Cal at Notre Dame Football Photo & Video Essay

All the fun times. And then very not-so-fun times. But Cal nation was together for it all.

(Image courtesy of Rob!)

For those who missed our pregame essay, click here!

Cal fans were feeling good entering the stadium!

Avinash Kunnath @avinashkunnath

Cal fans are feeling good.

Cal visiting section was in the corner end zone. Not as bad as the Coliseum for sure, but there was a stupid flagpole just…there. Why?

Avinash Kunnath @avinashkunnath

TF is there a flagpole on the field

Then the Bears entered the field!

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Cal enters the field.

Oski was also present.

Avinash Kunnath @avinashkunnath

Spotted a spirit demon.

Rob would later find Oski and make magic happen.

Rob Hwang @rob11hwang

It’s @Oski’s World in South Bend.

It is unclear how drunk Oski was, but he was very much into it.

Rob Hwang @rob11hwang

Give you one more 😆😆

Cal fans were loud and proud! The rumor was that Cal had sold out their allotment of 15,000 tickets, and the numbers in the stands seemed to back that up.

Avinash Kunnath @avinashkunnath

Yeah there are 15000 Cal fans here

Notre Dame committed two false start penalties in a row as well! In their own house! The noise was startling!

Avinash Kunnath @avinashkunnath

Cal fans causing two false start penalties in South Bend is some truly sicko stuff, great job squad.

Notre Dame fans did a chant. They were drowned out.

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GO! BEARS!

The Irish even flipped the field at the end of the 3rd quarter to avoid facing the roar of the sturdy Golden Bears!

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Notre Dame chooses to run the clock out and flip the field to avoid facing the wrath of the mighty Bear contingent. Do the Irish fear Cal?

Rob’s got some on-field stuff coming this week that’ll be more compiled, but here’s a tease of his gorgeous footage.

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Here’s a little tease from the footage that’ll be in a montage video from this weekend.

After more emotional devastation, Cal podcaster Andy had a tough time dealing with the ending.

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Photo courtesy of @JosephMetzinger

But many of us have been here before, so we sent off our time in Notre Dame with a smile.

We want to thank again the dozens of Cal fans in Chicago and South Bend who recognized Nam, Nick (read his column!), Rob and my bear hat this week, and make it clear that we wouldn’t do this without your love, support, and sickness for making Golden Bear football a part of your life. Thank you again.

Hope you had a pleasant week in Chicago everyone, and hope everyone else at home got a taste for what it was like! And Go Bears!