Cal v. Minnesota 9.19.09 4th Quarter Thread
Discuss all the fourth quarter action against Minnesota here. And don't forget to vote in the CGB Insta-Poll. GO BEARS!
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Quick thought
I’m surprised Gregory still is going with the zone this late. Weber’s really accurate and can find his men if given the time. He loves to throw that high pass and Decker can get it, it breaks down the zone everytime down the field.
Plus for someone as big of a target as Decker, they’re playing way off of him. Add in Hagan totally biting on the run or playing purely zone coverage instead of his man and Cal has gotten burned over and over on that play.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:27 AM PDT reply actions
i agree.
though just a bit tighter and it’s pass breakups rather than leaping catches.
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by Rocksanddirt on Sep 19, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
+1
and they aren’t blitzing as much. I’m also a little p.o.ed that they have such a conservative approach on offense.
Tucker had to stop on that route
Riley might have thrown that a little behind where he should’ve been.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:29 AM PDT reply actions
riley is throwing all over the place
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
I don’t really think you can argue with a pass on 2nd and 15, especially since it would have gone for 7 or 8 yards if it wasn’t dropped.
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I think I can argue with the past 15 minutes and I think I’d win.
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
You don’t think a Best run is more dangerous than our current passing game or a run with Vereen?
It'll be just you, me, and Peter Nincompoop.
Seems like
Best has been getting tripped up at the LOS. I’m not sure if Ludwig or Tedford are sure that Best can beat the box.
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
how many drops before we quit throwing?
Go Bears Go
The passing game has fallen apart a bit
We should be running more.
how many games does it take to regress?
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, i smell safety.
oh please, oh please, oh please!
'we're #1, we're #1, we're#---SHIT.'
-- 10/13/2007, a day that will live in infamy.
Great punt
At least we have that going for us…
This big old struggle
is not really giving me much hope about our chances in the Pac-10.
let's goooooo defense!!
let’s take away their momentum!!
weber-to-decker, weber-to-decker. give me a break.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT reply actions
i'm lagged
and i need to stop looking at this thread.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
it was a pretty decent play
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by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
it was a very good play
with horrible officiating.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Any officiating this awful has to be Pac-10…
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Big 10 refs – it’s always the refs of the home team when the Pac-10 is on the road.
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Yup, Pac-10 is the only big conference that always allows home refs for these games.
by Tedfordisgod on Sep 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
You're not going to get many calls on the road
We just have to deal with that.
I bet they’re eyeballing Cattouse too after the Decker hit earlier…
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but the refs don’t need to be giving calls to the home team for complete crap plays like that.
by CaliforniaBone on Sep 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Thats such BULLSHIT. BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT.
Just like the annoncer said BIZZARE.
by dingosean on Sep 19, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions
we gotta be able to play tough when it goes like this
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Sep 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT reply actions
Cal's second half
No points. No sustained drives, even.
Refs are not the issue
We shouldn’t let the game be close enough for a couple bad calls to swing it the other way.
dboneisloose
Right, but the refs are one of the issues
by Tedfordisgod on Sep 19, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m still really surprised NO ONE’S manning up on Decker.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:36 AM PDT reply actions
Yeah what’s the deal? There’s gotta be some kind of adjustment we can make to deal with that.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 19, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Bears are dropping deep into zone and bewaring the deep pass. Still I’d put Mohamed or at least a linebacker to at least shade ahead of him.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Dang
We’re still a bad road team — we can surely get out of this pit, but Cal at home and Cal on road are just so different.
i know if wasn’t PI, but i’m surprised the zebras didnt flag that
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by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank God for SydQuan Thompson.
I want to have his babies.
I’m guessing Decker was facing heavy coverage
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
finally, then.
'we're #1, we're #1, we're#---SHIT.'
-- 10/13/2007, a day that will live in infamy.
by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Syd giveth, Syd nearly taketh away
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:39 AM PDT reply actions
Time to get a first down
I’m not proud at this point.
yes. a fuck'n drive.
no throwing.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Sep 19, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I gotta agree
We did quite well running the ball with our best player earlier in the game. Let’s try that again.
Riley obviously did not have a Tebow-esque speech at halftime.
'we're #1, we're #1, we're#---SHIT.'
-- 10/13/2007, a day that will live in infamy.
yeah…
'we're #1, we're #1, we're#---SHIT.'
-- 10/13/2007, a day that will live in infamy.
by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
maybe riley shouldn't wear #13.
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
yeah
my thoughts exactly.
i know the whistles are hard to hear and all, but everyone was stopped.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't get this road drop-off
I know it happens to every team – but why is the drop-off so great for Cal?
dboneisloose
Finally
First first down in the second half.
Ugh
Riley does not need to go into Brett Favre gunslinger mode like that
dboneisloose
Lots of bad luck. Vereen slip on 3rd down, awful holding call killing a drive. It hasn’t been quite as bad as everybody’s making it out to be.
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really?
6 three and outs in a row is not bad offense?
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by Rocksanddirt on Sep 19, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
well I was talking about the 2nd half only I guess, which is just 3 possessions. The offense hasn’t been great, but it hasn’t been Oregon at BSU awful either.
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three bad possessions and a fumbled punt?
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by Rocksanddirt on Sep 19, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Fuck not another tight end injury
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions
Oh jeez, we better not have another TE injury. I hope that is just a cramp
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It’s Curran. God, who does that leave us with, Miller and Sparks?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn
What happened with Curran? Defender fell on him after he was down?
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Might have been his hip.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
or maybe
he just fell on the football awkwardly and it knocked the wind out of him. hopefully it’s just that.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
No turnover please
That’s the last thing I wanna see.
Best doesn’t have the same burst as he did in the 1st half.
I still believe in Ryan Garko...........
I don’t think it’s that. Our o-line has been letting defenders through.
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
You called it man…that outside run worked perfectly.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 19, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here.. We need a stop on defense here..
D'Amato was great on that last kick, though
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Just like I'm surprised Cal's defense has played deep zone coverage
Cal’s offense has run it up the middle a lot more than they’ve run it outside.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions
Now, Syd needs to make sweet sweet love to Decker for the next 7 minutes and force them to go somewhere else.
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
P.S.
3rd and 15 to Ross in our territory was a HYOOGE completion. Serious momentum turner right there.
Riley really is about 1000% better on long throws.
Probably D’Amato.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
why can't get a decent kick-off guy?
I mean, really.
by the federer express on Sep 19, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions
PICK PICK PICK THE FUCKING PROPHET
dboneisloose
We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession. We need at least a FG on this possession.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE BE TO MOHAMED!!!
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also recv'dd
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by GoldBlooded on Sep 19, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm holding back a waterfall
If we win, I might wet my bed.
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
RUN TO THE OUTSIDE
Minnesota is playing inside all the way.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions
At this point the margin of victory is the last thing on my mind. GET THE W
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You need to stop thinking that way
I’m still worried about winning the game, not meaningless rankings in September before the Pac-10 season has even started.
i guess not.
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by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
or maybe they were given 4 TOs because that’s the way things are going.
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by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed
it’s not soul-crushing if it doesn’t burn a bunch of clock and end in a TD
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Why. Run. Inside.
Again.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:56 AM PDT reply actions
Why have they given up on running outside? That was so successful in the 1st half…
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there we go.
unconventional, but there we go
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by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
If you’re going to run inside, set up a lead blocker. If you’re not going to throw the FB in there, RUN IT OUTSIDE
Threw Holley in there on that one.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
One of my roommates (humanities Phd student) just walked into the living room, stared at the screen for 10 seconds, then asked what quarter it was. I might stab him.
dboneisloose
Great catch by Miller
It would have been an interception if he hadn’t got a hand on it.
I dunno what they're debating
That was three steps. You only need one.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions
the way the calls have been going they’ll call it back oh never mind
by BornOnThePlay on Sep 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Miller was just moving it with his right hand from that behind angle. It was secured.
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think they know the sun fucking rises in the east
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 19, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay!
Finally, Cal looks like a top-10 team. We can play an intense 4th quarter on the road.
Oh man.. we caught a really big break on that one... I think that was an incomplete pass...
the ball was moving around quite a bit.
nah
he tucked the ball in his arm and took two steps before he got hit.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I learned my lesson from the 2005 Vegas Bowl not to bet the spread
by BornOnThePlay on Sep 19, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to be as nice as I can
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS. IS THIS ALL YOU CARE ABOUT.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
14 I think.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless he got it at 13.5.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ffs
How can you be a confident Cal fan?
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG
Phd roommate just asked me what “2nd and goal” means. Someone give me a knife.
dboneisloose
that’s no excuse – I’m a huge nerd myself.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 19, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
For the record
I’m a PhD candidate and I know what’s going on. Spazzy and Carp seem to be in the same boat. IMO, most Cal grads know football.
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think carp is a postdoc or prof or something. I’m pretty sure he already has his PhD
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I think his dissertation involved the anatomy of Pac-10 cheerleaders
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't even live in the Bay Area
And I heard my neighbors screaming with joy!
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Best to the outside
I knew it was coming. Why didn’t Minnesota?
HolmoePhobe’s PhD roomie knew it was coming outside.
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Who was saying we didn't give it to JB enough?
Because, I think that today, we have.
On the other hand, have we even thrown to Marvin Jones today?
5 TDs is awesome…although I’m afraid the storyline is gonna be that they tied the game up until the last 6 min.
dboneisloose
Someone pass the man some Depends!
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
we’d be better off with Cus D’Amato kicking off…
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha +1
but i’m so sad.
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by ikoolykedat on Sep 19, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank god this game is almost over
It’s 3AM over here… I can go to bed peacefully now
Why on Earth do they keep on playing zone on Decker
I’m going to have ask Hydro about this.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 19, 2009 12:09 PM PDT reply actions
Dude’s been playing on borrowed time ever since Cattouse gave him the wood shampoo…
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
Do you think Weber will just throw it to the training table because Decker’s right there?
by Nashville on Sep 19, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Great game. For some reason I took my shirt off (always a good sign). We got punched in the jaw, and we needed it. This team is ready.
Actually…I’m kind of with you. It’s good to see that after sucking horribly for 25 minutes, Cal can stand up, shrug it off and get back to business.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 19, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Deckers going to be dead by the end of the season
No way Minn can afford to do this week after week.
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Trying not to shat his breeches.
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ok, this is me being paranoid again
Was Best limping there after he got up from being tackled in the backfield? Why is he still in?
dboneisloose
Good Night from Taipei!
Time for some zzz…
Go Bears
You know it, you tell the story
you tell the whole wide world this is Best territory
'we're #1, we're #1, we're#---SHIT.'
-- 10/13/2007, a day that will live in infamy.
Playtime is over
The real season starts next week, starting at Oregon.
Why give it to Best now?
Why not give it to Vereen? I mean this is not going to help out his stats…
JESUS CHRIST
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE IT DOESNT MEAN FUCK UP JAHVIDS STATS
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INJURY
any running back can run into the o line or take a loss. covaughn is stronger than jahvid anyways!
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by GoldBlooded on Sep 19, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Vereen has been more fumble-prone, so I agree with this decision
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
5 TDS
Right? I think I can forget about yardage today.
by BleedinBlue on Sep 19, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Where is our OL?
Honestly, Minnesota’s D isn’t terrible, but they’re not supposed to be in our backfield. How many times has JB been tripped up in the backfield today?
they seemed to be doing well in most of the first half. a lot of drop off since then
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I don't get it
If you want to make Best carry the ball till the end of the game, why not at least send him outside where he has a chance of breaking downfield? And if you just want to run up the middle, why use Best?
dboneisloose
give it to sofele or vereen
all we’re doing is subtracting yardage from best’s total for the day.
by atomsareenough on Sep 19, 2009 12:16 PM PDT reply actions
He's done
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
anger hasn't been sharp today, hasn't he?
by the federer express on Sep 19, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions
For some reason he gets Giorgio syndrome on the road.
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
He's been a little inconsistent
but his job on that last punt was not to have it blocked.
2006
announcers are idiots
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by GoldBlooded on Sep 19, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
another INT to end it!
great 4th quarter, guys.
by the federer express on Sep 19, 2009 12:19 PM PDT reply actions
Riley
64% completion percentage
10.1 average
252 yards
Looks good to me!
dboneisloose
It could have been even better without all those drops.
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Mohamed's attitude
No attempt to make an interception return and possibly get hurt. Just hand the ball to the ref and trot off the field. He knows there are bigger fish to fry later.
FUCK THE GO-PHERS
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP
TIME TO GET DRUNK AND RIDE BART
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Phew!
Despite crap special teams and lack of a consistent pass rush, cal hung in there and got it done. MN’s wide receiver would look great in a Raider or 9er uniform.
Good win for Cal, hard to work hard on the road to get it.
by turkey on Sep 19, 2009 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Dear Cal
Don’t ever do that again. I know you wanted to prove you can pull away in the 4th, but I was one nacho away from a heart attack. I’m sending you the bill from my cardiologist.
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
moist and happy
Thanks all…my first time doing this live during the game…fun
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Sep 19, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions
CBS
Wanna watch Al-Qaeda-in-Knoxville get the BEATDOWN.
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m switching between USC-UW and Oregon-Utah.
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
mark may had a surprisingly muted criticism of cal’s chances againt sc. didn’t expect moderation from him
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by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh, injuries
That’s the sort of news we don’t need, if it turns out to be true.
Impressed with the Gophers DL
They kept us under 200 yrds rushing. What was the last team to do that? USC?
or, specifically, not having best go up the middle.
that’s more vereen’s bread and butter
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Seriously.
I want to see the Nano-back get some more PT. Maybe on returns?
by VandyImport on Sep 19, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I would be shocked if Barkley starts
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by Berkelium97 on Sep 19, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
The more I think about it
The more okay I am with this game. Riley made big plays when it counted, and so did his WR. He also still didn’t turn the ball over.
I’m ok with the 40 minutes of the game that the team actually played. I’m not ok with the 20 minutes in the middle that they took off.
dboneisloose
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 19, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
For the rest of the afternoon games
Let’s move it to the postgame thread
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