I remember they had Eric bienemy and another back (can't remember the name) who had committed to Cal but flipped. Had a lot of success recruiting in the LA area at the time.
Rashan Salaam, I think. Salaam was part of Bruce Snyder's 1992 recruiting class, but never attended because Snyder left Cal after the 1992 Citrus Bowl to coach at ASU. Salaam won the Heisman in 1994.
Juan Roque was also part of the recruiting class Snyder would have brought to Cal. Roque was an Outland Trophy candidate at ASU. He was an integral part of the OL on the 11-0 team that came within 2 minutes of defeating Ohio State in the 1997 Rose Bowl and earning a national championship.
2 years ago, he was Conference Coach of the Year, and the Buffs were good/at least decent. Currently, they are on the wrong side of the matchup at most positions. I've seen them play twice, and they aren't playing fundamentally bad ball, but they are looking bad because most of the time most of the players are matched up with bigger. faster, stronger, and more experienced players. The decision Colorado had to make is whether they believe in their recruiting and development, and the players they have and are bringing in, and whether they can grow into being able to matchup. Also, whether there needs to be more use of of the transfer portal short term to resolve key personnel mis-matchups. (See freshman QB issue.)
And of course, the evaluation/recruiting by the current Coach and staff that let them fall so far behind so quickly in terms of personnel has to be a concern. Can this group effectively assemble and retain enough players capable of playing at this level or not?
It's surprising, given that Stanford did sustain getting enough good players to be very good to elite for a number of years under Shaw. I understand their willingness to give him some rope to work with. But its been several years now that Stanford has not had enough players that are good enough to compete for more than a series here and a play there, at least against good FCS opponents. Clearly, its not a brief or 1 year dropoff.
And while its true that Stanford was hampered more by Covid restrictions than some, and has other challenges, so do others. Cal also had severe Covid issues, and has moved forward, and has a better recruiting flow going. Washington self-destroyed their program, and has already recovered. WSU has rebounded from serious issues. OSU has bounced back from a setback in the Covid year. Stanford shows no signs of being able to assemble enough talent to compete any time soon.
USC barely beats OSU with about a minute left in the game. I don't think anybody doubts USC is really good, but it solidifies the Beavers as legit. The Beav were without the leading receiver, their tight end who happens to be nephew of Coach Bill Musgrave.
One of the impressive things is how Smith has coached up 2 and 3 star DB's and LB's to the extent that they could hang with USC's athletes at the receiver positions.
Yeah I noticed that as well. Kinda like the peewee play where the QB gets the ball and walks to the coach telling him it's the wrong ball and everyone else on O looks confused.
No. The cheek is the circular disc right behind the eye. It's pretty much the only meat on the head. The collar is the part right behind the head/gills and includes the ventral and pectoral fins.
They are not - the cheek is . . .well, exactly where a human's cheek comes from. The collar is the bone that connects the head to the body. Both are often wasted in fish prep - but both are amongst the best parts of the fish.
I got my COVID booster just after Labor Day and only had a bit of mild soreness at the injection site, and that didn't last very long. That surprised me, because my previous COVID shots had knocked me out for a day. Then I got my flu shot two weeks later, and again, only mild soreness (but this is normal for me with flu shots). Slightly nervous that my body is just not doing anything immunologically with these vaccines; hence, no symptoms. (Fingers crossed I'm just overthinking it!)
With each of my boosters (2) I experienced increasing soreness for 2 days then gradual relief. Soreness was gone in about 5 to 6 days after the injection.
I don't get soreness particularly from the covid boosters but the. bivalent booster caused a day of tachycardia afterward (not the first time this has happened)
I rewatched Willow to refresh my memory of the movie before the new Willow series is released. I still enjoyed it even if the special effects were obviously dated.
Poll shows 61% of Republicans would favor declaring the United States a Christian nation. This is despite a third of those people knowing it is not Constitutional.
Kyrsten Sinema speaks at the (Mitch) McConnell Center at Louisville, where McConnell introduces her as one of the most effective first term senator he's met.
Rudy Giuliani's ex-wife dragged Drunk Uncle to court for not paying most of the settlement. Rudy said it was a "gross exagerration" and that he actually only owes $50k. The judge disagreed and gave Rudy until next Friday to come up with $225k.
J6C changes their message. In June, one member said that the Committee would not refer Trump for prosecution. Over the weekend, two Committee members said they would and do so unanimously.
This became a lost season after the Lance injury. Mike McDaniel was huge for the Niner attack, and this is in no way a Super Bowl caliber O-line, especially with Williams out 3-5 weeks. The only saving grace was developing Trey. 2022 is now a waste - Garoppolo was an embarrassment on that safety and pick.
On a positive note, Jordan Mason looked good with his carry. He should see more.
Look, I make no bones about my distrust for Jimmy G as a quarterback, tho I do actually like the dude…he seems a cool guy, a good teammate, hard worker and doesn’t make mistakes on purpose. But as a fan I was concerned with the loss of Laken & Mack, plus a slimmer McGlinchy (can’t anchor in pass pro) coming off major injury. Now you lose Trent on that disastrous safety…to hear the scribes say it, this is a Super Bowl roster? Sure wasn’t one at Chicago, where Lance certainly wasn’t the reason they lost Pettis in coverage, couldn’t tackle Khalil Herbert and made dumb penalties.
Now it’s basically Super Bowl or bust, because at the end of the year, you still don’t know what you’ve got in Lance…what a pisser that Seattle game was.
Dodgers and Cards did this back in 2013? Scott Van Slyke and Joe Kelly. Don't remember who won but they weren't tossed.
No 3's HS teammate did this with a kid from the other team. His teammate's dad was the PA announcer and he got on his mic telling his kid to just stop and get into the dugout.
I was once a pretty decent runner and that's still more than a minute a mile faster than I ran. Even when I was competitive I couldn't run 5K at that pace.
The San Francisco Giants had runners in scoring position in the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th and 8th innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon. 12 runners crowded the base paths over the first 7 innings, but Giants bats couldn’t work out a way to cash them in.
After the D-Backs broke the scoring seal in the 5th with an RBI double from Pavin Smith, San Francisco had the opportunity to re-balance the game in following half-inning.
But a lead off double from J.D. Davis followed by a Brandon Crawford single put runners on the corners with 0 outs went belly up after David Villar whiffed on three straight sliders from starter Drey Jameson and Jason Vosler grounded into a double-play.
There are many scenarios one can imagine for how a major league baseball game can turn out. But not many include a player getting his first career win and another getting his second three-inning save.
The Dodgers and Cardinals did not score any runs after the third inning and perhaps both teams were already thinking about their tasks remaining. But the Dodgers did win 4-1 to win the final two games of their series against the Cardinals.
Michael Grove was the Dodger star of the game. Grove pitched five impressive innings, giving up one run and three hits. Grove only had one walk along with three strikeouts. More impressive, Grove was able to work around a two-on and two-out situation and also an error that put a runner on third with just one out.
Driscoll was impressive. If you look at the 3 Ott rushing TDs, Driscoll (#60) pancaked his man in two of the plays and ear-holed his man and pushed him three yards downfield.
Ott gets all the press for the Bears, but Sioape Vatikani was a rising superstar. He mauled his man. More importantly, his starting at LG and starting Driscoll at C allowed Cindric to switch to RG was exactly what we needed. While Sessions started at RT, the right side of the line firmed up.
Seriously....a more cynical and sarcastic Cal fan than I would perhaps ask why such a change wasn't made prior to ND after the OL struggled mightily against pressure v. Davis and UNLV, but better late than never...you can understand not wanting to tinker too much before heading into South Bend.
Now if we can just up the touch count on Ott...you don't wanna see him get 40, but 25 a game is definitely within reason....
Agreed about why it wasn’t made before ND. Perhaps they felt a freshman OL getting his first start on the road and against a solid ND DL was a recipe for failure. At any rate, I am glad they made the switch before conference play and doing it at home against Arizona is a much easier situation.
That’s a bit of a stretch but I like where your heads at, O D…if his appearance in the lineup is a sign of improved play by the OL and O, then this team may bowl…Cindric at RG def looked better on that side…
Major credit to Ott for getting his back against the scrum and driving backward. Without that, he doesn't get through. My only concerns it that this move would seem to make him vulnerable to defensive players trying to rip the ball from him.
[MPolo] #1 Cal finished third at the MPSF Invitation. They lost to #3 Stanfurd 12-11 in the semis, but beat Pomona-Pitzer 24-6, #8 UCSB 16-6, and #5 USC 11-10.
I thought they at least discouraged rematches. Looking further I see CBS Sports Jerry Palm has us in the First Responder Bowl (whatever that is) against Kansas
That'd be rad. I'd graciously concede to visit my in-laws for the holidays (they live in Arlington) and then pretend that I didn't know Cal had a game there.
You had me confused. I live in Arlington, VA and I thought there was some game nearby I didn't know about. Turns out the game is in Texas so you were referring to a different Arlington.
ha. Yeah, I had to look up where the First Responder Bowl is played, which is SMU's stadium. I also learned today that their stadium is named Gerald Ford Stadium, but it's not THAT Gerald Ford. It's named after some billionaire.
Hey, Classics fans. How about a brief history of flatulists and their god-king Roland.
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Funny-History-of-Roland-the-Farter
HSB alert!
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Boise State's starting QB to enter the portal after his OC gets canned.
https://www.bronconationnews.com/breaking-boise-state-quarterback-hank-bachmeier-to-enter-transfer-portal/
Welcome to the FBS, James Madison. The Dukes beat App State 32-28.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401415037
So Bo and Luke matriculated to JMU, huh? Cool.
Sac State earns their first win over an FBS team by destroying Colorado State 41-10.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401415221
Wait a minute - isn't that Troy Taylor's team?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Taylor_(American_football)
Thanks GB49
Here we go.
The state of Colorado is in a bad place for CFB. Both CSU and Colorado might combine for 2 wins this season.
#25 Miami falls to 0-3 all-time vs. Middle Tennessee State
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401426568
Insane
#22 Texas loses to Tech 37-34. Foul words and muttering heard loudly all over south Austin.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404082
indeed
UCLA dominates hapless Buffaloes 45-17
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401403998
Per Parker aka @statsowar on the twitters, Colorado may be the worst P5 team ever.
You'd never guess that the Buffs tied with Georgia Tech for a national championship in 1990.
I remember they had Eric bienemy and another back (can't remember the name) who had committed to Cal but flipped. Had a lot of success recruiting in the LA area at the time.
Rashan Salaam, I think. Salaam was part of Bruce Snyder's 1992 recruiting class, but never attended because Snyder left Cal after the 1992 Citrus Bowl to coach at ASU. Salaam won the Heisman in 1994.
Juan Roque was also part of the recruiting class Snyder would have brought to Cal. Roque was an Outland Trophy candidate at ASU. He was an integral part of the OL on the 11-0 team that came within 2 minutes of defeating Ohio State in the 1997 Rose Bowl and earning a national championship.
What if....Bockrath honored the agreement Snyder had.
https://twitter.com/pregameempire/status/1574111834663256064?s=46&t=PS_Ht18CGF9oJqx8dUnOOg
I watched a few minutes of the game. They've switched to a freshman QB Owen McCown. Didn't really matter.
They’ve started 3 different QBs in 4 games
You know the old saying, if you’re starting 3 QBs in 4 games, you don’t have a QB.
You mean Karl Dorrell isn't the answer in Boulder?
2 years ago, he was Conference Coach of the Year, and the Buffs were good/at least decent. Currently, they are on the wrong side of the matchup at most positions. I've seen them play twice, and they aren't playing fundamentally bad ball, but they are looking bad because most of the time most of the players are matched up with bigger. faster, stronger, and more experienced players. The decision Colorado had to make is whether they believe in their recruiting and development, and the players they have and are bringing in, and whether they can grow into being able to matchup. Also, whether there needs to be more use of of the transfer portal short term to resolve key personnel mis-matchups. (See freshman QB issue.)
And of course, the evaluation/recruiting by the current Coach and staff that let them fall so far behind so quickly in terms of personnel has to be a concern. Can this group effectively assemble and retain enough players capable of playing at this level or not?
Depends on the question.
Which Pac12 coach will be the 2nd in season firing?
“Which coach looks best in a fake mustache?"
Oregon comes from behind to beat Wazzu 44-41 with a 29 point fourth quarter, including a game sealing pick 6 with a minute to go.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401403999
Cougin it.
Not just Couging it, but a top 10 all time Couging it job.
Big time...it even spread to Corvallis...
Huskies woodshed Stanfurd 40-22. McKee was sacked 8 times, not including where they stopped him for no gain four times.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401404001
I don't know. Maybe Shaw is getting to the burn-out stage.
Is this like 2012 Tedford? Except I assume they're graduating their players.
The most difficult thing about Stanford is getting in.
Heh
It's surprising, given that Stanford did sustain getting enough good players to be very good to elite for a number of years under Shaw. I understand their willingness to give him some rope to work with. But its been several years now that Stanford has not had enough players that are good enough to compete for more than a series here and a play there, at least against good FCS opponents. Clearly, its not a brief or 1 year dropoff.
And while its true that Stanford was hampered more by Covid restrictions than some, and has other challenges, so do others. Cal also had severe Covid issues, and has moved forward, and has a better recruiting flow going. Washington self-destroyed their program, and has already recovered. WSU has rebounded from serious issues. OSU has bounced back from a setback in the Covid year. Stanford shows no signs of being able to assemble enough talent to compete any time soon.
I’m ok with this
It’s a good thought. Didn’t the furd also deemphasize their sports or something recently?
I remember when Shaw said he hoped to be coaching on the farm until his daughter graduates. I wonder where she is as it pertains to that question.
So she could also not go watch her father run the program into the ground??
Utah beats ASU 34-13. Sun Devils manage only 6 yards rushing.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401403997
I wonder if ASU recovers this season.
Recovers in what way? Win another game? They will more than likely beat Colorado but that’s probably about it.
Their QB look like 16 year old, AND small.
Air Force scores 48 points, only completes one pass.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401415220
It's a crime that the Air Force Academy doesn't have a pass happy Mike Leach style offense. I mean, they're called Air Force!
They are the Greenland/Ice Land of CFB.
Boise State fires their OC after losing to lowly UTEP 27-10
https://twitter.com/ShehanJeyarajah/status/1573770345936551938
And their previous starting QB has entered the transfer portal. Boise State football is going to crash harder than the Boise housing market.
But I thought someone told me that the Pac-12 should take Boise State?
USC barely beats OSU with about a minute left in the game. I don't think anybody doubts USC is really good, but it solidifies the Beavers as legit. The Beav were without the leading receiver, their tight end who happens to be nephew of Coach Bill Musgrave.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401404000
One of the impressive things is how Smith has coached up 2 and 3 star DB's and LB's to the extent that they could hang with USC's athletes at the receiver positions.
Caleb Williams showing up to work high helped too.
What is this rumor?
Completely speculative, based on his play, the look and in his eye, and what we know about him....
But he was dreadful.
K-State beats #6 OU 41-34 thanks to a guy who wanted to be with his girlfriend rather than transfer to Cal.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404081
Nifty trick play by Wazzu works like a charm
https://imgur.com/eIogXvf
At first I didn't think they were set, but I guess they are.
Their feet don't move. No one on the line is in a three point stance. Looks legit to me.
What really sells it is that the wide out and the flanker on the right end of the line don't move after the snap.
Yeah I noticed that as well. Kinda like the peewee play where the QB gets the ball and walks to the coach telling him it's the wrong ball and everyone else on O looks confused.
I didn't know that was legal
Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks. I remember he played for the 76ers in the 80s.
Fish cheeks are supposed to be a delicacy according to several Asian cultures. Frankly, I don't get it.
Halibut cheeks are delicious
I'm a fan of all fish cheeks. And it's not just Asian cultures - they talk about it on stuff like Meat Eater.
is fish cheek the same as fish collar?
No. The cheek is the circular disc right behind the eye. It's pretty much the only meat on the head. The collar is the part right behind the head/gills and includes the ventral and pectoral fins.
They are not - the cheek is . . .well, exactly where a human's cheek comes from. The collar is the bone that connects the head to the body. Both are often wasted in fish prep - but both are amongst the best parts of the fish.
Thanks, everyone!
No. Collar is behind the gills where the loin starts. Cheeks are from the face
Trey Cheek
I remember this name but don't remember anything about him. I think he was a Cal football player.
TODAY IN COVID
I got the JJ and then moderna booster and now I’m leaning towards the moderna booster again. Does this sound about right?
It's what I did. Sounds good to me.
Getting the booster and flu shots tomorrow. What do y'all think, same arm or different arms?
Kaiser told me to get different arms. No lingering soreness on the flu shot, but covid booster was next day very sore, third day tiny bit sore.
I got my COVID booster just after Labor Day and only had a bit of mild soreness at the injection site, and that didn't last very long. That surprised me, because my previous COVID shots had knocked me out for a day. Then I got my flu shot two weeks later, and again, only mild soreness (but this is normal for me with flu shots). Slightly nervous that my body is just not doing anything immunologically with these vaccines; hence, no symptoms. (Fingers crossed I'm just overthinking it!)
With each of my boosters (2) I experienced increasing soreness for 2 days then gradual relief. Soreness was gone in about 5 to 6 days after the injection.
I don't get soreness particularly from the covid boosters but the. bivalent booster caused a day of tachycardia afterward (not the first time this has happened)
I never noticed anything for the various COVID shots, any of them.
Same. I'm getting my 5th Covid shot on October 4th.
DBD AV CLUB
I rewatched Willow to refresh my memory of the movie before the new Willow series is released. I still enjoyed it even if the special effects were obviously dated.
new (ish) shows I started - Bad Sisters and Reboot
Slow Horses Season 2 premieres Dec 2.
Bad Sisters is good...watched the first three eps and paused, so will be binging that shortly.
Nice about Slow Horses (seems that S1 just ended!).
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Poll shows 61% of Republicans would favor declaring the United States a Christian nation. This is despite a third of those people knowing it is not Constitutional.
https://criticalissues.umd.edu/sites/criticalissues.umd.edu/files/American%20Attitudes%20on%20Race%2CEthnicity%2CReligion.pdf
[CNN] Mark Meadows texts reveals his direct connection to gain access to voting system in swing states. Fucking traitor to democracy.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/meadows-texts-phil-waldron-seize-voting-machines-election-fraud/index.html
Keith Olbermann has bad taste in women
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1574408661140705280
She was. She fooled everyone.
Kyrsten Sinema speaks at the (Mitch) McConnell Center at Louisville, where McConnell introduces her as one of the most effective first term senator he's met.
https://www.businessinsider.com/mitch-mcconnell-kyrsten-sinema-most-effective-praise-bipartisanship-filibuster-2022-9
He would put it in Louisville as a FU to the people that despise him.
Josh Hawley (R-MO, BA - Stanfurd) wants to stop the Radical Left from teaching our kids that there is more than one gender.
https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1572693098622222337
Rudy Giuliani's ex-wife dragged Drunk Uncle to court for not paying most of the settlement. Rudy said it was a "gross exagerration" and that he actually only owes $50k. The judge disagreed and gave Rudy until next Friday to come up with $225k.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/rudy-giuliani-has-2-weeks-to-pay-ex-wife-225k-or-face-jail-time/3878518/
He could afford that if trump would pay him his legal expenses and invoices that are owed to him for participating in the coup.
Someone in Trump's White House called a J6 rioter during the insurrection
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/mysterious-phone-call-white-house-rioter-jan-6/index.html
The clock gets pushed two hours toward midnight. Blinken warns Putin: if you nuke, we nuke.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11249863/US-warns-Russia-catastrophic-consequences-Putin-uses-nukes.html
Isn’t the clock in minutes to midnight?
No Minutes to Midnight is a Linkin Park album. The time is Morris Day's backing band.
J6C changes their message. In June, one member said that the Committee would not refer Trump for prosecution. Over the weekend, two Committee members said they would and do so unanimously.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jan-6-panel-could-make-unanimous-trump-prosecution-referral-members-2022-9
Will it make any difference? I don’t think so but it would be good to see.
It won’t make a difference to his hardcore MAGA base, 75% of GQP base, and sadly probably only a marginal difference to independents.
PRO
49ers lose 11-10 to Broncos as Jimmy G pulls an Orlovsky. Ironically, he did himself a favor as it would have been a pick 6.
https://twitter.com/danorlovsky7/status/1574222602515668992
This became a lost season after the Lance injury. Mike McDaniel was huge for the Niner attack, and this is in no way a Super Bowl caliber O-line, especially with Williams out 3-5 weeks. The only saving grace was developing Trey. 2022 is now a waste - Garoppolo was an embarrassment on that safety and pick.
On a positive note, Jordan Mason looked good with his carry. He should see more.
I hate that I agree with you
Look, I make no bones about my distrust for Jimmy G as a quarterback, tho I do actually like the dude…he seems a cool guy, a good teammate, hard worker and doesn’t make mistakes on purpose. But as a fan I was concerned with the loss of Laken & Mack, plus a slimmer McGlinchy (can’t anchor in pass pro) coming off major injury. Now you lose Trent on that disastrous safety…to hear the scribes say it, this is a Super Bowl roster? Sure wasn’t one at Chicago, where Lance certainly wasn’t the reason they lost Pettis in coverage, couldn’t tackle Khalil Herbert and made dumb penalties.
Now it’s basically Super Bowl or bust, because at the end of the year, you still don’t know what you’ve got in Lance…what a pisser that Seattle game was.
Also, Jimmy G is not...good. Like at all.
Is it due to the offseason surgery?
WHAT? Women thinks he's super hot.
Jimmy G is doing what he can. I’ve lost trust in Shanahan honestly.
These "Jimmy G has the yips" games are the worst.
NFL replaces the Pro Bowl with Battle of the Network Stars
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34669351/nfl-replaces-pro-bowl-pro-bowl-games-featuring-weeklong-skills-competitions-flag-football-game
NASCAR: Jimmy Johnson to retire from full time racing. May seek to coach the Dallas Cowboys to back to back Superbowl XXVII and XXVIII wins.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-jimmie-johnson-retire-135254653.html
Two pitchers get ejected for excessive National Anthem-ing
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1574103153619902465
Dodgers and Cards did this back in 2013? Scott Van Slyke and Joe Kelly. Don't remember who won but they weren't tossed.
No 3's HS teammate did this with a kid from the other team. His teammate's dad was the PA announcer and he got on his mic telling his kid to just stop and get into the dugout.
I saw it at a Nats game once. Don't remember who the players were but they didn't get tossed.
Eliud Kipchoge broke his own marathon record. 2:01:09 @ the Berlin Marathon. Insanely fast.
I was once a pretty decent runner and that's still more than a minute a mile faster than I ran. Even when I was competitive I couldn't run 5K at that pace.
TD or out of bounds?
https://twitter.com/RotoStJournal/status/1574085049082748928
I think TD. The ball didn't wobble as he was gathering it in and his heels were not down, similar to Sean Elliott's shot in the NBA finals.
Mets beat the A's, 13-4.
I was hoping we didn't get to the 100 losses mark but it looks like we will
Late runs are better than no runs
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/9/25/23372097/mlb-final-giants-diamondbacks-evan-longoria-jd-davis-camilo-doval-recap
The San Francisco Giants had runners in scoring position in the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th and 8th innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon. 12 runners crowded the base paths over the first 7 innings, but Giants bats couldn’t work out a way to cash them in.
After the D-Backs broke the scoring seal in the 5th with an RBI double from Pavin Smith, San Francisco had the opportunity to re-balance the game in following half-inning.
But a lead off double from J.D. Davis followed by a Brandon Crawford single put runners on the corners with 0 outs went belly up after David Villar whiffed on three straight sliders from starter Drey Jameson and Jason Vosler grounded into a double-play.
Grove and Jackson hold down the Cardinals in 4-1 win
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/25/23371811/grove-and-jackson-hold-down-the-cardinals-in-4-1-win
There are many scenarios one can imagine for how a major league baseball game can turn out. But not many include a player getting his first career win and another getting his second three-inning save.
The Dodgers and Cardinals did not score any runs after the third inning and perhaps both teams were already thinking about their tasks remaining. But the Dodgers did win 4-1 to win the final two games of their series against the Cardinals.
Michael Grove was the Dodger star of the game. Grove pitched five impressive innings, giving up one run and three hits. Grove only had one walk along with three strikeouts. More impressive, Grove was able to work around a two-on and two-out situation and also an error that put a runner on third with just one out.
Dodgers clinch home field throughout the NLCS. Magic number to clinch the best record is 4.
GBBR.
They also tied with the most wins ever in franchise in history
GBBR
Do you know why football players have a pad that goes up/down their buttcrack?
https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/1574128963466715136
US beats World Team in the Presidents Cup with help from Max Homa (4-0 and a big putt on Sunday) and Collin Morikawa (2-1)
CAL
Go Bears!!! Ott for Heisman.
Cal wins 3 out of 6 Pac-12 Player awards. Offense (Ott), Freshman (Ott), and Lineman (Coleman)
https://pac-12.com/article/2022/09/26/pac-12-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-football-week-4
Driscoll was impressive. If you look at the 3 Ott rushing TDs, Driscoll (#60) pancaked his man in two of the plays and ear-holed his man and pushed him three yards downfield.
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1573839416572841985
https://twitter.com/CamMellor/status/1573826290750291969
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1573790047475683328
I'm not sure if it was Driscoll, but there also was one on the TD the first play in the 4th.
That was Rhome
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1573829703072239616
Ott gets all the press for the Bears, but Sioape Vatikani was a rising superstar. He mauled his man. More importantly, his starting at LG and starting Driscoll at C allowed Cindric to switch to RG was exactly what we needed. While Sessions started at RT, the right side of the line firmed up.
This seems to have really firmed up both the interior OL and the right side.
Seriously....a more cynical and sarcastic Cal fan than I would perhaps ask why such a change wasn't made prior to ND after the OL struggled mightily against pressure v. Davis and UNLV, but better late than never...you can understand not wanting to tinker too much before heading into South Bend.
Now if we can just up the touch count on Ott...you don't wanna see him get 40, but 25 a game is definitely within reason....
Agreed about why it wasn’t made before ND. Perhaps they felt a freshman OL getting his first start on the road and against a solid ND DL was a recipe for failure. At any rate, I am glad they made the switch before conference play and doing it at home against Arizona is a much easier situation.
Okay then...Vatikani for Heisman.
That’s a bit of a stretch but I like where your heads at, O D…if his appearance in the lineup is a sign of improved play by the OL and O, then this team may bowl…Cindric at RG def looked better on that side…
Let’s get to El the F Paso!!!
Solid adjustments- great to see. Vatikani add could change the season...
Wait, I was told the coaches couldn't make adjustments...
They can’t make any adjustments before the fall equinox and that was last Thursday so Arizona had no idea what was coming.
Apparently they can over the course of a week. Unfortunately, they still struggle to make them in-game, at least on offense.
Just a week too late
The great play of the OL is the most surprising thing about this game. If that can continue into conference play, watch out.
Just a massive man and crazily quick and powerful. On the 18 yard Ott scamper he pulled Ott out of the scrum and pushed him forward.
Major credit to Ott for getting his back against the scrum and driving backward. Without that, he doesn't get through. My only concerns it that this move would seem to make him vulnerable to defensive players trying to rip the ball from him.
I saw that.
[MTEN} Kikuchi/Overbeck win in doubles final at Battle of the Bay Classic
https://calbears.com/news/2022/9/25/mens-tennis-bears-repeat-as-battle-in-the-bay-champs.aspx
[WSOC] Bear play tough but fall 4-2 to #1 UCLA
https://calbears.com/news/2022/9/23/womens-soccer-cal-falls-to-no-1-ucla.aspx
[MSOC]. Bears (3-2-3) edge St. Mary's (5-3-1) in a tight match via a score of 1-0.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/9/25/mens-soccer-cal-defeats-saint-marys-1-0.aspx
[MPolo] #1 Cal finished third at the MPSF Invitation. They lost to #3 Stanfurd 12-11 in the semis, but beat Pomona-Pitzer 24-6, #8 UCSB 16-6, and #5 USC 11-10.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/9/25/mens-water-polo-no-1-bears-defeat-no-5-usc-take-third-in-mpsf-invitational.aspx
[FH] Bears win their second match of the season, besting the Bryant Bulldogs 5-0. Rachel Buttinger looks like she is not a woman to be trifled with.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/9/25/field-hockey-rachel-buttinger-records-first-career-hat-trick-bears-roll-bryant.aspx
A story just popped up on my MSN feed from the Sporting News. Bowl prediction is Cal in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl against - UNLV.
Jimmy Chitwood would commit terrible crimes for the chance to see Cal in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. It's his white whale.
Me and JC have been chasing that white whale for years. I actually think we can’t get back to the Rose Bowl until we have played in the Sun Bowl.
Do they let rematches happen?
The highlight of last year's Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl is that he needed credentials to walk around with access at his own bowl game.
Rematches are generally avoided unless they're unavoidable.
Everyone needs credentials - even the players at games.
I thought they at least discouraged rematches. Looking further I see CBS Sports Jerry Palm has us in the First Responder Bowl (whatever that is) against Kansas
That'd be rad. I'd graciously concede to visit my in-laws for the holidays (they live in Arlington) and then pretend that I didn't know Cal had a game there.
You had me confused. I live in Arlington, VA and I thought there was some game nearby I didn't know about. Turns out the game is in Texas so you were referring to a different Arlington.
ha. Yeah, I had to look up where the First Responder Bowl is played, which is SMU's stadium. I also learned today that their stadium is named Gerald Ford Stadium, but it's not THAT Gerald Ford. It's named after some billionaire.
There's also an Arlington, Kentucky (population 340) but I doubt it's there.
Somebody on ESPN has us facing Army in the Independence Bowl.
I'm convinced we are going to the Rose against Ohio State. Ott will be like Bigelow in the game.
Seems our most likely destination, unless we sneak into the national semis.
Shreveport, LA might be the worst city in America. No thanks to the Independence Bowl.
Army ain’t gonna bowl this year.
They have a shot...they have 1 win now and I'd think they'd be favored against Ga St, Colgate, ULM, UConn, and UMass. That'd be the requisite six.
Shana tova!
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Thanks!