The 5 Teams I Most Want Cal to Play
by chowder on May 14, 2009 5:15 PM PDT
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PrintThe following is a list of the five programs I most wish Cal would schedule a home and home with. I also stated why.
Several themes exist within my picks. Most of the schools have a strong tradition and a large dedicated (often obnoxious) fanbase. These games would all generate large national interest increasing exposure, earning respect, better rankings, etc. The schools also reach beyond the West Coast resulting in fun cultural and geographic juxtapositions.
In addition to these dominant themes, I've listed the personal reasons I would like to see these match-ups happen.
5. Cincinnati
Okay, Cincinnati doesn't fit with the predominant themes I've just laid out, but the personal justification does carry sizable weight. My Dad is a University of Cincinnati Alum, rarely do the UC Golden Bears and the UC Bearcats play each other in anything. On a related note, my Dad tends to be a fair-weather fan, and since he now lives in Orange County, he follows USC. Whenever, USC and Cal play each other, he ALWAYS roots for USC. Not only that, but if we lose, he calls me to let me know all about it. He then emails me to let me know all about it. The next time I see him in person (say Thanksgiving) it is always the second thing out of his mouth. I'm tired of hearing about it, and if Cal played Cincinnati and Cal won, I'd get to return the favor.
Also of note, I have a lot of family in and around Cincinnati. Therefore, I have been to Cincinnati many times. Other than the chili, I don't care for the city much. Cincinnati is a typical rustbelt town but also borders the south. The combination of an antiquated economic base, with southern conservatism, results in people blaming foreigners and other races for everything. They also have a very real fear of change (or maybe its just my family).
4. Nebraska
My Mom's best friend lived in Lincoln, as her husband was a professor. Over Easter we would drive to go visit her. I still have not forgiven the state of Nebraska for being as boring as it is. All you need to know about Nebraska is its mascot: The Cornhusker. You don't see much of anything else.
3. Florida St.
In addition, to the obvious, I don't like Bobby Bowden. I don't like when people linger past their expiration date. Bowden's time has come and passed. Worst yet, I used to respect him taking the Seminoles from nothing to something, but I believe FSU desparately needs a change to become relevant again. Furthermore, I don't like him appealing the wins he is going to lose, for using players that cheat. Please, for the love of everything, you are outdated move on, nobody likes you!
2. Penn St.
See Bobby Bowden, only with a more obnoxious fanbase. The Penn St people I know (and there are only 2), also suffer from the same tendencies as my Cincinnati family.
Another thing about the midwest, I'm tired of receiving guff for being in 'health conscious california', seriously, take a look in the mirror! I'm not health conscious and superficial, I'm simply healthy. You know how it looks like you ate a few basketballs, well, I know all your friends have gut as well, but people aren't actually supposed to have one. I know, shocking. Who knew? What, you thought it came with time like facial hair? Well no, people are not supposed to have guts, you are in fact 70 lbs overweight. You have the problem, not me.
1. Texas
2004.
Agree/Disagree? What are your picks?
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Yes, his one and only season. We really don’t need “revenge” against Navy — we have ourselves to blame for that loss. It was the crappy defensive performance to end all crappy defensive performances that year.
I believe 42-38 was the final score. And I think we led 35-28 at halftime.
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I'm a masochist, I want to play the best
Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Ohio State.
More good SEC schools too. Tennessee was such a sweet game.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
even in 2006 it was good
had a great time with their fans and their barbecue…they marveled when we described “the ocean” to them
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Agreed
We won’t get the national respect until we start playing the bigger named schools of the SEC, Big 10, etc.
For my money I’d like to see us play at least one or two of the following:
LSU
Alabama
Oklahoma
Texas
Ohio State
Florida
Let’s put our money with our mouth is. We might lose some, but I think we’d show everyone that we can give anyone a helluva run for their money anytime, anywhere.
Texas, Florida, Michigan, Penn State, and Notre Dame
A couple of qualifiers—
1. Ohio State would’ve made my list, but since they’re already on our schedule for 2012 and 2013, I stuck with programs that are not on our radar for the near future.
2. Nebraska and Oklahoma are good choices, too, but I remember playing those programs in the late 90s. I stuck with programs that I’ve never seen us play against before.
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I think my list is more teams I most want Cal to beat. There aren’t any really teams I have a desire to play.
Slightly off-topic, but what are the top games you would want to see in person? My list:
1) Grambling-Southern
2) Army-Navy
3) A big SEC rivalry like Bama-Auburn
I'm old enough to understand. Jerks.
No it's not
It’s in Jacksonville. Jacksonville sucks.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 14, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Rivalry games I want to see in person...
Umm… only like the biggest rivalry in college football: Ohio State vs. Michigan.
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Not Alabama-Auburn?
The Iron Bowl is supposedly the closest thing to soccer hooliganism in America.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 15, 2009 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really treat the Big 10 as legitimate.
I'm old enough to understand. Jerks.
by rollonubears on May 15, 2009 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
UT - OK
What about Texas – Oklahoma? Not saying I’d personally want to be there (for fear of my life) but it seems to be one of the biggest and most intense.
Texas (for obvious reasons)
Michigan (fun matchup between the two best public schools in the nation)
Georgia Tech (I’d like to see our defense take on their triple-option, and I have a friend/relative in the Georgia Tech band)
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by Berkelium97 on May 14, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I second Georgia Tech! Especially since it’s likely they got their “White and Gold” from the second half of “Stanford Jonah” and I’d love to hear them play their fight song, which is the tune for our “The Cardinal Be Damned”.
by Yes We Cannon on May 14, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Chowder, you gonna do the DBD tomorrow?
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No, but I can do it next Tuesday/Wednesday if it pleases you.
They're after our precious bodily fluids
Do you really want to know what pleases me?
Hitting people in the head with dildos.
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1. University of Texassholes (crybaby Mack ‘the hack’ Brown)
2. Michigan (but it has to be IN the Rose Bowl)
3. Notre Dame ( fuck brady quinn et el)
4. Florida and/or LSU (I want to shut up all those SEC homers, including those at ESPN)
5. Florida St (kick em while they’re down + we can finally check Miami off our list)
We played Cincy (in hoops) once. 1993-94 Kidd team
Ryan Jamison had the best game of his career (life?) and even dunked on them. Dickie V called the game. It was a neutral site game (the 7-up Challenge in Orlando Florida).
Why is my head filled with stuff like this .. . instead of important stuff?
Like your playbook.
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by rollonubears on May 15, 2009 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
A Texas-Cal 21st century rivalry game would be sweet…but I suppose the most I can hope for is a home/home series. I talked about Colorado as a rivalry game previously, but they aren’t very good right now.
In no particular order I’d pick Texas, OU, and a few good SEC teams (Georgia, Florida, UT, LSU). I’m staying the hell away from the ACC, Big East, Notre Dame, and Big10 – not enough reward for the risk involved.
Heaps and Hinder...come on down!
My five
1. Texas – no explanation necessary
2. Florida – Golden State vs. Sunshine State
3. Ohio State – battle of the bands
4. Penn State – JeffTed vs. JoePa
5. Fresno State – an in-state rivalry begging to be established
Go Bears!
by California Pete on May 15, 2009 9:36 AM PDT reply actions
Fresno State – an in-state rivalry begging to be established
Begging by whom? Them?
I wouldn’t mind scheduling them every once in awhile. But they have to come to our place. I’ve heard their program’s mantra is “any time, anywhere.” Fine then. I pick California Memorial Stadium. I don’t see an up side for our program to play in Fresno.
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“any time, anywhere.”
Just like Ohio Bear’s mother!
by HolmoePhobe on May 15, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
I just might be the only one outside of Fresno begging
But I’m not an Athletic Director, nor a Coach. I’m just a fan, and I really don’t care what’s “best for the team”. I’m a selfish bastard. I only care what’s best for me, and I would be thoroughly entertained by an annual meeting with Fresno because I think it has the chance to become a bitter, bitter rivalry. Frankly, I’m getting a little bored with Stanford—although Harbaugh is helping with that.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on May 20, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
My list:
1) Texas @ Cal – 2004 and Mack Brown being a big fucking dick
2) Notre Dame @ Cal – Who doesn’t hate the Domers. Plus TV!
3) Oklahoma @ Cal – Big 12 passing team with no D? Sign me up!
4) Florida @ Cal – big time SEC team coming to Berkeley. Hellz ya!
5) Michigan @ Cal – I always like Cal. Both teams should wear home colors for teh lolz
6) Cal @ Temple – just kidding
In other words, Go Bears!
The teams I’d like to see our Bears play, and hopefully crush:
1. Michigan – one of the biggest names in football
2. Texas – Brown’s a jackass
3. Notre Dame – same as UMich, plus I want to see, in person, how fat Charlie Weiss actually is. Gotta be like 3-4 persons in 1.
4. Alabama – SEC
5. Nebraska – Maybe because my aunt’s a professor there. Also, it was great watching the Nebraska fans back in ‘98 wandering around Berkeley. And they put a beat down on us back in ’99.
6 and 7. Iowa and Pitt. – The media will have to give us respect for beating them, and they’re places I’d never visit if it weren’t for a Cal game.
if we were judging team simply by road trip potential I’d have to go with:
1) Hawaii
2) Miami
3) UNLV
4) UConn or Rutgers (New York)
5) Tulane (New Orleans) or Utah (Snowboarding)
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I had a lot of fun in New York when I went in 2001 for the Rutgers game. The game itself? Massive disappointment.
I also went to Utah in 2002, didn’t get much snowboarding in in September. My wife did have a good deal of fun in New Orleans after the Southern Miss game in 2003, though.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Utah has great snow, but most of the resorts, in my opinion, are geared towards skiers, which is fine for me ‘cause I do both. But if you’re only a boarder, some parks won’t be as fun.
But, if I had to choose, based on snowboarding, I think I’d go for Colorado. Not necessarily for the boarding, but for the stuff you can do after boarding. I think the snow in Utah is better, but Boulder and Denver are a lot more fun than Salt Lake.
Essentially, for me, I have no reasons to ever visit places like Kentucky or Cincy or Bama or Ole Miss. So a Cal game would actually give me a reason to visit those places. Like Miami, Vegas, or Hawaii, by themselves are tourist destinations. Don’t need football to get me there.
fuck the raidaers!
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on May 17, 2009 4:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
1. Pretty sure we can all agree that we hate Texas most of all…. they did snub our rose bowl, and c’mon… its good ol’ self righteous Texas? who WOULDNT want to beat the snot out of them…
2. Texas Tech – To prove that the 04 holiday bowl really was just us being in shock from not being in pasadena… and, so, with the addition of texas, we can cross all three big Texas programs off the list.
3. BYU/Utah – Because i grew up in what can be considered a ‘mormon’ neighborhood in California, where everyone was a BYU fan, or alum… I’d like to laugh in their faces with a big win. It would also be nice to prove that Utah schools don’t belong in any expansion of the Pac10, so you could throw Utah in here as well.
4. Alabama – I just hate the state for so many reasons… too much to say here about that. Also, they are a big SEC team, which tries to claim conference supremacy in D1, and i love beating these guys.
5. Hawaii – If they are having a good year, like they had a few years ago, it would be nice to play them (and perhaps put them back in their place, before they get a pretty undeserved BCS bid and get manhandled by UGA) A lot of our players come from there, and after going to the Hawaii @ SJSU game 2 years back, there is a lot of hawaii fans (although, many just with way too much pride) in california, and vise versa in hawaii i’m sure. It would be a fun trip for both programs, and would make for a potentially fun rivalry if it goes that far.
6. San Diego State – throwing in another here, because if/when they actually find a way to rebuild their program to 1990’s standards, it would be a bit like playing a Fresno State, but without all the nasty fresno fans, and having to go to fresno on a return trip – also, as same with hawaii, there are a lot of California fans in San Diego
by dingosean on May 17, 2009 1:03 PM PDT reply actions
Do you hate Alabama due to personal experiences or due to stereotypes, etc.?
I feel the deep south gets a bad rep.
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by rollonubears on May 17, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
definitely not due to stereotypes.. if that was the case, i’d hate georgia and mississippi all the same, being they share stereotypes… i dont usually stereotype much, personally.
however, when i drove through alabama, i was recieved incredibly terribly in almost everywhere that i went. It was a roadtrip across the states, and we ended up going down to new orleans, which was awesome. We had no problems through mississippi, nor georgia as we proceeded to drive across the south, and over to florida. going through alabama, however, i actually had to fear for my life, being that my friend, also a california native, still had a california plate on his car, and we “spowke funneh” according to anyone we came across. we were denied service in 2 different diners for no reason (not against the law down there, maybe.. but still made no sense), and several people told us we should go back to california, before we got hurt… REALLY weird shit.
police stopped us for doing NOTHING at least 4 or 5 times, and 2 out of those five times, asked us that if we gave them money up front, that he wouldnt have to write us a ticket (told us that before even telling us what they would write us a ticket for… luckily we knew our federal rights – it was like going to mexico, and dealing with their corrupt police… but this was within US borders.
i’m sure not everyone who lives in ‘bama would recieve me as poorly as those who i encountered, but i wouldnt mind going back in strong numbers with a bunch of cal fans and giving those guys who did recieve us so poorly, an ’up yours’
by dingosean on May 17, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm. I have never been to Alabama, but I have been to Mississippi/Louisiana and I liked it so much (including the people) that I presumed that the rest of the deep south was as cool. I guess not. I was not accusing you of stereotypes, just that Alabama probably has one of the worst reputations as a state. I guess it isn’t completely unfounded.
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by rollonubears on May 17, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard that the South has both the most hospitable and nicest people on earth, as well as some of the most mean, ignorant, and close minded people on earth. Your experience merely depends on who you come across.
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The peoiple I know in South Cack are incredibly nice.
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I loved Mississippi/NOLA. I kinda want to move there when I grow up.
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by rollonubears on May 17, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
For me, there is only one reason to hate Alabama
It is one of only four states where homebrewing remains illegal. Since March of this year, even UTAH has legalized my favorite hobby! FYI, the three others in my personal Hall of Shame: Kentucky, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. No geographic pattern there, whatsoever.
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by California Pete on May 20, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably a hick state relic from the depression when moonshining was rampant and cost tons of police time/effort.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on May 20, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
NASCAR is huge there because it’s awesome.
by HyphyBearsFan on May 21, 2009 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
True Story
Most Nascar cars are from Canada, which exception to one…. Toyota’s.
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San Diego "Stinkin'" State?
Gawd, what an awful road trip. Granted, 99% of the awfulness was because we lost (we being the Dave Barr led Bears). Dave Barr then christened the school San Diego Stinkin’ State.
it was YEARS ago. mid-90’s for sure, from what i can remember. I went to the game, because my dad’s an SJSU alum, and it was supposed to be a good game. I remember it being pretty damn close too.
SJSU isn’t bad these days though. They have had a pretty damn good defense the last 3 years or so, sending players into the NFL even. They have the same defense Arizona had during its Desert Swarm years in the 1990s under former UofA coach Dick Tomey.
However, they struggle on offense because they havent been able to formulate very much at the OL positions in 2 or 3 seasons, and they haven’t had a strong running game recently because of that. They have had to rely heavily on 4 reciever packages, and being that the reciever position at SJSU doesnt have much in way of quality, or experience, they do poorly against good secondaries. Injuries are also about as frequent as the Oakland A’s with this team.
They’re notorious for throwing in the towel, or making huge mistakes in the 4th quarter too…
by dingosean on May 17, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
If memory serves, it was the 1996 season opener at SJSU. Mooch’s debut as coach. The game was mostly close, but we pulled away in the 4th Q and won by about 20. We’ve beaten SJSU something like 9 times in a row in the series.
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Unfortuantely the Cal website archives only go back to 97. So close!
But the media pdf notes that Cal beat SJSU in 1996 45-25 on page 10.
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Thanks.
I think we ought to be playing them more often in the non-conference season. Not a bad way to start a season. Even away at SJ, it’s practically a home game. Can’t get a more local non-conference opponent. We can’t schedule all Big-10/Sec/Big12 teams for all non-conference games. Plus, it’d create a mini sporting rivalry.
From what I’ve heard, Cal and San Jose have mutual interest in rekindling their series, but San Jose wants to get home games out of the deal, and Cal objects, saying that Spartan Stadium is far too small to accommodate all the Cal fans who would want to attend. It seems like, for the immediate future, they are at an impasse.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I still prefer Fresno
Especially with Tedford’s ties, that just feels like a more natural rivalry to me. San Jose State belongs, in my mind, with Stanford, while San Diego State belongs with UCLA.
Now, if USF still had a football team, then it would be game on! (BTW, did you know that Pete Rozelle was once the SID for the Dons?)
Go Bears!
by California Pete on May 20, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Notre Dame was only requested a couple of times...
how the once mighty have fallen…
1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. Tennessee (great fans, great game here)
4.Alabama
5. Ohio State
6. Mills College
1. Shanghai Jiaotong University
2. Sorbonne
3. Cambridge
4. INSEAD
5. National University of Singapore
or alternatively
1. BYU
2. University of Houston
3. Mt. Vernon Nazerene University
4. Misericordia University
5. Chicago State
Shanghai Jiaotong University
I’d love to take on the Fighting Destruction And Rebuilduation Of A Cities!!
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National University of Singapore
And they thought College Park had bad humidity…
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 18, 2009 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
1. Shanghai Jiaotong University
2. Sorbonne
3. Cambridge
4. INSEAD
5. National University of Singapore
I’m guessing you listed all these schools because then you’d get to see the games in person?
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Wow not nearly enough SEC teams making people’s lists. There are so many reasons to want to play SEC teams, but if nothing else, you simply won’t beat the south when it comes to atmosphere. Going on a trip to any of the SEC schools for the game will be such an awesome experience. As someone who went to school in the south (damn right I didn’t attend your little hippie school), I can tell you that southerners know how to have a good time. Go to NYC on your own time on vacation, go to the south for college football. You won’t regret it.
As someone who went to school in the south (damn right I didn’t attend your little hippie school)
Ahahaha. Seriously?
by HolmoePhobe on May 19, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah my school actually won the football national championship. Sucks, I know. So my list:
1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. Alabama
4. Ole Miss
5. Florida
by HyphyBearsFan on May 19, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Because clearly winning the national championship is more important than being the best public university in the country.
Damn hippies and their bizarre inexplicable interest in anything other than football!
Especially when that national championship is I-AA…err, I guess we call ourselves FCS these days? Anyways, we obviously don’t play the same level football as I-A teams (well, maybe the same level as some of the mid-majors, but whatever), but at least we’ve figured out how to properly crown a champion.
And I’m glad we agree that football is more important that being a public university. Private school rox, down with hippies~!
by HyphyBearsFan on May 19, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It was long before any of us were even born. Irrelevant.
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Nobody said the people in Tuscaloosa are the least bit rational when it comes to college football…
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions
you simply won’t beat the south when it comes to atmosphere.
Oh yes I can. I’d rather go to a place where I’m not likely to see racist ass people.
In other words, Go Bears!
To be fair, not every place is the south is College Station. I think Austin (UT), Houston (UofH – don’t laugh Oregon played here 3 years ago – but the atmosphere sucked since it was in Reliant Stadium and Houston has suck fans anyways) – and even a place like Death Valley (LSU) wouldn’t be so concerned about the color of your skin – hell they elected Jindal!
I’m Indian and while I think Austin, and probably Baton Rouge/New Orleans will be fine there’s no way in hell I’m stepping foot in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or South Carolina.
In other words, Go Bears!
Going to places like Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, Athens, Baton Rouge, and Oxford will be fine. As someone else mentioned, Southern hospitality is real. The places that you’re talking about are the poor ass hick towns in the middle of nowhere – but the truth is most of them don’t go to college and aren’t close enough and can’t afford to go to college football games, so it’s not even a big deal. You don’t have to encounter that at all.
Basically, it isn’t the 1920’s anymore. The south in general isn’t like that anymore, most people have, in fact, moved past racism. They just don’t want you hippies telling them they can’t have their guns…
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 6:12 AM PDT up reply actions
The 1920s? The South was having racial problems well past the 1920s. You heard of this thing called the Civil Rights Movement?
I used the 1920’s as my example because that was the peak of the KKK. What example I used doesn’t change my overall point, though.
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
a place where I’m not likely to see racist ass people.
Where is this place? Was it one of those utopia worlds that was featured in an episode of Star Trek? Because I sure can’t think of a place on Earth without some form of racism.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
You really don’t think a non-white person will get a slightly different reception in rural Texas or Alabama or Mississippi than in California?
by HolmoePhobe on May 20, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
To be completely honest
it depends on what part of rural Texas. Sometimes, you’ll get a NICER reception. Southern hospitality isn’t a lie – nor is it restricted to whites only. (Obviously there’s a lot of places where non-whites aren’t welcome, but I like to ignore those places)
I knew an Indian/Mexican guy that hiked the Appalachian trail. He was the one that told me the south has some of the nicest people, he also said that occassionally you will run into racists, but it comprises about 5% of the population. (Also beware of drunk drivers while hitch hiking).
The way I see it, look at the perception of Berkeley. We are all a bunch of hippies, but how many of us are actually hippies? That proportion is similar to the normal – to – racist ratio in the South.
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That’s not what I said. Of course racism comes in different forms against different groups depending on where you go, and it will be more overt and socially acceptable in certain places (I think this is what RR was trying to avoid). Still, racism is everywhere — yes, even in San Jose — and to look for a community free of racism is to look for Utopia.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
False (although San Jose is okay)
These places might not suffer from overt redneck racism, but they suffer from a subtle form of liberal racism, where people have decided to separate rather than integrate, have decided to give minorities additional help because they are ‘different’ and are ‘victims’ rather than treating them as equals. It’s a problem that has plagued America ever since MLK’s assassination and the ensuing white flight.
People feel so guilty about our tense racial history that they continue to obsess about it the way yellow fever obsesses over Palvador. Especially in a place like California, where people are trained to talk about diversity, not realizing that these discussions are small-minded and fucking stupid, that they amplify race rather than discourage it, they glorify ghetto culture, they discourage minorities from doing anything that doesn’t benefit their race, and they keep the tensions between cultural communities alive and well.
Boston, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Seattle, all suffer from separation of communities by race, where you see richer white folk live up in their mansions in the hills away from the violence, or flee to the suburbs, leaving the poor minorities to slug it out in the poorer areas.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 6:10 AM PDT up reply actions
In fairness (and not that I disagree with your point), it’s as much an economic issue as a racial one.
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions
stereotypes:
1. white people in the north don’t hate blacks, but they would never live next to them
2. white people in the south may hate blacks, but they don’t mind having them as neighbors
by LeonPowe on May 20, 2009 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd
For saying what I wanted to say in less words.
Kind of like how you don’t make scoring complicated. Just dunks and putbacks.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 6:45 AM PDT up reply actions
What if I dont want this guy living next to me.
But the thing is it has NOTHING to do with his skin color. That dirty hipster.
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Uhh, Twist, that dude is like the gangsta version of you. Are you saying you hate yourself?
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
He looks nothing like me. Ive never rocked a pair of pants like that or that terrorist scarf. Plus, I hate those style of iPod bud earphones.
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More red. Not as pink.
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These places might not suffer from overt redneck racism, but they suffer from a subtle form of liberal racism, where people have decided to separate rather than integrate, have decided to give minorities additional help because they are ‘different’ and are ‘victims’ rather than treating them as equals
Did you just completely pull that out of your ass? Having lived in two of those four cities and spent a lot of time in the other two, you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
What, you lived in the inner cities?
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
There’s an inner city Berkeley?
That’s besides the point anyway, you just invented an entire socio-economic phenomenon without providing the slightest evidence for it.
by HolmoePhobe on May 20, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I ‘invented’ an entire socioeconomic phenomenon. I’ve never heard of institutional racism either.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
What you described in your post above was completely different from institutional racism, but I’ll let that slide.
So you’re seriously claiming that institutional racism is widespread in Boston, San Francisco, Berkeley, Seattle and San Jose?
by HolmoePhobe on May 20, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
In the past, definitely; not as much today, but it still lingers
San Jose isn’t so bad; it’s a fairly new city and is well integrated. When I refer to Berkeley, I’m really referring to Oakland.
San Francisco has never done enough in integrating the blacks in the Hunters Point/Western Addition area, and the black population in the city has declined from 100,000 to under 50,000 in the past 40 years. Seattle has had a checkered history of race relations.
You could probably argue that economics also plays a role in all of this, but I’d say local government didn’t do enough to look out for minorities either.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Make up your mind what you’re arguing for.
Your claim that “local government didn’t do enough to look out for minorities” totally contradicts your earlier complaint that "people.. have decided to give minorities additional help ".
Also, yes, minorities tend to be poorer, so their numbers have been dropping in places like SF due to gentrification. None of this is evidence of “liberal racism” or even institutional racism in general.
by HolmoePhobe on May 20, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Gentrification isn’t a sign of institutional racism?
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Its economics… That’s like saying Cal football is institutionalized racism because most of the fans are white.
CGB: Our points are reliable. Our logic is infallible. Our past records are illogical. And our ham is dynamite!
by Spazzy Mcgee on May 20, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah fair enough. I concede the point. You win this round Spazzy.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
racist.
CGB: Our points are reliable. Our logic is infallible. Our past records are illogical. And our ham is dynamite!
by Spazzy Mcgee on May 20, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
racists.
CGB: Our points are reliable. Our logic is infallible. Our past records are illogical. And our ham is dynamite!
by Spazzy Mcgee on May 20, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
There needs to be a fight to the death between you two at one point. Both intoxicated. Sword duel.
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by rollonubears on May 20, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You just want us to kill each other so there’s no one here to bruise your fragile teenage ego.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, pretty much.
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by rollonubears on May 20, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh and by the way
Unless you’re misusing the word “ensuing”, you’re suggesting that white flight was due to MLK’s assassination, which doesn’t make any sense.
He used ensuing correctly. It can imply causation, but doesn’t have to.
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. It can also mean following, but that is also either an incorrect use of the word or an inaccurate statement, since white flight began well before MLK’s assassination.
by HolmoePhobe on May 20, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
This was poorly worded
MLK’s assassination did not lead to white flight. But both of these events were terrible blows to the image of the African-American community.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 20, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, ok then. Didn’t realize we were debating the timeline of the events.
by HyphyBearsFan on May 20, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
CGB's Top 5 - Basic Math and Conclusions
1) Texas – 14 votes
2) Florida – 10 votes
3) Michigan – 7
4) Ohio St. – 6
5) Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, & Oklahoma – 5
By Conference:
1) SEC – 28
2) Big 12 – 23
3) Big 10 – 18
4) ACC – 4
5) Big East, Mountain West, WAC – 3
A total of 27 different teams were selected.
They're after our precious bodily fluids
My own 5 teams
1) Texas – obviously
2) Florida St. – just because FSU tends to be one of those ‘Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere’ teams and I think this could happen
3) UNC – up and coming. UNC will be competing for, or winning, the ACC pretty regularly within the next 2-3 years
4) LSU – it was either them or Florida, but I think LSU is willing to travel whereas UF isn’t
5) Michigan – all the reasons stated above. I’d like to see this one played in the Rose Bowl.
I linked this over at Texas' to see what they thought.
http://www.burntorangenation.com/2009/5/20/881202/texas-ranked-number-1
They're after our precious bodily fluids
Is that anything like Scrabble?
Go Bears!
by California Pete on May 20, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
texas!
i want texas.
i want usc (oh axe that, we do get them)
others?
michigan, lsu, notre dame and agree with some other posters, all the big10, sec teams that are overrated every year..
get off me bandwagoners!
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Options
Under current circumstances Cal plays three out-of-conference games a year, and has gone for ABC strategy. Maybe ABC could be adjusted for three types of schools, and Cal identifies three or four schools in each category and rotates among them.
A: Football factory schools (this is not us, but we would like to play them, and beat them sometimes, and then more than sometimes, and then regularly. But then we become them and who are we?) This is drawn mainly from the list above.
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Florida
- Ohio State
- Nebraska
- Notre Dame
B: Academic and athletic institutions (this is us, but we want to transcend the competition)
- Michigan (until they return to A category!)
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- Duke (maybe they will get better)
- Northwestern
C: Interesting Regional Rivals (if we have to have an easy game, but at least pick teams that have made it to bowls)
- Hawaii (do you still get an extra game if you travel there?)
- Colorado (until the return to glory)
- Air Force
- Co State
- Cal Poly/Fresno State/SJSU
So, you schedule home and homes, and then mix and match among them. C schools are respectable, because I think cream puff scheduling is a serious problem in modern society.
jh
- Hawaii (do you still get an extra game if you travel there?)
Yep, tho I’m not sure a 13-game schedule would be desirable.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Only when you visit Hawai’i. Because traveling to Hawai’i is so expensive, many teams would rather not play a road game on the Islands. To induce teams to play road games in Hawai’i, the NCAA allows those teams to play a 13-game schedule, so that they can add another home game to their schedule; helps with the revenue and such.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
So a team could play a 15 game schedule?
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by rollonubears on May 22, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
funsies?
ConGRADulations by the way. See what I did there?
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by rollonubears on May 22, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you show up to the Engineering commencement? I didn’t hear your name called.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
EECS…congrats….way too much work for me. Damn…I was econ + poli sci, and my roommate was EECS. Sometimes, I wondered if I should call the cops to find where he was. But then, always figured he was somewhere in Soda or Cory.
never in Etcheverry?
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
just one semester
I had one discussion section there this semester
I think Etcheverry is mainly CE or Mech E?
In other words, Go Bears!
I think it’s MechE. I also had just one discussion section in there in four years, though, so I wouldn’t really know.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I know CivE was mostly on campus – Davis Hall and whatnot. Hmmm I wonder who spent most of their time in Etcheverry? Who knows.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
Yea it could be MechE. I just know that I usually take the 2nd floor entrance into Etcheverry and then take the connecting door to Soda and that it was night and day difference between the two buildings. Soda was cleaner, didn’t smell and most of all it was air conditioned!
In other words, Go Bears!
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