Golden Nuggets: Best Out Of Hospital, Will Miss at Least One Game
by Berkelium97 on Nov 8, 2009 5:32 PM PST
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PrintUpdate: JO adds a few more details.
Cal coach Jeff Tedford said Best’s parents took him to their home in Vallejo. Tedford visited Best in the hospital late Saturday night and talked with him on the phone today. He said Best was groggy and tired Saturday night, partly because he had some pain medication. Tedford said Best was in good spirits Sunday.
Best update straight from the AP. I'm not sure if this is all Tedford had to say after practice, but I'll keep you updated with anything else I hear.
BERKELEY, Calif.(AP) -- California star tailback Jahvid Best has been released from the hospital and will miss at least one game after sustaining a concussion on a terrifying fall in the end zone.
Best spent the night at Highland General Hospital in Oakland for observation and tests after landing on the back of his head in the end zone and being briefly knocked unconscious in the Golden Bears' 31-14 loss to Oregon State on Saturday night.
The school says results from a CT scan and X-rays came back normal. Best will not play Saturday against Arizona. His status for future games will continue to be evaluated. This was the second straight week Best sustained a concussion.
After the jump I have Cal-Arizona tv info (Versus, 4pm), the early spread for this weekend's game (Az by 2), Tedford's postgame reaction, reactions from players to Best's injury, and more. Tomorrow I'll wrap up what was otherwise a decent weekend for Cal sports (great job volleyball!).
Cal Football
- Arizona at Cal will be on Versus at 4pm. Versus: the same network that brought us such classics as OSU at Cal 2007 and Cal at Stanford 2007. Versus and Cal don't mix well together. Prepare for the worst...
- Arizona is currently a two-point favorite over Cal.
- In the post-game press conference, Tedford said "We got outcoached today." He emphasized the inability to do anything on third down and OSU's great field position thanks to special teams.
- Rob Calonge recaps the game and has quotes about Best from several players.
- Gary Peterson describes the play leading to Best's injury like it's something out of a novel. It was a bizarre article. Example: "Now Best was unthinkably high. Too high. Worse yet, his feet were pointed at the coal black sky, his back parallel to the ground"
- JO has a summary of all the details of Best's concussion up to this morning as well as a recap of the game. In case you missed it, all preliminary tests came back negative. Daily Cal has all the same details.
- Cal's bowl situation is unclear. The Pac-10 is a mess right now and JO believes Cal needs at least one more win to ensure an invitation. Ted Miller predicts a Las Vegas Bowl for Cal. Schlabach and Feldman predict a Poinsettia Bowl for Cal against BYU and Utah, respectively.
Cal Basketball
- Former Cal basketball star Ryan Anderson will miss a week with an ankle injury. He had played very well in Orlando until he injured his ankle. Thankfully there was no tendon or ligament damage.
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Another 4 PM game? Ugh. What an awkward time. It kind of eats up the whole day.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Dude I love 4pm games. Means I can get Brazil Cafe AND Jupiter into my plans.
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 8, 2009 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Ehhh I hate 4PM games
because it gets too dark now. Remember those awesome WSU shots I posted? That’s because its a 12:30 game. I tried to watch the OSU game this time and by the time I wanted to take pictures during the 2nd Q it was already too dark =[ Need to get me one of those f/2.8 lenses or something.
Maybe I’ll try taking pics during the 1st quarter this time and enjoy from the student section the rest of the way….
3:30 makes it better. at least i can grab dinner slightly earlier and have a longer party at night! haha
I really really really hope they shut down Best for the year.
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Arizona is only a 2 point favorite? The betting public hasn’t been watching our games. I’d expect that line to lean more in Zona’s favor by the end of the week.
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It was fantastic."
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Cal still has a decent Sagarin ranking. It is at home. When is the last time we lost to them at home? I think all those things factor into the equation.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Tedford has never lost to Arizona at home. The last loss to the Wildcats at Memorial was 2001. Not that this statistic is in any way relevant.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Yeah, to be honest I feel like it’s throw-out-the-record-books time.
"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."
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Not true: we lost to them at home in 2002
Cal lost to Arizona 52-41 in 2002 (Tedford’s first season).
Praise be to Tedford!
Losing to the Fightin’ Mackovics. Ouch.
"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
Definitely a game we shouldn't have lost
That was a weird week leading up to that game, as I recall. Arizona had a soap opera going, with Mackovic being accused of player abuse (I think) and the team reportedly on verge of mutiny. Also that week, Cal received confirmation of its punishment for the academic scandal under Holmoe’s watch: no bowl game in 2002 (but we wouldn’t lose any schollies). On top of that, the Arizona game was the week before the Big Game, which was highly anticipated that year because we could all taste the streak ending. And we were coming off a nice 55-38 road win at ASU, which was ranked in the top 25 at the time.
As it turned out, we ended up playing like a team that was either overconfident, bummed about no bowl game, or looking ahead to the Big Game.
Praise be to Tedford!
Arizona had a soap opera going, with Mackovic being accused of player abuse (I think) and the team reportedly on verge of mutiny.
The Cal game looks like it was directly after the Zona Mutiny, so double ouch.
"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
I dunno. Golden Bear trivia just seems to stick in my brain over the years (especially football). Mrs. Ohio Bear has complained that I remember “silly stuff” about Cal football yet can’t remember something she told me yesterday. Sadly, she is right about that a lot.
Praise be to Tedford!
It’s so weird. My mom is the same way. She’ll forget where she put a pencil but then be like “Oh look, its our neighbor Alex, outside. He broke his leg 23 years ago. In Sequoia National Park. Running from bees…”
The Lack of Mack's Imposition Attacks My Disposition.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 9, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Not to mention
Verses is currently not viewable to people who have DirecTV because of a silly contract dispute. Ugh.
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I always thought Versus was short “Versus a REAL network” Yep, I’ve got Directv so it will be blacked out for me.
by BlackandOldGold on Nov 8, 2009 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
It looks like quite a few of us will be in need of streams for Saturday’s game. Stupid DirecTV…
Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!
Most of the College football streamers, myself included, have DirecTv.
by prd74 on Nov 9, 2009 7:35 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
The fucla-beavers game on Versus a couple of weeks ago was shown as a tape delayed game on FSN. It started about a half an hour after the end of the live game. Hope we get the same treatment.
by prd74 on Nov 9, 2009 8:38 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
UCLA-OSU was never on Versus. It was always meant to be tape delayed by FSN.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Nov 9, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Hey guys
Newer resident here, just like to keep updated on different college teams and their players. Good to hear Best is ok, I thought that injury would keep him out for the rest of the year for sure. And just a quick, hopefully not stupid, question, what is the consensus feeling over Best staying/leaving school this year? I know no one knows for sure, but has he said anything that may indicate one way or another?
Thanks for any response.
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by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Nov 8, 2009 5:48 PM PST reply actions
The pragmatic thing for him to do would be to leave school if he’s really interested in playing on the next level. Nobody knows what Jahvid really thinks about the situation, though. The commonly held assumption is that he’ll be leaving after this year.
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It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Pleasure to see you around, HighschoolSteeler! Hope to see you around more often!
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Thanks
While I can honestly say I don’t have a favorite college football team, I have a lotta respect for the Bears and their play.And thanks for the responses. I’m curious because Best would make one helluva player in Black and Gold :D.
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OldManSteeler, ominously died two days before Superbowl 123 where the Ravens are set to attempt their 7th superbowl win, facing the Detroit Lions on Sunday. He was 86. His last words are believed to be "MALOR CAN SUCK IT!!!". Like friends and family, we can only guess what this could mean.
by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Nov 8, 2009 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously, I'd shut him down.
He’s had a great run, he’s given us a lot, he almost gave us too much – two concussions and that kind of upper-body trauma mean that even if he COULD play, he won’t be 100%, which begs the question whether he SHOULD.
I’m not crazy about the 4 PM start, but at least it means I don’t have to get up at jackass o’clock in the morning. It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.
BTW, who was that furball trollop Oski was messing around with? Some fUCLA reject? And how come the band doesn’t know to quit holding that box formation and give the mascot a little help when there’s a Tree running loose? Let’s all suck it up here, folks…
"We got outcoached?"
I appreciate the fact that you’re blaming yourself, Teddy, but jeez, if you’re getting outcoached by the same teams on a regular basis, why are you even here?
I won’t lie – I freaked out when Best got hurt. The way they were treating him so gingerly and with such deliberation that I thought it was career-threatening. My heart sunk when they sent out his family; I thought his life was in danger.
Stupid football.
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