Absolutely no one in the United States wants Cal to win( including refs, league commissiones, people who control media rights etc…) except the diehards on this site!! Great day to be a CAL fan. Go Bears!!
Pretty damn pleased with with win in a totally hostile environment with homer SEC refs making homer calls. First half Mendoza was amazing, a damn AI robot with all the answers through the air, but our bandaid O-Line really had some problems and Ott was not ready to play - he didn't have the confidence, the burst or the first step that he normally has. I'm impressed with how our depth receivers are playing. Both Nyziah Hunter and Mikey Matthews had some good plays. Then our defense showed up YUGE. I couldn't believe it when the announcer said we had one of the better D-Lines around. Our ILB's played great. Teddy Buchanan will play on Sundays. And our DB's were awesome!! 4 picks and one forced fumble recovered. The 'Takers' are back. I'll bet we lead the nation in turnovers after this week as well as turnover ration. It was a good solod win, even with frustrations, but we need some of our offensive big uglies back. If we want to beat the best teams on our schedule.
On paper, this, FSU, and Miami are the best teams on our schedule, NC State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest are up there. In fact, I do not see any easy wins, since it's Oski's curse to declare an opponent so.
Oregon State and SDSU might be trap games for us.
The ACC schools, however, might be re-evaluating us as one of their "wins."
And I ran into Mr. Starkey and his wife not too long ago shopping in a Safeway in Walnut Creek and got a “Go Bears!” out of him. It was sweet to see him and his wife pushing a cart down the store aisles.
Yeah, plus Brady and Mikey M. Brady has a potent combination of quickness, determination (fights for the ball tenaciously), and great route running such that he may have made a case for himself as receiver numero uno. The freshman Hunter is money in the end zone.
Whew!!! Amazing. Nothing easy. Looked like the refs had money on Auburn for a while. But man they just kept coming!! Huge win for the program. I’m not NOT saying the ACC is wide open…
The coaches made this a Mendoza game, and he executed it in a hostile environment, helping to keep the Bear defense off the field in the first half. The five turnovers enabled the Bears overcome the Tigers and the officials. Good for Cal, the 2nd of the first three games is a positive indication. Now let's see if we can "hold serve" in game number three.
Absolutely no one in the United States wants Cal to win( including refs, league commissiones, people who control media rights etc…) except the diehards on this site!! Great day to be a CAL fan. Go Bears!!
Nah, pretty much the entire Reddit game thread was rooting for us.
Not even Acc people, so as to validate their decision? When playing SEC that is
Extra embarrassing if we’re the only conference win against the SEC this season.
But in a good way.
The Bear Way.
Come on man, SC beat LSU...oh wait a minute.
Vegas, too, did not want us to win.
Cal’s defense was spectacular!
I ran to the store to buy a huge ribeye to celebrate… nuff said… go bears!
Pretty damn pleased with with win in a totally hostile environment with homer SEC refs making homer calls. First half Mendoza was amazing, a damn AI robot with all the answers through the air, but our bandaid O-Line really had some problems and Ott was not ready to play - he didn't have the confidence, the burst or the first step that he normally has. I'm impressed with how our depth receivers are playing. Both Nyziah Hunter and Mikey Matthews had some good plays. Then our defense showed up YUGE. I couldn't believe it when the announcer said we had one of the better D-Lines around. Our ILB's played great. Teddy Buchanan will play on Sundays. And our DB's were awesome!! 4 picks and one forced fumble recovered. The 'Takers' are back. I'll bet we lead the nation in turnovers after this week as well as turnover ration. It was a good solod win, even with frustrations, but we need some of our offensive big uglies back. If we want to beat the best teams on our schedule.
On paper, this, FSU, and Miami are the best teams on our schedule, NC State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest are up there. In fact, I do not see any easy wins, since it's Oski's curse to declare an opponent so.
Oregon State and SDSU might be trap games for us.
The ACC schools, however, might be re-evaluating us as one of their "wins."
(They fucking did it brother!)
….this
Turnovers Cal 0 Auburn 5. Tells a lot of the story. That and the fact that Fernando is the second coming.
Oski Disciple always with a couple of salient observations. Should be a good night's celebratory dinner for Oski Disciples everywhere!
Sooo...can someone tell me what targeting and PI are? Then maybe forward that memo to that reffing crew?
No. Clearly there is no consistent understanding of either.
There’s enough gray area in the definitions that if a reffing crew wants to call it a certain way they can.
Happy to watch a fanbase other than us melt down for a change
Did you see how full that stadium was? And those were hostiles and we shut them up.
I’m ready to lurk their boards, now.
The postgame thread on r/wde has a few spicy battles between the Freeze haters and supporters.
Ok… not nice, but the dude looks like, well, alcohol challenged?
Please report back
Yes, please share the dirt.
"The most amazing, sensational, dramatic, heartrending, exciting, thrilling finish in the history of college football..."
OK, not quite equal to The Play but that was sweet!
Auburn is BEAR TERRITORY!
I put this one next to beating Tennessee.
Definitely Wilcox's best win
Tennessee was at home, a fully rocking home. In some ways this was a better win (although the points don’t reflect it).
Well remember, Tennessee beat us in Tennessee, and the next year we beat them in Berkeley.
Auburn beat us in Berkeley, and the next year we beat them in their house.
Interesting parallel and anti-parallel.
He was sitting a couple of rows in front of our group at the game.
And I ran into Mr. Starkey and his wife not too long ago shopping in a Safeway in Walnut Creek and got a “Go Bears!” out of him. It was sweet to see him and his wife pushing a cart down the store aisles.
Mendoza, Hunter, Harris, Rogers! Special teams! Go Bears!
Buchanan, Smith, Williams, Hearns, Thomas, Wilson!
And Uluave (# 0)
Yeah, plus Brady and Mikey M. Brady has a potent combination of quickness, determination (fights for the ball tenaciously), and great route running such that he may have made a case for himself as receiver numero uno. The freshman Hunter is money in the end zone.
WAR OSKI!
^ This! Brilliant!
This!!!!!!
Love our DBs! Takers 2.0 has been so fun to watch!
Takers 2.0 was led by Daniel Scott. Takers 3.0 is led by Woodson I suppose. But by all means the Takers are back.
Nohl is legit
Beast!
Glad he got that INT after the BS PI calls.
I remember the Takers 1.0. Bynum, Davis, Hawkins, Beck, Drayden, Hicks.
Who were the Takers 2.0 other than Scott? I can't remember... that's when the transfer portal era began. I can't even remember our corners.
Oh Jeremiah Earby
Especially vs “SEC talent!”
Really encouraged by the new WRs like Hunter and Brady. Wilson was awesome punting. But the MVP imo was Teddye Buchanan, dude was everywhere.
Woke up today sick and saw College Gameday have every host including Michael Phelps pick Auburn to win. Lol
*hands them each a crow sandwich
They don't appreciate ex PAC 12 teams. They don't know shit.
That was truly fantastic and put me in a good mood for the first time in a while.
Whew!!! Amazing. Nothing easy. Looked like the refs had money on Auburn for a while. But man they just kept coming!! Huge win for the program. I’m not NOT saying the ACC is wide open…
meh, refs called a fair game. there were questionable calls both ways. the P/I in the end zone on Cal was indeed crap, but overall it was a fair game.
And more importantly, our boys didn't give up after the bad PI call. So in that respect, I'm almost glad it happened. Almost.
Agreed… a few swung our way too
Some calls went our way, but the targeting/pass interference led directly to their second score. But alls well that ends well.
The targeting call on Harris was BS also.
Good. Don’t say it.
ACC is quite different, than before.
The coaches made this a Mendoza game, and he executed it in a hostile environment, helping to keep the Bear defense off the field in the first half. The five turnovers enabled the Bears overcome the Tigers and the officials. Good for Cal, the 2nd of the first three games is a positive indication. Now let's see if we can "hold serve" in game number three.
And the officials!