Cal Football To Be Closed To Public To Keep Anyone From Seeing It
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 30, 2011 6:00 AM PDT
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The California Golden Bears have struggled through a rough season, but their leader has figured out how to put the team in the right direction. CGB has learned through unofficial sources that Cal head coach Jeff Tedford has decided to seal off the final two games at AT&T Park to the sturdy golden fans in order to maintain the proper competitive advantage for his 2011 Golden Bears.
"It was the right thing to do." Tedford said. "Our players just don't get up for games in front of real crowds, no question about it.. We've played our best in front of half-empty stadiums comprises of curious and disinterested individuals, as well as the Colorado Buffaloes. If we're going to make that final push to bowl eligibility, we'll need to have the stadium at the right setting of silence to get the players playing at the level they're capable of playing at."
"Zach [Maynard] tends to play better when he's not being watched by so many people. We want to make him as comfortable as possible and prevent him from making the same mistakes. This strategy should give us the best chance to win, ensure at least a half-dozen completions in the right spot to players not named Keenan Allen, and ensure he only throws one or two bad interceptions a game. Playing in a virtual practice environment for the rest of the season is what he needs right now."
Tedford has received official confirmation from Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott on the grounds that season ticketholders were fairly compensated by the Athletic Department. Top private donors should be pleased with their alternatives, as they will be provided with their own complimentary tour buses to see the beautiful sights and sounds of Solano County, as well as free reservations for the internationally heralded General Vallejo's Walking Tour. There are also discussions to try and secure free room and boarding to Casino Fandango in Carson City for a week in November, so wealthy boosters can hit the slots while Cal is in action on a sunny Saturday.
Premium season ticketholders will be provided with an assortment of discounted coupons to favorite esteemed local restaurants like P.F. Chang's Bistro and T.G.I. Friday's. Fans who bought individual game tickets will be compensated with a deluxe copy of The Graduate, so they can finally discover someone more desperate for emotional fulfillment than a Cal fan.
Asked about how Cal would handle the final two road games against Stanford and ASU, Tedford responded, "We're trying to arrange alternate sites for the game. Commissioner Scott thinks it'll be a great way to grow the conference and I have to agree that this is the best way for our football team to play in peace, away from all the distractions of being a big-time college football program. We're thinking Phnom Penh for the Big Game and the Grand Canyon for the Sun Devils to ensure no one can watch it unless they're there. We hear Stanford is open to the Cambodia game as long as we give them some fried spiders."
"We hope that we'll soon be ready to play in front of a real football crowd in time for 2012, when we'll be playing our games in a bunker underneath Lawrence Berkeley Labs."
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Thank you for this
Needed something to smile at this morning!
They'd be doing us all a favor
Watching this team is taking years off my life. And the drywall in my TV room is starting to look like swiss cheese. I need to start punching something else. Anybody seen Twist lately?
I am THE DOOMBRINGER. We Are Cal.
by ManBearCal on Oct 30, 2011 8:21 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
No!
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It’s easy for you! Just look in the mirror and you’ll see Twist.
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
New plan: Become St. Louis Cardinals fan.
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Yeah - I've gotta find some bandwagons and NOW
Time to start tuning in to blowouts in the 4th quarter and rooting for whoever is ahead.
I can’t fucking take it.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 30, 2011 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Go Oklaaaaaaahoma State! Cowboys in my heart forever!
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I’m pretty stoked about Georgia Tech! The option lives!
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7169711/clemson-tigers-become-latest-unbeaten-lose
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
RAMBLING WRECK!!!!!
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This is exactly why...
We did not get season tickets this year. We knew the team would be average at best, $225 for 5 games in the cheap seats (only USC worth seeing), & added expense of parking, fuel, time etc with games at AT&T.
Cal overpriced tickets by over estimating demand for product. Can’t wait to see the 2012 ticket prices.
When can we see Bridgford?!?!!!!!
I pre-game @ Barclays Pub
by nor_cal_scott on Oct 30, 2011 8:46 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Boo
You’re just making me feel worse.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 30, 2011 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I was amped for the 2012 season, but if it’s “Maynard’s our guy” again, then I might do something more useful with my 6 or 7 saturdays.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
This.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Oct 30, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
As the worm turns...........................
I watched a classic confrontation last night on free TV:
The ’Furd took gut crushing blow after blow from them pUSC but somehow survived and came out on top! JUST A CLASSIC DUEL cementing their worthy NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ASPIRATION (sic).
Meanwhile back here in Berzerkeley, two Cal fans watched TEDFRAUD turns into…………….Buddy Tevens!
Is it HALLOWEEN already??
For you young turks on this board who likes to mouth off (and you know who you are), time to get off your fat asssssssses and
OCCUPY Ms. Barber office come this Monday morning & demand IMMEDIATE change!
Actions speak LOUDER than 1000’s of worthless words.
Blue on Blue
Classes of 83, 89, 91, & 93
Oh, god … some dingbat wanting to OCCUPY Barbour’s office. Why don’t you go to bn to learn all about their “movements” and set up your very own nifty #OCCUPYCALAD thingamabob.
Sheesh.
Being an Old Blue means never accepting success.
Methinks this gentleman’s style of writing (all caps, duplicate lettering, use of “Tedfraud,” general inability to write coherently) points to him/her being non other than GoooooooBears from the Pac12 blog.
Great, it’s bad enough having to ignore him/her over there but CGB is my sanctuary away from goobers like this!
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
You graduated 4 separate times from Cal? What degrees did you get?
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Trust me, 2 is enough.
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
does the 2-year masters program exist at cal? i thought we mostly did PhD programs
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I’m quite sure there are masters programs at Cal. It’s not just a fallback for failed PhD candidates :)
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I have two degrees from Cal: BA in history and BA in Dutch. Henceforth, I shall refer to myself as “CalBear81, Class of ’81 and Class of ’81.”
I blame Twist.
I had two majors as well, but they’re both listed on my degree. Is it one degree or two?
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I got a degree in Awesomeness sometime in the late 1890s and a master’s in being really fucking sweet in 2009. How do I quantify that?
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You are such a horrible liar, Twist. We all know that Cal didn’t have an Awesomeness department until 1898.
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I said sometime in the late 1890s. I was the first one. I taught them awesomeness!
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I was born in 1981. Therefore my opinion is the most valid of all!
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
sheeet, I have socks older than you.
by Anchorsteam Bear on Oct 30, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
earlier I was bummed...
…because I had to do volunteer work last night and would miss the game. So I was only able to check the score about once per hour. There was still shock and hurt, but it was probably less.
P.S. The wife isn’t into football that much, but it will be a depressing Monday morning at work. Not that folks here should care.
"Hey JT, do you still have the name of that truck driving school?
“………Truck Master, I think it is. ….”
What’s with the passive aggressive post? Just come out and say that you think it’s time for Tedford to go. Or do a five part breakdown and come to that conclusion. In fact, that would be awesome. Something like http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/02/28/should-he-stay-or-should-he-go/ .
Gallows humor is my coping mechanism for losses. Next one will be: “Oski Can’t Find His Beer.”
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 30, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I think its just a joke post, dude. To try to raise the spirits of the people around here.
I had totally forgotten we did that thing with Braun. I bet in the off-season we’ll have a lot of discussion to that end.
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Cal football: It’s serious business!
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 30, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Next t-shirt for sale!
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I understand it’s a joke. Fine. A lot of us don’t find the humor in a situation like this. It would be nice to get one of the best known Cal blogs to take a position on Tedford.
I appreciate that, but give it a minute, dude. The game was just last night for pete’s sake. I think site is known for its thoughtful, analytical takes on Cal sports. I would be surprised if some of the writers here didn’t have some things to say about what this season’s games mean to them and what they think it means about Tedford and his future, but give them at least a couple of days to digest the situation and process their own thoughts and feelings about it. And by the way, what people write is their own opinion. The blog itself doesn’t take an editorial position, it’s just a venue for the writers. This isn’t the Wall Street Journal here.
Anyway, what is it that you’re looking for? “OMG I’M DONE WITH TEDFORD, THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW”? Maybe some people feel that way. Maybe some people still have a tiny bit more patience left in the tank. I dunno. You’re more than welcome to share what you feel, either way.
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
(nor is it the NYT either, btw. There’s no editorial board is my point)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, but I don’t take myself as seriously as you seem to.
And CGB is not going to ‘take a position’ on Tedford. There are too many voices on the site and we don’t act as the Borg. Each writer will have his or her own opinion about what they want to see from the program, and I doubt we’ll all be agreeing in concert. That’s part of what makes this site fun to read.
HydroTech, norcalnick and Kodiak will have more thoughts on the game later this week if you’re looking for something more serious.
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 30, 2011 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you for replying. I completely respect your opinion and I apologize for offending you. I bleed the Blue and Gold. You don’t. I realized that several years ago, but I have continued to read your blog. I am a completely rational person, but not when it comes to Cal football. I am a crazy person.
See you in Pasadena,
Ted
by The Hombre on Oct 30, 2011 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hombre, I’m a third generation Cal grad and have been going to Cal games for more than 40 years, through the good, the bad, and the hideous. I can say without hesitation that Avi is as passionate a Cal fan as anybody, as are all the other people who write for this blog. Why else would they devote so many (uncompensated) hours of their time to providing information about all 27 Cal sports to the readers of this blog? I honestly have no idea why you would think otherwise. Just because people deal with Cal disasters in different ways, and some of they even have a sense of humor, does not make them lesser Cal fans than you are.
I blame Twist.
I bleed the Blue and Gold. You don’t.
Haha, okay. You’re the true fan and we aren’t. That attitude really says a lot.
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by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m wearing boxing gloves right now!
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What makes him not bleed Blue and Gold.
And I’m completely irrational about Cal football as well
In other words, Go Bears!
I bleed the Blue and Gold. You don’t.
Can I get an “Official The Hombre Position” on whether I bleed blue and gold?
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The Official CGB Position On Tedford Is:
That Everybody Should Get Their Own Position On Coach Tedford.
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I hope someday to pass JoesCalThoughts.Blogspot.com!
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Careful. As a Cal fan you should know that unrealistic expectations lead to great unhappiness.
I blame Twist.
And we just lost to again!
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What do you want the site to do?
Take a vote among the writers/editors/moderators and the majority position wins as the “official” position? What’s the point of that?
And this is why...
You won’t ever get a press pass.
Say it like Ron Burgandy signing off: "Stay Classy, Bears!"
by PlayClassyBears on Oct 30, 2011 9:48 AM PDT reply actions
This is really one part of the tapestry of reasons, each thread more convincing than the last!
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Is Ayoob still available?
A World Series Championship in SF--Pinch me!
by orange and black on Oct 30, 2011 9:57 AM PDT reply actions
We’ll have to check with his manager at Trader Joe’s, but I don’t believe he works the Saturday shift.
by The Hombre on Oct 30, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He’s actually Joe Ayoob’s manager at Trader JOe’s!
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Herm, Herm he's our man.
Actually, if Tedford goes, who is our man?
by Anchorsteam Bear on Oct 30, 2011 10:32 AM PDT reply actions
He's exactly who we need to stop all these losses
You play to win the game!
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 30, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Nobody
Cal hasn’t found a consistently winning coach (better thanTeddy), that stuck around, for the past fifty years. I just don’t see it happening any time soon, especially with the general state of affairs with public education in California.
Until we get a QB who is shit-hot before he steps foot on University Avenue, I see absolutely no reason to bother looking for a better coach, worry aobut whether our recruits have four or five stars (they always are great in highschool; doesn’t mean much to me)
or to hope for anything other than some fancy new uniforms, nice weather, and a fun display of public drunkeness by Oski.
But maybe it’s time to replace the rope with a chain or something
Time for a change...
There comes a time in a relationship where the laughs end, the good times recede into distant memory, and all you’re left with is resentment. Even when there are rare instances of light, the darkness that hovers over the relationship reappears like an ever present cloud. And when this happens, it’s time to do one of the most difficult acts within a previously loving relationship: mutually agree to part ways. I think it’s come to this point with Coach Jeff Tedford.
I was going to write a fan post…but then I thought, “What’s the point?” No matter what happens, Tedford will be here next year.
Lawrence Ross
by alpha1906 on Oct 30, 2011 11:09 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Also through unofficial sources word is
Tedford is going to open practice to prove that he is indeed coaching Maynard and the offense during the week.
This will also prove to fans how bad Bridgford is and how much better Maynard is during the week.
by SDBear on Oct 30, 2011 11:11 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
It's a smart school problem
Always has been, always will be. Just like Rice, Northwestern, Vandy and a couple others I wont mention. Your 2’s and 3’s have to be close to your 1’s in ability and contribute. Depth is EVERYTHING in football.
Couple of great players, couple of great seasons and we begin to think this is how it should always be. Frustrating to be sure. Would never trade pulling for genuine student athletes over the rent a thug assembly line schools.
Go Bears!
by Anchorsteam Bear on Oct 30, 2011 11:13 AM PDT reply actions
I agree that depth is so key. But UCLA, esp. on offense, had major depth problems yesterday and it still didnt matter.
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Agreed
And even if it’s not the case, it makes me feel better. Hopefully stanfurd will fall back to mediocrity next year. If not, this theory has a problem.
When both programs were at their peak
Furd and Cal have had the best two pro-style QBs of the last decade. Always tends to help.
Hopefully Boehm or Kline (it doesn’t look like it’ll be Bridgford unless he really takes a junior leap, and Hinder really needs to put on some weight) can step in and right the ship in the next year or two.
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 30, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Depth is certainly a major issue, especially when playing good teams
However Cals current team should certainly be good enough to beat ucla this season.
Not to mention it was ucla who had to deal with depth issues between injuries and suspensions they were down a safety, their best DL, an OL, and a bunch of WRs.
by SDBear on Oct 30, 2011 11:21 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This one hurt
Prince made the difference with his legs. A facet we did NOT game plan for or make any adjustments for. Time and again I was screaming at the screen
by Anchorsteam Bear on Oct 30, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Am I wrong is believing that UCLA did the same frigging play over and over again? It sure seemed like it.
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I too clung mightily to the student-athlete above football notion at Cal, but then I saw the recent graduation rates (where we were in the bottom 2 in the conference) and that nugget of soothing affirmation went flying out the window. WTF?
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you post a link to the latest info? I didn’t know it came out this week.
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 30, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, they're here:
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/28369/stanford-washington-lead-pac-12-grad-rates
http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2011-10-25/ncaa-grad-rates-hit-all-time-high
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/newmedia/public/rates/index.html
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
These numbers are misleading. I would not look too closely into them.
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Why not? These are NCAA numbers right? Can someone explain to me as if I went to ASU?
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by CalBandGreat on Oct 30, 2011 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
MoragaBears did a breakdown, but it includes players that left the team whether for personal reasons or injury retirement before their 4 years are up or whatever. I’m hoping to do a fuller breakdown, but it might not happen until the off-season.
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Yeah, but the rest of D-1 football has to deal with those same issues too
The NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate includes transfer students and student-athletes who leave in good academic standing, unlike the federal rate, which does not count transfers. The GSR and federal rate calculations measure graduation over six years from initial college enrollment.
Consequently, early departures for whatever reason don’t count in these numbers (no matter what MoragaBear said) if the guys were in good academic standing.
yeah, the numbers look bad...
Interestingly, the federal and NCAA numbers were very close, which suggests that we just had a bunch of guys that completed their eligibility and didn’t bother finishing their degree. I’m not one to get terribly excited about grad rates one way or the other (I think APR is a more useful measure and one that was not good in the most recent figures either). But MB’s explanation didn’t stand up to the light of scrutiny.
Naturally, he never responded to ColoradoBear1’s post.
To clarify and reiterate
Those latest numbers were for one class only. The numbers reflect players who entered the program during the 2004-2005 academic year. These numbers were the lowest of the Tedford recruiting years. If you follow the link above, you can see the other years they have. I’ll copy them here, with the conference ranking—
2011 (‘04) 54%, 11th (the latest data we’re talking about)
2010 (‘03) 65%, 3rd
2009 (’02) 64%, 3rd
2008 (‘01) 53%, T8th
2007 (’00) 52%, 9th
2006 (‘99) 44%, 9th
2005 (’98) 47%, 9th
I don’t begin to know what to make of the numbers. They are what they are. Under Tedford, the program certainly improved the trends, but these latest numbers are certainly a step back. Aberration or not, who knows?
Nonsense
It’s a smart school problem. Always has been, always will be. Just like Rice, Northwestern, Vandy and a couple others I wont mention.
This is simply false. Is there any evidence that our football admission standards are tougher than average? They certainly aren’t nearly as stringent as furd, ND and some others. We clearly won’t take lots of very shaky qualifiers in a single class or super shady dudes that maybe SEC schools or Boise might take but I’d say our standards are completely average in the PAC. And, as mentioned, our graduation rate sucks.
WSU, OSU, and ASU fans beg to differ.
I blame Twist.
by CalBear81 on Oct 30, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Is it really that wrong for a Cal fan to want to jump on the Stanford bandwagon? A winning team in the bay area is like crack to a Cal football fan!
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
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by Berkelium97 on Oct 30, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Fuck you
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Oct 30, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
I’m not certain why this was necessary
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6 people are!
Number one fan of Justin Bieber being the number one fan of the Dodgers, and not the [2010 World Series Champion] Giants.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 30, 2011 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I love you royrules
Number one fan of Justin Bieber being the number one fan of the Dodgers, and not the [2010 World Series Champion] Giants.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 30, 2011 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Good lord in heaven this is a Cal blog.
Bite your tongue, and choke while swallowing it.
If you had asked “is it right to jump on $C bandwagon for approximately 30 minutes last night?”, just to see Stanford blow their NCG hopes, than it would have been an interesting question.
I flagged you as inappropriate.
P.S. I don’t like your sig, either.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 30, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Please flag me for failing to spell Furd the way I should have
Can you edit my posts for me?
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 30, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, it is supremely wrong. It is a Cardinal sin, and I’m not apologizing for that terrible pun.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh my god you guys don’t know a joke when you see one.
PS: Roy back at you dumb ass.
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s like a nazi joke……………..Never funny.
by Anchorsteam Bear on Oct 30, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
Nazi jokes can be quite funny:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Producers_%281968_film%29
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,406268,00.html
Come on people, if we can’t keep a sense of humor about ourselves then we might as well be SEC fans! Sometimes that’s all I have as a Cal football fan and I refuse to give it up.
And a lot of people need to grow the hell up. Whether a freshman or an old blue, we’re all grown men here and need to start acting like adults. Yes, I enjoy our rivalry with Stanford. Yes, I enjoy delivering a beat-down in our games. And yes, I enjoy good-natured ribbing between fans. But why the hell should I hate a school or its students—-because everybody told me to my freshman year? How dumb. People on both sides take this rivalry too far and behave extremely immature, like children, with name calling and the above nonsense. Gimme a break and grow up.
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 30, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
How many Nazis does it take to screw in a light bulb
Not sure, they shot the electrician before he counted them
That was really dumb
Dude - we were joking, too. Mostly...
It’s the way I would say Fuck You to a good friend. Not an enemy. Know what I’m sayin’?
Your jab was solid, and landed. Me going off on you was a mark of respect – if we didn’t reply at all, your comment was lame.
It also reflects that what you said might have actually occurred for a few milliseconds in some people’s brains, and that caused them great pain when you voiced it, so they had to kill the messenger to show what True Cal fans they are.
And if you want me to really be nice, sure:
You can be a Furd fan and a Cal fan at the same time if you really want to. There is a house I know in Oakland that has a great banner they put up on game days “A House Divided” and it has a flag that is half Cal half Stanfurd (who the hell makes that flag?). Clearly a marriage or two kids at both schools issue. I respect that.
You have to be open and upfront about it, though, and I think you need a darn good reason to be a Cal fan and root for Stanfurd.. Most of us don’t have any respect for someone who would be a Cal fan, then jump on the Furd bandwagon suddenly just because they want to be on a winning team.
P.S. Do we REALLY have to act like adults on a blog the day after a bad loss? Really?
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 31, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
P.S. Do we REALLY have to act like adults on a blog the day after a bad loss? Really?
Insofar as being respectful of other posters and not taking a rivalry so ridiculously far, yes, most definitely. Handling your anger by going after the coaches and launching into a tirade against them, no problem. Joking, making light of our situation as a method of coping, also no problem. Personal attacks, especially towards someone making a joke (albeit highly sarcastic), is NOT ok. You guys weren’t joking. Bullshit.
First guy: Fuck you.
Second guy: What the hell?
First guy: Ahh haaa, just kidding guy! It was a joke all along!
That’s a load of back peddling bull.
I typically use humor, sometimes sardonic, to handle my anger and that’s all my post was. That is, until a bunch of jerks come along launching personal attacks.
I aint no Stanford fan and I aint trying to jump on the bandwagon. I can’t believe you still don’t get that it was dark humor, in the vein of Avinash’s post.
I’ve been on here since 2008 and even the old blog in 2007. And I’ve been around here long enough to see how things work: you’re only really welcome and accepted, can only make sardonic jokes, if you’re one of the “in crowd,” one of the posters on here 24-7. Well, my bad, I get it. I’ll return to lurking.
Thanks.
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 31, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dude, I 100% guarantee you you should not take it personally. Seriously.
Number one fan of Justin Bieber being the number one fan of the Dodgers, and not the [2010 World Series Champion] Giants.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Oct 31, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sorry you feel like that SonofCalifornia.
Looked to me like just some back and forth sarcasm. I don’t think anyone was trying to really go out of their way to attack you – more like they were giving you a hard time.
Oh my god you guys don’t know a joke when you see one.
PS: Roy back at you dumb ass.
I thought that summed up the exchange pretty well. Shouldn’t be hurt feelings on either side. Jokes were made. Sarcasm on all sides. None of us are happy with this past weekend. We’re all still Cal fans.
I hope you feel like you can still post when/if you want. If lurking is your deal, that’s cool, too.
Old Toothwrangler
This.
Hey, SonofCalifornia – sorry. Really, man. Didn’t intend to make you feel that way.
My hand is out.
And for the next time I post something rude, crude and obnoxious to a fellow Cal fan, I apologize in advance.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Oct 31, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Still finding it really hard to believe a “fuck you” and the other content was meant as humor or sarcasm, but fuck it, if you’re honestly saying it was, I’m willing to let bygones be bygones and “shake hands.”
Again, it was a dark joke I was making and I assure you all I don’t have a secret longing to be a Cardinal fan.
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 31, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
BTW, does this look like a garage of a wannabe Cardinal fan?
[Cal is] a fabulous university with a football program that typically has precious few and very fleeting brushes with success but a great many unions with failure.
--Monte Poole, Oakland Tribune, 11-30-2010
by SonofCalifornia on Oct 31, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
rec’d :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Oct 31, 2011 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, you do have that red sign there.
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You sound like you might be a little bit closer to my generation that to royrules’, SonofCalifornia. I’m 52 and roy is what, 22, 23 now? These guys tend to drop the F bomb way more than I am used to in other circumstances, and it is almost never intended as a genuine insult. And I have to confess that they have gotten me doing it on occasion on this site, although I rarely use it elsewhere. I’m glad you’re staying.
I blame Twist.
We so fucking do not fucking do that! Fuck!
Number one fan of Justin Bieber being the number one fan of the Dodgers, and not the [2010 World Series Champion] Giants.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Nov 1, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I have some excellent offensive jokes but I fear now is not the right time
In other words, Go Bears!
Hispanic Arab joke
Juan Ahmal classic
A California couple discovered the wife was pregnant, but the family simply couldn’t afford any more children. They looked around and found an excellent Hispanic family to adopt the child. Then they found out she was going to have identical twins. Fortunately, a family of Arab Americans agreed to adopt the other child. Twin healthy boys were born and passed along to the families, who named them Juan and Ahmal.The biological parents kept in close touch with the adoptive parents in a very amicable relationships. One day, Juan’s family sent a picture of the youth in his baseball uniform. The biological mother was so proud of her son. She said to her husband, “He is so handsome! I wish we had a picture like this of our other son, too.”He replied, “But dear, they are identical twins. When you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal!”
I know it’s a joke. And it was a joking fuck you back at you as well! Cheers mate!
In other words, Go Bears!
Indeed! tung & cheek doesn’t always transfer on blogs. Just like the game, this is simply supposed to be fun.
by Anchorsteam Bear on Oct 30, 2011 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
:)
Sometimes mistakes just need to be corrected.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Oct 30, 2011 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I know you wrote this post in jest
but does it not somewhat validify my point that having the band play near the sidelines shouldn’t have any effect on the team doing well? ;)
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Haha.
I forgot about what Cal Band’s compensation should be. I was thinking free tickets to Furd games so they could troll the Furd band.
by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 30, 2011 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Recycled Press Release Available
From March 26, 2008
“Ultimately, the bottom line is we just didn’t win enough basketball football games,” Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour told the Associated Press. “I believe this is a very talented team and I believe they underperformed. … It concerns me not to put the student-athletes in position to have outrageous success.”
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