Vote For The Golden Moment of the Decade

by Avinash Kunnath on Aug 3, 2010 12:00 PM PDT in All-Decade

Here is where we decide what the seminal play or event was of the last ten years in California Golden Bears sports. You gave us the nominees, and seven made the cut of five recs or more. See the moments after the jump.

Here are the instructions. Please follow them or your ballot will be discarded.

Please choose your three best performances on this list and rank them in order, i.e. put a 3 next to your best performance, 2 next to the second best performance, 1 next to the third best performance. Leave the other four slots blank.

They are as follows:

1. Cal regaining the Axe for the first time since 1995 (HT Oski4Heisman)

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See 2 thru 7 after the jump, and vote in the poll that follows (or click here for the form).

2. Tyler Fredrickson's field goal to upset USC in triple OT (HT drub12)

3. Marshawn Lynch ghostriding after beating Washington in 2006 (HT Tony Macaroni)

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4. Desean Jackson's amazing punt return against Tennessee (HT Spazzy McGee)

5. Marcus Ezeff's forcing Cameron Colvin's touchback to beat Oregon in Autzen (HT neodarksaver)

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6. 2009 Big Game: Mike Mohamed's game sealing-INT (HT Berkelium97)

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7. Cal Basketball Wins First Pac-10 Title In 50 Years (HT Scootie)

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Now time to fill out the form (or click here)! Again, fill in your top three choices based on the instructions.

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I feel really fortunate

that I was in attendance at 2 of the 7 nominees for best moment of the decade as a first year student. Not a bad way to kick off my Cal years :)

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by FrankCohen on Aug 3, 2010 3:14 PM PDT reply actions

I’d like to say hopefully the good times will keep coming, but prepare yourself young one… being a Cal fan isn’t always Big Game picks and Pac-10 championships…

"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"

by CruzinBears on Aug 3, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Me too

and I put Prophet at #1, basketball Pac-10 title at #2. Field goal vs. USC is #3.

by GeoFreak on Aug 4, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Exactly the same haha

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by FrankCohen on Aug 4, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

#1: Basketball title

#2: Mohamed INT

#3: TFred field goal

I might be biased since I was in attendance for all three. Then again, I was in attendance for every one except for the Ezeff/Colvin fumble, so maybe not!

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by norcalnick on Aug 3, 2010 9:02 PM PDT reply actions

is the Ezeff hit. Remember, at the time it was two top 10 teams, game day was there, and it was on national TV during the middle of the day. This was the cream of the crop of the Pac-10, which was showcasing two of its best teams. I may be biased as I live in Portland and get crap all the time from the UO/OSU crowd, but I don’t think so. Oregon was driving, Dennis Dixon was in control, even turnovers to Cal didn’t keep them from almost taking this one in front of the nation and a sold out stadium. And Ezeff quieted the place into a library. It was incredible.

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by BTown85 on Aug 3, 2010 10:09 PM PDT reply actions

Was at 5 of 7 though I did watch the other 2 on tv. Missed last year’s Big Game and the bball.

by j.lee on Aug 3, 2010 10:36 PM PDT reply actions

How can I narrow this down to a top 3?

has to be getting the axe back in ’02.
could be any of Fredrickson v. USC, Pac-10 Champs, The Prophet, or Ezeff’s hit

by Oski4Heisman on Aug 4, 2010 9:45 AM PDT reply actions

The Axe, the goal posts....

The Axe back, the goal posts getting carried to Sproul.

The USC game. I feel calling this “the fredrickson kick” doesnt give justice to the entire emotinal shit storm that was overtime. From the missed fieldgoals to goal line fumbles to winning with a shitty kicker.

The Ezeff hit. see above.

by Whiskyrick on Aug 4, 2010 10:48 AM PDT reply actions

Tough one

I loved the USC upset. Loved it. And that’s why it hurt so much to leave it off. But I had to vote Pac-10 champions as my favorite moment, followed by Prophet’s pick, followed by retrieving the axe in a dominating fashion. First, Pac-10 is the basketball version of a Rose Bowl, both in longevity in between losses and the significance. The Prophet pick was the most amazing play of the decade for me; crushing a rival that was higher ranked in late fashion, snatching victory from defeat. Frederickson and Prophet’s plays were probably equal; Prophet came against the arch rival Furd. And you can’t leave off ending the Axe losing streak off the list.

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by MadBum on Aug 4, 2010 6:42 PM PDT reply actions

I voted for the Pac-10 championship as the best

Had to go with the basketball team on this one. First conference championship in 50 years. 50 YEARS! That had to be the moment. Winning an outright conference championship after that many years of drought has to be # 1.

I went with the upset of USC as the # 2 moment. That was the statement game that Cal football had arrived and that Tedford was legit.

The Prophet’s INT to win the 2009 Big Game was # 3 for me. Hard for me to believe it was only third on my list.

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by Ohio Bear on Aug 6, 2010 6:09 AM PDT reply actions

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