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I’m happy for the entire team obviously but I’m probably most happy for Dancy when he hit that 76 yard TD. He has been the ultimate team player on this team and has kind of personified Cal under Wilcox; small, scrappy and never backs down all while doing it with class. When he hit that corner and the DB missed in the ankle swipe I was so happy for him at that moment. He basically iced the game and I am so, so happy it was him doing it!!

Go Dancy! Go Bears!!

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Nov 21, 2021Liked by Rick Chen

Just delightful.

Chase Garbers is carving out a special place in my cold, Cal heart, I gotta admit it.

Despite his limitations, he's won 2 at 'Furd....pretty impressive.

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Nov 21, 2021Liked by Rick Chen

DOMINATED!

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WHAT A DELIGHTFUL SIGHT. I chanted during the game "daddy's money can't get you out of this one". 1-0 in Big Games....seeing a trend here.

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Most dominating Big Game performance by us that I can remember. I never really subscribed to the "I'd rather go 1-10 and beat Furd than go 10-1 and lose to them," but man this win sure does correct the rest of the bullshit of this season.

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What a great win....and we humiliated stanfurd in the process. 636 yards of offense, 352 yards rushing and 284 passing. Billy Musgrave's offense finally showed it's stuff. And our O-line played great. Btw, Will Craig is going to have a tough time getting his job back from Brayden Rohme who had a HELL of a game! He had the pancake block of the game and received a ridiculous penalty, the like of which I have never seen before, for being a totally dominant O-lineman. Fun win and can't wait for the post game interviews on Youtube. Btw, if we beat UCLA and USC to finish the season, even at 6-6 we will go bowling as a team that is peaking at the perfect time. Go Bears!!

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Cal fans should appreciate the ultimate respect Shaw paid to the Cal team, the coaches and especially the defense. For him to go for TD's TWICE, early in the game, was a tell that said, "I need to score and score a lot to beat this team cuz they are going to shut me down."

And he was right. He had to play the only card he had and he got beat down.

Side note: sans a few penalties (was this the highest number of penalties and penalty yards all year for Cal), we would have easily dropped 50.

How about them Bears!!

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YOU KNOW IT!

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That was amazing. I needed that so bad. So, so bad. Thank you so much Chase & Co.

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Nov 21, 2021Liked by Rick Chen

I am so happy right now, at the same time disappointed at all the losses we had earlier in the season. Maybe the team got better throughout the season, but still, so much missed opportunities in those 6 losses.

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THIS IS THE GREATEST GAME I WASNT ABLE TO WATCH IN ANY WAY

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Clark and hearns on post game

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Great game. And I correctly predicted the long strike to Trevon Clark for a TD in the subscriber pre-game prediction thread...

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I needed that. What a glorious, autumnal Sunday. Go Bears!

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Great win for Cal, and I can appreciate the joy of not just beating Stanford, but beating them soundly. Saw that the week before in Corvallis too, ending with a similar crowd on the field celebration. Still, its hard to fully grasp Stanford in the Shaw era being this unsound, even when its inexperienced backups pressed into action in some cases. The ghost of Buddy Teevens must have arisen somewhere in the shadows of Palo Alto.

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Great win! Perfect way to take out two weeks and a season full of frustration on Stanford!!

This ranks up there as one of the best and most satisfying Big Game wins.

The coaching staff did a wonderful job preparing the team and the game plan was just about flawless. Buried those bums by halftime.

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