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Cal fans? Memorial was half empty, this for the best and most entertaining Cal team in a while, in good weather, against an upwardly mobile in state FBS opponent. I can't believe they all just stayed in the southeast after the Auburn game, and before heading to Tallahassee.
I received an email from my dad last night that he had captured a rattlesnake near where he lives. He said this was the 6th such capture this year. Usually, he captures only 1 or 2 a year. Said rattlesnake was probably older. I received a video of the capture. The rattler looked to be about 6 feet long and he was relatively fat.
Anyhow, Dad relocates rattlers to a spot 4 miles away so that they can't easily return and are away from other humans and lets them go.
Follow-up. He says that he caught another rattler within the last hour. All of this makes me think there's a den not far from where he is. What little I've read about rattlers indicate they don't range very far from where they are born. Usually within a mile, or even closer to their den.
Chores, errands, & homework. I did some weeding and found out the hard way that fire ants come in different size. I found that they also come in itty bitty versions that are barely visible but their sting is just as powerful as full sized ones.
Did coolant flush on the Ms.'s Outback in anticipation of replacing water pump and thermostat next weekend. Will be saving approximately $550 over shop quote by spending about 3 hours doing the repair myself.
I just found out that the bearing in my power steering pump may be going out. There is a startup squeak that goes for about 1 min right around the pump. A couple of years ago I rebuilt the pump to replace all the gaskets and the bearing when it had a leak. My son needs it this weekend and I probably don't have time to redo it so I may just take it to the local guy. I rebuilt it because I had heard from many people that acuras do best with the OEM pump and fluid. I don't think it's the tensioner which I also replaced at the same time.
On Sun I spent most of the day putting new HID headlights in No 3's car. I had replaced his headlight assembly with projector headlights and a HID system, but every so often the right one would go out. Turning the headlights off and on fixed it, so I think the problem was the voltage sometimes would drop below what the HID ballast required (the old headlights were a halogen bulb) so it would shut off. When I bought the new HID system, I also bought a relay system with I think capacitors that will hold the voltage. that was a pain to figure out where to mount it and how to get the wires to the right place. The wires needed to be about another 6 inches. (Twist's wedding night)
Auburn buries New Mexico 45-19 and new QB Hank Brown goes 17/25 235 yard 4 TD 0 INT to pretty much bury Peyton Thorne 0 at least until they get to the teeth of their SEC schedule
Mississippi State is crushed 41-17 by [checks notes] Toledo
I have admitted here before to rooting for UW last year. It was really bizarre to flip on the Apple Cup and see just completely new coaches and players.
I guess every sports team is a Ship of Theseus at some level, but “rooting for laundry” never felt more apt.
for some reason my high school alma mater started taking students to a UCLA game every fall (maybe for the overseas boarding students?) and they have yet to see a UCLA win
#5 Ole Miss beats down Wake Forest 40-6 in Winston Salem. Wake also has to pay Ole Miss because they cancelled the return game in Oxford.
#6 Mizzou beats #24 BC 27-21 in a thriller
#10 Miami woodsheds Ball State 62-0 and looks scare good
Memphis beats FSU in Tallahassee 20-12. FSU becomes the third team to be a pre-season top 10 team to start 0-3. Another one of those teams was also a Norvell FSU team.
NC State pulls away in Q4 to beat LA Tech 30-20 at home. Pack weren't convincing.
GA Tech beats hapless VMI 59-7 in a meaningless game
Pitt beats WVU 38-34 in the Backyard Brawl
Duke comes from behind in Q4 to beat football powerhouse UConn 26-21 at home.
UNC beats NCCU 45-10 in a meaningless game
VA Tech beats winless Old Dominion 37-17. The Monarch aren't that bad and should win some Sun Belt games.
As Major League Baseball collectively celebrates Roberto Clemente Day, the Oakland Athletics hoped to take the rubber match from the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. JP Sears took the mound today for Oakland. Sears faced off against 24-year-old rookie Sean Burke who made his major league debut on September 10, 2024.
Walker Buehler had his best start in months, in a week the Dodgers needed something, anything from their starting pitchers. Shohei Ohtani had two run-scoring doubles. The Braves wanted no part of Ohtani in the ninth inning, then Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman made them pay, opening the floodgates in a seven-run ninth in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win on Sunday night at Truist Park in Atlanta.
Caleb Williams continues to suck in the NFL. He had 0 TD and 2 INTs vs Texans last night. ESPN stats page projects him to finish the year with 2270 yards, 0 TD and 17 INTs.
The Las Vegas Raiders’offense looked absolutely dead for three quarters, but Gardner Minshew, Davante Adams and Brock Bowers all took over to give them a stunning 26-23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens who were a 8.5-point home favorite.
Everton became the first team in the Premiere League era (so 32 years) to play successive games in which they took a 2-0 league and then lost 2-3. Always innovating? Always innovating!
Laura Loomer and Trump had been recently together and were recently photographed having waaaay too cozy body language and immediately everyone was like "they smashed".
Cal literally invented card stunts and now it's toast. Perhaps we can get the alumni to do it. We don't have the arm strength to chuck them on the field either. Or perhaps the student section gets moved, which would improve revenues too.
Moving the students would not improve revenue, unless you charge the people who already sit on that side a large premium to be in the center. Others are not moving into the sun, and not moving where there is not easy access to facilities. It would simply empty the east side of the stadium of people.
The middle aged and older folks who would be buying these tickets are not going to be fans of walking all the way up to the top to use the restroom. I rarely don't sit on the west, but the climb is getting old (as am I).
I thought he maintained his composure pretty well given 2 completely unnecessary person fouls penalties had just been called. Had a 3rd one then ensued, that would have not been pretty. Interesting, but definitely not pretty.
If the card throwing had continued, at what point do the refs call a forfeit or at least warn of one? I'm only mildly surprised that the officials allowed for two warnings without explaining the reason for the warnings.
In the stadium, we could barely hear the pa announcer over by R. And then when Wilcox was making his annoucement, the band was playing oblivious of what was going on.
BERKELEY– The California field hockey team defeated UC Davis 2-0 on Sunday at Underhill Field, to extend its winning streak to four games to begin the 2024 season on Sunday at Underhill Field.
SAN FRANCISCO – California men's tennis senior Carl Emil Overbeck completed a trifecta of titles as the 2024 Battle in the Bay Classic came to an end Sunday at the California Tennis Club, with the Dane capturing the doubles crown with Theo Dean in the morning and then winning the singles championship in the afternoon. The singles title earned Overbeck wild-card entry into the singles main draw of the Tiburon Challenger professional tournament, slated for Sept. 29-Oct. 6.
DAVIS – The No. 5 California men's water polo team finished 4-0 at the Aggie Roundup, closing the second season of the tournament with Sunday wins over American River, 19-6 and West Valley, 21-12.
The freshmen led the way for the Golden Bears (7-1) in the win against American River, with Alex Oprea pouring in a game-high four goals and Maddox Arlett scoring three. Dante Ianora, Ryder Hagan, Piero Arienti and Will Kelly all registered hat tricks in the win over West Valley.
BOULDER, Colo. – California volleyball bounced back from its Saturday night loss with a four-set win (25-16, 24-26, 25-16, 25-19) against UC Irvine on Sunday to close out the Buffs Invitational, heading back to the Bay Area with a record of 7-3 on the season and high hopes heading into its final two matches of nonconference play.
DAVIS – The No. 5 California men's water polo team opened the Aggie Roundup with a pair of ranked wins Saturday, defeating No. 8 UC Davis 16-7 and No. 12 San Jose State 10-8.
Maddox Arlett led the Golden Bears (5-1) with five goals in the day, all of which came in the win over the Aggies (4-3). The freshman got Cal out to a fast start with a first-quarter hat trick, eventually extending the lead to 7-1 early in the second quarter.
BERKELEY – Freshman forward Malcolm Zalayet scored his first collegiate goal for the California men's soccer team at Edwards Stadium on Friday, but the Golden Bears wound up on the wrong end of a 2-1 result in in their first ACC home match.
What/who is missing?
We miss Baghani
Cal fans? Memorial was half empty, this for the best and most entertaining Cal team in a while, in good weather, against an upwardly mobile in state FBS opponent. I can't believe they all just stayed in the southeast after the Auburn game, and before heading to Tallahassee.
"Someone's Missing," song 3 on MGMT's second album.
How about removal? (as opposed to missing)
I received an email from my dad last night that he had captured a rattlesnake near where he lives. He said this was the 6th such capture this year. Usually, he captures only 1 or 2 a year. Said rattlesnake was probably older. I received a video of the capture. The rattler looked to be about 6 feet long and he was relatively fat.
Anyhow, Dad relocates rattlers to a spot 4 miles away so that they can't easily return and are away from other humans and lets them go.
Follow-up. He says that he caught another rattler within the last hour. All of this makes me think there's a den not far from where he is. What little I've read about rattlers indicate they don't range very far from where they are born. Usually within a mile, or even closer to their den.
He needs to invite the Swamp People to come and take away the rattlesnakes.
https://www.history.com/shows/swamp-people-serpent-invasion
Nah, he does okay. He has a simple set-up to catch and relocate.
RIP BobR. It was reported over the weekend that he shuffled off this mortal coil.
Wasn't there conflicting news on this? GB49 posted seven things on BI after his reported passing.
Is GB49 persona non grata on WFC?
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Avinash Kunnath
21h
Bob R is posting this morning on Bear Insider, this might be premature.
Bowlesman 80
20h
Well, I hope he was able to read all the nice things we said about him. I must have mixed up my information from Big C.
I'll leave this here for a day or two then take it off, I guess.
So he's not dead or missing. Good.
He only posted 7 times?
HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
I think I pulled a muscle throwing cards
Gotta pay attention to technique to avoid injury.
Chores, errands, & homework. I did some weeding and found out the hard way that fire ants come in different size. I found that they also come in itty bitty versions that are barely visible but their sting is just as powerful as full sized ones.
Ouch.
chill. watched football both days.
went for short gravel bike ride near home w/ wife. nice to be riding outside for a change.
older daughter was home from Seattle, so it was nice to have the whole family around, friends stopping by, etc.
fly off early this morning to Seattle. here for a a few days before Bay Area this weekend.
Did coolant flush on the Ms.'s Outback in anticipation of replacing water pump and thermostat next weekend. Will be saving approximately $550 over shop quote by spending about 3 hours doing the repair myself.
I just found out that the bearing in my power steering pump may be going out. There is a startup squeak that goes for about 1 min right around the pump. A couple of years ago I rebuilt the pump to replace all the gaskets and the bearing when it had a leak. My son needs it this weekend and I probably don't have time to redo it so I may just take it to the local guy. I rebuilt it because I had heard from many people that acuras do best with the OEM pump and fluid. I don't think it's the tensioner which I also replaced at the same time.
Cal game on Sat.
On Sun I spent most of the day putting new HID headlights in No 3's car. I had replaced his headlight assembly with projector headlights and a HID system, but every so often the right one would go out. Turning the headlights off and on fixed it, so I think the problem was the voltage sometimes would drop below what the HID ballast required (the old headlights were a halogen bulb) so it would shut off. When I bought the new HID system, I also bought a relay system with I think capacitors that will hold the voltage. that was a pain to figure out where to mount it and how to get the wires to the right place. The wires needed to be about another 6 inches. (Twist's wedding night)
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Division 2 Bentley beat St. Anselem. Check out this drive chart
https://bentleyfalcons.com/sports/football/stats/2024/saint-anselm/boxscore/6723#drive-chart
Attendance was 829, game duration was 2:33, and it was sunny and warm (81 deg. F) with a light wind.
Sounds lovely even if the game was a figurative pillow fight.
Indiana State (Go Sycamores!) beat Dayton 24-13 despite having 92 yards offense, not including 40 yards of penalties.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup/_/gameId/401634171
The Cal OOC curse is still intact.
UCLA is cratering ahead of them playing us 2026-2029. Minnesota is 2-1, but they haven't beat anyone of consequence. We play them next season.
UNLV is ranked for the first time literally ever, so they're going to need to suck again before we can play them in 2026.
Wisconsin is fine, but they too should think about having a downturn before we play them in 2029
Wyoming is terrible and rebuilding, but they have time to fire their current coach and rebuild again before we play them in 2029
Other games of interest:
UNLV beats Kansas 23-20
Georgia beats Kentucky 13-12
Vandy loses to Georgia State 36-32
Auburn buries New Mexico 45-19 and new QB Hank Brown goes 17/25 235 yard 4 TD 0 INT to pretty much bury Peyton Thorne 0 at least until they get to the teeth of their SEC schedule
Mississippi State is crushed 41-17 by [checks notes] Toledo
TCU loses 35-34 to UCF
Former PAC:
ASU barely beats Texas State 31-28. Texas State was favored by 2.5
#20 Arizona loses to #14 K-State 31-7
#12 Utah battles and beats Utah State 38-21 behind Isaac Wilson instead of injured Cam Rising
#9 Oregon beats Oregon State 49-14 on the road
Wazzu wins the Apple Cup 24-19 over UW. LOL.
UCLA loses at home 42-13 to [checks notes]... Indiana.
Colorado beats Colorado State 28-9
I have admitted here before to rooting for UW last year. It was really bizarre to flip on the Apple Cup and see just completely new coaches and players.
I guess every sports team is a Ship of Theseus at some level, but “rooting for laundry” never felt more apt.
for some reason my high school alma mater started taking students to a UCLA game every fall (maybe for the overseas boarding students?) and they have yet to see a UCLA win
ACC:
#5 Ole Miss beats down Wake Forest 40-6 in Winston Salem. Wake also has to pay Ole Miss because they cancelled the return game in Oxford.
#6 Mizzou beats #24 BC 27-21 in a thriller
#10 Miami woodsheds Ball State 62-0 and looks scare good
Memphis beats FSU in Tallahassee 20-12. FSU becomes the third team to be a pre-season top 10 team to start 0-3. Another one of those teams was also a Norvell FSU team.
NC State pulls away in Q4 to beat LA Tech 30-20 at home. Pack weren't convincing.
GA Tech beats hapless VMI 59-7 in a meaningless game
Pitt beats WVU 38-34 in the Backyard Brawl
Duke comes from behind in Q4 to beat football powerhouse UConn 26-21 at home.
UNC beats NCCU 45-10 in a meaningless game
VA Tech beats winless Old Dominion 37-17. The Monarch aren't that bad and should win some Sun Belt games.
Virginia loses to Maryland 27-13
Stanfurd had a bye in week 3
PRO
Vikings beat the 49ers 23-17
https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671645
A’s drop finale 4-3 to Sox in Chicago
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/9/15/24245632/athletics-lose-in-chicago
As Major League Baseball collectively celebrates Roberto Clemente Day, the Oakland Athletics hoped to take the rubber match from the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. JP Sears took the mound today for Oakland. Sears faced off against 24-year-old rookie Sean Burke who made his major league debut on September 10, 2024.
Braves intentionally walk Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers open floodgates to snap losing streak
https://www.truebluela.com/2024/9/15/24245165/walker-buehler-shohei-ohtani-mookie-betts-dodgers-braves
Walker Buehler had his best start in months, in a week the Dodgers needed something, anything from their starting pitchers. Shohei Ohtani had two run-scoring doubles. The Braves wanted no part of Ohtani in the ninth inning, then Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman made them pay, opening the floodgates in a seven-run ninth in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win on Sunday night at Truist Park in Atlanta.
I had this on while eating. Back to back to back hrs in the ninth. All damage with two outs. I’m not a Dodger fan but it was something to see.
I think that's the second time this season this trio went back to back to back.
Caleb Williams continues to suck in the NFL. He had 0 TD and 2 INTs vs Texans last night. ESPN stats page projects him to finish the year with 2270 yards, 0 TD and 17 INTs.
Raiders-Ravens recap: What a comeback
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2024/9/15/24242385/raiders-ravens-recap-26-23
Well, that was something.
The Las Vegas Raiders’offense looked absolutely dead for three quarters, but Gardner Minshew, Davante Adams and Brock Bowers all took over to give them a stunning 26-23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens who were a 8.5-point home favorite.
Who? I don't know who you're talk about. Uhh... oh yeah. I remember now. Those guys are dead to me.
Mark Davis' messed up bowl cut? He literally flies to Palm Desert to get it cut.
https://www.businessinsider.com/raiders-owner-mark-davis-bowl-cut-mini-van-2017-1
Giants unhelpful as they are swept by the Pads
9/15 Gamethread: Giants vs. Padres
I look forward to the playoffs. Just get the regular season over with, already.
Everton became the first team in the Premiere League era (so 32 years) to play successive games in which they took a 2-0 league and then lost 2-3. Always innovating? Always innovating!
OUR FUMBLING TUMBLING DEMOCRACY
JD Vance admits he made up the Haitians eating dogs/cats, but defended his actions saying lying helped bring attention to his other lies
Keep diggin', JD!
Laura Loomer and Trump had been recently together and were recently photographed having waaaay too cozy body language and immediately everyone was like "they smashed".
Laura Loomer: unconscious femme fatale of the 2024 election. Or simply wackadoodle.
Yes. or possibly T's Eva Braun.
So... another guy tried to assassinate Donald J. Trump
so they claim anyway
I have a similar skepticism.
Law enforcement confirms it's real, though it looks like he also never got close enough to fire at Trump. The shots fired were from Secret Service.
You know what else makes me skeptical? Roger Stone. I would never put it past him to concoct some crazy ass scheme to drum up sympathy for Trump.
I had skepticism right when I heard about the first one.
DBD AV CLUB
Emmy winners:
https://apnews.com/article/2024-emmy-awards-show-8588922c128c775092509b70a599a6d0
RIP Tito Jackson, the third of nine Jackson children. He was 70
https://apnews.com/article/tito-jackson-dead-jackson-5-03d6bfb14b84b27d99f9c26411d83a8a
CAL
Go Bears!!! Still among the undefeated.
The JET has some speed. That dude is special. If he can get a bit stronger to break some tackles without losing that speed, he'll play on Sundays
In the time that it took for me to type this, a penalty flag had been thrown
I hadn't seen so many flags since I went by the UN Building.
[rimshot.gif]
And...there goes another card onto the field...
RIP Card Stunts
1910-2024
Cal literally invented card stunts and now it's toast. Perhaps we can get the alumni to do it. We don't have the arm strength to chuck them on the field either. Or perhaps the student section gets moved, which would improve revenues too.
How embarrassing to get yelled at by head coach - lol
Moving the students would not improve revenue, unless you charge the people who already sit on that side a large premium to be in the center. Others are not moving into the sun, and not moving where there is not easy access to facilities. It would simply empty the east side of the stadium of people.
Could consider adding adequate lighting, services, sound, access, actual seating, etc. to the east side.
The middle aged and older folks who would be buying these tickets are not going to be fans of walking all the way up to the top to use the restroom. I rarely don't sit on the west, but the climb is getting old (as am I).
that clip of Justin Wilcox sounding like an exasperated dad about the cards being thrown on the field brought me great joy
I thought he maintained his composure pretty well given 2 completely unnecessary person fouls penalties had just been called. Had a 3rd one then ensued, that would have not been pretty. Interesting, but definitely not pretty.
If the card throwing had continued, at what point do the refs call a forfeit or at least warn of one? I'm only mildly surprised that the officials allowed for two warnings without explaining the reason for the warnings.
In the stadium, we could barely hear the pa announcer over by R. And then when Wilcox was making his annoucement, the band was playing oblivious of what was going on.
Game Experience Observation. Putting the visitors in front of the students will lead to at least one 'unsportsmanlike conduct' penalty per game.
maybe there needs to be a net, like for foul balls...
[FH] Cal Tops UC Davis To Remain Undefeated, 2-0
https://calbears.com/news/2024/9/15/field-hockey-cal-tops-uc-davis-to-remain-undefeated-2-0.aspx
BERKELEY– The California field hockey team defeated UC Davis 2-0 on Sunday at Underhill Field, to extend its winning streak to four games to begin the 2024 season on Sunday at Underhill Field.
[MTEN] Overbeck Wins Triple Crown At Battle In The Bay Classic
https://calbears.com/news/2024/9/15/mens-tennis-overbeck-wins-triple-crown-at-battle-in-the-bay-classic.aspx
SAN FRANCISCO – California men's tennis senior Carl Emil Overbeck completed a trifecta of titles as the 2024 Battle in the Bay Classic came to an end Sunday at the California Tennis Club, with the Dane capturing the doubles crown with Theo Dean in the morning and then winning the singles championship in the afternoon. The singles title earned Overbeck wild-card entry into the singles main draw of the Tiburon Challenger professional tournament, slated for Sept. 29-Oct. 6.
[MPOLO] Bears Go Undefeated At Aggie Roundup
https://calbears.com/news/2024/9/15/mens-water-polo-bears-go-undefeated-at-aggie-roundup.aspx
DAVIS – The No. 5 California men's water polo team finished 4-0 at the Aggie Roundup, closing the second season of the tournament with Sunday wins over American River, 19-6 and West Valley, 21-12.
The freshmen led the way for the Golden Bears (7-1) in the win against American River, with Alex Oprea pouring in a game-high four goals and Maddox Arlett scoring three. Dante Ianora, Ryder Hagan, Piero Arienti and Will Kelly all registered hat tricks in the win over West Valley.
[VB] Cal Rebounds With 3-1 Win Over UC Irvine
https://calbears.com/news/2024/9/15/volleyball-cal-rebounds-with-3-1-win-over-uc-irvine.aspx
BOULDER, Colo. – California volleyball bounced back from its Saturday night loss with a four-set win (25-16, 24-26, 25-16, 25-19) against UC Irvine on Sunday to close out the Buffs Invitational, heading back to the Bay Area with a record of 7-3 on the season and high hopes heading into its final two matches of nonconference play.
[MPOLO] No. 5 Cal Starts Strong In Davis
https://calbears.com/news/2024/9/14/mens-water-polo-no-5-cal-starts-strong-in-davis.aspx
DAVIS – The No. 5 California men's water polo team opened the Aggie Roundup with a pair of ranked wins Saturday, defeating No. 8 UC Davis 16-7 and No. 12 San Jose State 10-8.
Maddox Arlett led the Golden Bears (5-1) with five goals in the day, all of which came in the win over the Aggies (4-3). The freshman got Cal out to a fast start with a first-quarter hat trick, eventually extending the lead to 7-1 early in the second quarter.
[MSOC] Cal Suffers Narrow Loss to SMU
https://calbears.com/news/2024/9/13/mens-soccer-cal-suffers-narrow-loss-to-smu.aspx
BERKELEY – Freshman forward Malcolm Zalayet scored his first collegiate goal for the California men's soccer team at Edwards Stadium on Friday, but the Golden Bears wound up on the wrong end of a 2-1 result in in their first ACC home match.
[MBB] Meet Andrej Stojakovic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgozCPsTtlE&ab_channel=CalBears