Best Overall Basketball and Football Team

by bringbackbuddytrees on Sep 9, 2009 4:37 PM PDT

This is for sure the kiss of death but a national colleges sports writer from Rivals/Yahoo picks Cal as having the best chance of winning its conference in both football and basketball. In a ferociously competitive college sport landscape dominated by perennial powerhouses like Texas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Florida, which actually accomplished both a few years ago, the little school from Berkeley has actually entered the conversation. I'm not sure Cal is ready for all this; I'd like to stay ranked around #10 until the USC game and not fall off the hype machine as hard as we did two years ago. A Rose Bowl, even if it comes from being second best in the Pac-10, is enough for me.

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I'm really not certain this is a curse against Cal

In hoops, Kansas and North Carolina are likely to cruise to their conference titles, Kentucky and Tennessee are going to battle for the SEC crown, but none of their football counterparts have much of a chance to win anything substantial.

The other candidates are probably Ohio State and Texas.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 9, 2009 5:06 PM PDT reply actions

the little school from Berkeley has actually entered the conversation

Uh, what? Yes, we haven’t always been known for both football and basketball, but we have been known for at least 60 years of play. I mean we’re not exactly a Southern Montana State or anything (yes, I made that up). We have always been a great location for athletics in general, and I give all credit to Athletic Director Sandy Barbour for bringing ALL of our sports up to snuff. We have 27 Varsity sports and over the course of the school’s history, California has won national titles in 16 different sports and 66 team titles overall. [Wikipedia] All I’m saying is that we’ve always been here and deserve a little respect for that.

Now, is it a curse? Nah. The curse only has an effect if our guys get a big head, and I think our players, and fans, have had enough of the tough times to realize you’re only as good as your play on the field/court. Tedford and Monty are especially aware of this.

Are we ready for it? Who the heck knows. I know I’m just going to enjoy the ride!

But I absolutely agree with you on this:

A Rose Bowl, even if it comes from being second best in the Pac-10, is enough for me.

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by AndBears on Sep 10, 2009 12:16 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

Rec’d to the furthest extent.

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by rollonubears on Sep 10, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

And Wiki only counts team national titles, so if you count individual cahmpionships (as they do in gymnastics, for example), then we actually have quite a few more.

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Golden Bears Football Schedule

Fresno St.	Sat 09/03	W 36 - 21
@ Colorado The Ralphie Report	Sat 09/10	W 36 - 33
Presbyterian	Sat 09/17	W 63 - 12
@ Washington UW Dawg Pound	Sat 09/24	L 23 - 31
@ Oregon Addicted To Quack	Thu 10/06	L 15 - 43
USC Conquest Chronicles	Thu 10/13	L 9 - 30
Utah Block U	Sat 10/22	W 34 - 10
@ UCLA Bruins Nation	Sat 10/29	L 14 - 31
Washington St. CougCenter	Sat 11/05	W 30 - 7
Oregon St. Building The Dam	Sat 11/12	W 23 - 6
@ Stanford Rule Of Tree	Sat 11/19	L 28 - 31
@ Arizona St. House Of Sparky	Fri 11/25	W 47 - 38
@ Texas Burnt Orange Nation	Wed 12/28	L 10 - 21

Pacific-12 Conference Standings

(updated 1.2.2012 at 11:12 PM PST)

North	Conf		Overall
	W	L	W	L
Oregon Ducks Addicted To Quack	8	1	12	2
Stanford Cardinal Rule Of Tree	8	1	11	2
Washington Huskies UW Dawg Pound	5	4	7	6
California Golden Bears California Golden Blogs	4	5	7	6
Oregon St. Beavers Building The Dam	3	6	3	9
Washington St. Cougars CougCenter	2	7	4	8

South	Conf		Overall
	W	L	W	L
USC Trojans Conquest Chronicles	7	2	10	2
UCLA Bruins Bruins Nation	5	4	6	8
Utah Utes Block U	4	5	8	5
Arizona St. Sun Devils House Of Sparky	4	5	6	7
Arizona Wildcats Arizona Desert Swarm	2	7	4	8
Colorado Buffaloes The Ralphie Report	2	7	3	10