SafeSport - the investigation body for sex-abuse cases in Olympic sports - has fired one of its investigators for[checks notes] rape and sex trafficking
I have faith. Watching him play his last game at Cal reminded me so much of Rodgers' play Cal - regularly spun the ball through porthole-sized windows to receivers. I think he'll be ok, usually have to perform badly to eventually rise to the top. Of the two int's we agree he's responsible for, I think one high one was trying to get the ball over a lineman, a common problem.
I think he is fine, and the Chargers are too. My view is there is enough other that needs worked on, and if progress is made in those areas, Herbert will be fine, and not asked as much to be superman.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Lulu Twidale hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, Ioanna Krimili added 18 and Marta Suarez scored 17 on Sunday to help the No. 24 California women beat Florida State 82-70. The Golden Bears went up by as many as 34 points when Krimili stole a pass and hit a pullup jumper in the third quarter.
BERKELEY – The California baseball team will host its annual alumni game at Stu Gordon Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 25. The contest will feature the 2025 roster against a host of former Golden Bears from previous seasons. First pitch is slated for 1:05 p.m. PT. The event is open to the general public and admission is free.
BERKELEY – The Cal Winter Invitational came to an end Sunday with the host Golden Bears winning 11 of 12 matches under sunny skies at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.
Cal went 4-0 in doubles and 7-1 in singles on the third day of the annual event.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The second session of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City lived up to hype with four of the top gymnastics programs in the nation battling it out on national television Saturday afternoon. The No. 6 California gymnastics team had an excellent showing, placing third with a team score of 197.275 which was a full point improvement from its last meet.
BERKELEY – The California men's basketball team climbed out of a 22-point second-half deficit but could not finish the comeback in a 71-68 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon in Haas Pavilion.
First event I've attended for many years. Fun to be there, first half was terrible, second half, became fun to see the team come alive. Seems like some poor strategizing or poor execution with final 46 seconds, hard to tell if that was on the players or on Coach Madsen.
Bought tix to Cal MBB at GA Tech on 2/15-- lots of great seats left at decent prices as it is Presidents Day Weekend and lots of people here are out of town then. You can even find a ticket for $7 (pre-fees of course), and "nosebleeds" at McCamish aren't bad. Cal fans are definitely buying tix as seats behind the visitors bench were double the stubhub price as the seats behind the Yellow Jacket bench.
The bald-face grifting. The culture warfare. MAGA has built its foundation about stoking fears about THEM doing the THINGS to YOU and YOUR WAY OF LIFE. It'll be interesting - from a troll's perspective - to see how they can actually govern when they have a majority of House, Senate, Executive, and Judiciary branches. I predict a power struggle will immediately start tearing them apart and then they will implode when nobody can follow in Trump's ketchup-stained footsteps.
Politics used to have some level of normalcy. Case in point, disaster relief: It was never questioned that this shouldn't be politicized or used as a political bargaining chip to yield political concessions.
Impossible to choose the most stunning stat from the game. Perhaps the ten second half points for the Mustangs. Maybe being blanked in the third. How about The Mustangs going 5-for-44 from the field in the final 31 minutes? Maybe my favorite is that they didn't make a two-point bucket after the first quarter.
Some stat nuggets from Pitt's record-tying comeback:
SMU shot 2-for-28 (7%) in the second half.
Pittsburgh started 0-for-10 and 2-for-20 from the field.
SMU was 10-for-18 from the field in the game's first nine minutes. The Mustangs were 5-for-44 from the field in the final 31 minutes.
SMU missed its final 21 shots from 2-point range. The Mustangs didn't have a 2-point make in the final three quarters; all five of their made baskets in the final three quarters were from beyond the 3-point arc.
Pitt made 16 of its final 24 shots.
SMU's Nya Robertson had 21 points in the first half, then just two in the second half. The only Mustangs player with a field goal in the second half was Zanai Jones; she was 2-for-10 in that span, and her teammates combined to shoot 0-for-18 in the final two quarters.
So do I have this right? Next Monday is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the inauguration and the night of the national title game in college football. January 20th is doing some heavy lifting this year.
It’s time for another edition of Oski Disciple’s Question of the Day. Up until 1996 there was a United States Bureau of Mines. But was there ever a United States Bureau of Yours?
PRO
Correction: It WAS the world's biggest hockey stick and puck
https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/local-news/record-setting-hockey-stick-and-puck-dismantled-7726257
SafeSport - the investigation body for sex-abuse cases in Olympic sports - has fired one of its investigators for[checks notes] rape and sex trafficking
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-us-center-safesport-investigator-162929656.html
Ravens beat the Steelers 28-14
Commanders have no other gear than "Cardiac Arrest". They win yet again, this time with a doink.
https://x.com/NFL_Memes/status/1878673894057664901
Bills beat Denver 31-7.
I have no faith in Justin Herbert. Bolts lose to the Texans 32-12. Throws 4 INTs, though one was on the receiver and one was a hail mary.
I have faith. Watching him play his last game at Cal reminded me so much of Rodgers' play Cal - regularly spun the ball through porthole-sized windows to receivers. I think he'll be ok, usually have to perform badly to eventually rise to the top. Of the two int's we agree he's responsible for, I think one high one was trying to get the ball over a lineman, a common problem.
I think he is fine, and the Chargers are too. My view is there is enough other that needs worked on, and if progress is made in those areas, Herbert will be fine, and not asked as much to be superman.
Eagles beat GB 22-10.
Not sure Love is the one.
AJ Brown wasn't frustrated. He likes to read.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43390922/aj-brown-says-book-sign-frustration-read?
A.J. Brown's sideline book skyrockets to top seller on Amazon
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43398248/aj-brown-sideline-book-skyrockets-top-seller-amazon
With Love, Hurts, and Herbert playing like absolute ass in these playoff games, Brock Purdy's price has to be going up.
POP
For most of us, it's "soda" unless you're from parts of the midwest.
or the generic Coke
We said "pop" in Seattle last century...
Rocks! All time candy of late elementary school...
and Coke and kids exploded!
that was an ingenious invention
Gregg -ovich: Hopefully he gets healthy enough to get back into coaching. Love his in game interviews.
Hop on...
That was a great Dr Seuss book. Along with Hands Hands Fingers Thumb.
Apple Up on Top was one of my favorites too.
I don't remember that one.
coincidentally i just had a breakfast sandwich at a local coffee place called Pop's Espresso.
goes the weasel!
CAL
Here's something to get your Monday off to a nice start, an excerpt from the ACC's women's basketball standings.
California 4-1
Stanfurd 1-4
[WBB] No. 24 Cal Powers Past Florida State
https://calbears.com/news/2025/1/12/womens-basketball-no-24-cal-powers-past-florida-state.aspx
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Lulu Twidale hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, Ioanna Krimili added 18 and Marta Suarez scored 17 on Sunday to help the No. 24 California women beat Florida State 82-70. The Golden Bears went up by as many as 34 points when Krimili stole a pass and hit a pullup jumper in the third quarter.
Now ranked #18 in today's AP poll. https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll
[BASE] Cal Baseball Alumni Game Set For January 25
https://calbears.com/news/2025/1/11/cal-baseball-alumni-game-set-for-january-25.aspx
BERKELEY – The California baseball team will host its annual alumni game at Stu Gordon Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 25. The contest will feature the 2025 roster against a host of former Golden Bears from previous seasons. First pitch is slated for 1:05 p.m. PT. The event is open to the general public and admission is free.
[WTEN] Cal Collects 11 Wins As Winter Invite Ends
https://calbears.com/news/2025/1/12/womens-tennis-cal-collects-11-wins-as-winter-invite-ends.aspx
BERKELEY – The Cal Winter Invitational came to an end Sunday with the host Golden Bears winning 11 of 12 matches under sunny skies at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.
Cal went 4-0 in doubles and 7-1 in singles on the third day of the annual event.
[WGYM] No. 4 Bears Place 3rd At Sprouts Collegiate Quad
https://calbears.com/news/2025/1/11/womens-gymnastics-no-4-bears-place-3rd-at-sprouts-collegiate-quad.aspx
OKLAHOMA CITY – The second session of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City lived up to hype with four of the top gymnastics programs in the nation battling it out on national television Saturday afternoon. The No. 6 California gymnastics team had an excellent showing, placing third with a team score of 197.275 which was a full point improvement from its last meet.
[MBB] Comeback Falls Short Against Virginia Tech
https://calbears.com/news/2025/1/11/mens-basketball-comeback-falls-short-against-virginia-tech.aspx
BERKELEY – The California men's basketball team climbed out of a 22-point second-half deficit but could not finish the comeback in a 71-68 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon in Haas Pavilion.
First event I've attended for many years. Fun to be there, first half was terrible, second half, became fun to see the team come alive. Seems like some poor strategizing or poor execution with final 46 seconds, hard to tell if that was on the players or on Coach Madsen.
that last would-be-tie shot was in for a flash of a moment... painful when it hopped out!
Bought tix to Cal MBB at GA Tech on 2/15-- lots of great seats left at decent prices as it is Presidents Day Weekend and lots of people here are out of town then. You can even find a ticket for $7 (pre-fees of course), and "nosebleeds" at McCamish aren't bad. Cal fans are definitely buying tix as seats behind the visitors bench were double the stubhub price as the seats behind the Yellow Jacket bench.
Go Bears!!!
POLITICS
last week of "normalcy" before 4 yrs of unbridled week-to-week craziness.
Week to week? Daily.
The bald-face grifting. The culture warfare. MAGA has built its foundation about stoking fears about THEM doing the THINGS to YOU and YOUR WAY OF LIFE. It'll be interesting - from a troll's perspective - to see how they can actually govern when they have a majority of House, Senate, Executive, and Judiciary branches. I predict a power struggle will immediately start tearing them apart and then they will implode when nobody can follow in Trump's ketchup-stained footsteps.
Apparently Elon and Steve Bannon are at odds.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/13/trump-maga-infighting/
"Politics" and "Normalcy", 2 words not generally used in the same conversation.
Politics used to have some level of normalcy. Case in point, disaster relief: It was never questioned that this shouldn't be politicized or used as a political bargaining chip to yield political concessions.
DBD AV CLUB
The video game Grand Theft Auto V was a huge hit. It had a development budget of $250m. The next version is said to have a budget of $2 billion.
https://www.dexerto.com/gta/gta-5-cost-an-insane-amount-to-make-and-gta-6s-budget-is-8-times-bigger-2884680/
Dune Prophecy E1 - HBO Max (16/19)
saw the first episode and enjoyed it. like many prequel shows, there is a lot of darkness and foreshadowing.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
SMUW Q1: oh we look good. up 32-7
Q2: we feel good. up 49-18
Q3: we don't feel like scoring
2nd half: outscored 54-10 to lose 72-59
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/43388238/pittsburgh-rallies-32-vs-smu-tie-largest-comeback-ncaa-women-basketball-history
BTW that SMU team beat Furd last week.
Impossible to choose the most stunning stat from the game. Perhaps the ten second half points for the Mustangs. Maybe being blanked in the third. How about The Mustangs going 5-for-44 from the field in the final 31 minutes? Maybe my favorite is that they didn't make a two-point bucket after the first quarter.
I and some CGBers were at the Cal MBB 5 point half against USF in the First Four game in 2012(?)
Some stat nuggets from Pitt's record-tying comeback:
SMU shot 2-for-28 (7%) in the second half.
Pittsburgh started 0-for-10 and 2-for-20 from the field.
SMU was 10-for-18 from the field in the game's first nine minutes. The Mustangs were 5-for-44 from the field in the final 31 minutes.
SMU missed its final 21 shots from 2-point range. The Mustangs didn't have a 2-point make in the final three quarters; all five of their made baskets in the final three quarters were from beyond the 3-point arc.
Pitt made 16 of its final 24 shots.
SMU's Nya Robertson had 21 points in the first half, then just two in the second half. The only Mustangs player with a field goal in the second half was Zanai Jones; she was 2-for-10 in that span, and her teammates combined to shoot 0-for-18 in the final two quarters.
So do I have this right? Next Monday is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the inauguration and the night of the national title game in college football. January 20th is doing some heavy lifting this year.
1/20 is also National Penguin Day.
Fitting as the future feels like it will reflect the series, "the Penguin."
Not the best day to put out a low level press release about something that won't quite make the lead even on a slow day!
yes, it does seem like a lot is going on that day.
we are flying to CO and skiing too.
It’s time for another edition of Oski Disciple’s Question of the Day. Up until 1996 there was a United States Bureau of Mines. But was there ever a United States Bureau of Yours?
"This land is my land, this land is your land"... once upon a time there was more than MY MY MY.
Forgotten Lyrics:
State of Utah may want to meditate on the first stanza as they have filed a lawsuit claiming all land held by BLM should be turned over to the state.
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me.
The sign was painted, said ‘Private Property.’
But on the backside, it didn’t say nothing.
This land was made for you and me.
One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple,
By the relief office I saw my people.
As they stood hungry,
I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.
I heard that sung as "That sign was made for you and me"
Dwarves are in charge of the Mines, and the Elves are in charge of Yours but they went off to the Undying Lands before the US was formed.
You fear to go into those mines. The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness.
i was at some bar in Dec on Ugly-Xmas-sweater-night and someone was wearing this sweater that i wish i had bought
https://printerval.com/lord-of-the-rings-balrog-christmas-jumper-new-2024-christmas-ugly-sweater-p671774518
@Because it's all about ME! Who cares about You!@