Dear Texas Fans: It's Not You, It's Us
by norcalnick on Dec 9, 2011 3:00 AM PST
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I know what you’re thinking, Longhorns. You come over to find out a little about Cal and you’re bombarded with Cal fans complaining about Mack Brown and the 2004 season. "Seriously, another fanbase that hates our guts? I can barely keep track of the teams that leave the Big 12 because they hate us so much, let alone random west coast schools!"
Well, don’t worry, Texas fans. It’s not about you, it’s about us . . . well, mostly. Allow me to explain.*
In 1959, Cal went to the Rose Bowl. It was our 8th appearance in the Granddaddy of Them All. 8 Rose Bowls in 38 years. A Rose Bowl every 5 years or so! They were pretty good times, I’m told.
We haven’t been back since. Fifty two years and counting, now. And Cal fans have become a little bit obsessed with the issue. The drought in many ways defines the fanbase. Annoying Stanford fans derisively refer to Cal as the '59ers.' There used to be a fan blog called 'Rose Bowl Before I Die.' Obsessive? Perhaps, but you might get a little fatalistic when you consider some of the circumstances.
In 1975 we just needed USC to beat UCLA, but of course the Trojans never do anything useful and lost by three, sending the Bruins to Pasadena. The next year our beloved star quarterback Joe Roth was diagnosed with skin cancer and passed away.
In 1991 the top 10 Bears took on top 10 Washington at home and fell in a brilliant game by just seven. Had they won that game they would have won the conference. As Cal fans watched the game many noticed some smoke coming up from the Berkeley/Oakland hills. The next day the remains from the fire that sent up that smoke sparked a firestorm that killed 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes and apartments. Are these events connected? Only in the minds of psychologically scarred Cal fans.
In 2006 Cal again tied for the conference championship – in part because we lost a game to Arizona that included a long touchdown pass called back when approximately 3.2 millimeters of DeSean Jackson’s toes went out of bounds, and because another wide receiver fell down at the one yard line for no particular reason, and because of a horrible pass interference call on a Cal interception and because . . . well, you get the point.
And of course, in 2004 against USC, Cal was four plays and 9 yards away from the national championship game, 9 yards away from beating what is generally regarding as one of the best teams in college football history, 9 yards away from exorcising decades of demons in the most spectacular way possible.
Now, it’s important to note that these events are the high point in Cal football history since 1959. I’ve cherry picked the best Cal teams. The rest of the time the Bears were awful. Hell, we have fewer conference titles than Baylor over the last 50 years . Prior to Jeff Tedford Cal had a record more than 1 game above .500 just eight times in 43 seasons. Hope for a successful season died in September every year, and the few times the Bears were any good, bad luck took over. So the stage has been set. Cal is 10-1, the 4th ranked team in the country, and everybody thinks that they’re going to the Rose Bowl because USC is going to the national championship game. You might say "It’s kind of a weaselly way to get to the Rose Bowl, Cal fans, backing into it without winning your own conference." To that I reply: A fan gets desperate after decades. My mother is in her 50s, and she’s attended every Big Game since her college days. Never a Rose Bowl. There are thousands like her. We are in no position to be picky.
Then we beat Southern Mississippi in mediocre fashion. Then Mack Brown made his pitch. Then, after being 4th in the country for weeks, after thinking we had it all wrapped up, after carrying Aaron Rodgers around the field with Roses in his hands . . . then we get dropped to 5th in the BCS.
Behind Texas.
Behind Texas.
Behind a school with (at the time) three national championships, 30 conference championships and 44 bowl appearances. A member of the college football aristocracy.
2004 was a chance for Cal football, and for Cal football, chances come about once a decade. 2004 was also a chance for Texas football, and for Texas football chances come at least every other year or so.
And to add insult to injury, we got bumped from playing the Big 10 champ all the way to playing a 7-4 Texas Tech squad. Talk about zero upside. This is the point where you gleefully point out that Cal got badly beaten by the same Tech team that Texas beat by 30 on the road. You will forever be able to mention that if you want to add an extra dollop of pain on top of our anger. (On a side note: you guys are good at twisting the knife!) But just know that the results of the Rose Bowl and the Holiday Bowl were nearly irrelevant to us. It was just about getting there. That's all we cared about.
Is it all Mack Brown’s fault? Nah. It’s not even mostly his fault. But the idea that the coach of Texas was complaining about not going to a major bowl just seemed a tad out-of-wack for Cal fans who hadn’t seen a major bowl for 45 years. The Longhorns have now participated in four BCS games. Cal still stands at zero. Worst of all, our 2004 team must surely stand as the best team in the BCS era to not play in a BCS bowl. True, Mack was arguing that his players deserved it for working so hard. Well, the seniors and redshirt juniors on Cal’s roster played for a team that went 1-10 in 2001. They reinvented the program. You’ll forgive us if we felt like our players were just as deserving.
You might say that the BCS system and the computers are equally to blame. Sure, fine, whatever. This isn't about logic for us. Everybody already hates the BCS. It’s unanimous. And have you ever tried focusing your rage and anguish at a computer? It’s distinctly unsatisfying. It turns out that Texas is a pretty good target for anger. Just ask fans of A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, USC, Colorado . . .
Way back in 2004 no Texas fans realized they walked into 45 years of baggage. Now, in 2011, few Texas fans realized that they would be walking into what is now 52 years of baggage. So when you see a Cal fan disparaging Mack Brown or otherwise complain about 2004, it's best just to move on. The only cure for us is the Rose Bowl.
*Dear Cal fans: You know these details already. Sorry to make you relive it all again!
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The results are conclusive!
With one vote counted, it’s clear that 100% of the blame for our missed Rose Bowl opportunity rests on Mack Brown. You can’t argue against 100%
(oh yeah…FIRST!!)
I swear we had it in 2006.
I bought Rose Bowl tickets in 2004 I was so sure we were going.
Arrgh.
Unfortunately Nick, I’m not sure the people who need to read this the most will, and instead we’ll get fans trolling us about how much we’ve sucked historically – like WE DON’T KNOW THAT.
I ain't even mad
It turns out that Texas is a pretty good target for anger. Just ask fans of A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, USC
Nah, we were that close but botched it. The fact that we lost by such a small margin against one of the most dominant quarterbacks of the last 20 years, while fielding a defense composed of lollipop sticks, traffic cones, and the Ting twins… that’s not Texas’ fault.
Doesn’t mean I don’t find their triumphalism ridiculous, but still… pot, kettle, black, etc.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
1975 USC-UCLA game
The Trojans threw the game. UCLA fumbled 11 times, losing it 8 times, and USC started to go on 4th down instead of punting or kicking field goals. McKay did not believe any team should back into the Rose Bowl. Except that’s exactly what his actions did in affect. It’s probably good I wasn’t born yet, I would be burning with rage every season, instead of just disgust at a 3 trick pony (dear god I have heard enough of a theme from a mediocre movie from the 1940s).
"Our hearts shall sing and our voices ring for the dear old Blue and Gold!"
Wait, what?!?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 7:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I was born early enough to witness that season...
…and this is a whole topic on its own.
Not sure what theme you’re referring to though.
Conquest
the southerners actually know 3 songs—one of them is an unoriginal Hollywood gift that anyone with class would have rejected.
"Our hearts shall sing and our voices ring for the dear old Blue and Gold!"
by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I demand you stick to the script
If you start implying that we have a third bad song, I’m going to have to try and figure which one you mean.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I've heard all 3 a lot
But personally I prefer Fight On and Tribute to Troy over Conquest. They are original pieces of music that, though trying to hear repetitively, are nicer than Conquest. The Captain of Castille isn’t the best of films, neither is its theme.
"Our hearts shall sing and our voices ring for the dear old Blue and Gold!"
by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 9:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I consider it an explanation rather than an apology.
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by norcalnick on Dec 9, 2011 7:49 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I do not see this as an apology.
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I have a better title: Mack Brown is a whiny bitach.
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Please add to the open t-shirt thread. ;)
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by SonofCalifornia on Dec 9, 2011 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
Unfortunately, we can't blame Texas -- it was ASU that screwed us
This is a subject I have spent a lot of time contemplating over the years.
At the end of the day, the real cuplrit was the poor quality of the P-10 that year. I remember being filled with rage that Sunday morning preparing for the snub and the Horns to leapfrog us. But as soon as I pulled up the latest BCS rankings or computer rankings, I realized that we didn’t have a single win over a top-25 team that year.
If I recall correctly, ASU was in the top-25 and 8-2 going - with losses only to USC and Cal — but lost to a bad Arizona squad in Stoops’ first year (Cats were 2-8 going into that game). That droped ASU out of the BCS top 25, and is really what hosed us.
Now look, we can only beat the teams on our schedule (though we were soooo lucky to win the Oregon game when the receiver dropped a pass that would have set up the game-winning FG). And in any subsequent year with the extra BCS game, we would have been a shoo in (which explains Stanford’s two-year run in my view).
Now Texas’ schedule wasn’t that much better, but they played 5 teams ranked in the top-25 at the time of the game.
At the end of the day, we were better and should have been in. And Mack Brown was a punk ass b——- for whining his way into the game. But had the P-10 been slightly more competitive that year, we would have been in for sure (but who knows if we would have gone 10-1).
Go Bears
by Art Vandelet on Dec 9, 2011 8:23 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
I blame Hurricane Ivan
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 8:40 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
No kidding.
If Ivan hadn’t happened, the Southern Miss game would have been played September 18, 2004 (3rd game of the season) instead of on December 4, 2004 (11th game of the season).
I’d like to think that ARod and Co. would have skewered Southern MIss but good had the game been played when scheduled.
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"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
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HONESTLY.
what, we need natural disasters to go against our way? us cal fans/teams must have the worst luck in the history of sports. /doublefacepalm
by CalBandBassDrum on Dec 9, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Who knows what the 2001 season would have looked like if Cal had an easy win over a terrible Rutgers team in the third week of the season. Maybe Holmoe would have been able to stay, and we wouldn’t have gotten Tedford.
Agreed. It was God's will.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
More like the work of the devil!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
That was a nice little slight of hand...
I realized that we didn’t have a single win over a top-25 team that year.
but they played 5 teams ranked in the top-25 at the time of the game
One, we beat ASU, which is fact finished in the Top 25… and two, Texas beat, wait for it, 2 teams who finished in the top 25. Wow.
though we were soooo lucky to win the Oregon game when the receiver dropped a pass that would have set up the game-winning FG
You kind of forget Texas was sooo lucky to beat Kansas being handed the game on what was widely considered a borderline corrupt offensive Pass Interference call, raising questions the of whether Big12 officials felt pressure to ensure Texas won.
2 is twice as many as 1
Funny how the greatest player in UT history converting a 4th and 18 on the final drive of the Kansas game = being handed the game.
Let’s just calm down here. I’m sure everybody can make their points in a reasonable and civil manner.
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IM OUT OF CONTROL!
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OUR OUT OF CONTROL!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
by CalBear81 on Dec 9, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
OUR DOMICILE!
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by secret ASian man on Dec 9, 2011 4:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think the only person who "raised questions" was Mangino, and we all know how sane and rational he is when angry.
And for that matter, I’ve certainly seen fans “raise questions” of officials’ partiality when discussing the ’82 Big Game. Both of these accusations are equally relevant and compelling.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
likely story from a wily architect like you
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t Art Vandelet a judge?
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it was George’s alter ego, too…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I thin kthe Judge was actually Arthur Vandelet.
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Conspiracy
I think that someone on the Rose Bowl Board has arranged a conspiracy to keep us out. Paying off refs, other coaches, pollsters, etc.
(adjusts timfoil hat)
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Dec 9, 2011 8:43 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I want to beat Texas by 5000
I hate them so much. I hate Mack Brown so much. I just hate and hate. I’m filled with loathing and righteous anger.
Every year without a rose bowl makes the hate grow.
Every Aaron Rodgers superbowl victory makes the hate grow.
I hope Tedford lobbies the media to egg Mack Brown’s house. Because our 2004 players f-ing played their butts off and deserve some vandalism revenge.
To answer the question. Yes, bro, I mad.
Every Aaron Rodgers superbowl victory makes the hate grow.
I think this is an understated contributing factor to the frustration about 2004 (at least for me). Every Sunday that Rodgers puts up an MVP-type performance is another reminder of what a once-in-a-generation talent he was for Cal, and that his 2004 season was one of our rare chances of actually making the Rose Bowl.
So Longhorn Haters
I’m thinking about getting my tickets and come out for the game. I won’t get set on fire like a sofa on the front porch of an Ohio State fan will I?
We're Texas, We're not OK.
Nah we’re chill with opposing fans unless you act like your shit is all high and mighty
In other words, Go Bears!
+1
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
More likely I'll be shit-faced
But, then I’ll just be telling y’all how much I wuv you and want to be conference mates.
We're Texas, We're not OK.
No
But if you Occupy Oakland before the game, you might get teargassed
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Bring Shiner Bock
and all will be well. We like good beer.
"The Bear will not quit, the Bear will not die." -Joe Kapp
Pretty much this.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
~ Three Dog - Fallout 3
Leave the Shiner Bock in Texas
The game is in San Diego, after all. There will be plenty of world-class beer to be had, and after partaking of some San Diego’s finest, your only reason for going back to Shiner will be the nostalgia factor.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Dec 9, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Just sayin'
Among the beer-snob community, FWIW, Shiner Bock is not a particularly well regarded beer, while San Diego is widely considered to be one of the country’s the world’s true meccas for great beer.
Go Bears!
by California Pete on Dec 9, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Is that a compliment?
Among the beer-snob community, FWIW, Shiner Bock is not a particularly well regarded beer
by Horncasting on Dec 9, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If it ain't Lone Star, it ain't shit!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
by Snide Aside on Dec 9, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Ok...so you're slamming our beer, and somewhere down below you're slamming our BBQ.
You guys really ARE pissed, aren’t you!!
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
SOMEBODY HOLD ME BACK!
I MIGHT JUST INSULT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (The TV Show, not the book, the first movie, or the new movie based on the TV show).
I’LL DO IT!! SOMEBODY HOLD ME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I haven't really had Texas BBQ
I had some shitty stuff in Dallas once but I think it was a tourist trap place, so I’m not going to judge based on that. Beer though…California craft beer kicks the shit out of texas stuff. That’s not even a debate.
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Pfft - Californians drink wine and kinda sparkly water or some shit like that - what do they know of beer?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
by Snide Aside on Dec 10, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Damnit
I’m not supposed to bring the fire!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
Not if I fire a cannonball!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Great Write-Up
I think the other HUGE culprit is Bob Davie, who spent just about the entire f’n broadcast of the Southern Miss game opining about how didn’t think Cal looked like the 4th best team in the country… For that since, I have hated Bob Davie.
One last thing… a few guys that should NEVER HAVE TO BUY A BEER IN TEXAS are the 5 or 6 Texas students who went to the game, managed to get front row seats holding up a sign for Texas and were of course shown repeatedly on ESPN. You gotta hand to those guys!
As a Texas Fan - I Loved those guys !!
They really made watching that game for me, dressed head to toe in burnt orange. Very Cool !
I've actually always thought those UT fans who traveled to USM made a HUGE difference...
…to some of the pollsters watching the game.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Facts be damned! We are college football fans. Irrationality, fear and hatred are what drives us. We want to blame someone, something, anything. ASU? Computers? Weak Pac-12? Hurricane Ivan? Pac-10 Refs? ESPN? Bob Davie? Bad performance against Southern Miss? USC redzone defense? Unsatisfying and seemingly inconsequential. A coach making public statements, lobbying for his “poor, unlucky” program? Now you’re talking about a good target for our wrath. Is it sensible? Probably not. Does it ignore the facts? Indeed. Can you understand it? I hope so.
by daveman on Dec 9, 2011 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't forget....
…..the refs in the USM game who failed to award Arrington a deserved TD.
FACTS HAVE NO PLACE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL!
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Just like they have no place in organized religion.
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Oh here we go.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It’s a Simpsons ref.
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Great explanation. I wonder if we UT fans really understand what the Rose Bowl means to the legacy Pac 8 teams.
We’ve always had the Cotton Bowl, but it’s been so watered down in the BCS era that it doesn’t have nearly the meaning that it once did.
I do have one question for my NorCal brethren. (Yeah, brethren… I’m a Longhorn now, but went to San Ramon High in Danville.) Who did you guys root for in the 2006 Nat’l Champ game when we played USC. That HAD to have been an epic dilemma… The Evil Empire that is the University of South Central, or Darth Brown of the newfound enemy in Austin?
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
USC win*
I was rooting for a USC to win, followed by NCAA sanctions to vacate said win.
Well we gave you one out of two, that will have to suffice.
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by DC Trojan on Dec 9, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
USC - the best team money can buy!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
by Snide Aside on Dec 10, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
This, plus I had a bet on the game so I was rooting for SC
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I rooted for SC but didn’t feel dirty at all. Just hate for UT. :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
The Texas fans here will hate this, but I just thought SC was the better team that year, I still say they win 3 out of 4 games against Texas (and yes I do know it doesn’t work that way).
One thing we can all agree on, it was the best NCG in a long time.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Leinart thought the same thing.
He is now the back up QB for the Texans and on the bench with a busted wing..
SC had four downs to make a first – couldn’t do it with 2 Heisman winners on offense.
UT had to drive 80 yds. for the game winning TD – SC couldn’t stop them.
SC figured VY was all UT had – couldn’t stop him.
The “better” team lost to a team that had 17 players go to the pros.
Oh yea, SC was the better team alright – bunch of
losers!
What, me upset?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
He is now the back up QB for the Texans and on the bench with a busted wing..
And Vince Young is doing really well now, isn’t he?
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Well, Young is starting for a Pro team - what is Bush and Leinart doing?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Surprisingly having the best season of his career, in Bush's case.
If Leinart weren’t injured he would be doing the same thing Young is doing—backing into the starting job due to injury.
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It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
You guys won, why would you be upset?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure - it's just this blog and, well, just dammit...
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
He didn’t. It was actually an illegal forward pass, but the obvious Mack Brown-loving refs called it a fumble.
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Huh, refs? We were playing in SC's back yard for god's sake!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
and interstate racketeering.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
No, I thought we determined they DON’T call holding… Oh wait, that’s only for Oregon.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
Vince’s knee was down too. Clearly down.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
I just watched it. That was enough.
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
epic deliemma indeed
you’re right Joe.. horrible horrible times.
as much as I would have liked to wanted both to lose you have to understand…
our hate for mack brown… getting so close to a rose bowl we rightfully deserved… far outweighed our hate for USC…
i tried to rationalize by saying… well if usc wins it’s good for the pac10… which is good for cal… (But of course the i didn’t need rationality because my “rational” fury against mack brown took care of that.
get off me bandwagoners!
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by cleancutmedia on Dec 9, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Chose to ignore the two corrupt programs that were being showcased
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by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I didn’t watch.
Went on a hike.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
thats just silly..
regardless of the teams, that was an exciting game.
this year, it will be an exciting score of 3-2. LSU wins on a 4th quarter field goal.
by nyclonghorngal on Dec 9, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
I was rooting initially for a time portal to open up and maurading invaders from the Dark Ages to storm through murdering both teams in their wake.
Failing that, Texas.
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Failing that, Texas.
You are the worst Cal fan I know
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So, you love USC, then?
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Nah, I just hate Texas more :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
He also worships the stanfurd band.
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Ixnay on the anfordbandStay stuf. I need to look cool in front of our new friends.
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That was part of my “worst Cal fan” calculation, to be sure.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I know how you feel...If Al Quaeda had a football team
and they played Oklahoma, I would be saying, “Go Jihad!”
I was rooting for Texas
I hate Mack Brown, but I hate almost all things SC. Plus I had a cousin going there at the time, it was really exciting for her to watch that game. That being said I hope we beat the s%&t out of Texas.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
by Hey Bowles Hall! on Dec 9, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
...definitely the right one
with ears. PW ears. Priiiick with ears. Ta-hick whoa fuck…
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Its part of a tradition that I think the BAND takes more seriously than Bowles.
So, all the band people are in on the joke here, but only like 2% of the Bowlesmen (of which I was one, too) would know the reference.s
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Also, the tradition is that the band yells certain things at Bowles and then Bowles responds. But like I said I think a small % of the Bowlesmen actually do it.
And since Cal is deadset on destroying everything Bowles stands for, it might be LESS now
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Ah, sorry
Dense today. I thought you were upset at the other Bowles Hall for rooting for Texas.
by HelloBowlesHall on Dec 9, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
What?!
All Bowlesmen know this tradition. We are the 98%!
The one built in 1927?
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I was so happy to see Leinart lose
and then whine afterwards. I also love watching Pete Carroll lose. He’s always such a cool, gracious guy when everything’s going well…but when he loses, he’s a fucking baby.
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by CBKWit on Dec 9, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
USC. Sigh.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Jeff Tedford:
It’s one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to do in my coaching career was announce to our team that we weren’t going to the Rose Bowl. It stunned our football team; it stunned our program and our fans.
I hope he is constantly reminded of this moment every day leading up to this year’s Holiday Bowl.
was that comment said before the 2007 Oregon St game?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Texas history and perspective
The fact that Mack Brown’s comments cost UT human votes and the subsequent loss to Tech have been debated ad nausem so I won’t add more to those fires.
2004 was Mack Brown’s 7th year at Texas. Prior to Brown’s hire, Texas had been anywhere from decent but irrelevent to downright terrible for the better part of 2 decades. Even Brown’s tenure was comprised of lots of wins over bad/mediocre teams, and big losses in the most important game every year (OU). The media had given Mack the “can’t win a big game” title and was openly calling out the fact that he had never gotten Texas to a BCS game. To add salt to the wound, Texas had been “screwed” out of a BCS game the year before and many UT fans felt that Texas was very deserving in 2002 as well.
Now I realize this isn’t comparable to the drought that Cal was in, but it gives some perspective on the demons that Texas was tryiing to exorcise and the huge monkey that was sitting on Mack Brown’s back.
Thanks. I was hoping this thread wouldn’t degrade too much into ‘MACK SUCKS! NO RODGERS SUCKS’ type responses, but I do appreciate the perspective you and other Texas fans have brought over.
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You clearly haven’t read down far enough.
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norcalnick SUCKS!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
If NorCalNick was playing Al Qaeda, I’d be all “GOOOOOOOOOOSAMA!”
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Ask NorCalNick about appeasement.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
NorCalNeville, you mean.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Ah...
Now I realize this isn’t comparable to the drought that Cal was in, but it gives some perspective on the demons that Texas was tryiing to exorcise and the huge monkey that was sitting on Mack Brown’s back.
Ah, so it wasn’t just Saint Mack “looking out for his players, fans and program” when he did his shameless thing… It was self preservation. Thanks for finally admitting this. Must seem even sort of seedy now to you too.
The huge monkey on Mack Brown's back
pales in comparison with the Mount Everest that the Golden Bears have pushed a boulder up since 1959 only to see it tumble down every year. If you know there isn’t a comparison, don’t bring it up at all.
"Our hearts shall sing and our voices ring for the dear old Blue and Gold!"
by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Sisyphus reference! Damn 'Horns fans, ain't it great to be among the learned,
and away from aggy and sooner?!
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
by JoeT63 on Dec 9, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
….Hippy.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe you should start learning then, for once in your lives.
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by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I don't know how to do pics and gifs and junk,
but if I did, I’d find one of a really cute puppy, tilting his head in that really cute puppy way, as if he has no clue what you just said.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Couldn't find a puppy, but I found this little guy. He looks scared, as if he's
about to get mauled by a big, mean Bear.
Yeah, that!! How'd you DO that?!?!
I so want to put that ‘bear falling from tree onto trampoline’ thing on here…
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Oh like I could get into that school. What am I, Will Hunting?
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Easy E CS?
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ouch
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
The bear fell out of the tree because it was hit by a tranq dart. Heavily sedated animals (even humans) are less likely to hurt themselves when falling. The bear was fine.
relevant
I enjoy the occasional tranq dart
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--Thoroughbred
…looked like it game down pretty hard on the face/neck area
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yknow just bc bears are our mascots doesnt NECESSARILY make us bear experts.
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Does this also apply to rodents?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
There are all sort of rodents. You tranq dart a mouse, it’s probably dead. A capybara would probably be fine.
More to the point, what about aardvarks?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Sorry if this comes off as arrogant
But there are certain expectations for the two programs, by both the fanbases and the media. Your longer tenure drought might have meant a little more angst by you guys, but the failed expectations of a proud and historically successful team had us wanting it just as much. Your coach seems to laugh it off as you guys being the Cubs. Ours knows he is expected to be a contender.
Yeah that’s arrogant.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Apology accepted!
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sorry if this comes off as rude
but you’re an asshole!
I love the “sorry if this comes off as..” or “Not to be rude” or etc. etc. You can say whatever you want with total immunity!
“Not to stir the pot, Twist, but you’re a maniacal dick. Discuss!”
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I don't mean to be rude
but your point is completely stupid, just not as stupid as starting it with “Sorry if this comes off as arrogant”.
But I can say that because I’m not being rude! Just look at the subject line!
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Not to be harsh
but if you think different expectations is a warrant for you guys “wanting it just as much”, you are a moron. Not to be harsh!
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by CBKWit on Dec 9, 2011 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Damn, that’s harsh.
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Also, still needier than you
Can I have a hug?
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I don’t think you realize how badly we want the Rose Bowl if you think you guys could possibly have wanted it “just as much”.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I could say the exact same thing back to you. Clearly you don't understand
how badly UT fans wanted to be in a BCS game that year.
ARGH!!!!
This is the point… to you it could have been ANY BCS game… if we were both righting for the Fiesta or Orange Bowl you just have to trust us on this one, we would not give a flying fuck. But it was the ROSE BOWL. That you can’t seem to differentiate that proves our point. Why you insist on arguing this is beyond me…
I think it's fair to say that we don't 'get' the Rose Bowl like the Pac 8 teams do.
And I do mean Pac 8. I bet the ‘Zonas don’t even feel the same way that you guys do about it.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Whoopdee fucking doo, BCS. Well, congrats. You’ve gotten FOUR of them. We have ZERO.
The whole point of this is that you guys are in the running for the BCS every other freaking year. You’re a powerhouse program. If you missed out on it, big deal. You got to the national championship game the very next year. We aren’t a powerhouse. Chances like this come about once in a generation for us. So, an entitled attitude that “we really wanted a BCS game because, you know, we’re Texas and it’s our birthright” isn’t going to garner a whole lot of sympathy around here.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
While it's fair to say that we don't 'get' the Rose Bowl,
it’s equally fair to say that you don’t ‘get’ the fact that in 2004 we had been thru 20’ish years of suckage. Well, for the 3-4 years prior to ‘04 it was getting much better, but we still hadn’t been to a big bowl in forever. I’ll mea culpa the fact that we equate the Rose with just any ol’ BCS game, but back then we hadn’t been to any of them.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
I don't think that is true
we equate the Rose with just any ol’ BCS game
I think we’d prefer that one over any other. Better setting and better atomosphere.
See, this proves that you don't "get it"
Better setting and better atomosphere.
We don’t want to go to the rose bowl because of its “setting”. We want to go to the rose bowl because of its symbolism and significance.
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Exactly. We don’t care about going there for the ambiance. We care about going their because it’s the ROSE BOWL.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
I read somewhere that you can't look at outcomes after the fact and draw a conclusion
I think it had something to do with Cal and Tech, but I digress.
Your point assumes that we KNEW we’d be in more BCS bowls and the MNC games down the road. At that point in 2004 our program was in a drought was well.
1998 9–3–0
1999 9–5–0
2000 9–3–0
2001 11–2–0
2002 11–2–0
2003 10–3–0
…and ranked in all those years, including a top 10 ranking in 2001 and 2002.
That’s a hell of a dry spell.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
6 years.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Our first BCS bowl ever as well!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
46 years.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
You got to the national championship game the very next year.
One could very easily make the argument that getting into, and winning, a BCS Bowl in 2004 helped set us up better for the championship run the next season.
How so? Did you have a number of true freshman stars in the 2005-2006 season that would not have gone to a little-known podunk football program like Texas, where there aren’t really any good local recruits anyway, if it weren’t for the attention garnered by the blessed 2005 Rose Bowl appearance?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
You know, this is really weird.
We’re getting beat up for how good we were. I’m not sure I’ve ever been in an argument quite like this. Not sure how to react.
OH yeah!! Well…you smell really nice!! take THAT!
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
I don’t! I’m a smelly hippie!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
As long as “it” isn’t deodorant, I’m down.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
You guys just sooooo don’t get it.
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haha
I think you could improve on it by making it “I’m not being racist, but I just don’t like minorities”. Let the games begin!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
probably NSFW though
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
I think it is something with which longhorns are more familiar than bears.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
You won your conference twice with John "NFLAIDS" Mackovic as your head coach.
You don’t get to cry poverty.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Well I mean obviously *we* can.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
One of those Mackovic conference titles was in the SWC
It was sort of like winning in the Special Olympics.
Final score: Texas wins, 76-37-5
There used to be a fan blog called ‘Rose Bowl Before I Die.’
Tedford, whenever he speaks in front of Alumni groups, often will make the “joke” about Old Blues who have said that they aren’t going to die until Cal gets to a Rose Bowl and that he’s “helping to keep a lot of Old Blues alive.” People kind of nervously laugh at that joke because it’s kind of funny, but then reality sets in, and it’s not.
by daveman on Dec 9, 2011 9:30 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, that joke always comes across sort of “off.” Like it’s a bad thing those people are still alive… or if only we would win all those people could finally die… That needs to get tweaked a little.
Time for the resident joke explainer to leap into action
…Huh? I think it’s pretty clear that he’s joking spinning a shitty situation (no Cal Rose Bowl) by saying, “Well, at least the people who are clinging to life waiting will get to keep clinging a little longer and so they’ll still be with us.” That’s implying that it’s a good thing that those people are alive, even though it’s a shitty thing we haven’t gone to a Rose Bowl.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Oh Atoms...
we call get the concept is good… it’s the execution that so lacking.
Sort of like Twist’s wedding night.
(thank you)
How would you better phrase that joke?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, sometimes I think the Rose Bowl drought is entirely my fault. We last went to the Rose Bowl the January before I was born. I suspect we will not go to the Rose Bowl again until the January after I die. And if I were a real Cal fan . . .
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Sacramento's not bad! As I recall, it means you're almost to Tahoe!!
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
The best part is that it’s kinda close to other places!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Sacramento! The best place to pee between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
If you’re reading this Shaq Thompson we’re just joking. WE LOVE WHACKRAMENTO! Please come to Cal….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
/Shaq Thompson goes to Washington
//Moala and Lopa transfer
///Syd’Quan burns all his Cal gear.
LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
CATEGORICALLY FALSE
That honor goes to the In n Out in Davis.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
I had fun at a River Cats game once! And I hear Roseville has a nice mall…does that count as Sac?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
No, but I know other things that count as a Sac.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Bevo? Mack Brown? The Shipley little bro? The McCoy little bro?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Actually I was thinking of Sac.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Sac definitely counts as a Sac
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
You and me, sister.
You and me.
I was also born in 1959. And I began to think after the 2006 season that I may not see Cal in a Rose Bowl in my lifetime.
Kill me now (not serious).
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"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
/ Hangs head in shame.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
i remember that blog
great name.
get off me bandwagoners!
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by cleancutmedia on Dec 9, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Sadly, it died.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I blame Mack Brown!
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Not funny at all!
The head of my PhD committee was at Cal when Joe Roth was there. He was at a Cal b-ball game when it was announced that Joe Roth had passed away. As a Xmas gift one year I gave him a Joe Roth jersey.
All I want is one Rose Bowl and to see the smile on his face as Cal takes the field.
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by Anonymous IV at Mono Lake on Dec 9, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Can't y'all just pretend the next time you play at UCLA?
It’s what A&M would do, I think.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Mac Brown is the anti-Christ. Texas is an evil empire.
Ursus arctos californicus – California golden bear
Notice that whenever there is cheating involved in voting, Texas is at the heart of it. Lyndon Johnson. George W. Bush. Mack Brown.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Will you please stop slandering LBJ? He was a great President, except for one little problem. OK, it was a big problem.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Haha, actually I bet you think Great Society = welfare; didn’t start until Nixon.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Texas has always been a hotbed of socialism.
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How he made his people listen to him while he went to the bathroom?
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I just have to post this here. Just because.
Meet the Texas Longhorns: The Biggest Coward Program in College Football
Wow
How bad is Texas’ schedule now even with a round-robin nine-game slate to come in 2012? It’s likely the Longhorns will have one top 25 conference game a season, the annual Texas-Oklahoma tussle in October. Meaning Texas will try and back door its way into the BCS title game each season by avoiding challenges rather than competing with the best in college football.
We added two perennial ranked teams in TCU (another ROSE BOWL winner, ha ha!) and WVU, and lost perennial underachievers in Mizzou and A&M.
Every team in the Big 12 (and including TCU and WVU) has been ranked at some point this year, with the exception of Kansas. One of our second tier teams had a very good case for playing in the MNC game this year.
But don’t let facts get in the way of a good bashing.
Also, I love the irony that Cal is on our OOC schedue in the future.
Granted, the article was written in June 2010 during the whole “conference realignment” drama. The Big-12 has definitely improved and this article isn’t as relevant anymore, but hey, why not stir up the pot some more?
You should be thankful that the Pac-12 took the Colorado doormat off your hands.
Every team in the Big 12 (and including TCU and WVU) has been ranked at some point this year, with the exception of Kansas.
When was Iowa State ranked this season?
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
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In 1991 the top 10 Bears took on top 10 Washington at home and fell in a brilliant game by just seven. Had they won that game they would have won the conference. As Cal fans watched the game many noticed some smoke coming up from the Berkeley/Oakland hills. The next day the remains from the fire that sent up that smoke sparked a firestorm that killed 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes and apartments. Are these events connected? Only in the minds of psychologically scarred Cal fans.
Yeah, I remember that well. Was at the game on the 19th. GREAT game… best Cal game I (remember) attending (including the ‘82 BG since I was only 10 and don’t remember hardly anything).
October 20th? MY BIRTHDAY.
Yeah, I’m a Cal fan.
Mine is Oct. 19th
So much shit has happened on our birthdays, you’d think it’s on purpose.
so many bad Cal losses. Multiple stock market crashes. The oakland hills fire.
Yeah, I’m a Cal fan.
Stand the whole game, stay to the end, and start yelling while they're still in the huddle. GO BEARS
by JerrottWillard45 on Dec 9, 2011 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
There's a Horn fan doing the "Hook 'em" on the right ... I smell a conspiracy.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
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lol, best comment so far.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
THEY WERE TAKING US DOWN FROM THE INSIDE!!!!!
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Twist ...
I see you working. You and your Bear fans here are passionate. I like your attitude. Just keep your head up and look for ways instead of excuses. Now, about the photo. That was hard to get down on the field to get that subliminal message into the photo. But scoring the tix to the Southern Miss game on the front row (and my/our effort with the signage that night) is my proudest moment.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
not to be cruel
but let’s hope your life picks up a bit in the coming decades!
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YOU JUST DON"T GET IT!!!!!
Symbolism and stuff important to us for like 5 decades or something!!!!!!!
If am wounded to the core!!
What could be a more worthy expenditure of one’s life than to try to overburden California therapists even more than they already are. It is the crown jewel of my fandom, and you, sir …. OR MADAM … FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THINGS DECENT, MAN!!! PLEASE DON’T CALL ME A SEXIST, BEARIST, WHATEVERIST!!!!!" … you sir, may not deprive me of the joy from my supreme achievement.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
That was you?
I hate you so much. I was stuck at home watching that game (while my now-wife was at the game with the Cal Band) and every time ESPN showed those Texas fans, I got so ANGRY.
God hates Cal!
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It's worse than that ...
It wasn’t me, but I feel my life is a failure because it wasn’t me. It’s sort of like when I was in law school (2nd year) and a buddy of mine had just passed the bar and I asked him how it felt to be the scum of the earth, and he replied … “There is only one thing worse than being the scum of the earth … it’s to aspire to be the scum of the earth.”
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
I remember you guys!
PS You need to work out.
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Me-yow!
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Was that a little too bitchy?
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+1
Hop, no … just making merry with the Hip-Ags and stoking the conspiracy flames …
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks. And business is good for shirts today, I see.
In truth, I wish it was me. I would be more hated here than Sandusky. But I console myself with the images of Cal Bears heads exploding seeing you knight me as an American hero.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa.
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MIND. BLOWN!
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If you would lay off the reefers you would have noticed that by now ...
How many nights have you cried yourself to sleep looking at the photo above? Could you not see the “Hook ’em” through the smoke?
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t read your post through the excessive smoke in front of me!
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+1
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Dude….
What if air is poisonous
And it just takes like eighty years to kill us?
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It’s not actually a hook em sign. it’s a guy holding up a #1, and then another hand about 2 feet behind it also holding up #1. they just look like the same hand.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
the 2nd hand has a two foot long finger, he should probably see a doctor about that.
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Classic ...
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
The flip side of this is I used this as example A why you should always revel in the moment…. for many of us, for two glorious weeks Cal was going to the Rose Bowl… Sure it sucked when it got stolen away, but at least it was fun while it lasted… we’ll always have those two weeks!
Yes, let us reflect for a moment on our heroes at the time...
….Aaron Rodgers, JJ Arrington, Coach Tedford, Keith Allen…..
Disagree!
I love this picture so much! It reminds me of my first Big Game. Of being a student. Of being on that field, right next to Aaron Rodgers.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I have to admit…i love that photo as well
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
But just know that the results of the Rose Bowl and the Holiday Bowl were nearly irrelevant to us. It was just about getting there. That’s all we cared about.
My last comment on this. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this statement. Yes we lost to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. We got destroyed. Maybe we would’ve gotten creamed by Michigan. NO CAL FAN FUCKING CARES! Winning the Rose Bowl, although a lofty goal isn’t even the point. It’s just being in the fucking Rose Bowl.
I can guarantee that the secondary market for Rose Bowl tickets for the 2004 season would’ve been ridiculously high had Cal gone to the Rose Bowl. There wouldn’t be enough seats to accommodate all the demand from Cal fans, old and young alike.
being at the rose bowl matters...
…but you didnt deserve to be in it. we did and we won it even… try to have an objective outlook and not an emotional, girly one on this. Sorry you guys are suffering for so long. But youll get there when you deserve to. Texas, based on some of the facts cited above, had a tougher schedule and ex-post showed, we didnt just deserve to be in the Rose bowl, we deserved to win it even!
by vanterminatorhorn on Dec 9, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Wow....
Did you take the #1 team in the country (and arguably one of the greatest in the entire decade) to within 9 yards of winning at their own house? No? I cant hear you….. speak up, please. Oh wait, you lost to the glorious Jason White in an awesome 12-0 game? Cool story. You’re dismissed.
Actually, the greatest of the decade (and ESPN said, maybe ever) was the one Texas beat the folloinwg year in the Rose Bowl
I understand, to a point, your comments … and others here. But I thought the point of the post was to explan how it wasn’t Texas that was the problem. The post says … it’s you. Accept that, and you are probably on the way to getting better. You sound like our Aggies, playing the victim, making excuses and all.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You point to one game
He points to the entire schedule, which is most definitely better overall. Therefore, your point that “we only lost by this much” doesn’t mean much.
TEXAS FIGHT
emotional, girly one
Let’s tone down the sexism a bit, venterminatorhorn.
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by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Stay classy
I don’t know the proper response to a troll, is it:
1) Ignore
2) Compliment said troll’s picture of his wife
3) Giggle like a “girly”
Mods, please advise.
by mathghamhain on Dec 9, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
High road=ignore
Low road=Drive to vanterminatorhorn’s house and punch him in the face.
You probably should end up somewhere in the middle
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I do have the car idling outside, though. If you do need it!
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punching is always fun, right, Twist?!
by the federer express on Dec 9, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
You drive and
I’ll navigate. What kind of road trip snacks do your prefer, besides beef jerky?
by mathghamhain on Dec 9, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I enjoy munching on the severed heads of Texas fans.
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4) Thank him, because being analogized to a female is a compliment.
/woman’d
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Damn right!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
One of us! One of us!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Except...
The results of Cal losing in the Holiday Bowl that year doesn’t mean Cal couldn’t have won the Rose Bowl. Very often, bowl games are won by the team that wants it more, Cal didn’t want to be in the Holiday Bowl AT ALL, therefore we played like crap and lost. If Cal had been in the Rose Bowl that year they would have wanted it so much more than Michigan that I think they would have won (despite all of the injuries the team was dealing with at the end of ’04). A very similar situation happened in the Holiday Bowl last year between Nebraska and Washington. Nebraska was definitely the better team, but Washington was so psyched to be in any bowl game that they played lights out and won.
And Texas deserved to be there instead of Cal? Now you’re sounding like Mack Brown, and I hate Mack Brown.
....and this is why so many other teams hate Texas fans
Fuck you. That is all.
by abaddon on Dec 9, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
Easy
Please. I know this is an emotional topic, but let’s stay above the ad hominems.
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thanks!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Speak for yourself!
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
+1
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
A Californian employing provincial prejudices?
Wow … this thread is revealing some unusual things.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think so, but them words are big'uns.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
That's caninist, sir.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
…but is it Caninus?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
We would rely upon y'all for that confirmation ...
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry ...
I read that quick and thought you asked if it was “cannabis.” We would, of course, defer to you Hip-Ags for this.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Very soothing stuff ... our aggies would like the canine motif
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
emotional, girly one
Let’s ramp up the sexism a bit, venterminatorhorn.
-a useless man (but at least I look good)
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... such a trite, politically correct response to a poorly worded but harmless statement ...
C’mon, Rishi. And you roll right over people comments assuming we are all sexist “cuz weze frum Teksus.” But I learned to thicken my hyde when I lived in Cali.
Now, here’s the real offense … rubbing salt in the wounds of your fellow Bears by refrencing the prestigious 2011 Team India World Cup Championship in your signature line when there has been nary a sniff of the Rose Bowl for Cal since the Eisenhower Admin? That’s just wrong.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
You’re damn right the 2011 Team India World Cup is prestigious!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
I think someone demanded photos!
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by Rishi on Dec 9, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec’d!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
This is great
What do they get for winning? Since cricket is like goony golf with mallets, do they a new ball and a free game?
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, is this a better sport?
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by Rishi on Dec 9, 2011 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Yes I’ve been waiting for a “Giants beat the Rangers” diss!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, let's celebrate the most awesome one year dynasty ever.
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by secret ASian man on Dec 9, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Very good ... I tip my cap
Actually am an Astros fan, so no problem here. I know, i know … in the Cali script, all the myrmidons, er Texans, stick together against the evil outsiders in every endeavor. But hey …
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 8:37 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, what!? You aren’t all the same!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
i dont blame the players
after being so demoralized going from ROSE BOWL to… holiday bowl… i don’t blame the players at all for coming out so unmotivated and losing big at the bowl.
i was so distraught, I couldn’t bear watching any of it, or reading any articles.. completely and utter sadness… (and fury)
come on guys.. these are college students.. it must have been so demoralizing.
get off me bandwagoners!
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by cleancutmedia on Dec 9, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
I'm wasn't even near to being a college student at the time
and I was demoralized sitting in the frigid stands at Qualcomm in 2004.
I think the bowl hindsight argument by the Longhorns really misses the point.
by HelloBowlesHall on Dec 9, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Why was this post written?
Serious. It’s not us, it’s them, their program and their “Hook’em horns.” I feel no need to explain why the wrath of my ire is comparable to a thousand white hot burning suns. I went on a diatribe a few weeks ago about my hate of Stanfurd. Well, despite the fact that Texas is in another conference and generally does not come up on our radar, it comes in a close second (tied with USC) for my hate-mongering. I’m still pretty young (c/o ‘05), and therefore do not know the void true Old Blues have when it comes to the Rose Bowl. Yet, I still hate the Texas swine who celebrate their Rose Bowl that year. They have no place in the Granddaddy of Them All. And by the way, when you hold up Vince Young as "the greatest player in UT history " (above) remember he isn’t fit to hold Rodgers’ jock.
Why was this post written?
Basically, I’ve seen a number of Texas fans react with confusion/humor/anger to our continued anger over 2004. This is a post explaining why it was so important to Cal fans.
I figured a thread like this was inevitable, but the only goal was some mutual understanding.
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And by the way, when you hold up Vince Young as "the greatest player in UT history " (above) remember he isn’t fit to hold Rodgers’ jock.
Perhaps not, but Rodgers could hold Young’s Rose Bowl rings.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Super Bowl ring (and MVP) > Rose Bowl ring (and MVP)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Fixed
Rose Bowl rings (and MVPs) > Super Bowl ring (and MVP)
I thought college sports were the relevant criteria for this discussion?
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Obviously you forgot that Cal grads tear it up in the pros while having mediocre success while in college.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Mediocre success? Is that like an oxymoron like a hot Cal coed?
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
If you’ve Yellow Fever like me, Cal is a great place to find hot coeds
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
if you've got*
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
That superior Cal education paying off again, I see
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, we can recognize our own typos!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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….you mean like the former Cal coed your head coach married?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
I admit, however, that I DO lust over Kiffens wife.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
+1
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
So I'm "swine"?
I still hate the Texas swine who celebrate their Rose Bowl that year.
Ooh, I’ve never been so insulted!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
I know, I would like to say something witty so I could greened but I can;t think of anyuthing.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
by Snide Aside on Dec 9, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You could point out that you guys are actually another breed of domesticated livestock…?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
you know...
…i expect some of the retarded comments here from A&M, OU, Neb et al fans. But you guys, I mean, you actually have a brain and know how to use it! How can some of you make these comments?
Also, I will be at the game, with both of my brothers, all draped in Burnt Orange. Lets talk after the game after Im done celebrating :)
by vanterminatorhorn on Dec 9, 2011 10:00 AM PST reply actions
So when you see a Cal fan disparaging Mack Brown or otherwise complain about 2004, it’s best just to move on. The only cure for us is the Rose Bowl.
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No. Let’s settle it with an internet slap fight!
Woo hoo!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
We already settled it
During the 2004 season and then backed it up in January 2005 (and then again in January 2006).
What about April 2003?
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Do you think it’s time to cancel the bowl game altogether??
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Kraft Macaroni Bowl. UCLA v. Illinios! LET’S TALK BRUINF OOTBALL!!!
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Screw that ...
We want to talk the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas — Texas A&M Aggies (Sister school of Hippie Aggies) v. Northwestern Sliderulers.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
GO FIGHTING NORTHWESTERNERS!
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Don't hate
on the Wildcats. That’s my dad’s school… and as much as I love Cal, NU has been to a Rose Bowl more recently.
What's your point?
So has:
Arizona State
Furd
Oregon
Oregon State
UCLA
USC
UW
WSU
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin
Miami
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Ok I’m even more depressed now.
by HelloBowlesHall on Dec 9, 2011 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
Vanterminatorhorn, your comment above was sexist. Now, your comment is insulting towards those with developmental disabilities. You might not know anybody with developmental disabilities in your life and it might not seem like a big deal to you. But for those who do have people with developmental disabilities in their life, your comment is frustrating.
I have emailed the moderating team here at CGB (“The Hit Squad”) with a link to this post and the one above and have asked them to take action.
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Pathetic.
Apparently it’s ok to tell other posters “fuck you” on this blog, but the tears start flowing when the word “retarded” is used?
Hypocrites.
I’ve told some of the other readers here to please calm down if I’ve seen some comments that could end poorly. I Z’d through some of the comments here, so I might have missed something. I’m not perfect.
If you feel that somebody is acting in violation of our community guidelines, you have the same ability as any other reader of this site and can email the Hit Squad as cgbmods @ gmail dot com. They can consider your concerns and take action, if appropriate.
Also, see turkey’s signature.
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Good grief ...
Lighten up, man … we aren’t talking national security. Are you going to haul ’em of in cuffs?
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe I need some puff puff to relax? Anybody got the good stuff? Pass it on over!
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I got you covered Twistopher
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Is this you?
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needs moar diablito mask
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
You hippies never disappoint. I don't care what every one else says. I like y'all.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Twist. I've had it up to HERE with your "rules"!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not, it’s not okay to do that, but thanks for jumping to that conclusion.
As for “retarded,” there are some members of this community who are parents to special needs children and are offended by that word. “Offense” is the better description of the reaction, not “tears.”
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Agreed
And I’m not even a parent!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
dear texas
it might not be the case for many cal fans…
but honestly.. i have nothing against texas.
just mack brown..
let’s not forget how texas jumped in the polls on numerous coaches polls after that last week… it was just ridiculous…
get off me bandwagoners!
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Mack Brown:
And my wife is a Cal graduate, so we got a little problem there at home right now that we are trying to work through. We are not separated, but we are having some discussions about who she’s going to pull for.
Can’t be all that bad, eh? Married a Cal grad.
someone decided to take pity on him
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by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
We Cal co-eds have a soft spot for the differently abled; Mack Brown’s ability = douche.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
who she’s going to pull for.
that just got a little uncomfortable
by fiatlux on Dec 9, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Cal gained on Texas in the week after Mack's comments.
Cal didn’t lose votes until after laying an egg against Southern Miss. Even then, you can remove all of the vote changes from the BCS formula, and the computers still give the #4 slot to Texas.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
If beating Southern Miss (a 7-5 bowl team) on the road by 10 points is "laying an egg"
…what’s beating 4-7 (2-6) Kansas by 4? Laying an Ostrich egg?
I’m waiting to hear your response with bated breath.
Also laying an egg.
The voters had taken the Kansas game into consideration when weighing the quality of Texas and Cal’s wins. When Cal had trouble with a crappy team, that mitigated the black-mark on Texas’ resume.
As for pointing out the teams’ records, I don’t think a 7-5 CUSA team is necessarily better than a 4-7 Big XII team. Even if USM was actually better, your average voter is likely to assume Kansas was the better team just based on name recognition. For that you’d need to blame the voters’ ignorance, not Mack Brown.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
All this goes to show is that Cal and Texas were roughly equal in deserving to go to the RB
I’ve always personally maintained that both teams were deserving. Cal got screwed, Texas got the brass ring.
It’s all of the Longhorn fan posturing that Texas was clearly the more deserving team after the fact that chaps my hide. I get it, the winners get to write the history. Doesn’t make it right.
I'd definately agree with that.
No matter what, one team was going to get screwed. While I don’t think Texas is to blame, it doesn’t change the fact that the system screwed Cal pretty hard.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
Well thank you
that’s pretty much all I wanted to hear :(
as opposed to certain other users saying Cal sucked
that is all.
I've always been a fan of the computers in the BCS process
They are unbiased and take the entire season into account, unlike the human voters that only seem to remember the most recent week or have already determined how they will vote half way through the season (see Bama this year, Texas/OU in 2008). In 2004 the computers said we were more deserving.
Most Texas fans I know thought Cal was a very good team that year and definitely deserved to go to a BCS game. The whole ’Cal sucks! Look they lost to a crappy Tech team" was a backlash to the whole “Mack Brown whined and cost us the Rose Bowl that we deserved over Texas” stuff coming from the West.
The computers had just been adjusted to take margin of victory out of the picture
… yet another injustice, Cal would have been ahead of the Longhorns if the previous year’s computer polling had been used.
To this day, Jeff Saragin notes that his less accurate model is used for BCS modeling.
Do you have proof of this?
Cal would have been ahead of the Longhorns if the previous year’s computer polling had been used
Oh lord. At the time, easily. Now... it'd be hard to find
It’s easy enough to prove that the margin of victory was removed that year. Not sure about the rest.
You can find the 2004 Saragin results easily enough: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt04.htm. Note that Cal was rated 6th ahead of Texas at 8th… AFTER the bowl games. But this is just one ranking, of course. The notable part is the difference between the Saragin PREDICTOR model which rates Cal at 94 (2nd overall… again AFTER the bowl) as opposed to the ELO-CHESS 86 (6th overall).
Conversely, Texas was rated 88.48 in the ELO-CHESS and 84 in the PREDICTOR rating.
Now, this is just one computer ranking. However, the impact of removing margin of victory is dramatically reflected here.
I’ve always been a fan of the computers in the BCS process
Really. The computers that NO ONE knows the formulas to?
by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 9, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Forget it
These guys don’t comprehend facts and math. They will forever believe that the human polls moved Texas UP because of Mack Brown, even though it never happened.
Fact: UT gained on Cal the week UT had a BYE and Cal demolished Stanfurd
I don’t personally care about the “Mack Brown begging storyline”… although he did, in fact, pander for votes. i don’t think that did a lot.
That doesn’t mean the system wasn’t gamed by an old-school power over a “not haves” Cal. It was.
Fact: Cal gained on Texas the week Cal had a BYE and Texas beat a ranked A&M
By coincidence, this was the week Mack “pander[ed] for votes.” How does that work?
undefeated in Sun Belt play
http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/year/2004/week/14
November 21: Cal leads Texas 1413-1340 (73) in the AP Poll and 1299-1260 (39) in the Coaches’ Poll.
November 26: Texas beats #22 A&M, Cal idle; Mack lobbies for votes
November 28: Cal leads Texas 1410-1325 (85) in the AP Poll and 1314-1266 (48) in the Coaches’ Poll.
After a week in which Texas beat a ranked team, Cal stayed home, and Mack lobbied for votes, Cal extended its lead in both polls and gained votes in both polls while Texas lost votes in the AP (and gained far fewer than Cal did in the Coaches’) and was passed by Utah in the AP.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
Let's go back one week, shall we?
November 14 – Cal leads Texas 1311-1222 (89) in the Coaches’ Poll.
November 20 – Texas barely beats Kansas, thanks in large part to Pass Interference call… CAL blows out Stanford 41-6
Novemver 21- Cal lead over Texas shrinks in the Coaches Poll to 1299-1260 (39).
So somehow, Cal’s lead shrinks by 50 points after blowing out a bad Stanfurd team and Texas needing a bogus PI (shown over and over on ESPN) to beat a bad KU team.
Nah, nothing fishy going on there.
And neither Mack Brown, nor his brother (also a voter) would make their votes public.
Again, where is the causation?
In a week in which Texas beat a ranked team, Cal stayed home, and Mack Brown lobbied for votes, Cal increased its lead. Texas even dropped a slot in the AP poll. Does this imply some hidden Cal conspiracy?
In a week in which Texas stayed home and Cal had trouble in a nationally televised game against a CUSA team, Texas narrowed Cal’s lead. If Mack’s lobbying caused this, why did it take a week? How can you categorically rule out the fact that idiot voters (many of whom probably hadn’t watched more than a one or two Cal games all season) were unreasonably swayed by the USM game?
It’s more fun to assign blame to a conspiracy, but the most common explanation is that idiot, uninformed voters were idiotic and uninformed.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
The point is Mack Brown's petty face
Maybe he had NO effect on the voters. We don’t care. It’s not facts and math. It’s that condescension and lack of respect he showed towards a program that was absolutely legitimate. It’s personal.
That’s why we hate Mack Brown’s face. Not because he “stole” the Rose Bowl from us, but because he had the audacity to make it personal and claim, without any evidence, that his team “deserved” it more.
Both teams were deserving. But only one head coach claimed that the other team didn’t deserve it.
Ironically Mack Brown didn't make any mention of Cal when he made his comments
Unlike a certain former Juco QB.
Who is also the reigning Super Bowl MVP and is arguably one of the best QBs today. Go fuck yourself.
I’m not sure why that is ironic.
Unless you mean that it is ironic that he didn’t mention the name of the team that he clearly was talking about.
The team he was clearly talking about was Texas
He made 2 points:
1. His team deserved to be in a BCS game
2. The voters should look at the entirety of the season, not just where teams were in the previous polls.
I don’t think anyone could reasonably argue that these aren’t both valid points.
No mention of Cal whatsoever. And yet you say he was condesending and showed a lack of respect towards Cal. The real lack of respect came from the Juco QB who decided to make it personal in an attack on Mack Brown.
Juco QB = Super Bowl MVP BABY!!!!
How’s your 2006 third overall draft pick doing in the NFL?
Career Passer Rating = 74.4
Best days definitely behind him.
Yep. Thank goodness we're talking about college foozeball here.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
We won a MNC trophy over The Greatest Team of All-Time
With our “bust” QB.
Your Superbowl MVP couldn’t even get you to the Rose Bowl.
See? That’s the difference. Cal fans don’t even know what “MNC” stands for. We’re so far away from ever sniffing that. So come on, just let us be mad.
Then what will we talk about the next 3 weeks?
Football? Seriously I know almost nothing about Cal’s team this year, and our offense is terrible.
Dude. We let Kevin Prince run for a billion yards on us and lost to ucla.
You remember Kevin Prince? He was that baby bluish smear that your Dline was cleaning off their shoes early in the year.
Old Toothwrangler
oh so NOW you think it was the defense’s fault… when i’ve finally come around to blaming the offense…
when it was clearly SPECIAL TEAMS that lost us the game
wait a sec, I’m having 2005 flashbacks
IT WAS THE OFFENSE DON’T LISTEN TO HIM
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
We don’t need their permission to be mad!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Never before has “Superbowl MVP” been used as a condescending insult. HISTORY MADE, FOLKS!
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The Greatest Team of All Time was 2004
You know, the one that smoked B12 Champion (and victor over Texas 12-0) 55-19). The 2005 team’s offense was a bit better, but the defense took a huge step back that year.
Not according to every media outlet in December 2005
Besides, that 2004 teams almost lost to Cal. Cal!
by Horncasting on Dec 9, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YOU HAVE SO MANY CIRCLES IN THIS ARGUMENT THAT I CAN….
Wait, what do you do with circles?
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Draw a Venn?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Your Superbowl MVP couldn’t even get you to the Rose Bowl.
…and that’s why we’re so fucking bitter!!!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s like a free ride….WHEN YOU’VE ALREADY PAID!!!
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Or maybe it’s good advice….YOU DIDN’T TAKE!!!
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WEDDING DAY!
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who would have thought it figured?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Ironically, one expects more maturity and class from an old man than a 22 year old. You already admitted Brown was just trying to save his ass and get that monkey off his back.
Ironically Mack Brown didn’t make any mention of Cal when he made his comments
Unlike a certain former Juco QB.
…and which of those people had just gotten screwed out of a Rose Bowl?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
...only the computers that were lobotomized to remove scoring margin from their calcuations
Personally, I prefer un-lobotomized computer rankings.
That would have more credibility if those computer formulas weren’t a secret recipe.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Just like the KFC SEcret Recipe!
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eat shit, longhorns!
norcalnick, great post and i made many similar points in comments recently. i was for sanity and understanding the phenomenon of our ire. BUT thinking about those clowns going to the southern miss/cal game in burnt orange and then a sign in the crowd at the rose bowl (ABC: Absolutely Better than Cal) and Brown making the southern miss game a referendum i think longhorns are being coy coming on to cgb and acting like they don’t understand why were ever mad at them or that there was ever any beef between us at all. so after arguing for sanity and harmony, i’ll go ahead and say, eat shit longhorns.
by aztectomb on Dec 9, 2011 10:14 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Are you serious? Everybody looks good in blue. Nobody looks good in orange.
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Why is Giorgio Tavvecchio in a Bears uni?
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T-shirt?
Has anyone found a good t-shirt that can describe this Texas hate? I would get that Fack Much Brown shirt, except I refuse to walk around with a picture of Mack Brown on my chest.
Original! I bet you can find one in Crimson, Scarlet, Maroon, and about a dozen other colors...
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Hopefully a dozen other non-shitty, non-red colors.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
oh dear oh dear
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Yeah, those were all shades of red...weren't they.
Rose (bowl) colored glasses! Oooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
We have a post coming up today at 330 to brainstorm ideas!
So, put your ideas in that post and it could be the OFFICIAL CGB shirt (or shirts!)
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I don’t see us selecting those ideas to become T-Shirts.
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And I know y'all probably don't care...
…but look at where the football is on that game-winning FG…
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
...and then look at where it was a split-second later...
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
The Zapruder film was better than this
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It's like we were meant to be there and win that game after all
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
It’s like that, except for the part about being meant to be there.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I'ts good!!
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I do not anticipate that this photo will be on the shirt.
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It appears unlikely that this photo will appear on the shirt, either.
The problem is that my cool, dry wit is being ruined by the “lack of tone” aspect to the internet.
DAMN YOU, INTERNET! YOU’VE GIVEN ME SO MANY CAT VIDEOS, BUT WHY THIS?? AND NOW???
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Never, mind, there's already a t-shirt from that game
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I bet that guy is a Creed fan
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
A Creed fan who's seen his team win the Rose Bowl
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, but the Creed thing kinda wipes that last part out. Sorry!
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You have to admit, Twist, Hopkins Horn is pretty funny.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Am I under oath?
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I am going to use my 5th Amendment rights. Also, my 23rd Amendment rights!
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I'm a photographer who happens to have a law degree, thankyouverymuch
If he had made an obscure f-stop reference, I would have LOL’ed.
The red and orange really clash.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
I did fin a couple of Stanford cheerleaders
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by Snide Aside on Dec 9, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
amazing work ...
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Wrong BCS Bowl
That photo is from the Fiesta Bowl, one of the four BCS bowl games in which we have participated since 2004. Do you have a photo from the Rose Bowl, a stadium in which we’ve played three bowl games in the last seven years, instead?
This is, by far, the only good thing to have come out of the 2005 Rose Bowl game.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
It’s either no chaps and the shorts, or if they’re going to wear the chaps, no shorts. Haven’t they all visited the Folsom Street Fair? That’s how it’s done over here.
by daveman on Dec 9, 2011 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m sure there MUST be some photos floating around of some Texas cheerleaders with chaps and no shorts, or at least the other way around.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Here is a Stanford guy admiring a pom girlshook 'em sign!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
This didn;t work out so well - lost part of the pic - maybe a mod can delete the whole thing?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
I think people can copy/paste to a new tab or window if they really want to see the whole thing.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
No back-pedalling now!
I’m looking for an excuse to screen-print the SHIT outta that Alpha-Rod wit roses pic on a 3/4 sleeve baseball shirt!
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
While I disagree completely with the merits of this Texas hate
I have to respect any fan base that can carry a grudge this long against a team it never plays. That takes dedication. The Pac is stereotyped as having uncaring fans, but you guys completely put that one to rest.
Mack Brown haters, I salute you.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
Damn you for being classy and making it hard to hate! DAMN YOU!!!!
Costs STILL assessed against Twist
by CALumbus Bear on Dec 9, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
Whoa now. Come back away from the light, CALumbus. The hate is the only thing keeping you warm. Seriously. You’re in Ohio and now that they’ve outlawed burning couches, we’re all afraid you’re going to freeze to death.
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No, it’s just that the couches can’t be burned on porches. Luckily, we have many fields…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Well, we’ll get to play you this year and in 2015 and 2016, so there’s plenty of opportunity for us to get out all the hate.
The Pac is stereotyped as having uncaring fans
Have you been over to Bruins Nation recently?
DON'T DO IT! YOU WILL BE SORRY!
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Nice site. They really care… about what, I have no idea.
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Mostly wine, it seems.
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It was fantastic."
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I think BN designed a filter to keep anyone with the word "Trojan" in their username from signing up.
Cuts out the middleman.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Spambots would raise the level of discourse at BN.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
...
OK, I’m lost.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Oh. I see. Dead honkey.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Hence why I skipped to the end.
Also I think I am now the highest paid janitor in America.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I actually put up a fanpost there once at Nestor’s request about net neutrality… that was before things got unpleasant.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
There was a time before things got unpleasant? With Nestor? I find this hard to believe.
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It's like they're the Aggies of the Pacific Coast!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
oh stop, my sides, you're killing me here.
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Sorry, that would be UC Davis
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by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Who do UC Davis fans irrationally obsess about after years and years have passed?
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
I know! I know! Pick me!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Cal Poly!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
They're BOTH the Mustangs....
…..that’s absolutely ridiculous.
Uh, I think that’s the point. Sidebar: we have the Oski Wow Wow yell. Davis has the Bossy Cow Cow yell :D
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
The SEC has three Tigers and two Bulldogs. Shit's fucked yo.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Classic case of in-breeding
Damnit, why did I go for the easy joke!?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
STOP THE BEAR-ON-BEAR VIOLENCE! We’re here to make fun of…wait, what are we doing here again?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
i have no idea, but where are my pants? did i leave them back in the dbd?
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
Pants are overrated.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
marks all comments as read
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 9, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I'd be willing to give that "honor" to Stanford.
They also hold bizarre grudges, resort to shitty youtube videos to “prove” that the refs screwed them thirty years ago, are overly proud of their band, have a moronic mascot, and will never shut up about unbelievably amazing their school is (while Stanford is certainly a better school than Texas, its alumni seem deeply offended if you dare say Yale or Princeton are better).
Sorry, I spent a while in San Jose/Santa Clara for work and developed a burning hatred for the annoying Stanford alumni.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
by LongCat on Dec 9, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
The Farm
It just makes sense
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by Joe Bandsmen on Dec 9, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of which...this HAS to be true:
THE PLAY > the snub (in ’04)
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
UP TOP!
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Outside of this, how do you feel about Stanford?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
This would be true, if stanfurd actually had any fans.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
Did they lose that one they had?
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That's a good point ... SAT Aggies
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
I have to respect any fan base that can carry a grudge this long against a team it never plays.
Long? You think this is long? WE’RE BEARLY EVEN STARTED!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I was wondering, if after you lose in the Holiday Bowl, if you would be willing to help us get Mack Brown elected Coach of the year?
Your fan base might just put us over the top.
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 10:37 AM PST reply actions
Fuck Texas
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 10:52 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
I thought I had gotten over my hate of UT
This thread has seriously revived it. Thanks, Whorn fans. Your smug entitled attitude has rekindled something I thought was long dead.
No, the gooners up in choklahoma are pretty good at it as well.
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
?
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
It's a distinct possibility....
…….and I got nothin’.
MWAHAHAHAHAH!
Sorry you mercenary club was unable to get points :)
not a chance
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That would be ManU...
….ya doink. But go ahead and root for red teams.
Impossible.
Alabama’s won something of late.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 10, 2011 1:18 AM PST up reply actions
From...
…the one and only Spencer Hall:
If we’re continuing the American sports parallels, then Liverpool is the Alabama football of EPL teams. They win. They’re from a “rustic” place. They wear red. Their fans border on the psychotic, and often go into psychotic without passports, prior warning, or visas. They sing when they beat you (and before, and during). They will swear, without irony or qualification, that the sport revolves around them.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 10, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
They sing when they beat you
And there’s the disconnect. I would say Alabama and Arsenal have more in common in this respect. Neither has a particularly intimidating home venue, and the fans are more the entitled, clapping variety.
I’m biased, but I really think the best analogy is Notre Dame. The glory is all in the past, and yet the fans still attend games with an elitist passion, as if the team hasn’t sucked for 20 years.
But hey, we beat QPR!! Its a start!
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 10, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
nouveau riche chancers
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Obscure reference was too obscure – that was Duncan “Disorderly” Ferguson when he played for Everton.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I had no idea....
thanks….bitchin’ at the ref as usual.
at least he wasn't punching him
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
How could anyone...
….root against David Luiz? It’s unfathomable.
Even Ashley Cole?
I think I’ve got you there.
Shin kicking game? Ya'll are talking about the shin kicking game?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
SAT Aggies ...
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I posted this in another thread, but I think it bears repeating:
I can’t believe nobody has even brought up the whole "Texas to the Pac-16!!! NOT!!!" angle of this game. Don’t get me wrong here, I think the University of Texas is a fine educational institution and rivals the best public universities in the land. I’ve been to Austin and I daresay, it’s the best city in Texas, hands down. I know several UT grads and you guys are a great bunch.
The issue I have with Texas is how they handled the whole conference expansion fiasco last year. They basically used the Pac-10 as a bargaining chip to extract every last penny in negotiating the Longhorn Network. I get it, that Texas brings in the most money in the Big 12, yadda, yadda, yadda, but I think that by going it alone with the Longhorn Network, UT showed an unprecedented amount of arrogance which I think, will eventually lead to the undoing of the Big 12 conference. A single school and a single team cannot be so singularly dominant in a conference and expect the rest of the members to just accept it "because we’re Texas."
I think Larry Scott was right to turn down Texas for inclusion in a larger Pac-16 conference since they weren’t willing to fold the Longhorn Network into the Pac’s larger network infrastructure. USC, UCLA, Oregon, UW and Cal understand that we need to share and share alike with the Oregon States and Washington States of the conference and we’ll be damned if a new conference member comes in and wants preferential treatment "just because."
We would’ve loved to have Texas in the conference with its stellar academics, well-rounded Olympic sports and well-supported football and basketball programs, but Texas didn’t want to be part of a conference that tries its best to treat all its member schools as equally as possible, and that’s a real travesty because the Pac-16 could’ve been fun.
I'm not sure why this is seen as negative in regards to the Pac-12
Texas made it perfectly clear that their preference has always been to keep the Big 12 together, but if that is not possible, then the Pac-10/12 was the second choice. They explored the options with the PAC as a backup plan in case the Big 12 crumbled, with the full intent to make the move if needed.
This is probably more fit for a different place, but here are a few facts regarding the conference and Longhorn Network that the media don’t seem to want to bring to light:
1. The Network was originally pitched as a joint network with A&M. A&M passed on the deal, because they aren’t very bright when it comes to financial matters (their athletic dept actually has a loan outstanding from their university) and because they didn’t want to partner with “tu”.
2. Half of the proceeds from the network go directly into the educational side of the University, in a time when the state financing is being cut.
3. The $15 million proceeds from the network are similar to what some of the SEC schools get for selling thier own third tier rights. SEC schools do not share in revenues from their third tier rights.
4. Texas proposed equal revenue sharing of 1st and 2nd tier rights over a year ago. Texas and OU also shared the Colorado/Nebraska penalties evenly with the rest of the conference, even though it had been agreed that Texas, OU and A&M with split it 3 ways. A&M kept a full third.
5. Texas A&M, OU and Nebraska have all voted in line with Texas when it comes to media revenue sharing.
6. The “Texas as a bully” reputation was started by Nebraska who didn’t like that we refused to join the Big 8/12 if they kept their partial qualifier status. I would think the PAC schools would support this stance. The other 10 members voted in line with Texas on this issue.
Not sure, but the censors might have had issue with 'The Longhorn and Asshat Network'.
Again, not sure.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
by JoeT63 on Dec 9, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Tremendous
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for posting like you are in a good mood!
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(FYI, that's a quote from our then brand-new Defensive Coordinator, from his first press conference.)
(We kinda liked it…)
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
I’ll rec that :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
The late night sheep porn was one bridge too far for everyone involved
…except the SEC.
Final score: Texas wins, 76-37-5
If it wern't for smugness and entitlement, all we would have is The Longhorn Network, with which to watch our really good football team on.
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 10:59 AM PST reply actions
As we should and are entitled to. After all ....Were Texas !
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t realize you thought 7-5 and 12-14 over two years was “really good football”…See Cal fans are actually pretty upset about that.
Who can verify this, though? By seeing it, I mean ...
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
There's a fine line between the Longhorn Network and The Force.
They both have incredible power, but are largely unseen.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Can we talk about your lousy math instead of our lousy football?
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Which do you prefer, the classics money or the classics bitches?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
Why not blame Mack Brown..?!?!!
I don’t understand the point of this article. Please explain to me how it is NOT Mack Brown’s fault. From what I understand, he implored associates to vote against Cal. I heard that the secret ballot system was removed the following year because of this immoral action… Is my information wrong? If what I’m saying is true, why are you telling Texas it’s our own fault for having a bad team, etc.. Mack Bronw screwed us, and I’m pissed. Don’t apologize for me please.
immoral action
Yes, advocating for your players is clearly immoral. Probably the most immoral thing a coach of a college team has ever done.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
No. Manipulating ballots is unethical action. Not making your ballot public is the cowardly follow-up.
You understand incorrectly
Please explain to me how it is NOT Mack Brown’s fault. From what I understand, he implored associates to vote against Cal.
Here is your explanation:
November 21: Cal leads Texas 1413-1340 (73) in the AP Poll and 1299-1260 (39) in the Coaches’ Poll.
November 26: Texas beats #22 A&M, Cal idle; Mack lobbies for votes
November 28: Cal leads Texas 1410-1325 (85) in the AP Poll and 1314-1266 (48) in the Coaches’ Poll.
Please remind me what the penultimate ballot counts for again?
Of course, it counts for nothing.
Not all of us California boys think Texans (and the B12 members) are stupid. They waited until the last ballot to make their move.
You know, the last ballot that was the only one, combined with the BCS computers and AP poll, that pushed Texas ahead of Cal?
You know, the last ballot that was secret and never shared… despite the AP requesting it be made public?
You know, the last time the AP participated in the BCS, since they were so disgusted with what happened?
Of course, nothing was ever proven, because we never got those final ballots. I wonder why? I mean, surely the B12 coaches that voted in the final ballot didn’t have anything to hide, did they?
I prefer this, LongCat
IT’S A CONSPIRACY!!!!!!!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Sure! Hell yeah, I'll remind you of that penultimate ballot!! Just you wait!
(What does “penultimate” mean again? There’s never a Stanford grad around when you need one.)
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
It’s a combination of “penis” and “ultimate”, which represents the epic proportion to which we got dicked over that year.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
You are a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT!
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Fess up, Atoms. You are surrounded by dozens of crumpled up rough drafts of that post, aren't you...
On the other hand, I’m proud that I could tee it up for you.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Nah, I’m too lazy for multiple drafts :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
..except when it comes to beer!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Morals? What is California doing wading into those waters?
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
California isn’t wading into those watesr as much as it’s slowy sinking into them over the next few million years.
WE’RE OFF TO AUSTRALIA! SEE YOU BITCHES, LATER!
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I’m more worried about the waters rising up over it in the next 100 years.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Goddamit, do you know nothing about plate tectonics?
Mods, can you delete this comment for making Californians look terrible?
I CANT HEAR YOU, I’M DOWN UNDER
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I don’t know! Why?!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
should I really atoms’ this up?
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
i’ll explain it at HH tonight.
Then, I’ll make a big ruckus, because I am a hypocritical asshole.
-TwistNHook
I wonder how many people googled this at home yesterday…
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Ummm . . .
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Hey man, don’t attach my name to this. That joke is grammatically incorrect!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Hawaii and Alaska can come too.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
A Legal Analogy
In order to understand why Cal hates Mack Brown even though he may not have been wholly responsible for the state of affairs:
Let’s say you have just bought a gorgeous rose-colored bowl. It’s beautiful. You have saved up for it for fifty years. It has been your life dream. You bring it home and put it in your living room. You think, now, at last, I have the one thing that makes my life complete. There is no hate.
Then, you take a business trip to Southern Mississippi. You had to do some work there. It was tough, but you got it done.
But when you come back to your house, the rose bowl is gone! It’s been stolen! WTF?
You go to the police. They dust the house. What do you know? Mack Brown’s fingerprints everywhere! And then it’s found in his house! He had to have stolen it!
When he goes to trial, however, some fancy-pants lawyer shows how, even though Mack Brown tried and tried to steal the rose bowl, slinking around the backyard and checking all the locks, it was ACTUALLY stolen by a robot computer from space and given freely to Mack Brown.
Mack Brown is found not guilty.
Every night, you go back to your rose-bowl-less house, passing by Mack Brown’s house where he has the stolen rose bowl up in the window.
And now there is much hate.
by slaphancock on Dec 9, 2011 11:21 AM PST reply actions 11 recs
Who knew Perry Mason was a Cal grad?
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
lol
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
if it was so moral, why did they switch to open ballot from secret ballots the following year?
It’s clearly immoral to call in ‘favors’ from friends; asking them to vote for you as a favor, not becasue you are a superior team. Check this out:
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/11/27/coaches-play-favorites-in-poll-used-for-bcs-rankings-research-suggests/
Just go over to Burnt Orange Nation and click on this fan post....it will splain everything, you sandal wearing, tofu eatin hippie
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
OK Cal Fans ..I'm removing the voter bias
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Blame Utah, if you must blame anyone
It was the first year a non-AQ had threaded the needle, back when standards were much tighter than they are today, to crash the BCS, back when there were only two at-large bids to be had. With one of the two slots off the table, what happened between two roughly equivalent teams was inevitable. I doubt the creators of the BCS would have expected that one of the two 10-1 Top 5 runners-up of major conferences would have been denied a BCS bid because of freaking Utah.
Nope, still blaming Brown
For yet another history: http://www.bcsguru.com/BCS_2004.htm
Of particular note were the suspicious 7 and 8 votes:
In other words, no fewer than 20 coaches switched their placements of Texas and Cal. But more telling was that four coaches voted Cal No. 7 and two No. 8 — after a Bears victory, and behind 2-loss Georgia.
Whatever gets you through the night
The 2005 Rose Bowl Game was an awesome one to be at, in case you were wondering. I loved it. I’m sure I’ll be telling my grandkids about it.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I feel bad for his grandchildren
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Well, you’ve offered a lot to the conversation! Please, tell us more!
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Given most of the comments I've read ...
I didn’t figure anything beyond the banal would resonate.
by Inveigled&Foozled on Dec 9, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
YOU LIKE DOUBLE BANAL!!!
I am THE DOOMBRINGER. We Are Cal.
by ManBearCal on Dec 9, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
+1 ... excellent
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
STOP INVEIGLING AND FOOZLING ME!
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I can't help myself ...
But I’ll try.
by Inveigled&Foozled on Dec 9, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Can we just play the fucking game already?
This post has all the depressing memories, with a side of troll.
I am THE DOOMBRINGER. We Are Cal.
We’ve got like 3 more weeks of this lined up.
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So you ARE planning to obsess over it non-stop. Good to know!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Every post every day from now on. All about this.
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We’ve officially changed our name to California2004GoldenRoseBowlBlogs.
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Because this is FUNNY
We get matched up with you and all of a sudden we’re exposed to these pent-up emotions from y’all that we had completely forgotten about. So, yeah, it’s a great excuse to recall those Rose Bowl games we played in!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Ya, I said that when we started last week. We’re hoppoing mad adn you forgot!
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Dude, we’ve been obsessing about it since 2004. Why would we stop now?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Speaking of which, you owe me an email sometime this weekend.
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i know
just take my lunch money in the meantime. i don’t want any trouble!
I am THE DOOMBRINGER. We Are Cal.
Texas' offense is horrible this year.
I’d much rather settle this in a comments thread than trust Case McCoy with the honor of my school.
undefeated in Sun Belt play
This is true, our offense sucks worse than a 40 year old toilet....I doubt if we will be able to score at all.
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
both of our QB's
are capable of giving the other team great field position. this game could be 35-34 with 10 INT’s and each team not going over 200 yards of offense.
I am THE DOOMBRINGER. We Are Cal.
You have two QBs ? I thought we owned that debacle.
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by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Then please be more accurate.
We have two regular quarterbacks, and (at least) two wildcat quarterbacks. What, doesn’t everybody?
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Do they get down on Friday?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
What-EVAR!
Texas doesn’t give a shit about this bowl. We don’t give shit about Cal. It’s NOT the Rose Bowl, so why do YOU care? Why don’t you win the PAC-16 and just GO to the Rose Bowl already?!
Texas doesn’t give a shit about this bowl.
I certainly hope this is right, cause in that case we’ll wipe you out. See Holiday Bowl 2004 :-)
by HelloBowlesHall on Dec 9, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
so why do YOU care?
Revenge, duh. We want to kick your asses in the Holiday Bowl, and again in 2015 in Austin… and once more for good measure at Memorial Stadium in 2016.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Then what are all you folks doing over here?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Somebody tell me exactly what Mack Brown said.
I’ll wait here patiently.
“Dear BCS,
I never thought it would happen to me, but…"
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
There was a secret agreement back in 04 between espn, the bcs and Mack. It had to do with the Longhorn Network and thats why we got in and you got screwed !
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by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
“I’LL SUCK YOU OFF IF YOU VOTE FOR MY TEAM INSTEAD OF THE GAYS AT BERKELEY!!!!”
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Dec 9, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I remember being a Freshman in 2004
I went to all the home games and the SC heart breaker. I remember traveling home back to Kansas for winter break bragging to all my Big 12 friends that Cal was awesome and we’re going to a BCS game. I even told them about carrying Rodgers off the field with a rose in his mouth.
I vividly remember my KU and KSU friends telling me we have no chance, and that every Big 12 school is going to do everything in their power to ensure their conference got that 2nd BCS bid. And sure enough…these rat bastard cowards didn’t even reveal their votes! That’s what pisses me off the most….
The only way I can sleep at night is by telling myself that Cal is a billion times the academic institution compared to UT…and that my degree is, you know, actually worth something.
MACK BROWN IS A RAT FACED WEASEL. NEVER FORGET 2004.
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:01 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Cal is a billion times the academic institution compared to UT…and that my degree is, you know, actually worth something.
MACK BROWN IS A RAT FACED WEASEL. NEVER FORGET 2004.
It’s very clear from the level of rhetoric you employ.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s just impossible to argue athletics…we’re going to lose every time.
But we dominate Nobel Laureates!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
It's impossible to argue athletics that count
…on the other hand, Cal finished 3rd in the latest Director’s Cup and Texas finished 12th!
YAY FOR DOMINANCE IN SPORTS VERY FEW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT!
WOOOO….Rugby, swimming and diving!
/never been to any matches
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been to those! GO BEARS!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
How many sports do you compete in?
Not trying to “justify” our finishing behind you, but I tend to believe that a lot of the CA universities compete in a far greater number of sports than we do. We compete in close to the bare minimum in which you can compete and be D 1-A, with the philosophy that we try to be competitive nationally in everything we do chose to compete in.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Weird
I had always heard that Texas was one of the small set of schools outside of California that had a similar breadth of sports competed in. No real first-hand knowledge to back that up, however.
Stanfurd has more sports than us, but we do have a lot. Rugby and men’s waterpolo don’t count, sadly…
Our varsity sports are...
Football
Baseball/softball
M/W Golf
M/W Basketball
M/W Tennis
M/W Swimming & Diving (pound for pound, our best sport)
W Volleyball (#1 national seed in current tournament)
W Soccer
M/W Track/Cross Country
W Rowing
That’s it?
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Actually, engaging in a minimal number of sports,
and competing well while making as much money as possible, is just another part of DeLoss Dodds’ evil genius.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
…so you ADMIT he is evil!!!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Ironically...
…I actually looked at going to Boalt Hall for law school, but I literally put the application down the moment I read the sentence (as best I can recall) “If you are a member of a minority and would prefer that your application be read by a member of the same minority group, please check this box.”
And I say “ironic” not because of this conversation but because I wound up in the Hopwood class at UT Law…
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
But I bet they could have found a real life cowboy to read your admission essays!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
No, they’d have found a fake cowboy!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
A tofu cowboy!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
“My prejudices against certain ways of life prevent me from experiencing cultures outside of my comfort zone! These odd Californian practices were unknown to me, and as a result I am a shitty lawyer. Also I don;t use the word ‘ironically’ in proper context. HOOK ’EM HORNS!”
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Let’s not jump to conclusions, now.
I think we’ll need lots of pictures, video if you have it, and perhaps a wet T-shirt contest.
This is for science, after all.
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by Kodiak on Dec 9, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
No
…it’s not a secret, really. Although, this silly chaps are a bit much.
Silly chaps?
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by DC Trojan on Dec 9, 2011 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
…secretly?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Aaron Rodgers > Vince Young + Colt McCoy + Chris Simms + Major Applewhite + Chance Mock
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:12 PM PST reply actions
Haha I had to look it up to see who you guys considered your best QBs…I only knew McCoy and Young
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I raise you one Donnie Little
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Have you ever heard Vince Young speak? He might actually be dumber than Jamal Charles (and I love the Chiefs!)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Not because he was dumb, he wasn’t recruited because he was a scrawny skinny kid out of Chico. Every team overlooked him.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Surely that says more about Texas than jucos?
I don’t know – I’m not really in a position to lay down any academic smack.
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by DC Trojan on Dec 9, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
er, what?
> he had a 3.6 grade point average and SAT score of 1300 when he left high school
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers
Maybe I misunderstand what you are writing.
No, I was just wrong
I assumed he went Juco because he couldn’t get in anywhere. When you are conference mates with Kansas State it’s the assumption you jump to.
Hey, leave Bill Snyder out of this!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
He argues that since Rodgers didn’t get recruited and wanted to continue playing football he is in fact, stupid. And that Vince Young is smarter since he went straight to the “prestigious” university of texas.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
If you're going to start putting up...
…the sarcastic quotation marks around “prestigious” in that comment, you’re only demonstrating your own ignorance.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Were you the one who made the hilarious “Texas in on par with Cal academically” comments a few days ago?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
That wasn't me, but thanks for playing!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Look I’m not trying to argue that Texas is not a decent school in the grand scheme of things. I would say you guys are even one of the best school in Texas, right up there with Houston Baptist University, Lubbock Christian University, and maybe even Schreiner Univeristy! Someday, maybe you guys might even be comparable to Rice.
But I just found it hysterical that members of your fan base truly believed UT was “on par” with UC Berkeley.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
eh, people say ridiculous things
the current leader in the republican primary called the CBO a radical socialist organization. Compared to that, both in context and content, putting UT on par with Cal is not at all ridiculous…
…even though it is pretty ridiculous
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
Jon Huntsman said WHAT?!?!?!?!
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and I thought he was pretty level-headed!
by the federer express on Dec 9, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
Because it was Rodgers' grades that kept him from getting any scholarship offers out of high school,
not the fact that he was physically underdeveloped and playing in a recruiting backwater.
Get outta here with that shit.
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It was fantastic."
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In the Pro's, Vince can't carry A-Rod's jock.
In College, A-Rod couldn’t wear Vince’s.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Oh, suddenly everyonew knew Rodgers would be the GREATEST QB IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL
Har har. Wonder if you felt that way 3-4 years earlier…
Because we're Texas and we're evil. DUH.
by iamjackburton on Dec 9, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I will bitch slap ANYONE who dares question VY's greatness
In all aspects of life, my friend.
Because we're Texas and we're evil. DUH.
by iamjackburton on Dec 9, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Why, was it too small to fit?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Exactly, but I think we have our subjects and objects reversed.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
I was just asking an innocent question :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Come on everybody
Texas fans feel the way they do. No surprise.
Cal fans feel the way they do. No surprise.
Many of us are keeping this all in good fun. Some of us aren’t. However you feel, there’s no room for the “fuck yous” or the “go fuck yourselfs” that I’ve seen on this thread.
Smack talk if you like. Keep it above the ad hominems, please.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
>these comments
Let’s just play a good game of football later this month and not scream at each other over the internet.
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Interesting - how do you "scream" on the internet?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
WITH ALL CAPS!!!!!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
HELLO SNIDE ASIDE,
SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE USE OF THE CAPS LOCK KEY, OR PERHAPS JUST HOLDING DOWN ON THE SHIFT KEY, AS A METHOD TO EXPRESS FRUSTRATION OR YELLING ON THE INTERNET.
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You, sir, apparently don't understand the purpose of the Interwebs
Because we're Texas and we're evil. DUH.
by iamjackburton on Dec 9, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
There are many purposes to it.
Seeing it devolve into this type of stuff just makes me groan. I’ve been in flame wars enough times to know when to just sit and watch.
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So you're saying ... you're still mad about the '04 Rose Bowl?
Just wanted to clarify.
Because we're Texas and we're evil. DUH.
Not at all. Most of us don’t like USC very much — if at all. But I don’t think anybody here is actually mad that they won the 2004 Rose Bowl.
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You seemed pretty mad that I didn’t go.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
I’m mad that you’ve never gone! I’m mad that you nasty Trojans talk about how booooring it is to have to go to the Rose Bowl so often. It’s like you want me to hate you, DC!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
You aren’t helping!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I thought you already did hate me.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Details.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
The greatest name in college football bar none
Because we're Texas and we're evil. DUH.
by iamjackburton on Dec 9, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
No one deserves anything, let's focus on the results...
Came over here from ESPN blog after soemone mentioned this article, LOL to CAL fans…
1. neither Texas nor CAL deserved to go, Texas earned it just as much as CAL.
2. However, Texas did go, won the rose bowl; and CAL did not go ,and lost their bowl. that is the FACTS. maybe CAL should have made a statement that they should be in the ROSE BOWL by WINNING their bowl. that would hold a lot more weight.
all the Mack Brown smack talkis weak. Maybe you should hate on your own coach about NOT talking/sticking up for his team. you really are hating on the wrong guy. it’s always easier to blame someone else…
PS TEXAS 41 CAL 10
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
If Cal had beat Texas Tech
the response would be: “Yawn; Texas beat Tech too, badly”.
that’s what is called a “no win situation”.
props to you if you can admit it wouldn’t have changed your tune in the slightest.
Anything but this-
“Maybe you should hate on your own coach about NOT talking/sticking up for his team.”
by mathghamhain on Dec 9, 2011 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Came over here from ESPN blog
Stopped reading at that point.
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WHY U HAT UNCLE TED??
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
reading most of your posts, you stopped reading a long time ago.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Uh oh, Twist… looks like they’re onto you!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Except they actually believe there was a time when he did read.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Was it a Land Before Time?
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Sounds like its time for one of my patented witty zingers to change the subject and diffuse tension:
NO, U!
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I feel more alone than ever
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TS
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tell us more, ‘hornyaustinite!’
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in the end, Texas won their bowl and CAL did not...
looks like Mack was right about who belonged where.
i guess CAL anger is not misdirected after all. it’s just that your justification for mack brown hatred is not truly realized. you don’t hate the fact he talked up his team, you hate that he was RIGHT. results spoke.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 11, 2011 8:24 AM PST up reply actions
You know of course that you just drove a dagger into their hearts, don;t you?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
I think our collective eyeballs just ended up hitting the ground from rolling so hard, that’s all.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 11, 2011 7:20 PM PST up reply actions
Well guys, welcome to the wonderful world of Southern football.
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. Works for me NOT AT ALL.
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Don't call us southern
Trust me on that one. Ask the typical Texas fan whether they’d prefer a move to the Pac-Whatever or the SEC.
Not southern.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I lived in Texas for several years
Definitely not southern. (I like Texas a lot, by the way).
East Texas is culturally aligned with the South...
…which means that A&M moving to the SEC makes a hell of a lot more sense from a cultural standpoint than would a Texas move.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Are ad hominems like hominey grits....?
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 12:25 PM PST reply actions
They don't know what grits ae in Cali - they think they are malt-o-meal!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
nope,they call it polenta...
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I'll give it up for Kevin Durant
I saw him play KU at Allen Fieldhouse and it was one of the single most incredible performances I’ve seen in any sport. I think he started like 14/15 and dropped like 40 points. Dude is incredible.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 12:28 PM PST reply actions
I’m a big Texas hater and a born-and-bred Laker fan, but I fucking love Kevin Durant. Can’t hate on that guy. He’s my favorite NBA player right now.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Even though I hate the fact the Thunder went to OKC instead of KC
I love their squad…Westbrook is a beast (remember his dunk over Cal’s PG?), Hardin is starting to ball and Perkins can bash.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
(remember his dunk over Cal’s PG?)
I’d prefer not to.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Was it Randle? Or is my timeline messed up? Westbrook basically jumped from the foul line over one of our players
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
HIS HAND IS THE SIZE OF MY FACE!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
oh my dear lord….
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
OMG FLAGGED GOD DAMN YOU BOOMTHO
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
really, that of all plays?
not that bullshit game where anderson got shoved out of bounds and the refs were like “whatever UCLOL ball” and then shipp hit a shot that went OVER THE FUCKING BACKBOARD and the refs were like “HERR DERR didn’t see it basket counts”
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Well it started with Kevin Durant and moved to Russel Westbrook. If you want to just rehash Cal heart breaks…I’m gonna have to cancel my 4:00 PM meeting
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
this is going to end in all of us crying in our whiskey glasses (or lemon drop martini glass for Rish)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
man UCLA had a run with Westbrook, K Love, Afflalo, Collison, Shipp…how the mighty have fallen!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Draw
Since we are baring our souls here in this group conseling meeting, you have to know the other side.
Texas was once a great football team, in the 60’s and the very beginning of the 70’s. Many great things were said and written about out program. Then Royal retired, and we spent almost 3 decades trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together. During that time, our retarded little brother, through a rather generous (and as it turned out, sanctionable) and extracurricular scholarship fund began winning games under Jackie Sherrill. Through the 90’s, we spent most of our time trying to bleach out the tire tracks that Miami had left on us in the Cotton Bowl. So here was this mighty program constantly falling on its face, while all the idiots around jeered and hissed (think Aslan on the Stone Table, I know you Bear fans will get that one)
So we finally put the program back to rights and start winning some games. A lot of games, but we still can’t seem to get over the hump and beat OU. So even with 10 and 11 win seasons, can’t quite seem to get the egg off of our face. Also, since we keep losing that game, even if we run the table on the rest of them, we can’t seem to get into a BCS game. We keep seeing some grinning also-ran from another conference take that mercy screw while we play again and again in the Holiday Bowl, like Bevo’s own version of Ground Hog’s Day.
So finally we get a shot at a BCS Bowl and it looks like yet again, some other conference is going to get their not-champion in the BCS while we are looking at Holiday Bowl purgatory (you can only go to Legoland so many times.) Mack Brown decided to campaign and change the conversation, as the current millieu seemed to require us to go undefeated to get a sniff. So he did, and I’m glad he did. Further, I think if Gundy had done the same down the stretch, then I don’t think we would have to be enduring another SEC tongue bath this year watching LSU and Bama play soccer.
So Cal, you are 100% right in being pissed, but I also believe we were right as well. Unfortunately we were both starving men fighting over the same cookie. So you are the skinny nerd in high school that never got the babes and had a chance with the drunken, divorced prom queen at the 20 year reunion. Well, we were the star quarterback that had grown fat and bald, and had to have someone cover his shift at the bus company and borrow $30 just to make it to the reunion. We can argue over which is more pathetic, but it’s pretty much a draw.
by finkle is einhorn on Dec 9, 2011 12:30 PM PST reply actions 7 recs
And to elaborate on this point...
…what was frustrating to Texas fans as the season went on was that a likely scenario was being denied a BCS berth because the Rose Bowl would have taken a three-loss Pac 10 team (let alone a one-loss Cal team) over a one-loss Texas team had it had the opportunity to do so. Getting into the Top 4, forcing the Rose Bowl to go outside its comfort zone, was an absolute requirement for us to get into the BCS that year.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 9, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I laughed!
So you are the skinny nerd in high school that never got the babes and had a chance with the drunken, divorced prom queen at the 20 year reunion. Well, we were the star quarterback that had grown fat and bald, and had to have someone cover his shift at the bus company and borrow $30 just to make it to the reunion. We can argue over which is more pathetic, but it’s pretty much a draw.
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Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Two conference titles with John Mackovic.
Even with an absolutely atrocious head coach, you were still able to win multiple conference titles because you are fucking Texas. You are a have. We are among the have-nots. Don’t come here trying to convince us otherwise.
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It was fantastic."
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Would it make you feel better if we gave that Rose Bowl trophy?
Seriously, we don’t even use that one. I, uh, know…uh, we left it here somewhere?
by billb on Dec 9, 2011 12:42 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Wait a minute, even if they'd gone, there is no way they'd have won
Didn’t you see what Tech did to them?
Hopkins Horn is clearly drunk on Whataburger
That’s what happens when you have a decent burger place in your state!
It's gonna be Pujols if he doesn't sneak outta town quickly.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
Naw
I don’t think anyone really begrudges him leaving. And most fans are smart enough to know that signing Pujols to the kind of deal he ended up getting would have been ruinous to the team down the road.
Oh yeah, St Louis BBQ sucks compared to Texas. Sigh.
(That said, I like St. Louis. But I miss great BBQ).
While I’m down with some St Louis bashing…I have to strongly argue that Kansas City BBQ > Texas BBQ. Our brisket is unmatched and Arthur Bryants and Gates trump any Texas BBQ I’ve had (yes, I’ve had a lot)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
KC BBQ is vineager based like Texas' right?
St Louis style is too sweet. Yuck.
Yah they are actually pretty similar. I love how guys are obsessed with brisket…like us. But I love sauce too much and its an afterthought in Texas. Too many dry rubs and dry meat for me. But a close 2nd place to KC ;)
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
I can never concur with that. There is so much yummy goodness in Central Texas BBQ.
But Gates and Arthur Bryant are truly awesome.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
What are your faves? I’ve mostly been around Dallas/Fort Worth, but I’ve been to Austin and Houston several times.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
I've been to KC several times and have eaten at Arthur Bryants
and a few other places that the locals took me to. Personally I didn’t care for the KC BBQ. IMO there are a half dozen places within 30 miles of Austin that are better.
But, I’m sure some of it is regional bias.
Did you go to the one in the ghetto?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
One of my great regrets is I never got to go to the Salt Lick which I always heard great things about.
The irony being the new one at 360 and 2222 opened up like a year after I left and that’s where I lived :(. Sads.
Salt Lick is good and has a great atmosphere
But it doesn’t even crack the top BBQ 10 places in Central Texas.
Off the top of my head an in no order
Franklins
Coopers (Llano)
Kreuz
City Meat Market (Lulling)
Smitty’s
Snow’s
Thanks
Now I have a TODO list next time I am in the area. Sadly, probably won’t be for a while let, but we have a lot of friends to visit…
The tough thing about most of these places
Is that they make a certain amount each day and when they run out, that’s it. Have missed getting food at these places over a dozen times. If you go, get in line early.
Right
Learned some tough lessons in Texas. Gotta go grub early….
One of my favorite things about Arthur Bryant’s is that you can bring any meat in and they’ll smoke it for you.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
But Arthur loves to smoke my sausage
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
The teacher from Hogwarts?! :)
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I've been to Salt Lick
pretty good ribs and sausage…brisket was so so.
But still…sauce is an afterthought in Texas. I wish they cared more
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Yah, I can't take too much sauce
so that’s why I like Texas style better
St Louis style they drown the food, it’s way over the top
St Louis BBQ? horrible
St Louis pizza? garbage
St Louis toasted ravioli? completed overrated
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, to all.
St Louis actually has good food. (A lot of places that feature local produce and stuff that’s very good). But all of the touristy type stuff is awful.
The worst is the pizza. I can’t imagine a worse punishment than putting “Provel” on a perfectly otherwise decent pizza.
If you’re ever in the area try out “The Good Pie” (traditional neopoli or whatever pizza) or “Pi” (San Fran-style cornmeal cracker crust, or a deep dish that is almost as good as Zachary’s and is called “The Berkeley”).
Wait a minute, and person familiar with St Louis knows about Zachary’s in Berkeley!?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
I grew up in Berkeley
Unless you mean the owner of Pi. He grew up in St Louis but was in San Francisco for a while before coming back.
Also (true story) he served Barak Obama pizza when he came for the big Arch rally prior to the 08 election. Obama liked it so much he flew the owner and some pizza out to Washington sometime later.
Grew up in Berkeley and went to Texas? Which side are you on I NEED TO KNOW!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Haven't you been reading any of the non-food posts???
Also, I didn’t ‘go’ to Texas, I ‘lived’ in Texas. My wife did go to UT Law though… I think there might be some words in our household on the 29th.
/scrolls up
YAY GO BEARS!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Sauce only exists to drown the shame of having made shitty meat.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
As an aside, as much as I love BBQ...
I’d trade any BBQ right now for some migas from Trudys
And the wait
If we show up and there is less than an hour we are disappointed.
Also, it is bring your own beer.
the BYOB was a nice touch
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
…the wait? Can you elaborate a little?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Arthur Bryant's beef and pork
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, that looks good...
I can feel my arteries hardening!
Mine are already clogged with both BBQ fat/grease and irrational hatred of Mack Brown!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Well said sir,
If Mack goes 5-7 again I predict a lot of folks in Austin will feel the same.
Curious - I've found that most Californians think BBQ is pecante sauce.
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That hurts
Tri tip is the most awesome cut of grilling meat ever.
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by secret ASian man on Dec 9, 2011 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
It becomes more palatable
if you compare it to steak rather than brisket. When cooked medium-rare, tri-tip is alright.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 10, 2011 1:22 AM PST up reply actions
Grilling, not smoking.
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by secret ASian man on Dec 12, 2011 6:06 AM PST up reply actions
I lived in Austin for 1 1/2 years and El Paso for 6
(And before you ask, YES, I liked El Paso, a lot. I know)
So, I know what real Mexican food is… AND what Tex Mex is. And I like them both thank-you-very-much.
(Oh yeah, New Mexican food as well… I’ll be getting some of that when we visit Las Cruces to visit the in-laws later in the month).
Texas BBQ isn’t that good. It’s basically just meat and sweet ketchup.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Wrong
Texas BBQ is not ketchup based. You’re thinking of something more Southern (or St Louis style, ugh).
yeah the last time I had it it was definitely just like…smoked meat with overly sweet bbq sauce with ketchup in it. you could totally taste the ketchup. either way, Texas bbq just isn’t that good. color me unimpressed!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Well, spazzy, then you know nothing about BBQ sauce
ALL BBQ has a basis in ketchup!
1/2 cup dark brown sugar , firmly packed
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
2 teaspoons sage
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon garlic granules
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 (32 ounce) bottle ketchup
This is the way I make it at my tailgates.
And this is what won 1st place in competition.
Come see me when you have tried it.
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yeah I think I had something like that, very similar. it was really gross, just really dry, not much flavor, just kind of sweet gross bbq sauce. but the guy who made it definitely was from Texas, and he said it was authentic Texas bbq.
I guess it’s just not for everyone? I think most unadulterated meats, like a nice NY steak with a little salt and pepper, are much better, imo. Texas bbq is just a way to disguise badly cooked meat with sweet sauce. but hey that’s just me maybe.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
LOL - Well, Spazzy, I think you be a little predjudiced. It had the word TEXAS attached to it so you thought it had to be bad!
I see what you did here. :-)
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that’s odd, the texas bbq places i’ve went didn’t serve sauce.
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right my main complaint is they don’t put enough love into their sauce…and prefer just dryer meats with minimal sauce.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, Spazzy
The mods said no personal attacks!
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My fave sauces
Arthur Bryant’s Sweet Heat and Gate Original
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
will your pro-KC bbq never cease?
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I was done until these Texas folk tried to start hyping Texas BBQ
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
i love it, tbh. gotta have pride in your meat.
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That's because we INVENTED BBQ and don't even get me started on TexMex.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
I’m not sure I believe in “invented” it but you sure as hell didn’t perfect it!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Get real, everyone knows the first BBQ was in Oklahoma.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
You do know that Oklahoma was part of Texas once, don't you?
Besides, your assertion is as inaccurate as you claiming you have had BBQ sauce like mine.
It is also as inaccurate as you making a blanket condemnation of ALL Texas BBQ because you ate some made from a dude claiming to be a Texan. Thank God he wasn’t from Bosnia.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Alaska was part of Russia…?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Good point, Bosnians make the best bbq!
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St. Petersburg was once Leningrad. Leningrad was once Petrograd. Petrograd was once St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg was once Leningrad.
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hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
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Toledo was once a contested piece of land.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I think ours was going to be “Here’s to the Night” until people reminded the administration that it’s about a one-night stand.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
We actually didn’t go to prom because we were way too cool for it, or maybe because we were way too creepy and weird, and we made cookies with our mom that night instead, and by cookies we mean chocolate chip cookies.
WE ARE THE 0%
Couldn’t get a date, huh?
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I think I only went to two high school dances with a date, and neither was prom.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
Not good at boys.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
We’ve noticed.
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Too bitchy?
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Aww Twist, you could never be too bitchy!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s not bicker!
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But it brings all the boys to the yard!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 7:24 PM PST up reply actions
Your bicker brings all the boys to the yard?
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Only if I bicker with you!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
I’m a married man, please stop bickering with me!!!!!!
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It’s not a sexual bicker!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
SOMEBODY IS TOUCHING ME! WHO IS TOUCHING ME?!?!?! STOP TOUCHING ME!!
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Don't be silly
No one is touching you
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
Just measuring his bite, right?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
You know, everett and jones sauce is pretty good.
Their actual barbecue is overrated.
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by secret ASian man on Dec 9, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
It has been a refreshing change of pace,
to engage in debate with such an intelligent fanbase. Our typical internet dialogue with either Aggie or Sooner fans is rarely this pleasant or humorous, and usually devolves into crude characterizations of animal husbandry and fornication, though not necessarily in that order.
Besides, ya’’ll folks can spell! Many Aggies and Okies are challenged in this area of expression.
Flattery will get you EVERYWHERE with me, bevosteve67!
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I’m so alone.
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Hold me
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Ask a lot of Horns fans,
and we thought the idea of joining the Pac – 10 or 12 would have been really cool.
Whew, thanks for clarifying. Thread took a strange 'twist' just there...
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
strange ‘twist’
Redundant phrase is redundant.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
most Pac fans thought it would have been cool too
not sure it was ever seriously considered though, the agendas on both sides were pretty exclusive
I know...
Maybe in a few more years. I’ve got my fingers crossed.
I dunno, I think for the P16 to become a reality the Longhorn Network would have to fail pretty spectacularly
I can’t imagine you want that?
If the LHN succeeds, Texas gets its cake and gets to eat it to. Why join the Pac?
I dunno, I think for the P16 to become a reality the Longhorn Network would have to fail pretty spectacularly
Not necessarily.
If getting the Horns into the Pac-Whatever, with relative media rights parity, is Larry Scott’s ultimate goal, I think he should have called our bluff and invited OU and OSU into the conference without us. I personally think we would have had no choice but move west regardless of the LHN.
(Yes, I know, it wasn’t Scott’s call to make. Youknowwhatimean.)
Agree w/ Hopkins Horn...
If OU and Okie St go west, I think we follow. Lucky for Baylor and TCU that scenario didn’t play out.
Don't want it to fail spectacularly,
but I wouldn’t mind it if it got tweaked, maybe a regional co-network with Tech or TCU. Right now with our state legislature cutting higher-ed funding to the bone (something you folks are all too aware of firsthand) it’s hard to walk away from a guaranteed 10+ million – a large chunk of that is going directly to the school for academics.
As for the LHN itself, we still can’t get it on the major local vendors – so I can’t miss what I’ve never had.
Gazing into my crystal ball, I think it will need to fold into some type of regional partnership to be ultimately successful.
My dayjob (which I am neglecting most alarmingly),
primarily tasks me with convincing ex-clients from suing my company. So I have some experience in diplomacy, or as I like to call it, BS.
My dayjob
Is posting on internet forums. I want a raise for my diligence and excessive comment count!
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I will happily call your boss and let him know you're
doing a helluva job. Spending other people’s money is something even my bosses will approve of.
I think my boss is on a hookers and blow binge right now, but you can leave a message with my intern!
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with a benefit package like that,
who do I send my resume to?
The prestigious law firm of Dewey, Screwem, And Howe is currently hiring!
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Unfortunately,
that is my current employer.
husbandry ...
Outstanding. What would a college football threa be without a mention of husbandry.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 9, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
If you had to bet your life savings...
…on the proposition of which team (Texas or Cal) is more likely to return to the Rose Bowl game first from this point forward, who would you bet on?
Easy, Texas...
That way, when Cal made it, I could die from the sheer joy of knowing it happened, and if Texas made it, I could buy a nice bulldozer to run through the crowd with.
by CalBeer on Dec 9, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
No offense, but you misspelled that word.
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No offense, but Beyonce…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll tell you when you’re older.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
No offense, but I know what you love.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
No offense, but you are a maroon.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
You forgot an answer.
Your strength of schedule. Texas played teams with a combined positive winning record. Cal had a strength of schedule made of teams that altogether went even. That’s the difference that caused the computers to like Texas better and therefore ranked UT better.
TEXAS FIGHT
I made the assertion earlier in the thread, and no I don't have a nice link for it
…but the computers also liked Texas better because Strength of Schedule was removed in the BCS computations for the first time that year, in a (pathetic) effort to make teams not want to run up the score. (Yeah, that worked really well, didn’t it).
It’s easily demonstrable with Saragin (see my post up above) but it would be much harder to track down the entire set of computer rankings for the full picture.
a (pathetic) effort to make teams not want to run up the score. (Yeah, that worked really well, didn’t it).
We’re still crying about 2008. I’ll always remember wanting to throw something at my TV when Musburger started advocating, late in the season, that voters take margin of victory into consideration.
I must have missed that in the middle of our mediocre season.
I hate supposedly unbiased media advocating like that; Bob Davie is a bad word around these parts from 2004 for that very reason.
What was Davie saying?
I get MOV victory to a certain extent, but there’s a point at which it doesn’t really matter when teams like Texas and OU in 2008 were both beating the crap out of people (I don’t think either team had a “close” loss all season) yet OU’s style of play meant they won games by a larger margin.
You’d never see the same thing in basketball, for example — arguing that a very offensive-oriented team is better than a better balanced team because it wins by 20 on average (100-80) and the other wins by 15 (60-45).
Davie blathered on and on about how we weren't impressive enough playing at Southern Miss
By that time I think many Cal fans could see the writing on the wall, so it was extra especially frustrating.
If we’re going to talk computer rankings, the fact that Jeff Saragin considers his “PREDICTOR” (which does include scoring margin) to be more accurate in predicting future outcomes than his “ELO CHESS” model is very relevant.
That’s why I find it hard to swallow an argument that the computers are better than the human voters when we KNOW that we’re choosing inferior computer rankings, for PC reasons.
While I think the computers should definitely be allowed to consider margin of victory (after all, voters do, implicitly) actually urging voters to consider it is just as abhorrent as what Davie was doing, to me.
you rang?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
That may be the most beautiful thing
i have ever seen in my life. And I watch Top Gear religiously on BBC America.
Favorite Top Gear moment?
Mine is Jeremy driving the “lorrie” when he says, “Lorrie driving IS hard. You have to shift, shift again, shift, murder a prostitute, shift, shift again, murder a prostitute, shift.”
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Sigh
It’s kinda of sad that you don’t get the point of this article, Darklust. This isn’t even about who deserved to go at all. The only point is why it was so important to us.
To carry the metaphor a little further, we’re trying to break up with you in the nicest way possible, and you just want to be as nasty as possible, burn all my clothes, drown the cat, destroy the apartment, key my car. Why?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
drown the cat
Because he has to do at least one good thing in life!
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I hate you.
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I've seen this on Dog The Bounty Hunter - my wife's favorite program (she IS from Waco, you know)
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Since when did they start putting bacon on brisket? I've been in Michigan 25 years.
I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize
I just made that myself…first time I ever tried making it in the oven as opposed to smoking it. The bacon was actually incredible and kept everything juicy
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
I firmly believe, like Homer Simpson,
that you can (and should) put bacon on everything. It is my life’s ambition to experience chocolate covered bacon before I die – which will probably be soon after.
Whole foods sells chocolate covered bacon candy bars....knock yourself out
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by MeatchickenHorn on Dec 9, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you MCH, I thought
I’d have to go to the State Fair in Dallas next year.
Why would you ever go to Whole Foods when you have Central Market?
God I miss Central Market
love Central Market, respect the hell out of Whole Foods,
but the HEB is closer than either of them.
HEB for the normal stuff
Central Market for the awesome stuff.
HEB is Henry Edward BUTT, awesome.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Humphry Slocum, in the Mission in SF, has awesome bacon peanut butter brittle.
And I agree with BevoStevo….bacon rules.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Bacon infused Vodka!! makes the best bloody marias.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
It was cold and the Chiefs were on TV!
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I wish everyone would start posting in photos - I can't read this fast and I am getting carpel tunnel!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
I can’t read this fast
And this my friends, is the difference between Cal grads and Texas grads.
by hunger on Dec 9, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'd have been disappointed in you
if you hadn’t gone for the kill. It was pretty low hanging fruit. On the other hand, if we were Aggies, Snide would have written " I cant read" instead.
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I think the thing I’m most disappointed in is how terribly unclever Texas fan humor is. It’s even worse than the Oregon people, and they’re pretty stupid. Really? We’re hippies? We smoke pot? Never heard that one before! Come on Texas you can do better than 2nd grade level humor!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
To be fair, we spent half the thread making fun of Texans for being dumb and backwards…
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Needs moar “FUCK MACK BROWN!”
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
i don’t know — i though this was pretty clever.
So Cal, you are 100% right in being pissed, but I also believe we were right as well. Unfortunately we were both starving men fighting over the same cookie. So you are the skinny nerd in high school that never got the babes and had a chance with the drunken, divorced prom queen at the 20 year reunion. Well, we were the star quarterback that had grown fat and bald, and had to have someone cover his shift at the bus company and borrow $30 just to make it to the reunion. We can argue over which is more pathetic, but it’s pretty much a draw.
Well, I'm not really sure that "tie-dyed" is the best
fashion decision. And bear in mind this is coming from someone who’s wardrobe is mostly burnt orange.
OH ZING A TIE-DYE JOKE ZING ZANG ZING
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Berkeley? More like BERZERKELEY AMIRITE FOLKS
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Berkeley? More like UC Cal Hippy City Erkeley LOLOLOLOL
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Removes 3 piece tie dye suit
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Wasn't wearing a suit in the first place!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, we’ve heard those lame jokes a million times, whereas this is their first real opportunity to trot them out. We do get to retaliate with hick jokes though!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
Were there even hippies yet back then?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Beatnicks.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Why would you want to do that to him?
Beatnik.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Because he is an appeaser!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
You’re engaging with me! Oh yay we are best of friends once again!
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Why are you like this?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
For once, can’t you just go with it?
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
Play some mood music, at least.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
So that you can attack me when my back is turned? Very clever.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Now them's fighting words...
but, the Avocado is a beautiful thing – especially with Bacon!
Stop screwing everything up with non-bacon vegetarian alternatives!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Fine then, I’ll take my onions, lime, cilantro, chiles, and spice back!
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...We might have to compromise here. (Though you can keep the spices--I'm very minimalist when it comes to making salsa or guacamole.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Yes to salt, no to pepper or chili powder. That's what the actual chiles are for.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
what kind of chiles? serranos aren’t spicy enough and habaneros are super expensive
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I'm not crazy about my salsa/guac being extremely spicy so I stick with a mix of jalapenos (for body) and serranos (for spiciness).
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
oh i love my guac being spicy. i use chili powder because too many peppers can make it a bit too acidic.
i also use a lot of lemon (or lime) juice. i LOVE lemon juice in my guac!
Deposed (and recently graduated!) #1 Indian
I refuse to use lemon juice for reasons that I have no idea how to articulate, but lime juice is essential.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
AGREED
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
I put Sriracha in my guac!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Yo dawg
I heard you like Sriracha so we put Sriracha in your Sriracha so you can eat spicy food while you eat spicy food.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Really? Condescending ellipsis re: Sriracha!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
that sounds interesting, actually.
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 9, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
If I don’t have gloves, I don’t cut hot peppers. Burns when I take out my contacts :(
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
YOU CAN’T MAKE MEEEEEEEE
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, right - throw condescending ellipsis at me just because I went to Texas.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
But what are your thoughts on Sriracha, Snide Aside?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Wait, wasn’t that RHCP?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
I love Sriracha.
But why in Guac? I’m all for fusion, but don’t mix a Thai hot sauce in Guac.
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Don’t knock it til you try it! I actually use the garlic paste they make, not the straight up squeeze-bottle Sriracha.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Ohioans find me exotic!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
That seems like a backhanded compliment.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Or a forehand
I mean…I get to hear about how they just graduated from law school…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
That doesn’t sound like much fun.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Almost as fun as sleeping on a burning couch.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 6:27 PM PST up reply actions
It doesn’t really sound like you’re all for fusion.
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Low hanging fruit and all that.
It’s difficult making fun of Cal-Berkely, you guys have a kick ass academic reputation and your campus served as the location for one of the best movies of the last 50 years – and a pretty good soundtrack by Mssr’s Simon and Garfunkel. About the only thing I can think of to really ridicule you for is letting John Yoo on your Law School faculty – and after 8 years of Shrub, let’s just call it even, shall we?
by bevosteve67 on Dec 9, 2011 3:08 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Lots to make fun of
Dumpster Muffin throwing feces at officers in protest of our stadium upgrades
Mr Happy Happy blathering about god knows what
Running Wolf demanding that our campus be a safe haven for all illegal immigrants
The fact that Rishi and Twist went there….
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
That we call landscaping “Ancient Groves”
That an idiot named Dumpster Muffin and Running Wolfe could hold up our stadium construction for more than a year.
That we can’t do the frickin’ CAL HAKKA because of political correctness..
Political Correctness
That I managed to weasel my way in lo so many years ago…
That an idiot named Dumpster Muffin and Running Wolfe could hold up our stadium construction for more than a year.
There are a lot of CGB posts in the archives pointing out that they were a side show to the real reason the trees weren’t cut down, which had everything to do with the various lawsuits from the local organizations.
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Maybe it’s me but
various lawsuits from the local organizations invoking their legal rights and due process held up construction of our stadium for over a year
doesn’t sounds quite as mocking worthy as
That an idiot named Dumpster Muffin and Running Wolfe could hold up our stadium construction for more than a year.
It’s true. Sec119 is accurate in stating that the preliminary injunction from the Court was the true culprit and the treesitters didn’t have that much to do.
That said, tree sitters thing is much more mockable.
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I read the NYTimes interview of John Yoo, and he was actually kind of funny. Mark Yudof, on the other hand, just came off sounding like the jackalope that he is.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
John Yoo is not doubt an intelligent guy, whatever you thing of the Bush Administration.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
But I think he took it out of the original packaging.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Did it come with a handy Mission Accomplished banner?
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
“OK! So we takes the money you have on you, and… we call shit even!”
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
John Yoo in general got blamed for a lot of shit that he should not have been blamed for.
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
No U?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Yeah, it’s not like he did the actual torturing himself!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Been a pleasure chatting with you all, but
I must leave. Quitting time here in Longhorn nation. Hears to a great Holiday Bowl, may it be exciting, may there be no injuries, and may UT end up with a win!
Is it bad that I’m rooting for a Mack Brown shredded knee injury like JoePa or Weis or Sean Payton?
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Dec 9, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
not at all, i root for the same to happen to maynard, the Tool. he looks like an alien
btw, maynard, Tool anyone, anyone.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
His brother is named Keenan! WTF, right!??!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
LOL, any James on the team? trifecta?
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
About Mack Brown
Texas dropped something like .007 the week after he “whined.” It was the mediocre Southern Miss game that gave us the edge.
by vinceyoungismyhero on Dec 9, 2011 3:21 PM PST reply actions
HERE WE GO AGGAAAIIINNNN!
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
CAL fans prefer DUBSTEP anyway...
Urban Dictionary defines DUBSTEP as, “A genre which is filthier than fingering your sister and finding your Dad’s wedding ring…”
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Actually
We get hyphy.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
we get crunk.... wait you are a buckeye, you just get drunk and burn couches on your porch
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
interesting, thought crunk was southern and that longhorns don’t like to be called southerners.
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--Thoroughbred
hmmm..... those are Austin folks. Texans are southerners, it is what it is.
GET CRUNK!!! where is my cough med, jolly rancher and codeine damn it!!
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
/chops and screws hornyaustinite's post
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
If you would kindly refer to our DBD...
…I already informed everyone of the outlawing of porch couches.
/snooty voice
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
so it is just get drunk, cornhole, and hyphy?
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand all these couchfire references.
Can someone please atoms for me?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
We riot in Columbus
Win, lose, it’s a riot. We’re particularly famous for setting couches on fire; to prevent this, city ordinance now dictates that couches cannot be on porches.
Cornhole = a beanbag game whose name always makes me chuckle.
Hyphy = a Yay thing
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
you know what they say about The Ohio State fans???
They are a riot.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
NICE!
Rooting for Cal and Ohio State, hating Florida and Texas…it’s 2006 all over again!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
you can not hate Florida anymore, it gave birth to your new coach
besides, knowing Urb, he is going yo pick up a few Florida guys for speed…
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
I hate Urban Meyer
Don’t get me wrong; I hope he brings good tidings to my team, but I find the man disingenuous.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
Then, why did you write a book called “Why I Love Urban Meyer: The Man is Ingenuous”???
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--Thoroughbred
I was younger...
…oh wait, I still am.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
i htought that was DJ Tiesto
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
pqtm
Nothing to worry about, it's not like I've learned to open doors or anything.
by RaptorApocalypse on Dec 9, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
This is all new information to me! Go on…
The odds of Cal winning are inversely proportional to the odds of Cal winning.
by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 9, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I'm going to miss the whales. : (
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Agreed.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I know you hate it, but I must leave you lovely people now
Nevermind that you are a bunch of UT hating, Mack Brown hating, condescending (I just learned this word), BBQ screwing up, Califonian hippie, pot smoking, tattoo placing, skin puncturing, politically correct, soccer loving, wine sipping, earthquake luring, bell jingling HIPPIES (I’ve already said this, but it bears repeating).
Have a nice night and be safe on the roads.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Parting is such sweet sorrow!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
have fun, you believing-in-god baby-submerging deluded fat-ass uneducated redneck trash
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Sigh.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Too late, my boy. Too late.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but I am NOT a porn star!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
You left out our cricket fandom!!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Mack Brown sucks.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
fuck mack brown
texas fans start out seemingly clever, but run out of insults from AtQ after they have c+p’d them all
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I would say that people from Texas lack a sense of humor. . . . But they did elect Rick Perry governor. More than once.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity. except for my hilarious comments, of course.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
…can we attribute those to both?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
I blame everywhere but Austin
Have you ever looked at the political map for Texas? It’s all republican except the Austin area.
TEXAS FIGHT
My cousin lives in Austin and actually teaches at your fine institution of higher learning. She assured me that Austin is filled with smart and liberal Texans. Of course, I paid no attention to this, because (after I stopped laughing) I disowned her for having accepted a job teaching at your fine institution of higher learning.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Have you looked at the rankings for Texas
Beats the hell out of 99% of the colleges in the country. If your cousin teaches in the business, engineering, law, or even English departments, they’re all highly ranked.
Too often people just look at it and smart off about how any UT fan must automatically be some hick idiot that is also republican (the things I’ve had people say to me at parties for wearing a Texas sweatshirt…). You can pretty much take it for granted that Aggies will fit that description fairly frequently though.
TEXAS FIGHT
Dude, I didn’t really disown my cousin. I am quite proud of her for getting such a great job. My comment is what is known in this parts as “a joke.” Or, sometimes, “pulling your leg.” Or even, “kidding around.”
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
English department, BTW.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
SHHHHHHHHH! They’re very sensitive, Dr. K.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Don’t worry – I typed my comment in English!
Old Toothwrangler
by Kodiak on Dec 9, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
amazing that you are offended by blanket judgments when your comarades take glee in calling us hippies…get a sense of humor
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
by GoldBlooded on Dec 12, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Us calling you hippies is the same as you calling us rednecks.
Both sides know it’s a completely overdone generalization, but it’s just so much fun we can’t possibly resist.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Proves we have a sense of humor, too.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Nancy Pelosi
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While nothing, and i mean nothing, can come close to the Boxer / Pelosi axis of witchiness, you have your Tom Delays (and that’s from the rarest of rare, a Berkeley / CGB Republican)
Nancy Pelosi
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I fI say her name 3 times in a row, I think that Biggie Smalls comes back to life
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<3 Nancy P. I met her daughter recently.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
What has Nancy Pelosi’s daughter done that it so terrible?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
you're thinking of this guy
…and it’s not just a partisan thing. I think Boehner is a relatively decent sort, FWIW.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
try as you might, that’s not even close. I already gave you Delay. He’s heinous. There are others. But none of those mitigate how bad Nancy Pelosi is or that she is most definitely a personification of what’s wrong with politics. She is a loathsome person.
Well, I believe that McConnell is a key figure in the furthering ruination of our political system. His imposition of the permanent 60-vote Senate is probably the single most anti-democratic (small d democratic, as in democracy and majority rule) that has happened in this country for many, many decades.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
As is Pelosi. Vote, then read things. Lies. She is corrupt. She and her husband have made millions of dollars due to insider trading that would be illegal if anyone outside of congress had done it.. Neither are favorites of mine… but one is invoking a right of the senate (which by the way the Democrats (big D) brought in vogue in trying to filibuster all of Bush’s judicial nominees) while the other if furthering an ethos of corruption. As far as I am concerned the latter is worse. And made worse so by the phenomenal shrillness of her personality and the contempt with which she treats people who dare to disagree with her. She’s a nasty, vile person.
Really? Insider trading is your worst complaint? Something that is a widespread bipartisan phenomenon and is not explicitly illegal (though it is deplorable and should be?). Obviously, she’s not a saint, but nobody on Capitol Hill is, and policy-wise, I’m quite happy with her work as speaker. And frankly, I think the “phenomenal shrillness of her personality” that bothers you is largely due to the fact that you disagree with her political views. She’s partisan, but then she’s in the leadership of her party, so that goes with the territory.
This whole “right of the senate” and “Democrats started it” stuff regarding the filibuster is a silly point though. For the Bush era judicial nominations, we had a “Gang of 14” to resolve it and come to a compromise. There’s nothing like that now, and we’re not just talking about a handful of judicial nominations. Now, every single item that comes to the senate is de facto filibustered, which is a complete departure from the past. And when I say every item, I’m not exaggerating, it’s EVERYTHING. Every bill, every nomination. It’s reached the level where you can legitimately argue that Republicans are engaging in wholesale nullification.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 11, 2011 10:08 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Also, the Republicans were doing it to Clinton before the Democrats started doing it to Bush before the Republicans started doing it to Obama.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Sigh.
My bad for responding to a political remark. I know not to do that on here. I would have thought someone who does something you think is deplorable and should be illegal, even if everyone else does it, would eliminate that person from <3 status for you. I thought wrong.
Aw, sorry you regret responding. Anyway, it’s all relative, man. I’m saying it’s not like she’s Gandhi or anything (also quite a flawed figure, for what it’s worth)… It’s not like I consider her a personal hero of mine on any level, but as far as Speakers go, she did a good job from my perspective. She was a strong leader on issues that I feel strongly about, and I don’t think she was especially corrupt. This insider trading business you bring up can apply just as broadly to many Republicans, including John Boehner and Eric Cantor for example. But that bothers me less than the policies, legislation, and legislative practices they espouse.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 11, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Some men find a powerful woman a threat.
by paleodan on Dec 11, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I love these football blogs wereby we get political.
I, by-the-way, am totally against a democracy!
Give me a republic anytime.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY 4 LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!
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entomology of politics...
poli- meaning many
-tics meaning blood suckers
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 11, 2011 8:10 AM PST up reply actions
Ahh, I see what you did there…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 11, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I heard the delightful Ann Richards deliver that line many years ago. I don’t know if it was original to her.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Republic
a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Can you say Moonbeam?
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
You guys all passed on Arnold? You really need to work on your material.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Arnold would be a huge step up for them.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Not in the humor department. These guys are trying to make Jerry Brown jokes, when they have Arnold Schwarzenegger available. Very poor play selection.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Trust me. I know what I had to play with. I willingly chose Brown.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 10, 2011 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
So did the people of California!!!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
Plus they chose Arnold ... that's two in a row.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
…and yet they compare quite favorably to the last two Texas governors.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 9:53 PM PST up reply actions
Not even close
The Texas economy is humming right along – how’s things in Cali?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
…and that has to do with the personal characteristics of the governor exactly HOW?
We had a huge housing crisis in California, and you didn’t in Texas. The reason? Your housing sector is a lot more regulated.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 11, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Also, EVERYBODY wanted to move to California!
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Twist is right
See: Grapes of Wrath
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 11, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
and here i thought CAL grads were inteligent and well spoken..
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Fool you once, shame on — shame on us. Fool you — you can’t get fooled again.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
aaahhhh George. great comedic material he did deliver.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
btw, George is from the east coast, not Texas. just in case.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
just a product of aTexas education then?
[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 Dec 9, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
nope. come on CAL grad... know your president's history much?
Stanford grads should love this and use it to their advantage:
he is YALE and HARVARD grad.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
dood
he was Texas public schooled through 7th grade. lol, how embarrassing for you as a Texan. ;)
[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 Dec 9, 2011 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
LOL. if you are going to get persnickety....
he also spent two more years at a private school in Houston and then up to Mass for two more, head cheerleader (should of went to ATM instead)
regardless, his amazing education got him into Harvard and Yale (or as bush would say i went to Y’ALL) i meant his dad got him into Harvard and Yale.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
head cheerleader
*snicker
[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 Dec 9, 2011 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
“Well, the Longhorns won’t go to the Rose bowl this year. But there is always the Fiesta bowl, the Cotton Bowl, or God Forbid….. the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl….. ugh.”
[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 Dec 9, 2011 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
King of the hill is truly one of the greatest shows of our time...
rest in peace brittany Murphy
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
If I’m going to get persnickety, I’ll point out that it’s should have, not “should of”
…but I won’t!!! :)
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
WHAT!? Impossible! He’s so down-to-earth, so homegrown. How could he possibly be from snooty New England!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
nope, Connecticut.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
BUT HE HAD A RANCH!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
So much more approachable than bleu cheese.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 7:45 PM PST up reply actions
Freedom dressing!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Mussolini would have made it arrive on time!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
I'm guessing you've never used the Italian postal service..
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 10, 2011 1:30 AM PST up reply actions
I'll believe it when I develop the means for time travel and see it.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 10, 2011 1:36 AM PST up reply actions
I'm gonna haul ass to Lollapalooza!!
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To the Midwest!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a reference to the family’s reaction.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Guess I should dampen my enthusiasm…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
Like a wet sponge.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Soggy mess
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds clean. You hate lean
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Calling all Santa Cruz friends!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
I love this so FUCKING much right now
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Cal fans are like this
but Texas fans are like this
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by norcalnick on Dec 9, 2011 8:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You're right!
We’re soooo lame!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
After all this hatred to Mack and Texas...
shouldn’t y’all really be mad at the dumb@rsses in the coaches poll and the AP that switched their votes. Mack just pleaded a case. no one had to listen.
direct your hatred at the right people, not one person.
it is like getting pissed at the lawyer when someone gets off in a trial by jury… really? blame the jury. Lawyer just doing his job…
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
You know they switched their votes the other way right?
It wasn’t until the week after where they barely squeaked out a win that the coaches switched their votes to go Texas’ way.
TEXAS FIGHT
Is there any place I can find out more information about this stunning turn of events???
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My Golden Bears may not win this game, but at least I can say this: thank gawd I don’t live in TexAss!
The-step-on-your-tongue-face-plant maneuver: I invented it! (patent pending)
i agree, thank god you dont live in Texas.
how is that Berkley air?
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 9, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
I hear it's fresh from the ocean breezes
I wouldn’t know, the closest I’ve been is Oakland airport.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Gorgeous. Fresh. The Berkland corridor has some of the best weather in the world.
Now, if itd just stop yelling at us!
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Berkeley.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
by CalBear81 on Dec 9, 2011 7:43 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Thank you
Can instantly tell someone who actually knows Berkeley with one glance.
by HelloBowlesHall on Dec 9, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
As someone who went to John Hopkins undergard, I can appreciate this.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 10, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
They do exist...
Did you read my comment, or did you merely see that it disagreed and begin composing your response immediately? by BrooklynHorn
by run Bevo run on Dec 13, 2011 6:53 AM PST up reply actions
Dude, Man, I’m really sorry about those 52 (or whatever it’s been) lost years, but you really weren’t ready to play Michigan in the ‘04, as you so clearly saw re. the results of your dust up with Texas Tech. So just get over it, ok. Play nice and be prepared to get your ass kicked yet again. But, if I do make it out to San Diego, let’s have a beer at the tailgate beforehand. We (many, but not all of us) are hippies too (Austin variety) and might have more in common than you imagine.
As I've heard many times
It’s like Texas and the country shook itself and everything loose landed in Austin. Just gotta love keeping Austin weird.
TEXAS FIGHT
but you really weren’t ready to play Michigan in the ‘04, as you so clearly saw re. the results of your dust up with Texas Tech.
lol, CLEARLY!!!!
Play nice and be prepared to get your ass kicked yet again.
We’re prepared to bend over… and fart in your general direction.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
We wave our private parts at your aunty's
and call your silly, knees bent running about behaviour a silly thing.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
How many of you realize that Texas dropped in the human polls
the week after his asking people to consider their votes? Instead of blaming Mack, shouldn’t you be thanking him?
TEXAS FIGHT
…no, I’m pretty sure we shouldn’t be thanking Mack Brown.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
I know who is to blame!
Didn’t the Rose Bowl selection committee have the right to CHOOSE who they wanted playing in their game?
I don’t think they were bound by any legal clause that said they had to pick the higher ranked team in the ending BCS poll. Therefore, they easily could have said Cal was good enough for them. And, you know what, they should have, in my opinion. Here’s why.
The Rose Bowl is often sighted as the one major bowl that is a hold up to any playoff solution – and tradition is a word that gets thrown about.
Okay, FINE. So, why not uphold tradition and select Cal as your choice. I mean, historically, the bowl is the Pac 10 vs. Big 10. They would have had that. Cal was a fine choice.
Instead, the goddam selection committee screwed it’s own bread and butter, a Pac10 team, in order to go on some escapade with an out of conference invader.
I will always hate the Rose Bowl selection committee for this act of betrayal!!!!!
Didn’t the Rose Bowl selection committee have the right to CHOOSE who they wanted playing in their game?
No.
Not 100% true.
The Rose Bowl had the choice of Texas, Utah, Pittsburgh, or Virginia Tech.
Right. Cal was only eligible for the Rose Bowl if it finished fourth or higher in the polls that year. The same was true for Texas. This is because (1) there were only four BCS bowls at that time, so only eight slots were available; (2) six of those eight slots were taken by automatic bids to the champions of the six BCS conferences; (3) Utah was guaranteed the seventh slot, even though it was ranked lower than Cal and Texas, because it was a team from a non-BCS conference that finished in the top 8 (I think it was top 8, might have been top 6, I don’t remember); and (4) teams that finished in the top four were guaranteed a BCS bid, so that meant that whoever finished fourth got that eighth and final bid.
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Yeah. If Cal had been eligible, they would’ve picked Cal. End of story.
Since Texas took Cal’s spot, Texas went by default.
by Avinash Kunnath on Dec 9, 2011 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
Scathing indictment!
“You guys went by default.”
hehe
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
THE TWO SWEETEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
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Hey guys, yknow what. I give in. We’ve got our time long wrong, we didn’t deserve the Rose Bowl, because of losing to Tech, and Texas BBQ Sauce is much better than Kansas City BBQ sauce.
Let’s just shut down CGB right now!
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 7:33 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
This is why I’m excited to play Cal this year. Even the bitchy fans have a sense of self-awareness. Reading this post was painful and really gave me new insight to the Cal perspective. Less championships than Baylor? Ouch. Really.
I welcome your hate and while I’ll be rooting for Texas, part of me will smile if you get your chance to exorcise at least one of your demons. I also hope my fellow Longhorns use this bowl game to make a friend instead of another enemy.
HURRAY! Friendship!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
THAT'S THE SPIRIT
You Texas people need to go all FDR on our asses.
Ya’ll need to be like:
[Cal fans] are unanimous in their hate for me – and I welcome their hatred!
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by atomsareenough on Dec 9, 2011 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
MANHUG!
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Woo Hoo!
Come to my tailgate. Will show you how to BBQ. You like your tofu medium or medium rare?
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Random fun fact
Our tower? 307 feet. Your tower? 307 feet.
!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
Can that possibly be a coincidence?
That is some weird, wild, stuff
(said in his best Dana Carvey impersonating Johnny Carson voice)
hot
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
But what about girth?
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by TwistNHook on Dec 9, 2011 10:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm blown away at what this became
I laughed, I cried, I cringed. Tip of the cap and/or wag of the finger for all of you.
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You guys may never see Cal in the Rose Bowl in your lifetimes...
but you’ll always have this – the best sports blog thread EVER. Now you are complete. You’re welcome. – Texas
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"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
We’ve had better
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Take me by the hand
and show me. Open my eyes to the ultimate expression of what a blog thread can be.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Furthermore
The job market out there must be an incredibly depressing bitch for so many of you to have so much time to languish on these blogs. Unless most of you are tenured professors or on welfare. My excuse is I am retired, I think.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Tough to beat out most of our DBDs, but anyway, here is a thread you might like.
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This one is cool, bc a Utah-BYU flame war came out of nowhere in it.
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Yippee!
Some CGB history between timepoints in lab today!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Here is where the BYU-Utah fight breaks out, I think.
Its funny bc its like the final scene in Orange Kubrick movie where the two chicks are fighting and all the dudes are gathered around in the snow. Except it makes LESS snse than that scene
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Here is our first invasion of AddictedToQuack.
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This is classic. Not to be mean to Texas, but the AtQ guys are more on the game when it comes to Berkeley stereotypes.
I like the detour into commuter schools…
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Meh, I like this one better.
I’m actually suspicious that you only linked to that thread so I’d see that you wrote a very impressive article. Fine! You win. Well done.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
I linked to 3 posts that show our interactions with other Pac-12 schools. I thought all 3 of those threads went great and we had great interactions with other Pac-12 schools.
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I can see why those were great threads.
And I was being serious about being impressed by your article, but I had to compliment you by giving you a hard time. Just seems to be the established dynamic.
For the record, I was and remain very excited about the possibility of Texas joining the PAC 12 someday.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
I do nto see it happening, but it would be fun!
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I can dream.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
What do you think the odds are of Texas → Pac-12 compared to Notre Dame → Big-10?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
I think Notre Dame to Big 12-2-2+2 is more likely than Notre Dame to Big 10.
Texas to Pac 12 is not likely unless the LHN tanks and we scrap the whole idea of our own network for the sake of joining a super conerence.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Really? That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. Notre Dame is very much a Midwestern school and would fit in perfectly with the Big Tenwelve.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 11, 2011 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Geographically and traditionally, yes the Big 10 makes more sense.
Money, though, hold the trump card when it comes to driving realignment. There are, ostensibly, some friendly connections betwen ND and Texas in the administration. Also, Notre Dame would be more inclined to go to a conference where the like-powered schools alos happen to be like-minded. Texas and Oklahoma fit that profile. So, if ND came to the Big 12, ND, TX, and OU would hold a concentration of power and all three are schools that want to have control over what they do with their money. The Big10 would likely expect ND to spread the wealth even though none of the other schools are bringing as much to the table.
This is all based on my poor memory of what I’ve read on conference realignment, and it all might be bullshit, but that’s all I have to offer, as I’m too lazy to reread any conf. realignment stuff.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
YOU’RE TRYING TO GET MORE SPITE RECS! YOU BASTARD!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Twist is always trying to get more recs for his articles than I get for mine. And it’s all out of pure spite!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
Ya'll are still at it?
Don’t you ever go to bed?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
I try to never leave bed, actually.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
no pants, no showers, bad at boys, and lazy? Wow! If I wasn’t already married….
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
I do what I can
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Beat Texas!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Hell Yes!
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by CalBandGreat on Dec 9, 2011 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
They love us. They really love us!
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HAHAHAHA I like how Mizzou = meth aggy
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 9, 2011 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
and, that is one of the longest threads I have ever seen – I don’t think anyone works out there.
Most accurate assessment of CGB I’ve ever seen.
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We work! We just also type really, really quickly.
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by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Thought I'd put this down here where noone is likely to read it, thus providing some protection from my fellow Texas fans' wrath.
California beer is better than Texas beer, especially anything from Stone or Lagunitas. Carry on. I wasn’t here.
PS. Shiner is just OK.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Oh, you are busted you dirty, no-good, rotten, sneaking, TRAITOR! :-)
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
So we've established:
Cali beer > Texas Beer
Cali Mex > Tex Mex
Ketchup > Texas BBQ
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by Rishi on Dec 10, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
T-SHIRT!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Ree-She
If Fresno = “The East Coast,” like it does to most of you Calis, then yes, you are correct.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
FresYES = Oklahoma.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
I don't know where you had Texas BBQ,
but it was probably tantamount to me going to a Taco Bell and saying Pace Picante > Cali Mex.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
The only thing that gets you off the hook is that cali fans don't know any more about beer than they do BBQ!
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
I can't provide any evidence,
but I have it on good authority that all those responsible for the good beer coming out of California were born, raised, and trained in Texas. They were extradited and live in exile in California after they were caught playing bongos while huddled in a circle.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
i am the lucky longhorn when it comes to beer. i now live in portland oregon.
unfortunately, i am surrounded by duck fans and no sun.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
But at least you have full nude/full liquor titty bars.
"Fuck DOOOOOM. We prefer BOOOOOM!! - alpha1906
...and the girls are tattooed to the hilt. and unlike berkley girls, up here they shave... their moustaches.
http://www.unionjacksclub.com/
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
enlighten me....
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
ok, i used to live down the street from him when this happened...
it was off of robert e lee near zilker.
anyway, still don’t understand the reference.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
From HookTech:
“but I have it on good authority that all those responsible for the good beer coming out of California were born, raised, and trained in Texas. They were extradited and live in exile in California after they were caught playing bongos while huddled in a circle.”
I was trying to show that Texans are just as likely to succumb to the charms of the bongos.
LOL. thanks for clarifying...
kiki the cat? that cat pick is awesome.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, keep touting lonestar and shiner bock
the world begins and ends at Texas…
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
Shiner es gut. Anchor steam is better.
The first micro brew in the US: Anchor Steam. Brought the whole micro brewing tradition back from the dead. Look it up while you’re out here.
That's interesting becuase while I was visiting two months ago I was told by my brother in law that the place in Kalamazoo Michigan was the first microbrewery.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Yes, I know. Very vague.
I was struggling to remember the name of the place and I couldn’t very well just type into Google “oldest microbrewery in the US” if he was wrong about it, could I? Anyway, my whole point is that I look forward to bursting his bubble about it, as I’m sure you all are right about yours.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
by the way, according to this site (no dog in the race), it’s Anchor Steam…
http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/chronology.shtml
Just found the place. Bell's. Started in 1985.
He must have meant oldest microbrewery in Northern Kalamazoo.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
I actually really like Bell's
Even if I don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan. The Two-Hearted Ale is delicious.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 11, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I had an Oberon.
It was pretty good, but I’ll take a WilcoTangoFoxtrot or an Arrogant Bastard over Oberon any day.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
I like the Arrogant Bastard; will have to check out WilcoTangoFoxtrot!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 11, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Epic thread ...
Glad we we are playing Cal. Looking forward to it. The thought of Cal and our Ags ever hooking up in one of these sort of threads is fun to think about … Oh, boy.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 8:46 AM PST reply actions
how long is your promise in your signature good for? please say two more years....
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Deal ...
Hook ’em.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Indeed ...
It would be the mismatch of the ages in about, oh, a million respects.
I will change my legal name to "I. M. Harsin" if Texas scores on a Statue of Liberty or Hook-and-Ladder vs. OU."
by Distributor of the Football on Dec 10, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I can imagine Cal and the a&m Aggies are about as different as you can get. Rural vs. City folk; Conservative vs. Liberal; Animal abusers vs. PETA; gay-acting homophobes vs. gay-loving hippies; Fascist vs. Socialist; military tropes vs. peaceniks; I’m sure the list could go on.
We played a&m in the Holiday Bowl 2006, but this SBN community didn’t exist back then. The thread for that game would have been very interesting, and probably 3000 comments easily, if the Aggies would troll as much as I think they would.
Funny thing: I know only one guy that went to a&m, and he’s the gayest person that I’ve ever met. From the stereotype, it’s probably a good thing he lives in Los Angeles.
Is it Rick Perry?
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
pqtm :)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 8:05 PM PST up reply actions
These are simple farm folk of which we speak,
who think ‘repartee’ means going to a birthday event twice.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
LOL... never heard that one! you got that copyrighted? or can i use it.
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Good one.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
by CalBandGreat on Dec 10, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Right - most of these fans are good people - some, not so much
Somewhat like our Texas fans.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
thank you for your well informed judgement
after 1 day of observing us, what other ironclad conclusions can you make? We’re so confused, we’d love you to tell us what to think.
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
Don’t forget persnickety.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
you didn
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 11, 2011 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
you didn't request my permission to use persnickety...
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 11, 2011 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
You didn't request atoms' permission to talk about him...
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 11, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Sigh - now I have to look this shit up!
Predicate nominative
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
by Snide Aside on Dec 10, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair
We don’t derisively call you “’59ers” We do like to laugh at Cal’s inability to get to the Rose Bowl, either by the Bears not winning when they needed it or through a confluence of all the events happening that they needed NOT to happen. But we don’t take any pride in it ourselves considering we’ve only gone three times since 1959 ourselves.
We did think Cal was unfairly left out of the Rose Bowl, much less a BCS bowl, in ‘04. That shouldn’t have happened. While we can chuckle at what happened after the bowl lineup was announced that year, Cal should have made it to the Rose Bowl, or failing that, got one of the two at-large bids.
I mean't to ask this question
Doesn’t playing in the PAC mean you would eventually play in the Rose Bowl during the regular season – like SC or something?
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
by Snide Aside on Dec 10, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Different. Playing in the Rose Bowl the venue isn’t the same as playing in the Grand Daddy of them all!
Sidebar: fUCLA’s welcoming cheer is: WELCOME TO THE ROSE BOWL! FUCK SC!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Dec 10, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
lol, 59ers does have kind of a ring to it.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Dec 10, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
We don’t derisively call you "’59ers"
It’s true, you (and the rest of the fine folks at Rule of Tree) don’t – you guys are too nice! It’s more message board fodder, though I actually think it’s a relatively clever insult.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
FiatSlug and I take it personally!
"For eight long years have those lobster backs made you bite the dust. It is your turn now. Make them bite and bite hard. Play, every one of you until you drop in your tracks; and when you can’t play any longer, we’ll put another man in your place. If you are repulsed once, come at them again, harder." - Garrett Cochran, Big Game 1898
i think they misspelled his name, isnt it Slumin, therefore would be Slumin at ATM?
Everyone hates Texas, even though every college team has a player from Texas.
by hornyaustinite on Dec 10, 2011 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Death to Texas
Grew up in Sonoma County rooting for the Longhorns. Loved watching them play Oklahoma on annual trips to eat Aunt Ruby’s blackeyed peas in Independence. Dad was the one family member who lived in Austin and did not root for the Aggies.
Grew up believing that East Texas BBQ is the finest in the world. Even living in eastern North Carolina, I have not changed my mind. (But Flints’ Louisiana ’cue is very, very good.)
Went to Cal like my folks, became a man, found my team. But continued rooting for Texas.
Then 2004 happened.
DEATH TO MACK BROWN.
HATE FOR TEXASS.
Okay, not death.
But pain. Please. Pain.
You see? You were doing just fine until you moved to Cal.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
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