DBD 12.02.09: Should the Pac-10 start scheduling football like the Big East?
by BearStage on Dec 2, 2009 1:25 AM PST
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In general, we all know there's little to love about the Big East. They're a basketball conference masquerading as a football conference. They'll have one good team a year (Rutgers 2006. Cincinnati 2009) but generally they play lackluster football. They're not even tied to a BCS Bowl! They're the redheaded stepchild of the BCS family.
But... is there something that we can learn from them? More after the jump.
Recently I came across this snippet in a Big East blog (I was bored, okay??)
Nick Carparelli, an associate commissioner for the Big East, is in charge of the league's scheduling and he "backloads" the league schedule with the schools he thinks will be the better teams each year so they play later in the year with more at stake. All he did this year was schedule the No. 1 vs. 2 teams (Cincinnati vs. Pitt) No. 3 vs. 4 (West Virginia vs. Rutgers) and No. 5 vs. 6 (UConn vs. USF) to play this week, while ending the regular season of the league's worst two teams (Syracuse and Louisville) last week. Brilliant.
This could certainly be an interesting idea for the Pac-10.
1) It'd be more exciting for fans. College football is already plenty entertaining. High scores, double-overtime nailbiters, douchebag what's-your-deal-ing coaches - the whole shebang. But what would make it even better? More drama. (Trust me, I'm a professional.) Ideally, the season needs to build to a climax as it wears on - this is part of the reason why people love conference championship games so much - one final battle, for all the marbles. But CCG's alone do not drama make. Look at the SEC, for example.
From day one, you already know how the SEC's entire season's gonna turn out:
Florida is gonna crush. Yawn.
"Did I just score our 10th or 11th touchdown of the game? I lost count."
Alabama is gonna crush. Yawn.
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"I'm taking this metaphor literally."
Lane Kiffin's ego is gonna write checks his body can't cash. Yawn.
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"For the last time, I was NOT cloned from Andy Richter's stem cells. Also, our 2010 squad will be greater than the 1972 Miami Dolphins."
There's no suspense! There's no DRAMA. Now, the Pac-10 is already plenty exciting year-to-year since we're such a strong conference overall. But imagine if we could get the OOC/Wazzu/ASU/etc. games out of the way early. We could avoid the potential letdown of ending the year on a anticlimactic note. Imagine the buildup of playing OSU and Oregon and USC to wind down the season! (Rivalry games would still be the last games of the season, of course). Playing big games early is okay, but having them all steadily build up to a giant end-of-the-year adrenaline rush? It could be awesome.
2) It'd be good for ratings. This is the big potential gain. As we know, no one east of the Mississippi watches Pac-10 football. Hell, no one east of Colorado watches Pac-10 football. At the beginning of the season, it's all OOC games anyway, so no big loss. But all the conference games usually get lost in the shuffle, so we still lose out. But if we can stuff all the high-profile games at the end of the season when national interest is at a fever pitch, we just might be able to steal a bigger piece of the TV pie, rather than having people choose syndicated episodes of Everyone Hates Twist over the Cal/U-Dub game, like they will this Saturday. We might just be able to get them to give a damn.
As much as I hate to admit it, this is one thing we could stand to learn from East Coast Football.
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Not a bad idea
Cal doesn’t like playing on Thanksgiving, ever, and Notre Dame either plays the Furd or USC on Thanksgiving weekend. Under this formula, here’s what the 2009 schedule would look like based on 2008 regular season records.
Week before Thanksgiving
Big Game
Thanksgiving weekend
#10 vs #9 Apple Cup (stays the same)
Notre Dame at Furd
Victory Bell
Civil War (which might clinch the Rose Bowl, might not)
Final week
#8 vs #7 UCLA at Furd
#6 vs #5 Arizona at ASU (that works out nicely finishing their season with a rivalry game)
#4 vs #3 Oregon State at Cal
#2 vs #1 USC at Oregon
So assuming we have some congruity in the standings, Oregon plays USC to clinch the Rose Bowl, Oregon State plays Cal and hopes Oregon loses while Cal plays Rose Bowl spoiler, Furd plays a lame duck UCLA team, Arizona and ASU play their rivalry game a week later. Hmm…
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I think the type of scheduling that the Big East uses is only feasible because of the fact that there are no significant natural rivalries within the Big East. Well, maybe the Backyard Brawl, but no other team has any in-conference rivals. I think it’s more entertaining to have the last weekend of the year be a rivalry game than a game that would be based on projected final records.
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Damnit, you said exactly what I was going to say……..
Backyard Brawl is the only real natural rivalry in the Big East. Louisville-WVU could have become one, but that rivalry got Kragthorpe’d.
We could always make the big rivalries as the second-to-last game of the season and make the “deciding games” the last week, but I dunno… I’d worry these games would actually get lost.
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Not to mention that the Pac-10 rivalry games are usually pretty good as things stand, regardless of whether both teams are ranked.
Not to nit-pick, but Cincinnati-Louisville is a pretty good natural rivalry, unfortunately it usually only manifests itself in basketball.
I like the idea of scheduling conference showdowns for late in the season, but late in the season, doesn’t mean the last weekend. I think the first two weeks of November are a great time to have the projected cream play each other. If we wait too long, there is a greater chance of the good teams being upset during the season. For example, Cal-SC, ever since 04 the Pac-10 has been waiting for the ultimate showdown, but at some point one or both the teams lose, making the game lose its appeal.
To be fair, I did say that all rivalry games should end the season, regardless of all other factors.
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Hell yeah, you gotta be SERIOUS about these things.
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Yeah, especially massive hurricanes.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Nope, that was crap. We should have moved the BIg Game back and the SO. Miss game up in its place.
RIVALRY GAMES END THE SEASON
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Ditto the other comments
End the season with the rivalry games. Period. No debate. The current scheduling sucks balls. Cal finishing with UW? USC finishing with Zona?
The conference needs to get its head out of its ass really soon. I understand that television exposure and contracts are a dicey negotiation and complicated, but scheduling should be the easy part. Fill in the final weekend games with the rivalry matchups then work backwards.
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I think this would have been a great stand alone fanpost instead of a DBD. Obvi, its too late now, but BearStage, this is just the very sort of organic original thought we love to see in Fanposts. I know that itll be a great discussion wherever you put it, but I fear that itll get sort of lost in the DBD here.
Because you know after about 1030 or so, itll just be HolmoePhobe and Rishi in the middle of their usual circlejerk, annoying the shit out of everybody and arousing royrules22 who wishes he hadn’t moved from the Yay.
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by TwistNHook on Dec 2, 2009 7:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Look you hippie, not everyone can afford organic original thoughts. Maybe factory-farmed DBD circlejerk comments are all they can put on their plate, did you ever think about that? HMM???
by sec119 on Dec 2, 2009 8:01 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Because you know after about 1030 or so, itll just be HolmoePhobe and Rishi in the middle of their usual circlejerk
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by HolmoePhobe on Dec 2, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I bet they’re dramatic and sexy
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
we’re not gaining those ratings anyways. Remember all the articles post Cal/Stanfurd & Oregon/Arizona? It was all “Everyone else in the country missed the two best games of the week – and among the best games of the season” No one watches Pac X football – even if we were to adapt a different scheduling system, no one would watch. People don’t believe we play football on the West Coast, USC aside.
1) It really has everything to do with time zones and our horrendous tv contracts. Andy Staples covered it best in the week after both those classic games.
2) Please never call it “Pac X football” again.
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Was it in a Yakov Smirnoff voice? Because that’s how I read it.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If you don't stop
I may be forced to break out some Wang Chung or Flock of Seagulls lyrics.
Yeah, I’ll go there.
Whose Axe?
OUR AXE!
I will go toe-to-toe with you on cheesy 80s, son. You don’t want it with me. I’m here for the long term. Or the next 30 minutes until I go sleep.
Oh well done.
(AT-AT, by the way. The manual says not to use the AT-ST in environments with small furry anarchists, and I think Twist falls into that category.)
Also, when building space stations, make sure to include a large unguarded exhaust pipe that people can fire missiles into.
Forget this.
All this has brought back far too much unwanted nostalgia about having to listen to The Smiths in the room of that girl in Spens-Black that I was trying to get naked.
I’m going to listen to some Frank Zappa now to help clear my head.
You maniac. You ruined it all. Damn you. Damn you to hell.
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OUR AXE!
Before your time
This was back in ‘82 (which I think is before your time). But even if it weren’t, I hesitate to tattle … since I did eventually get her naked.
Hint: Long black hair, just a bit plump on account of the Unit III dining commons food, but hella sexy.
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OUR AXE!
This was SoCal Oski’s version of “The Play”
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 2, 2009 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah
It was great until I started hearing the announcer shouting “The band is out on the field!”
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OUR AXE!
This is good.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty much going to have to show him this.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
You know Rally Com Axe Guy?
Do an interview, post that shit.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
…on either side of the political fence.
We share the same biology, regardless of ideology.
Whoa. Can’t believe I remember that.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 2, 2009 7:46 AM PST up reply actions
What about Pac X basketball? Or Pac X field hockey?
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It is "Pac-10"
The only other acceptable form is “Pacific-10 Conference”. That is all.
It’s not PAC 10; we are not the “Pacific Athletic Conference”. Not the Pac Ten; we have ten schools, not eleven. Not the Pac X, like those douchebags down south.
FYI
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Well, its official guys. We have the official words handed down to us from God himself!
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This means you’ll sit on my lap, right?
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I don’t think it’s that people deliberately don’t watch, it’s just that the games are impossible to find. Granted, there are a fair number of people who don’t believe that Pac-10 football is worth anything, but you’re going to find people who don’t like every conference anyway, so that’s not a problem that you really have to worry about overcoming. The bigger issue is unfriendly timeslots and games that end up being shown on Versus, which a lot of people don’t get. If the Pac-10’s able to put together a better TV package like Andy Staples has suggested, the profile of the conference will improve.
And I don’t necessarily think that backloading the schedule would help that significantly either.
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Yeah, it is pretty awesome for getting tons of TV coverage for lots of Big Ten sports, not just football.
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 2, 2009 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
Flagged for living in Big10 country.
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I must accept this flagging, no defense
Costs assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 2, 2009 8:29 AM PST up reply actions
should he receive an additional flag for living in Columbus, no less? I could see Madison or even Minneapolis as being less offensive.
If he lived in W. Lafayette or anywhere else in Indiana, he should receive additional flags.
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World Cup draw 9am Pacific on Friday- ESPN 2 for those interested
The only surprise was Holland getting a seed and France dropping to the Euro pot. Well deserved, cheating Frog bastards, although it was supposedly based on October rankings.
Also, Mega cheater #1, Thierry Henry, may get a retroactive red card for his intentional hand ball that led to the cheaters cheating my blessed Ireland out of the World Cup. Doesn’t happen often but isn’t unheard of for a player to get a red card after the fact based on video evidence. If he gets a ban, it’ll be 1-3 games (likely 1 IMO).
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Didn’t Henry say he wanted a replay? Or is it one of those “I’m going to ask for something that will never be granted so I look like the good guy anyways” apologies?
Henry did say he thought Ireland deserved a replay. But it could have been with the knowledge it would never happen.
As far as France, they are basically irrelevant. Without the midfield anchor, they appear to be completely confused far too often.
Too bad for Ireland, though. They sure did get jobbed.
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Mens BBall to take on Lobos:
Battling injuries and illnesses, No. 25 California hits the road for a quick trip to New Mexico to face the undefeated Lobos at the Pit. The Golden Bears will try to hand New Mexico its first loss of the season on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m.
The Bears are struggling with depth, as both Theo Robertson and Harper Kamp are out with injuires. Forward Markhuri Sanders-Frison and guard Jorge Gutierrez are each recovering from the flu.
Despite having a depleted bench, Cal was still able to secure a decisive 81-60 victory against Princeton on Nov. 29. Senior guard Jerome Randle and senior forward Jamal Boykin each posted 22 points. Boykin’s 22-point effort tied his personal best. Boykin, who is sixth on Cal’s career field goal percentage list, is shooting 61.5 through the first six games this season. Randle also notched a season-best nine assists to move up to fifth on Cal’s all-time assist chart. He is Cal’s leading scorer on the season, averaging 20.5 ppg.
Randle now has 1,307 career points and is 14th all-time in school history. Senior guard Patrick Christopher is 17th with 1,237 points, just two points shy of Brian Wethers for 16th. Randle is also seven three-pointers away from second on Cal’s all-time three-point list. He currently has 176.
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Water polo player receives honor:
WOODLAND, CALIF. – California senior captain Spencer Warden was named first-team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, while sophomore attacker Ivan Rackov was a second-team honoree and junior center Zach White was an honorable mention pick, it was announced today (Dec. 1) by MPSF Executive Director Al Beaird.
One of the greatest all-around players in Cal water polo history, Warden is a three-time All-American and was the 2006 MPSF Newcomer of the Year. He concluded his collegiate career last Sunday in a 10-7 loss to UCLA in the championship match of the MPSF Tournament in Los Angeles, yet has been part of a historic four-year run for the Golden Bears. The senior from Sequel, Calif. was instrumental in Cal winning back-to-back NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007, finishing with 135 goals in 111 career matches with over 240 steals. Warden was the second-leading scorer this year with 41 goals in 26 matches for the 22-6 Bears, and was a member of the 2009 MPSF All-Tournament team.
Sophomore standout Rackov, from Belgrade, Serbia, was Cal’s leading scorer this season with 55 goals in 28 matches, averaging 1.96 goals per match (fifth in the MPSF). He notched six goals in last weekend’s MPSF Tournament, including three goals in the Bears’ 12-11 overtime victory over Stanford and a team-high two goals in the 6-5 first round win over UC Irvine. Rackov paced Cal in scoring in 11 of 28 contests this season and already has scored 86 goals in two years.
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Football press conference quotes:
BERKELEY – California head coach Jeff Tedford and junior quarterback Kevin Riley addressed the media during the final weekly Cal football media luncheon of the 2009 regular season held Tuesday in the Hall of Fame Room at Memorial Stadium prior to the Golden Bears’ regular-season finale at Washington this Saturday, Dec. 5 (3:30 p.m. PT). Following are selected comments of what each had to say.
HEAD COACH JEFF TEDFORD
On the tenor of his team in the unusual situation of having another regular-season game after the Big Game, as well as a bye week preceding this Saturday’s final regular-season contest at Washington
“It was a great break for us to get healthy. We were a little bit banged up after [the Big Game], so it’s great for the kids to be able to take a break, go home, kind of regroup, get focused on Washington. I think it was good in that way. [But] I think there is some – especially when we played here at home last year [against Washington, also after the Big Game] – I don’t think the interest was as much by the fans coming to the stadium. It was a little anticlimactic, I think, for the fans, but the players will be excited to go play.”
On whether the pace of this end-of-season schedule is beneficial compared to having too long a break before a bowl game
“Yeah – there’s a lot that goes into that though. This is a heavy recruiting time. The bowl schedules cut your recruiting weekends, your opportunities, down. They start finals here in a week, so there’s a lot going on.”
On whether he has any updates on Jahvid Best’s status
“No, no update at all. Jahvid did go back today to get evaluated in Pittsburgh, [Pa.] and he’ll be back tomorrow. He seems to be doing very well but we have not discussed at all a return.”
On whether he will play against Washington
“He won’t play this week.”
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Beast Mode not terribly beastly
If the Dolphins need help at wide receiver and linebacker, what do the Bills need? Honestly, quite a bit — but they could start at running back. The Bills have struggled running the ball all year, ranking 31st in rushing DVOA, ahead of only Kansas City. It hasn’t helped that Buffalo has started four different players at tackle, but despite the injuries, the line has outperformed the backfield. The Bills rank 21st in Adjusted Line Yards, FO’s statistic that attempts to separate the performance of a team’s running backs from its offensive line. Meanwhile, Fred Jackson ranks 32nd among running backs in rushing DVOA; Marshawn Lynch would rank 36th if he had enough attempts to qualify. Neither one is getting big gains; the Bills rank 31st in percentage of rushing yards on 10-yard plays.
FREE MARSHAWN
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Tiger apologies for having attended stanfurd
I can only assume that’s what he means by his transgressions.
Costs assessed against Twist
Whoa
Some guy must have hacked Tiger’s or his alleged mistress’s cell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW4ZoUapqpI&feature=player_embedded
It’s a voicemail Tiger left…probably confirming some “transgressions” in addition to attending the furd
18 to Cheeseboard
Wow
He is f’ed.
Typical furdie.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Man, he must feel stupid every time he says his name.
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
He might have also been referring to using that 9 iron on the 14th hole when clearly the sand wedge was the way to go.
Fingers crossed that that comes remotely close to making sense.
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Ask the DBD
Anyone have a link to the page on ESPN where it lists all the Bears currently in the NFL? It had green colored tables. Anyone know what I’m talking about?
I always forget that Ryan Longwell kicked at Cal. Then again, it’s more because he predated me there.
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Why is it that the 9ers don't have a single Cal player?
I think they had Tully Banta-Cain before they traded him away to NE though
In other words, Go Bears!
The answer is no. Ok, that’s your one question for the day. Back to work.
by danzig on Dec 2, 2009 8:35 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If only we had a chart to figure these things out.
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So the current strategy is to declare someone Sanchez, until they say something, then declare them Sanchez again?
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Glad I finished my lunch a few minutes ago, that would have put me right off.
Is that noted granny fancier Wayne Rooney?
BTW
Can I ask Andbears to organize some of the gals and do a kind of, “what to get a girl for Christmas” post? In a fanpost or DBD, doesn’t matter.
It would really help out almost everyone on this board to get gift ideas sorted by age and nature of relationship etc.
Age and nature of relationship?
“yes, hello, ANdBears, I’m currently in a friends with benefits relationship with a 75 year old woman. Yes, thats correct I’m nailing Sofia Loren. What should I get her?”
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Remind me to stop using Sofia Loren in this joke pyramid before things get way too graphic
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ok
Stop using Sofia Loren in this joke pyramid before things get way too graphic.
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Also, upset the Crystal Football of Power.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Also, that idea is really discriminatory against Jews, you dirty anti-semite!
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Clearly, you don’t know about the $300 cashmere scarf that Twist has to buy his wife, just because.
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Actually they didnt have that in plum. Merely loganberry pink. So, we’re back to square one.
PS What the hell is Loganberry pink??
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Agreed
Can we get 8 fanposts for our Jewish friends on CGB to discuss good Jewish gifts for Chanukah’s 8 craaaazzzzy nights
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+1
I still have no idea what to get my girlfriend.
P.S. I really did ask for a WWE championship belt.
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give her the privilege of going down on you
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Like with a coupon for allowing oral sex? I don’t see this as being very popular…
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hey, remember my “fruit bats get fellatio from their mates” article I posted??? Scientists have found that it’s supposed to make them perform better during intercourse.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
bats ‘perform’
do they have bat viagra too?
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, here’s my theory. If you’re in a long term relationship, she already knows what to expect. an oral sex coupon might boost it for a little but pretty much you get what you get. If you feel like making an inference into my relationship, I’ll just remind you to read my signature. I think it says it all.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Greatest Man, no question.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
that was mostly a joke
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
But only mostly.
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
If you’re saying that ragnarok is a tremendous lover, then i can heartily attest and agree!
Physical.
tremendous and effective!
… waits for tmi flag…
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am now thoroughly embarassed
Also, feeling very good about myself.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
excellent.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 9:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
if you need a map… well, you’ve got issues to resolve.
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I like this pirate map because it has dolphins and a bear on it!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But I finished all the Highlights puzzles for a reason!
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
you… you don’t what ‘subtlety’ is, do you?
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That’s not like rain on your wedding day at all!
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
He does overuse memes and and makes unfunny jokes.
Speaking of lunch I had a taco salad
In other words, Go Bears!
I ordered a Tuna sandwich and tried to ‘flag’ them after I realized it had onions on it. … I may be on here too much
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can try, and I’ll definitely need some help from other ladies. Frankly, I do not have the usual ‘girl’ tastes, I asked for and got legos last year. It was a very fun christmas morning!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
you’re going to get yoself in trouble
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
You know, some of that sparkly stuff is pretty nice…
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:02 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Haha I wanted to get a reaction. But now with the good news we heard you probably will have to buy it anyway!
In other words, Go Bears!
Indeed. I bought her a diamond engagement ring. And the Shane Co. gave me an interest-free loan for 12 months. I paid it off in 9.
More diamonds might be forthcoming, but for the near future, I’ll probably be spending most of my formerly disposable income on disposable diapers and the like.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Any list you guys can come up with would be GREATLY appreciated… really. Frankly, given the demographics on this blog and how much bullshit is posted here everyday… I can guarantee you it would be the most relevant, most useful post on this blog all year. BLOGPOST OF THE YEAR BITCHES!!!
…ah crap, I really didn’t mean to call you in particular… well, it was just a manner of speech and… usually we use that term… ah, fuck it.
by danzig on Dec 2, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I lol’d. :)
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
re>’d.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
hit F5
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Flagged for questioning carp’s re>’ding.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Haha, I asked my dad for the robotic lego set on my 20th birthday. We both spent like a week playing with it.
ARMORED DOGS
K9 Storm in Winnipeg, Canada, makes $5 million a year selling custom armor for dogs in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Special Forces; police departments in 13 countries; and security firms worldwide.
Next up, the 12-employee firm is offering a new way to communicate with canines. In 2010 it launches the K9 Storm Intruder, a bulletproof dog vest with a wireless camera, speakers and a microphone built in. The handler can see what the dog sees and issue commands through the audio system.
“This will change the way dogs are managed in emergencies,” says Glori Slater, 47, vice president and co-founder of K9 Storm. “It will extend the range of the handler to 300 yards.”
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Okay – basically they are using dogs and robots interchangeably.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:10 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The Soviets attempted to train dogs to run under German tanks with mines strapped to their backs during WWII. The scheme worked like a charm during training but went horribly wrong when they tried it at the front lines… because the Soviets hadn’t captured any German tanks, so they used their own, and when the dogs were set loose they immediately ran under the tanks that they recognized.
Sort of a man’s best friend-ly fire incident.
Poor dogs. That’s why they need some more armor.
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Reading BearInsider and Bear Territory makes my blood pressure go up significantly
For instance, this thread:
http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=239779&page=1
Its a discussion about how Cal should go into something similar to what Oregon is running with their spread option package.
On the other hand, (only if you have access):
http://cal.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1603&tid=135971115&mid=135971115&sid=1103&style=2
One person does make a great point though – it would be nice to run the same offense 2 years in a row (I know Tedford’s offense is the basic set offense, but having an OC for 2 years in a row would be major progress)
This brilliant thread talks about the Saints and them rushing 3. Someone then asks “How does the Saints secondary compare to Cal’s?”
I have to respond to that by just giving the bare facts (They are an NFL team, they run a 4-3)
I guess I just read those two sites because of the recruiting updates more than anything, but slowly, espn and the recruiting thread are more than making up for that.
Pretty sure Ludwig is sticking around this year, he wasn’t good enough to take another job and wasn’t bad enough to get canned…. Hopefully this bodes well for Riley and the rest of the offense… But I agree, we need consistency at OC to succeed in the long run… I wouldn’t take the spread from UO, but I would take the coaching consistency… Players want to play for coaches who will be there all four years.
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Ludwig
I don’t know what the rest of CGB thinks, but I was really happy Ludwig as OC. I can’t remember ever thinking we had questionable game plans, or kept on going with plays that didn’t work. Most of the problems the Bears faced this year were with execution, not planning.
Although, I suppose you could pin that on the coaching as well.
Anyway I’m glad he’s coming back, and I think we’ll be better next year because of that.
the only game plan thing i disagreed with
was the lack of man/power running against Oregon.
Go Bears Go
A lot of the replies in the BI thread or a simple: NO.
So even if the topic is inane, its not like there’s some big excited mob mentality demanding the spread.
Most people seem to just want to see what happens if Cal can actually get the same OC 2 years in a row.
So the BI guy wants us to pass more out of shotgun? Doesn’t he know that we already pass like 90-95% of the time from shotgun? Or I suppose he’s just saying that when we do pass, we need to be throwing the ball from shotgun rather than dropbacks. Um, Cal does that a lot already.
I dunno. The BI thread sounds like your classic “if it’s working for X team, then Cal needs to do it too” type of thread. The thing is, this guy seems to say that we’re not doing what he wants to see more of… except that we are doing what he wants to see more of. We do pass a lot from shotgun. We do have RBs who can catch the ball and we’ve thrown to them more often in the past two years than ever before in the Tedford era. We’re already doing what this guy wants.
As for the whole argument about QBs being hybrid players (dual-threat), I feel like he’s just seeing the rare few exceptions. Yeah, Tebow, Locker, Prior, Masoli, blah blah blah. Those players are also on high-profile high-talent teams. What those quarterbacks lack in pure passing ability, is made up elsewhere. Frankly, Tebow sucks as a passer. Masoli too. And Prior. Those dudes run so much because they can’t pass worth shit. And their inability to pass is made up by a great run game and a great defense (except for Locker, poor guy). Most teams don’t have dual-threat players at the QB position. Not to the caliber that is Tebow, Locker, Prior, and Masoli. And the guy suggests that Riley is somewhere near that same caliber? No. Not even close. Riley doesn’t have the pure speed of Locker, Prior, or Masoli. Riley doesn’t have the power of Tebow. Thankfully, Riley has a better arm than some of those guys.
bottom line, Cal doesn’t have the QB to run the spread option like Oregon. Cal doesn’t have the OL to run that offense either. Such an offense also gets away from Tedford’s mentality that QBs are for passing, not running. Tedford will always have an offense that features the QB as a passer, not a runner. If Cal tried to do what Oregon was doing offensively, we’d have an offensive collapse like Michigan is having. It would be ugly. It would take years for us to recruit and develop the players to have that type of offense.
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by HydroTech on Dec 2, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
That is an insult to AndBears and her future progeny.
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Anyone can have a baby. How many people can talk about the spread offense?
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Sorry Twist, I’ve already told you I’m not interested. Ask your wife.
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As it turns out, my wife is Rishi in a wig. So, Im desperate at this point for anybody lse.
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At first, I started talking about whether Arthur Kade will go the first few times like a "Minute Man" just to get the rust off, and then get back to old form (I don’t think this will happen because even during this time I have ejaculated in or on tons of girls in other areas, and I have still held on really well), or will I just go 12 time the first night and keep exploding like the Hoover Dam with cracks in it.
7
this.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
“Future” progeny? The baby already exists!!
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by BearStage on Dec 2, 2009 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
As the parent of 2 school age children, I’d say there’s an argument to be made that life ends at conception.
by DC Trojan on Dec 2, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sorta on the topic of the DBD
I’m doing a group presentation for my sports marketing class. Our question is whether the Pac-10 should start up its own network. I was just curious what all of you thought.
I've been Honked...
this.
or somehow go after NBC since ND is doing continuing with their hire, suck, fire cycle.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
how long is ND’s deal?
and it doesn’t much matter if they suck if they still bring in the viewership
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
“The Catholic’s Team”
Probably expires only if evidence arises that Jesus mollested young boys. No, they’d still go with ’em.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Yeah, that is a good goal
There’s also been the idea thrown around that Pac-10 combine forces with the ACC or Big 12 on a network to reduce risk and increase national viewership, which is kind of an interesting idea.
I've been Honked...
mind you, i say more ESPN coverage because it’s basically a monopoly…not because i like it. I HATE IT!
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
their announcers suck.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
problem is… they aren’t any better elsewhere
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I kind of like Greg Papa…I think he does the versus games, no?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
NFL Network
I like Tomkins + Petros for the lulz
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by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Any Seattle-based CGB'ers out there going to the game this Saturday?
royrules22, you are in the are right? will you be going to the UW game on Saturday?
Anyone else attending?
And buddy and I are flying up Friday night and neither of us have been to Seattle so we are both walking blind into this trip… Any suggestions?
We are looking for:
- Things to do Friday night
- How to get to the stadium from a hotel near Lake Union
- Where to tailgate/pre-game
- Where to celebrate/drink away sorrows
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Yes I will
After asking the UW folks I have decided that I will park my car in the Eastgate parking lot in Bellevue and take a shuttle to UW (because I don’t want to pay for parking even though the distance to the stadium is probably equal to the distance to the parking lot for me).
I don’t know much about direction in Seattle or the U-district (that’s what the call the UW area) so I can’t help you there. But as for what to do I’d suggest wandering around downtown Seattle. Unfortunately night time might mean that there’s not much to do (sightseeing wise).
Your best is to ask over at UW Dawg Pound
In other words, Go Bears!
You know of any Cal fan tailgates going on?
Or are you just going to show up and play it by ear?
You were a OX at Berkeley right?
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Omega Chi is a made-up frat on the TV show Greek…
OX could also stand for Omicron Chi.
I know the greek alphabet lulz
I've been Honked...
Its definitely theta chi
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
Royrules wasn’t but a lot on this blog were. But I don’t think any of them are going to Seattle.
Sorry!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My father was a Theta Chi at Cal. Does that make those guys my uncles?
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
Ah, but you didnt go to Cal, did you? So you arent Mu Chapter OX.
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No sir, Theta Ioata chapter (UCSC). But we did have to memorize the first west coast chapter (Cal). And last year had to bring a social to the Mu chapter (there first in over a year).
And yes I have your hooku, your sudoku, and your hookah
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Mu chapter’s first social? What?
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They hadn’t had a party in over a year… UCSC OX went up last year the friday before Big Game and threw a “Jersey Party” and brought a bunch of ladies from SC and attempted to get the Mu chapter to party, that’s all…
I wasn’t there, but I hear they were semi-successful, before they drank all the beer
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THEY HADNT HAD A PARTY IN OVER A YEAR?!?!?!?!? WHAT?!?!/
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Really? When was he there? Unless he comes to football games, I doubt I know him, but I might know some guys who do.
Incidentally, if he ever wants to get in touch with the other Theta Chi alumni, I would be the guy to talk to.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Damn, a great lover AND Theta Chi BMOC? Is there anything you can’t do Ragnarok?
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- I heard a rumor that they stopped tossing this fish, Pike Place Market is fun. Good eateries at the piers too.
- Hell, I’d just walk east. It’s only a couple miles.
- No answer
- Not that freaky ass clown bar by the space needle/EMP. There might be a few microbreweries around the area though.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-P-R-E-T-T-Y"
Pike Place closes at like 6 or something. Though I agree excellent food. If you can stand the smell that is.
In other words, Go Bears!
Agh. Lame.
I’d just go for a walk on the pier. Find some good restaurant – really, all of them on the pier are good.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-P-R-E-T-T-Y"
CGB != Twitter
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I anticipate changing my FB status to “The New Jersey Nets: Where 0-18 Happens” around 10 PM tonight.
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Flagged for actually linking to what you say you’re linking to.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
T-fizz not staying 'til he's 80.
On whether he has given any thought to how long he would like to be a head coach
“No [laughs]. This week, for sure. I promise you it won’t be ‘til I’m 80, I’ll put it that way. I know that for a fact.”
http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120109aab.html
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
My comment on this yesterday was that Sandy needs to start working on a 40yr $160 contract extension immediately. And that’s my comment today too.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, in this economy he should be happy.
Let’s change that to $160million.
Better?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Wow
I missed an epic DBD yesterday after I, you know, started working. Some of the highlights I particularly enjoyed:
- Mike Silver saying our special teams are as special as kids riding the short bus.
- Mike Silver having Ms. Manning’s phone #.
- CalBear1892 giving the ol’ F U to HP
- HP posting NSFW pics of Iranian women and nuns.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I respect anyone that gives a F U to HP or Rishi
So I totally do not respect Twist
In other words, Go Bears!
Dude I give the F U to them all the time. I just spent 25 imnutes giving the F U to HP!
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I’m pretty sure HolmoePhobe’s photos were SFW.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
GEEK OUT at Lawrence Hall of Science
It’s time to let your Geek flag fly at Lawrence Hall of Science’s GEEK OUT, a series of evening science programs for adults. On Thursday, December 10, Seth Shostak, an SETI astronomer, will discuss why space exploration and colonization are not merely a good idea–but an essential one.
from LHS –
You know who you are… You think Fantasy Football is even better than the real thing and that a spreadsheet is a perfectly reasonable way to keep track of past relationships. …
Come to Lawrence Hall of Science, grab a drink and a friend, and get ready for some downright nerdy fun. All events include full access to exhibits, a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, and of course the best view in the East Bay.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I am so going to this.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Seems like a great place to pick up nerdhot girls. I’m going.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve heard its lots of fun. Considerably more convenient than NightLife, too.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
That doesn’t look like chocolate-covered bacon weather.
I like the decrease in capitalization over the three lines, though.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Do the asterisks mean it’s not really bacon? Or there’s some sort of horrible catch?
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
IT'S ON A STICK
There’s your catch.
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Damnit!
It’s always something.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by CruzinBears on Dec 2, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is amazing
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed but why does Tiger get chubbier as he gets into his car to get away?
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Cuz his face is swollen from the beating he just received.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Awesome!
Grand Theft Auto Isleworth looks amazing!
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
by zoonews on Dec 2, 2009 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I love how Tiger does the little head-tilt when he’s ‘splaining himself. That’s totes from Grand Theft Auto.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
CBS's headline: Tiger a "Cheetah"?
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting Scouting Article about Syd (if you have insider)
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/insider/news/story?id=4493868
This same mindset seems to have taken hold in the scouting world — at least in the valuation of height among cornerbacks. I say this in part because of California cornerback Syd’quan Thompson. Depending on which Web site you believe, Thompson is either 5-foot-8, 5-foot-8 5/8, or 5-foot-9. While this disagreement exists, all the sites agree on this: His height is a detriment. It is always mentioned as a reason that he is considered a late first-round/early second-round prospect instead of an early-mid first-round prospect.
Getty ImagesSyd’Quan Thompson looked great against Minnesota and star WR Eric Decker this past weekend.
I tend to disagree, for two reasons.
Probalby old
Calling myself out before someone else does.
That is really old. It was from September 22!
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I only remember SydGod really blowing coverages once-twice this past season. He’s also lost contain maybe once or twice as well (one noticeable one was the sweep in the Big Game)
Yes, but he did muff a game-icing punt against USC and the whole defense had performed poorly against Oregon and USC, so it affects perceptions.
Jes sayin
7
The SC game was on ice?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
It’s an interesting argument. Obviously Joyner knows what he’s talking about, and I was surprised to read that the average NFL starting CB is 5-11. Having said that…
I don’t know a lot about DB mechanics, but how the hell does someone who’s 5-8 cover a 6-4/6-5 WR like Moss, Andre Johnson, Megatron, etc? It seems like an issue.
Also, the Maryland game doesn’t seem like a good benchmark, since it was pretty one-sided.
How many economists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Seven, plus or minus 10
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 11:49 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
This blog is teeming with economists and lawyers.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
okay okay, how about this. Less cynical.
“Economists don’t answer questions because they know what the answer is. They answer them because they are asked.”
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Someone just told me a bunch. Perhaps a professor of some sort.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
100
1 to change it and 99 to occupy the building in protest of supporting utility companies.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
FLAGGED – for confusing Cal Fans and Berkeley Hippies
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Self flag
I thot he said students.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
127:
1 to change it and 99 to occupy the building in protest of supporting utility companies. Plus 25 to counter protest and 2 to hold up random signs of the ‘Stop Plate Tetonics’ variety
322
1 to change the lightbulb, and 321 Old Blues to complain about how they fans today don’t even understand what darkness really feels like, and how they were happy just to have some fireflies in a jar.
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by BearStage on Dec 2, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
why did the market economist cross the road?
A: to reach the consensus forecast.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I believe the Big East plays seven (7) conference games and five (5) OOC games. Is this truth or cougar?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Cincinnati played SE Missouri State, Fresno State, Oregon State, Miami(OH), and Illinois
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
four auto wins, OSU early in the year, and Illinois (who sucks). We haven’t even gotten to the Big East teams yet.
BCS: hasn’t figured out how to assess the quality of wins or losses.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
yeah, well, it doesn’t do that very well does it?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
umm…. well… as you can see, cincinatti is undefeated just like florida, bama, tcu, and texas… but cincinnati is ranked lower than they are because of SOS and polls. also: boise state is ranked lower than all of these teams because they have the weakest schedule of the lot…
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
fuck the concept of ‘undefeated’ and the horse it rode in on.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
i feel as if you don’t take into account the grind over the year. anyway… you’re going to rank 2 loss teams above cincinnatti? the only one you may have a case for is oregon
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
that's bullshit
there’s no grind when you have 4 built in bye weeks that count as wins. You can rest your starters for about a month and a half of the football season. One could argue the only conference with “the grind” is the PACX conference.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
illinois didn’t suck when teh game was scheduled… and they improved toward the end of the year?
the SEC was a grind this year as well.. teams like arkansas and auburn are no pushovers. and there are some marquee intersectional matchups… unfortunately the fluff games they schedule are REALLY fluff as opposed to WAC and MWC fluff
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
No Holiday Bowl for Cal
http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2009/12/02/football-holiday-bowl-out/
It’s either USC, Arizona or Oregon
In other words, Go Bears!
Great, all that bowl projection calculation wasted.
It’s going to be Sun Bowl if we win then.
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but against Oklahoma!!
Definitely the best team we’ve ever faced in a bowl game. I’m scared.
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is Bradfurd healthy? What about their freak TE?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
awwwww my bad!
I’M SORRY JUJU GODS!!
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Don’t forget Temple in the 1979 Garden State Bowl.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
What was it like? To be alive in 1979?
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Flagged for not being alive the whole year.
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I almost made this exact same comment…but then didn’t
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It was magnificent. Well, okay the fact that the IRA and INLA were killing people left and right wasn’t that exciting, and it remains the only time other than 1992 that I’ve been involved in a campus lockdown (1979, British School in the Hague, after the IRA murdered the UK Ambassador; 1992, Rodney King Riots).
The music was completely schizophrenic – there was lots of good stuff to be had but equally there was the reign of musical terror in the form of “Bright Eyes” by Art Garfunkel that just wouldn’t go away.
Look at you trying to fit in with the Berkeley kids!
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Of course it isn’t, with that attitude.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I disagree
That kind of disaffected attitutde is just what we look for here at Cal. Now if he just mixes in some mild schizophrenia he’s in!
I just found this
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Dunno if they were better than this year’s Oklahoma, but the Clemson team we beat in the Citrus Bowl in the 1991 season was no slouch. They were the ACC champions (back then the ACC champ went to the Citrus Bowl. OLD!) and, on defense, started four players who went on to have good NFL careers: Levon Kirkland (LB), Ed McDaniel (LB), Chester McGlockton (DT), and Brentson Buckner (DT).
Praise be to Tedford!
BROTHELS! BROTHELS! BROTHELS!
Goin' balls deep with Cal since 1972!
that's racis
Cal’s also tied for 2nd.
and how does one quantify “traveling well.”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I usually only take one bag no matter how long I’m gone for.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
By counting the number of people on this blog who would rather stay at home and watch Cal on TV than go to El Paso. Like me.
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by yellow fever on Dec 2, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I would think you’d like the people of El Paso.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Else?
I don’t like the people of anywhere else, so El Paso seems like a longshot.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I imagine that they quantify it by analyzing hotel room bookings and ticket sales for the various bowls a team has been to.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Also, some teams have rivalry games (or even key conference games) early in the season (Red River Shootout comes to mind, and Fla-Tenn seems to happen early in the conference schedule). I suppose the benefit is:
- a win gets you a leg up on the other teams, as the rest of the country is fumble fucking around with weak opponents. A perfect example this year would be Boise St who hasn’t played anyone post-Labor Day. What’s their current BCS ranking?
- a loss doesn’t hurt as bad. We’ve seen this with our very own Cal Bears, as losses to Oregon, USC, and Oregon St might have dropped Cal all the way out of the Top 25 for the year. Now Cal’s one two very nice games since then (which obvi helped), but my point is they wouldn’t have had that chance if these L’s all came in the last weeks of the season.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Won Phail
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Dec 2, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The Maharg has an epic post up on fb…I believe it involves Mustache Rides.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
most of us are not fb friends with the Maharg?
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
I don’t understand if that’s a question, but if you’re not fb friends with him you’re missing out. I’ve seen his prom pics.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I saw that and it was quite disturbing.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
umm explain for those of us who don’t use facebook
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
facebook is a “social networking” website that allows users to post information, videos, photos and continual updates about their days in their profiles. You can “friend” someone on facebook, which means they are granted access to information that would otherwise not be available for the general public.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Fine
Maharg is offering mustache rides to the ladies out there. But it’s for a limited time only cuz I guess he’s shaving it soon.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
That was serious?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
I just love the fact
that the picture you used of Tebow is from the Capital One Bowl in 2008 in which the Gators got totally bitch-made by Michigan in Carr’s final season.
That made me smile.
Appalachian State > Florida :)
Physical.
by Thoroughbred on Dec 2, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
sweet. Shovel that money straight into the war effort. Let’s get that s*** overwith and get our women and men home.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Screw that, give it to me. We can bet it on this weekend’s games and double our money.
Cal Football: It could happen!
I hope that some day, Obama gets fed up, and announces to the world “My Fellow Americans, After this long, hard struggle, we have decided to GTFO. LATES!”
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Frankly, I’d rather wait and have them loan it out to businesses that are in trouble. But maybe one back wouldn’t have that much of an impact.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
one bank
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Actually, that would make a HUGE difference. Bank of America is a freakin massive bank, so that would definitely hold some weight. Make that idea happen! Hop to!
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Press Release from Bank of America:
“After much consideration, we have decided to retain the money from the TARP loan. We are proud to have bounced back from this crisis so quickly, but we feel it is in America’s best interest to re-invest in main street. That is why we will be using this same amount to fund our new Small Business Super Loans – so we can really keep business moving in America. We will be projecting that the TARP will be repaid by this time in 2010, and in the meantime we will be able to help 50bajillion businesses keep their doors open.
Thank you. "
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I believe Obama is eying the rest of the TARP funds as a potential source of loans to small businesses. But I hope this doesnt turn into a flame war subthread with comments like “FUCK SMALL BUSINESS! I WANT ALL THE MONEY TO GO TO PENGUINS” or “YOU’RE A SLIPPERY SLOPE!”
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
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Let's use it to invade Bruins Nation!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
we could pay for TROOPS! People will do anything for $20!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I love this idea! Quick question… what exactly would we need to fund? Anti-banning devices? Weapons of Mass Posting?
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What about large pictures of CNR?
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTwNYjwbwag (SFW)
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
I have no clue how you have fewer posts than Twist. Actually: it’s because you hardly post on weekends, huh?
Physical.
That and possibly because Twist has been on here longer than I have?
Plus, I don’t have a laptop, so I can’t post during game threads, for the most part.
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I dont generally post during game threads either.
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Those would have to be pretty small countries… maybe we could have an anniversary re-invasion of Grenada?
It’s like Weekend at Bernie’s all over again.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
But there was that time you went to school wearing a wig and a dress pretending to be the Canadian foreign exchange student.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm...
The Tarp money was bad for many reasons. My main issue with it is it cost way too much. To date, BAML has had to pay $2.45billion in dividends to the US Treas. Plus, It would have cost an add’l $3.6bn in ANNUAL dividends. This is money that could have been going to loans.
Also, loans to struggling businesses is what got us into this mess. As in, loaning money to an entity (whether a homeowner, large/small corporation, public institution, etc.) that cannot afford debt is perhaps irresponsible.
I think paying back TARP for any bank who has had to be burdened with it is a good thing for the health of that bank… and ultimately the health of the financial system.
Ah sorry..
Nothing gets me going more than someone mentioning TARP. Like real TARP, not when someone here yells “Tarp!” randomly.
Did she emphasize the cock or the tail?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
So that's what's going on here...
I thought you got a Mod-Smackdown for being mean to girls or something. You’re just afraid I’m going to join your firm, realize oh you’re THAT rishi, have you demoted to an Analyst’s assistant, get you blackballed from all bschools… then take your stapler away.
Please do this. Also, hire me
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
At what time did you finish your UC app? I think I finished around 11:45 PM.
University of California officials have extended the application period for undergraduate admissions after a computer slowdown kept some students from filing their online applications in time for Monday night’s deadline. The new deadline is 11:59 p.m. tonight.
Susan Wilbur, UC’s director of undergraduate admissions, said her office is investigating the cause of the computerized malfunction that at least temporarily blocked some panicked last-minute filers from submitting applications on Sunday and Monday nights. She said she did not know how many students were affected but said that about two-thirds of applicants wait to file until a week or less before the deadline. Many others delay until the day the application is due.
Wilbur said she regretted the slowdown and said she knew it added to “the anxiety students already face” in applying to UC.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
online applications? that’s weird, back in my day it was paper. you kids don’t know how good you have it…
/oldblue
I had to fill mine out by the light of a jar full of fireflies.
November 20, 1982 - a date that will live in famy.
When i went to school we had sleeping pelts. And for breakfast we had pterodactyl eggs, and raptor bacon.
My heart skips a beat every time I hear the band strike up 'Our Sturdy Golden Bear'.
I think I got mine in the first day they started accepting them. Didn’t want people to bug me about that crap for 2 months slash stress about them.
“Hey did you finish your App?? What’d you get for number 7?”
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and, more importantly, GBB4188 was responsible at age 18! whaaa?
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
the innernetz didn't really exist
when i did my application.
certainly there was none of this fancy “on-line” filing.
Go Bears Go
Wish me good juju!
Heading off to an audition.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
So SBNation goes down… Normally, this would mean I would work more…
Not today. My distract-o-meter is on “Attention is for whores” today.
So I spent all day making photoshops related to the civil war.
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-P-R-E-T-T-Y"
by JShufelt on Dec 2, 2009 2:47 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
This last trip we actually enjoyed ourselves and found decent food and drinks at local establishments. Previous trips, not so much. I’m just a small town boy, though, so thems kinda my people.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Don't Journey Lyric me!
I know! That was my point.
small town girl
city boy (born and bred in south detroit)
But I had to go for it.
Cal Football: It could happen!
Is there a song that karaoke has ruined more? I don’t think there is such a song.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
lets never do CGB Karaoke.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
CGB Karaoke Party!
At Jaguar in Oakland.
Be there AND be square.
Cal Football: It could happen!
by CalBandGreat on Dec 2, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
They do
But there’s no bringing a backpack in policy while one of the cute girls in your group distracts the guy behind the counter.
Cal Football: It could happen!
we only have royrules
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
90% of the time it’s great.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think I left a good margin if you consider over the course of a lifetime.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Meaning 10% could be the 9mo-1year without beer. precious, precious beer.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
extending this metaphor is too much work.
In addition – keeping this secret is too. I’m pregnant! Now you all know before my random facebook friends.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
also, I miss beer! :(
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
FINALLY! I CAN NOW TELL ALL THE RANDOM PEOPLE WHO I’VE NEVER MET WHO SECRETLY READ THIS WEBSITE! THE WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED!
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
haha this! I saw someone who knew at the Big Game, and we were both dancing around the topic before realizing that we both already knew.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
You were at Big Game??? HOW COME YOU DIDNT SAY HI?
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
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Because I didn’t see you! You were on the other side of the stadium, no? I was over in the corner furthest away from the band, in the big Cal section over there, near AndBears/Rags.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
actually, really.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
For every one of her posts today!
Then you can say she’s glowing.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Also, congratulations!
PS: You posted lots today.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
congratulations!!! that’s fantastic! still somewhat new, but you’re married to ragnorak right? congrats to him as well!! :) Mazel tov you two!
ugggg… gross. flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag flag
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
to be fair, you were the least objectionable out of all those people.
you’re welcome!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Congrats!
Natalie Coughlin Ragnarok-AndBears if she’s a girl
Jeff Tedford Ragnarok-AndBears if he’s a boy.
Amirite?
Praise be to Tedford!
by Ohio Bear on Dec 2, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
We should have a poll – I always make important decisions based on the majority of internet users.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Those Detroit fans’ll probably go for “Pain Train Ragnarok-AndBears”.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
newsflash – we are white and nerdy – this will never work!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You’re asian!!? For some reason I thought you were a white guy living in Beijing. I guess the truth makes more sense
In other words, Go Bears!
oh wait. are you serious? cuz that would completely end the fun of our trying to guess. no more LaToya Yee etc.
Plus Reginald seems super white to me. Like Reginald Denny… the white trucker dude who got beaten during the riots in LA?
no kid of ours could pull of Marshawn or DeSean
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
cereal even.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Flagged for revealing to rollonubears that there really is no stork.
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That’s what pregnant means, you retard.
She’s in contact with the stork to have her baby delivered in nine months.
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Are they under contract yet? Because I can get her a great deal on a baby through another non-stork means. I got a guy who knows a guy. Needless to say, it’s a can’t fail proposition!
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dammit!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If there was no stork then how could I have been born? idiot.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Dec 2, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
However, you are an idiot.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Dec 5, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Hurray for perpetuating the human race! Congrats!
by Kai on Dec 2, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure you already knew this
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m like 200% sure his wife knew it and he just zoned out the entire time.
President Emperor Warlord Of The Sun!
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by TwistNHook on Dec 2, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Late June – so it’ll be a while. Luckily I’ve been taking note of Carp & Zoonews parenting, so that’s all I need to know, right!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s a little late to be picky about the astrological sign…
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And he/she won’t get to celebrate his/her birthday at school!
But, having a summer birthday is pretty great.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I thought about that!! But then And/RagsCub can go to 6-flags or something, or to baseball games — and they’ll never have to compete with Cal Football for our love!
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And that’s why having summer birthday is pretty great.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Taurus — will kill you all.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hmmm speaking of...
is your wife or were any of your exes Cancers (astrologically speaking)? I ask because my last THREE exes and current… friend… are all Leos.
I’m getting the sense that Cancers and Leos just don’t get on well romantically. This is VERY VERY important Twist. Your answer will single-handedly make my decision on whether to continue on in current… friendship… or just end it now. Thanks.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Astrology—-How-To-Get-Along—-Cancer-and-Leo
Romance Recommendation: Cancer really could benefit from Leo’s sunshine! Cancer is cuddly and sweet and possesses, when joyful, emotions of full appreciation and love. Leo would not take to major adjustments, because their ego might be threatened. Cancer’s loving warmness could create pillows of comfort for the duo and it could patiently wait for Leo to make changes if the Crab promised not to mope.
Conflict Quotient: The Crab can skitter, pinch, disappear, hide and then come back with a new negative issue, especially if the conflict is deeply felt. The Leo is grand in a fight, but would find the psychic depletion necessary to take on Cancer a big drag on their normally upbeat outlook. Leo would not lose its sense of self esteem, but boy would they get tired attending to the Moonchild’s powerfully felt negative emotions. Leo should not get fatigued and prance off into the tall grass without attending to Cancer’s complaint; or if they do, come back for resolution. Cancer is never done being Cancer, but a full blown fight should not be handled in a Leonine cavalier way.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
So, in 2 days, we went from “Twist add me on facebook to Twist, our friendship is OVER!”
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when did i say our friendship is over. i’m saying i MAY have to break it off if you think Leos and Cancers are astrologically destined to be enemies.
My wife is a Leo and I am a Cancer. Please share Twist’s answer with all of us, so that I can get a head start on being enemies with my wife if Twist says so.
I’m a leo – dated a cancer once. We loved each other, but drove each other crazy. Mainly because she was kinda crazy and I wasn’t. Other… aspects… of the relationship were freakin’ awesome though.
Definitely don’t regret it – but we couldn’t make it work. But then, I’m not really a typical Leo(except for being an actor), so take it for what it’s worth.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
I hate it when people express genuine emotion.
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Cancers and Leos just don’t get on well romantically
They don’t match up well for the most part. Some can make it work. Cancer = water sign. Leo = fire sign. Not the best of matches. You match best with other water signs: Scorpios, Pisces, Cancers. Be careful of other Cancers because you guys might be to emo for each other.
I thought I would never, ever discuss astrology with anybody else aside from my friend, who while working during happy hour talked my ear off about this stuff.
Can I pleaaaaaaaase pleaaaaaaaaaase pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaassssseeee be a godfather?
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Everyone can be an honorary godfather! As long as you have no legal rights or power.
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But that makes me less special. Ragnarok has met me. He can vouch for me. Wait, does your pregnancy explain why I was able to meet Ragnarok in the first place?
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
I know very well the suckiness of morning sickness. My loss is CGB’s loss!
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
Filmed
on campus, Spring 2005. I blame Ah-nuld for my less than stellar grade in Econ 100. I watched filming instead of studying
Ummm… you know that Junior came out in 1994, right? I’m pretty sure Arnold hasn’t made any movies since he became governor in 2003.
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
Depends on your definition of “made”, but: false.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 3, 2009 3:04 AM PST up reply actions
plus about three to five days in 28.
Go Bears Go
I once took a video of me and my friends doing Bohemian Rhapsody, then watched it the next day.
Big Mistake.
Cal Football: It could happen!
Obvi I was trying to tell my future self to give up the dream of being a huge karaoke star.
Cal Football: It could happen!
because there have been so many great idols to look up to…
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
There’s a karaoke place in Pac Heights that doesn’t allow alcohol.
I do not know how they are still in business.
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Jaguar doesn't either
It’s one of those places that rents private rooms. But that doesn’t stop us.
Cal Football: It could happen!
I mean, how much money can they really earn off just the karaoke?
If they sold alcohol, they would make tremendous amounts of money.
I just cannot imagine karaoke being fun sobre at all.
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You do what you have to to beat the system.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a trick – there is not British spelling for sober because they have no use for that word.
by DC Trojan on Dec 2, 2009 10:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Have you met any English people on your travels? At least the Scots and Irish cheer up a bit when they’re loaded.
I haven’t mentioned the Welsh because I think they’re made up.
I think the English I have met were atypical – they weren’t gloomy, long-winded or ugly enough.
However, I’ve heard enough stories about dour Scots to be suspicious of your possible biases here.
Oh there are plenty of Scots who wouldn’t cheer up if you put 220 volts through them. And I’ve one or two English friends. They’re not all bad.
At the same time, everywhere I went in Italy with the missus on our honeymoon, they cheered up considerably when they found out I wasn’t English.
Have you ever met a Welshman? Do they really exist? Is Wales just a cover for Danzig’s vast laboratory of derivatives, Cal Bears in the pros videos, and hookers?
Sadly, having lived in Wales for a short period of time, I can confirm that it is a real place full of the Welsh.
Rooms for about $30-$60 depending on the size. You have a bunch of people going every weekend. I’d say its pretty good business.
Jaguar just recently remodelled too.
because many people exist who don’t need alcohol to have the freedom to sing badly in front of their friends?
CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.
OMG
Six of my classmates from bschool decided to coorindate their facebook status updates to facebook-sing Don’t Stop Believin… the ENTIRE song… over the course of 4 days. Day 2, I hid them from my News Feed. Please… Stop… (although I know me asking this is just going to make you all do it even more)
No, that’s what I said right now, when since1997 got you to stop.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
You’re welcome!
Those Indians are always so polite.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe Rishi got yelled at for being so mean to girls on this blog.
Rishi’s next comment: LOOK AT ME GUYZZ I’M A GUURRLL.
hahahahahahahhaa.
having said that… the number of youtube links y’all can post in seconds is mildly disturbing.
What is NOT disturbing at CGB?
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Dec 2, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I apologise if my comments have been condescending. They are all meant to be taken lightly and have no intended offense.
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Fuck you! CalBandGreat being serious is bad enough!
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve had that damn song stuck in my head since Twist posted the pre big game reveling video. Fortunately I had left by then so I avoided youtube infamy
Are we on a train to nowhere ANYWHERE
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It's spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-P-R-E-T-T-Y"
by JShufelt on Dec 2, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Is it rule that when women see a camera, they must automatically make the sluttiest faces they can conjure up?
Physical.
if so, those ones in the middle is doing something wrong.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Lawyers, want some legalese?
LINK The suit is linked to below.
Yesterday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and UC Berkeley’s Samuelson Center filed suit in California’s Northern District, asking the court to force a number of government agencies to hand over any documents they have concerning the use of social networking sites as part of investigative procedures. The duo had sent a number of Freedom of Information Act requests to branches of a half-dozen federal agencies starting in early October. For the most part, all they’ve received is an acknowledgement that the requests were received. Since the FOIA requires that a response be made within 20 days, the suit requests that a legal order be issued for the information’s release.
The suit is refreshingly succinct, coming in at only seven pages. A large portion of that is spent simply defining that various agencies that received FOIA requests, which went out to everyone from the Navy to the IRS (the suit consolidates matters by simply naming the parent agencies, like the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security).
The issues at stake start on the bottom of page two, where the EFF and Samuelson Center note that news reports in sources such as the Associated Press, Wired, and The New York Times have all run stories indicating that federal authorities have used social sites, including YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, to pursue investigations. In at least one case, investigators virtually staked out Facebook, and pounced as soon as a fugitive set up an account.
These reports make it clear that, like everyone else, federal investigators have learned the value of cyberstalking when it comes to getting information about a person of interest. The groups behind the suit don’t necessarily have a problem with that practice, recognizing it’s done “often for laudable reasons.” What they would like to know is whether there are any procedures in place to limit its abuse and, if so, what they are.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
I missed this over the weekend...
apologies if everyone else saw it….Just how long do you hold at the line of scrimmage for? A long time if you’re Florida State’s Zebrie Sanders….
by firefly on Dec 2, 2009 3:20 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Saw that yesterday, and I still love it. Such a great clip.
by Kai on Dec 2, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
So guys in preperation of being 21 next week
What awesome beers, wines and hard liquor should I buy?
In other words, Go Bears!
Other than going to a bar that is. I will be doing some bar hopping with my buddy in Seattle on friday
In other words, Go Bears!
Your friends should buy you a "Three Wise Men Go Hunting"
1 shot Jack Daniels
1 shot Johnny Walker
1 shot Jim Beam
1 shot Wild Turkey
The rest of the evening should take care of itself.
Cal Football: It could happen!
If it ends up in him throwing up over the balcony and getting kicked out of bars....
BIRTHDAY SUCCESS!
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I’ve yet to throw up drinking even though my friend and I polished off half a keg by ourselves one Halloween
In other words, Go Bears!
That is correct. I just did the math to confirm. A keg is 15 gallons. A “beer” is typically 12 ounces.
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Him and his friend had half a key = they had one fourth of a keg each = they had one fourth of 160 beers each = they had 40 beers each
Ok maybe it wasn’t half then. But it sure as hell was a shit load. I totes blacked out
In other words, Go Bears!
I mean, there’s nothing wrong with it. It happens to everyone.
And the morning after is kinda awesome. It’s like playing CSI with your own life.
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Heh I remember waking up in bed (think it was a Thursday morning. Halloween was Wednesday) realizing I was late to class, getting up out of bad and collapsing right into it because I couldn’t move my leg.
I later find out that one my druggie roommate stumbled and pushed me into the construction area of the East Asian library building and I managed to sprain my ankle.
In other words, Go Bears!
The best part is reading through all your texts and seeing all your outgoing calls from the night before and trying to figure out how you ended up where you ended up.
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royrules polishes with the best of them! That half a keg was the belle of the ball when it showed up all shiny and clean.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a mini-keg and I’m quite sure that is what rr was referring to, since he thinks scotch and scotch whisky are different things.
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Zactly. We have much to teach him.
Beetdub, when are we going out drinking?
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I’m basically scanning for pics of hot Indian girls, so I know who to ask to be introduced to.
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Don’t defriend! I kid.
ZOMG how far back does this go?
Also, u lie. There is no evidence of you being friends with whitey.
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I can be your OTHER token white friend, just approve the request!
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You’ll be hidden before the day is over, don’t worry!
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
I have strange feelings of empathy now that I’ve put a face to your name. Mocking you will be difficult for me.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Oh Em Gee, you used to be such a nice, upstanding young man. What did Cal do to u?
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Maybe you’re right. I’m going back in time, but have only found pockets of your upstanding behaviour.
Oh noes! What’s happening to me?
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Not even. I’ve learned so much.
Like I totes wanna goto Vegas with you.
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Given the recent change in privacy settings: If I’m friends with you, and you are friends with Rishi, can I see pictures of Rishi and masturbate to them?
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Uhh…dude, let’s not throw that word around lightly.
Unless we’re talking about Oski.
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Oski has my kid as his profile pic right now, if we want to talk about creepy…
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That’s ..odd? Maybe you should be honored?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
I’m feeling that undefinable emotion between pride and restraining order.
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is there a link?
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
nm, that is your kid! Are you sure your wife didn’t do this? Because she might.
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Isn’t BearStage going to watch the Civil War at Triple Rock tomorrow?
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, I believe so. He’ll probably come back online at midnight to confirm, but that was my impression. Rags and I will also be there (DD!)
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yep, I’ll be there. Paleodan and calnet will be there as well. There’s also a possibility of an undead-CBKWit sighting.
a) I’m impressed that you know so much about my online schedule. You’ve been paying attention!
b) DD! = ??
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The most glorious part of the first pregnancy… for the husband.
(Congratulations, by the way, I know I could have said that above but I was feeling very claustrophobic way out there on the right.)
What are your favorite beers and mixed drinks? Or have you not had much besides the generic undergrad vodka-cranberry/rum and coke type stuff (serious question, not mocking you)?
Generic undergrad drinks. I did try Chivas Regal once. But I was so drunk by then I didn’t taste anything
In other words, Go Bears!
Are you looking to buy a little bit of stuff to pre-party with or to start setting up a home bar? My recommendations would be different based on that.
1) Good unflavored Vodka – keep in freezer
2) Margharita mix & tequila for when you have ladies over
3) Lots of good, local beer, but don’t let them sit for more than a month.
4) Scotch, Green label. (I would advocate a smokey and non-smokey variety)
5) A couple of bottles of wine for diner, evening drinks.
6) Port. its undervalued.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
true, but they are great for parties
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh
Then a bottle of decent single malt scotch (Glenlivet honestly isn’t a bad starting point),
A midgrade vodka (because you’ll have friends over and people love vodka),
A bottle of Bombay Saphire gin,
A bottle of Pinot Grigio to keep chilled,
A bottle of tequila (try to get something better than Jose Cuervo)
Then a ton of mixers — a couple two liters, margarita mix, club soda, tonic water, etc.
Then profit!
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Glenmorangie or Glenkinchie are good starter single malts.
Also, don’t overlook bourbon – Maker’s Mark, Knob Creek (heh), and Basil Hayden are all good and a little easier to cope with than some of the single malts. Cheaper, too.
I’m only about 10 minutes from VA, but I really only go there to the office and Dulles. I hear they have state liquor stores but I’ve never actually seen one.
Even if I were feeling like emulating Tiger Woods and playing out of the rough, I wouldn’t go to VA. It’s basically like Orange County with concealed carry laws.
I don’t have the budget for the top notch DC hookers, and I think the budget version might be more… gamey than what I’m willing to deal with.
You really need to talk Frau DC Trojan into hiring an au pair. If Jesper Parnevik could hire an au pair that looked like that…
Alas there are two intervening variables: I don’t have a pro golfer’s budget, and despite having married me, Frau DC Trojan isn’t a complete moron.
When we lived in DC, our old neighbors had an au pair from Finland who was just unbelievably gorgeous. I don’t even know how the husband managed to not make an ass out of himself the whole time.
Ah, no. Spend any time on a DC bus going through to some of the disadvantaged neighborhoods and you’d quickly see child-care skills that are distinctly 1970s.
Hence the preponderance of Asian and Hispanic nannies. There was a particularly well-organized Filipina nanny mafia in our old neighborhood.
But to get back to the original point, this isn’t a question of a budget nanny, this is an acknowledgment that it would never happen.
If only I had become a lawyer or an economist!
Are they selling cheese to go with it?
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I’ve never had Woodford Reserve, but the price / drinkability on the three I mentioned doesn’t make me want to spend more.
Ok
There are basically five categories of stuff:
1. Hard liquor
2. Other liquor
3. Beer/wine
4. Mixers/garnishes
5. Tools
(1) Hard liquor
This category includes vodka, rum, gin, whiskey and tequila. I would start with vodka and rum because they are a lot more versatile than the others. Two things to keep in mind – buy stuff that you like (if you don’t like gin, don’t waste money buying it) and buy good quality liquor. I cannot stress this enough. If you want to make quality drinks and not generic rum-and-coke type stuff, quality is essential.
(2) Other liquor
This depends entirely on your preferences and what you want to make. Vermouth is a key ingredient for a lot of classic cocktails. Triple sec can be used for a lot of stuff too. Some people like Kahlua, others like Bailey’s, Jaeger, whatever.
(3) Beer/wine
Buy what you like. Easy.
(4) Mixers/garnishes
In addition to juice/soda, you’ll need olives, maraschino cherries, and lemon juice or lemons. Again, depends what you’re making.
(5) Tools
A shaker is useful, as is a jigger or at least a shot glass. A squeezer thingy for squeezing lemons. A muddler is good if you want to make motinos mojitos or anything else that requires muddling.
I recommend starting with three drinks that you like/think you’ll like, and buying the appropriate ingredients. Let’s say you want to be able to make mojitos, manhattans, and gin and tonics. You would need (1) light rum, bourbon, vodka, (2) sweet vermouth, (4) tonic water, club soda, mint, bitters, maraschino cherries. You can experiment, see what you like, and take it from there. That shouldn’t break the bank, either.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 2, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
DON'T LISTEN TO HIM
Fill your fridge with handles of smirnoff and crates of coors light
Then get a table tennis table and set up a beer pong table
That’s right, broski.
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by Rishi on Dec 2, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow nice stuff. Thanks!
I did try Jager once – at the Maryland tailgate. It tasted sweet. I kinda like it
In other words, Go Bears!
if you like sweet – you might try ordering a sidecar – nice classic drink. I don’t think it’s too girly but it does have brandy in it
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
this.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Or take the easy way out and just get a Whiskey Sour.
by Yes We Cannon on Dec 2, 2009 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
According to David Embury, the six classic cocktails are the Martini, the Manhattan, the Old Fashioned, the Daiquiri, the Sidecar, and the Jack Rose. I’d say that the first three are more common than the latter three these days.
Jaeger isn’t really a very cocktail-friendly liquor. It is good for taking shots of, though. Also, it’s theoretically good for the digestion.
When I turned 21 I ordered a Tequila Sunrise. It was a good drink, and one that has to be prepared so you feel like you’re getting something special
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, but royrules is…a dude.
If you want a classic drink that suits the gravity of the situation, I suggest one of the following:
-Manhattan
-Martini
-Scotch on the rocks
Manhattan is a solid idea — takes a lot of preparation and, if you go to the right bar, tastes awesome.
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A lot of bars also use too much vermouth when making a martini (vodka or gin). While I’m not a “DRY MARTINI EXTRA DRY” type of guy, it should be there to enhance the flavour of the liquor, not drown it out.
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I do not agree that a Manhattan – enjoyed by the Sex and the City girls – is a masculine drink.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
depends on how much you enjoy it?
Ragnarok: Great Man or Greatest Man?
by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve never seen Sex and the City, and I didn’t say it was a masculine drink – rather, a classic one – but as it so happens, it kind of is. It’s too much bourbon NOT to be masculine.
I’ve had scotch on the rocks before (not at a bar obviously). I want to try this Manhattan
In other words, Go Bears!
I tend to stick to one Scotch or Bourbon (neat) these days and then the rest of my night is spent with quality ales.
This approach was formed after too much post-b-party Scotch in New York, New York left me passed out in the Las Vegas airport at the gate. I woke up as confused as I’ve ever been – the terminal was dark and empty, where the fuck am I, how did I get here? After some awakenings there was some awkward midnight plane wrangling and an even more awkward call home. My ultimate reward tho was an unscheduled solo Sunday night stay at Excalibur, where I lost even more money on the weekend trying to recoup my dignity.
So yeah, just one for me. Then beer.
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That sounds like a pretty epic party.
I completely do the opposite — start with a beer to warm my system up (much like stretching before lifting weights), then hit the hard alcohol. That usually leads to awesomeness that doesn’t involve missing flights.
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Nah, no hard stuff late in the evening: the cutoff just gets harder and harder to make. Beer, I know my limits.
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I just don’t want a mailbox, a tree, and a smashed SUV in my future.
Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
I think hiding the putter was what got Woods into this predicament in the first place.
by DC Trojan on Dec 2, 2009 10:22 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
You insulted his heritage. I’m pretty sure the booze is the only part of their heritage the Scots care about.
Well considering that the heritage is the demon rum and murdering indigenous peoples all over the globe, I think it’s for the best that we focus on the hooch.
You can blame the former on the Brits.
Is it the Scotsman or the Trojan fan in you that renders you apparently capable of functioning without sleep?
No, in this case I’m nursing a grudge about the appalling quality of some picture prints I just got. Aggrieved over wasted money = Scottish.
An indication that I really am an old fart who is about to give up, once and for all, on olde school film cameras and start saving for a decent digital SLR.
These kids today grumble state of my lawn harrumph.
Interestingly enough I just dug out my film cameras this weekend. Digital SLRs are great, but honestly, I think I’d be just as happy with some combination of a micro 4/3rds (like the Olympus EP-1 ) and a Panasonic DMC.
Or maybe its because I spent today at work looking at expensive cameras on the web.
Oh, if you ask, I really like my D-80 (now a D-90)
I’ve got a Pasasonic TMZ-3 that I got a couple of years ago, which could best be described as temperamental. That was one impetus to get out the old Nikon N75 – it was the next-to-cheapest Nikon SLR when I bought it 5 years ago, and usually wipes the floor with most digital cameras in terms of end results.
I think that part of the problem is that the films were developed, the negatives scanned, and the prints made from the scans. The prints are poor – like under-exposed 1980s film poor. If I put the pictures I just took of Great Falls on the Potomac against similar pictures I’ve taken, there’s just no comparison on the quality. (I can’t speak to the quality of the scans because they seem to have given me a faulty CD-ROM).
Oh well. I rather like the look of that 4/3 Olympus, but a new television is in order first – I need to get out of the dark ages of CRT / standard definition. Might as well be watching games unfold on vellum.
Film does look better, just like records sound better. but I don’t have an iRecord player that I can wear on the bus to work, and film costs vs. being able to fire off 500 shots in a week in Vietnam then deleting makes photography a million times easier.
I believe CalBear81 watches games on vellum.
Given the opportunity, I’d have a shiny new turntable and a vacuum tube amplifier, but as it is 98% of my music listening is on iPod.
I completely agree about the merits of being able to take so many pictures with a digital camera and edit down later… it’s giving up zoom lenses and that last degree of clarity (achievable within my budget) that rubs me the wrong way.
ah, a budget. because there’s always a ’blad medium format with a digital back.
or the fujifilm rangefinder MF with a digital back.
I’ve been shooting with my 50mm prime and my 85mm prime over hte last month, while not as flexible as the 24-200,they’re both so fast AND they force me to be more creative with my framing, I’m kind of enjoying the process.
Don’t do it. Either go full upgrade to a pro cameraor no need to bother to the next level of consumer camera.
And pros are only good because they’re tough and heavy. Honestly the D50 is the best camera you’ll ever need unless you’re going to take photos for money or serious amateur level. If you want to spend money, buy lenses.
DC Trojan – micro 4/3rds. But it may be too hip for you. (The Olympus Pen has become the hipster with money camera of choice) In that case, the Lumix DMC is an amazing camera with Leica glass at 2.3rds the prices of a Leica. I played arond with my friend’s at a party, and I tried to trade him my Ricoh GR digital plus lots of cash on the spot.
Micro 4/3rds? I don’t know about being a hipster with money but I love that style of camera. I used to sit and gaze longingly at Contax G2s before they were discontinued.
The DMC certainly has a price advantage over the Olympus PEN… I don’t know that I can quite justify replacing a compact with a compact but the raves online about the low-light performance of the DMC are compelling – because that is one area where my TMZ sucks.
It’s more I’m preparing for the day my D50 dies, there are only so many shutter activations in a camera’s lifetime.
The increase in high ISO noise processing is also a reason to consider upgrading at some point.
But yes, the D50 does do easily do at least 90% of what I want out of a camera. Maybe I will just go consider that Tamron 17-50/2.8…..
lost in all of this is that the equation for the ideal number of cameras to own is n+1 where n is the number of cameras you currently own. (the same equation works for bicycles too)
Also a diagnosed case of NAS: Nikon Acquisition Syndrome.
(Somewhat related to CAS: Canon Acquisition Syndrome)
Thisi conversation is so sexist.
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when you drink your Manhattan properly
i.e., in a dark bar, by yourself, and more than one at a time…it’s more manly….
Go Bears Go
Gin and tonic.
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It was fantastic."
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Jeremih thinks you should have Birthday Sex.
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Many of my friends called my 21st birthday the greatest waste of a 21st birthday ever.
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It’s mainly because on my 21st birthday, I was the RA on duty in Norton Hall. I wasn’t a big drinker, but I couldn’t even go celebrate with friends, to buy me at least one drink or anything.
Two of my friends came by to visit me, which was cool, but the SM wouldn’t even let them come up to my room because they didn’t have their ID’s with them – that did not help my evening. We had to hang out in the common room.
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Don’t listen to them, just buy a handle of smirnoff and drink vodka on the rocks in your room in the dark wearing only a fedora and listening to The Smiths until you can’t feel feelings.
by Kai on Dec 2, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Best. Vodka. Ever.
Chopin Vodka. SO amazing.
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Best vodka ever = the same as every other vodka.
by HolmoePhobe on Dec 2, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I want to start distilling Placebo brand vodka.
"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
Clearly you haven’t sampled a wide enough selection of vodkas to be able to tell the difference.
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No, HolmoePhobe is right. Popov and Stoli Elit are exactly the same, just with different packaging.
Clearly, there’s a study that proves this, so you are wrong, even if you actually can tell the difference yourself.
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I’m no vodka snob, but even I can tell the difference between those two. One comes in a plastic bottle and leaves blisters on the throat, and one doesn’t.
Interesting site here, btw:
Concise, but informative reviews. Missing a couple I like, but overall, seems like a worthwhile site.
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The only time I drink vodka is in vodka tonics, and even that is pretty infrequent. When I do drink vodka tonics, I normally get well.
Oh Tiger you rogue (rollonubears, avert your eyes!)
Talk about working that Furdian charm.
Jaimee was a cocktail waitress in San Diego. She told US Weekly she met Tiger in Las Vegas in 2007. Grubbs provided sexual text messages she said she received from Tiger.
"I will wear you out…when was the last time you got (bleeped)?" one message read. Another one from Tiger read, "Send me something very naughty…Go to the bathroom and take (a picture)."
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I would never of guessed Tiger had that in him. Unfortunately for him, he sucks at talking dirty. But his bank account doesn’t suck.
Physical.
To Golden Bear 98
Wherever you are.
Didn’t realize your intent. i was irked about something else and I think reading that just irked me even more.
<3 Shadwhand
Congrats AndBears
From all of us at the CGB family, we hope that new Coach Tosh Lupoi recruits AndCubs very closely in 2027. All indications are he has 5 star potential.
zoonews jr. is a scrapper though, and we don’t know about carp jr. T-Bred, where do you think these guys fit into the recruiting picture?
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I believe early indications say that AndCubs will be short and a smart-ass. Zoonews Jr and Carp Jr will have a definite size advantage, at least until they are toddlers.
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by AndBears on Dec 2, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
1000 comments three days in a row
Man…how long can this streak go?
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by zoonews on Dec 2, 2009 5:21 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Holy shit, is there a way to rec something one million times??!?!?!?!!?!?
Where is this?
I agree whole heartedly, my poor Raiders will never win another Super Bowl until that man is dead…
Good thing it’ll still be before the Chargers win ONE!!!! Haha San Diego, take that!
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
Click the pic for the info, there’s a petition and a donation drive. Looks so much smarter than most “FIRE THE COACH” campaigns.
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That’s because this has been needed since he quit being coach and decided to ruin a franchise
Undefeated in Southern California since Oct. 2009...
Probably the worst thing that happened to them in recent times was that improbable success. Ended up validating a shitty organization and fucking things up for another decade, at least.
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Didn’t he say he wanted to come into Cal and make us feel sorry for passing on him?
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Oh come on!
Didn’t he say he wanted to come into Cal and make us feel sorry for passing on him?
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by Avinash on Dec 2, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I bet you’re all broken up about it.
by DC Trojan on Dec 2, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I need a blanket coverage.
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by Rishi on Dec 3, 2009 6:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought were all playing this game. Clearly, you were just thinking about middle-aged chicks.
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I bet you’re all broken up about it.
Completely inadvertent on my part.
Clearly, you were just thinking about middle-aged chicks.
You’re calling since1997 middle-aged? You might be reading the wrong actuarial charts, she’s not from a public housing project in Glasgow.
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Holy crap - 1,502nd comment!
sweet :-)
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