Well I just felt those turnovers were SUPER fluky. Like a wide receiver letting a ball pop through his hands and ending up in Mohamed’s, and Hagan just happening to grab a fumble in full stride and race toward the end zone. It’s pretty much randomness that benefited us.

I agree it was a legit beat down. But it felt more like a 20-30 point victory than 45.

I like your style… There really is no down side to being wrong about your team (save for the pride heavy), and pumping sunshine is a hell of a lot more fun than skepticism and glass-half empty outlooks

This is not a “sky is falling” look on the team. This is a “the first two games haven’t proven much about our team, we shouldn’t extrapolate anything from our performances quite yet.” We’ve still got a ways to go before we learn about the character and spirit of our Bears and how they’ll handle tough situations (how they’ll handle being behind or handle being in a close game against a conference foe).

I like your enthusiasm – particularly coming from a 3rg Gen Old Blue. I try to feel the same level of hope, but I just can’t.

Instead, I choose to live in the now. LIke a dog or something. No expectations for the season or bowls or anything like that – just enjoying the victories that come, and if it’s a loss, looking forward to the next game.

I guess as long as the team plays hard, it’s all fine. Joe Kapp’s teams took his feisty personality and always seemed to put out a ton of effort with little results, but that’s what made them so endearing.

This team seems to fall into the same category of the 2008 team – no superstars but a lot of heart. And that makes them fun.

Your jib. I like the cut of it.

Pretty much. They’re going to let that Wolfpack know how much Bears like to gamble.

Well, its only weekk 2 lets se if we can keep this pace up withotu burning out.

When you really think about it, early rankings are based on (mostly) conjecture and speculation. It’s more about the egos of the people ranking the teams than about the teams themselves. So when a team makes them look bad, like Cal has done several times, they get punished. But Cal did nothing other than lose a game the media pundit thought they would win.

I stopped paying attention to most of the national coverage of college football. They really don’t know what the hell they are talking about most of the time. Like you said, JW45, they pick a storyline they want to believe and stick with it despite what’s happening on the field of play.