV coverage for the Nov. 14 game against Arizona won’t be decided until Sunday. The game will be either at 4 p.m. on Versus or at 7:20 p.m. on ESPN. The Pac-10 has tinkered with its lineup for that weekend, taking away the 12:30 p.m. slot on ABC but adding the new 7:20 time on ESPN.
I guess this means that FSN picked up the stanfurd/USC game and will air it at 12:30 PT?
Praise be to Tedford!
My own selfish choice....
please be 7:20, please be 7:20….
I have a 4pm soccer game. If the football game is 7pm, I can go to both. If it’s at 4, my soccer team will hate me….
There's no crying in baseball!
My selfish choice is the same
With a 10:20 ET kickoff, the game starts when my kids are already put to bed. My undivided attention is focused on the game, which I can watch on an actual TV (instead of my computer). That, and I can drink more beer with the kids asleep.
Less selfishly, I’d like to point out that we are 1-0 this season with a 7:00 PM PT or later kickoff on ESPN!
Praise be to Tedford!
7:20 also ensures that the crowd will be well-prepared.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
This
Tedford has been known to encourage fans to “enjoy a little more tailgate.”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
and beer can drinking hats.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
sherry glass drinking hats?
At CGB, we whine because we care
by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
our alumni are more old school.....
rot gut bourbon or gallo by the gallon for tail gates.
Go Bears Go
When I was in high school, I won something like 4 gallon bottles of Gallo win in a charity raffle – I’d bought the ticket as a joke. They gave it to me anyway, presumably because my parents were also there.
As it turns out, drinking gallons of Gallo with your parents is not the worst way to spend the weekend, but it’s also not the best.
props( i think) to the mr scott
For getting this game of ranked vs ranked opponents on its own slot latter in the evening. This way it wont get buried among the other regionally televised games and get the attention it deserves. Im hoping we pull out the golds for this one, because they look oh so clean at night.
In communist Russia, Sanchez declares YOU!
Have we worn gold unis at home yet? I forget..
by sec119 on Nov 3, 2009 11:50 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Yes and we lost.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Can we bombard Sandy for a “gold-out” vs ’zona? Heh…will it sell out? Almost? Can we get the students to show up so the young alumns can stop pretending their 21 again lol?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Damn, that’s late. I suspect ESPN will pick up the Oregon game unless the Furd crush them.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
dammit, why can’t it be 12:30 on ABC?? I have an International Taiko Festival to go to that evening, and now I’ll probably have to miss the game to see it :-p
and personally, 12:30 on ABC is WAAYYY better than 4pm on Versus.
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That’s what happens when you lose by 66 points to Oregon and USC?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
What are you talking about. That has no relation to anything.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
think big picture.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Big picture—There’s no 12:30 game on ABC next Saturday. ESPN used a six day selection make it a 7:20 broadcast. Losing by 66 points to Oregon and USC had no bearing on the selection.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
I have an International Taiko Festival to go to that evening
sure, sure, it happens.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
Well, I was going to invite you and Rags (not to mention calnet and paleodan), but I know where your priorities lie :-)
I did invite our Minnesotan friend tho!
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</checks calendar> oooh, shoot, seems there is this football game I have to go to… weird.
also, dad and bro-in-law’s (respective) b-days
Honk if you think Rags is great!
But the International Taiko Festival only happens once a year! ONCE A YEAR!!!
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False
if you have Dish Network, VS is a wayyy better choice, 1080i vs. reg. def….. i had to buy ABC for a year and its only available in standard, go vs. or espn!!!!
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
wait...
from the EWU game, didn’t VS not show down or distance or both or something? i don’t remember exactly but there was definitely some crucial information that wasn’t reported.
anyways, the point was it sucked.
EWU was on Comcast Sports California or something I thought. I think the problem is that as a regional broadcast it doesn’t have the production values of the big networks to show all those advanced technologies.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
couldn’t the graphics guy just look at the scoreboard and copy what’s up there? he doesn’t even have to do any of his own math!
Good call. But that’d require TV people to think out of the box!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Is the tagline “A Winning Tradition of Losing” supposed to look all stupid and alone in the middle of a giant navy blue rectangle?
Cal Football: It could happen!
I see it.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
What’s it mean?
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Am I watching an episode of Lost or Flash Forward? If so, I’d worry about the sponsors pulling out.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I can hardly wait.
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by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
I’m a lot of things — you can call me obnoxious, self-centred, whatever.
But of all things, I most definitely am not stupid.
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You’re British.
STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS
by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
You’re not even wankers! you’re colonized by wankers! (this would be a movie reference btw)
"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
Rishi is not soooo whatever. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, soooo whatever, but he is NOT a pornographer.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 3, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
thank you for clarifying this for me.
STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS
by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
WhyDubSee is on fire today!
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I'm frightened
New SBN scares me.
In other news, I had lunch with Billy Beane and Sandy Alderson yesterday. Pretty awesome overall.
I've been Honked...
Did Billy throw a chair when someone ordered the wrong sandwich for him?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
When the scallops started tasting good did Billy trade it in for 2 bologna sandwiches, because they had more potential, thus ruining the dinner for the rest of us?
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
by CruzinBears on Nov 3, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Nailed it!
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
WTF…how? YOU R A GIANTS FAN!?!?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Perhaps he is seeing the light. Let’s welcome him with open arms, a youth movement, and careful statistical analysis.
by sec119 on Nov 3, 2009 11:54 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
(raises one eyebrow…oh wait…I only have one)
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
You’re my friend on fb. Do some crack internetz research and, you’ll see, that carp only has one eyebrow. It’s quite bushy in fact. I have to trim it otherwise it looks like pubes are growing above my eyeball. And I can’t even grow chest hair!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
You sound handsome.
STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS
by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
My sports marketing class. Alderson is teaching it, so we’ve had some pretty solid guests. And lets be honest, Billy Beane is waaay more interesting than Brian Sabean.
I've been Honked...
“So, Brian, how do you evaluate free agents?”
long pause
“Veteran presence.”
“That’s it.”
“Pretty much. We factor in important things like sacrifice bunting.”
“um…no important stats?”
“Don’t be silly. We have a complicated formula to measure ‘Gamertude.’ How else do you think we landed Rowand?”
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
So I had a dream about the Oregon St. game...
…but don’t know how the game will turn out.
I was getting to the game a little late. Walking up to the stadium with Twist and some other people, he led us right through the construction where giant earth moving machines threatened to crush us at any moment. Then, to get into Memorial we came to a temporary wooden bridge that had been mostly destroyed since it wasn’t being used for access anymore. He somehow got across, but I had to reach up for help or fall 60ft into the hole. Some nice Cal fans reached down and helped, but some girl in a USC shirt just stood there in the way doing nothing. What a bitach. Why is she even at that game?
Anyway by the time we got in Cal had just scored, making the score 11-7 Cal. I guess that means we scored a safety.
Sorry I didn’t dream the outcome, apparently I had to move on to another dream where a serial killer was living next door to me.
Cal Football: It could happen!
I had a dream too...
not about the OSU game but about dealing with the fallout of impregnating my former admin.
This dream disturbed me for several reasons:
1. It wasn’t a sex dream, just me trying to figure out what to do because she was pregnant and I was the Dad so I didn’t even get the bonus of getting laid in dreamland.
2. Haven’t seen or thought about her in 3+ years. Why now?
3. Never thought she was particularly attractive from a physical standpoint. Been married forever beggars can’t be chosers I suppose, even in a comatose state.
How does this relate to OSU on Saturday? Good question.
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
Any of the rest of you refuse women in your dreams, because you are freaked your wife would find out?
Even in my dreams, I’m whipped!
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Hell no. It’s practically the only way I still get laid these days.
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
by Fire Starkey on Nov 3, 2009 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
But what if your wife finds out? That would be unfortunate.
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Dream that she passes away and after an acceptable period of time, then you can fantasize about her.
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Haven’t seen it yet. Actually haven’t seen last week’s either…might try and catch up tonight.
dboneisloose
That’s because there wasn’t one last week!
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 3, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I dreamed that we were down going into halftime. And when the team emerged from the tunnel for the second half, Kevin Riley was running ahead of everyone with his helmet raised high above his head, his pornstache completely shorn, and screaming like a banshee. We then went on to score 7 unanswered TDs with 7 2pt conversions.
/didnt really dream this
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I dreamed I got fired, and replaced by a computer.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
c’mon…a-chemists are more useful than that!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
True, we setup the software first.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Even in your dreams, I’m a dick!
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That’s what made it so believable.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
It’s prolly why the serial killer dream right after didn’t seem that bad.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Bad extra point snap leads to a scramble and a two point conversion, imo.
"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
OK, I’ll bite.
uh, what the hell?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like we need Mario to save Los Angeles
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
The new layout looks like crap, but I’m guessing that’s because of NoScript. Does anyone know which the new domains are that need to be allowed?
dboneisloose
that was my wonder to (also using no-script). I didn’t see anything new in the blocked script list tho…
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I wish Cal had a bye this week.
I say that cuz my buddy wanted me to go to the Oregon-Furd game this weekend.
And I always love wearing my F*CK STANFURD T-shirt behind enemy lines.
Even if I love their chem dep’t.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
There are $9 tickets to the game on StubHub! If only there was a three hour gap between the games, I’d so doubleheader it up.
By contrast Big Game tickets are $120 last I checked.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
wow. a double header would be stellar!
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 3, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Furd game will be over by halftime. You could totally make it to both.
by 33SwisherSweet on Nov 3, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
You never know with college football. All Masoli has to do is throw a few wobbly balls…
I’ve been pondering going with it, but ultimately I’ll probably pass. I can’t imagine missing a Cal game for a potential Furd upset.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
but what if it isn’t? I guess the short answer is leave anyway, but what if it’s a huge upset and the ghost of Bill Walsh returns?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
what's the ghost of bill walsh gonna do?
tell hairball to throw to the TE?
Go Bears Go
Bill Walsh was always curious about the single wing. I can only assume the Ghost of Bill Walsh, free from earthly inhibitions, would junk all of the Furd’s current schemes and wing it.
"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
This will make me sound like a dumbass… and I guess I can just google it to save me the embarrasment but now that I’ve written ALL of this I might as well post but…
Who is McDonnell? And what state does he want to be Governor of? California? I thought we already had one. FYI- McDonnel for Governor is the banner ad I’m getting on this site.
Virginia I think. He was winning in exit polls last I checked.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I don't like it
and I have to assume that they changed it because we’ve already learned to ignore the parts of the layout were the adverts were. Now they’ll have 20% more eyeball focus!
Honk if you think Rags is great!
Interesting perspective on Rodgers
Also — let me address the Aaron Rodgers band wagon. I see a QB who had everything possible fall his way. He was drafted in the first round by a team that had no immediate need for him to produce. He had three years to sit and watch, and learn, how to play quarterback in the NFL. This is the "old" model for quarterback development, the one used since before your time; it doesn’t really make a lot of economic sense any more, but again, the situation was perfect. Rodgers now is in his fifth year (he’s not a second year quarterback as a lot of you seem to want to think). He has had some terrific statistical games, but his record is 10 -13 as a starter, and that’s against a pretty soft schedule. What I see is a quarterback of a team that tends to fall behind and gets to pad his statistics by throwing at soft zones, and who further experiences the benefits of getting sacked (including five times in the end zone, for cripes sake!) instead of throwing the ball away. So far, I see a quarterback who does not win games. The difference was obvious in the last game: With the Packers down by 5 in the fourth quarter, Rodgers got the ball on the 20 and did nothing. the Packers punted, and when the Vikings took over Favre threw a touchdown pass to put the game out of reach. Rodgers may develop into a good quarterback, but right now he is playing good enough to lose.
I do have to agree with him about the circumstances of his development. If he’d been drafted by the Niners like some SF fans are bemoaning, he’d probably be in about the same boat as Alex Smith, thrown out there before he’s ready. Not sure I agree with the soft zone part though.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:26 AM PST reply actions
Eh. The idea that Rodgers has “had everything possible fall his way” – and that having a weak O-line is a BENEFIT – is pretty silly. And again, there are like 30 starters on a football team. This whole record-depends-entirely-on-the-QB philosophy is dumb.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 3, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But what about the fact that Rodgers deliberately takes sacks in order to keep his QB Rating up? What about that?
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Say what???
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
who further experiences the benefits of getting sacked (including five times in the end zone, for cripes sake!) instead of throwing the ball away.
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Wow that is ridiculous.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
It doesn’t depend entirely, but Rodgers record when the Packers have had to comeback isn’t exactly sparkling (one come from behind win in six-seven opportunities?). To be a successful NFL QB you have to be able to lead the team back; hopefully Aaron learns that skill soon.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
No offense, but that’s also a dumb concept. The whole concept of 4th quarter comebacks is predicated on a ton of variables – randomly throwing a QB onto a field with 2 min left and a porous O-line and saying “hey, go score” is not a good method of evaluating skill.
dboneisloose
Out of curiosity, out of the quarterbacks you’ve watched play, what would your top 5/10 list be and why?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
1. Steve Young
2. Joe Montanta
3. Steve Young
4. Steve Young
5. Steve Young
6. Steve Young
7. Steve Young
8. Steve Young
9. Steve Young
10. Aaron Rodgers
1276212718. Joe Ayoob
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Not really, just fun to think of.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
1. Jim McMahon
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Joe Montana
4. Peyton Manning
5. Rich Gannon
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
1. Joe Ayoob
2. Justin Vedder
3. Eric Holtfreter
4. Kerry McGonigal
5. Sam Clemons
WAIT…I’m doing it rong….
Praise be to Tedford!
Some people swear Vedder was worse than Ayoob. Hard to believe.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I’m actually one of the people who would swear that. I just put Ayoob at # 1 to capture everyone’s attention!
Praise be to Tedford!
Vedder was infinitely worse than Ayoob.
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I highly appreciate Vedder’s effort and dedication to the program, but dballisloose is 100% correct on this.
Here’s a funny sidenote (in the make you cry way): if memory serves, we ended up with Vedder after we lost out on the recruiting battle for Akili Smith. (Both were JC transfers.)
Praise be to Tedford!
Vedder was WAY worse than Ayoob. It’s not even close. That’s what y’all don’t understand. Ayoob was a huge improvement over guys like Vedder.
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How can you compare Vedder vs. Ayoob? That’s like asking what’s the square root of 1,000,000.
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Man, 1000 sucked as a quarterback
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Limiting it to quarterbacks I’ve seen play in person, because it’s much easier:
1. Joe Montana
2. Steve Young
3. Joe Roth
4. Aaron Rodgers
5. John Elway (also #1 in whining)
Just once. Against West Virginia in 1975. That was the only time I’ve ever sat in the visitor’s section at Memorial Stadium — because although my dad went to Cal, my mom was a Mountaineer. No question whose section we were going to sit in.
Can I ask a question about whose section youi were going to sit in?
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Then, how come my wife always does?
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YOU can’t always get what you want. Other people can.
by CalBear81 on Nov 3, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Other people have the greatest lives ever!
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by TwistNHook on Nov 3, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Dude, she hasnt given you permission to ask her questions yet. Only I am allowed to!
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It was just a typical family outing. We went to the West Virginia pre-game breakfast where my dad, wearing his Cal gear, managed to completely charm all the WV alums. This annoyed my mother, as did the condescending “hillbilly”-type references to WV by Cal fans. At the game, Cal pretty much slaughtered WV. Joe Roth was sharp, Munice ran for 100+ yards. The final score was 28-10, but it was never really close. Meanwhile, my dad kept making friends among the WV fans. All this moved my mom from annoyed to pissed off. Meanwhile, my brother, who hates football (whose very existence he seems to regard as an insult to baseball), whined incessantly about how stupid it was for a 60-minute game to last three hours. By the time we got home to Sacramento, everybody was mad at everybody. Like I said, typical family outing.
I also understand that things were a little tense during the final game of the 1959 NCAA tournament. Fortunately, I avoided that one by not being born yet.
In Person:
1. Jim Kelly
2. John Elway
3. Dan Marino
4. Aaron Rodgers
5. Randall Cunningham
Including TV:
1. Peyton Manning
2. Jim Kelly
3. John Elway
4. Brett Favre
5. Joe Montana
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Favre did more with less. I think Montana, like Young, were products of an incredible system. That isn’t top say they are not great, but Favre could have excelled in any situation.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Ehh I’ve heard that argument before and I don’t buy it. But the best way to resolve it would be to look at the stats I guess.
dboneisloose
I like stats, but they can always be deceptive, especially in football.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
I like always, but especially deceptive football they stats can be, in.
by Kai on Nov 3, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Favre did less with less. One Superbowl win for Favre is less than four Superbowl wins for Montana. The most you can argue is that Favre did less than Montana because he had less to work with. He certainly did not do more than Montana.
Super Bowls are not everything. I’m just talking about being a quarterback. Over his career, Favre’s done things that Montana hasn’t. Records galore. So many impossible comebacks. Pretty much never missed a game.
If Super Bowl victories were so important, Dan Marino and Jim Kelly wouldn’t be Hall of Famers.
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Of course Marino and Kelly deserve to be the the Hall of Fame, despite never winning a Superbowl. I don’t think I implied that winning the Superbowl is the only criteria for being a great player. I was just responding to your point about Favre doing “more” than Montana. In my opinion, since the point of playing a sport is to win, the question of who has done “more” comes down to who has won more, rather than who has better statistics.
Jim ahead of Marino? Really?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
That’s a part of the equation. Kelly had a bigger arm and didn’t throw the ball 40 times a game and pad stats. The other problem is Marino simply wasn’t a winner. I don’t think wins and losses are the end all, but of all of the greats, he won the least. That said, Marino had the quickest release ever and that, as well as a great offensive line, is the main reason he was never sacked.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
I guess it’s similar to Favre and Rodgers. Kelly had every offensive weapon in the arsenal and the perfect system tailored to his talents. Marino…did he ever have one A-quality receiver during his time with the Dolphins?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Depending on how you define A-quality receiver…Mark Clayton and Mark Duper. Both put up plenty of 1000 yard seasons and went to multiple Pro Bowls…but never having actually watched them play, hard to say how much of that was due to Marino.
dboneisloose
Kelly had Reed, Lofton and Beebe, plus one of the greatest all-purpose backs coming out of the backfield. I’m pretty sure Marino never had a good running back.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
A system quarterback as opposed to what? A fucking Dada quarterback?
"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
Take off that RED SHIRT!
-1
Elway was a ‘furd grad. Well…not sure he “graduated” but that’s besides the point.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I am basing it off of what I saw in person, while Elway was with the Broncos. Also, I’m not going to eliminate every Stanfurd, USC, and UCLA player on their collegiate affiliation alone.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
You just feel sorry for him because they ruined his last game as a college football player. I understand it was just a farce and an insult to college football.
That was the icing on the cake of The Play – that it knocked Golden Boy out of his last chance at a bowl game. And then we got the pleasure of listening to him snivel about the unfairness of it all.
To fully appreciate the awesomeness of this accomplishment, you have to bear in mind that we had been subjected to four years of endless hype about Elway being the greatest quarterback in the history of football, starting before he had played a single down in college. Think about how aggravating all the hype about Tim Tebow is. Then think about how much more aggravating it would be if Tebow were playing at Stanfurd. That should give you some idea of how aggravating Elway was.
by CalBear81 on Nov 3, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It was aggravating. The only thing that made it bearable was that Golden Boy only managed a 1-3 record against Cal. And not only did Cal keep him out of a bowl in 1982, but we also did it in 1980. All Elway had to do in 1980 was beat the totally pathetic 2-8 Bears to get to the Peach Bowl. But in a huge upset, he lost to a Cal team led by the incomprable J. Torchio – a walk-on quarterback. That was sweet.
I don’t know if it stood for anything. He always went by “J.” And that’s how he was listed in the media guide and the game programs.
Light the Torch!
OMG think longshore without the arm.
Go Bears Go
yes!
and the occasional great game tossed away by a back breaking interception in teh 4th.
Go Bears Go
True, he never played another good game. But he had his moment of glory in the 1980 Big Game. Even one moment of glory like that is damn good for a walk-on who only got to play because the starter (Rich Campell) was lost with a knee injury.
And since Torchio beat Elway in their only meeting, that makes Torchio > Elway.
Interesting factoid: part of the foundation of Elway’s hype coming out of high school was that he played under the grandfather of the current generation of one-back passing offenses. Elway played under Jack Neuimeier, who taught his offense to Jack Elway who taught it to Dennis Erickson at SJ State, who passed it on to Mike Price at Wazzu. The biggest difference between Price’s Wazzu offenses and the Air Raid is that Price’s base offense was under center.
"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 3, 2009 7:05 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Rec’d for “I did not know that.”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Smart Football, as always, brings the sexy.
"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
Well OK I guess it was really just Smart Football linking to the sexy but you get the point.
"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
To be fair, if you stuck Maharg into a bar with 2 min left and a porous O-line and said “hey, go score”, he would come back with a V
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The The is above V
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Nov 3, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
What is it with the NFL and thinking that there is only one player who matters? I feel like these “professionals” and analysts should be great at the NFL level, but they amaze me every time with this stupid shit.
Yeah, we were talking about this in one of the threads yesterday. It’s amazing how these guys who know so much about football (and many of whom are former players themselves!) still reduce the games to these absurd QB-vs-QB comparisons.
dboneisloose
Bleh, it’s just selling the story. It’s taking an “angle” way too far, and dumbed down for pro football fans who have neither the time nor energy to actually learn the game, and simply want an outlet for pent up aggression, an excuse to drink, and the ability to live vicariously through people in much better shape and having much more fun than them and run on sentences.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Signed, Tebow
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Tebow NSFW
http://www.turdfergusonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tebow_011.jpg
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Flag’d. I thot we were getting some more Tebow gf pics.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
If Tebow vs Favre ever happens, I’m canceling my cable subscription.
by sec119 on Nov 3, 2009 12:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oh christ. I think I would switch to watching curling or jai alai or something for a week beforehand.
dboneisloose
I no longer have cable TV and my life has improved. No more cable news, no more ESPN, no more wasting 4hrs a night watching Family Guy reruns.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Especially if Tebow is pitching for the Yankees and Farrrve for the Red Sox.
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It’s not just the NFL. Tell that to all the ESPN analysts. They can be found on Tim Tebow’s dick at any time of the day.
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its LUPUS!
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Damn, and just after he got over his Chester A. Arthritis.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 1:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think the college guys do a better job realizing that their is a defense, OL, RB, and WRs also responsible in the case of a loss. Though they still give full credit to a QB in case of a victory.
College guys are better in that they also recognise the WR and RBs, as well as one noteworthy player on the defense (may be a DT, but most likely it’s the CB with the most picks). This, of course, leads to Clemon Syndrome.
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You call it Clemson Syndrome…. people from South Carolina would call it Cal Syndrome
STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS
by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, part of our overhyped preseason ranking was due to our o-line and d-line (and linebacking corps), which were supposed to be better than they really are.
Clemson Syndrome reached its peak in 2007, when journalists all over the nationa collectively jizzed at the thought of CJ Spiller, James Davis, and Cullen Harper and ignored every single other player.
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Great editorial in the Chronicle about scapegoating government. For your reading pleasure only. No discussion allowed. By order of TwistNHook.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Nov 3, 2009 10:27 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
I like your spunk!*
*That’s What My Scoutmaster Said.
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I think we’ve finally reached the bottom of the internet.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I didn’t read the article, but fuck you!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
I didn’t read the article, but you suck!
by sec119 on Nov 3, 2009 12:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I didn’t read the article, but I do suck!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
The best laws are laws like the Model Penal Code
Written systematically by non-politicians who actually have some idea of what they’re talking about, then passed as a straight up-or-down vote.
There’s nothing worse than half-assed, incremental changes, which is of course exactly what the initiative system (in its current form) produces…
[I like how one of the “most recommended” [to be fair, it’s also been thumbed-down a lot] comments suggests saving money by cutting teacher pay. Right— because making teaching an even LESS attractive career than it already is sounds like an excellent concept…]
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Douchiest fans--New York City or Philly?
I have to agree with the Daily Show’s verdict.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 10:39 AM PST reply actions
Well, Philly did have home field advantage.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
True, the line was probably at -3 million.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
If my Facebook news feed is to be believed
Coach Tedford will be on John Canzano’s “Bald Faced Truth” radio show today. Sometime between 3 to 6 pm Pacific Time.
I think you can link to the show from here.
Praise be to Tedford!
If you don't know...
Canzano is a Portland-area sports personality and columnist for The Oregonian.
Praise be to Tedford!
How will he incorporate garlicball into his show?
by sec119 on Nov 3, 2009 12:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I got an iPhone yesterday!
And this is my wallpaper:
Totally stolen from that guy in the UCLA post game thread :D
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Nov 3, 2009 11:16 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
You better charge that thing.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I took the pic last night a few hours after I got it
It’s fully charged now!
In other words, Go Bears!
Can you load Windows 7 on it?
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Ooh, but I think my question just explained Rishi’s signature.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Damn. I felt so smrt for a second.
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by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Hold down the home button and click the power button once. It will flash and make a camera sound. It saves it to your photo roll
In other words, Go Bears!
Nice, I don’t think BB Storm has that, but the I had the same background for a while, looks great … until my GF made me change it to one of her, sigh.
by CaliforniaCMB on Nov 6, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Shortest giraffe evair?
We’re working on making it through the night without a bottle.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
carp, you really shouldn’t post photos of yourself online.
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but he’s wearing a disguise.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
shhh! Don’t give away my internetz identity!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study
Abstract
Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government’s invasive abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.
by Yes We Cannon on Nov 3, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I was going to request a paternity test. Then Mrs. carp said “look at ‘em. There’s no way he’s not your son.”
Should I believe her or is it a tarp?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Did he hit on the nurse right after he was born?
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
haha…no
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
DNA test!
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I have read that after a baby is born there is a tendency to comment on how much the baby looks like his father (like 9/10 comments). This is ingrained to reinforce the paternity, even though it’s not at all possible for 9/10 babies to look more like the father than the mother.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
… that’s nice for you. :) Now go sit with a circle of paper and your safety scissors.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
someone’s cranky. maybe its lupus.
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
(waits for the mailman and UPS guy to show up)
PS – why do my son and I get the eyes of every female whenever we go run errands without mom? It’s like they’ve never seen a father be a father before.
PPS – Tell rags to give you baby. It’s awesome.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
on behalf of all females? sorry for staring, we just want to make sure you didn’t forget the binky.
(opt 2) OR we wonder that maybe you’d like to spread your fatherly gifts to others.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
I’m opting for #2, of course we all think that girl jogging by in the park was smiling at us.
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
sure sure, and that cute waiter at the restaurant totally wants me to leave my number and a huge tip.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
hey AndBears….if we’re supposed to “honk if we think Rags is great!”….who exactly do we honk?
At CGB, we whine because we care
uh… realistically me, I suppose, but I might prefer Rags or someone who’s not me. … I have not planned that far out.
Honk if you think Rags is great!
by AndBears on Nov 3, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Drew Magary doesn't like live press conferences
So let us make it clear to ESPN and the like right now: YOU NEVER NEED TO SHOW US A FUCKING LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE AGAIN. EVER. They’re boring and pointless and no one wants to watch them. There’s a reason reporters are sent to press conferences. It’s so that they can watch it FOR us, then find the one decent quote uttered in the whole shitty hour, and then deliver it to us. That’s their job. It’s not ours. We don’t want that job, because it sucks and it pays nothing.
What the fuck was Brett Favre going to say in that press conference that mattered? That we had to hear so urgently? NOTHING. Nothing at all. Even if he said something interesting, he would have called another press conference an hour later to change his fucking mind. The only reason to hold a press conference after a game is so that the coach can go off and rant like a crazy person. And even then, I don’t have to watch it live. I can watch highlights of that shit. If you’re going to broadcast a live press conference, you better be ready to deliver news that will fucking ROCK MY SHIT, such as…
1. “The Los Angeles Police Department, right now, is ACTIVELY searching for Mr. Simpson…”
2. “Because of the HIV virus I have obtained…”
3. Someone fucking died.
That’s it. That’s the list of reasons. Fugitive status, death, and AIDS. Does your press conference not contain any of those three elements? THEN FUCK YOU.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 11:42 AM PST reply actions
That’s a lot of anger right there.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
And he’s a Vikings fan!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Rivals Top 25 point guards--Randle 4th best in the country???
Damn, 4th? I’d be down with that.
1. Sherron Collins, Kansas, 5-11/205, Sr.
2. Kalin Lucas, Michigan State, 6-0/190, Jr.
3. John Wall, Kentucky, 6-4/195, Fr.
4. Jerome Randle, California, 5-10/172, Sr.
5. Greivis Vasquez, Maryland, 6-6/200, Sr.
6. Scottie Reynolds, Villanova, 6-2/190, Sr.
7. Talor Battle, Penn State, 6-0/170, Jr.
8. Nic Wise, Arizona, 5-10/180, Sr.
9. Devan Downey, South Carolina, 5-9/170, Sr.
10. Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech, 6-3/190, Jr.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 11:51 AM PST reply actions
Ah crap. Now we’re destined to disappoint.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Dude can shoot.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
John Wall #3 is more interesting, considering there is very little history of point guards coming in and being awesome right away (Jason Kidd…and….and….). Even superstars like Chris Paul and Deron Williams took time. Derrick Rose was good, but not great as a freshman (15 pts, 4.7 assists to 2.7 TOs/game in a terrible conference). I am skeptical that Wall will come anywhere close to meeting this hype, but I guess it would be exciting.
Dude can shoot!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Dude can shoot;
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Dude can shoot,
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Dude shot!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Christopher ranked 8th among shooting guards
Damn, I don’t know any of these names.
1. Willie Warren, Oklahoma, 6-4/203, Soph.
2. Manny Harris, Michigan, 6-5/185, Jr.
3. James Anderson, Oklahoma State, 6-6/210, Jr.
4. Jeremy Hazell, Seton Hall, 6-5/188, Jr.
5. E’Twaun Moore, Purdue, 6-4/184, Jr.
6. Dominique Jones, USF, 6-4/215, Jr.
7. Sylven Landesberg, Virginia, 6-6/207, Soph.
8. Patrick Christopher, California, 6-5/220, Sr.
9. Lawrence Westbrook, Minnesota, 6-0/193, Sr.
10. LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor, 6-4/205, Jr.
11. Denis Clemente, Kansas State, 6-1/175, Sr.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:01 PM PST reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
UCLA football father not happy.
Less than two weeks ago freshman receiver Randall Carroll took to Twitter to disparage the UCLA football team and question the coaches’ personnel decisions. Brian Theriot, the father of seldom-used reserve fullback Trevor Theriot, took it a bit further on Facebook over the weekend:
"The sad state of UCLA football," Theriot posted. "My gosh…..I have never seen more misuse of talent and a greater degree of offensive stagnancy on play calling and use of personnel….we have the players.
"UCLA under Coach Rick (Neuheisel)….is horrible. Wayne Moses the running back coach is horrible. The sets are Pop Warner in movement, motion, and slots. I mean a Pop Warner type offense that Tim Tebow would laugh at. UCLA is playing with great athletes but giving great athletes boys and girls club sets. Norm Chow and Wayne Moses are old school and gone.
"I have decided to just show up and Coach at UCLA Spaulding Field today. I am going to just step out of the ‘parents’ section of the stands and coach the backfield. I am going to pick (Kevin) Prince as my starter and I am going with (Johnathan) Franklin/(Derrick) Coleman tail(back) and Theriot at fullback."
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:25 PM PST reply actions
Wow
Are they longing for the Dorrell Mustache days?
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
As funny as that is in principle, I actually feel for Rick Neuheisel. He must want to slap the shit out of this guy but it would interfere with the guitar-playing Captain Positive image.
Maybe Pete Carroll could help him out… Neuheisel could give Theriot Sr a sideline pass for the USC – UCLA game, Taylor Mays could “overpursue” right into him, no one would suspect a thing, and problem solved!
When I was at both the UCLA-Oregon and UCLA-Cal games, fans in the UCLA alumni section would turn and face the booths that Chow sits in, and yell at him “great fucking play, Chow!” “Chow you’re a fucking idiot!” and more. Pretty sad.
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
The man can only work with what he’s got. For all that Leinart is most of the way through a professional career belly-flop, I think he’s one of the smartest college QBs I’ve seen in years. Most QBs don’t get explicit permission to audible pretty much whenever if they spot a formation / mismatch that they think that can take advantage of.
wouldn’t be the first example of someone doing that. anyone remember Steve Young? sucked at Tampa, could have won the mayor job in SF when he retired.
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by dballisloose on Nov 3, 2009 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
They’re still mad at him for beating their collective asses year after year after painful year.
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Well, only those 4 years.
"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
Bruins Nation issues rebuttal
I have my questions and concerns about some of the personnel decisions we have seen our coaching staff made. However, none of that of course merit the narrative about Neuheisel being under some kind of siege which the Southern California traditional media writers are working over time to weave through their increasingly irrelevant outlets. Thank fully do have a coach who strikes the right notes when dealing with the TMZ.com wannabes covering the UCLA beat.
Mr. Thereiot sounds like a classic message board poster who lets his emotion cloud the surrounding facts. He is of course is not basing his comments on reality when concocting up the imaginary story line about UCLA being a team filled with “great athletes.” There are reasonable questions to raise about the coaches’ decisions at various points this season. However, here Brian Theriot unfortunately comes across as the classic “Bill & Ted” poster sometimes we see around youtube/message board comment threads whining about his sports team without considering the totality of the circumstances.
I can only imagine how embarrassed his son is today and it would be good for him if he issued an apology to Neuheisel and rest of the UCLA community that follows our program.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
First they did it to Jeebus, then Sarah Palin, and now they’re doing it to Rick Neuheisel.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Nov 3, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
concocting up the imaginary story line about UCLA being a team filled with "great athletes."
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 3, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, BN is completely fucking nuts
What I find troubling is that, according to Mr. Theriot, his Facebook was hacked, which to speaks of unconscionable malfeasance. But, who did it and why? The fact that Adam Maya had access to the comments so soon after they were posted tells me that he has at least a circumstantial link to the perpetrator of a crime.
The cynic in me says it is more than a circumstantial link. But, let us say for the sake of argument that it is only some anonymous email from someone on the net that made him aware of the FB post. He will (if he hasn’t already) eventually become aware that this person is a direct link to a crime that was committed then published to society at large.
Will Adam Maya do what’s right and turn what information he has over to the proper authorities? I’m sure he will hide a coward’s defense of Freedom of Speech, and refuse to divulge his sources. But, this is not Deep Throat and this is not Watergate. There is no free speech endangerment here. Do the right thing Adam, unless you wish to prevent your Alma Mater from receiving another black stain on it’s reputation.
dboneisloose
I always enjoy the collective responsibility angle:
- Parent may or may not have posted something stupid on Facebook
- Parent claims it wasn’t him
- BN concludes a reporter was somehow involved in faking content because he reported it
- The reporter plainly concocted the quote because he went to USC, and no Bruin family member would lie about off the cuff remarks anyway
- Therefore It’s USC’s fault, that evil empire
The real reason that Steven Samples is stepping down next year is because his island lair is finally ready and he can start really pulling the strings for the downfall of UCLA.
I blame USC for delays in the Bay Bridge re-opening. Also, I blame USC for the traffic that ensued once the bridge did re-open.
Go Bruins!
Guilty! It was hard to try and conceal the spike in BMWs and Mercedes SUVs with Orange County dealer markings and not have it look totally suspicious, but well worth the effort.
hey wait a second...
… i drive a BMW with Orange County dealer markings. Damn it, I was part of a USC conspiracy?!?!
What’s next? Do I have to pop my collar now?
Go Bruins!
I find the suggestion
that free speech should be less protected when there are NOT weighty interests on the side of breaching it, particularly comical.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
About our defense
(this is not worth writing up a fanpost I think)
Anyway why was it that everyone thought that our defense (especially the secondary) would be excellent this year? It’s because they were perceived to be a strength last year. But I personally believe it’s due to the combination of the facts that they played weaker offenses and had a stellar LB corps to support them. The defensive line was helped by the fact that the offenses were focused in on stopping and/or double teaming the LBers (especially Follet) which left Alualu, Cam Jordan and co free to wreck havok. Add to that Rulon’s explosiveness and the opposing offensive lines had a handful. This year there is no Rulon, Mohammed, Kendricks and co are no Follet and what you get is Alualu getting double teamed and no real pressure on the QB. Which clearly doesn’t help the secondary. Anyway let’s take a look game by game:
Michigan St: Bryan Hoyer may not have been a great QB but he was senior with experience and had some decent to great WRs to support him. Furthermore Cal focused on the run with Javon Ringer. And as you know the secondary didn’t perform that well (I believe they scored some 30+ points).
Wazzu: They played Lobster and Lopina. Both suck. ‘Nuff said.
Maryland: Napoelon Dynamite is a decent QB, had a solid O-line and solid running game and had future Raider DHB as a target. Needless to say our secondary (including Syd) got beat.
Colorado St: I can’t even name their QB. They got killed.
ASU: Carpenter spent most of the game on his ass thanks to the PAIN TRAIN so the secondary wasn’t challenged too much.
Arizona: Tuitama with the help of Antolin burnt us
UCLA: We were playing Kevin Interception Craft.
Oregon: We were playing the crappy Masoli in a fucking monsoon.
USC: I guess Sark bought into the secondary hype and asked Sanchez to complete low danger, short yardage passes which succeeded.
OSU: Moeavo with the help of the Rodgers twins burnt us.
Stanfurd: Pritchard who?
Washington: We faced their third-string QB (WW knocked out Fouch the backup).
Miami: We faced a freshman QB who spent most of his time trying not to be killed by the crazy white man Follet.
Needless to say our secondary was helped heavily by Follet and co creating havok back at the LOS and was helped by facing mediocre to pathetic QBs.
This year most of those teams field QBs that improve over their predecessors. And with the lack of a pass rush our secondary got exposed for what it is. Not All-Pac-10 caliber.
In other words, Go Bears!
Great thoughts. Definitely worthy of a fanpost.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I currently see one. Plus this is a fresh viewpoint.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
we need epic ALAMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR ST coverage breakdown posts.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I didn’t read everything (sorry, in a rush), but I feel that what’s let us down is the pass rush this year. Almost entirely… our secondary has the exact same players + a little more experience. It’s not like they lost all their talent in a year. Defense is an 11-man game, and of course, the secondary and line feed off each other so much
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CGB nap time?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
That must be torture. Looks horrible, they use newspaper as pillows too?
by CaliforniaCMB on Nov 6, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting discussion re: Pain Train hit
http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2009/11/2/1112255/follet-fallout
I decided to take a look at the play last night in my editor. Blew up the footage to 300% and watched frame by frame and I think Zack did lower his head. Zack is so good at hitting people that he can tag someone in the left cheek at full speed… and that’s exactly what he did.
It’s still the hit of the year though.
Yeah he’ll get fined. Too bad.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Because Zack had is arms out, I think it’s still going to be hard for them to fine him, but I think it’ll happen anyway.
In some strange way, I think it’ll help his career. Amendola can clearly see Zack coming through that big lane. It’s just that Zack has such crazy closing speed that he couldn’t even react.
Yeah, I commented on that in the fanpost that originally brought this clip to us. When I first saw the Amendola hit, I thought it looked a helmet-to-helmet. I looked up the injury report, and sure enough, Ameldola suffered a concussion. Maybe it happened when his head hit the ground as opposed to the actual contact, but I doubt it.
If you take a look at his first NFL tackle(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrChwHvfE4), you’ll see that he does the exact same thing – takes the dude’s head off. His helmet flies off and he’s really slow to get up. Follett aims wayyyy too high when going in for his tackles. He should get a fine for this hit – whether he does or not is another matter. Obviously he has higher aspirations than special teams play, so aside from keeping himself from hurting people, he’s going to have to learn that the high-risk tackles that work in the close quarters of a kickoff return are not gonna fly when trying to tackle an elite player in open space.
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.sbnation.com/2009/11/3/1113242/tim-floyds-career-as-a-casino
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 3, 2009 2:00 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
WTF?
Just got home… switched on the TV. What’s the first thing I hear?
ESPN is reporting that an announcement can come out tonight regarding Bluntman’s reinstatement. They spoke to Bluntman’s family and they’re saying that he will play vs Stanford.
So that’s why that line came out at Oregon -5.5.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 3, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
ESPN is also reporting that he punched a crossing guard and then kicked a baby giraffe. That mayhave been Carp Jr. we’ll know more soon!
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never understood Blount in that offense…james is so much faster.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Rodgers on David Carr pace...
The hits just keep on coming for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has experienced a season’s worth of sacks in seven games. All that punishment is beginning to take its toll.
Rodgers limped away from Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings with a sprained toe on one foot and a nagging sprain on the other. Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Rodgers could miss time in practice this week but is expected to play Sunday at Tampa Bay without losing mobility.
Rodgers has been sacked a league-worst 31 times this season, including six by Minnesota on Sunday.
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And what scientists say must be taken as true.
The trouble with a ‘scientific’ argument, of course, is that it is not made in the real world, but in a laboratory by an unimaginative academic relying solely on empirical facts.
How dare they rely solely on facts?!
Honk if you think Rags is great!
One of my biggest pet peeves is people characterizing things as “not the real world” as if there are a number of locations on earth that are somehow ‘unreal.’
It was especially annoying when they used the line to describe Berkeley. As if successfully navigating the insane bureaucracy and red tape of UC Berkeley wasn’t ‘real.’
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ahh, but life is so much more than simply science! And this is coming from one with the heart of a scientist.
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"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 3, 2009 11:41 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
You mistake me for someone who knows that any of that stuff means.
"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
The Daily Mail is an appalling piece of shit newspaper. It’s for people who think that being reactionary bigots is preserving common sense Englishness.
RoFL
But it looks like a little kid, LoL.
by CaliforniaCMB on Nov 6, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=164356&catid=36317
look at that growth… i wonder if he’ll stay unshaven if we win out and win the bowl game… that would be, imo, the best thing ever to see in 2010
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lol copy paste fail
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=cal&media=149336
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WHOA….
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