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by TwistNHook on Apr 7, 2009 7:45 AM PDT
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Mens tennis player Pac10 Player of the week:
No. 81-ranked California men's tennis sophomore Pedro Zerbini was named Pac-10 Men's Tennis Player of the Week for March 30-April 5, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today. The second-year Golden Bear becomes the second Cal player to win the award more than once in the same season since Conor Niland in 2006 (three times); Cal's sixth overall honor.
Zerbini helped the Bears pull off the 4-2 upset of No. 20-ranked Arizona this weekend to give the Wildcats their first and only home loss of the season. He teamed up with senior Geoff Chizever (ranked No. 13 together) to take out No. 80-ranked Pat Methem and Francois VanderMerwe, 8-4, on the top court. The duo is now 23-6 in doubles this year. In singles play, Zerbini defeated his fourth-straight ranked player as he dropped a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win on No. 68 Jay Goldman at the top court. He is now 8-3 at the top singles court and 10-4 in all duals. He leads the team with a 19-6 singles record this year.
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Q+A with Women’s Water Polo Player
BERKELEY – With a father who won a national title in men’s water polo at California and competed on the Olympic team, two cousins on the men’s water polo team and a sister who was a women’s soccer student-athlete at Cal, redshirt junior utility Stephanie Schnugg comes from a family rich in Cal history. But this Schnugg has already set her own course. As a true freshman, she scored 10 goals and had 10 goals in her sophomore campaign, taking a year to redshirt in between. This season, she has already surpassed both of those totals with 19 goals thus far in 2009. CalBears.com took some time to find out more about growing up in the Schnugg family as well as her interest in art, which is her major.
CalBears.com: If you could snap your fingers and appear somewhere else, where would it be?
SS: Nepal, Spain or Peru.
CalBears.com: Your dad won a national title on the men’s water polo team at Cal, your sister Julia played soccer here and your cousins Bryan Schnugg and Charlie Steffens are sophomores on the men’s water polo team – did your family history with Cal influence your decision to come here?
SS: Surprisingly, no it didn’t. When I first started looking at schools, Cal was at the bottom of my list. I wanted to go somewhere far from home (well, further from home than Berkeley) because I grew up in the East Bay and really wanted to experience someplace new. I also didn’t want to come to Cal because I wanted to make a name for myself. However, after my recruiting trip, I absolutely knew that this is where I wanted to be for the next four (or five) years of my life. After being here for four years, I’ve realized that I love being close to home, my family, and am so proud to be at a university where so many of my relatives have gone and go!
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Men’s Water Polo team very academic:
BERKELEY, CALIF. – Juniors Mike Sample (3.26, interdisciplinary studies) and Scott Cruikshank (3.14, interdisciplinary studies), sophomore Brian Dudley (3.42, business administration) and redshirt freshman Charlie Steffens 3.35, undeclared) were all honored by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches for their academic achievements during the 2008 season, it was announced recently. Dudley was placed in the Superior class with a GPA between 3.41-3.70; while Sample, Cruikshank and Steffens were members of the Excellent class with GPAs between 3.20-3.40.
Dudley was this past season’s leading scorer among the academic honorees, scoring 28 goals with 35 steals, 24 ejections earned and 14 assists. On Nov. 17, he was selected the MPSF Co-Player of the Week after leading the Bears to victories over Long Beach State and UC Irvine, notching the match-winning goal in sudden death overtime at Long Beach State. Next leading scorer among the academic standouts was redshirt freshman Steffens, who scored 18 goals with 25 assists, 20 steals, 10 ejections earned and three field blocks. Sample added 13 goals with 26 assists, 19 steals, 16 ejections earned and four field blocks. Cruikshank had five goals with 18 steals during the ’08 campaign.
The 2008 Cal men’s water polo team also has the distinction of having the highest team GPA of any of the Golden Bears’ men’s varsity sports with a 3.245 GPA during the fall semester. With the impressive team GPA during the fall, Kirk Everist’s squad is now tops among all of Cal’s men’s sports with a cumulative team GPA of 3.162. The Bears were ranked sixth nationally with their team cumulative GPA.
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What the hell is "interdisciplinary studies"?
Is that like a major in “undeclared”?
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I think you mix and match and then write a big thesis tying it all together at the end.
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Awesome
An actual major in…. nothing.
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That actually sounds like it would be pretty cool, especially since I felt like I wasted a lot of time on classes I didn’t give a f*** about so I could fulfill requirements. Then again, I got my degree in pre 20th century European History and my MBA in Operations Management so what the hell do I know? Not much.
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How to manage a 20th century European Operation?
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I’m a Supply Chain guy so there is a slight disconnect between the two. I REALLY wished I had done some…ANY business course during my undergrad instead of the Liberal Arts garbage I did do.
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Minored in business. No idea about anything. You didnt miss much.
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Agree. I have used approximately 0% of my humanities degree for any of the work I’ve done since graduating.
that's what everyone says
and to be fair, you’re probably not going to use History of Eastern Europe (good class!) too much in your future career. But that’s not the point. Liberal Arts degrees teach you reading, writing, and critical thinking skills; the subjects you take (history, english classes, sociology, whatever) are just a means for you to develop these skills. So the best thing to do is to take classes in areas which interest you, so you will be engaged with the material and able to cultivate those skills.
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I mean, I was a PEIS major. I took a couple core classes, then I basically made my concentration after I took classes.
JAI HO!
I mean, I was a PEIS major
MUST.CONTROL.SARCASM!
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It CAN be a legit program of study (for example, Cognitive Science started out as IDS), and I’ve known several IDS majors who legitimately wanted to study something that Cal’s list of degree programs let fall through the cracks, but you’re right, it CAN be kind of a BS major if the faculty adviser doesn’t do their job.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Okay, team, let's make this better than yesterday's DBD!
Seriously, that was horrible.
So was yesterday’s game, btw.
JAI HO!
Yesterday’s DBD was relaxingly Rishi-free. This one appears to be headed on a different much more emotionally devastating course.
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The membership to post here was rather high, but to be a platinum member, it’s worth it.
It’s spelled "S-h-u-f-e-l-t"
Yes, we really should come up with a list of benefits for CGB Platinum members. I just did this to have the joke that our classiest DBD consisted of no actual words from me. But I’m always open to evolving the joke, Rishi be damned!
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Took you long enough. Now, let’s make that funny jokes.
We could be here a while.
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Update
We’ve been here (in rotating shifts) for approximately 1 hour and 27 minutes, there is no new information on what constitutes the mandated “while”.
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The CGB Bracket Challenge
I had one goal… to leave carps beard in my dust…
Mission accomplished!
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My goal was to be better than CBKWit’s future ex-wife!
And, much like their future marriage, I failed!
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If I was CBKWit’s future ex-wife, I would kick you in the nuts for that, Twista. A) she rolled you in the CGB Bracket Challenge and b) for daring to think that she and CBKWit won’t live a life of wedded marital bliss. Of course, I’ve been married for 13 years and know such a thing does not exist but let them find that out for themselves!
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I predict it’ll end up exactly like my sham marriage. CBKWit leaving games immediately afterwards to attend to her needs. CBKWit unable to see friends due to late night “Twilight” viewing parties. CBKWit unable to watch baseball on TV, because “Real Housewives Of Some Fucking Place” is on TV.
They all think they are different from us. They all think it won’t happen to them. But it will. It always does.
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Wait, forgot one more.
CBKWit dreading fact that Shopaholic 2: Revenge Of The Sith comes out on same night as Alumni Game.
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This is why you must learn to, ahem, “compromise”. To compromise, you must let your wife buy whatever she wants, watch whatever she wants and do whatever she wants. Then when you want to do something, you give her at least 3 months notice and do extra chores in order to earn the priviledge while spending the entire time fantasizing about hiring a 19 year Honduran house maid named Consuela who REALLY wants to earn a green card.
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I agree, except the housemaid is
Ukrainian and named Olga.
Go Bears Go
what I got from this thread
The Twist advice is be completely and utterly subservient to your spouse. So I could do that. Or I could marry someone who isn’t crazy and controlling. Either way, she will do better on her bracket than I do.
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Are you calling Mrs. TwistNHook crazy and controlling? I’ve talked to her, she’s not either of those things!
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I have known a lot of guys who really like being whipped (in the figurative sense), so maybe it’s as simple as that.
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This probably isn’t the best place to note I like being whipped in the real sense, is it?
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Good, what other sexual proclivities of mine do you wish to learn about?
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Does dressing up like Marshawn Lynch count?
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In my case the housemaid is Indian and named Rishi.
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NO
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Dress up like Marshawn Lynch some more.
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You’re allowed as many picks as you want. Giants or Dodgers. Linecum to pitch a three hitter, yes or no. # of times Giants color announcer making fun of kids in the stand, more than 5 or less than 6. Picks are allowed.
NO PICS OF FURRIES.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Before Rishi ruins everything with his “posts” that are “funny,” bring some Cal-related links. Or, in carp’s case, links.
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My footy related clip of the day
Ouch is all I have to say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Cnb0KcB5o
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I don't have time to watch it now
but if it doesn’t have Robbie Keane’s knee destroying Peter Cech’s skull I’ll be greatly disapointed – It’s Tottenham’s 2nd greatest moment in the last 3 years!
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4?
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What's the most stressful time of the work week for you?
Most workers coast through Monday getting their brain in gear and catching up with gossip from the weekend through social networking sites.
But on Tuesday reality sets in and staff spend the first part of the day going through emails they ignored on Monday before planning the week ahead.
And 11.45am is the point when everything comes to a head.
We’ve established you two are outliers. We want normal people.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions
The moment you started asking those questions.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Woo-hoo! California's #1
oh, wait… that’ s a bad thing.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/07/rivers.endangered.list/index.html?eref=rss_latest
1) Sacramento-San Joaquin River System
Location: California
Outdated water and flood management puts California’s largest watershed at the top of America’s most endangered rivers list for 2009. A recent breach in the delta’s 1,100-mile levee system could have dire effects on surrounding ecosystems, farming and agriculture, commercial fishing and California’s civil infrastructure. State and federal authorities are looking at alternative water-management strategies for the river system, which serves 25 million Californians and more than 5 million acres of farmland.
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Sweet
The Sacramento Valley is barren. It’d be nice if it was flooded and Sacramento became the first underwater state capital.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I've taken lots of long looks at Sacramento flood danger maps
It looks like my apartment is just outside of the flood plain when the levees go down…but I might be in a foot or two of water. Glad I’ll hopefully be moving back to the bay before next winter.
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this little vingnette underplays the disaster for the states economy
when the delta fails.
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well....ag activity from Bakersfield to Stockton will pretty much cease
the ag activity in the delta itself will be flooded.
even with all the silicon vally, hollywood, and other stuff going on in the state more than 1/4 of our economic activity is ag and ag related. and if that get’s fucked….well, bend over and take it like a man.
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by Rocksanddirt on Apr 7, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
yea, when i took civics back in high school, we were told to write one word when asked about the california economy, the word….
FOOD
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As an engineering feat, the Central Valley Project is more or less unmatched…they managed to take what is, in effect, a desert with rich soils and turn it into the most productive agricultural area in the world. Too bad it wrought havoc on the environment…
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we do have the advantage of having the sierra’s right there. They should get plenty of snow melt to support an extensive irrigating program. But it is interesting to note that with a state of around 35 million people, 85% of our water is used for agriculture. Even MORE interesting to note, is compared to other Western states this percentage is LOW!
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Your point isn’t lost… but “desert” is simplistic. Large sections of the valley, including way down in places like Kern County that are quite dry and arid now, were vast malarial swamps prior to our arrival and interference. The now-dry soils are fertile because of this recent wetlands past.
You are correct, “desert” isn’t the right word, but there certainly wasn’t enough water for crops to depend solely on rainfall. Some areas tended to be seasonal swamps…they would flood in spring with the snowmelt and then dry up the rest of the year. Some areas had no water at all. The CVP basically built tons of reservoirs and canals so we had way more control over how and when that water was used. This allows for farming year round.
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I know…looking at the aquaduct…it makes one wonder…did they know what they were doing at the time, or where they just obsessed about supplying 25% of the nation’s food and deliver water to SoCal? It’s a little frightening, especially because our delicious salmon population is dying off.
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Terps are prudes
University of Maryland students won’t have the opportunity to see the new $10 million, porn "Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge" because the student union caved after being pressured from a local lawmaker who threatened to pull state funding from the school’s budget.
Twist, this should be the next ‘girly’ film you watch with Ms. Twist.
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Rec'd for boobs.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
the UC Davis students got a little peak at that and stirred things up
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I can't believe that anybody cares enough anymore to complain
the morality boat sailed a loooong time ago
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The Son of Stanfurd's Most Famous Alum is a quitter
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4049115
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I thought Tiger was their most famous alum. Either him or that dude from Boy Meets World.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
ahhh yes, I forgot about Tiger (I’m not a golfer), and did anyone ever watch Boy Meets World? I thought it was just another show Disney tried to force down the throat’s of America’s youth.
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Boy Meets World is a poor man’s Wonder Years. And by poor, I mean broke, psychotic, and muttering in his sleeping bag in People’s Park.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, in the same way I’m a fan of car crashes.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s really mean.
Just because he’s the son of a football player doesn’t mean he has to be one. He has his own goals, his own dreams, his own aspirations. Calling him a “quitter” just because he chose to ventue down his own path isn’t fair.
JAI HO!
perhaps, you are right.
I just assmued that since he redshirted and spring practices football was something he wanted.
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You can’t quite me? You can’t be quite as funny as me? You can’t quite understand me? You can’t quite understand how I develop my jokes (hey Twist, amidoinitrite?)?
I don’t quite understand what you meant. I can’t quit not quite getting it.
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Guys, have you ever wanted to jump rope, but without the rope?
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 10:17 AM PDT reply actions
If anyone was wondering about the comment black hole/vortex from yesterday's DBD...
…it was my fault. Although I couldn’t have anticipated the bizarre side-effects (which I’ve bugged SBN about).
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
What crazzy mad science were you performing???? Trying to clone me?
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heh, not exactly
you’ll remember i made a pithy comment about you having Jewish stereotypes to live up to? immediately after i hit ‘post’, i decided it was dumb, and so quickly deleted it.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
That was, by far, the greatest post you’ve ever made here. AND YOU RUINED IT!
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unfortunately, there were side effects
everyone who was currently viewing the DBD page received my comment, and a couple people actually responded before their computers got the message that it was deleted.
normally, when a comment was deleted, all the responding comments — the whole sub-thread — is deleted along with it. however, these couple comments snuck through the cracks, temporarily at least. without a parent comment, SBN didn’t really know what to do with them, so they sort of got posted to the bottom of the page.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
what’s interesting is that everyone who was viewing the DBD thread as this all happened temporarily entered a parallel DBD. readers coming late to the party missed the whole thing, but those who kept active threads going could still read and respond to these orphan comments, even after the original comment that started the whole thing was long gone.
definitely a curious bug in the SBN system.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Sounds like you almost collapsed CGB's time-space reality
There are lessons here for us all!
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Even for me? But I’m incorrigible!
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I guess they don't have to be good lessons...
now you know how to better perpetrate your incorrigibleness.
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JO with notes on O-line, fullbacks.
Tedford has said fullback is the most wide-open position on the team following the departure of Will Ta’ufo’ou, but he’s been impressed with Will Kapp so far during the spring.
“He’s really done a nice job over the first couple of weeks,” Tedford said. “He has a really good feel for the position.”
Kapp, the son of legendary Cal quarterback Joe Kapp, has emerged along with Brian Holley and John Tyndall as leading candidates for the job so far. Holley has been taking first-team reps recently.
“Evaluation is definitely still in progress, but they are getting better every day,” Tedford said.
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carp to have a boy!!!
the little fella decided to spread it’s legs this morning and showed off a rather impressive male anatomy for a 20 week fetus if I may say so myself. There’s an urban legend that male organic chemists often provide X chromosomes and not Y chromosomes, so I’m a little relieved. He’s due August 23rd. We hope he’ll make it to his first Big Game this year.
carp and, possibly, mrs. carp don’t anticipate a decline in our football game attendance although baby obviously comes first.
The Little League coaching staff is already complete:
carp – manage
uncle jim – 3B coach/IF
uncle fred – 1B coach and OF
uncle bob – P/C (including calling pitches)
the ladies – snacks / uniforms / umpire trash talk
We’re working out a pee-wee football coaching staff. I’m pretty sure I’ll be in charge of the least important group (WR?) since I don’t know anything about the intricacies of football.
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by carp on Apr 7, 2009 10:25 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
thanks Rishi!
heh…we’ll let him decide what he wants to do…I’m sure uncle fred will have him in an off-road race car as soon as he’s old enough and uncle bob will have him in an airplane as soon as he can get him clearance.
Given that home plate of the local baseball field is about 100 yards from my house and that we’re kind of a baseball fanatics I think the little one will follow. Forcing him vs. encouraging him is, of course, a fine line with any parent and I’ll be doing best to do the latter. I like rugby, football, soccer, camping, kayaking, hiking, fishing, and cycling in terms of other sports and I like music and theater as well. No, we won’t be playing cricket.
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heh…maybe not:
play 1: handoff up the middle
play 2: sweep to the right
play 3: reverse play 2
play 4: play action QB bootleg, pass to TE or run for it.
I’m enforcing a strict no punting rule.
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Thsi sounds exactly like my Madden strategy.
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Lies. Your madden strategy is to throw forty yards deep to your WR and hope he either catches it or he draws a PI flag.
Otherwise known as the Kyle Orton strategy.
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Or the Gus Frerotte strategy
HYDROTECH IS FREE!
by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Free parenting advice
So my son is 5 years old now and a complete joy. Here’s a few things I learned along the way:
1. Get adept at covering his equipment with a baby wipe while you’re changing his diaper. The first time he pees all over himself, the wall and you because you forgot to cover his boy parts, you’ll remember this and wish you’d listened to me.
2. Boys are naturally cruder than girls. When Jackson was about 3, I was sitting in the next room while he was taking a bath and all of a sudden he started shouting “DADDY! DADDY! MY BUTT HAS A HOLE IN IT!!!!” When you combine that statement with the joy and wonder in his voice at the discovery he had just made… good times. Get used to stuff like that.
3. If you haven’t started buying diapers and formula already, start now and put everything in a closet. It makes for less financial pain down the road and if you have packages that are too small, you can exchange them for larger sizes just about everywhere. Plus, you can never have too much formula. The wife lasted 2 weeks before giving up breast feeding because her nipples were bleeding. Formula is a good thing, especially for women not blessed in the milk production department.
4. After the first month or so, don’t be afraid to let the kid cry. If you pick him up and coddle him every time he opens his mouth, he’ll start doing it for attention and you’ll never have a moment to yourself for the next 18 years. You’ll quickly learn the different “cries” Carp Jr. has- hungry, doesn’t feel well, wants to hear his own voice, etc. They don’t all sound the same, belive me.
5. Don’t let Junior sleep with you. He will never, ever leave your room at night if you don’t establish that early. TRUST me on this.
Congrats, by the way
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by Fire Starkey on Apr 7, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Youe son’s name is Jackson Fire Starkey?
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
No, but it should be!
He’ll learn to despise Joe like I do….
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by Fire Starkey on Apr 7, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
2. Boys are naturally cruder than girls. When Jackson was about 3, I was sitting in the next room while he was taking a bath and all of a sudden he started shouting "DADDY! DADDY! MY BUTT HAS A HOLE IN IT!!!!" When you combine that statement with the joy and wonder in his voice at the discovery he had just made… good times. Get used to stuff like that.
That’s a wedding toast story if I’ve ever heard one.
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Names?
where are you at in the names department? Might I suggest Chowder.
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1. Tank 2. Gus 3. Champ
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I think my father in law (30 guns, NRA member, staunch Republican) would kill me if I named my son Muhammed.
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He doesn’t live in Petaluma, does he?
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
first, I know that.
second, easy with the “r” word (I need to be consistent – ask T-bred).
third, my father in law, despite his education, is from rural Nevada and is relatively paranoid by nature. He likes to go on those “survivor” blogs and such. He tried to get me to buy a gun, but I told him I might accidentally shoot myself.
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Gus Carpetmuncher has a nice ring to it.
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
can’t really go wrong with the classics
George, Fred, Gus, Jack, Joe, Frank, etc.
It’s the new-age hippy names that kill me…
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I don’t like gender-ambiguous names…
KIB (Keep It Biblical)
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Joseph the Carpenter… oddly enough
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
we’re naming him after our (recently) deceased grandfathers – one from each side of our family.
We like Jack for his first name (after her grandfather) and William for his middle name (after my grandfather).
They we’re both great men and served their country to fend off the Axis both in the Pacific and European theatres. Grandpa Bill was on a U-boat during D-day.
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my bad, i thought U-boats were a german specific thing.
odd semi-related story…
a few years after my grandma died, I was looking through some photos of when my grandpa was in WWII (he was stationed in the Phillipines), and he pointed out a photo of a young woman, and says see her, she was my second wife. I was like, what?!? Apparently, during his time in the Phillipines he took a second wife. It lasted as long as his tour. Since, that day I have wondered many times if I have some half-filipino cousins running around somewhere.
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U-boat (Unterseeboot) is German for submarine, but I’ve only ever heard it used to refer to German submarines.
That’s a pretty cool story btw.
hmmm…I guess I meant U-shaped boat (flat bottom, front end unloads the troops).
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Flagged for decreasing your hit points.
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It related to California Bones’s comment.
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Yes it is. Life plot, hit points, those are all from those lame RPGs that only super nerds (and me) play.
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Time for Cal Football D&D.
You’re Holmoephobe Riley, QB of Cal’s football team. It’s 1st and 10. Roll your dice.
JAI HO!
He just rolled a ‘Wedgie in 8th Grade Bathroom’
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Girl from my law school makes the big time! I knew her, although I wouldn’t say we were really bffs.
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Foreshadowing?
This is going to end with Twist joining the Warriors Dance Team.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
i love this
I’d been wanting to audition for the Raiderettes for a while. The irony is that I didn’t have time when I was in law school, but as a practicing attorney I did.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Yea, but did you hit it?
That’s really the only important question.
If you answer yes: you are awesome.
If you answer no: you are TwistNHook.
And yes they are mutually exclusive.
by oaktownmario on Apr 7, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
The answer is 100% unequivocably without any question No. Also, no. No. And further, No.
It also should be noted that the fake blonde thing looks terrible on her. She’s more attractive with her regular brown hair. More natural.
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Dude what is it with USF Law?
Most of the chix at Boalt were butt ugly and the nice ones I took care of . . . but I had to recruit at USF. I hate to say it but much better ass there than at Boalt.
by oaktownmario on Apr 7, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t there at least onefemale Boalt student who posts here?
Oaktown, you misogynistic bastard, you’ve done it again.
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What didn’t you do would be a better question!
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I did not have sexual relations with those women!
Read my lips, no new taxes.
I am not a crook!
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by oaktownmario on Apr 7, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
was this you Twist (in the comments section)?
the5104/6/2009 11:52:58 AM
As a lawyer and avid fan, I think I love you ….
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hahah, no. I’m a Niners fan.
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Marshawnthusiasts (and maybe Avi)
Do the new SBNation policies on posting AP content have anything to do with this?
Rather, Singleton declared AP would “take all actions necessary to protect the content of the Associated Press and the AP Digital Cooperative from misappropriation on the Internet.” Not “copyright infringement,” mind you—they’re doing plenty to protect against that, but “misappropration,” a reference to a little-known legal doctrine that gives news organizations a short-term monopoly on their reporting whether or not it’s copied verbatim.
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not to my knowledge
i think it’s just a coincidence. as is my understanding, our deal with the AP has been in the works for a while. it’s part of our overall strategy to increase the reach and legitimacy of the network.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Chad Ford - not a big fan of Patrick Christopher's draft prospects
As seen here:
Patrick Christopher, SG, Jr., Cal*
Christopher is a junior, so it makes sense for him to test the draft waters. But he’ll most likely return for his senior season at Cal. If he stays in the draft, he’s likely to go undrafted.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
He would’ve laughed at him scornfully, because Chad Ford only scouts hoops. You’re thinking of Todd McShay.
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You ever been laughed at scornfully? It hurts.
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Greivis Vasquez, G, Jr., Maryland*
Vasquez had an excellent junior season, but scouts wonder how he would fit in the NBA. Is he a point guard or a 2-guard? Does he have the athleticism to excel in the league? What about his poor shooting numbers this season and his tendency to run his mouth? He definitely has talent, but he’s on the first-round bubble.
In addition, Greivis has definitely been laughed at scornfully.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Apr 7, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Coach Stewart of WV has a Twitter.
I threw kickers out of the meeting yesterday. Do you think their mothers will read this? I threw every one out. Every one of them. Gone.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 10:53 AM PDT reply actions
So let me understand this...
The application is called “Twitter”.
Posts on Twitter are called “Tweets”.
Users of Twitter who post Tweets are called “Tweeds”.
Please join me in asking “WTF?!”
JAI HO!
Yes. I was skeptical of Twitter at first, but I’m beginning to see its value. And it’s a little bit more than just posting links to your blog.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the ones from guys on my teams, like currently:
BarryZito – I never was a huge fan or hair bands but on this gloomy am morning of opening day, it’s oddly suiting..
BrianWilson38 – so the tarp is on-sky is clay colored-listening to “safety dance”-waiting for my text back from God saying “GAME ON”
by zoonews on Apr 7, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OH MY GOD REC'D
This is 21st century poetry.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
This kind of shit makes my stomach turn
I understand robbing a bank or dealing drugs, but this shit is just so senseless.
by oaktownmario on Apr 7, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
This is just disturbing:
One of the other men queried is a 60-year-old man who admitted he kissed Sandra on the lips two years ago. He told police that he was just being friendly and that he had nothing to do with her disappearance.
by oaktownmario on Apr 7, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
The Dog Version of Robinson Crusoe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7987863.stm
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Plus the Coaches and Cancer classic…possible matchups with UNC, Syracuse and Ohio State.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Figures there’d be a huge storm centered on SF on Opening Day for the Giants!
Comments from McCovey Chronicles:
“It’s not like Timmy is made of [something that isn’t waterproof]. He grew up in Seattle.”
“Paper Mache?”
“New Orleans?”
very true.
but that is, for the most part, a neat county.
I like how it’s Democratic even though those peeps pay higher taxes (for the most part).
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It’s a common misconception that income correlates to voting behaviour…
Incidentally, the ten states that pay the most in federal taxes (on the dollar, relative to what they receive from the federal government) are all blue states.
I remember Timmah had one of his worst outings against the Brewers last year(I think he was coming off that flu that kept him out of the All-Star game)…
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
i think they’ll be playing a day/night doubleheader tomorrow. THAT would be fun.
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Naw. Word from the front office says they’re gonna try their damndest to play this game.
Too bad, cause I have tickets for tomorrow’s game : /
by CaliforniaBone on Apr 7, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
that might just be the company line…it’s going to need to let up pretty soon. It’s raining out in the Sunset district right now.
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If he hates the Giants, what does he think of the As?
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wonder what he’d do with a typical day in San Leandro.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
NickSwisher – Enjoying my off day….heading to Ricky’s!
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Rec'd!
A noticeable upgrade over this White House establishment.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Is his collar popped? Because that would be EXTRA brave.
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
New GM car
Segway/car combo. Would you drive this? (Click on the pic for details about it)
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Saw this on UC Eugene's Blog
A compilation of Preseason Football rankings… we average 17.1 with a high of TEN
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I love that Gator reporter summary which has us #10.
I love Jahvid Best but the Bears have to settle on a quarterback and stick with him.
Real concise there sarge.
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, that’s how most pollsters compile polls. Why do you think Oregon ranks so high?
“DURRRR Masoli ANKLES DURRR BLOUNT FORCE TRAUMA durrr GOOD TEAM!”
That win over Oklahoma State was magical for their preseason rankings, justified or not. Right now, I feel like they’re a mystery, but in all honesty, I wouldn’t miss that Thursday opener versus Boise “Sacramento” State for the life of me. This means they have serious potential.
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 7, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
He rejoined the team awhile ago, but has been sitting out practice up until the last one, I think
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You personally think Oregon’s going to have a tough road to hoe?
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
They would be a wait-and-see in my book. A lot to replace, but all reports are that they have the right pieces to do the replacing. They have Boise State, Utah, and Purdue early, I believe. I think they should be able to beat all of those teams if their new starters play up to potential (funny enough, BCS school Purdue is probably, by far, the gimme of that schedule).
Nothing would be better for Pac-10 publicity than that early Oregon-Cal undefeated matchup with both teams ranked in the low teens or better. That has a VERY solid chance of happening. We can’t look past Maryland and Minnesota either.
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Just like two years ago
That ended well!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 7, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought that game did a lot for both schools involved and the Pac-10 as a whole. It was a marquee game, where some of the best Pac-10 schools not named USC, weren’t getting losing to USC. I remember some good national press regarding the game, and Stewart Mandel proclaiming, “them boys out west can play some ball!”
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And then, 1 week later, everyone forgot
DURR teh Pac-1 sux so bad!!!1
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As a Duck fan, I fear the hype. Yes Masoli is part Jesus but realistically he’s had five impressive game, one of which (UCLA) he couldn’t throw at all and one (‘furd) he could only kind of throw. He’s already better than Ayoob, which is what I thought as soon as a heard CCSF quarterback, and he’s shown he can run the spread option better than even Dixon. As for the road, it could be tougher. Cal and USC at Autzen help a lot. Boise St.’s a huge opening game.
It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
Link? Blockquotes? What a disaster.
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I can’t figure out why!
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I think she quit again last week during the Sugestions Needed thread.
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There might be a bunch of people we don't see til September
not much in the Cal sports world to talk about.
At least that’s what I hope is going on.
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Also, Twist likes men.
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Whoa. They took him out really early.. Did they mention somewhere he’d be on a strict pitch count?
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I thought some of our Game Day Threads were high strung.
The Giant’s gameday thread is pretty much unreadable.
Thank goodness for our fanbase that we haven’t attracted team-bashing commenters.
Well… I think that there are some even around here that cross the fine line between diehard fan and pompous asshole.
This is true, though I think that the vast majority of commentators around here do a good job of suppressing that sort of nonsense.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I’m not saying you’re a closet homosexual…
but dudes don’t judge other dudes’ appearances. Thanks for replying the way you did in this post. Like someone said above, it just reinforces the idea most of us had about you: talentless, classless, and ignorant.
Agreed that we don’t have this!
but dudes don’t judge other dudes’ appearances
Ruh roh!
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Do you have the link to that, btw?
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I see I thought it was from the McCovey game threads and there are like 6 of them. I started reading throught he most recent. Itd be kinda funny, because a commenter would say something like “I CANT BELIEVE THE MANAGER OF THE GIANTS HAS MADE THIS DECISION, WHICH I, A RANDOM PERSON, KNOW TO BE A FOOLISH DECISION, BECAUSE I AM SO SMART!” and then like 4 people would jump on him in a fashion ranging from insulting to HILARIOUSLY insulting.
I didn’t really follow a lot of the football game threads, because I was either at the game or at a bar or it was the Wazzu game where nothing at all ever actually bad occured. But did we have such negative people in our game threads?
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Not really. The ones I saw were a lot like the DBD but in shorter blasts: Honk! Nailed it! Oh noes! What the? TWSS! Bad call ref! Here it comes! Aw crap.
I remember several people predicting doom during the 3OT basketball game vs. UW, but I can’t really blame them much; we really did look done for for a while there.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Also, thank goodness we don’t have the volume of commenters MCC is experiencing. 6 Gameday Threads is too much. 15 comments for every hit is too much.
I very much prefer the spam to be confined to the DBD.
by CaliforniaBone on Apr 7, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it is a different game. If each pitch is designed as a play upon which comments can be made, baseball has a LOT more than football.
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Yeah, after every swing you can groan “OMG GET RID OF MOLINA ALREADY” and nobody even calls you an asshole.
Also, they have a game most every day. Not every single one will garner 6 threads, I assume, but they must churn through front page posts REALLY quickly.
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Last year the typical McC gameday thread
probably averaged about 2.5 front page posts. I’m pretty sure today’s explosion is due to it being opening day, involving Tim Lincecum, in the first season Giants fans have had some amount of hope for in 3-4 years.
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Still 2.5 posts a day (pretty much) is going to churn quickly. I always felt that during the season our like 5 posts on saturdays would knock things down SO far and pretty much reset the page.
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i enjoyed reading this paragraph
Jay, you are a disgrace to all people with eyes who are forced to be subjected to your Candy Land Micky Mouse BS “writing.” You are the biggest fanboy I have ever seen to the point that it makes me sick to my stomach to look at your goofy face in your avatar. I know you sleep every night on a bed with Auburn Tiger sheets, pillow cases and clinging ever so tightly to your stuffed Aubie with a thumb in your mouth. The fact that you get a pay check for what you do is the biggest indictment of free market economics ever.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Ashley Walker projected to be a 1st round pick
Mock Draft on WNBA.com
10. Connecticut Sun
Ashley Walker, F/C, California
At this point in the draft, teams may begin to take the best player available, regardless of position. I see the Sun selecting Ashley Walker from Cal at this spot to add depth to their frontline. Walker may be a little undersized to play the power forward at just 6-1, but she has yet to let her lack of height stop her from being effective in the post. She has solid hands and footwork around the basket and knows how to finish.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
You don’t read any of my women’s b-ball posts, do you?
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Syd
Syd’Quan is on the watch list for top defensive player.
The Pac-10 players are: UCLA linebacker Reggie Carter, Oregon State linebacker Keaton Kristick, USC safety Taylor Mays, Stanford safety Bo McNally, Arizona State linebacker Mike Nixon, California cornerback Syd’Quan Thompson, UCLA cornerback Alterraun Verner and Oregon safety T.J. Ward.
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Flagged for reminding me Taylor Mays is still around.
Rec’d for reminding me SydQuan is still around!
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Taylor Mays inspires much more fear because he makes it so that the Trojans are essentially playing 12 players on defense.
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So random speculative question….. could Taylor Mays be considered for the Heisman?
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No stats because of the defense he’s in… so, besides some dude based in SoCal, no writer would ever vote for him
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okay, let me rephrase:
does he deserve to be considered for the heisman?
obviously he won’t because he is a defensive player
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I hate the Heisman Award for a number of reasons, but ask yourself this: Would you consider Taylor Mays to be the most outstanding player in college football? If so, yes, he deserves to be considered for the Heisman.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I like how they basically selected the best defensive player from each Pac-10 team…. only they left off the Washington schools
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Could you name a defensive player for either Washington school off the top of your head?
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Is that a person, or did you just pick a random, common last name, like ‘Smith’?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Mohamed.
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Practice Notes
Jahvid Best is running. Not full speed or anything, just along the sidelines so the trainers could evaluate him. He looked pretty good, though; didn’t seem to have any problems.
This weekend should be pretty awesome. It’s NFL alumni weekend. I hope to meet Marshawn.
Also: Cam Jordan is a funny dude.
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
Thanks for the update
Maybe the Hawk and D-Jax will come back and run with the 1s!
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Haven’t spent much time with the RB’s, really, but I’d say Deboskie looks pretty good. I think he has been the second tailback during spring, behind Vereen. He’s made quite a few good plays and looks like he can be a really solid back for the team next fall, backing up Best and Vereen.
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