Golden Nuggets: Best, Riley lead Bears to Victory in the 4th Quarter
by Berkelium97 on Sep 20, 2009 5:30 PM PDT
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PrintToday we have a smorgasbord of delicious nuggets of information. First off, let's look at Cal's post-game press conference.
Tedford on Sofele's interference and Riley's performance
"Well the hit in the end zone was a football play. I felt terrible about the punt return. The true freshman covering the kick Isi Sofele, as a true freshman he hasn't been in that situation very much. He got down field and he got caught in the situation. It was not intentional by any means. I apologized to Coach Brewster about it because it is not what we are about. It was not intentional. We would never coach something like that. Isi felt bad about it as well."
He gave us a chance and I thought he was pretty excellent throwing the football. His long ball in the first quarter was beautiful. He's making great decisions. He's doing a great job of reading and I feel good about what he's doing."
Best on being tested in the 4th:
"I just think that's a good test for us. Next week we're going into Oregon, and that's going to be another hostile environment. So, I'm kind of glad that they came back and kind of tested us, so now we have that under our belts, so when another team does that to us we know how to handle it."
After the jump we have all sorts of Cal stories from Bay Area newspapers, Minnesota papers, Cal bloggers, and Minnesota bloggers. We also have some rosy bowl predictions, Cal's updated rankings, and photos from yesterday's game. Tomorrow I'll have coverage of the rest of Cal sports' results.
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- Quotes from Minnesota's post-game press conference.
- Injury note: Nyan Boateng has broken his foot and will be out an unspecified amount of time.
- Cal has moved up to sixth in both the AP and coaches' polls. We're also 4th and 6th in the ESPN fan poll.. Both Mark Schlabach and Bruce Feldman predict a Cal-Penn St Rose Bowl. Feldman apparently thinks Maryland is good enough to make it to the Emerald Bowl this year.
- Jahvid's record-tying five touchdown performance earned one of Ted Miller's helmet stickers. Best played as well as Dr Saturday predicted, but it was Riley's performance that confirmed Cal's ability to contend seriously for the Pac-10 or even national title. What we learned in the Pac-10 this week, according to Ted Miller, is that Best is a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate.
- Ken Crawford podcasts his post-game thoughts. BearsWithFangs on what went well and not-so-well in yesterday's game. OskiTalk also looks back at yesterday's game.
- SFChronicle and CCTimes recap yesterday's game. JO has two reasons why this team is different from last year's: a solid passing game and the ability to make clutch plays on the road. The way the team won gave them a confidence boost according to Tedford and Best. Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel was impressed with the way the Bears responded to adversity. It sounds like the Bears are believers in their ability to meet the high expectations placed upon them.
- Minnesota's SBN blog Daily Gopher responds to the loss. The comments are a good illustration of a variety of responses Minnesota fans had to the game. Another fanpost has a look at how five game-defining factors played out.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune recaps the game. The Tribune looks at how Decker battled through the day. No one on the team will call it a moral victory, but in yesterday's loss Minnesota showed that they are a solid team. Two of Rileys 4th quarter passes sucked the life out of TCF Bank stadium.
- Photo galleries: from Cal, from ESPN/AP, and, best of all, Star Tribune's photos.
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can someone explain the Sofele penalty?
The Minnesota guy didn’t call a fair catch. He also had already caught the ball when Sofele hit him.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
by Hey Bowles Hall! on Sep 20, 2009 6:22 PM PDT reply actions
I think the general consensus was that the interference penalty was questionable but that it was a helmet to helmet hit anyway, so Cal committed something
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My feeling was that neither was an obvious penalty – but in combination they had to call something. It seemed like the refs were afraid the game was getting away from them
by Tedfordisgod on Sep 20, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Hrm
I’m wondering if Bryant Allen waved fair catch while he was out of frame, and wandered into the camera’s FOV to field the punt. Aside from that, Isi did pop the guy with his helmet, though he certainly didn’t lead. I don’t think there would’ve been an incident were Isi about a foot taller.
No, i dont think it was a fair catch – i think the ruling was that we didn’t give him the opportunity to catch – which is somewhat suspect considering he bobbled it before getting hit.
by Tedfordisgod on Sep 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong Call
the refs blew the call. Looks like it was so close, they didn’t see Bryant Allen touch the ball before Isi laid into him. They didn’t call personal foul, ( Ie, Helmet to Helmet) , but called for not allowing the Returner to make the catch. No shit.
Basically, a bad call. But, at least closer than the PI later on Ezeff, and not as rediculous as the holding call on Tepper ’s pancake block.
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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The rule isn’t exactly the same as pass interference. Even without calling a fair catch, the returner has to be given an opportunity to catch the ball, which might reasonably be extended for a few split seconds after he first touches the ball. In contrast, the defense is not expected to allow a receiver to catch a pass; defenders are just constrained in how they attempt to force an incompletion.
I agree with Tedfordisgod above: the Sofele play was very close on both the catch interference and the helmet-to-helmet, especially when viewed at full speed. Definitively not a dirty hit, and quite possibly a legal one, but I don’t have a huge problem with the refs making that call either. Such is the ambiguity. If the NCAA really wants to protect players in that situation, they should reinstate the “halo” rule, or something similar. As is, it’s an impossible judgment call to expect officials to make, and players to play by.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Sep 21, 2009 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
TYVM for the info, Pete
So, basically, the “halo” rule, which, as explained to me on another comment, was ruled out in 2003, was replaced by, “must allow the reciever to catch the ball”? And, how ambiguous its that ?
This rule dispute has never come up before? My understanding was, and still is, if you don’ t call for a “fair catch”, you become a live target the moment u touch that ball.
That’s like saying a defender cannot cause the recvr to muff, right? Does the rule say the recvr has to establish posession before he can be hit?
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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The wording is vague and subject to debate
“A player of the receiving team … must be given an unimpeded opportunity to
catch the kick.” The rule goes on to say that “protection terminates when the kick touches the ground” or when the kick is “muffed”, and that “It is an interference foul if the kicking team contacts the potential receiver before, or simultaneous to, his first touching the ball. When in question, it is an interference foul.”
I read all of this as saying you can’t hit the guy until he’s caught it—assuming he catches it cleanly. But he’s fair game if he starts to juggle the catch (unless he had called for a fair catch.) It’s still ambiguous, though, as to how much time is needed between the first touching of the ball and legal contact. What, after all, is “unimpeded opportunity”?
See rule 6-4:
http://tinyurl.com/l62yv8
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Sep 21, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
thnks again, Pete
I am a big Sofele fan, mostly cuz i found him just after he accepted his scholorship, after having already committed to U of W. I think he is already a star, just learning where to shine his light. I wonder what advice JT gave him on future hits as the gunner?
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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Sofele is smart - and was just unlucky 'cause he's so fast
I watched the replay very carefully. Sofele is there early, and could have taken the guy out before he caught it. You can see him hold up, back up a half step, and wait for the ball to get into the guys hands.
The thing is – he times it TOO well – he gives the guy maybe 0.02 secs after catch, then hits him – hard. And b/c he’s so short, it gives the refs the impression of a taller guy putting his head down and bringing it UP into the other guy’s helmet. Sofele tackled correctly for someone his size – and after first contact, his helmet does end up touching the other guy’s helmet – which is OK.
But it was VERY hard for the refs to see that. Isi did it so quickly he didn’t give the refs a chance to call it easily for what it was – great coverage.
It’s OK – he’ll learn – the best thing is to play it almost like the Halo rule was still in effect – so allow a full tenth of a second, and make sure your helmet doesn’t get so close to his helmet.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Sep 21, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he learns fast. Kinda weird the way JT brought him in to practice w WRs….then, switched him to RB. But, maybe he is really just an “Athelete”,,,as Ted said, they plan on using him a lot, all over.
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"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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Roll on Bears!
Congratulation on a nice win over Minn. Thank you Huskies!
What is the word on Boateng? possible surgery, out for the year?
Early reports are Nyan will be out 4-5 weeks
At least that’s what I’m hearing secondhand.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Disappointing. He never really came into his own as a Bear, which is disheartening because of the potential he displayed.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Sep 20, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not like he’s out for the season.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
4-5 weeks is a good chunk of season.
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Sep 20, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
And yet not long enough to justify writing about him in the past tense.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
A Shame
He entered Cal with dirt all over his face from the negative publicity he brought from Fla. He stood tall, perhaps a bit arrogant, and found a place where he had to earn his spot, not bring it with him. And, he did just that.
He showed nothiing but positive team attitude when Tucker “took” his spot, and displayed his talents for all to see in his games this year. I spoke to him breifly during Fan Day, and asked if he would rather go to the Rose as Nat’l Champ than Pac-10 winner. Boateng first looked at me with an impish grin. Then I said, “You want to beat Florida, don’t you?” He burst out laughing, and said, “Fkn-A right, man!”..and we laughed some more. Great guy, great athlete. I wish him a speedy recovery, and great, NFL-noticeable plays upon his return.
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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by Primo on Sep 21, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks to USC's fall from grace and Miami's resurgence, College Gameday might not come to Berkeley
There’s a very good possibility out there that even if Cal and USC win their games this week, College Gameday (along with Brent and Herbie) would go to Miami for Oklahoma-Miami, especially if Miami goes to Virginia Tech.
This would also mean Oklahoma-Miami would be the primary Saturday night game and distributed to most of the country. Cal-USC would still be on Saturday Night, but only viewed on the West Coast/Pac-10 areas.
I guess the best solution here is: “GO HOKIES!”
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
*goes to Virginia Tech and wins
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what?
I don’t care anymore. Everything has me scared. USC gets their one loss out of the way. Oregon looked much better and is starting to look frisky. I wasn’t encouraged by the 2nd and 3rd quarters. I’m not going to even worry if GameDay comes to Berkeley or not.
Let’s just win – and if we keep winning, we’ll get all the recognition and approvals we want.
by LeonPowe on Sep 20, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Totally agree. But I know there are a lot of people spoonfed by ESPN who feel otherwise.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t care in terms of respect or media coverage and crap like that. I just think it would be lots of fun. We may have lost to UCLA last year when basketball gameday came to town, but it was lots of fun talking about it here and watching it in the morning and seeing the signs and creativity from Cal fans.
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Other GameDay candidates for Cal
@UCLA
vs. Oregon State
Big Game
Obviously, there is a lot of football to be played, and I haven’t checked schedules to see what else is playing around the country on those dates, but these three seem possibilities. Only OSU is at home—which is what I think most Bear fans are craving. But you have to admit, it would be pretty cool to have GameDay choose the Big Game on rivalry Saturday. If there are Rose Bowl (and Heisman) implications hanging on that one, I’d have to believe it would be a top choice. And a huge, HUGE day for Bay Area college football.
I more or less agree with Leon below, who cares? Still, national attention focused on our Bears has yet to get old for me.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Sep 20, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
How much does this stuff actually help with recruits?
All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!
by rollonubears on Sep 20, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't count out our game at U-Dub (okay, I COULD have said UW.....)
I know it’s a little crazy to think it after an 0-12 season, but has Washington done anything THIS YEAR to make you think they aren’t a contender? Gave LSU all they wanted and more, blew out Idaho, and beat USC. All-of-a-sudden having THAT as our last game becomes more than a little ominous.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
There is zero chance they’ll be in Seattle. They’re always at one of the conference championship games.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
If they did go to Big Game...
Would there be any furd fans there? Also, if Corso were to pick Stanfurd, what would he wear? The top leaf of the tree? lol
by AVNevis on Sep 21, 2009 2:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nah, they'll still come here.
USC is still a huge draw – huge. Jahvid just got 5 TD’s on national television in primetime, and this weekend just made people a lot more curious about the Pac-10.
They’ll be here if both teams win next week.
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We’re going to see. USC’s loss has taken a lot of luster out of the matchup, and there are whispers College Gameday wants to go to Miami if they can.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 21, 2009 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Rivals National Player of the Year
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions
fuck, week, not year
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 20, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Craft
is the next heisman winner. He is pretty bad, but bruins got the win and are 3-0. Glad to see Cal is also undefeated and sc lost. Masoli isn’t looking very good, but game at Oregon could be interesting. Ducks, trojans and bruins coming up. I figured the pac championship would come down to Cal and sc, but conference play may produce some more surprises. This may be Tedford’s all around best team to date. Beat the ducks!
Craft is the next heisman winner.
hahahahahahahaha
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LETS BAN HIM
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 21, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Jahvid moves up to 2nd:
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"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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Hmmm...
Had a link to that article, but, didn’t sow up…must have done someting wrong.
Well, here is another article from Bleacher Report that ranks Best #1 on Hiesman List
But, sitll won’t link so have to give it in copied text:
College Football Heisman Race: Week Three by Eric Samulski
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(Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images) Each week, I’ll break down who I think are the top 10 contenders for the Heisman and let you know who may have fallen out of contention. There was a lot of moving and shaking after Week One, so let’s get to it. (Previous ranking in parenthesis)
1. (3) Jahvid Best—RB, California
When you score every TD for your team in a win, it’s hard to argue that you are not carrying them to victory.
Best put up 131 yards and five TD’s to help Cal pull away from Minnesota. On the year he has 413 yards, nine touchdowns and an average of 7.8 yards per carry in three games.
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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Found it
OK,,,this is the 1st article, the one which has Best moving up to 2nd for Heisman. Same Author had Best at 3rd the week before.
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/heisman-watch-best-gets-attention-with-5-touchdowns/
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/258053-locker-stock-and-barrel-heisman-race-gets-hotter?utm_source=newsletter#page/13
Above is anothe link for Best at #1
Bear danger
"Running away can activate the bear's hunting instincts and lead to it perceiving the human as prey. Finally, if a bear does attack, the usual advice is to curl into a [[fetal position]] so as to shield vital organs and appear non-threatening."
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I apologize for the pedantry.
It looks like you’ve had a few consistent issues with blockquotes and html. To use the blockquotes, click the quote button and you see something like this:
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except without the spaces, right? then you put whatever you wanna quote in-between the two inside brackets like this:
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And voila,
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Thnks much
You are about the 5th one on this site to help me with quotes, links, and images. Images is still a huge problem that works only when it wants to, and I stand on one leg on Thursday nights during ebb tide……or, is that slack tide? Further, I am older than most, and suffer from taking too long to complete my major of sex, drugs and R&R in the 70’s. The attitude here on this site for peeps like me, and the help offered, is, well, kinda like Cal.
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