DBD 9.22.10 2010 Golden Bear Football: The Cougars Weigh In
by Scootie on Sep 21, 2010 10:41 PM PDT
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A few months back, Since1997 presented an introduction to BAM in an effort to build increased communication and understanding between the sexes. We feel that you may now be ready for a more focused study, a quick look at our 2010 California Golden Bear football team.
via www.saturdayeveningpost.com
Those 1898 Bears were particularly dreamy. Let's see if 2010 can live up to the legacy.
A number of people have figured out over the past few months that Since1997 and Scootie have quite different taste in hunks hotties playas dreamboats men. It is hoped that by having a co-authored study, the CGB community will gain increased understanding into the varying factors and the relative weightings that can contribute to the BAM equation under disparate circumstances.
Situational Assessment
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Now, we think everybody knows how Since1997 feels about The Prophet. Scootie is quite happy to play wing-gal on this one.
What Since loves about him: He's hot, smart, and put a royal hurt on Andrew Luck circa 2009.
BAM: Since 9.5/Scootie 7.9 (SINCE EDIT: 7.9 Are you crazy? SCOOTIE: Sorry, hon. He's a Brandon, and I've always been a Dylan kind of girl.)
Robert Mullins
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Linebacker Robert Mullins is Scootie's top choice.
What Scootie loves about him: He has adorable dimples and a great smile, while his buff body and tattoo-free clean cut look don't exactly hurt (except my heart, because he is less than half my age).
BAM: Since 8.0/Scootie 9.3
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This is a young man so lovely and charming he made a personalized video for Since1997 when she could not attend Fan Appreciation Day in person.
What Since loves about him: Okay so yes he's a 4th string QB and yes he calls Memorial "Bear Stadium" but holy shit, the dude is a walk-on. No one had ever heard of him (well... except me) and all of a sudden he was making a push to pass the party-yacht at the QB Regatta. Gotta love his balls and HEART!!11 (not that i have any real knowledge of said cajones...) Oh and he's really really really good-looking. I bet he reads good too.
BAM: Since 9.4/Scootie 8.3 [SINCE COMMENT: slight downgrade to Prophet due to lack of game-winning interception]
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Darian gets the Care Bear Award. His amazing talent (pick six against CU!), pursuit of a social welfare degree and amazing love for his daughter make this Golden Bear a true BAM standout.
What Scootie loves About Him: The no excuses attitude. The dimples (not visible here, but trust me, they're there). A determination to make his own way in football despite his dad's big shadow (for those who don't know, his father, Darian Sr., was the QB for Colorado's national championship team in 1990, and is now a CU coach). His obvious love for his family.
BAM: Since 8.5/Scootie 8.7
BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! LATE EDIT!
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Jackson Bouza is a redshirt freshman receiver whom neither of us had ever heard of until we just stumbled across this photo. Oh. My. God. HOT!!!! His father is Matt Bouza, who is an Old Blue letterman who used to occasionally do the color commentary for Cal football games.
Why we both love him: please see photo. That's all we know. It's enough.
SinceBAM: 10.0/ScootieBAM:10.0
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There you have it friends. Sincey and Scootie's 1st Team All-Golden Bear roster. It seems like all that Nike money is going to a deserving Tedford since our team is mostly defense (SCOOTIE EDIT: Psst Since you know that Ryan is a QB right? SINCE: Yes.).
In the comments section, create your own All-Golden Bear roster, tell Scootie how she can Tweet-hug Robert Mullins, or explain to Sincey why Ryan Werternberger's No 4 performance means he's on track to be Mr. Heisman 2010.
XX! S&S
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Men's Soccer is GOOD!
They are ranked 14/19. I’ll bet those guys at 1 are pissed they’re not the best!
California rides a three-game winning streak into its match against Denver at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, at Edwards Stadium. The No. 14/19 Golden Bears bring a 4-1-1 overall record into its last regular-season nonconference match, which is part of the Stanford Nike Classic. The Pioneers have a 3-2-1 record.
AquaBears go to SLO
…to swim a super-duper version of the 500 IM.
California is on the road for the second-straight week, as the Golden Bears swim in a non-traditional competition at Cal Poly’s Anderson Aquatic Center Friday through Saturday, Sept. 24-25, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Friday features a pentathlon, as each athlete swims in the 100-yard butterfly, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle and 100-individual medley. On Saturday, the Bears will team up with the Cal men for co-ed races in the 200-medley relay and 200-freestyle relay.
Alert! Alert!
Cute reporter Chelsea Brown hosts This Week at Cal, featuring the Cal Women’s Soccer coach (didn’t catch his name, sorry).
by Scootie on Sep 21, 2010 10:50 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Teddy doesn't think Riley sucked that badly in Reno
Weekly press conference joy. Teddy’s up first:
I don’t actually think Kevin played horribly, by any means. He made a lot of good plays. A poor decision on the interception was costly, of course, but [he] completed a lot of balls. I don’t know if there’s any specific thing he did poorly – if you did, I’d be happy to address it – but Marv [Jones] caught 12 balls for 100-and-something yards and the tight end, Anthony Miller, caught some balls for yards. The interceptions, the first interception goes off Keenan’s hands – that’s going to be a touchdown – and then the second one was obviously costly …
Riley and Marvin follow Tedford’s remarks.
That game was ridiculous. Didn’t he and Schaub combine for something like 950 yards? It was like watching Arena football!
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Switch to Red Bull!
Every two weeks I buy a 12-pack of sugar-free Red Bull. I have one before I get in the shower, and then I drink one on the way to work. I don’t really drink coffee because it’s a slow process. Redbull is portable and it gets you ready to embrace the day
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To be honest, I drink coffee for the flavor more than as a caffeine delivery device, whereas I think Red Bull tastes … not good. And Monster or Rock Star gives me heart palpitations.
Really, I knew the Lost reference was DOA, but I posted it anyway — they can’t all be winners.
I feel your pain. The coffee at my office really makes me appreciate the coffee I make for myself at home. And yet I still drink 3+ cups a day.
I've been Honked...
I’m currently in the process of paying off my Vegas gambling debts, so no Starbucks for a month. It’s been a litle painful.
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How close are you to Blue Bottle at Mint Plaza, incidentally? I think their coffee is great, although you may have to elbow your way through the coffee snobs at that location.
I’m a little worried AZ’s pass rush has already gotten into Riley’s dome. If he can get the ball out to his peeps and have a few seconds to throw, I like Cal’s chances. If he gets all USC on us, then we’re fucked.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
me thinks Riley won’t have enough time to throw such passes…
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Az is really aggressive. They show a good mix of blitz packages or fake the blitz, drop guys into zones, and let their stud duo of DE’s get pressure.
Unfortunately, we’ve had trouble with our TE/RB/FB picking up blitzers.
We really need KA to be full strength. I think we may really need our screen game to be ready.
We’ll have to expect to give up some big plays (sacks, TFL’s)…but, we have to hope that we can pop a few on them, too. They gave up some deep balls to an inconsistent QB/average WR that let Iowa back in the game.
Old Toothwrangler
i really think the goal of this offense should be give up 0 sacks. 1 sack will kill any cal drive. They need to get that ball out of there in a hurry and take the 2-4 yard gains with the hopes they can pop one for a big gain now and again.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Keenan Allen back at 100%
Marvin Jones said at the press conference that Keenan is fully healed.
On the lack of connection between Kevin Riley and Keenan Allen in the game against Nevada
“Keenan was a little nicked up, so that’s why you didn’t see him very active in the game. Coming into practice today, he was 100% and they were hooking up just fine. So I think that’s mainly what you saw.”
by Scootie on Sep 21, 2010 10:55 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I really like Calvin, and I’m glad he’s getting more PT, but we NEED Allen in the game to take some pressure off of Jones (Not that it will matter much, cause MarvJones1 is a GOD!)
In communist Russia, Sanchez declares YOU!
Can I ask why do you like Calvin? It seems he’s been injured throughout his career and not been in the groove of things to be effective. I mean, I’ve got nothing against the guy, but to me he’s leaning more towards “bust” than “useful scholly football player.”
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’ve liked him ever since he was doing well back as a freshman on the scout team, and was rooting for him hard in 08. Then he hurt his knee, and re-injured it in 09 as well. I am always rooting for him to break out because he seems like he deserves it(not saying that others on the team don’t). Thats why I was very pleased when he started getting metioned in practice reports over summer camp, and happy that he got the start in the Nevada game, even if it was due to Allen’s injury.
He’s also a great run-blocker, a very under-rated part of being a WR.
In communist Russia, Sanchez declares YOU!
Gigantes beat the Cubbies, 1-0
Giants maintain a one half game lead in the NL West and end the Cubs’ six game winning streak.
Buster Posey finally betrayed the kid inside of him. As he was talking about the postseason race, he sounded like a 10-year-old on Dec. 15 who cannot believe Christmas is 10 sleeps away.
“It’s almost like you want to skip ahead to the final two or three games,” Posey said.
Yes, but that might deprive fans a chance to see more Posey performances like Tuesday night’s, when he caught a shutout, hosed a runner at second base and homered in the eighth inning for the only run in a 1-0 victory at Wrigley Field.
by Scootie on Sep 21, 2010 10:57 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
BUSTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 21, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
mira, es Buster! “yo quiero leche!”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Where is the A's post?
"You're all like big, fat failure turtles." - Edge
by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 22, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Couldn't be bothered.
Actually, there wasn’t a Chronicle article yet, and then I forgot to go to the A’s blog.
Sacramento!
The A’s have renewed their agreement with the River Cats through 2014.
The baseball connection between Sacramento and Oakland will continue for at least four more years. The A’s extended their player development contract with the Triple-A River Cats on Tuesday through the 2014 season.Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/22/3047261/as-extend-player-development-contract.html#ixzz10HqFbrLY
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Tho I’m not a Giants fan by any means, I am excited at the possibility of playing meaningful baseball in the Bay Area in late September/October.
Don’t think I’ll ever forget Brian Johnson’s homerun.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Is that because the SFCentric Bay Area Media goes on ad naseum about that day (as if it led to an actual championship or something)?
I’m glad, that as an A’s fan, I don’t have to hang my hat on some hit that merely got my team into the playoffs.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL no, you definitely don’t.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Mikey Mo Still Injured...
…according to Crumpaker in the Chron.
It’s only a little digit, but sprain the darn thing and it can have big consequences for an athlete needing to push off the turf and run, as Mike Mohamed discovered.
It cost Cal’s best defensive player a game when the linebacker was held out of the Nevada game Friday night with a sprained left big toe.
Mohamed had a doctor’s appointment Tuesday and did not practice. It’s not known if he will be able to play Saturday night in Tucson against Arizona. What is known is that if he had tried to play in Reno, he would have damaged the toe further.
This sounds ungood. A sneaky injury.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
That they are floating the “well, if we miss the AZ game and get the bye week, maybe we can have a great remaining 8 league games” idea out there is concerning for his availability for Zona.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I am on the fence about this one…. I definitely see that logic and I really want Mikey Mo for the rest of the season… I just keep seeing Kaepernick fakes in my dreams every night, and I miss Mo even more :(
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
You know you wanna Browner…. just follow the RB…Im clearly giving him the ball… just remember……. I be watching you!
In communist Russia, Sanchez declares YOU!
He's looking right
So I’m pretty sure he’s looking at Kendricks.
Email: bearsnecessities@gmail.com
by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 22, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers eliminated from playoffs, then lose for good measure
Clayton Richard threw the first shutout of his career as he helped the San Diego Padres take a 6-0 win over the Los Angeles in the opener of a three-game set. The win helped San Diego keep pace with San Francisco in the chase for the NL West.
The Padres remained a half-game back of the Giants, who took a 1-0 win over the Cubs on Tuesday.
by Scootie on Sep 21, 2010 11:04 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
feels SOOooo good to rec
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
It feels horrible to rec!
I mean, sure the Dodgers are out of the playoffs… but the Padres are still only half a game behind us.
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You loser giant fans get a twitch in their pants when you get a sniff of a meaningless division title. Your great triumph in the “rivalry” was stealing signs in center field and feeding them to Bobby Thompson. I actually want you guys to win a world series one of these days so you’ll stop acting more like Giant fans and less like Dodger haters.
by medvjed on Sep 22, 2010 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Because it’s okay to be maximum Rishi in LA. You know it, I know it, the American people know it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s all right, but you’re more likely to fit in LA.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Plainly my efforts to be rude are too subtle? Or are you just trying to counter by provoking an atomsrules gambit?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Damn Dodgers
We need them to beat the Padres
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I don’t really mind. The Dodgers are out of it anyway. I hate to see them lose games, but I want the Padres to win the division at this point, so this doesn’t bother me too much.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
In case you missed it yesterday, Rule of Tree is live.
There are 250+ comments on their initial post. Three appear to be from Furd fans. Way to show your enthusiasm, nancy boys.
Why don’t you wander on over and welcome them to the neighborhood?
It cracks me up that fans of other Pac-10 teams congregated there yesterday. Maybe we should meet there more often to argue?
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
Its like CGB Overflow parking
CGB's Jimmy Carter
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by TwistNHook on Sep 22, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seems a bit cruel
I mean, Spazzy and I could hit 1000+ comments a day just on “is – isn’t – is – isn’t” slapfights.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I think inanity roams free, by its nature.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
YOU’RE SEXIST!
How dare you imply that there’s something women cannot contain. Why, you’d probably say they’re inherently incapable of inanity containment!
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
COULD NOT
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We met up on their home field one time, fun was had by all
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I have 23 recs on ROT!
BTW, it’s hilarious that he put up an actual football content post and there are zero comments so far.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
well, it makes sense, because Cal fans don’t want to talk about Furd football
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Gavin vetoes new booze tax in SF
Rishi can breathe a sigh of relief.
Mayor Gavin Newsom wasted little time Tuesday vetoing San Francisco’s plan to charge alcohol wholesalers a fee to help cover the city’s costs to care for chronic drunks, but the proposal may not be dead.
Despite Newsom’s vow to “veto that as soon as they get it on my desk,” which he did just hours after the Board of Supervisors gave final approval for the first-in-the-state legislation, the plan’s author said he might go directly to the voters.
“Maybe we go to the ballot,” Supervisor John Avalos said after the veto. “There’s a lot of people who think this a good idea.”
"There’s a lot of people who think this a good idea."
To get the people to approve this, you’d have to get them drunk first.
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Can we just tax junk food instead? Since you know, obesity leads to all sorts of health care crises…
And by taxing junk food, I mean put a huge tax on the unhealthy 300-calorie McDonald’s cheeseburger, because McDonald’s is evil, but no tax on the 1100-calorie Subway tuna sandwich, because Subway is healthy! Eat Fresh!
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How dare you question such a clasic film as Super Size Me!
Subway is a magical place where chubby guys such as myself can go and order a subway club with 3 diffrent kinds of meat, american cheese, add everything you would put on a house salad, and load it with mayo, mustard, salt, oil and vinager and still look like im eating heathly! Not to mention I can wash it down with a bag of Miss Vickeys jalapeno chips and 20ozs of delicious soda!
Heres to you, Subway(Bud light guys voice with the back up singer from the commericals.)
In communist Russia, Sanchez declares YOU!
Maybe not the hero CGB deserves, but the hero we need right now?
“We’re hungry,” Artest said. “I know I am. And you know Kobe is. Kobe’s after something, I don’t even know what it is. I think he’s after stardom on Pluto or something.”
Artest paused, cracked a wry smile, and made a hard left at the tangent.
“Pluto is not even a planet any more, which I’m very disturbed about,” he continued. "When I grew up, Pluto was a planet. And now I’m 25 and I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I gotta find that guy (who changed its planetary classification) and elbow him in the nose.
“I love Pluto. Everybody loves Pluto.”
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
by MR.F. on Sep 21, 2010 11:15 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I agree!
I was devastated. What the hell am I supposed to do with all my Lego ice planet figures now?!
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totes had that growing up
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to freeze a bowl of ice, then have the Ice Planet lego character play in it and pretend it was an actual ice planet.
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Wow nice. I had these ice legos but never did that.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
You grew up and had creativity educated out of you. It’s nothing to do with the lemon drops, those are helping get slough out the brain cells that were about to become dead weight anyway.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That’s why I always wear a tin foil hat. I get wierd looks but it’s totes worth it to keep my sanity.
Gamma rays just make you big and angry; they don’t cause memory loss.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
god i fucking loved legos.
CGB: Come join the LOLigarchy
by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I still have a huge crate somewhere. I’m so tempted to bust them out and just build something AWESOME.
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Me, too. I bought some train tracks when they got discontinued. I so want to do something with them.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
Yes, I love those train tracks. I also have the little control that actually makes the platform move forwards or backwards. Man, this would be awesome. Make a town or something.
Of course, at some point, it’s going to get invaded by aliens and there will be a huge lego fight.
I wanna go home now :(
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It’s okay. My exosquad legos will save the town from the aliens.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
There were ExoSquad legos?! I still have four ExoSquad figurines… Marsh, Bronsky, Burns, and Deleon.
by OaktownAggie on Sep 22, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
CGB Legos and trains night?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t hold your breath. I’m still waiting for Chicken & Waffles.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
CGB Hookers n Blow n LEGOS night!!!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't see a flaw in this plan.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Hookers don’t like Legos?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
He said can’T!!!
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
reading fail… party time!!!!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I imagine they’re used to faking enthusiasm.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Thank goodness
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
LEGOS GOT DISCONTINUED!?!??
oh god steady big guy….hold back the tears….hold em…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Just the train system! They replaced it or something.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
oh thank god
CGB: Come join the LOLigarchy
by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
This may be the only thing that my children have in common with Ron Artest.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Meh
I was over Pluto when I realized that the diameter of one of Charon was over half of Pluto’s. What kind of a planet IS that? None. That’s what astronomers say.
My girls responded badly to the idea of something being down-graded for being small. Hits a bit close to home when you’re on the small tip.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
No, that’s in my chest cavity where my heart used to be.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Did they make you turn it in upon enrollment at USC?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
No, it was removed when I became middle management.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
And so you came to CGB to learn to love again.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve always wanted to have fresh citrus by my house.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Hmmm, I can’t see Mrs DC Trojan signing off on that.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
She also deep-sixed New Orleans, which was for the best.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s not working. All I did was add a general disdain for Stanfurd.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ha! He’s not a true convert; he’s merely engaging in sycophancy to stay on our good side. Look, he spelled it their way on the new ’Furd blog.
Sorry to dime you out, DC. I don’t mean to begrudge you your disdain for Notre Dame, but I did notice the spelling part, naturally :)
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s merely engaging in sycophancy
It’s called manners, or being a polite guest. Sometimes, anyway.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I didn’t say I didn’t enjoy and appreciate the sycophancy! You’re doing a fantastic job, DC! :)
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Doubtful. First off, they’d have to have some actual regular, active commenters for there to be any real Cal bashing, and secondly, they won’t be as witty and charming as we are, so why would he want to make an effort to hang out there and ingratiate himself?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, if you were in the Death Star, you’d comment to Vader and the Emperor how impenetrable and utterly flawless the fully armed and operational battle station is (while politely requesting blue milk).
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I will admit
I was stunned and sad for just a bit. But then I thought about it and the reasons for doing it made total sense. A rational argument changed my mind and made me disregard my initial emotional response. It was wierd.
I didn’t have an emotional response beyond my default resistance to change.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
you take that back, you take that back RIGHT NOW
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Sigh. We’ve had this discussion before, Twist. He wasn’t voting for McCain. He was voting for Palin. But that forced him to also vote for McCain.
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you've revealed my true shame
The sexy librarian glasses…. the tortured syntax… the total absence of logic… the shameless vindicitiveness…. she’s everything I’m not but I can’t resist her.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Cheer up, DC. You may not have sexy librarian glasses, but I’d say you do pretty well in all the other categories!
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The only thing cheering me up is that it didn’t take you long to swing at the softball pitch.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
meeeeeeeyow
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what you say for a catfight. For this, I think it would be more of a “rowwwrr”
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting…For an olds fight, I always thought it’d be more of a wheezing or whistling sound.
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by Kodiak on Sep 22, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't say that like you don't already know.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Is there even a template for a sexy male librarian? Perhaps these would be close.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Dr whatsisname is a librarian?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yes.
I’ve seen a couple fo these and they don’t suck that bad. That’s as strong an endorsement as I can give.
hahahaha
“Rupert Giles: Hero, Librarian”
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, everybody calls him Giles
But he seems like he could be just your type — English accent and everything.
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Reminds me of British children’s book character Rupert the Bear.
…for whom I never much cared.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s funny, the name Rupert makes me think of Rupert Murdoch, but the name Murdoch makes me think of… The A-Team.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
And the A-team makes me think of Friday nights at a titty bar!
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Should I even recognize this?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Moderator Greybear from BI on Browner's Performance Last Saturday:
An important fact about Browner’s “dismal” performance against Nevada is that he was actually doing what he was told to do – i.e. tackle the tailback and ignore Kaepernick. That was the scheme – that was his job – confirmed to me by both Derrick Hill and Mychal Kendricks today.
That clears that up then. Sounds like CP should be taking more of the heat for the loss.
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yikes.
just yikes.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I buy that explanation
This seems like teammates taking the heat off Browner for making bad decisions when Kaepernick read him. Tedford said the ILBs weren’t spying or containing the quarterback, so does that mean everyone was playing the inside lanes and ignoring the outside.
I still think Pendergast was telling the linebackers to make decisions and be instinctive based on where they thought the ball was, which is why our guys looked so bad when everyone crashed inside and Kaepernick veered outside.
If THAT’S the explanation, Pendergast sounds like he was clueless going into this game.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 22, 2010 2:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Additionally, Kendricks didn’t crash toward Taua on the first drive. He stayed at home with Kaepernick and the QB handed it to Taua. So something’s not quite adding up there.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 22, 2010 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions
w/ Avi on this one. Kendricks in the 2nd half also didn’t automagically crash into Taua and ignore Kaepernick.
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That could’ve been a halftime adjustment.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe in one type of set, Browner was supposed to read/contain, and in another he was supposed to crash and hit the RB.
They came out in one look and switched after the 1st series?
Wouldn’t surprise me that they mixed it up because Clancy wants to provide different looks to confuse the offense.
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Doesn’t seem to be the case. iirc from my film study, Browner didn’t have any read responsibilities.
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He had read responsibilities. It didn’t seem like it because he was going after the running back each time early on.
Take a look at the 3rd and 4th clips in this youtube video I posted in one of Avinash’s analysis posts earlier this week. If Browner was assigned to go after the running back each time, then he did not do his job in those 2 clips. In the 3rd clip, Hill disrupts the play to the point where Browner stops and realizes the QB has the ball. If he was assigned strictly to take out the running back, he would have continued to pursue him despite Hill “getting in the way.” IMHO, that is a huge clue as to who was not doing his job. The 4th clip shows Browner reading the triple option later in the 2nd quarter. Despite biting a bit on the fake, he didn’t go all out to stop the running back. He made the right read and good things happened.
The outside linebacker spots in the Cal defense are interchangeable, which means the players need to be able to play both weakside and strongside responsibilities because the offense can shift. Kendricks staying at home and making reads when his side was targeted is another huge clue into who was not doing his job.
might work well against Oregon…
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--Coach Clark
I think our strategies from here on out should be as follows.
Offensive Plan:
Score more points than the other team.
Defensive Plan:
Prevent the other team from scoring more points than we.
I know it’s complicated but I think if we can implement these plans we will have a good chance.
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"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Damn, wow. CP didn't see 'gimmick' offenses like that in the NFL
I think we handle AZ because the offense they run is more conventional. Sunshine Pumpin’ all the way to a Cal W this weekend.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Now that’s more like it! I anxiously predicted a Cal W but now that it’s official I feel MUCH better.
This. ::pump pump pum:: I’m feeling semi-confident going into Saturday, what is the game time btw?
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by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank you.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
¡¡¡¡Si, Gracias!!!!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s odd. Mike Mohamed said it was not the scheme that was the problem, but players and execution.
So, who is telling the truth?
Chicken and egg.
The scheme probably looks great w/ the proper execution. But, the proper scheme would fit our personnel and help them execute.
I like how the coaches/players don’t throw each other under the bus. Strangely enough, I feel optimistic about how the D will play against AZ.
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Really?
Calling each other out publically only causes problems. It’s best to tow the party line with the media.
Is it tow, like a tugboat, or toe, like a ballet dancer? I always thought it was the latter.
Either way, I wonder if maybe he meant he doesn’t agree with Kodiak’s optimism about the D.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I thoguht it was the latter, because it meant you were walking down the line. The first way would be you moving the line, which is the exact OPPOSITE of what it is supposed to mean.
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Yeah, and not crossing the line. That seems to make more sense. I don’t feel like looking it up, though.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, I just meant this:
Strangely enough, I feel optimistic about how the D will play against
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Alex Mack gets hit down low.
Might’ve cost the Browns the game with a subsequent 15 yard penalty on the offending party. What’s more important, the bro code, or winning the football game?
Apparently, our beloved center was furious after former Brown Shaun Smith allegedly “grabbed his private parts.” Mack said he was so fired him that he started to chase Smith to the sideline during the second quarter. What happened on Cleveland’s next series?
After a catch and run by Jerome Harrison, Mack inexplicably plowed into linebacker Derrick Johnson for a clear late hit, resulting in a 15-yard penalty. Guess who attempted, and then missed, a 42-yard field goal two plays later? Phil Dawson. Guess how many points the Browns lost by? Two. Granted, the field goal in itself could’ve changed Kansas City’s philosophy in the second half, but Mack’s hit could have been the underrated difference.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Sep 22, 2010 2:06 AM PDT reply actions
Can someone tell me why football players don’t wear cups? The idea of the bars on a facemask lining up perfectly with someone’s junk makes me shudder. Not to mention the direct helmet—>nuts shot.
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They get in the way when you’re trying to run.
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Don’t they wear some kind of protector thingy?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Rockies lose to Diamondbacks; fall 2.5 games behind Giants
Diamondbacks 3, Rockies 1: Chase Field’s newly-installed humidor thwarts Colorado’s offense
I KNOW THEY HAVEN’T PUT IN THE HUMIDOR YET (or have they?), SO DON’T GET YOUR PANTIES IN A BUNCH.
Anyway, the house of horrors that is Chase Field continued to haunt the Rockies’ bats in yet another road loss to the lowly D-Backs. Jorge De La Rosa pitched pretty well outside of the third inning, in which he allowed three runs with two outs. He finished with seven innings pitched and allowed just those three runs on six hits while striking out five and walking just one. Yep, this one was on the offense. Bad approaches and bad swings were quite prevalent throughout the night, and it all culminated in a very ugly ninth inning against mediocre D-Backs’ closer Juan Gutierrez in which Troy Tulowitzki and Melvin Mora struck out, and Todd Helton hit a lazy flyball that was caught in foul territory by Ryan Roberts.
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by Rishi on Sep 22, 2010 7:00 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I'll give the A's some love
Cahill is back to his winning ways, via AN
A week after giving up a rather embarrassing grand slam to Wilson Betemit, of all people, Trevor Cahill went right back and reclaimed his mojo. Eight innings, two runs, and seven strikeouts later, Cahill gave Oakland a victory that put them two games above .500.
And when I say that he dominated, I mean it. His sinker was dancing around, his changeup was crisp, and his curveball was the best it’s ever looked. Cahill racked up four strikeouts in the first three innings, and three of them came on Trevor’s nasty new curveball. Cahill didn’t even allow an air out until Mark Kotsay popped out to close the 4th inning.
That A’s victory last night actually clinched the Central Division for the Twins.
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"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
by 49er16 on Sep 22, 2010 7:24 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Ya if the As win today and the Angels beat the rangers and then the As sweep the Rangers this weekend, theyll only be 2 back with a 1 to go. GO AS!
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by TwistNHook on Sep 22, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Trevor Cahill for Heisman!
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 22, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Becketts to close:
Beckett’s Irish Pub and Restaurant – a popular business located on Shattuck Avenue in Downtown Berkeley – is set to close and be replaced by BEC Bistro in just over a month, potentially due to the owners’ other business and family obligations.
Negotiations to transfer ownership of the pub to the bistro’s owners began in early May, and the new business is expected to move in some time during November. The pub’s general manager Chris Clark said they will be closing in five weeks.
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But they’ll be replaced by the BEC. BEC SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!
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“BEC could stand for Bistro Entertainment Club, Bistro Ecological Cafe, Berkeley Environmental Cafe or Bear Entertainment Cafe. We will have a chalkboard where anyone could put puns for BEC,” Duperret said. “We were all hanging out, drunk … and we brainstormed and we became BEC.”
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Wait, that’s ridiculous. Why do they have the initials set in stone but not that name?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn
I liked that place.
"Too much awesome on my feet."-Brian Wilson
"Time for the laser show, boys!"- Aubrey Huff
I used to go, what’s wrong with it? I think all pubs get their trivia from a standard pub trivia service anyway … ?
nope, but many get them from brainstormer. bear’s lair used to be independent
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ps, your first q: it’s crowded, loud, poorly lit (odd complaints for a bar, but it is prohibitively loud & crowded), and the prizes for winning are hard to come by, even if you demolish the other teams.
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Meh
Seemed like whenever I went there there was mediocre live music that was WAAAAY too loud. Plenty of other great bars in Berkeley.
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by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been there on Thursdays, but it’s farther than Beckett’s. Beckett’s was a great “go-to” spot.
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HIMYM wasn’t bad.
Hawaii 5-0 wasn’t awful.
Chuck was delightfully corny.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
BOOOOOOOOOOOO
I liked Beckett’s!! It was my second favorite bar on Shattuck.
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1) Jupiter
2) Beckett’s
3) Thalassa (mainly for the pool)
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UC Staff struggle with technical issues:
UC Berkeley faculty and staff are struggling with technological issues emanating from a financial system that officials revamped over the summer, causing delays in financial transactions and leading to inefficiencies in teaching and research due to problems obtaining product supply.
Launched on July 6, the upgraded Berkeley Financial System – dubbed BFS9 – is an upgraded version of a computer system that monitors all campus transactions, from supply-purchases to travel expenses. In the latest program model, problems immediately began to surface with both electronic transactions and buy-to-pay processes.
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They should just have asked FIre Starkey to help. That was a costly mistake.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Cal in all its operationally efficient glory. Gah.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I am watching my customer set up an absolute train wreck of a reorganization. They’re taking roles and processes that belong in one organization (vertically by system, in other words), and putting them in horizontals by (alleged) skill sets. But the people receiving the responsibilities don’t have the skills – imagine for a moment the prospect of having people who don’t know the application managing code migrations.
It’s going to be awesome. There’s not enough popcorn in DC and Southeast Louisiana to keep us going as this shitshow gets underway.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
My first job in Supply Chain had the group set up by IBM consultants. For a staff of 45, they had 3 analysts, 2 buyers and 40 “managers”. No joke.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I totally believe it. Deloitte’s got people all over the customer site and I suspect that most of these “improvements” are their idea.
Still, you have to admire their business model – in about 18 months, when it’s not working, they’ll send another batch of kids to the customer to reverse all the previous powerpoint diagrams, and kick it old school. (I used to do this when I worked for a consulting company too, so it’s not like I’m being unduly critical.)
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
No harm in that. I’d listen if they made an offer. I used to work for a company whose name started with a homonym (loosely speaking) for that of which Rishi only buys from the top shelf.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That description made a lot more sense to you than any of the rest of us, I think. Vodka has a homonym?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Sigh. Booze.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s all clear now.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Glass Shop struggling to open on Telegraph:
While father and son duo Alan and Dustin Revere have their sights set on opening a high-end glass blowing gallery and shop on Telegraph Avenue, their plan to fill one of the street’s multiple vacancies is barred by a Berkeley city zoning ordinance.
The city’s Permit Service Center has classified the business as selling drug paraphernalia such as glass pipes – a possibility the two allowed for in their business model – and the glass artists are consequently unlikely to obtain a use permit in the business district, though they are appealing to Mayor Tom Bates and other members of the Berkeley City Council to amend the ordinance as it was approved more than a decade ago.
Under the “quota” zoning system in the Commercial Telegraph area – along both sides of Telegraph and extending up Bancroft Way and one block up Durant Avenue – “any new retail sales of drug paraphernalia (head shops) are prohibited,” according to the city’s Planning and Development Department website.
“There are six businesses that do sell bongs or smoking apparatuses for marijuana (in the district),” said Dave Fogarty, Berkeley’s economic project development coordinator. “One of the reasons there’s a prohibition against new paraphernalia businesses is they don’t want any more competition.”
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Lower Sproulr enovation moving forward:
Beginning Tuesday, student groups will meet throughout the week with the executive architect of the Lower Sproul Plaza renovation project as a way for project leaders to gauge students’ ideas for the new design.
The renovation is in a programming phase during which the architecture firm Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners will meet with student organizations to discuss what students need in the space and how they can organize it to serve the entire student community, according to former Graduate Assembly President Miguel Daal.
“We’re focusing on people who use Lower Sproul, people who don’t use Lower Sproul and wish they could and people who don’t use Lower Sproul and don’t know that they want to use Lower Sproul,” Daal said.
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Assistant coach from St. Mary’s helps VBall:
“Sam’s a traitor.”
The chant came out of nowhere, so unexpected that it wasn’t discernible in McKeon Pavilion at first.
“Sam’s a traitor.”
The shout grew louder, now audible, but still a little puzzling. After all, why would the St. Mary’s men’s basketball team be heckling the Cal volleyball team’s assistant coach?
Sam Crosson coached the Gaels for five years before he joined Rich Feller’s staff at Cal in February. As the top assistant, his tactics and recruiting helped lead St. Mary’s to back-to-back 20-win seasons the past two years, the latter of which was the school’s first WCC championship.
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Sour grapes.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 22, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice DBD Scottie and Since
Would it affect any of your BAM scores if one of your starting 5 spent the entire summer practicing shirtless if it was even the least bit sunny out? Because I can tell you, one of them did.
Also, I feel like it would be hilarious if the team saw this DBD. I don’t know if any of them read CGB though.
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Surely you can e-mail someone there the link. High comedy to be had by all.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I definitely could show this to the team. I wasn’t sure how Scottie and Since felt about that though.
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Public domain! Besides, Since might realize her dream of face to face contact with Ryan Wertensloshengruder.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve said nothing here I wouldn’t admit to any of those hotties in person.
Who’s shirtless? Pleeeeease?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL. I was this close to going up to Ryan after the Davis game. Hahaha.
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PS, if you need a new song, download “Angel” by Akon if you haven’t already heard it.
“Hey Baby” by Pitbull ft Tpain isn’t bad and I quite dislike Pitbull.
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Rule Of tree has a new post. It discusses the last time Stanord beat Notre Dame at Notre Dame:
Hours before O’Connor left viewers and NBC executives stunned when she tore the pope to pieces, No. 18 Stanford silenced the crowd in South Bend by shredding No. 6 Notre Dame’s defense for 33 unanswered points after falling behind 16-0. Cardinal quarterback Steve Stenstrom, who was sacked on the first play of the game, rebounded to pass for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Running back Glyn Milburn added two touchdowns and 119 yards on the ground.
Senior safety John Lynch, who shadowed preseason Heisman candidate Jerome Bettis, led Stanford’s impressive defensive effort. The safety sat out parts of the second quarter with a mild concussion, but forced a Bettis fumble on Notre Dame’s first play after halftime. The turnover led to a touchdown that pulled the Cardinal to within 16-13, and after Stanford took a 20-16 lead, Lynch intercepted Rick Mirer in the end zone to spoil a long drive
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“Stanord?” Your efforts to be Stanford mole are being undone by your subconscious.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
He dropped the f the day before the final.
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by Rishi on Sep 22, 2010 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 9 recs
Hiyo!
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 22, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
U WIN
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Sep 22, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
CGB ladies want to _______________ Jackson Bouza and Ryan Wertenberger at the same time. Upon news of this hitting the recruitnik circles, Cal suddenly has fantastic freakin’ walk-ons from here until Sandy Barbour cuts football.
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--Coach Clark
be the meat in a sandwich of
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
have sexual intercourse with
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Darian Hagan has a kid already, so I’m guessing they wouldn’t be the first for him. Maybe the freshman, but he’s very handsome… :)
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
And I made a slightly less obvious one!
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
you guys are dumb
the answer is “go shopping in Paris with”
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by since1997 on Sep 22, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I would recommend that nobody do a Cheerleader-themed DBD insomuch as it is my understanding they find that sort of thing remarkably creepy. And we’re creepy enough as is.
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I have no idea what the cheerleaders’ view on this DBD is. I would say that the amout of creepy attention the cheerleaders already get is much higher than the amountof atention football players get for their personal appearance. That would explain their concern.
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I hope for their sake
That they are NOT aware of CGB. I wish I weren’t aware of CGB! It’s too inane and I can’t look away.
Hey, I didn’t even have one planned.
I may, however, do a few Internet searches in preparation for Friday’s DBD. We could use a little morale lift around here.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Oh sure, a “morale” lift.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I need a morale engorgement.
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Sep 22, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Not even a humorous ranking of Pac 10 squads in general??? The comedy potential here would be astronomical.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I did until I saw who wrote it.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
yeah, I got half way through the post and went back up to see the author....
There's no crying in baseball!
Paul Wulff is too busy not winning games to focus on the physical attractiveness of our plyers.
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He might as well be admiring their 6 packs
Because at this point, really, he’s on a hiding to nothing.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
SEXIST
But seriously, treating the students like pieces of meat is honestly disconcerting to me. It’s just… well, it’s weird. Besides the obvious unfair double standard that has grown up around this sort of thing, grown women drooling over 18-year-old boys just creeps me out a little. That Bouza kid has the face of a 14-year-old.
Professional athletes, fine. Go nuts, do whatcha feel. But the college kids… just doesn’t sit well.
/twocentsworth
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Pretty much.
Although to be fair, grown men drooling over cheerleaders and volleyball players would be the same thing.
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define “grown”?
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I agree. People should be treating me like a piece of meat!
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More testicles means more iron.
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 22, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you saying reading my always hilarious witticisms isn’t fun enough???
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Hey, I’m losing weight….insomuch as my receding hairline causes me to weigh less over time!
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Yknow whats interesting is that over at Jezebel during the World Cup, theyd do posts called “Thighlights” where theyd show various soccer players and drool over their sexiness. bla bla bla there’d always be an undercurrent of “double standard” and “if this was switched we wouldn’t be happy yada yada yada.” It is an interesting discussion. My thought process is that objectification is not objectification is not objectification is not objectification. It doesn’t happen in a vaccuum and you have to look to the justification.
If its carp doing one of his usual routines, ya, thats creepy, because, well, a)its carp and b)he never has a really positive light to it. However, if the objectification is done with a more complimentary manner than the sort of juvenile antics one often sees on the intro-tubbles, then it wouldn’t be as bad.
Is this particular post done in taht way? I guess thats the discussion, isnt it. You clearly disagree.
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Everything carp does is creepy! He’s carp. Thats why we love him. He makes us feel less creepy in comparison!
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so this is what it feels like to be Kevin Riley.
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--Coach Clark
nah, I could never sell a sitcom called “Carp, fucking asshole” to Hollywood
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
You could probably sell it to the San Fernando Valley…
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think the first problem is assuming that Jezebel is a go-to resource for anything.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It appears to be a good go-to resource for watching women fight over seemingly unimportant stuff.
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for watching women fight over seemingly unimportant stuff.
On second though, I think we need to be careful about throwing stones here.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I can’t be the only one here who isn’t at all surprised that Twist hangs out at Jezebel.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
On the one hand, you’re right, it’s like a inverted double standard. On the other hand, the ladies have a lot of ground to make up in the public leering sweepstakes, and there’s rather less of a historical record of leering ladies leading to damaged young men.
( I would have liked to keep up the alliteration but oh well.)
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On the next episode of "Bear Stage, Buzz Kill"...
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Women objectify like this, while men objectify like that
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When men do it, it’s oppressive. When women do it, it’s empowering.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone needs to hose down FireStarkey:
Cal football play-by-play radio announcer Joe Starkey will be honored during an on-field ceremony for the last game of the season, Nov. 27 against Washington. Starkey was previously awarded the Chris Schenkel award, which goes to an announcer with a long and distinguished career at a single college football program.Will that be it for ol’ Joe?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Sep 22, 2010 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Its ok. I’m pretty sure his acceptance speech will consist of unrelated anecdotes that no one understands followed by the Cupper explaining what a “big play” is.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
this srsly made me LOL.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Me too.
But you forgot about the part where Cupper goes off on tangent about how he used to run the option in his playing daze.
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anyone have a cupper bio for my reading pleasure?
His co-host (female one) is kind of a donkey.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Gasp
You didn’t know the Cupper was the first QB to use the shovel pass?
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
BWMNQ has an interesting take on the Nevada game, read it here.
(a) I think this game was largely a failure defensively, and one of the worst, if not the worst, performance by a Cal defense since Tedford came on board.
(b) I think that if Kaepernick passed the ball like he did last year, Cal forces at least two more punts, and we’re talking about a different game—maybe not a win, but at the very least, doubtful the same runaway score. I am not sure anyone thought he’d throw that well.
© I think the short week, the gimmick offense, the Mohamed injury only one week prior, and the lack of depth at ILB water down any major conclusions I can draw about how well Pendergast and this defense will perform this year. I am not giving him a pass by any means (see (a) above), but I am not ready to say he’s a bad coach yet, although he did coach a putrid game.
(d) As of right now, and this may change, I prefer Pendergast’s approach to Gregory’s, despite this game.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
like this part, too…
From what I am seeing, a lot of the problem lies in the technique. The OL are coming off the ball quickly, which is an improvement over last year. But they’re laying into their blocks high, and they seem like they’re trying to manhandle guys instead of driving them with their legs. That’s fine if you’re running quick dives where you just need to get in a guy’s face or turn him. But with the amount of time Cal’s run plays take to develop (a complaint I’ll get to in a minute), the blocking technique has to improve.
4. I am sick of watching RBs take a 2- or 3-Mississipi count to get back to the LOS after the ball is snapped, while safeties and linebackers take their sweet time flooding the box until the whole defense is waiting there for the runner. Cal does not have a 230 pound tailback and the Steelers’ offensive line. Quicken the power and inside zone plays, and save the slow stuff for stretch plays and cutbacks. You can be outnumbered if the play is quicker, but not if it takes forever to develop. Otherwise, we’re going to be seeing a lot of Sofele and Vereen getting hit at the LOS.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Two things:
1. Pete Carrolls twitter now has a photo fo him in a Seahawks sweatshirt. I wonder how awkward it was when that change occured.
2. Pursuant to this tweet if you donate a lot to his Haiti deal, hell call you up and chat with you. Maybe I should donate a lot and then bitch him out when he calls me up
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Fire Starkey. But do we want him screaming “WHY CANT YOU JUST TELL US WHTA IS GOING ON ON TH EFIELD?” to Carroll?
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he doesn’t yell, he sits and waits for goats to try and cross his bridge
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by GoldBlooded on Sep 22, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Bolani Hotness Thu
The real reason why I’m on DBD. Apologies but forgot I got a mtg on Thu. Love Assassin Rishi survives another wk.
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I’m seeing in my mind’s eye: bottles of Hawaiian Punch, computer models of ancient civilizations. Quite the Tuesday night.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Stupid scientists can’r make up their mind on Triceratops
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They are real… now was that so hard?
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by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Really? Didn’t they get rid of those already? :)
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Five horns? Fifteen horns? Dinosaurs are the new razor blades? When will this Triceratops-based Horns Race ever end?!
I definitely thought Twist had written this.
You have my sincerest apologies.
by Yes We Cannon on Sep 22, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
What are you talking about?
All the article says is that these two species are closely related to Triceratops. it doesn’t say anything about th Triceratops discussion being re-opened. Triceratops has nothing to do with anything in this case.
Sheesh.
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I lived there for 3 years. How do you think I feel?
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Kevin Riley interceptions are what make me go Hulk. My mom was visiting last week and we watched the game together.
“I’ve never heard you swear so much in your life” she says to me at one point.
“It’s Kevin fucking Riley’s fault!”
“Hmmm, yes. He has that affect on your father as well.”
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I was honestly more upset with the Defensive plan. Not that the interceptions didn’t upset me terribly. It was really a whole lot of upset. :(
True. That was the other main line of frustration. “Make the RB beat you. Make the RB beat you. Hit the QB every time” Blah. Bad game.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
What are your thoughts on the place? I’d like to hear an honest assessment.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I was very young and it was the early 1980’s. I lived on the northside (on the border with Carmichael). It was ok. Dull. Hot. Nothing special or particularly interesting.
My grandparents and cousins have lived there my whole life so I was often visiting Sacramento! for my first 21 years or so and nothing I’ve seen has ever changed my opinion much. It is what it is.
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Hold on, I want to make sure CalBear81 doesn’t see:
[There, the brackets should help. I was there again recently after many years, and I have to say, it was actually pretty nice. In the neighborhoods near downtown, the streets are clean, nice, and tree-lined. There are cafes and such around, some nice-looking restaurants. It felt like it might be a fairly decent place to live… Well, like I said, near downtown anyway. And SF is a daytrip away, so if you’re starving for culture, it’s not like you’re in Siberia or anything… Anyway, I could be wrong, but that was my impression.]
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This is not the comment I am looking for.
Locomotive Kangaroo Lol
by CalBear81 on Sep 22, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
hahaha, CB81, you amuse me at times, you really do
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, um, nothing. Just thought I’d, um, spare you from the usual Sacramento!-bashing. Didn’t think it was anything you would want to see. Just, uh, doing you a favor, you know. Yep.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
How underrated is Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick? With all the (deserved) press Denard Robinson is getting, shouldn’t Kaepernick be getting some? As of now, he has 13 TDs in three games and is putting up numbers that would even make Tim Tebow do a double-take.
— Scott Dean, Birmingham, Ala.
Kapernick has been putting up those silly numbers for four years now. He’s the unquestioned king of the Pistol offense, a master of ball-fake handoffs and keepers. And he’s got a heck of an arm, too. I started to have doubts, however, when he tailed off a bit last year, particularly against the best opponents on his schedule: Notre Dame (188 yards in a 35-0 loss), Missouri (205 yards in a 31-21 loss), Boise State (172 yards in a 44-33 loss) and SMU in the Hawaii Bowl (200 yards in a 45-10 loss).
But there’s no doubt he’s off to an incredible start this season, including a dominating performance against Cal. He ran 17 times for 148 yards and three touchdowns, but I was more impressed with the way he attacked downfield through the air, finishing 10-of-15 for 181 yards and two scores. With the caveat that Cal was playing without its best defensive player, linebacker Mike Mohamed, the Bears looked completely helpless against Kapernick and the Pistol. If Nevada can keep it up and go into its season finale against Boise State at 10-1 or 11-0, Kapernick will get all the attention he could ask for.
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that would make me feel a lot better about getting our asses handed to us
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by GoldBlooded on Sep 22, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Difficult to separate man from machine in a system like that.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
Where’s Redonkulous Bear when you need him?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer to think of Redonkulous Bear as a reasonably beautiful woman as this enables me to fantasize a life together, Photoshopping pantsless, not a care in the world, bits dangling.
Today's the day the California Golden Bears have their picnic.
I preffer to think of Redonkulous Bear
As a Rocker Jesus with a tuxedo shirt cause she’s professional, but’s she’s also here to party.
Are we sure that Redonkulous is a she, or is it merely that we prefer to think of him that way?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
CHRIS CARTER BOMB
Let the onslaught begin. Go A’s!
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
If they win today and the Angels beat the Rangers and then the As sweep the Rangers, then, they’ll only be 2 back with a week to go. BELIEVE!!!
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That's too sunshiny, even for me.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll be there sunday though.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
you forgot 1989, 1972, and 1973
Last time I counted, well I couldn’t, because the SF Giants haven’t won a thing.
They get to celebrate some regular season homerun by brian johnson. Ah, the magic inside.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
1989!
Suck it Giants fans!
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
If the A’s win the World Series and nobody is there to see it, how many more World Series titles would that give them compared to the Giants?
If the Giants flop again, and everybody is there to see it, how embarrassing is their franchise?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
a) 5
b) very
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by CruzinBears on Sep 22, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd
these are softballs atoms…..
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Duh, of course they’re softballs! Why would I want to dis the A’s?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought you were one of them.....
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
As another Dodgers fan, I am neutral to slightly pro-A’s.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
There are 3 of us here right this minute.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
the dodgers have an actual fan base – they draw over 3 million whether they are good or bad.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
But those people are not fans. People who arrive in the third inning and leave in the seventh do not qualify as fans.
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Yes because everybody in the stadium does that, and nobody does that in the Bay Area or any other ball park.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
Even the exalted fans in St. Louis leave early. What a crock.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose I can’t blame your poor observational skills, not being in touch with reality, inability to detect sarcasm, and generally poor logic when you are long past whatever you called your prime.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
oh shit, it's on now
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Fear not, DC. I realize that old age jokes are the the last refuge of the defenseless.
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Strawmen are the last refuge of the logic-less.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
Hmmm, that’s kinda similar to saying sarcasm is the last refuge of the scoundral. BUT YOU WOULDNT BE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WOULD YOU NO YOU WOULDNT!
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Actually, the quote is “patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” From Samuel Johnson.
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Actually, the quote is “always a good decision.” From Samuel Adams.
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by Kodiak on Sep 22, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I thought the quote was
“Samuel Jackson! Made painstakingly by me, Samuel L. Jackson! It’ll get ya drunk! You’ll be fucking fat girls in no time! "
I'M SAMUEL JACKSON!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Place yer bets…
I mean…I’m sure these two good people will return to civility shortly.
Nothing to see here…
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boomtho, show me on the doll…
Nevermind…
Just don’t eat popcorn ever, evair again.
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Well I gotta admit I didn’t see this coming! Defend yourself CB81!! Talk about how the smell of Adobo makes you want to eat your own nose!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude… It’s like you’re the only sane one here. How did that happen?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d make a ‘playing dumb, the last refuge of the guilty’ joke, but I’m not sure if I should give CB81 that much credit.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
They’re arguably better fans than people who don’t arrive at all. This isn’t the direction you should want this discussion to go…
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
They are certainly better fans than those who do not show up at all…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe the Dodgers are the most well-attended franchise in the history of professional sports.
And would I trade that for another World Series ring? Hell yeah I would.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought this didn’t matter…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah man. The A’s are my AL team. I hate the Giants and the Angels.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Q: What do the angels and giants have in common?
A: A ‘fan base’ that didn’t prior to 2002 in the case of the former and the year 2000 in the case of the latter.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s common enough: A decade ago their fanbases were about as extant as Stanfurd’s.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think you’re using ‘extant’ correctly, insofar as it implies a continuous survival instead of merely existing.
/I’ve always wanted to do that
by sec119 on Sep 22, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, well you made a you’re/your error on the ’Furd blog. Way to represent.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought extant just meant something that isn’t extinct.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct: extant manuscripts.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/extant
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Well, “still in existence,” seems like it means it has existed continuously from some earlier point in time, presumably from the time it was created, born, hatched, whatever, until the present time.
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Dictionary.com seems more open to interpretation:
ex·tant
adjective –adjective
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m giving them credit for having had fans at some point in the past. I guess that might not be completely true for the Angels. The Giants might have had some in New York though, I believe. Stanfurd might have had some during the Pop Warner years.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
again, rishi failed the reading comprehension portion of this test.
Now wonder the bankers got us in the shit they got us in. Truly only the ‘best and brightest’
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
the recent development of 'fan bases' is the commonality
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
True story. This is what a REAL fanbase looks like!
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by Rishi on Sep 22, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
BOOM! FANBASE’D!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Dont you see them out there playing competative lawn watering?
GO GIANTS GO! WATER THAT LAWN!
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PS You know the As have more lawn watering championships than the Giants!
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They need to enjoy their wine and cheese and blackberrys somewhere right?
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Garlic fries! Don’t forget them!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Both teams who have been to the world series since Bush Sr. was in office…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, in 1989
2,667,225 A’s fans saw the A’s sweep the giants in the world series and only 2,059,701 giants fans saw the giants get swept by the A’s in that year’s world series.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
cumulative attendance figures over the course of the season (of course).
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
The A’s won the 1972 World Series in Cincinnati and the 1989 World Series in San Francisco. 1973 and 1974 were in Oakland, and I was in the ballpark for both of those wins. Do those additional facts affect your question?
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If that's the best you have, then I can live with it.
by TheOfficialSunshinePumper on Sep 22, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
So what you’re saying is that it’s not about the wins?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Sep 22, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
What are you talking about? I just sketched out a situation where the As are only 2 back with a week to go.
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I see. Go As!
Anybody see th einterview with Cris Carter yesterday? He talks like a ventriloquist. Barely moving his mouth/lips. Remarkably unsettling.
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Go A’s, indeed! The chances are remote, but since they’re playing the Rangers, they do have a fair amount of their fate under their control.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he meant my Dodgers. Meh, I came to terms with that months ago.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW:
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
BASEBALL SUCKS AND IS BORING!!!
by paleodan on Sep 22, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I never knew you were born in India and moved here when you were 9
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Yeah, you probably have a certificate of live birth to prove it — WHICH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND NOTHING LIKE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AT ALL.
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You got it. I was accidentally born at home without a doctor present, so I have a Certificate of Live Birth.
Scientists Uncover Skull From Horniest Dinosaur Ever‎
Scientists have unearthed a dinosaur in Utah that now holds the record for bearing the most horns on its head.
Paleontologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient beast that lived 76 million years ago in the warm, wet swamps of what is now southern Utah.
The animal, named Kosmoceratops richardsoni, stood 16 feet tall with a 6-foot skull equipped with 15 horns. The scientists speculate that the animal weighed 5,511 pounds.
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by Rishi on Sep 22, 2010 2:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
OLD
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
OLD
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
True. Sads
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by Fire Starkey on Sep 22, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
dinosaurs existed alongside humans and are only a few thousand years old.
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Wow, I’d never seen the proof before!!
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
this picture was taken before the triceratops realized that god didn’t create them
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i always make it across the chasm because i have faith and i pray on a daily basis
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Never mind Rishi, it will come back to haunt him on his next go-round.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I got that… I suppose it’s the lack of a comma after “Never mind” that confused me.
See, it sounds like he’s saying “never mind Rishi” (as in, ignore Rishi), “it will come back to haunt [Rishi] on his next go-round”, which is why I’m confused.
Adding a comma, however, changes the meaning.
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p.s.
Not to be all aardvark is not a rodent, but it’s kind of dumb that that article says the animal weighed 5,511 lbs, when the scientists are really claiming that the animal was 2,500 kg, and therefore the conversion would be 5,500 lbs within the same precision. One shit alone from an animal that size would be enough to fluctuate its weight 10 kilos or so anyway.
it weighed 5,511 pounds after going to the sizzler, which is where it was when the meteorite struck.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
oops
it weighed 5,511 pounds after going to the sizzler, which is where it was when the meteorite struck god made noah’s flood occur.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
You can really think of a Jurassic Park reference like that? In one minute? Did you just watch that movie or something?
You’ve been out paleo’d! There’s no shame in that, Kodiak’s the kind of guy who knows a torosaurus when he sees one.
I thought there was no such thing as a torosaurus?
by atomsareenough on Sep 23, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
BOOM! SIG FIG'D!
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
Imp’t Pac12 developments:
2. I’ve also heard, and this Register -Guard story confirms, that the league will make scheduling concessions to the NW schools if it splits along North/South lines.
That could come in the form of the "pod" scheduling system mentioned in the R-G story:
Pod 1: NW schools.
Pod 2: CA schools.
Pod 3: AZ and MTN schools.
Each year, you’d play everyone in your pod and three of the four teams in each of the other pods. (For instance: The NW schools would play three of the four CA schools every year.)
This will not go over very well in Boulder, I can tell you that.
And just to be clear: You’d have three scheduling "pods" but the league would have two six-team divisions.
3. I also continue to hear that the league probably will change the TV revenue distribution plan — moving away from the appearance-based model and to a 1/12 model (i.e., everyone gets an equal share).
It takes nine votes to overturn the current system. (Colorado and Utah have voting rights on this issue, as they do on the division alignment.)
USC and UCLA are opposed to a change. Will anyone else stand with the LA schools?
I think this is the pac12cooler.com’s version of the proposal, right?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
it almost follows the red/not red scheme someone here came up with (atoms?), counting osu’s orange as red, and zona as not having a red. or maybe we could switch those two :)
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Also, zona has blue in their color scheme, so it’s close enough.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
So, each year we’d play USC, UCLA, and Stanford, plus 3 out of UW, OSU, Ore, and WSU and 3 out of Arizona, ASU, Utah, Colorado?
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However, for ranking purposes, our division would be the CA schools plus the Arizonas? So, in theory we could not play one of our division mates in a given year?
So, in theory, we could tie with Arizona State in the division, but then not have played them? Am I understanding that?
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So, basically we’re potentially trading an Arizona school for a NW school for scheduling purposes?
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I dunno, this is the most complex. Seems like we need to decide by means of geography (N/S) or by what makes the most sense in all other facets (zipper+pod).
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
The thing about this is that the complaint about the zipper is nobody knows who is in what division. Thats stupid on its face, but OK.
Here, that complaint is not valid, bc everybody knows who is in what division. Its the scheduling that is a bit confusing.
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f the geography aspect, i say. who cares if other conferences don’t know what division a school is in if they all play each other? espn will continue to suck the SEC, ND and big11’s respective dicks without giving a shit about anyone else. i say we do what makes sense to give everyone the opp to play the others.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I think that’s the latest version, yes. What they like about this one, is that they have that clear N/S split but w/o the Big12S effect (more or less). Seems like a strong team battling it out with another for the divisional championship could benefit by not having to play an Oregon or a USC (otherwise known as the Pac10 with 8 league games-effect).
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
But then how would the divisions work out? would we play 2 teams from the other 2 pods every year, and then the other 2 would rotate? So, for example, if it’s the zipper, and we’re in the same division with Oregon and Washington, would we play them every year, and the 3rd game from their pod would rotate between Wazzu and Oregon State?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Pac 12 cooler
Examples:
Washington always plays (Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, UCLA, Arizona, and Colorado) and two of (Stanford, USC, ASU, Utah)
USC always plays (Cal, Stanford, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington State, Arizona State, and Utah) and two of (Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado)
Colorado always plays (Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Cal, UCLA) and two of (Stanford, USC, Washington State, Oregon State).
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
But if they do a N/S division, then that would mean you would miss playing someone within your division. That makes no sense.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
See below. I just saw the Pac12 cooler layout, and that’s exactly what I would do.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, I am 100% in agreement with the Pac12 cooler. That’s exactly how it should happen.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Im a little confused, is that what Wilner is saying might happen or different? And, if so, how differnet.
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Wilner keeps saying that the conference nabobs are leaning towards a “North/South” division split, instead of the zipper like in the Pac12cooler proposal. I don’t see how that makes any sense with the “pod” idea.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it makes tons of sense. Allows for us to play the LA schools every year and who gives a fuck about anything else?
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Did you look at the Pac 12 cooler proposal? We’d play the LA schools every year, AND all the schools within our division, and the divisions make a ton of sense.
Under the Pac 12 cooler, we’d play the following schools every year:
Washington
Oregon
UCLA
Colorado
Arizona
(those are out division-mates), PLUS:
Stanfurd
USC
and we’d play 2 out of 4 of:
Wazzu
Oregon St.
ASU
Utah
That schedule sounds absolutely fantastic to me.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I still don’t like having “are our,” honestly. I know what you’re trying to say. But it seems like you could have come with a more elegant solution.
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It’s supposed to read as “those’r our”?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, at the risk of invoking an extant atoms gambit…
I feel that “Those would be our division-mates” has a nicer sound to it than “Those are our division-mates.”
Old Toothwrangler
“would be” also adds a bit of uncertainty that “are” lacks… which seems appropriate given the set-up is a just possibility.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
…Yes, and “extant atoms gambit” rolls right off the tongue.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
It does have a rather elegant ring to it, actually.
No worries. I shall not judge you on your stutter nor on your selection of piracy as a lifestyle.
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Wait, have you seen that photo of me in a Halloween pirate getup…? I’m not sure if it’s on the faceypages or not.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope.
But now, I’m not sure if I’m intrigued or too spooked to go back on faceypages.
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I had long hair and a beard, both of which were real.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Just think about it! LA schools every year, and Seattle, Eugene, and Denver/Boulder every year instead of Corvallis, Pullman, and Salt Lake City.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Do we get a home game every year against a LA school?
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Well, since we’d be playing both USC and UCLA every year, we could probably arrange it that way.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Then, I dont give a fuck either way. Both seem fine. Why do you care so much?
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1) I’d much rather play Oregon, Washington, and Colorado every year guaranteed than have a couple more games spread over against ASU, Utah, OSU, and WSU as well.
2) I think it’s absolutely stupid to have divisions that determine whether you go to the conference championship game, and then NOT at least play round-robin within the division, and if you do a North/South split AND pods, then you’d be trading a divisional game for a game in the other pod. So, for example, if we were in the South division, as is currently speculated, then we’d possibly be trading a game with one of the Arizonas for one of the four Northwest schools.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Sound sgood to me. Those Arizona schools suck anyway!
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Especially the Arizona Wildcats. Man, I hate those people.
We should come up with a list of reasons to HATE them.
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3) They were featured prominently in Speed, leading me in my youth to believe that Arizona was a football powerhouse.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
I’d make the trade, except they’d be in our division. Not playing the schools in your division is stupid.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
me too!
This idea is PERFECT.
Please do this Pac-12!!!
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no, i screwed up in my original post:
pac12 cooler is a “rivalry zipper” + pod scheduling
R-G proposal is N/S split in terms of divisions + pod scheduling, meaning you could not play members of your own division. Fuckin dumb.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
How could division play be truly fair if all the teams aren’t playing each other?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It would be if we have to play Oregon instead of ASU one year and say, UCLA got to play Wazzu instead of Arizona, and UCLA ended up winning the division by a game.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
What if WSu is great that year and Oregon is terrible?
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Then flip them in my scenario. Or change UCLA for USC after Lane Kiffin is replaced with a good coach if that’s more realistic. Or Stanfurd if Harbaugh isn’t gone yet. My point is, it’s a lot easier to feel screwed if there’s no round robin play.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re Cal fans. Why do we need reality to feel screwed?
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All the more reason to be on heightened alert for more potential scenarios in which we would get screwed, and seek to avoid them in the first place.
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I like the N/S split and leave it at that over this mumbo-jumbo thing.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
If there are North and South divisions, De Carolis said one proposal would be "pod" scheduling where a team might not play every other team in its division. In that proposal, for instance, there would be a North Division of the Northwest schools and the two new members. The four Northwest schools would be a "pod" and always play each other, and then also play three members of the California "pod" and three members of a "pod" made up of the Arizona schools, Utah and Colorado, though those latter four schools would be in separate divisions.
I still the the pac12 cooler proposal is the best (rivalry zipper + pods). The only drawback is that no one knows what dvision, say, ASU is in.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I like it!
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This will not go over very well in Boulder, I can tell you that.
Look Wilner:
1) There’s only 1 team that deserves that kind of respect: USC. We lose them to indy, Big12ish or somehow the Big10, and life on the West Coast, in terms of football, isn’t as good as it used to be. They’re our bell cow, accept and get used to the idea of doing things that make sense (within reason, and asymmetric revenue distribution is not in reason).
2) You get 6 league games against coastal teams, with at least 1 and possibly even 2 games per year in CA!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I don’t like Cal being in the green box. Can the Pac-12 change that?
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by CalBandGreat on Sep 22, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps I should critique somebody’s grammar for you?
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
crumpackeroncal
LB MIke Mohamed did not practice Wed. for Cal with sp. toe. Looks less and less likely that he’ll play Sat. at Arizona with bye coming up.
Crumpacker Tweet.
FML.
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Holy crap it’s 4:40 already! The workday really moves when we have a day game! Now if only we hadn’t lost to the stupid White Sox…
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Kod and all the other baby daddy's/mama's
I’m trying to buy some Cal apparel for my friend’s 1mo. The stuff I like at calbearsshop.com is all sold out. There’s at least one item from the Cal student store that I think is ok, but … are there other options besides these two sites?
I’m no baby daddy, but… http://www.bancroftclothing.com/index.php?crn=214
by atomsareenough on Sep 22, 2010 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
spray paint.
CGB: Come join the LOLigarchy
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Poll: 1 In 5 Americans Believe Obama Is A Cactus
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WASHINGTON—According to a poll released Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of U.S. citizens now believe Barack Obama is a cactus, the most Americans to identify the president as a water- retaining desert plant since he took office.
The headline made me laugh.
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Disappointed
Since, Scootie, when I saw the beginning of this DBD I was hoping for your BAM ratings of the 1898 team:
Warren “Locomotive” Smith
Percy Hall 
“Kangaroo” Pete Kaarsberg
And the Immortal Charles “Lol” Pringle
I don’t want to taint your results by expressing my own opinion, although I will say that Mr. Pringle gets extra points for being a snappy dresser, and because it’s hard to resist a man with The Axe.
Locomotive Kangaroo Lol
I’ve never been able to resist a man in a turtleneck sweater, so I have to say Percy Hall is my favorite.
Lol is so fucking hot
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