Vote For The Greatest California Golden Bear Performance Of The Decade
by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 19, 2010 2:02 PM PDT
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Aaron Rodgers, 2004 at USC: Completed first 23 passes, 29-34, 267 yards, 1 TD
Alexis Gray-Lawson, 2009 Furd: 37 of Cal's 57 points, 12-20 shooting, 5-7 from downtown
Amit Tamir, 2002 Oregon: 39 points in double overtime, 14-19 shooting, 6-8 from downtown
Geoff McArthur, 2003 Big Game: 16 catches, 245 yards, 2 TDs, facing constant double teams from the Furd
Jahvid Best, 2008 Washington: 19 carries, 311 yards, 4 TDs, single-game school record
Jerome Randle, 2009 Arizona: 31 points, 8 three pointers, 6 in the second half to break a thirteen game losing streak in Tucson
Joe Igber, 2002 Big Game: 26 carries, 226 yards, 1 TD, brought the Axe home
Kevin Riley, 2007 Armed Forces Bowl: 16-19, 269 yards, 3 TDs, led 21 point comeback against Air Force
Lavelle Hawkins, 2007 Oregon State: 9 catches, 192 yards, 2 TDs; 64 yard grab and a 4th and 17 conversion to keep Cal's hopes alive.
Leon Powe, 2006 Pac-10 Tournament vs Oregon: 41 points in double overtime, 14-17 from the field, 13-18 from the line
Marshawn Lynch, 2006 Washington: 21 carries, 150 yards, 2 TDs, 4 catches, 53 yards, touchdowns gave Cal the lead in the 4th Q and OT
Natalie Coughlin, 2008 Beijing: Gold medal in 100 m backstroke, first American female athlete to win six medals at one Olympics
Shane Vereen, 2009 Big Game: 42 carries, 193 yards, 3 TDs playing on a torn meniscus
Here are the instructions. Please follow them or your ballot will be discarded.
Please choose your five best performances on this list and rank them in order, i.e. put a 5 next to your best performance, 4 next to the second best performance, 3 next to the third best performance, 2 next to the fourth best performance, 1 next to the fifth best performance. Leave the other eight spots blank.
Ballot is after the jump (or click here). Cast your votes and decide which Golden Bear had the best individual performance the past ten years. Debate in the comments.
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Not too diffcult, but...
I ended up leaving off performances that were excellent. How can you avoid it?
Truth be told, they’re all excellent performances in one way or another. There is significant difficulty in choosing. And I also sense a bias in the nominations towards football that is indicative of the popularity that the sport enjoys right now…and has enjoyed for decades.
IIRC
1. (5) Coughlin
2. (4) Shane
3. (3) G-Mac
4. (2) Powe
5. (1) Jerome
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Treat it as ranking then 9.5, 9.4, etc.
Reserving a 10 for Vereen’s performance in the 2011 BCS Championship, of course.
by Oski4Heisman on Jul 20, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Because we all know a 2011 bowl game counts as a great performance of the last decade…
MY POINT STILL STANDS
by Oski4Heisman on Jul 20, 2010 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
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5: Coughlin at Beijing-Biggest stage and numerous mentions on TV of her going to Cal.
4: Vereen: Single-handedly beat Stanfurd…and Harbaugh…brought Cal back time and again in the game
3: Aaron Rodgers: Best losing effort in Cal football history!
2: Lynch…incredible performance
1: Powe: One of the best basketball performances I have seen for any Cal Bballer
Coughlan #1 by at least a full body length.
She was amazing on the world stage. She thoroughly dominated the field at the highest level of competition. This is just a no-brainer.
The real debate is for spots 2-5.
Shane doing so much while hobbled and while he was the focal point of the defense is #2 for me, though. Then G-Mac, Powe and Jahvid.
The situation is as important as the eye-popping stats. Jahvid’s awesome day came against an all-but-dead Washington team on its way to 0-12. Not to diminish it, but there just wasn’t as much to get those Huskies up to stop him. And that makes the other accomplishments shine that much more.
I debated on this for a while. I agree with you about the magnitude of her accomplishment, but in that instance I think that “American athlete” supersedes “California Golden Bear.” Obviously they’re not mutually exclusive, but I’d rather claim her for the US in the Olympics than for Cal, if that makes sense. If Aaron Rodgers won the Super Bowl MVP, I wouldn’t put him at number one either, since that performance would feel more ‘Packers’ to me than Cal. I put Coughlin 5th, fwiw.
true
Coughlin’s performance was after she graduated. And not as a Cal Bear. Everyone else’s performance was as a Cal Athlete. Good point. But her achievement is just too incredible to overlook. So I didnt give her 5 points, but 3 in the middle.
I couldn’t vote for any performance that resulted in a loss. Especially Rodgers. As amazing as that USC game was and as amazing as Rodgers was…we still lost. And a loss is a loss. Also didn’t vote for any performances against the UW teams (they were so downtrodden it just wasn’t fair).
by PlayClassyBears on Jul 19, 2010 8:06 PM PDT reply actions
So...
…..please count the SECOND ballot I submitted as I failed to read the directions the first time and gave the best performance a 1.
I’m surprised as hell that we didn’t have Seaborg’s lecture from May 2, 1978.
by ososdeoro on Jul 20, 2010 8:26 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
5 pts: Rodgers @ SC. Of all of the great performances on the list, this is the one where I was literally amazed by the feat as it unfolded. The entire stadium was in disbelief.
4: Igber in ‘02. More for the significance of getting the axe back than anything. But it was also a great performance by a true Cal student-athlete.
3: Natalie in Beijing: maybe should be higher because it was truly elevating Cal athletics on a world stage. I’ll admit I’m biased toward feats on the gridiron.
2: Tamir vs. Oregon. One of my better memories of Cal basketball. A distant 4th, but still a great performance.
1: Vereen @ farm. Stepped up in a major way to get the axe back.
Stepped up in a major way toget the axe back.retain the axe for its rightful home in Berkeley
Fixed.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I meant get it back because all the talking heads had prematurely given it the the ‘furd…yeah, that’s the ticket.
by Oski4Heisman on Jul 20, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
If you didn't put six fucking Olympic medals (actually, since this says "decade", it ought to be 11)
at #1 on your list, you’re doing it wrong.
If you want a single performance, how about being the first woman in recorded human history to go under a minute in the 100M backstroke?
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Ford Prefect: Why, what did she tell you?
Arthur Dent: I don't know, I didn't listen!
How about being the first woman in recorded human history to go under a minute in the 100M backstroke?
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by dballisloose on Jul 21, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Why rank them at all?
This is such a great list, its really hard to rank them. I want to give them all a shiny star.
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For kicks
And for an extra post.
And it’s fun to see people get angry over it.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 22, 2010 2:36 AM PDT up reply actions
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