Cal fans: I can understand our mutual disgust at U$C. However, for a guy who NEVER beat any of the California schools and who fielded defenses that couldn't stop a sneeze, Sonny sure liked to bad mouth Cal. I understand that he wasn't getting the institutional support that the program is getting now, but to blame the band as a partial reason for failure? Let's be honest; Sonny was looking for a better deal the minute he landed in Berkeley, preferably in Texas, so I guess he can say, "mission accomplished". Yes, the Trojans are a bunch of spoiled scum-bags but they (along witht he baby bears down south) are suffering thanks to their move to the Big Ten. If they hadn't blown up the Pac-12, they and the rest of the conference would have a much better chance of reaching the CFP. Suckers!!!!!
Since they are not playing us I don't really care. I just want our Bears to get way better and beat the crap out of them next time. All I'm thinking about after the Hawaii Bowl is when Oregon is going to lose so Lupoi can focus on us full time, and who are we going to get in the portal next week?
I always say: My two most favorite teams are Cal and whoever is playing U$C! I know Sonny, although not well, but know he is a Texan at heart and ultimately wanted to go back home. His wife just couldn’t fit into the Bay Area culture which not everyone does—especially if you are from places like Texas. If you want a great read about how screwed up things at U$C can be, look up Bad City on Amazon. It is amazing. The guy who wrote the book, Paul Pringle, won a Pulitzer for his effort.
Yeah, I understand he was always going to be a Texas guy, and his defenses were bad, but on the other hand he was the right hire for Jared Goff and Davis Webb (and brought in OC Tony Franklin, who was good for Goff’s development). Those two qb’s are among the most prolific passers Cal has ever had. Word was that Sonny’s wife wanted out of the Bay Area.
I want USC to lose, and it's not even close. I've no hard feelings towards Dykes. I enjoyed the Dykes years of Cal football much more than the Wilcox years.
Cal fans: I can understand our mutual disgust at U$C. However, for a guy who NEVER beat any of the California schools and who fielded defenses that couldn't stop a sneeze, Sonny sure liked to bad mouth Cal. I understand that he wasn't getting the institutional support that the program is getting now, but to blame the band as a partial reason for failure? Let's be honest; Sonny was looking for a better deal the minute he landed in Berkeley, preferably in Texas, so I guess he can say, "mission accomplished". Yes, the Trojans are a bunch of spoiled scum-bags but they (along witht he baby bears down south) are suffering thanks to their move to the Big Ten. If they hadn't blown up the Pac-12, they and the rest of the conference would have a much better chance of reaching the CFP. Suckers!!!!!
Since they are not playing us I don't really care. I just want our Bears to get way better and beat the crap out of them next time. All I'm thinking about after the Hawaii Bowl is when Oregon is going to lose so Lupoi can focus on us full time, and who are we going to get in the portal next week?
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I'm pulling for a casualty-free blimp accident that does irreparable damage to the Alamodome and scraps the whole thing.
That is not the Hoosier way Jimmy.
As John Book said in the 1985 classic film Witness: “But it’s my way.”
Do things to hurt Cal athletics, you deserve nothing but bad things. ;-)
USC! Along with UCLA, they killed the Pac-10!
UCLA is 100X worse. One is a private school. One is our sister school. fUCLA.
I'm looking for a scoreless tie.
Who cares....more interested in who were going to get from the portal so we can get much better.
I always say: My two most favorite teams are Cal and whoever is playing U$C! I know Sonny, although not well, but know he is a Texan at heart and ultimately wanted to go back home. His wife just couldn’t fit into the Bay Area culture which not everyone does—especially if you are from places like Texas. If you want a great read about how screwed up things at U$C can be, look up Bad City on Amazon. It is amazing. The guy who wrote the book, Paul Pringle, won a Pulitzer for his effort.
I don't like USC or UCLA way more than I don't like Sonny. I mean like, a whole lot more.
no reason to hate on Sunny. He was always gonna return to Techsus. He was a bad hire, and that's on us.
Wrong. He intentionally neglected recruiting excellent athletes that were within 30 miles of campus. He was and is a scumbag.
Bad recruiting doesn't make you a scumbag. He recruited the regions he had ties to. What does that make Wilcox? Hitler?
Dykes fixed our culture problems despite an antagonistic Cal administration and fan base.
Yeah, I understand he was always going to be a Texas guy, and his defenses were bad, but on the other hand he was the right hire for Jared Goff and Davis Webb (and brought in OC Tony Franklin, who was good for Goff’s development). Those two qb’s are among the most prolific passers Cal has ever had. Word was that Sonny’s wife wanted out of the Bay Area.
Too many hippies?
I want USC to lose, and it's not even close. I've no hard feelings towards Dykes. I enjoyed the Dykes years of Cal football much more than the Wilcox years.