226? I thought it was 126. I sock at remembering!

Looks like we both remembered Tyrone! (see below)

And for reminding me of that AWESOME day beating Walsh-furd. I was there. An acquaintance of mine was hanging off the goalpost (I don’t sanction, but I couldn’t help enjoying the view).

After that, my buddies and I would always use the name “Tyrone” meaning someone whose heavy footsteps you would hear, far too late, just before he grabbed you and abused you and there was nothing you could do to stop him.

You know, like if you unexpectedly take the Queen of spades on the first diamond trick, when you play the three, and 2 guys are void. That’s Tyrone.

I threw fruit! I yelled “goaaaaal poooost” I ran around the Cal field like an idiot!

Well… I think the reason they have fences, security guards (and definitely the reason that the Tree has its own security detail at the Big Game) nowadays were the post-game riots of ’96 and ’97.

’96 – Cal students were not happy about the game, of course. Mic-man told that the Stanfud students would NOT storm our field. Told us that if they ran onto the field, we would dominate them. A few Stanfurd started running onto the field, and it. was. on. Cal students rushed the field with force and it was not pretty. Stanfurd fans split pretty quickly as the field was filled with angry Cal students. In the mob, the Tree was attacked – I saw it sway one way, sway the other, and finally fall. The costume was torn to shreds; the student inside had bruises and lacerations (i think he had to go to the hospital). Fun at the time, but not our finest moment.

’97 – at the Farm. Stanfurd puts up plastic World-Cup style plastic fencing to hold in the Cal fan section. We lose the game. We watch as Stanfurs students rush the field. Cal students not gonna storm this year – we just start leaving the stadium. And then.

Then some Stanfurd fans start mooning us. We were not going to stand for that. Once again – it. was. on.

We tear down the flimsy fences. Security tries to stop us, to no avail. The Tree and its security detail hightail it off the field. We storm it – we tear down one of the goalposts. Most of it ends up on the Dumbarton Bridge. Seriously.

From the Chronicle, 11/23/1997:

The goal posts that once stood at the north end
of Stanford Stadium are somewhere else now, the last
casualties of the artless but spirited 100th Big Game. The
base and crossbar lay at the 10-yard line of the southern
end of the stadium, and the uprights, or pieces thereof,
are scattered throughout dorm rooms or lying on the side
of the emergency lane of the Dumbarton Bridge.

So that’s how violence happens.

If only I’d have known then how long $C would have our number…I’d have stayed afterwards in the Stadium for like 8 days to just soak it in.

You’re right that White’s performance in the UC Los Angeles game was more significant than his bigger numbers against $C, because that game was such a nail-biter. (White had 125 yards on 25 carries.) And don’t forget freshman kicker Doug Brien hitting a 47-yarder with 30 seconds left to win it.

Sorry, contradicted myself. *that performance put Cal in a position to win the game in one they didn’t play well enough to win. I remember USC fans praising Forsett heavily after the game was done.

Not as physical as Lynch. I’d say he was more like Best, but obviously not quite as fast. Not quite physical enough to be successful in the NFL. (Like his uncle, Charles White, the U$C Heisman winner, who didn’t have success in the NFL either.)

Kind of a Best/Lynch hybrid. Good but not great speed and power; he just had a knack for finding holes and making guys miss in the open field. A lot of fun to watch.

“the” option

Hicks had the sophomore slump of the century on Kapp’s last team in 1986. He transferred, never to be heard from again. Probably still wandering around the world with the ghosts of David Carradine and Mark Fidrych.

99 yards, on Cal’s opening possession. Against the defending national champions.

*awkward silence *

tumbleweeds

I’d say you’ve been PLENTY successful.

Yes! It was great to beat USC that year and at least get a piece of the Pac-8 championship (for naught) but watching Muncie humiliate so single handedly Stanfurd that year was better yet. Lets hope Best tops his #2 Heisman polling; big games against Oregun and USC will help a lot.