DBD 2.13.09 Pancake Blocks and Coeds
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 12:52 AM PST
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PrintTo commemorate this Valentine's Day weekend before the Furd hate commences, here's some linkage love to the outgoing seniors.
.If my interview with Mack earlier this week on Sirius NFL Radio were an example of how he will perform when interviewed at the Combine, he'll pass with flying colors. He is working out on campus with his college strength coach rather than at a fancy training center because he believes in sticking with what got him to this point. He responded to a question of what he likes about football by saying he enjoyed "smashing the hell out of the noseguard on double teams in the running game". He handled questions about protection adjustments and his practice mindset with equal aplomb. Heck, he even said that he would rather knock a defender down to the ground with a pancake block than go out on a date with one of Cal's co-eds.
Rulon Davis is enjoying every minute of the buildup to draft day.
Often a man among boys in his time with the Cal football team, Rulon Davis has finally moved on to fry bigger fish.
Or become one, to be exact. Upon exhausting his eligibility following the Emerald Bowl, the senior defensive end and one-time junior college transfer joined the list of Bears eligible for the 2009 NFL Draft.
These days he finds himself preparing for the NFL Combine at Elite Athletics Training Center in Los Angeles, joining former teammates Zack Follett and Worrell Williams as well as current NFL guys such as Justin Forsett, Thomas DeCoud and Marshawn Lynch.
That means no more classes, no more meetings, no more drills.
"Right now my life is simplified," he says. "It's eating, sleeping and training, and that's what I do. That's my job. I wake up, I eat and train. I eat, then I train again, then I eat again.
"So it's real simple, and I love it. My life is beautiful right now. I wish I could do this my entire life, but I can't."
When Zack Follett bought his first NFL game ticket in the ninth grade, he was merely a fan.
When the four-star prep linebacker signed his LOI to Cal, there were still only whispers of his potential to play at the next, next level.
But when the Bears elected to shift their defense to a 3-4 look following their 2007 Armed Forces Bowl win, much of that changed -- 10.5 sacks, 23 tackles-for-loss and five forced fumbles later, Follett's status now reads: Potential NFL draft pick.
Starting Wednesday, his status will soon be NFL Combine participant, one that's been dubbed as a potential mid-third to an early fourth-round selection.
"Excitement," Follett says to describe his emotions. "Training something for so long, one specific thing pretty much -- that 40-time -- constantly twice a day almost every day except Sunday, it's just real excitement. I'm eager to go out and do it.
"I'm not really nervous. I know the whole process is a big grind from what I hear, but it's something that I've always wanted to do watching on TV, so I'm pretty excited."
Interviews of Rulon and Zach are also included in the links.
On this Valentine's Day weekend, simple questions for you: Would you rather pancake block or date a Cal coed? What would you want to do more than date a Cal coed?
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Alumni Game
When Brian Hendrick relocated to Santa Cruz last year, he decided it was past time to go to his first game at Haas Pavilion.
He bought a ticket the day of the Cal-Washington game, climbed to his seat in the corner of the upper bowl and says he could have seen the game better “through binoculars.” Hendrick didn’t complain about being so far removed from the action, but a nearby usher saw the injustice.
“Somehow, he recognized me and really felt it was in bad taste,” said Hendrick, a member of the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame who played from 1990-93. “In some ways, I guess that symbolized the alumni situation, but I didn’t take it like that. I just wanted to see the arena.”
The usher recognized the same thing coach Mike Montgomery did in his first months on the job – players from the past need to be welcomed back. Of course, Montgomery has a little more power to right the wrongs.
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Bench Picking It Up Again
When Cal lost 75-69 at Stanford last month, its bench provided almost nothing: 4 points and 5 rebounds.
Things weren’t any better two weeks ago in the Bears’ 73-62 loss at USC: 8 points and 6 rebounds from the reserves.
Coach Mike Montgomery said he felt like he had nowhere to turn.
But the backups delivered last weekend in Cal’s home sweep of the Washington schools, and Montgomery is hoping they continue to thrive Saturday against Stanford at Haas Pavilion. The threesome of Jorge Gutierrez, Harper Kamp and Omondi Amoke combined for 12 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Washington State, then 14 points and seven rebounds vs. Washington.
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Decent start for CAL golf alumni at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Charlie Wi is T-13 and Peter Tomasulo is T-57 after 1st round
Wi (4-under 68) got his Pebble Beach round out of the way yesterday, so he’s in decent shape. Tomasulo has some work to do, as he posted his 1-under 71 at the consensus “easiest” course of the three (Poppy Hills).
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The Poll Must Be Flagged...
For not providing a logical 3rd option, which would clearly be the winner: pancake block a Cal coed.
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Like Dethklok would
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 6:34 AM PST up reply actions
Also flagged for bringing up yesterday’s debate, which the Dethklok camp clearly won.
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 13, 2009 6:38 AM PST up reply actions
I should flag you for claiming a false victory. Gorgoroth clearly would kick Dethklok’s ass in a fight. Then they would remove the heads of Dethklok’s band members, disembowel them, cut their hearts out and eat them and send their souls to hell for an eternity of torment.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 7:57 AM PST up reply actions
Double flagged for continuing the debate, which Dethklok shall continue to win, b/c the members of Dethklok would enjoy everything you describe happening to them, and would likely turn the experience into the most brutal performance/album EVAIR!
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 13, 2009 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
I concede because I think you are right.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
You should feel pride. That you successfully responded to somebody.
Yay!
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Pete Alamar and I have been going over this over and over again, working on recognizing the proper techniques for covering responses.
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MEET TOM SHNEIDER:
Hey CAL fans!
Please join us as we welcome former CAL Football player and NFL prospect Tom Schneider for an Exclusive book signing event in our store at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek. Tom will be here to autograph his limited edition book, “Inside the Huddle” which is a photographic journal of Cal Football. This beautiful full color book is currently available in our store for $25.00. The book makes a great gift for Valentine’s, someone’s birthday, or even Father’s Day.
Tom will be here on tomorrow, February 13th from 3pm to 7pm, and again on Saturday, February 14th from 12 noon to 4pm. If you have any questions please call me at 925-934-1606. I look forward to seeing you. Thanks so much and Go Bears!
Best regards,
John
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Better than my original thought of a bowling ball with “Homer” etched in it.
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Serious Q
How do you celebrate V-Day after marriage? Is it more “let’s have a romantic candlelight dinner at home” or do you still go out to expensive restaurants with shoddy prix fix menus?
I declare you Sanchez.
I have a choice.
Shopoholic
OR
That not into you movie.
Which one should I go with? If BN hadnt put up this mornings DBD, I was gonna set up a poll and make all these jokes aobut the hebrews choosing between letting jesus and that random thief go free.
HALP!
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That Isla Fisher has nice boobies. And she bore Borats child. That has to count for something.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
Ok, so thats 1 vote for Shopoholic.
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Option 3 – Paul Blart Mall Cop
PS, at least He’s Just Not That Into You has decent talent in it.
I declare you Sanchez.
By talent, do you mean “attractive women”?
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Yes but thats countered by a sloppy looking Drew Barrymore, Ginnifer Goodwin being annoying and really insecure (God, I hate that in a female) and more sausage than an Earl Campbell’s Hot Links factory.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
I guess there’s also more potential for guys to enjoy the movie than there is out of Shopaholic.
I declare you Sanchez.
Why? Shopoholic at least seems aware of the ridiculousness of its farce. Not That Into You seems earnest.
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Yes, but Shopaholic seems like they didn’t even try to provide anything for the guys.
Also, it seems really bad.
I declare you Sanchez.
I’d just say I was trapped between two vending machines at work.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
“Homer, are you still holding on to the can?”
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“Ha ha! Some idiot actually called in.”
“Hello? What’s your name?”
“Marge Simpson.”
“Aah!”
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
The fact that you dont like Shopaholic makes me believe I should choose that.
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NAILED IT!
Its more that we tend to not agree on aything.
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Um, no, you actually tell me that my opinions are stupid and expressed in an unreasonable manner.
Sounds slightly different than just a simple disagreement.
I declare you Sanchez.
I said that sometimes you express to people your opinions in an unreasonable manner. You are not alone in this, I assure you.
You are entitled to your opinions, who am I to tell you otherwise? I just tend to disagree with you often.
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My girlfriend saw Maybe he’s not that into you last weekend and afterword said that it was more of a movie to see with her friends, plus i heard it can lead to some awkward conversation afterward. so, i’d go with shopaholic.
Thread Killer
19% on RT vs 42%?
Granted, it’s like choosing between TJ Ostrichsander and Kevin Craft as your starting QB, but one is obviously better than the other.
I declare you Sanchez.
I have to make the same choice. I’m leaning towards Shopoholic. Not that into you has too many people in it and I don’t like Justin Long (the mac from the mac vs pc commercials).
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
justin long: how the FUCK could they put this dweeb in a die hard movie? biggest mistake of the year 2007.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you South Park
CIA Agents: Mr. Bay, those aren’t ideas, those are special effects.
Michael Bay: I don’t understand the difference.
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I feel like this represents all of Michael Bay's films
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
You hold true to your principles and maintain that Valentine’s Day is a sham perpetuated by Hallmark to make money. Honestly, if you need a “special day” to spoil your lady, you are a dumbass. The only reason to do it when single is to get laid.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a stupid holiday, but girls love it so they can talk to their girlfriends about how much their special guy loves them because he took her out to a nice restaurant / getaway / dungeon
I declare you Sanchez.
Honestly, I think a lot of the stuff girls want you to do is so they can talk to their friends about it. If they dont have a great valentines day story, Christmas gift or birthday excursion to said dungeon, and their bff does, you will hear about it for the next month.
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Exactly. Fortunately, this stuff only matters in the beginning. Afterwards – screw it. Cook for her.
I declare you Sanchez.
Exactly. Fortunately, this stuff only matters in the beginning. Afterwards – screw it. Cook for her
the Maharg is above catch phrases
Not true. The correct statement is “women don’t put out after childbirth without bribes”. Those first few months/years child free are a delightful frolic. Then the baby comes and you become #2 or 3 in the house for the next 18 years.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Even when married, best to ask the Mrs. about what she wants to do, because a pissed off Mrs. is no fun. The nice thing about being married is that you have more insight into when your spouse is lying (“oh, I don’t know, I haven’t really thought about it”) and you can start to pull off staying-at-home stuff without her thinking you’re a tool. I advise giving her a multiple choice option, with a couple options that are more for you (“darling, Friday the 13th is a totally good date movie and there will be lots of chicks there”) and a couple for her (expensive, prix fix dinner). Play it safe and fight more important battles later.
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by CALumbus Bear on Feb 13, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
last year, AndBears was out of town for a conference, so I spent Valentine’s Day with CBKWit and Cal Basketball. this year? we’ve got a date with Cal v. Stanford Basketball. And maybe we’ll get some nice steaks for afterwards. Or whatever.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Did you put out?
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V-Day
should be everyday with your sweetie.
I actually have the best wife in the world so tomorrow’s pretty much a typical saturday. We might picnic and frolic in a public park, but that’s not any different then other weekend days.
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Thanks to this picture
I have had the “land of chocolate” song stuck in my head all day. I am almost to the point where I am humming “la la, la la la” at the risk of looking really odd in front of my co-workers.
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update
I just hummed “La la, la la la” and they looked at me weird. Thanks, Avi.
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Did you? Damn, I don't remember that...
Sorry I missed it lol.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
Isnt it raining tomorrow?
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It will rain tomorrow morning, but parks should be open for frolicking in the afternoon.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
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by Berkelium97 on Feb 13, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Probably cloudy since it’s going to rain again Sunday.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
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by Berkelium97 on Feb 13, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
The statement “No Homo” is not in this post. It needs to be. Somewhere.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I saw this book in December at the UThreads store (which I think is the store they are talking about)
It is absolutely gorgeous. Rishi – it’s a great Valentine’s Day gift… if you get dumped by someone for giving this book, then you know you’re not soulmates :-)
Ladies love Georgio.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
You have a terribe terrible appreciation of women.
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We do and we do
My heart went crazy when I ran into Bryan Anger at the airport going home for Thanksgiving. As a significantly older woman, I felt a little silly, but excited nonetheless.
A) Bryan Anger is a punter
B) There’s no room for your logic in my car
C) There are no females on the internet.
I declare you Sanchez.
D) Rishi hasn’t gotten laid in a long long time.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
on a completely unrelated note
my shoulder really hurts, so you win there
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not married
thinking about it though – Twist makes it sounds so appealing.
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Everyone in my office is married. They have the same effect.
“Sorry, Rishi, no beers today – my wife is making pasta!”
I declare you Sanchez.
I'm going to a friend's birthday party
agenda: Beat the clock at Bear’s Lair, Alumni Basketball game, Henry’s, Top Dog.
Phenomenal.
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Agenda: Happy hour in SF, Osha Thai, bar hopping.
I love not having a wife to go home to.
I declare you Sanchez.
Actually, if I had free reign itd be a pretty sweet 2 days. Alumni Game-BDay Party at Gravity in SF. Then, tmorrow, Cal-Stanford and I was offered tix to St. Marys-Gonzaga. But oh well. Shopaholic will be good, too.
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But instead your weekend will consist of…?
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
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by Berkelium97 on Feb 13, 2009 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Peaknuckle with wife.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
that's ok
you’re a female, you like football…have any valentine’s plans?
(DON’T TELL RemorsefulBruinBabe!)
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haha
My plan is to sit on the couch with bon bons and watch the Cal BB game. And count the days until first home game kickoff.
the real question is
are you going to watch BOTH games or just the men’s?
(correct answer: both)
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Who is your husband and what does he do?
Don’t worry CBKFit – I’ve got your back.
I declare you Sanchez.
Fiery plane crash in upstate NY kills 50
A commuter plane dropped out of the sky without warning and nose-dived into a suburban Buffalo house in a fiery crash that killed all 49 people aboard and one person in the home.
I hope beastmode, Marshawn and the applebees is allright
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
BeastMode said he was in the Yay yesterday…hopefully none of his family/friends we’re involved.
CNN had an interesting weather/flight path analysis. I was fairly impressed by their explanation. One of the victims was a 9/11 widow…any guesses on the odds of a married couple being killed in two separate airplane catastrophes?
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I liked this part of the Follett article
Asked about a topic he recently engaged in, Follett recalled telling Pittsburgh tailback LeSean McCoy that the Bears’ Jahvid Best was simply better than the potential first-round pick.
“No doubt, I let him know,” Follett admitted. “I told (McCoy) I respected his game, but Jahvid is an unbelievable back … Even going to the Senior Bowl, if Jahvid were at that Senior Bowl, he would’ve been the best player there. (McCoy and I) talked about the Pac-10 running backs.”
And McCoy’s response?
“Well, he asks like, ‘Jahvid who?’ That’s his response to it, but he knows who (Best) is,” Follett says. “(McCoy)’s a real confident guy. I think I’ll just leave it at that.”
It’s not often that the linebacker “leaves it at that” with a running back on the field.
Nice links today, BN.
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Well who are the other first round backs? Chris (im hurt) beanie wells, Shonne green, Donald Brown…I think he is better then those guys
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Beanie Wells has an injury history, but he’s probably the best back in the draft.
Also, don’t forget Knoshown Soulja Boy Moreno.
I just can’t imagine McCoy actually making it in the first round, especially after all the success teams had last year with RBs in the later rounds (Matt Forte, Kevin Smith, Steve Slaton, Tashard Choice) vs first-round backs (Felix Jones, Darren McFadden).
I declare you Sanchez.
yeah, no real needs for RBs this year. cleveland needs some new blood…. can’t really think of other teams. maybe the jets since thomas jones is getting real old
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Well… that’s not 100% true.
Chiefs – LJ is leaving, they need a new guy.
Chargers – depends what happens with LT and Sproles
Patriots – Maroney’s injury problems? And Lamont Jordan isn’t the future
Jets – need a new guy
Cleveland – yup
Cincy – Who do they have?
Seahawks – still haven’t found a permanent replacement for Shaun (but that’s because they won’t give Forsett the chance he needs)
Iggles – need someone to spell Westbrook
Granted, they don’t all require first rounders, but almost all of those teams should pick an RB in this draft.
I declare you Sanchez.
all these problems can be fixed in later rounds. if a solid b has the right blocking (made by smart, talented, in-sync linemen, TEs, and WRs), he’ll become a star. just look at emmitt smith. there are only a few barry sanders in the world and none in this class.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
solid *back
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
By those credentials, Will Ta’ufo’ou is going to be a star!
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
he’s not a solid RB
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, here are the top ten RBs in this draft (one man’s opinion, obviously):
Moreno, Wells, McCoy, Donald Brown, Shonn Greene, Rashad Jennings, Javon Ringer, Jerimiah Johnson, Devin Moore, James Davis. Let’s toss in CJ Spiller and Glen Coffee for fun.
Which of these backs is not a “solid RB”?
I declare you Sanchez.
Spiller stayed at Clemson IIRC.
All of them are solid except for James Davis (this guy is the shits) and have the potential to be extremely productive NFL backs… but none of them stands out over another enough to warrant a really early pick. You can just get Rashad Jennings later in the draft, ,and he’ll give you good production if you block well for him.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
I really don’t understand why you’re so down on runningbacks in general. Do you honestly believe that they are really products of their O-line?
Are you telling me that an RB-needy team (say, Chargers, Iggles, or Cards) should not pick one of those guys in the first round, even though it is their most glaring need?
I declare you Sanchez.
I’m down on RBs this year. I would really only consider Wells or Moreno in the 1st round and wouldn’t feel too good about it. Lots of 2nd and 3rd round guys this year, unlike last year.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
No. Too inconsistent. I don’t know who the first pick is.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Oh come on, you know there’s a lot more to it than that.
Sure, you have backs who are the products of good lines (read: Priest Holmes). Then you have backs who are outstanding in their own right.
Out of this class, that may be just Wells and Moreno. I still would advocate picking a back in the later rounds as a spell for the star back though, then cutting him a couple years later.
I declare you Sanchez.
Not a single one of the RBs in this class is an elite level talent like Adrian Peterson. Not one.
Nobody in the group does a single thing incredibly well either… which is a big factor (i.e. Marshawn breaking ridiculous amounts of tackles, Leon Washington using his explosive speed) in defining your role for a team.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed, no elite talents here. Although, you never know – who imagined that DMac would suck so much in his rookie season?
That said, shedding tackles and being a workhorse? Try Ringer.
Speed? Spiller.
Shiftiness? Wells
Soulja Boy? Moreno.
I declare you Sanchez.
It’s hard to play well through toe injuries. DMac had flashes and, at full health running behind a Coach M line, he’ll be good. They do need some better WRs to stretch the field. They started utilizing DMac as a pass-catcher toward the end of the season. Good job, Raiders.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
There is one Adrian Peterson every ten years. Let’s not say that this class is a bunch of busts waiting to happen because there’s no elite talent available.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Did I say that? I didn’t mean to… I just meant to say I wouldn’t waste an early round pick on these guys when I can see them all getting the same production in the NFL.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
No way. You have to find 5 good guys and coach them up. An elite LT is important more for good pass protection and not costing your team its best QB.
I was fine with DMac going early in the 1st round last year (even though I don’t think it should have been to the Raiders) because he was en elite level guy coming out of college.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
He was late 1st round, and he probably could’ve been gotten early 2nd if the Titans were picking there.
He was undervalued too because of his “level of comp”
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed, but it turned out to be one of the best choices in the draft (perhaps behind Jake Long, Matt Ryan, and Joe Flacco).
I declare you Sanchez.
Jerod Mayo, Sedrick Ellis, Keith Rivers (until jaw broke) were all fantastic picks
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
those 4 you mentioned and knowshon moreno are the top 5 backs for the draft. people like rashad jennings from liberty too.
mccoy is a fringe first-rounder but will almost certainly be picked by the end of round 2… i think teams like him better than shonn “i’m fat” green
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
if i were a gm, that’s definitely how i’d look at it.
i am not, though
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
I think Best is going to suffer a similar fate as Desean, where he’ll be rated as the best back, then they measure his height and weight and he drops back some.
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no doubt. his injury past will hurt him too.
again, there aren’t real needs for RBs in the nfl, but jahvid will help himself because he can catch and KR really well too. leon washington (with a little betterv size) is my comparison at this point.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
From V-day in the Pac 10
California: Seventeen starters are back, including both specialists: Not to pin a rose on the Bears nose or anything, but all the pieces are here for Cal to win the Pac-10 next year. Seriously.
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Good timing
We posted the exact same thing only seconds apart.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
Except one of you had an actual link!
TYRANNICAL KING OF UC EUGENE! BRING ME THE HEAD OF SEATTLE QUACKER!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
EPIC! Whered you get that?
TYRANNICAL KING OF UC EUGENE! BRING ME THE HEAD OF SEATTLE QUACKER!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
For everyones work enjoyment
http://www.virtualapple.org/oregontraildisk.html
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Ted Miller on how each team will improve in 2009:
California: Seventeen starters are back, including both specialists: Not to pin a rose on the Bears nose or anything, but all the pieces are here for Cal to win the Pac-10 next year. Seriously.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
Up with Rankings!
Im for anything that will get us highly ranked early on. Thats the only way to have a chance in the “down” pac 10. Its absurd that teams from the SEC get an early ranking, that leads to other sec teams beating them, and having a great resume from an overinflated pre season ranking.
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
it began once the NFL draft early entrants were announced
in terms of the AP pre-season rankings, I think will be the #2 pick with one or two #1 votes, a good deal of #2, and some #3 (behind Oregon). Oregon State should steal a couple of top #3 votes as well.
If I were writing right now, my ballot would look like this:
1.USC
2.Cal
3.Oregon
4.Oregon State
—————— huge dropoff
5t. Zona
5t. UCLA
5t. ASU
99. Wash
999999. WSU
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Did you just sub silentio declare stanfurd Sanchez on this list?
Another REPLY FAIL? Replying is HARD.
They deserve nothing.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Not true. I thought they deserved a bigger beating in the Big Game than the one we administered.
Another REPLY FAIL? Replying is HARD.
*They deserve one thing
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
But dont you think they should just do away with pre season rankings and rank teams after like the 4th week?
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
6th week
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
But how will we know who is good and if beating another team is worth anything…Im so lost without espn’s guidance
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
It’s simple. Any team from SEC or Big XII is awesome and anyone they beat means they’re a national title contender.
Also, Tim Tebow.
I declare you Sanchez.
That should be the response when anyone says something stupid.
Sorry, I’m watching HIMYM. It’s too awesome.
TIM TEBOW
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Please stop being so unreasonable.
TYRANNICAL KING OF UC EUGENE! BRING ME THE HEAD OF SEATTLE QUACKER!
www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com
Im pretty sure thats all SEC commentators say.
How do you think the Pac 10 and Big 12 compare in terms of conferences?…TIM TEBOW
What about the MWC and Utah beating Bama?…Tiiiiimmmm Teeeeeebbbbooooo
Dont you think USC would have posed a challenge? T…..I….M T….E
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
6th week (teams will usually use up a bye by then)
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
I’m going to destroy you.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Not sucking.
I’ve already won.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Rulon's got the right attitude
“When they ask me what position (I see myself playing), I say defensive end,” says Davis. “I’ll play kicker if they want me to. I’ll be a long snapper. I don’t really care.”
By sheer measurables, the 6-foot-5 defensive end is bested by few. At 274 pounds, his claims to a 4.8-second 40-yard dash and at least a mid-30-inch vertical are exactly what cause grown-men scouts to drool like children.
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ALAMAR!!!!
Why didn’t you try Rulon at kicker?
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
Just from that picture?
I think he could get Morgan Beck. Shoot for the stars.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Women are so fickle.
I was engaged too at age 21.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
he could do better? am I missing something?
Tedford...if you're reading this...I'LL WORK FOR FREE! I'll fill out your Coach's Poll!
un-related question for carp
Hey carp, I emailed you with a random chem q — do you know if an MSDS typically lists chemical components by %wt or %vol? thanks!
Ahh yes…MSDS. Designed to scare the living shit out of everyone. No, they are helpful if not a bit commen sensical. Regarding your question…I think I’m a bit confused. Typically, chemicals come (commercially) as 98% purity or greater so that the MSDS only reflects the compound of interest. For example, let’s use 2-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene. It’s purity 99% with the other 1% being impurities that aren’t listed.
Perhaps a better example is bleach – which typically comes as 5.75% sodium hypochlorite in water. This is wt/wt…so 5.75 g of NaOCl are in 94.25 g of H2O. But this varies from chemical to chemical and this information might not be listed in the MSDS. One might have to obtain it from the chemical supplier. Perhaps it would help if you told me the chemical(s) of interest so I could find out exactly if it’s w/w or v/v or some combo inbetween. I’ll send this to your e-mail too.
Tedford...if you're reading this...I'LL WORK FOR FREE! I'll fill out your Coach's Poll!
hmmm…my favorite chemical supplier (aldrich) seems to be nearly out of this stuff. This chemical is new to me so I’m not sure what it’s typically sold as. Calling Aldrich has been helpful in the past.
Tedford...if you're reading this...I'LL WORK FOR FREE! I'll fill out your Coach's Poll!
no…MSDS = the online thing you can pull up when county inspector is in the lab.
MSDS for water suggests you wear a labcoat and goggles…
Tedford...if you're reading this...I'LL WORK FOR FREE! I'll fill out your Coach's Poll!
Brock looks like the type of guy I'd love to punch in the face.
Not a fan.
by 33SwisherSweet on Feb 13, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
HAHA
Epic
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Serial Killers
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
swisher you dont like anything
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Feb 13, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
?
why
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Feb 13, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
A lack of knowledge of pop music.
Personally, I think we’re dancer.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Possibly the most puzzling song of the last 20 years. Man the Killers 2nd album was a let down.
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
According to Brandon Flowers (lead singer), all those people who are confused about the lyrics are reading way too much into it. It’s just supposed to be a stupid, fun dance song, and there’s no deep, profound meaning to be found anywhere in there. Once I heard that, I stopped worrying about the stupid lyrics and rather enjoyed the song (radio play overkill notwithstanding).
After Hot Fuss, almost any 2nd album was going to be a letdown. I didn’t really like Sam’s Town that much either, but I’ve really been enjoying Day & Age.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Really? I’ve heard some really deep explanations for the lyrics to that song.
I declare you Sanchez.
Not you. That's for sure.
However, I do like the Bears, A’s Baseball, romantic walks in the park, Metallica, and TwistnHook on a Sunday Morning.
by 33SwisherSweet on Feb 13, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
BearsNecessity
You have been Roasted!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
You know you've made the big time when you get roasted!
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
BN,
I don’t think you’ll ever make it big time, pal.
by 33SwisherSweet on Feb 13, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
So much loathing
You must be an As fan!
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
as opposed to a gi gi's fan?
got quite the line up across the bay this year. That explains it all – the whole why me and you don’t get along – you are a gi gi’s fan.
by 33SwisherSweet on Feb 13, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Captain obvious says -
BN is not funny.
by 33SwisherSweet on Feb 13, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, Swisher, the number of asshole posts you put here makes you the original P.O.S. Just telling it like it is.
by BeastMode on Feb 1, 2009 7:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions 4 recs
Seriously, Swisher, shut up. BN is one of the best posters here.
I'm Fijian. Yes, the water is like that.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 14, 2009 12:43 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
wtf
I’m so much hotter than Carli. Why’d Brock leave me????
I rec people.
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
He must’ve seen you flirting with Uga.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
That link that showed a picture of NCAA Football 2010 is SICK.
I rec people.
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
I know…I don’t normally like to get the new version every year but that is SICK.
Tedford...if you're reading this...I'LL WORK FOR FREE! I'll fill out your Coach's Poll!
It’s not a gameplay capture…
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
In other news,
ASU beating UCLA opened up the conference race for Cal to sneak in… Big deal
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Opens the door to win the conference?
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
Yes. If we get hot… currently, Washington, UCLA, and ASU are ahead of us. We got the tiebreak over UW and can sweep ASU. We need to beat UCLA on our floor. RESTORE THE ROAR.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
You don’t think this team could slip up and lose to Oregon State or USC? To win the Pac-10 means they’d have to be perfecto.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Not necessarily
Every year in every sport, teams are written off way too early. Everyone wrote off the Eagles after they lost to Baltimore.
I think our major undoing will be the loss @ home to OSU, not a loss on the road if that happens.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
While true, the Eagles went through an absurdly flukey course of events to make the playoffs.
I declare you Sanchez.
Haven’t these ‘absurdly flukey’ course of events happened consistently the last couple years in sports???? 2007 CFB should have taught everyone a lesson.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
That no matter what happens, Ohio State will get stomped by an SEC school in the title game?
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
LSU can lose to Arkansas and Kentucky and still win the NCG.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, we’ve gone through perhaps the greatest year in sports in a really long time.
Unfortunately, things may be headed back to order.
I declare you Sanchez.
I don’t think anything suggests that. Too much parity now.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Well, not to be a buzzkill, but…
All this parity and flukiness and what happened?
The last two national champions? LSU and Florida, powerhouses, with victories over OSU and Oklahoma, also powerhouses.
Superbowl winners? Giants and Steelers, both teams with multiple rings.
NBA winner? Celtics, with the most trophies.
Parity brings it close (Cardinals making superbowl, Mizzou and WVU almost playing for the NCG, etc.), but the end results are still orderly.
I declare you Sanchez.
What in God’s name are you talking about?
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
It’s more of a stream of consciousness than anything else.
The point I’m trying to make is that for all the flukiness and parity, the end results are still orderly.
I declare you Sanchez.
Your statistical sample is way too narrow to draw any conclusions. Take a look back over the past 10 years minimum, and at how many #5/#6 seeds have won the Super Bowl.
The NBA Playoffs is the truest way to determine a national champion with a best of 7 series, and you don’t see many flukes there. But even crappy teams in baseball have won the World Series, like the 83-81 Cardinals.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not even about the number of the seeds – it’s about the legacy of the teams.
The Steelers winning in 05 would be a shocker since they were a #6 seed, but, in the end, they’re still the Steelers, a dynasty. Meanwhile, the Panthers winning it all this year (#2) seed would be a bigger shocker since, well, they’re the Panthers and have never won a SB.
I declare you Sanchez.
This isn’t Chinese Imperial History. Whether the team has won titles in the past has no bearing on whether it’ll win titles now. The fact that the 9th-12th best performer in the regular season won the Super Bowl rather than one of the top 4 performers is usually a bigger shocker.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I disagree entirely. Honestly, it’s the legacy of the teams that really decides a lot. I can understand why it sounds strange or “unreasonable”, but look at the list of teams with multiple rings vs the teams with none and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
I declare you Sanchez.
The legacy. Ugh. Yes, the legacy is why Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
No, they won because their defense did a great job for three quarters, Roethlisberger escaped some dangerous situations, Harrison outnavigated a thousand people, and Holmes kept two feet in-bounds.
But you can’t look at the list of college football winners and NFL winners and tell me that it’s not always the same teams winning time and time again.
I declare you Sanchez.
I’m not sure what the total is, but around 28 of 32 teams have made it to the conference championship games in the past ten years. Whether they win or not is irrelevant, but the fact that so many teams have made it that far speak to parity.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Sure, I’m not at all disagreeing that there is parity. Hence the examples of the Cardinals making the Superbowl and Missouri and WVU both being one clutch win away from playing for the national title.
But, the point I made is that the end result is order, which is surprising given the amount of parity we’re witnessing.
I declare you Sanchez.
One of those teams has to be the Cowboys too… Cleveland, NY Jets, who else?
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Congrats, you stated the obvious. You can’t convince me that Cal isn’t challenging for the Pac-10 title right now.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Why would I try to convince you of that?
Cal is challenging for the Pac-10 title.
I declare you Sanchez.
“But what’s the point order will be restored Cal will be undefeated and end up in Somalia while USC will go to Pasadena again.”
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Good.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Long live vampire baseball!
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
For the NBA lovers, the Heat traded Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Raptors in exchange for Jermaine O’Neal and Jamario Moon.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 13, 2009 10:03 AM PST reply actions
WHAT? Jermaine O’Neal still plays basketball??!!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, he averages 13.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 13, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno what to make of that trade. Both of those teams look like first round exit to me.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Toronto’s not going to get there.
When does JO’s contract expire, R-Rated?
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
It runs out after next season.
He’s scheduled to make almost $23 million next year.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 13, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
The salary is enough to make it a loss for Miami. Pat Riley is still convinced it’s 1999 and plodding big men can win titles for him.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
i think he wanted to get out from underneath Marcus Bank’s contract to clear space in 2010
Thread Killer
YES
They want to keep D-Wade in Miami. Obviously.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
What is interesting is that there was a lot of speculation about them going after Boozer this year. Now, I doubt that they have the cap space to make a serious run.
Thread Killer
I just wonder who will be paired up with LeBron in NY
I thought they’d get Wade and Lebron on the same court.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
If he does go
Amare or Bosh are the likely candidates. You need big men to win a title.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Chris Bosh will likely be available.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Feb 13, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
I honestly don’t know who I’d pair with Lebron. Something tells me that Lebron and Wade would be a bit redundant, as they both are best with the ball in their hands, but they have also shown on th olympic team they can be effective team players. I tend to think Lebron can do whatever is required from the small forward down, and a large portion of the duties held by the power forward, so I guess I’d try to get a center.
Thread Killer
LeBron is usually flexing from position to position. He occasionally plays point, sticks it up at the 2, and just devastates at the 3. In a 4’s body.
If he can learn to post up he might not need a center. Just give him four guards and let him destroy down low.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I like the way you think.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
They do essentially the same thing now, except they put Varejao at center and LeBron at power forward along with three shooters, and they bulldoze 80 percent of the teams in the league. I just want to see the extreme.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
They need someone who can actually play center (none of this 6’9", 6’10" center nonsense) and who can also play defense. I like Amare, but his lackluster defense won’t really help too much. I honestly don’t know who would be best to pair with LeBron.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
by Berkelium97 on Feb 13, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
That is a blatant use of British spelling.
And that cat can BALL!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Powe’s defense has improved drastically under Garnett’s tutelage. He shut down Dirk in the 4th quarter last night. Thanks to KG he might be a bona fide starter in a few years.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Dirk getting shut down in the 4th quarter of an important game?! NO?!! YOU DON’T SAY!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
haha
still, that was an offensive foul on D Wade…Mavs should have won the title.
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
True. It was like the Pittsburgh-Seattle of NBA Finals
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Are you belittling Powe’s efforts?
I SHOULD POWE-N YOU SIR.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
It was Game 2 of the finals when he absolutely blew up right? That was the best day of my life.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Given the music, I'm pretty sure Bill Simmons made this
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
That brought tears to my eyes.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Rishi.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
They form Tim Tebow.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Yup. Sensational timing.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
I’m MUCH more inclined to give Tom Thibidueax (or whatever the spelling is) credit over Garnett
Thread Killer
They both had a share I’m sure.
Do you not think Garnett is a great defender?
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I will never discount Garnett’s ability, he is a great player. However, I don’t know if he is the best teammate.
Thread Killer
Just because he made Big Baby Davis cry? Garnett has always been faulted for being TOO unselfish.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
When I saw that dude cry, I didn’t take it as hurt feelings by another player. It seemed like he was just frustrated with how he was playing, despite trying his hardest to contribute.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
He would be playing way better if he didn’t keep on shooting those 15 foot jumpers. What kind of center does that???
Big Bay Davis is shooting 40 percent from the field. That’s absurd for an NBA center.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not faulting his game, but I believe his trademark intensity is a danger for the team. He did punch a teammate out in Minnesota. I think this intensity does not make for a good team leader, rather it hampers team cohesion because no one likes him and they are afraid of him.
Thread Killer
It’s no different from what Jordan did. Or Isiah. Or Bird. They all have rings.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
A) Isiah Thomas is a king amoung douches, leading the Pistons off the court without shaking hands with the Bulls during the ’91playoff’s is unforgivable, and fortunately team USA left him off the dream team
B) Bird, Thomas, Jordan all delivered in the clutch, Garnett chokes. Pierce was the clutch performer not Garnett.
Thread Killer
A) Whatever Isiah did in 91 has no recompense to his ability to lead his team. He took a team of pretty average players and led them to back-to-back titles.
B) Garnett does not choke. He plays the 1st game of the season the same as the 100th. It’s the way he’s wired. And his main weapon is his defense, not his offense, and it’s usually pretty amped up in every big game I’ve seen him play in.
Just look at those Minnesota teams he played on. Those were some dreadful teams he took to the first round (and he was pretty clutch the only time they made it to the WCF). And Starbury left him in the lurch.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
He’s a choker and I’m not even citing his playoff history. Last year, in the finals he goes to the free thow line with the game on the line and pulls a full on Nick Anderson, missing both. You can’t argue good defense, or bad pass or anything, two missed free throws at a critical time. That is what he does, he misses too many good looks at critical points in the game. That to me, is why he isn’t a clutch player.
Thread Killer
That’s a rather weak argument. Missing two free throws in one game makes him a choker? Didn’t Duncan do the same thing in the 2005 Finals?
You seem to think not being clutch makes someone a choker, which is silly. A more viable argument is that he doesn’t take full advantage of his talents, which I do agree with. He has a little bit of C-Webb in him in the way he defers to other players. But he makes up for it in a big way with his defensive presence, which is paramount.
While I don’t think KG is clutch, he’s not choker either. I’ve never seen him pull a no-show, like Malone in half of the 97/98 Finals.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
this is actual inside information
Tibs is a lot more concerned with the defensive scheming and team defense. And is very important to the Celtics team D as a whole (and the Rockets before that) – however any individual improvement to my defense is a combination of hard work and learning from the best (or 2nd best behind Timmy) power forward defensive player of the last 15 years.
by LeonPowe on Feb 13, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
SEE? You heard it from the man himself.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 14, 2009 1:15 AM PST up reply actions
Some epic offensive rebounding.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Hope for all us lawyers
Texas Lawyer: When did it dawn on you that you were not going to use your law degree?
Mike Leach, head football coach, Texas Tech University: I think I use my law degree every day, and I really do, because a football game is a lot like preparing for a trial.
TL: What about the law applies to football?
Leach: In both, you have never enough time. There is always more that you could feature, more that you could research. You have to pick out key things and the key things that are going to feature your side. Preparing for a game is very similar to trial planning. You review videos instead of books and then at the end of the week, instead of trial, there is a game.
TL: Do you perform any lawyering now?
Leach: Occasionally a player gets into some kind of bind, and I have ideas but mostly I use it to get out of jury duty.
Im a huge Leach fan, I find his fascination with pirates funny.
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Leach is entertaining but kind of a douchebag. A close friend of mine played ball at Tech under Dykes but his brother played for Leach and he’d tell me some crazy ass stories about him. My favorite was Leach would call up whover the freshman QB was at the time when he was drunk to drive him home from the bars. Apparently Harrell used to get really pissed off about it when he was a Frosh.
It’ll be interesting to see how his contract situation plays out. I seriously doubt he’d get away with a fraction of the stuff he currently does in Lubbock anywhere else.
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
It’s really the perfect place for him. He can’t survive in a big market or a big time program. He’s the consummate pirate.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Would have been amusing, right up to the point we blow a 20 point lead in Seattle and lose by 36.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Would never happen in this carnation of Cal’s defense.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
cuz
the arizona game worked out well for us.
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Did we get beat by 36 points?
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
did we hold them to under 30?
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Would have been amusing, right up to the point we blow a 20 point lead in Seattle and lose by 36.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
We blew a 10 point lead and lost by 15 IIRC.
We lost because LBs didn’t make easy tackles. We had it schemed perfectly. Texas Tech doesn’t have any sort of Keola Antolin on its roster.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Actually Tech has a couple of nice backs on their team, I like Batch a lot. Antolin abused Cal…did he do much the rest of the year?
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
by Fire Starkey on Feb 13, 2009 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t like Batch.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Batch pls.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
Batches love my new haircut.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’M ON A BOAT!
I GOT MY SWIM TRUNKS…AND MY FLIPPY FLOPPY’S!
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BTW, Adam & his crew are from Berkeley, CA.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiODZaExuTk&feature=PlayList&p=D770CBE700C2AD13&playnext=1&index=39
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Taylor Mays gave him a really bad concussion the next game. I think they didn’t want to risk him back there too much with Grigsby improving.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I think it would have brought another high profile coach to the league. He is innovative and quirky. I have a feel Sark will fail at UW bc of shady recruiting and his “enthusiasm” will wear off.
I think Cal’s D plays pretty well against the spread (outside of the 04 Holiday Bowl).
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Cal’s 3-4 D plays well against the spread.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Just saw
http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/college_football_2009_schedules/miamiFL.htm
Miami’s early schedule on EDSBS…. WOW THAT SUCKS
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
Can you guys read this article?
If not, I’ll paraphrase
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=911705
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
fuck paraphrasing
“My other top schools are California, North Carolina, Clemson and Georgia,” he said. "I like the graduation rates at Cal-Berkeley and the alumni. I love the campus and my position coach. He’s young and cool, hip to today’s culture. He knows how to coach too.
This is an article on Gabe King
And we’re listed as the only “HIGH” on his list on the scout site.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, from Chapel Hill, NC
recruited by all the bigtime players in ACC and SEC
but he loves the Bears and the Bay Area
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
at 245…buck OLB?
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His frame is Rulon Davis-esque… He’s a DE
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
u think he can put on 30 lbs (to get to Rulon’s size)?
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He can be just as big, if not bigger
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Devon Kennard was not a tease
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Do you think the 3-4 will scare away elite DL prospects? And will SC’s depth ever catch up with them?
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
fair enough
but I don’t want to get my hopes up for the big prospects unless we have a legitimate shot. Not saying we didn’t with Kennard, but it was disappointing.
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
We had a legitimate shot.
Especially when Holt left
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
The Cal coaching staff felt liker they were in the lead after the last in-home visit.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
I want Heaps…I’ll pay him! can we get this dude? Are we his (early) No 1?
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I want Hinder. Heaps will visit places, but will probably go to UW, BYU, maybe Tenn
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
What about Brandon Willisdickfitinyomouth?
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Who knows
You can see that the coaching staff has already offered the elite players in this class… something Cal has never really done before
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
I know…I like being “in” with the big boys.
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Woods, Davis, and Riley…it be real nice to land one or two of those guys…
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or this guy!
http://california.scout.com/a.z?s=166&p=8&c=1&nid=3649396
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Small, short, and fast… He’s got the Cal look to him.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sure carp made it up.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I used to know a girl named Sarah Willis. It was her nickname.
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I don’t know…I wouldn’t touch her with T-bred’s 4" of fury.
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But…. but… I have a nice personality!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Willis is a longshot though
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Why are we going national in recruiting? Wouldnt it make more sense to sign CA guys, since most players like to stay close to home?
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
I have concerns about this, too. There are a couple of guys from the SF peninsula that should probably either choose Cal or be one of the finalists (if they qualify) next year. The only guy I thought that got away this last year was Diante Jackson.
While we can compete with the SoCal guys…so many of them just go to USC or UCLA so we need to expand our horizons. It’s a give & take…we’ll lose some local guys, but we might be able to replace them with better out of state guys.
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How many times do I have to tell you that the Bears stopped recruiting Diante Jackson. It just wasn’t a good fit.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
If only we had gotten Diante Jackson, this would’ve been a great class.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going to hurt someone right now!!!!
Have you ever seen Diante play?!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
No but carp tells me he’s a great player!!!
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
I am a great player!
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Really?
I just crush a lot.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
In order to bring in some of these guys, we have to offer the elite talents who fit our profile academically VERY EARLY in the process… It’s going to be very tough to recruit a whole lotta elite kids from SoCal given USC and the new regime in UCLA (at least for the first few years). If UCLA has a good season, it will be VERY tough. We’ll get a fair share of guys from Cali this year though.
The staff goes after who they want recently. They won’t settle on guys because they’re in-state.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
We have seen fascism, communism, capitalism and now we have Enthusiasm
How many of these kids are wooed by fancy slick talkers who give it 110%. We did almost lose Davis. They talk about Carrol, Slick rick and Sark as exuding it. Does it hurt that Tedford is not perceived as one of these enthusiasts?
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
Tedford is one of the most liked coaches in the Pac-10 by recruits. They always refer to him as a “player’s coach”. What has hurt us is the enduring image of the treesitters fiasco, our Div-II facilities, and the notion that we’ve plateaued as a program. These have all been widely discussed by the other Pac-10 coaches.
What happens is the recruit gets taken in by a visit and gets blitzed by these enthusiastic coaches and commits. In the case of Davis, he came to his senses when he realized what Cal was doing NOW, instead of LATER.
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Also
You’ll here in a few years about how some of those recruits were “duped” by the overenthusiastic recruiters (we’re already hearing this about NeuWeasel)…
Have you ever heard that about Tedford and Cal. He gives it to you straight, and if you don’t like it, commit somewhere else. I’m fine with this philosophy, as it is the one Pete Carroll uses. Fortunate for him, he has a much better backyard and a historic program to keep him afloat.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
hear**
my grammar today has been horrible.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah thats what I suspect about Slick Rick (sigh another lawyer, this one went to $C law school) and Sark. I mean how can you insist that every player on your team is going to be the leading receiver in the nation. It just doesnt add up.
You would just hope that a recruit would take everything into perspective instead of just the OMG My BFF slick rick said I will start from D1. (By now we all speak bruinese)
Im all about the Syd Pro Quo
looks like Ted Miller likes BearsNecessity every now and again.
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CBKWit
Will I have to wait for the post about the Recruiting Event until next week??
You ain't got it like Marshawn got it
Any quick thoughts to get me hyped for your post?
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Kennard was really held captive on an island in the southern pacific. His real committment is to Cal. The NCAA is investigating USC for recruiting violations and promise to hit them with everything they’ve got.
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I knew all along!
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
In honor of Valentine's Day; comic book love!
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 12:19 PM PST reply actions
guys…when playing Oregon Trail, when’s the best time to leave? How does April sound?
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but will there be grass for the oxen?
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need some coeds up in this bitch
pretty sure this is NSFW No nudity though but I haven’t explored too deeply…
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Hey a Cal girl made it but no 'Furd gurl
More proof of superiority
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
http://blog.collegebars.net/uploads/hottest-student-bodies/stanfordfront.jpg
BTW, we should probably review the Top 50 universities for coeds
http://blog.collegebars.net/hottest-student-bodies-part-1/
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ooops...both links are NSFW!
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So who is on your list of 5 celeb’s you get a green light to sleep, from the sig. other?
Thread Killer
1. Scarlett Johanson
2. Tina Fay
3. Tyra Banks
4. Beyonce
5. Syd’Quan Thompson
I declare you Sanchez.
hi mrs. carp, I’ll be home by 6:30.
As you should know, I’m a fan of the random girl next door type. Ms. Johanson, as Rishi so elegantly pointed out, would have to be up there.
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My #1 is like that, the other’s more exotic.
1. Audrey Tautou
2. Shakira (because of how she moves)
3. Ophelie Winter
4. Adriana Lima
5. Emannuelle Chriqui
Thread Killer
BearsNecessity
Where did you get that pic of the black MM in the fanshot?
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BearInsider
Link to here: http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/2009/02/12/ncaa-football-10-work-in-progress-image.aspx
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
As Miller points out, Forbes doesn’t know college towns. Palo Alto? Jesus.
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Too bad Spazzy isn't here
He’d defend Palo Alto to the death.
by BearsNecessity on Feb 13, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
I'm here. Not in the mood.
Plus the writer is full of shit. PA is not a good college town.
I'm Fijian. Yes, the water is like that.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 13, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
it’s a great area…but it’s not a college town. Perfect for Forbes, but not for college kids trying to find cheap housing close to campus and affordable restaurants.
A highly underrated college town is Davis…there they say average babies have IQ’s 15 points higher than the national mean because out of the ~60 k there, 40 k are affiliated with the university in some capacity. What they lack is sports enthusiasm, in part due to a football team who’s best game is Sac St. or Cal Poly every year.
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That is a great football moment from the last five years.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
pretty decent band (Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh!)…I enjoy especially enjoy Picnic Day/Battle of the Bands
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I went the one year ever that it rained.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 13, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
oy
as bad as it was for you, i’m sure, it was worse to be in one of those bands.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I dunno. I was at a friend’s friend’s apartment and they were celebrating something about their engineering society something or other. Beer pong at 10am, then I somehow got put in charge of a BBQ with about 10x too much coals on it; I ended up with burns on my hands, probably inhaled enough smoke to put Joe Camel in chemo, and the plastic spatula ended up looking like a decapitated limb.
THEN we took the bus in to town, where it started to rain in earnest, all_day. Watching the band…I wished I could have been in the band because then I’d have something to do in the rain. And we missed the bus back so we had to walk like two miles through Davis neighborhoods. In the rain.
Then came the cheap beer hangover…
(ya ya ya world’s smallest violin, I know…)
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 13, 2009 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
I broke my sax that year. Hundreds of bucks in repairs. That sucked a lot.
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I thought you played the clarinet like a real man
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I do play clarinet.
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Like a real man?
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 6:37 PM PST up reply actions
isn’t the Cal band one of the first bands to bow out of the battle of the bands? Should I duck?
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we always bowed out when
we start sounding bad.
as the aggie band-uh, stanford, humbolt, calpoly, ucsandiego, irvine etc. never sound good….they keep playing.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Feb 13, 2009 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
NAKEDVAN!
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Best Band ever?
Slabaugh ordered band members to put their clothes back on, but they ignored him, he said in a memo to university officials.
Meanwhile, a sousaphone player and a clarinetist wrote “I (heart) BOOBS” in masking tape on the van’s window, causing a motorist who saw the van on I-5 in Oregon to complain to the university.
The naked van episode was one in a series of “ridiculous, disturbing and offensive” incidents, some of them alcohol-fueled, that Slabaugh says he witnessed in his year with the Cal Aggies, according to a copy of his memo obtained by The Chronicle.
On the band’s fall retreat in 2007, four drunken band members were caught urinating in a dormitory elevator, and at band picnic day, four others took their uniform pants down and simulated the incident for a photographer. At outdoor rehearsals, male band members dropped their pants to get a laugh, while women sometimes stripped to their bras, he wrote, and one evening practice was disrupted when a bass drummer began performing lap dances.
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yeah…I know…I mean year in/year out.
’furd was supposed to play @ Davis to open their new stadium…and they backed out.
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they were?
that surprises me. i’ve never heard of a I-A team playing at a I-AA stadium. it just doesn’t happen.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I think it was 2 @ Stanfurd’s for 1 @ UCD’s new stadium as part of the Grand Opening. Then Davis beat them in football (on the road), basketball, and baseball that year so they called it off…
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A highly underrated college town is Davis
In my mind Davis is THE quintessential college town. It’s one of my favorite places.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 13, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
yeah I heard your guadalajara ref the other day…great call, imo.
I would seriously consider moving there if I could get work. Have you checked out Novozymes in Davis?
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Yeah in fact I applied there out of college. Didn’t hear back though…bastards.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 13, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Spazzy Mcrejected
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
there a scandinavian company of sorts…or maybe dutch. Regardless, I think most of their stuff goes through Europe before coming back to Davis. I think the best way to get in there is to know someone @ the Davis facility and go through them.
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lolwut
13-year-old British kid who looks like he’s eight becomes a dad.
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
A couple made in heaven.
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
and here i am, at 27, still childless. what have i been doing with my life?!??!?!?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
And that 14 year old could already have a child of its own. You could be a grandpa already, Rags!
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
How do you know he isnt?
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and here i am, at 27, still childless
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
Thats what his understanding is. But what if he had a child at 14 that he never knew about. That nobody ever told him about. What about that?
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A preview of next week’s combine:
Almost everyone but Mack has a chance to make an impact, in either direction. Mack apparently was so impressive at the Senior Bowl that he has a real legitimate chance to go late in the first round. It’s hard to imagine him being able to improve his stock that much more. He just has to make sure he doesn’t stumble.
Most projections have Follett going in the third or fourth round, but there seem to be a couple other analysts that believe he will go later. This is Follett’s chance to erase whatever deficiencies his detractors see while solidifying, and perhaps improving, his stock with those who are higher on him.
But the combine will be most important for Williams, Felder, Davis and Morrah, all considered on the borderline of being drafted at all.
Some current Cal bakbaketball players might drop by to see the Alumni game
"After review, it has been determined that the previous play was not reviewable"
The Pac-10: where quality officiating happens.
I'd say I saw about half the current team at the alumni game tonight
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
looks like ole Rishi ruffled some feathers over at Niners Nation with his “Say no to Sanchez” FanPost. I completely agree with him.
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so do I. sanchez in the first round is a mistake.
late 2nd? maybe. at least then you’re not giving him a ton of money to run the scout team for three years.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Feb 13, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions
No, it's Twist
He’s a little bloated because it’s that time of the month
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by Thoroughbred on Feb 13, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
Greene and Yarnway predicting the Pac10 finish for the next 5 seasons.
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| South | Conf | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
|
USC Trojans
|
7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
|
UCLA Bruins
|
5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
|
Utah Utes
|
4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
|
Arizona St. Sun Devils
|
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|
Arizona Wildcats
|
2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
|
Colorado Buffaloes
|
2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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