Golden Nuggets: Zach Maynard and Keenan Allen Lead the Bears to an Improbable Overtime Victory
by Berkelium97 on Sep 11, 2011 12:00 PM PDT
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PrintDespite being outperformed in nearly every statistical category, the Bears left Boulder with a win thanks to the brother-to-brother connection of Zach Maynard and Keenan Allen. It wasn't easy and it certainly was not pretty, but it was a win. Here's a sample of what Tedford and Maynard said after the game. Clancy Pendergast, CJ Anderson, Anthony Miller, Marc Anthony, and Steve Williams also spoke. Click the link to see what they had to say.
First up is Coach Tedford:
On Tailback C.J. Anderson
"C.J. did a great job running through the tackles and obviously that big touchdown. Today, he earned some more playing time."
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On What The Win Says About Cal"To go up and then have them go back up and in a seesaw game like that, I still believe our guys are going to make plays. Our guys continued to fight and all the things we talked about, it validates everything that we've been working for and believe in."
On QB Zach Maynard
"He is a passionate person and a passionate competitor. He has guys around him who are also passionate competitors. Everybody today stepped up and made plays. Anthony (Miller) made a big one handed catch in the end zone, Keenan (Allen) made some big catches as well. Guys took turns running the football. We had too many penalties down the stretch, but then even still we fought back. When we were way back in overtime we showed a lot of character."
Zach Maynard made some comments:
On His Thoughts Before The Final Play
"I was thinking touchdown when I saw the defensive back playing tight alignment, and then I just threw the ball up and Keenan (Allen) went and got it."
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On The Performance Of Tyler Hansen And Paul Richardson"Richardson, how many yards did he have? I'd sure like to know, that was ridiculous. The quarterback did very well, he made smart decisions all game."
On The 1st-and-30 play in overtime
"Their coverage was flatfooted, I wanted to throw a strong ball and we came up with it."
After the jump we have the usual assortment of recaps and analysis, volleyball finishes preseason play a perfect 10-0, and we remember the lives of two Bears lost on September 11th.
Remembering the Bears on 9-11
- CalBears.com has stories and video celebrating the lives of Mark Bingham and Brent Woodall.
- Bingham was one of several passengers on flight 93 who tried to thwart the hijacking. He was a member of the championship-winning 1991 Cal rugby team.
- A dual-sport athlete, Brent Woodall was a tight end on the impressive 1990 and 1991 teams and was a closer on the baseball team that reached the College World Series. He was in the South Tower when the first plane hit.
Football
- The Bears received six points in the USA Today poll.
- Both Tyler Hansen and Paul Richardson earned helmet stickers from Ted Miller.
- CalBears.com has a photo gallery from the game.
- Avi updated the game at SB Nation Bay Area, for those who want to recount events; he also put up a summary on Pacific Takes on the Pac-12 season opener that never was.
- Ted Miller recaps the game. While neither team should be pleased with its performance, both can use this game to build some confidence as Pac-12 play nears.
- BearTerritory.net recaps the game. Like Maynard, Tedford knew the game-winning TD was going to happen as soon as the Colorado defense lined up. Fun fact: CJ's touchdown run was on a play called "jazz," or as he likes to call it, "smooth jazz."
- With JO at a wedding Jeff Faraudo admirably filled in recaps the game.
- Crumpacker recaps the game and includes a couple photos. Crumpacker has some notes from the game, including more comments from CJ on "jazz." CJ is especially fond of the play because he ran it often at Laney College.
- CalSportsDigest has a straightforward recap.
- Denver Post recaps the game. Jon Embree was very disappointed with the penalties that killed drives for Colorado and kept several drives alive for Cal. Embree vows to fix the false start penalties this week.
- After yesterday's game, we can add the name Paul Richardson to the list of fantastic Pac-12 receivers.
- CalBears.com has all the stats you'd ever want from the Colorado game.
- Ted Miller predicts a Las Vegas Bowl for the Bears.
- What did we learn in the Pac-12 this week? California has found itself a quarterback.
- The Bears opened the Hilton Garden Inn Classic with a sweep over UT Arlington. Later that day the Bears swept Nevada.
- On day two the Bears opened with a sweep over Sacramento State. The Bears wrapped up the event with a sweep of Georgetown. Non-conference play has come to an end with the Bears having a near-perfect preseason. They are 10-0 and have not yet lost a set.
- Deborah Maier won the 5000-meter race at the Sac State Jamboree. She ran the 5k in 16 minutes, 31 seconds. Fellow Bear Taylor Dutch finished in second with a time of 17:02.
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I’ve been so enthusiastic about both C.J. Anderson and Coleman Edmond for a year now….I’m so glad to see them both performing really well…I do hope CJA does get more snaps…I think once he learns the offense more and gets his blocking down, he’ll be the #1 back…Isi is a valuable player and excellent around the edges but Anderson has that “beast mode” look about him..
this
"It's on the ROOF, oh yeah, one hundred PROOF, oh yeah....."
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Sep 11, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I am also happy about Calvin
He seems to be making some key catches this year.
Not just a 5 yard possession receiver like Loggy, but goes a little deeper than that.
(I still miss Loggy tho)
just saw this on Zach
But it’s adventurous, and thrilling, and more satisfying than anything we’ve seen from a Cal quarterback since Aaron Rodgers.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/10/SPBI1L2OHA.DTL#ixzz1XgDhvMaz
"It's on the ROOF, oh yeah, one hundred PROOF, oh yeah....."
by TKE Prytanis 79 on Sep 11, 2011 2:06 PM PDT reply actions
People keep forgetting, but 2006 Nate Longshore was really good. I really loved his beautiful throws.
But I have to admit, he was not a clutch player. His 4th Quarter TD-INT ratio was awful.
Nate was good before he got hurt in ‘07, but he wasn’t really the kind of QB you get excited about. He made the rote plays very well, very consistently, but he wasn’t the type to make something up when the play breaks down.
I don’t mean this as a huge criticism of Nate — if we had the ‘06/early ’07 version of him for the last couple of seasons, we probably wouldn’t see so much complaining now. But as far as “excitement factor” goes, his was pretty low.
Ted Miller predicts a Sun Bowl for the Bears.
Maybe it’s been revised, but the link now has us at the Las Vegas Bowl, and Washington in the Sun Bowl.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
You're right
I was thinking about how he had us in the Sun Bowl last week when I wrote it. This week we dropped to Vegas.
"Some people watch adult videos on their computer - I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. That’s what gets me going."- Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions head coach
Which doesn’t make a ton of sense to me, because FSU hung in with Nebraska and showed they are legit, and UW played at home, and though Hawaii is a solid team as well, our two wins are more impressive than Washington’s.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't understand it either
UW beat Hawaii at home and was outgained 2-1 against an EWU team had 4 turnovers, yet UW still needed an interception in the end zone with under a minute remaining to hold onto the win at home. We beat Fresno State in a neutral site and then took down Colorado on the road. As poorly as Cal’s defense played against CU (which I bet is Miller’s reasoning for putting UW higher), UW’s defense was even worse against Eastern Washington.
"Some people watch adult videos on their computer - I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. That’s what gets me going."- Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions head coach
It makes sense to me
I still don’t picture Cal winning more than 6 or 7 games. That would place us in the Vegas bowls.
I support the NBA player's union.
I don’t picture Washington winning more than 6 or 7 games either though.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
To be clear, I’m not quibbling with us going to the Vegas bowl or whatever, I’m quibbling with Washington being ahead of us.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
than Washington’s what????
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our two wins are more impressive than Washington’s [two wins]
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder where Miller would put us for this week's Power Ranking.
1 Furd
2 Oregon
3 ASU
4 USC
5 UW
6 Cal
my guess
by JustBear on Sep 11, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Again, I don’t see why UW should be ahead of us.
I’d say:
1. Oregon
2. Furd
3. Arizona State
4. USC
5. Cal
6. Utah
7. Washington
8. Wazzu
9. Arizona
10. Colorado
11. UCLA
12. Oregon State
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure that USC should be over Cal based on what they’ve done. Beat a good team close at home, a bad team close on the road; I’d say its a wash. Also Colorado looked really good to me, I hope they do well the rest of the season.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Yeah, I can see that argument, but I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt for beating a solid Utah team and for having their crazy amount of talent. I need to see more from Cal before I move them up another notch.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I put UW ahead of Cal, cuz I am just predicting what Ted Miller would write. He chose them over Cal for Bowl games, so I assumed he would have UW ahead of Cal.
But then, I haven’t checked their schedule, and maybe their schedule is easier than Cal’s, and thus likely to get more wins than Cal, and that’s Miller’s reasoning for bowl prediction.
I think our game vs. UW on the road can be a dog fight. I can see us losing, but it’s not ridiculous to think we can win that one too. At home, most definitely we can beat them.
Oh, you’re just predicting Miller, gotcha. I thought that was your own assessment.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Sep 11, 2011 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Game highlights with Starkey audio
Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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I'm lulzing at the Colorado fans comments in this video after KA caught the game winning TD
1st video starting @ 57 seconds in
Drunk male Colorado fan:
#%#$%# You suck ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Female Colorado fan:
GIVVVVVEEEE MEEEEEE MAHHHH MOOOOONEY BAAAAAAAACK
Alright, and after it's all over, you say "Ooh, what a lovely tea party"
by Redonkulous Bear on Sep 11, 2011 4:35 PM PDT reply actions
We should collect rankings somewhere
Or do we already do that and I just don’t know where to look.
Sagarin has us #25
Billingsly has us #49
Colley #44
Massey #39
Coaches #38
A couple quotes that really stood out to me
TB C.J. Anderson
On How Much Fun He Had
“It was very fun coming into a hostile environment and going into overtime. We’ve been working all summer. We knew we were the better-conditioned team and that took over and we got the win. "
On If He Knew He Was Getting Playing Time
“No, I was patiently waiting for my number to be called, and when it’s called I need to make plays. I just wanted to do whatever I can to help the team. I want to get the `W’. I want to do anything to help the team and help the team win.”
C.J. has bought in, and its showing on the field. In Blaz and Gould we trust.
DB Steve Williams
On Their Game Plan For Richardson
“We didn’t really have a game plan for him. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he showed us today. We had a lot of film on him because he’s their go-to guy.”
DB Mark Anthony
On Paul Richardson’s Performance
“Over the week, we talked about Richardson’s playmaking ability, but you got to give credit where credit is due. The guy came out and made big plays. That’s what we tried to limit, but he was in the right place at the right time. We were trying to limit his big plays. We knew he was the guy they were going to try to go to. Our whole plan was to limit the big plays as much as possible.”
On How Disappointing Defensive Play Was
“It was really disappointing. After coming off of last year being one of the top passing defenses in the country and number one in the Pac 10 last year, but giving up 500 yards is not a part of the game plan. We got to go back to the drawing boards tomorrow and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Telling for why he went for 284, but hopefully they gained a good amount of film to review from the 500+ yards…
California Head Coach Jeff Tedford
On His Thoughts Prior To The Final Play
“As soon as we lined up, I knew it was a touchdown. The corner was playing tight and Keenan (Allen) can juke people, so just depending on a good throw I knew it was a touchdown.”
QB Zach Maynard
On His Thoughts Before The Final Play
“I was thinking touchdown when I saw the defensive back playing tight alignment, and then I just threw the ball up and Keenan (Allen) went and got it.”
Looks like someone has been spending a little more time with the quarterbacks… I like where this is going.
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
Also this from the Denver Post article made me chuckle.
He gained a very quiet 73 yards, but his best efforts came in overtime. Getting the ball first, CU sent Stewart up the middle for 9 yards to the 16 and then 12 to the 4.
But Cal, featuring 11 starters from the team that blasted Colorado 52-7 last year, stuffed him twice. After crafty cornerback Steve Williams knocked down a pass intended for Richardson, Oliver kicked a 22-yarder.
Either he is talking team wide or we had three back-ups get drafted last year…
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
by CruzinBears on Sep 11, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
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