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I’ve largely been a figurative grumpy ass old man with the uniforms and never wanted to see anything other than the 80s/90s dark navy jersey/gold pants/script Cal helmets, but I dig incorporating the Joe Roth helmets as part of the mix and match uniform options. They should go full Helmet Project and incorporate the block C’s, 78-81 gold helmet/center stripe/navy script Cal, and Joe Kapp bear claw ones too.

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CAL IS GOING TO THE ROSE BOWL JUST TO BEAT UCLA NEXT WEE.K! SO I GUESS I'LL SETTLE FOR THAT EVEN THOUGH CAL LOST THRE LAST THREE TIMES THEY PLAYED IN THE ROSE BOWL ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. I REMEMBER BEING THERE AND LOVING THE EXPERIENCE! GERBEAR

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CAL'S UNIFORMS WERE JUST THE WORST EVER. THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON FOR ME TO SUFFER DURING THIS GAME. IN SPITE OF THAT, I'M AS HAPPY AS CAN BE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE AXE!! NOW WE NEED TO BEAT UCLA TO GET A BOWL GAME. GO BEARS! GERBEAR

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I like the helmets. They're a throwback to the Mike White coached teams.

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That's your opinion. Everybody I talked to during the game thought the uni's were great, especially the gold helmets.

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LOVE the Gold helmets! I like the all-gold look, derided by some as the “banana suit.” Gold & Bold, that’s how I like it. White is the only other option. It’s the first time I remember seeing this combo, so now I’ll always associate it with this Big Game. Sweet!

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Does this gold seem a bit paler than on previous iterations of Cal uniforms? A bit more yellow than gold?

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have we ever actually worn gold? I'm a bit colorblind but its been shades of yellow for 40 years

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we talk about the emergence of mendoza a lot but how about grizzell mah nizzle..

He had the most to gain when mendoza got the call. Always so interesting how certain receivers become favorites of certain QBs..

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023

Cal fans: I'm giving us an A+ for the win but only a B+ for our performance. We still have problems generating pressure on the opposing quarterback. In addition, I'm a bit worried that we don't have more depth at running back and Mendoza is still making rookie mistakes. We are going to have to play our best game of the season next week if we are going to make it to a bowl. However, I like our momentum heading into the final game of the season. GO BEARS!!!!!!

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We got more pressure than we’ve gotten most of the year, the only similar one was WSU. Personally I think this is more of an effect of poor opposing offensive lines, we’ll find out next week I think.

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Mendoza plays like a talented first year player who just started getting significant reps 4-5 weeks ago.

What I like most about him is that he doesn't seem to lose his confidence when he does make a mistake.

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I still can't understand how he threw INT when he had all day to throw without any pressure.

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Low snap and a collison with the back to start the play probably threw off his rhythm. I guess only the team knows if it was a designed pass play or a broken play where he thought the receiver would cut the other way. Oh well, really only one mistake the whole game, very impressive for a freshman.

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Give him time to develop reading defenses.

Heck, when I was 18, I didn’t have much vision as well

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Agreed. We can’t seem to go a game without a turnover 😭

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

Still alive for a bowl. Hopefully the Bruins shot their bolt against $¢

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What’s the early line Sat night?

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can you bet on what the line will be? what's the line for the line? I'd put it at 11.

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023

I’d put at 7…nah, maybe 9

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these guys have it at 10

https://www.oddsshark.com/ncaaf/odds

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I saw 12 too.

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Nothing yet

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Let's not lose sight of the important things like I TOUCHED THE AXE!

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Rushing the field with everyone was a blast. Love this tradition

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Yep. It was great. And it was not raining!

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Next year is going to be weird

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The only repeat opponents from this year are Furd and Auburn.

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

First Big Game in the ACC.

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

Thanks Rick!

Nice win.

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023

Solid and methodical win. Reminded me a lot of the 2008 Big Game win, even if the score was closer in margin today than it was in 2008.

I am not the biggest Wilcox supporter and he falls well short as a HC, IMO, but I do respect that he beats Stanford. He should have a 5 game winning streak but 4-1 in the last 5 and 4-3 overall isn’t bad at all.

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If it makes you feel any better, Tedfords 8-2 Bulldogs just lost to a 3-7 New Mexico team that is dead last in their conference. Tedford’s Cal teams always dropped a random game for no good reason and seems like he carried the tradition to Fresno.

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How does it make us feel any better? I wish nothing but success for Coach Tedford.

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I was just trying to point out that Cal has never had the perfect coach. I love Tedford too, but Cal teams have always had some kind of flaw. I think that’s why we all keep watching. To see how they overcome their own obstacles. Wilcox’s teams just seem like they’re needing to turn the corner just a little bit more, but never quite do it.

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Many teams fall to trap games. Even the Pros.

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It doesn’t make me feel better and it doesn’t surprise me.

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Agreed.

He seems a good dude. Maybe he figures it out.

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Spavital hire was a good one. He can continue to coach up Mendoza. Now Spav needs to bring in his own WR coach. Peeler is an easy choice but anyone better than Toler would be nice.

Then Wilcox needs to let go of Tre Watson or other DB coach and hire ST Coordinator.

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What's your problem with Toler? How differently would you coach up the WR's? Grizzel, for example, was a raw rookie walk on and look at him now.

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It would be nice if we could run screens

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Have you seen any blocking from our WRs?

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He might figure it out as a MWC HC. I don’t believe he is a P4 HC. His ceiling is a P4 DC or MWC HC.

He might look a bit better in the ACC, where he should be able to get to 6-6 or 7-5.

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Shocking the world by upsetting fUCLA in the Rose Bowl and earning a bowl berth would be huge for momentum.

To your point, tho, this team should be 7-4.

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We should be 5-6. We've had four games that could have easily gone either way and we won two of them. We can argue that we should have beaten Auburn and SC, but ASU and Wazzu can say the same about us.

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The difference is the refs straight up removed 7 points from us against Auburn so I don't think that game counts. We should be 6-5 going for our 7th win.

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023

Nah, respectfully disagree. We pissed away Auburn and SC at home. We made the plays to beat both ASU and Wazzu….we won those games, whereas our mistakes cost us the other two.

Should’ve won all 4, or at least 3-1.

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I agree.

The only real toss up to me was USC.

Auburn, we should have won comfortable by at least 10 points and at a minimum escaped with a last second FG win.

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Yep, we absolutely should be 7-4 right today. We should have beat USC and Auburn. Did you see Auburn lost 31-10 to New Mexico State!!!!

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oh lord

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Ya. That Auburn team is bad. Just a dreadful loss.

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I agree... I just wish we could go 4-1 to start... and then continue 4-1 ... that'd be nice... not Cal...but nice.

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Joe Kapp, bad coach but 3-2 in Big Games, Wilcox bad coach but 4-3 in Big Games, so they both have special places in my heart.

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Kind of weird, isn't it, that those two coaches should have winning records vs Stanford but Bruce Snyder should be winless.

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Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.

- Morpheus

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THE OTT ABIDES

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

Watching Wilcox watch Ott… lot of affection and clear pride; he was beaming. Do like the guy as a human being.

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

Exactly! He seems an incredibly likable guy.

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Heard Knowlton for first time. Sounds like he's from back east. He was talking up Wilcox. Honestly, I hope he's right and this season begins a turn around.

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Knowlton has that 2 year extension all drawn up and in his back pocket ready for Wilcox to sign if we win next Saturday against ucla

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Nov 19, 2023·edited Nov 19, 2023

Fool me once…

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

.... I agree... which is why watching us suck so many times is so painful.

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Nov 19, 2023Liked by Rick Chen

Yup

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I’m glad that the last time we play Furd as members of the PAC-12, that we win on their turf and keep the axe. As much as I want Cal to win against UCLA next week, Garbers dismantled USC at the Coliseum. And Cal rarely wins at the Rose bowl post DeSean Jackson.

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we did win in 2009

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