Golden Nuggets: Thanks Tedford
by Berkelium97 on Sep 4, 2009 5:30 PM PDT
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PrintAfter last night's punch heard 'round the world, I am even more appreciative of the upstanding program Tedford runs. While Blount surely isn't representative of the Oregon program, his actions reflect poorly upon himself and, worse, his university. So thank you, Coach Tedford, for always demanding class and dignity from your players. Whether it's telling the players to "be good citizens, give credit to the opponent, win with class" after the upset over USC in 2003, disciplining your quarterback on national television after he helped run up the score in the 2006 Holiday Bowl, or suspending players for even minor infractions such as Slocum's traffic violations on his scooter, we Cal fans appreciate how you run your program. Players like Alex Mack and Jahvid Best make us even more proud to be Bears.
After the jump we have (can you believe it?) more previews/predictions for Maryland, stories on why Riley is key to Cal success, Best's desire to redeem himself against the Terps, and more. For this weekend's Golden Nuggets, we'll have recaps of all of this weekend's sporting events and more. Finally! We'll have something besides speculation (because even I am tired of reading previews)!
- JO's practice report focuses on Gregory's defense and explains who's starting, who's subbing, who's redshirting and why.
- Cal kicker David Seawright will be writing for Mike Silver's weekly column on Yahoo Sports about life on the Cal team. Scroll down a bit to "Dispatches from the Lair of the Bear" to read about it.
- Washington Post's Terrapin Insider predicts a 35-21 loss for Maryland.
- Best is the focal point for Cal's offense but Riley is key to victory in tomorrow's game. SFGate on why, now more than ever, this is Riley's team.
- Best is looking to reclaim his good name in Maryland with a strong performance this week. ESPN assesses Best's pro-prospects and suggests he should stay another year to improve his size and power. As much as I'd love to see Best stay another year, I don't envision great improvements in his size or power should he choose to stay. Best is #7 on Pat Forde's list of players/coaches who need a big game Saturday.
- Jon Wilner on why this year is The Year for Cal football.
- Various odds for Cal this year including winning the Pac-10 (7/2), becoming national champions (45/1), and Best winning the Heisman (19/2).
- SFGate blogger predicts a victory over USC.
- #10 Cal women's volleyball lost in four sets to #2 Texas.
Reminders: You can sign up for CGB's pick 'em league anytime, but you only have a few hours left to put in your picks for week one. Make sure to vote in the CGB Hall of Fame wild card matchup; it's still a close race for the final spot. Also, don't forget about Cal band's auction. They have some unique items that you would have difficulty finding anywhere else.
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I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post this here or if it has been already posted.
Gene Wojciechowski posted 44 NFL predictions for this upcoming season. One prediction concerned Jeff Tedford.
14. And if they get canned, the four college coaches who can expect a phone call …
Mark D’Antonio, Michigan State
Jeff Tedford, Cal
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Jim Harbaugh, Stanford
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by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 4, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions
Whooooooo….best time of the year to be a Cal fan. (Hell, I am going to write a fanpost on that right now.)
Blount is a great example of why you never want to fall into the “….and they are such fine young men” trap when talking about your favorite college team. Sure most of the Cal players have been really nice guys … but its not like there haven’t been a few bad seeds in there. Sometimes you just don’t know until something crazy goes down (though with Blount, apparently this isn’t that far out of character.)
Isn't it representative of Oregon?
My experience with Oregon fans has never been good. They are always the most obnoxious, the most drunk, the most unsporting, and the most belligerent fans in the conference for football or basketball. Is that just me? Which conference team has the worst fans?
The Furd, for they have none.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 4, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The only Oregon fans I know are the folks at Addicted to Quack, and they’re a bunch of fine fellows. As fun as it is to try and pigeon-hole fan bases, they usually just end up being generalizations and stereotypes based on a few encounters (good or bad).
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by norcalnick on Sep 4, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
WSU in my personal expereience, and only from my trip to Pullman, where they, admittedly, kicked our ass.
I’m going to judge based on going to their stadiums and order them this way from best to worst:
1. OSU – nice folk. This was in the option days though, in the middle of their 10 year run as worst program in the nation
2. Stanfurd – know too many people over there.
3. USC – yeah, their current students are somewhat jerk-like, and the non-alum/non-student fans can be somewhat scary, but alums have been nicer than the three teams below.
4. UCLA – for some reason, even though I know the most students/alums here from having half my family and growing up in LA, more jerks. Who knew? I even grew up rooting for UCLA.
5. Arizona – some jerk fans.
6. WSU – lots of jerk fans in Pullman.
All off my own personal expereinces.
It’s true, Tedfordisgod. Cal’s players haven’t always been perfect. But some things you can just tell; it sure is nice this year to have a guy like Best carrying the ball for you. We all probably appreciate him that much more after Blount happened last night.
I don’t think Oregon’s fans are all that bad either. But how can you favor them over Stanford fans? I’d much rather encounter a Stanford fan than any other school. That’s why the rivalry is so satisfying – it’s not a giant douche-fest.
The majority of Furdians I’ve met seem to believe Stanford is a gift from God. How can you not find them douchey?
I am a horrible bruin-bear crossbreed.
Oh for fuck sake, stop being such zombies. Nothing worse than a Berkeleyan with a Stanford inferiority complex. You guys sound like a bunch of Republicans jawing about an elite east coast establishment. I’m rather to have gone to Berkeley than anywhere else – I love the campus; I love the city; I love the public education; I love Cal football; I love to play the take-off-that-red-shirt game. But blind school pride is a bit vulgar, don’t you think? Maybe I expected too much from a sports blog, but you’d think Berkeleyans would be better than that. It all makes you look pretty dim, and smarts and self-awareness had better be what we do best, so don’t fuck it up.
How about this? Let’s warm up with a little round of shed-the-xenophobia by admitting what we all know and believe is true about Stanford and Stanford fans: the furd’s band is WAY better than Cal’s. It’s irreverent, it’s uncouth, it’s mildly ironic without taking itself too seriously, and it holds a warm place in Cal football history. It’s embarrassing, actually. That should be us; that could be Berkeley; we could even outdo them. But our band sucks. A bunch of dorks in lock-step. If I wanted something like that producing the soundtrack to my football games, I’d have gone to some tight-assed military academy. It’s a good thing we outdo Stanford at pretty much everything else, football least of all. Viva los Osos.
Tweedledamn, are you aware that 4 of the mods here are band alums, including myself?
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TwistNHook, we’ve all dedicated ourselves in life to something which we know, deep down, isn’t as objectively wonderful as we want it to be. I’m sure in terms of marching bands, Cal’s is stellar. But in terms of the standards of the spirit of Berkeley, and of artistic expression in general, even the best of marching bands (especially the best of marching bands) can only ever be conventionally staid.
But happily for all of us, you’ve graduated to developing a truly kick-ass sports blog. It’s actually really impressive. It’s unconventionial in the best of ways: where it departs from its peers is where it excels well beyond them. It’s massively informative, a pleasure to follow, and it’s even pretty damn cool. So, well done. Here’s a (sincere, un-mumbled) “CaliforniaGoldenBlogs Great!”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 5, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, let’s all just stay reasonable about all this and I’m sure we can get through this together. Your “Still pretty sucky” view is not going to win you a lot of friends around here, I’ll be honest. But we do value the contributions of all readers, even if they have unpopular viewpoints (we let 33SS stay, don’t we ;)). So, please just try to keep in mind that your “Still pretty sucky” view is going to encounter resistance and let’s all try to avoid any big flame wars or food fights.
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It all makes you look pretty dim, and smarts and self-awareness had better be what we do best, so don’t fuck it up.
But our band sucks. A bunch of dorks in lock-step.
Welcome to CGB! You seem like a real charmer!
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But our band sucks. A bunch of dorks in lock-step.
Yeah, what’s the point of having a band that practices on executing perfect marching style when you can have one that runs around like a bunch of drunken fools and pisses on opposing team’s fields?
by CalBandGreat on Sep 4, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
How about this? Let’s warm up with a little round of shed-the-xenophobia by admitting what we all know and believe is true about Stanford and Stanford fans: the furd’s band is WAY better than Cal’s. It’s irreverent, it’s uncouth, it’s mildly ironic without taking itself too seriously, and it holds a warm place in Cal football history. It’s embarrassing, actually.
Well, that’s just like your opinion, man.
by CalBandGreat on Sep 4, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
TwistNHook, we’ve all dedicated ourselves in life to something which we know, deep down, isn’t as objectively wonderful as we want it to be. I’m sure in terms of marching bands, Cal’s is stellar. But in terms of the standards of the spirit of Berkeley, and of artistic expression in general, even the best of marching bands (especially the best of marching bands) can only ever be conventionally staid.
But happily for all of us, you’ve graduated to developing a truly kick-ass sports blog. It’s actually really impressive. It’s unconventionial in the best of ways: where it departs from its peers is where it excels well beyond them. It’s massively informative, a pleasure to follow, and it’s even pretty damn cool. So, well done. Here’s a (sincere, un-mumbled) “CaliforniaGoldenBlogs Great!”
Shit. Sorry too about the redundant post. I'm still an infant at this.
That being said… Roll on you god damn Bears tonight!
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by rollonubears on Sep 5, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
……………Holmoephobe?!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 5, 2009 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That’s awesome.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 5, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone please read Wilner's article
Talk about trying to jinx Cal football with expectations….
Face it John SJSU won’t make the NCG!!!
Come to think of it, don’t read the article…
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We need to start a CGB no read list. I’m pretty sure Ratto and Wilner have made the list. Anybody I’m forgetting?
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Today’s article didn’t make any sense. He points out that every Bay Area football team is primarily a running team…and that’s bad.
So what the hell happened? When did the Bay Area embrace three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-punt?
Well, it hasn’t – embraced it, that is. So far, they’ve endured it because of the lack of an alternative and because losing (Stanford, the 49ers and Raiders) and no BCS bowl (Cal) makes folks settle for whatever happens to work at the time.
For now, winning this way will be accepted because there has been so little of it (again, Cal excepted). It will not, though, be loved.
If you can’t get excited about watch Jahvid Best run the ball you need to find a job outside of sports.
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by norcalnick on Sep 4, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I agree, though 'furds fan base has always preferred to
lose 49 -48 on a dropped hail mary pass then to win 14-10 with their tailback going for 200 yrds.
Go Bears Go
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