Nothing that a 9-3 (or better) season wouldn't cure. We haven't had a season better than 8-5 since the renovation (2015 under Sonny Dykes with an Armed Forces Bowl win and 2019 under Justin Wilcox with a Redbox Bowl win). Cal is a cumulative 52-75 from 2012 through 2022 including 2-1 in bowl games. In a similar length stretch, Cal was 82-57 under Jeff Tedford (with one overlapping season, 2012).
Now I know how other people feel when I toss out depressing stats about Cal football. (I assume someone will reply to this by asking: are there any other kind of stats about Cal football?)
generally buying wood for DIY projects. you would think it would be a lot cheaper, but after you pay ad put in the effort and buy all the tools it is usually more than just buying the thing.
of course, you cant put a price on the FUN you have putting it together.
As a party of 6 with 3 dogs, we went to a cabin in Sonoma County on Father's Day weekend for two nights. It was nice enough, but the cleaning was not at all deep. I spent a portion of the day on Friday washing plates, utensils, and pots and pans because the level of cleanliness was...cursory. For instance, a pot we intended to use had been previously used for pasta. You could see the outline of the pasta from the residual on the bottom and sides of the pot. There were other examples. I really wonder about the cleaning crews employed at this vacation rental. And their cleaning fee was $250, I think.
my trip ended up being luckily cheaper. the Graduate hotel lost or messed up my reservation somehow. they luckily found it in the end but felt very bad for the hassle. so the comped 2 out of 4 night and free valet parking for both HAG and I.
It seems to me that my parents generation was fixated on finding someone to blame, other than oneself. In my own adult life, I moved from that point of view, to finding a solution to the problem, and finding fault was less important.
Tinder, a subsidiary of IAC, has launched a $499/month premium tier. There aren't many added features - just cache that someone is thirsty enough to burn up that much money.
Sen. Bob Menendez faced rapidly growing calls from Senate colleagues to resign Tuesday, including from his fellow New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, after he vowed to return to Washington despite facing a federal indictment alleging that he and his wife accepted bribes in exchange for exerting his political influence.
COMMENT: New Jersey Democrats could put the bite on Menendez. They need to recruit and fund a primary challenger. The seat belongs to the people of New Jersey, not Menendez.
EDIT: Congressman Andy Kim (representing the NJ 3rd District) announced he will run against Senator Menendez in 2024.
ICYMI: This is how Oregon's mascot entered the stadium. Puddles started sauntering in coolly wearing a white cowboy hat, sunglasses, and giant chains, but he later lost his head
Ashton Hayes - who started the season as an "or" starter at the beginning of the year has only had 30 carries in four games. Keleki Latu has caught 10 passes this season after catching 6 against Texas State and is second on the team in receptions, fourth in yards.
Reminder: Iowa OC Brian Ferentz, the son of HC, Kirk Ferentz - has a contract that has a goal of 25 points (regardless of who scores them) and 7 victories. If he gets them, he gets a $112.5k bonus, a new 2-year contract renewal, and a raise. For reference 25 points per game was about average for 2022. Iowa's remaining schedule is so weak that they could achieve that goal and go to a bowl game despite being terrible on offense as evident by their 76 yards against Penn State.
Iowa's remaining schedule is super weak. A case in point, they are 11.5 point favorites against Michigan State. The over/under is a ridiculously low 36.5. Iowa could win 10 games because of the incredibly weak Big X and because they don't play Michigan, Ohio State, or Maryland.
On this day in 1924 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Santa Clara, 13-7 in the first non-Big Game played at Memorial Stadium (the stadium had opened with the annual clash against the Lobsterbacks the previous November). Cal would go on to post their fifth consecutive unbeaten season going 8-0-2. Over the course of the five years the Bears were 44-0-4.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
Wilcox plays down to opponents. We aren’t walking away from Charlottesville or Chestnut Hill with guaranteed wins. We can’t even be sure of a win with ASU coming to town this week.
If Wilcox is not owed for all the salary he could have earned from now through the end of the 2027 season, why not can him after a terrible 4-8 campaign?
I had the same thoughts, but apparently Faraudo had incorrect information. A deep dive by some others into the language of Wilcox’s extension turned up that it is apparently nearly fully guaranteed, which is f-ing INEXPLICABLE. How was Knowlton able to do that? Who at Cal signed off on THAT commitment?
But his buyout after THIS season is apparently >$15M
How to leverage an interview with his alma mater to get his clueless AD to guarantee him almost $30m for playing middling ball in a low-pressure environment
QB Jaden Rashada is injured and will be out. Second string QB Trenton Borguet is injured and will be out. We will be facing old ND foe Drew Pyne, who has some lingering hamstring injuries so won't be super mobile. If Pyne can't go, Jacob Connover is the final QB on the roster - who went 6-19 for 89 yards and 2 INTs against Fresno State. I think ASU outperformed against USC and Cal will have a rebound game against a non-elite foe.
That being said, ASU has a very good receiver group, an angry running RB Skattebo, a defense comparable to Cal's, and a reliable kicker named Dario Longhetto. Cal is a 12 point favorite.
Skattebo was talking a lot of shit through the third quarter. Perhaps because he's nursing an injury, Pyne seemed to get rattled by garden variety sacks / botched passes.
That photo, at the top, must have been taken no later than 2010 near Sections K and KK.
I looked at the photo and for a second felt nostalgic for the old wooden seats. What the hell is wrong with me?
Same. There was a certain charm in the stadium's well worn patina
Nothing that a 9-3 (or better) season wouldn't cure. We haven't had a season better than 8-5 since the renovation (2015 under Sonny Dykes with an Armed Forces Bowl win and 2019 under Justin Wilcox with a Redbox Bowl win). Cal is a cumulative 52-75 from 2012 through 2022 including 2-1 in bowl games. In a similar length stretch, Cal was 82-57 under Jeff Tedford (with one overlapping season, 2012).
Now I know how other people feel when I toss out depressing stats about Cal football. (I assume someone will reply to this by asking: are there any other kind of stats about Cal football?)
Advanced depressing stats. (Its a new thing, pioneered to meet the Berzerkly circumstance.)
What turned out to be much more expensive than you thought?
Home remodeling
Larry Scott.
Justin Wilcox
Raising children.
Marriage
i hear that the divorce part is even more expensive ...
Surprisingly, for us, that was relatively painless.
generally buying wood for DIY projects. you would think it would be a lot cheaper, but after you pay ad put in the effort and buy all the tools it is usually more than just buying the thing.
of course, you cant put a price on the FUN you have putting it together.
Airbnb for the Cal/UW game. Somehow I missed a $150 cleaning fee. And JimmyChitwood found hair in the shower.
Still a perfectly solid enough AirBnB…but the cleaning detail absolutely was not there, making the $150 a bit steep.
As a party of 6 with 3 dogs, we went to a cabin in Sonoma County on Father's Day weekend for two nights. It was nice enough, but the cleaning was not at all deep. I spent a portion of the day on Friday washing plates, utensils, and pots and pans because the level of cleanliness was...cursory. For instance, a pot we intended to use had been previously used for pasta. You could see the outline of the pasta from the residual on the bottom and sides of the pot. There were other examples. I really wonder about the cleaning crews employed at this vacation rental. And their cleaning fee was $250, I think.
Yeah the condo itself was nice. The owner said she would contact the cleaning company. Didn't offer any money back though.
my trip ended up being luckily cheaper. the Graduate hotel lost or messed up my reservation somehow. they luckily found it in the end but felt very bad for the hassle. so the comped 2 out of 4 night and free valet parking for both HAG and I.
FAULT
It seems to me that my parents generation was fixated on finding someone to blame, other than oneself. In my own adult life, I moved from that point of view, to finding a solution to the problem, and finding fault was less important.
N-n-n-n-n-n-nobody's ___ but mine. (1976)
one of my favorite Zeppelin songs, especially the end
IV was their last great album.
Hayward
What did you expect with a place name like that?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/maine-wardens-save-15-year-old-boy-who-fell-60-feet-down-tumbledown-mountain/ar-AA1hfrdF
The kid suffered a compound fracture, too. Nasty.
DBD STREET JOURNAL
Bond markets in a quandary. Yields are up, prices sink. Not-so-hot for capital preservation.
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-0926223/card/stock-futures-fall-amid-surge-in-bond-yields-CbQMJovjzRJ9pxqqXL6e
Jeff Bezos' "Blue Origin" company - which flies dong-shaped rockets is going limp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t4_a7tESf4
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/25/blue-origin-ceo-bob-smith-out-replaced-by-outgoing-amazon-exec-dave-limp.html
Tinder, a subsidiary of IAC, has launched a $499/month premium tier. There aren't many added features - just cache that someone is thirsty enough to burn up that much money.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/25/tinder-snobs-can-now-pay-499-per-month-to-be-matched-with-the-most-sought-after-profiles/
DBD AV CLUB
History of the World Part 2. (Hulu, 1/19 WNB). Unfunny. Turned it off after about 15 minutes. A complete dud.
omg i thought it was great
PRO
Hey World! Are you ready for championship Korfball? It's like Dutch netball and was a demonstration sport in the 1920 and 1928 Olympics.
https://twitter.com/korfball/status/1706641645947510989
[ESPN] Trevor Siemian to sign with Jets as a sign of no confidence in Zach Wilson
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38497338/source-jets-sign-veteran-free-agent-qb-trevor-siemian
Giants beat Pads 2-1 on a Logan Webb's complete game as the two teams wrestle to push each other into official Wild Card elimination
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401473360
Bengals beat the Rams 19-16 at home as Joe Burrow returns from injury
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547441
Eagles tame the Bucs 25-11 even though Hurts tosses 2 INTS. 1 INT indirectly turned into a safety the next play.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547440
lol
https://twitter.com/Eagles/status/1706446068647375227
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Sen. Bob Menendez faced rapidly growing calls from Senate colleagues to resign Tuesday, including from his fellow New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, after he vowed to return to Washington despite facing a federal indictment alleging that he and his wife accepted bribes in exchange for exerting his political influence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/26/menendez-senate-democrats-resign/
COMMENT: New Jersey Democrats could put the bite on Menendez. They need to recruit and fund a primary challenger. The seat belongs to the people of New Jersey, not Menendez.
EDIT: Congressman Andy Kim (representing the NJ 3rd District) announced he will run against Senator Menendez in 2024.
Cassidy Hutchison denies Matt Gaetz's claim that he dated her. I mean, that should be obvious because she's not a minor.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/i-never-dated-matt-gaetz-cassidy-hutchinson-denies-republicans-claim-says-i-have-much-higher-standards-in-men/
ELSEHWERE IN COLLEGE
ICYMI: This is how Oregon's mascot entered the stadium. Puddles started sauntering in coolly wearing a white cowboy hat, sunglasses, and giant chains, but he later lost his head
https://twitter.com/haydenherrera/status/1705668657781833980
Winless teams in the FBS:
Sam Houston (inaugural FBS season), UConn, Buffalo, Nevada
Ashton Hayes - who started the season as an "or" starter at the beginning of the year has only had 30 carries in four games. Keleki Latu has caught 10 passes this season after catching 6 against Texas State and is second on the team in receptions, fourth in yards.
Nevada has a chance to go winless this year despite playing New Mexico, FCS Idaho, Hawaii, and Utah State.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/2440/nevada-wolf-pack
Jay Norvell left that program in ruins.
He isn’t doing great at CSU. I’m starting to think Jay isn’t a very good HC.
Still, he beat Wilcox and would be an upgrade
Undefeated teams:
Duke, L'ville, Miami, FSU, UNC, Syracuse, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Liberty, Air Force, Fresno State, USC, Oregon, Utah, Washington, WSU, Georgia, Kentucky, MIssouri, Georgia State, James Madison, Marshall
K-State MBB HC Jerome Tang gets a 7 year extension. TIL: His father is half African, half Chinese. His mother is Indian.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38491633/kansas-state-signs-coach-jerome-tang-new-7-year-deal
WaPo had a blurb about the extension and the surname caught my attention. But I didn't go the next step to check out his background.
Reminder: Iowa OC Brian Ferentz, the son of HC, Kirk Ferentz - has a contract that has a goal of 25 points (regardless of who scores them) and 7 victories. If he gets them, he gets a $112.5k bonus, a new 2-year contract renewal, and a raise. For reference 25 points per game was about average for 2022. Iowa's remaining schedule is so weak that they could achieve that goal and go to a bowl game despite being terrible on offense as evident by their 76 yards against Penn State.
Wilcox must be excited about the possibility of hiring Brian Ferentz as his next OC.
That kind of auto-renewing clause can be a special kind of cancer (just ask Oregon State fans about Mike Riley's contract)
Iowa's remaining schedule is super weak. A case in point, they are 11.5 point favorites against Michigan State. The over/under is a ridiculously low 36.5. Iowa could win 10 games because of the incredibly weak Big X and because they don't play Michigan, Ohio State, or Maryland.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes
CAL
Luckhurst has finally been benched.
Three games too late
That's the right call. He needs a couple games off to try to get his head straight after missing those two PATs
And all those FGs
And PATs, he missed 3
Had to happen.
On this day in 1924 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Santa Clara, 13-7 in the first non-Big Game played at Memorial Stadium (the stadium had opened with the annual clash against the Lobsterbacks the previous November). Cal would go on to post their fifth consecutive unbeaten season going 8-0-2. Over the course of the five years the Bears were 44-0-4.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
Go Bears!!!
[WGolf] Cal rolls on Molly
https://calbears.com/news/2023/9/25/womens-golf-bears-set-multiple-program-records-at-the-molly.aspx
We must beat A-state to have any chance at a minor bowl.
If we lose to ASU we're having a 2- maybe 3-win season
Wilcox can not survive a 2 or 3 win season.
Should he survive a 4 win season? 4 wins seems like a best case scenario this year.
He should not, but given his buyout, he will
This. Thanks to that buyout, he's going to have at least one season in the ACC.
Given the quality of the ACC this year, he should be very thankful the team may have to play against teams like Virginia and Boston College next year
Wilcox plays down to opponents. We aren’t walking away from Charlottesville or Chestnut Hill with guaranteed wins. We can’t even be sure of a win with ASU coming to town this week.
After Arizona '21 and Colorado '22, there is no such thing as a guaranteed win for Wilcox
Yes, this.
It’s not a healthy program.
I'm not so sure. Jeff Faraudo seems to think Wilcox's buyout for termination without cause in 2023 would only be $3.75 million. (https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/wilcox-contract-details)
If Wilcox is not owed for all the salary he could have earned from now through the end of the 2027 season, why not can him after a terrible 4-8 campaign?
I stand corrected.
Wilcox's buyout is for the remaining years on the contract extension. And it averages approx. $4.86MM per year from 2023 through 2027 or $24.3MM.
It is a huge amount.
It is AD Malpractice.
I had the same thoughts, but apparently Faraudo had incorrect information. A deep dive by some others into the language of Wilcox’s extension turned up that it is apparently nearly fully guaranteed, which is f-ing INEXPLICABLE. How was Knowlton able to do that? Who at Cal signed off on THAT commitment?
But his buyout after THIS season is apparently >$15M
what does wilcox know
How to leverage an interview with his alma mater to get his clueless AD to guarantee him almost $30m for playing middling ball in a low-pressure environment
Hello darkness my old friend....
Yup. And attendance will almost assuredly tank.
Eek! No please!
QB Jaden Rashada is injured and will be out. Second string QB Trenton Borguet is injured and will be out. We will be facing old ND foe Drew Pyne, who has some lingering hamstring injuries so won't be super mobile. If Pyne can't go, Jacob Connover is the final QB on the roster - who went 6-19 for 89 yards and 2 INTs against Fresno State. I think ASU outperformed against USC and Cal will have a rebound game against a non-elite foe.
Correction: ASU also has a walk-on QB.
That being said, ASU has a very good receiver group, an angry running RB Skattebo, a defense comparable to Cal's, and a reliable kicker named Dario Longhetto. Cal is a 12 point favorite.
Skattebo was talking a lot of shit through the third quarter. Perhaps because he's nursing an injury, Pyne seemed to get rattled by garden variety sacks / botched passes.
Can we have Ragle and Longhetto back?
I expect Cal to win, but it's going to be infuriating when Ragle's special teams unit outperforms ours