California vs. UCLA Postgame Thread
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This is the postgame thread. This is the place to rant and rave. Recap coming in a few hours. Until then, the report card is after the jump for you to fill out (or click here).
To discuss other games, scroll down to the non-Cal football open thread. This thread is for Cal football discussion only.
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great showing on a huge recruiting weekend for our program. hopefully it helps us secure some commitments from some of these highly touted recruits.
GO BEARS!
Probably no high profile guy commits… they know the drill now: gotta wait til Febs.
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yes next week could be the defining moment of this season
we’ve seemed to have recovered from that massacre in Reno and we’ve always had a potent rushing attack. Can Riley step up in a pivotal game like this? All that experience and talk about it will be put either be put to bed or lauded for its importance this time next Saturday.
What did i tell you...didn't I say they would win? Yeah that's right I did didn't ? Wait.. what? They LOST?!?!?
KR sadly has not improved at all. I really wanted to believe he would pull a Canfield, but he doesn’t have it in him. Our passing game, or lack thereof, is our Achilles heel. On the bright side, we now appear to have a kick-ass defense for a change. Fun to watch!
GOLD OUT MOZAMBIQUE!
Sure, but this UCLA pass defense has really been quite good, plus they let us run all over them. We gladly accepted the offer.
Just hoping Riley summons his ASU/Furd/UCLA 2009 game.
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I don't believe this UCLA pass defense has been very good at all this season
They have faced two bad passing teams in KSU and Tejas which has inflated their stats.
Jeff Tuehl picked them apart last week and Luck had a good game against them.
I don’t really see it as a turning point for Riley – at this point, I think we know whats going to happen. He’ll hit some nice passes, miss some easy ones, make a couple mental errors, make a play or two out of nothing. The real hope is that he hits somewhere around 60% of his passes, doesn’t make a killer turnover and makes one or two touchdown plays – adding a good Vereen game to a decent Riley game would be enough with this defense to get a win.
But is it too much to ask for him to not take so many sacks? Allegedly “immobile” Longshore made his offensive lines look pretty good; Riley makes his look bad.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Oct 9, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It feels great to win again
Our defense dominated a very confident UCLA team, completely shutting down its running game.
Our running game looked good and the offensive line seemed to be pushing the UCLA DL around.
I loved the opening drive and the play calling.
I only watched the second half, but except for a drive or two – we were driving their d-line back 2-3 yards on each snap. Pass protection wasn’t as good, but hell, let’s go 3 6 yards and cloud of dust
Yeah that first half, the OL was a thing of pure brute beauty
they were just dominating the UCLA defensive line.
I missed the game
was out having lunch with a girlfriend, but, comeonyeeeeaaaahah so excited to see how this turned out and can’t wait to watch the torrent. Baby bears go home!
We really need a new punt returner. Ross makes too many mental mistakes and has questionable hands. It didn’t cost us today, but if he keeps it up, it will.
GOLD OUT MOZAMBIQUE!
Completely agree. Before today I really liked Ross at PR
I thought his only big mistake before today was taking a fair catch within his 10 yard line against Arizona but he had a terrible day today.
I’m giving him a pass this time… the one he fumbled and recovered was REALLY awkward (and into the sun?). He still has to control it though.
But no more of that.
He gets the pass because he will house one very soon.
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I am not sure he is going to get another chance. Tedford values ball security over everything else (as he should) and Ross could have cost us the game if we weren’t kicking UCLA’S ASS SO PROFOUNDLY HAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Seriously, though, I think Isi or Allen back at PR is going to happen.
Tedford got in his grill
For a decent while today. Will be interesting to see how this goes.
by HelloBowlesHall on Oct 10, 2010 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Focus less on leaping people, more on ball security. Did he have 3 fumbles today (1 lost)?
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Anyone who wants to fire Tedford, remember this…We used to regularly be on the receiving end of 35-7 beatdowns against UCLA. Now we’re 6-3 in the past ten years.
Lawrence Ross
3+6 = 10.....?
Haha.
But no, its true. We havent lost in Berkeley to them, and we have a 3 game winning streak against them…
and every game in Pasadena has been a barn burner or come down to a last second missed field goal.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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I rushed the farm's crappy field in 2009
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Marshall Inc. has to go up after the run blocking performance of the OL today
in fact, that is now 6 strong quarters of run blocking by the OL, however, traders remain worried about the pass protection of the unit, thus the modest gain of 88 cents per share today. Despite the pass blocking fears, I am going to rate this a strong buy.
We should invent one, there are enough smart peeps on here to pull it off, we’re Cal grads, after all.
Drinking the Kool-Aid. Pumping the sunshine. Livin' the dream. Go Bears!
I bumpd into Rishi today. He was wearing a dress shirt!
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I was wearing one too, and I was watching the game from home.
Drinking the Kool-Aid. Pumping the sunshine. Livin' the dream. Go Bears!
by dballisloose on Oct 10, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, Oregon is racking up the injuries in the Pallouse.
DThomas non-serious but out
Kenjon Barner taken to the hospital
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Hagen on the radio post-game show “I’ve never had a sack playing football anywhere anytime. Coach P dialed it up for me today to get two”
Pretty soon Pendergast is going to call a blitz for….himself
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 9, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shane – one more semester to graduate. He is applying for master’s programs. Talks to Jahvid every week. Everything is about Coach Gould – Marshawn, Forsett, Best – hopefully he’ll join them
Sounds like a post-game interview, and that makes me VERY happy. I was sure he’d go pro after the year.
Pac-10 POY this year? Or has Luck already been awarded it by Musberger?
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Locker already has it
Didn’t you know? He’s the big deal this year. Just amazing.
by HelloBowlesHall on Oct 10, 2010 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Oregon St. comes out with two running plays for no gain, and then just says fuck it and bombs the shit out of Zona.
"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
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AERose, thanks for the info on the OSU game. Don’t hesitate to post non-Cal updates in the evening non-Cal thread. GO BEARS!
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From Donovan Edwards twitter:
After Ucla dragged my name through the dirt 3 yrs, I feel vindicated! Past three years I went 3-0 vs ucla!
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What is he referencing?
"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
He switched his commitment to Cal at the last second, and the rumor was that he “didn’t make the grades”
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These blowout wins are great
for Sagarin points!
Too bad they don’t let them use his Margin of Victory Predictor formula for the BCS.
We’ll be Top 25 in his rankings this week, maybe even top 20
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Who cares? We aren’t competing for a nat’l championship or at-large BCS bowl, so all of our post-season options are locked in based on conference finish.
Well, the players are competing for 10-2, which would easily give us a shot at BCS at-large (wouldn’t that just be the funniest shit if Nevada ran the table….. FUCK!)
Not saying it’s even remotely likely, but I’m going to envision that BECAUSE WHATEVA WHATEVA I DO WHAT I WANT.
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Guys
There’s another thread for non Cal football discussion. Please talk only about the Bears here.
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I think one of them suited up and sacked Prince!
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 9, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
fUCLA would have been better off...
…with the Fresh Prince.
Or Prince himself.
Or hell, Prince’s old symbol by itself would have at least thrown within 5 feet of a receiver in the 4th…
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
by VandyImport on Oct 9, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Per solar, they left at half(probably scheduled), but a lot of them came back because they were having a good time.
This can’t hurt.
Old Toothwrangler
I hope those defensive recruits were day dreaming of themselves out on Memorial sacking
the QB and pressuring him today. I would think any kid that saw our defense play today would come away impressed.
Solarise tweetin all day
"We’ve got to be more productive in the pass game" —Tedford
"I wasn’t happy at all with the way the team played in the second half … I was not pleased at all with the offensive play" —Tedford
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As always, it isn’t all Riley, even if it is a lot Riley. I don’t think the WR’s were getting any separation at all. Although it is hard to tell on TV Riley will go ahead and throw it if he thinks someone is open, whether he hits them or not.
It is relatively weird how much Marv Jones lit them up deep last year and couldn’t even get a target today.
It’s like their #1 priority was taking him out of the game…thereby giving themselves a Vereening
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Very good points. I’ll have to re-watch the film to get an idea.
I don’t think it’s fair to put it entirely on Riley or the WR’s or the O-line. It was multi-factorial. Riley missed some throws and reads.
He also had issues with coverage sacks.
He also had issues with being pressured.
From what I remember, I think the Oline did a pretty good job. I’d put the struggles on the passing game more on Riley and his receivers. To be fair, I don’t know what ucla was doing with their pass coverage. It blows my mind that they wouldn’t sell out to stop the run.
Old Toothwrangler
Riley didn’t play well. He should’ve been running downfield a lot more with all the blanket coverage.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 9, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree….same thing happen in Zona..there were at least a couple times he could have run for 10 or more yards once he stepped up in the pocket and everyone was covered….no LB’s in sight.
I think Riley has really bad paralysis by analysis. Interesting to see if JT and Ludwig can figure out a way to give him more obvious options or something. Like how he and Shane have the wheel route down.
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JT and Ludwig have now worked with Riley for over a year
I think they have tried just about everything. I think at this point it has to be on Riley. He is an average QB, that has shown very little growth over the last three years. Right now I would take Jeff Tuel of WSU over Riley.
Now is Riley the most talented QB on the roster? I think that is up for debate, he is obviously the most experienced QB.
That's what worries me
Riley is what he is. But what he is is a senior. Neither Mansion nor Sweeney have ever gotten any appreciable live-fire reps that I can think of. I shudder to think what next year will be like if there’s no Vereen to carry the load…
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
Exactly, the over throws I have come to expect and learned to live with
the thing that frustrates me with Riley is often his decision making. He is a 5th year senior with three years worth of starts under his belt yet he still seems to make bad decisions that you expect from a first year starter.
Cosign
There were 4 or 5 times I saw him look like he was taking off to run, only to throw it – when there were 5 or 6 yards easy in front of him.
Then again, given what happened in his first start, you can see why he might be averse to running it…
"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52
My favorite part
Was seeing DeSean Jackson and getting him to come over and pump up the student section in the 4th quarter.
I've been Honked...
Eagles are at SF for SNF this week right?
Good to hear Jackson was at the game, I know it didn’t seem to end well between Jackson and Cal.
That was so last season. Really though, what ever problem was there, seems to have been worked out pre-season.
Drunk again son?
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 9, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope. I’m recovering from a pretty bad fever and I’m hopped up on Acetaminophen. No booze for me.
In other words, Go Bears!
You’re too young to be worrying about your liver. Drink up in honor of the California Golden Bears!
GOLD OUT MOZAMBIQUE!
Whoa there.
Acetaminophen + whatever else + booze is seriously bad for the liver. (really toxic)
Roy is too young to have liver issues. I volunteer to drink up for him.
Yes. I’m a giver.
Old Toothwrangler
Roy, you fool, you should take Advil/ibuprofin, then your liver can take whatever booze you want!
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem w/ Nyguil/Dayquil is that they bundle things together. Depending on your symptoms, it’s usually better to take them individually.
For example, if you just have a fever, take acetaminophen or ibuprofen. If you have congestions, then you take pseudoephrine and possibly some loratidine.
Ibuprofen also works as a fever reducer (anti-inflammatory). But, it varies person to person. If acetaminophen works well for you then you’re wise not to mess w/ the booze. Don’t eff your liver.
Old Toothwrangler
Meth should be fine, tho
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
C’mon CB. Instead of corrupting the youth, we should be helping him. Like toasting in his stead. :)
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I’m enjoying some celebratory vino right now. Tastes like burnt Bruin.
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll drink to that!
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep. I think I was the first in the student section to notice it was D Jax. I then proceeded to excitedly point him out to some people around me, and we got a little “De-Sean Jack-son!” chant going during a break, which he heard and acknowledged with a quick wave. After that, somebody probably suggested he come over to the student section, which he did, to a huge ovation and much louder chant. Pretty awesome.
I've been Honked...
I didnt even realize he was there until Avi told me afte rthe game. :(!
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IT GETS BETTER
From Mike Calvin’s Twitter:
Chillen over here with Joe Montana at the dorms. This is crazy
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UCLA fans making it look like Cal isn't any better than Wazzu
Not a single credit given to Cal players and coaches. Fucking cocky assholes.
http://www.bruinsnation.com/2010/10/9/1740953/ucla-v-nocal-7-70
Wish I wasn’t banned there (for making fun of their academic standards and saying that I got into both fUCLA and Cal and chose the superior Cal) so I could call them out on this
In other words, Go Bears!
When your team gets destroyed that badly you don’t spend time analyzing how great your rivals are.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Zona is beatable. I didn’t think we played great (except on D of course) and still should have beat them.
GOLD OUT MOZAMBIQUE!
I know we are supposed to be discussing non Cal games in the other thread
but i agree that we should have beat them and we didn’t really challenge their defense enough, especially with deep throws. We just kind of conceded that we couldn’t pass against them that night.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 9, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
If you go there, they will come.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 9, 2010 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
But we want to revel HERE…
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got back from the game. What a great day!!!!!!!! GO BEARS!
Lots to talk about, but let me catch up. For now, lets just say that we will, I PROMISE YOU, get an animated gif of that UCLA running back getting suplexed. THIS I PROMISE TO YOU!!!!!!!
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KENDRICKS FTMFW
was leading the Pac-10 in sacks at one point today.
Hope that lasts
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Hagan is now on the list with 2. I wonder if he’ll end up with 2 for the season.
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You realize they were the first 2 of his career. And not just at Cal.
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I realize we have
CCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEYYYYYYYYY
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But when will Conte get his sack?? Share the love!
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh boy, now Avi is gonna post ANOTHER link…
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
GO COCKS
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by CALumbus Bear on Oct 9, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
tedford rulz...
ucla droolz. oh wait, they’re “the best program in college history”…the rest of the country laughs
Great win tonight
I will take the W tonight, especially as UCLA appeared to be a quality opponent. I was very impressed with our D and how we shut down the UCLA run.
Vareen had a great game, but I am a little concerned that our offense is one dimensional. I have no faith in Riley to get anything done now.
UCLA fans: FOREVER CLASSLESS
A nice lady in Cal colors sitting behind me said, "Sorry for your team."
I said, "Thanks." Then added, "Just remember, back when we were in school, it was the other way around."
On BN
In other words, Go Bears!
Let’s talk about what we did or didn’t do and not worry about other fanbases. Besides, all fanbases have jerks – cal is certainly not exempt from this.
by LeonPowe on Oct 9, 2010 6:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
but, on the scale relevant to us, CGB is way better than BN.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
one smirch on our otherwise stellar record
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by GoldBlooded on Oct 10, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
God, I love our D. I cant stop thinking about it. What other Pac10 teams have Ds at that same level???
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Fact comparison:
UCLA rushing yards against Texas: 264
UCLA rushing yards against Cal: 25
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Hey was it you who worked for EA? What language did you use at EA? Lua or Python for scripting?
In other words, Go Bears!
I worked QA so I never really had a solid insight to their coding style.
But a lot of the stuff I saw that EA made used XML with a good dash of Lua.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
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Ah you never saw the code base? I was curious to see if it was mostly C/C++ or assembler (x86/MIPS? Wonder what the modern consoles use)
XML is not a scripting language for the most part so those were probably config files.
In other words, Go Bears!
I do know there was a lot of C++ there too, so I would say C++ with Lua.
I just threw out XML because it was the closest to coding that the testers and the test leads ever got to messing around with the game.
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~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
No prob Roy.
There’s a chance that I may head back there once I wrap up this school year. One of my old bosses said that he was looking for someone.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
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On running the ball so much:
“We felt like we were going to challenge them down hill. Some of the teams that (UCLA) has been successful against are spread teams. Houston is a spread team; Texas is a spread team. Stanford played them well running down hill against them. We felt we were going to test them downhill and make it a physical football game. We still need to throw the ball better though, no question.”
On Cal QB Kevin Riley:
“He needs to improve. We need to improve as a pass offense. He needs to make some better decisions. He needs to throw the ball away when we need to throw the ball away. He needs to complete the ball to guys that are open. He didn’t throw any interceptions, which is a good thing.”
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The quote about Riley is funny to me. After one of the sacks, I voiced displeasure at his refusal to throw the ball away. A fan in front of me decided to turn around and yell at me for questioning Riley. His argument was that I should not question Riley because I’m obviously not qualified to play college QB like Riley is. Clearly, Tedford needs a talking to too. I don’t see Tedford going out to quarterback the team.
jw, what was the approximate weight of the person who yelled at you?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 9, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
On the one where he got crushed by about 4 DLs at once…I don’t think he could’ve done anything about that one. Other ones: Yeah, Riles, toss that muh fucka!
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 9, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Ucla is like going to the 13th grade ,Ucla is really Westwood College that school on the tv ads ,DeSean shouts out Cal football all the time people need to stop hating on him
No hate here.
I’ve always loved me my DJax
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by Thoroughbred on Oct 9, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Impressive win Bears!
Pac 12 is looking to be a rough first year…
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UCLA fans down in LA are respectful
I was wearing my Cal shirt around town after the game, and three different UCLA fans saw it and said, “hey that was a great game you guys played today, congrats”.
So not sure what kind of sample size you guys were getting up there, but down here they were pretty respectful.
Drinking the Kool-Aid. Pumping the sunshine. Livin' the dream. Go Bears!

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