I’ve been a Cal fan since 1978 and graduated in 1992. Have always loved Cal football. But the race to the bottom with college sports has soured me. I’d rather Cal join an Ivy League West and play other schools that haven’t whored themselves out.
I’ve been a Cal fan since 1978 and graduated in 1992. Have always loved Cal football. But the race to the bottom with college sports has soured me. I’d rather Cal join an Ivy League West and play other schools that haven’t whored themselves out.
Good point. Maybe not limited to academically elite schools, but an Ivy type approach where schools voluntarily place limits on $$ and scholarships. I just don’t see how Cal would have a place in professional college football. I don’t think we would ever be committed enough (or dirty enough) to win in that world. We would be perennial doormats. And if it meant traveling half way across the country 5 times every fall, it just seems even more insane. I have spent more of my life enjoying or anguishing over Cal sports than I can imagine. Crying over losses to USC as a kid in the 80s. Over the moon when Cal went 10-2 my senior year. Seeing Cal finally beat Furd when Tedford arrived. Suffering horribly at the 2004 loss at the Coliseum. I could go on and on. But groveling to stay in the corrupt world of college football doesn’t make sense to me anymore. And for those who say Cal can’t afford it. We are the flagship university of the 7th largest economy in the world. We are in the same breath as Cambridge, Oxford and the Ivies globally. The CA Legislature blows more money on garbage every year than 90% of third world countries. We’ll figure it out. But screw the bullshit megaleague.
I’ve been a Cal fan since 1978 and graduated in 1992. Have always loved Cal football. But the race to the bottom with college sports has soured me. I’d rather Cal join an Ivy League West and play other schools that haven’t whored themselves out.
Good point. Maybe not limited to academically elite schools, but an Ivy type approach where schools voluntarily place limits on $$ and scholarships. I just don’t see how Cal would have a place in professional college football. I don’t think we would ever be committed enough (or dirty enough) to win in that world. We would be perennial doormats. And if it meant traveling half way across the country 5 times every fall, it just seems even more insane. I have spent more of my life enjoying or anguishing over Cal sports than I can imagine. Crying over losses to USC as a kid in the 80s. Over the moon when Cal went 10-2 my senior year. Seeing Cal finally beat Furd when Tedford arrived. Suffering horribly at the 2004 loss at the Coliseum. I could go on and on. But groveling to stay in the corrupt world of college football doesn’t make sense to me anymore. And for those who say Cal can’t afford it. We are the flagship university of the 7th largest economy in the world. We are in the same breath as Cambridge, Oxford and the Ivies globally. The CA Legislature blows more money on garbage every year than 90% of third world countries. We’ll figure it out. But screw the bullshit megaleague.