What things annoy you during gamedays?
by royrules22 on Sep 2, 2009 10:47 AM PDT
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PrintA terrible Daily Cal article listed things that annoyed the author about Gameday. However that article was too terrible so I think we should make a list of things that annoy us during gamedays (not just hate).
Here's my list:
- People who leave games early
- People who talk on the phone when it’s NOT deadtime (i.e. timeout, halftime, pre-game, etc) unless it’s to tell a friend that they are sitting in row x seat y.
- People who wear red
- The opposing team
- The opposing team’s fans
- People who get uptight with chants. Ok so yelling shoot him like a horse to a downed player is BAD, but yelling Number 23 is a bitch (to the Maehl the Oregon WR) is funny and effective.
- People who yelling stupid shit in my ear. By stupid shit I mean "FUCK LONGSHORE. PUT RILEY IN. THE ONLY REASON LONGSHORE PLAYS IS BECAUSE HIM AND TEDFORD BUTTSEX EACH OTHER". I think last year I promised I’d punch a guy in his mouth if he yelled that one more fucking time. Thankfully he stopped.
- People who sit down when it’s not pre-game, or half-time. FRESHMAN STAND THE FUCK UP.
- People who sit on their asses and don’t yell on defense (ALUMNI I’M LOOKING AT YOU). I’m not saying be like the student section (that would be awesome) but FFS just yell on a critical third down if you’re younger than 50!
- People who make noise on offense.
- People who say "don’t make noise when the opposing team is in the huddle". I mean WTF?!
- the mic-girl
- People who don’t understand football that try to sound like they do. I don’t mind it if you don’t understand what’s going on, but don’t act like you’re HydroTech.
- People who say "this is boring". I actually heard that last year during the UCLA game. I turned around to look at who said that but by that time the people that surrounded her started ripping into her lol.
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I hate when I’m watching a game on TV, and the announcers bring up how great the SEC is out of nowhere when there’s nothing remotely related to anything SEC going on. That counts as a gameday annoyance, right?
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Quiet fans.
Fans that don’t stand up or that complain when others are doing so.
Ill-informed fans.
Bad mic-persons.
The wave.
When everyone throws their cards in the air after card stunts.
Fans that make too much noise while Cal is on offense.
Red.
Fans that don’t where Cal gear or blue or gold.
Students that show up way too late.
Overly pessimistic Old Blues.
Our bad sound system.
Not seeing yardage totals on the scoreboards.
Losing to anybody.
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by BeastMode on Sep 2, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
When everyone throws their cards in the air after card stunts.
I love that!
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When everyone throws their cards in the air after card stunts.
That’s tradition! There’re records of students doing that for decades.
My problem is with people who tear up the cards or make shitty hats out of them by ripping a hole in the center.
Also, assholes on Tightwad Hill who ruin it for other people.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it’s dangerous and it hurts when you get hit with them.
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I’m more annoyed with the people who target particular people when they’re throwing their cards. If you throw them up and let them drift to the bottom, you won’t have nearly as much of this problem.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If that is what everyone did, I’d obviously not have a problem. Unfortunately, a lot of people either throw then directly at people or throw them up without regard.
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Wow…I figured you were exaggerating about the Daily Cal article. I disagreed with 5 of his 7 complaints. He sounds like the most bitter Cal fan in the world, which is a hell of a title. I mean, who actually cares enough about the chancellor or the dance team to waste print space complaining about them? What other irrelevant things does he complain about? When he takes a shower, does he write a column the next day about how annoying it is when the water gets slightly cold or the bathroom mirror fogs up?
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Anyone who boos a Cal player under any circumstances. I’m looking at you, Longshore-haters.
by HolmoePhobe on Sep 2, 2009 1:32 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I wonder who was hated more, Ayoob or Longshore.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Third wave feminists?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
My additions (not all gameday, but good enough)
- People who don’t go when it is raining.
- People who haven’t seen the clock hit 00:00 in the 4th with Cal down by at least 40. (exception for people under 21. I guess.)
- People who still don’t understand the proper usage of “roll on you bears” (especially mic men who chant it into the microphone.)
- The once sarcastic overhand clap now being used non-sarcastically.
- People who openly worry about whether our strength of schedule keeping us out of the championship game, when the season hasn’t started and we clearly play one of the toughest schedules in the country.
- People who boo
- People who think it isn’t OK to criticize college players
- The wave. Dear God, please don’t do the wave.
- People who rush the field against anyone besides USC or Stanford.
- People who argue relative strength of conferences as if the Pac-10 clearly is the best conference in the country.
- Anyone who openly complains about the yellow uniforms despite the fact the players love them, we win when we wear them, and they look great on TV.
- People who take the game so seriously that they went into a full sprint up the stairs and out of the stadium at the end of the Oregon State game in 2007 passing about 30 rows of people who were all in stunned silence. (What? Yes, I hate myself.)
Obviously, we can let this go on for a couple of days. But then we need to do a big list of things that are awesome.
So, you think we shouldn’t have rushed against Tennessee in 2007?
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Wasn’t that more of a gradual emptying of the stands on to the field, and not a “rush”
I have mixed feelings about that one.
I think Tennessee 07 was okay, and I support big OOC opponents for the rush too. That being said, I’ve never done it. :(
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 3, 2009 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
- The once sarcastic overhand clap now being used non-sarcastically.
Please explain
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Story is this as far as I understand it… we once played Wisconsin (?). All of their fans would do the overhand clap when good things happened. (The one that is like the Sharks clap.) So apparently when they made some mistake and our fans all started doing it. This continued for a lot of years. We would do it for fumbles, interceptions, penalties negating big plays, people falling down, etc.
But about three years ago, we started using it for sacks. Just like the people we were making fun of would have done. We are better than this. I blame the mic men.
I might be wrong (Hydro often tells me that I am while punching me repeteadly), but I feel reasonably certain that during my time at Cal lo those many years go, we would do that shark clap whenever the other team screwed up big time, like a sack. So, Im not sure how accurate your apocryphal story truly is.
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Not exactly
I attended that Wisconsin game. It was in 1989. Wisconsin had a lot of fans in attendance. They did the “overhand” clap, IIRC, when something happened that was good for them, but a mistake by us. (Such as a penalty or a turnover.) In the student section, we wondered what the F that was all about. We started likening it to a “seal clap.” In the 4th quarter, when Cal sealed the win (see what I did there?), the student section, in unison, turned to the Wisconsin section and did the “seal clap.” Many of the students did seal barking sounds, which was a nice touch. After that game, the student section used the seal clap as a way to mock the other team (though the barking kind of fell by the wayside as time passed).
Frankly, I think the “shark” clap on sacks is a different sort of clap. Wider opening of the arms.
Praise be to Tedford!
Do you wanna do an in depth analysis of the differences in claps?
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Celebratory “shark” clap for sack: Top hand goes over your head. You have the “Jaws” theme in your head as you do it.
Mocking “seal” clap: The top hand doesn’t go above the shoulder. You bark like a seal or imagine yourself barking like a seal as you do it.
Is that enough depth?
Praise be to Tedford!
Interesting, thanks Ohio Bear. Would you be willing to post video clips of yourself performing the shark clap, and the seal clap?
by Tedfordisgod on Sep 3, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Are you referring to our current 3rd down clap when you say seal clap? And the theme should be “Iron Man”, not “Jaws”
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- People who take the game so seriously that they went into a full sprint up the stairs and out of the stadium at the end of the Oregon State game in 2007 passing about 30 rows of people who were all in stunned silence.
That one hit a little too close to home.
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In general, I hate the wave too. If the game is close, at ALL, I refuse to participate. But at the 2002 Big Game, I actually enjoyed it. It was cathartic. It actually seemed like a new way to mock Stanfurd, since they were so terrible that they game was over and won in the 3rd quarter, and the fans responded by saying collectively “you are no longer worthy of our attention. commence celebration!”
the wave also looks best in bowl stadiums with no breaks, and with the tarps removed, and the stadium filled near capacity.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I’m with Rags. It’s not to be used in regular games, but in blowouts where there is much to rejoice about in said blowout, it’s very enjoyable. As it stands, it is used WAY too often.
And by the way, it looks much more awesome in a pure bowl like Memorial than it does in a stadium with decks. I fully intend to start one in the 4th quarter of the Rose Bowl when we finally make it and are blowing out whatever crummy team the Big-11 has offered up for sacrifice.
It’s the only wave that will ever replace the 2002 Big Game wave as the best wave in the history of football, in my memory.
- People who argue relative strength of conferences as if the Pac-10 clearly is the best conference in the country.
I just want to comment that I frequently do this, not because I actually believe what I’m saying, but because your arguments go farther when you take them to the extreme. Tell an SEC fan that their conference is good, and they’re just going to smile and pretend they’re listening to why the Pac-10 is good, but really they’re just thinking “Yep, we’re better than the Pac-10”. Give an SEC fan facts why the Pac-10 might be better than the SEC (while proclaiming it IS better), and they get mad and will pretend to dismiss your arguments, but you know you got under their skin because they don’t have good facts of their own, and there’s some little part of the back of their mind where doubt about their superiority creeps in…
It’s only natural to take the argument to the next level, regardless of how much you believe it.
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree with rushing. If it were up to me I’d have rushed the field after the UW last year. I love rushing the field.
In other words, Go Bears!
That would have been comical, rushing the field after UW.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
as if the Pac-10 clearly is the best conference in the country.
I mean, it is…
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- People who act like they have some divine right to make authoritative statements about how we should act as fans because they follow Cal football more religiously than their friends. *
Case: I remember it was a home game when we were playing the qb switch game with longshore and riley. Longshore had the start that day. This was mid-season, so everyone knew Longshore was struggling and there was the truly anti-Longshore camp forming. In the opening drive, he threw his first pass, an incompletion that was hardly his fault. I jokingly said out loud “PUT IN RILEY!!!” The people around me laughed. Clearly a joke.
Then this fat ass idiot near us started yelling at me “SHUT THE FUCK UP. YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME I’LL KICK YOUR ASS” while his ‘posse’ stared back at me as if they wanted to get into a fight. The fat ass threw in some cal football knowledge here and there to cement his right to say whatever he wanted, of course. I told him it was a joke, but he kept on ranting on how he was gonna kick my ass. I told him go ahead if he wanted to (imagine, he’s like 5 seats away from me, if you really wanted to do it come). I just ignored him b/c … how do you respond to a guy like that?
Good thing it was a bright sunny and wonderful gameday at Berkeley with the game just starting. B/c I was with my group of 20 or so friends (student) … b/c he deserved a good ole ass kicking.
by nickle on Sep 2, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
On the one hand, not a good idea to threaten people with physical violence.
On the other hand, the “PUT IN RILEY” chants were really fucking annoying.
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That reminds me. In the ’07 season, when we put in Riley for a series the student fans would get all agitated, making comments like “why the hell is riley in, put in longshore.”
Fast forward a year and they’re saying the exact opposite.
Fans, so fickle without doing any work.
I remember saying that – to myself – at the start of the OSU game. One year later, I wear the Gold 13 jersey, Go RILEY!
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 3, 2009 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Look, I’m sorry OK, but people who yelled Put In Riley just upset me so much. I haven’t been able to sleep since I was so angered that day!!!!
Also, I’ve lost a LOT of weight.
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I’m assuming you refering to my outburst against that Longshore hater. First of all I’m actually a pretty passive guy.
Anyway it’s not that he yelled Longshore sucks. Hell I did. I also yelled put in Sweeney last year as a joke. It’s when the person gets so belligerent and and angry at a decision made by the coaches and yells it obnoxiously. Especially if the person leans into my ear.
In other words, Go Bears!
Another one: whoever started the rumor that the stunt cards each cost Rally Comm $1 each, emphasizing how important that we turn them in without ripping it up, etc.
I’m sure Yes We Cannon can shed light here, but my understanding is that, to save money, RallyComm does try to reuse the cards as much as possible.
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Right. No idea how much they actually cost, and while I doubt it’s a dollar, the fact is that they’re worth more than that.
There’s limited space to store the cards/bags, and there’s a much longer turnaround time between ordering new cards and receiving them. Plus, once they’re ordered, they have to be sorted from entirely new packages (it’s always a bit easier sorting the older cards), which takes hours of students’ time.
So, yeah. They might not cost a dollar, but they’re definitely worth much more than that. Plus, with student groups getting funding cuts and Rally Committee already using most of its budget for events that people pretty much expect to happen every year (read: Bonfire), it’s always nice to reuse what we can.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
To make a rally comm related complaint – In recent years, we have often tried to do card stunts in game where it was clear the student section wouldn’t be totally full. Can we just reserve it for USC/UCLA + Stanford + Huge games like Tennessee?
Talk to the Old Blues. They love them, even if it’s partially because they love saying that when they were in school, their card stunts were so much better than they are today.
I’d rather have them for all the games, though, because honestly, I’d say people tend to get used to it during the smaller, less-intense games, so that when a big game does come around, the execution is (in theory) more polished, so you get shows like this.
However, given that they’ve been cutting time for the card stunt shows in recent years, I won’t be surprised if they do cut back on the shows themselves.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it is likely that the people who don’t show up for the less intense games are also the people who are too dumb to properly do the card stunts. (Or having not attended games regularly don’t understand them.)
I can see it both ways – but having spent most of my life on the west side, I would say that people’s reactions to the half-filled card stunts is one of “love.” The other thing to note, just as a historical matter, is that it think it is really only in the Tedford era that we have had card stunts with such regularity. This likely was due to lack of attendance and funds.
But it also made them feel pretty special. In fact, my only real recollection is from the either the 1991 or 1993 Cal-UW game (I think both teams were undefeated at the time.) This ended up leading to a second half collapse.
Why do you hate card stuns and rally comm so much?
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Was there cards stunts at last years Oregon game?
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 3, 2009 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions
No, most rainy games don’t have card stunts (unless it’s Stanfurd/U$C, just because they’re big games).
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 3, 2009 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
As long as it isn’t rainy or Alumni Band Day, usually.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 5, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Scratch that. They usually just move the timing of the card stunts for Homecoming.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 5, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
Good to know. My Cal experience/knowledge is spotty at best, and I’ve only heard from a small group of Cal fans about card stunts (and they’re the kind of people who would love the card stunts just because they’re happening and they get reminded of their student life).
But it also made them feel pretty special.
It’s funny, because the way you’re describing the card stunts is the way Bonfire has gone, where not too long ago, there were multiple bonfires a year, each for a particular event (home opener, LA game, Big Game, etc.) and now because of funding/legal-issues it’s solely a Big Game event. It’d be great having multiple ones, because of the scale of the event, but really, just having one and having it for Big Game makes it all kinds of special.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 2, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
- The schmuck who keeps nitpicking about small/short plays during gametime a few rows behind me.
- Half of the alumni being quiet (I sit in the Alumni section because my dad gets the tickets). You’re half right Roy, being that there is a good portion that are quiet, but there is also a good portion that does get up and make noise, especially since last year.
- Visiting fans in the Alumni section (had some last year during the UCLA game).
- Visiting fans that are obnoxious (those same UCLA fans).
- LONG lines to anything/anywhere (luckily this hasn’t happened in recent seasons).
- Opposing teams that have mascots/cheerleaders that run into the opposing endzone to do cartwheels and other dumb acts of celebration after a score (which is why it is always awesome when we have a band member or two do the same when we score just to show how lame it is).
- Anyone in the stadium wearing red.
- Anyone leaving before the 4th Quarter.
And unlike a lot of you, I like the wave. It has somewhat implemented itself as a staple of sporting events everywhere. Yes, it can be called “forced” but sometimes “forced” is what the people could use to break the boredom.
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by Swamphunter on Sep 2, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
How on Earth do you get bored at a sporting event?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
1-0 pitchers duel.
0-0 soccer draw with two defensive teams.
Washington in late December.
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1-0 pitchers duel.
nah
0-0 soccer draw with two defensive teams.
not if they’re good teams
Washington in late December.
maaaaybe
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Dude did you see Penny today? If the Giants can limp into the playoffs and, like, ONE hitter gets hot, hooooly smokes …
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 3, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to the game, Penny looked solid. Good pickup by the Giants. Unfortunately our lineup still sucks, I’m excited to go again today and see Posey.
by Missing Barry on Sep 3, 2009 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions
When’s Posey going to see action? And yes, just ONE hitter to get hot, I would hope Roward since he carries the potential for power and to drive the ball when we need it. Renteria just needs to get warm and Winn just needs to be clutch.
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 3, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to be mad if Posey doesn’t get action tonight since I have tickets, and it’s definitely going to be the last Giants game I attend this season…
by Missing Barry on Sep 3, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed! I sit in the Alumni section with my parents, and now make it a point to stand up on 3rd downs, yell at the top of my lungs on every Defense play, and obnoxiously wave my arms in an attempt to get others to stand up with me (Knowing it will fail miserably)
Find me with binoculars at MD, HH row 50, I’ll be THAT guy
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- Opposing teams that have mascots/cheerleaders that run into the opposing endzone to do cartwheels and other dumb acts of celebration after a score (which is why it is always awesome when we have a band member or two do the same when we score just to show how lame it is).
ugh, ASU and their flagmen
I think we do that too, if I am not mistaken didn’t we do it at last years OSU game?
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 5, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Just read the article. He insulted Brent Musburger. Who the FUCK does he think he is?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there any place where you can see who is calling certain games? I am going to be pissed if he isn’t calling Oregon-BSU tomorrow.
Who do you have in that game?
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Well those were two totally unrelated questions.
Musberger exclusively calls Saturday Night Football, he’ll be in Atlanta for Virginia Tech-Alabama with Herbie. Mark Jones and Bob Davie (who are pretty good).
My picks will be available sometime tomorrow.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, I am so excited right now I can’t focus. The season starts in a few days. I am literally pacing with excitement. Don’t expect me to stay on topic.
I like Bob Davie, mostly because of how he pronounces the word huge. He can’t say it. He frequently uses the word, and it always comes out yuge. It can be the highlight of the game sometimes. “It was a yuge gain!”
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You should count the number of times he says “Footbawl”. Great drinking game.
Well, root beer for you. Heh.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate not being able to walk in for free anymore because Cal is good and popular. Long live Holmoe!
Hey, say what you will, but going to Holmoe games did have its advantages. Sit where you want, all the room you could possibly need, and like I said, I really have walked in for free, without a ticket, before.
by Missing Barry on Sep 3, 2009 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I didn’t go to Cal, but I’m still a Cal fan…so yes, there were enjoyable. Like Twist said, though, I didn’t know any better at the time. Turns out winning is more fun…
by Missing Barry on Sep 3, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's my list:
- People who boo when the opposing team takes the field
- HS band day (I want to see the good band!)
- Quiet fans
- Fans who don’t stand
- People who leave early for any reason
- People who leave their seats in the middle of the game to beat lines for bathrooms or concessions, take care of that crap before the game or at halftime
- People who cheer any sort of injury
- Stanford’s band making any sort of appearance unless it should be a trombonist in the endzone
- People who think it’s OK to act like an asshole to opposing fans because their team won
- Crappy lighting for night games
- People who don’t wear team colors
- People who don’t participate in a wave that’s already gained sufficient momentum, get off your butt it’s fun
- People who don’t turn out when the California weather decides to be even mildly inclement
- Bad mic people
- Rushing of the field/court
- Scoreboards without a plethora of statistical data to meet my nerdy desires
- Not really a hate by any means, but 2003 and prior you could go to the game and get tons of room to stretch out and enjoy, now it’s all cramped. Damned success.
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
by GBB4188 on Sep 2, 2009 7:55 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Earlier in this thread, I defended the wave. However, I gotta say, if the game is close and worth paying attention to, I’m not doing the wave. I’m just not. It’s distracting. Plus, I’m already standing.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I’m going to write something on the wave one of these days. I believe it’s a clear and present danger to the fabric of our society.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's
blame UW! They invented the damn thing!
Also, outside of the US, the Wave is known as the Mexican Wave.
Whatever its origin, by the mid-1980s the practice was widespread throughout North America. Finally, it gained worldwide notice, and the specific name Mexican wave, during the FIFA Football World Cup in Mexico at the Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, 1986.
Mexico gives us cheap laborers and service workers, we give them the Wave.
Seems like a fair trade.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen its invention credited to A’s fans before…
by Missing Barry on Sep 3, 2009 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions
So have I, I swear there was a thread about this here on CGB a year ago about this…
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 3, 2009 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions
HS band day (I want to see the good band!)
Fair enough, but luckily it only happens once every 2 years. And it counts against the band’s community service in case they ever get in trouble.
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My Pet Peeves
1) People who don’t pay attention to any of the football game and spend the whole game time talking, faced away from the field. There are better places than a football game to visit with you friends.
2) People who get fall down drunk anytime in the first three quarters. Pace yourselves!
1) People who don’t pay attention to any of the football game and spend the whole game time talking, faced away from the field. There are better places than a football game to visit with you friends.
Why dont you like me???
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I wasn’t even thinking of you. You do lack focus at games (and in general), but you’re at least interested in the outcome of the contest. I was thinking of all the people when we were in band who could have cared less what was happening on the field. And then there are those girls who show up in the modified game-day shirts, cut to show as much skin as possible, that have no idea what is going on—except that Suzy is such a slut—and that they are ready to paaaar-tay.
by paleodan on Sep 2, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
And then there are those girls who show up in the modified game-day shirts, cut to show as much skin as possible, that have no idea what is going on—except that Suzy is such a slut—and that they are ready to paaaar-tay.
You make it sound like it’s a bad thing.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 2, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I just reread what you had to say and had another thought:
When we were in band, Cal sucked a lot. Many of the bandspeople wouldnt prolly have gone to the games were it not for the mandatory attendance aspect. So, I’ll give them a pass.
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Not really. Perhaps I am missing something, but he is referring to two sets of people. People in band from 1999-2003 and women who attend games without interest in the game (a group that could, in theory overlap some). I was speaking directly to the first group. Their attendance at games today (or, as you put it, NOW) is irrelevant to their attendance at games from 1999-2003.
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I just bothered me when someone in the band was not paying attention and would have no idea about what was going on in the game. That is why we would play Big C when there was a flag on the play, or when everyone would be surprised that we were playing a song. I know Cal sucked when we were in the band, but I think part of the band “job” involves at least marginally following the game.
And then there are those girls who show up in the modified game-day shirts, cut to show as much skin as possible, that have no idea what is going on—except that Suzy is such a slut—and that they are ready to paaaar-tay.
Eh. .. I’m okay with this.
I don't know if this happens at Cal
But inevitably, there will be one little dipshit wearing an Oregon jersey at our game. It’s usually some little kid, which really makes you have to question the parents. And I did. And the dad was not happy. Screw him for letting his kid wear a jersey of your hated rival to a game not featuring them.
It has been ok as long as we beat Oregon. Guarantee that does not fly this year.
I support Takimoto in his effort to support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
Not really
1. Not a lot of people wear Stanfurd jerseys. Not even Stanfurd fans/students/alum
But what does happen is people wear red. And some people are dumb, confrontational enough or uninformed about the consequences of wearing red in or near the student section. I don’t have a lot of sympathy.
Douche bag mosh pit idiots
I have bad luck. Whenever I sneak into the student section, I always seem to be by a group of idiot douche bags who mosh pit after a touchdown. They jump around, and push each other forward, and backward, and to the sides. But they’re not just doing it to push each other, they’re also doing it with the intent for their idiot buddy whom they’ve just pushed to crash into other innocent people and knock other people down around them. Now, when the entire student section is on their feet, and on the slippery metal benches, people get knocked over very easily. Not everyone is aware of what’s going on and are knocked over without warning and sometimes injured. These douche bags could care less and think it’s great that they pushed their buddy into some innocent person nearby knocking down the innocent bystander. I hate these guys.
Also, I hate it when a frat posts up near us – but only like 1/2 of their frat is there. Eventually, the student section fills up and there aren’t any empty bench spaces around. Then like in the middle of the second quarter, the rest of the frat shows up with their sorority tag-alongs in tow, and they all try to squeeze in where there isn’t any space making it unreasonably squished and uncomfortable for everyone near them. Either show up on time or just go stand and watch the game from the rim.
That’s my two cents on what annoys me the most on gamedays.
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by HydroTech on Sep 3, 2009 2:50 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Speaking of this
I was being rolled up at Stanfurd Stadium my senior year
Was being passed up through a frat:
1. Got my shoes taken and thrown (spent a quarter looking for them. amazingly both of them hit friends of mine and they had seen they were my shoes so they held on to them for me)
2. Got a large coke poured down my back
Luckily I had given my wallet and keys to my group of friends, otherwise I suspect those would be gone too.
Wonder what happens to females on their way up. Sounds frightening.
by CaliforniaCMB on Sep 3, 2009 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn, you have really excellent friends…
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 3, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Either that
or they independently didn’t know what to do with a single Air Go LWP (endorsed by Timmy Hardaway!)
I concur, but this has really only happened to me once…I guess I have better luck in avoiding them.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in California makes the world go round.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 3, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Spot on. It’s awesome whenever I get there pretty damn early for a game and see 3 guys “claiming” 3 rows that could fit about 30 people. When my friends show up a bit later and sit near where we’re sitting and happen to unknowingly invade their invisible territory, they get all pissed off “I’m saving those seats.”
Makes for a really, really awkward situation. What are we, in 3rd grade?
I dislike non-students in the student section. I think it cheapens the experience for the students and reduces passionate fans in the rest of the stadium.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Hey!
I’ll probably be more passionate than some of the students in the section!
In other words, Go Bears!
good then sit in A or wherever else you’re supposed to sit.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Last year we retired from ‘QQ’ to section ‘I’ but we still visit ‘QQ’ and the student section in blowouts and biblical deluges to remember what it was like to be alive inside.
You dislike Hydro?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 3, 2009 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
“Be true…sit (or stand in front of) your own fucking seat.”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Game Day Annoyances
- Fans who arrive late and insist on getting to their seats in the middle of the row with no regard to the play on the field.
- Fans who leave their seat and return 3 or 4 times during the game interupting others while play is in progress.
- Obnoxious Cal fans or opposing fans verbally abusing the other teams fans. This does not include good natured ribbing.
- The Cal Band not having a clue as to what is happening on the field and playing at inopportune times. Actually the band is much too courteous often allowing the visiting band to steal the show.
- The loser drum major that has problems catching the baton.- Yes I know this is tradition.
- The inability to see the current stats on the scoreboard.
- The vagrants that want to join and bum food and drink during tailgating.
- The sound system speakers that impair my view especially when play is on the north east side of the field from about 5-10 yard lines.
- People who stand incessantly without regard to those behind them
- The inability to buy and drink beer during the game.
- And yes, once again the friggin WAVE!
- People who stand incessantly without regard to those behind them
BOOO. Sitting during the game if you are between the ages of 9 and 50 should be punishable by a Blount punch (yes I’m kidding… sort of)
In other words, Go Bears!
50!
That’s homicidal man. There will be 40 year old fans who won’t be able to walk out of the stadium.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 4, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude, 28 is the new 1,009. My legs felt like they were going to fall off yesterday. I’M SO OLD!
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Dude i wanted to SIT yesterday in the 4th Q. I looked at the scoreboard noticed that 12 minutes remained and I was crying at the pain my leg. That’s what i get for standing since like 2PM in the afternoon. Then I had to walk back all the way to shattuck & univ and then drive all the way back to SJ.
I really need to start hitting a gym
In other words, Go Bears!
You might get a better workout by using the equipment inside.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 6, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Standing at the wrong time
Well guys, at some point you will be over 50 sitting on the west side surrounded by well seasoned Cal fans. It really is annoying as all hell when someone, stands precisely at the moment a long gainer or a critical play is developing and you end up missing it.. Understand that most of us folks want to sit back watch the game. This does not mean that we lack passion, there is a fair amount of standing, but reserved for selected moments. You’ll see…
I really do appreciate your enthusiasm and committment to the blue and gold. It reminds me of myself 35 years ago. Continue on – Go Bears!
by OsoDeOro on Sep 4, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
- Fans who arrive late and insist on getting to their seats in the middle of the row with no regard to the play on the field.
- Fans who leave their seat and return 3 or 4 times during the game interupting others while play is in progress.
I was at the Giants game yesterday, and these people in my row were doing this constantly mid pitch. I was about ready to LaGarrette Blount this dad and his two 7 year old kids.
by Missing Barry on Sep 4, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Rec'd
Red near the stadium can have horrific results, especially if I see it!
I BLEED BLUE AND GOLD!! BEST FOR PRESIDENT!!!
by BleedinBlueNGold on Sep 4, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions
that article truly did suck. i happen to like Birgeneau’s Go Bears…
for me:
when the mic men do “who’s house?” instead of “who’s domicile?”[ )
-classless fans who cheer when an opposing player gets injured (unless they had it coming to them)
-fans who get overly confident when there is still a lot of football to be played (i.e. “we’re #1!” OSU ;
-people from other schools who come into the student section sporting their school gear (what are you thinking?)
-fans not making noise/leaving early
does it annoy anyone when people yell “GOLD!” during the star-spangled banner?
i happen to love it perhaps its just me.
The GOLD yell comes off as lame as only a handful do it
OTOH the Bears yell instead of brave is awesome
In other words, Go Bears!
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