First trip up to the cabin for a football weekend…brutal.
The Cal Bears lose and play poorly. Niners lose and play poorly. 76-year old Pa Chitwood can’t help but meddle with the lineup of our mutual fantasy team, which loses and plays poorly.
The mountains are beautiful, though, and the nights and mornings are crisp.
I was up at friend's cabin in Dorrington (Murphy's). Weather was great!
Chopped some wood, did a big elevation change hike, did a couple of rounds on the disc golf course...
followed the Cal score while hiking – which was ok for awhile – and watched the first half of 9ers. turned it on right before McC's TD and then the Warner (almost) pick(6)...flamed out from there
I was at the game. Other than my group of 6, there appeared to be another 15-20 Cal fans at the game...we did not come close to filling our rooter section. Nevertheless, it was a great trip! SLC is beautiful and soooo clean! The friendliness and hospitality of Ute fans rivaled only the South Bend fans. I'd go back if we ever played there again.
Took Cf98 to ballet class on Saturday then spent most of the rest of the day hanging out at home because everyone in the house was ill. It was chilly and raining all day, so it was a great day to sit around watching college football (and a great lineup of games too).
Sunday I did some chores around the house and spent the afternoon doing volunteer work fixing up bikes to be donated to kids in need.
1 - i hung w/ a little 4 wk old baby on Sat. i forgot how tiny they can be and how nice it was when they just feel asleep on top of you.
2 - some new work friends came over and we went for a nice fall hike about 45 min from the house. the leaves are not quite turning yet in NYC area, but it was a perfect day for a fall hike.
I had forgotten how little they are when we had Es99 earlier this year. Her sister is only 2.5 years older but she seemed like an absolute giant by comparison.
Wikipedia says that St. Mary's dropped their football program after the 2003 season. At the time their athletic director was none other than Vincent White, as I recall.
St. Mary's still has a football stadium, though seats are only on one side now. The Gaels play rugby there.
I was surprised it was that many. But you're correct about the breakdown. I knew it had more grad students than undergrads and from the school website the undergrads are right at 7,000.
UCSB is correct. NYU is technically a Division III school, but its hockey and fencing teams play D1. NYU's official mascot is the "Violets", but their unofficial mascot is a bobcat.
Very good, especially with IBC root beer. Costco had them a year or so ago. I think over that time I bought 3 cases. Now I have about a case left and they've stopped carrying it.
Iowa beats Wisconsin 15-6. Iowa punted 10 times, totaled 237 yards on offense (of which 85 came on one run), and their leading passer in yards, scoring, and completion ratio was their punter. Iowa's is in the driver seat for the Big 10 championship because they have only played Utah State, Iowa State, W Michigan, MSU, Purdue, and Wisconsin without its QB. It only has Minnesota, Northwestern, Rutgers, Illinois, and Nebraska left.
Every year someone dares Kirk Ferentz to try and succeed in football without playing offense, it shows the difference between "impressive" and "admirable."
I recorded it on a whim so I'd have something to have on in the background Saturday morning. Great decision, in retrospect!
The number of mental errors that team and staff makes is truly remarkable: multiple instances of 12 men on the field on defense, unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, and even the PA announcer was threatened with a sideline interference penalty.
I have to admit, of all the possibilities, I hadn't penciled in "offensive line gets worse so it's easier for opposing defenses to get to the one player on the team who could usually win games." Hard to overcome 4 TDs from turnovers.
Oregon's last three losses all have the same scenario: Oregon goes for an extremely questionable 4th down on their side of the field, they fail, and the opponent immediately makes the game-winning score.
And that's not counting all the other questionable 4th failures preceding it in this game and last year's Civil War loss. I guess Dan isn't going to learn from past mistakes
Basic bad coaching is hard to fathom, and it happens and fails a lot. And it seems to inspire coaches at all levels to emulate it, which, after watching it blow up in people's face time and again, should have the opposite effect.
Ireland vs. New Zealand in WC Rugby. Solid match, but NZ outplayed them. Ireland had a last gasp in the 82nd minute, but ran out of steam as the All Blacks stole the ball from an exhausted Irish side on the final 37th phase
In related news, several GM's that did far worse with more are bafflingly still employed. Baseballs worst enemy is a large portion of baseball management.
Giants lose to Bills on two plays at end of each half from the 1 yr line,
the final play of the game was an untimed down as time expired but there was pass interference in the end zone. the Giants could not convert from 1 yd line ..
Jets played great D, but Philly handed this one to them. they had the ball w/ a minute or two to go when Hurts throws INT that sets up Jets winning score.
I expected this game to be a slog for SF: emotional letdown after the big Dallas game, bad weather, early east coast start, great Browns defense, etc.
They still should have won. Kicker missed the game winner and they were only behind because of a bullshit personal-foul call on the Browns' last drive. This is why no one goes undefeated.
49ers win that game if they don't turn into a turtle with 3:31 left and start running. Shanahan basically relied too much on the pass and the opponent was ready for it. Shades of Super Bowls LI and LIV.
On this day in 1982 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Oregon, 10-7. Gale Gilbert’s 26-yard touchdown pass to tight end David Lewis 53 seconds before the final gun provided the winning margin. The two teams were locked in a scoreless tie until Joe Cooper’s 36-yard field goal put the Bears ahead with 9:34 to go in the game. The Ducks took the lead on a 13-yard touchdown run by quarterback Dana Hill with 2:06 remaining. Defensive stars for the Bears were lineman Reggie Camp with 13 tackles and DB Kevin Moen who picked off two Duck passes, the latter of which sealed the victory. Moen would be heard from again later in the season.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
Yes. 1989 under Rich Brooks. On a related note, the Oregonian has estimated that Phil Knight has collectively donated $1 billion to the University of Oregon.
Oregon's offense was terrible that season, averaging 9 points per game. The most points they put up in a game was 21, ironically against #1 ranked Washington. They also lost a game 10-4 against Fresno State that season. They inexplicably tied #15 Notre Dame that year.
The Fall of the House of Usher…Netflix mini-series.
Solid effort by horror guy Mike Flanagan, who’s done a couple of other Netflix horror series (Midnight Mass - great), Haunting of Hill House (meh) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (did not see), plus the film Doctor Sleep, which I personally loved because, well, Rebecca Ferguson was deliciously evil.
This one offered a solid take on the Poe classic, with some Sackler family pharma evil mixed in. There remained a number of questions, but all in all, a solid mini if you like some gore, and there was some great dialogue and at least one Holy Shit scene from an early episode…
Test from new phone
Free car wash... [checks notes]... on the Bay Bridge
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/broken-sprinkler-showers-drivers-bay-bridge/3342578/
Your weekend
Dog Man! The Musical! I think I enjoyed it more than my kids did.
I'd like to see that! I think the day friends were planning on going, we'll be out of town
First trip up to the cabin for a football weekend…brutal.
The Cal Bears lose and play poorly. Niners lose and play poorly. 76-year old Pa Chitwood can’t help but meddle with the lineup of our mutual fantasy team, which loses and plays poorly.
The mountains are beautiful, though, and the nights and mornings are crisp.
I was up at friend's cabin in Dorrington (Murphy's). Weather was great!
Chopped some wood, did a big elevation change hike, did a couple of rounds on the disc golf course...
followed the Cal score while hiking – which was ok for awhile – and watched the first half of 9ers. turned it on right before McC's TD and then the Warner (almost) pick(6)...flamed out from there
I was at the game. Other than my group of 6, there appeared to be another 15-20 Cal fans at the game...we did not come close to filling our rooter section. Nevertheless, it was a great trip! SLC is beautiful and soooo clean! The friendliness and hospitality of Ute fans rivaled only the South Bend fans. I'd go back if we ever played there again.
I can't think of a single time I've heard of anyone having a bad experience going to a game at Utah. As a fan, obviously.
It was one of my favorite road trips. Will miss the Utes a lot.
Took Cf98 to ballet class on Saturday then spent most of the rest of the day hanging out at home because everyone in the house was ill. It was chilly and raining all day, so it was a great day to sit around watching college football (and a great lineup of games too).
Sunday I did some chores around the house and spent the afternoon doing volunteer work fixing up bikes to be donated to kids in need.
1 - i hung w/ a little 4 wk old baby on Sat. i forgot how tiny they can be and how nice it was when they just feel asleep on top of you.
2 - some new work friends came over and we went for a nice fall hike about 45 min from the house. the leaves are not quite turning yet in NYC area, but it was a perfect day for a fall hike.
I had forgotten how little they are when we had Es99 earlier this year. Her sister is only 2.5 years older but she seemed like an absolute giant by comparison.
Name some of the two-dozen Division 1 schools that have enrollment over 20,000 students that do not currently have a football team
UNC Greensboro
St Johns?
St. John's is correct. UNC Greensboro doesn't have a football team, but it also doesn't have 20,000 students.
damn I just realized St Johns was listed twice before my comment.
UC Riverside.
Boston University (32,551)
Cal State Fullerton (40,235)
Cal State Long Beach (37,446)
Cal State Northridge (39,816)
DePaul University (23,539)
Drexel University (25,595)
George Mason University (35,960)
Grand Canyon University (25,800 on campus; approx. 92,000+ online)
La Salle University (20,705)
St. John's University (20,448)
Univ. of Texas at Arlington (39,714)
Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (26,434)
I remember when Long Beach football was a big thing. Guess I'm old.
Same. They were the 49ers, weren't they?
I remember St Mary's having football when I was in grade school. Not sure when they got rid of it.
Wikipedia says that St. Mary's dropped their football program after the 2003 season. At the time their athletic director was none other than Vincent White, as I recall.
St. Mary's still has a football stadium, though seats are only on one side now. The Gaels play rugby there.
oh that was much later than I thought. I thought their rugby field is by the entrance off St Mary's road. Maybe that's their practice field.
Rugby is played on that field as well. I've been to games on both fields.
TIL: Grand Canyon University has an athletics program, and they're D1!
I think Dan Majerle was the BB head coach for a little bit, or was it the AD.
Cal Poly SLO played against Grand Canyon U in rugby at least twice while my sons were on the Mustangs rugby team.
7 out of 7 correct.
There are Texas schools without football teams?
Seems subversive, doesn't it?
Go figure.
Georgetown, St. John's
St. John's is correct.
Georgetown has a football team. Plays in the Patriot League. Also doesn't have 20,000 students I don't think.
Google says 20,984 (total enrollment) in 2022. Presumably includes grad students, so probably fewer than 20,000 undergrads.
I was surprised it was that many. But you're correct about the breakdown. I knew it had more grad students than undergrads and from the school website the undergrads are right at 7,000.
UC Irvine, UCSD, George Washington University
3 out of 3 correct. GW shut down their football program in 1966.
UC Santa Barbara, NYU and that's all I've got.
UCSB is correct. NYU is technically a Division III school, but its hockey and fencing teams play D1. NYU's official mascot is the "Violets", but their unofficial mascot is a bobcat.
Root beer float
Vanilla ice cream in a stout or porter is top notch
I only end up having them like, once per decade almost, but I've enjoyed them every time I've had them.
Do you like to mix the ice cream into the root beer, or leave them separate?
Mixed in right, it's great. But also good is when small shards of root beer freeze into the nooks and crannies of the ice cream.
I like a big hunk of ice cream floating on top with some of it dissolved into the root beer.
I enjoy them but cannot remember the last time I've had one. It's been years, if not over a decade
Very good, especially with IBC root beer. Costco had them a year or so ago. I think over that time I bought 3 cases. Now I have about a case left and they've stopped carrying it.
Those IBC’s are goooood
During college my roomates and I went through so many 6 packs of it. Had them lined up along the plate rail and still threw a bunch away.
i like them, i just have not had one in 20 yrs probably.
i like egg creams too and they are popular and readily available at our local hot dog pagoda that has been there since 1919
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%27s_Hot_Dog_Stand#/media/File:WaltersHotDog2005.JPG
Fetch
Jonesy can not be counted on to come back. Allie could.
I just can't make it happen
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Iowa
Iowa takes a page from Nebraska VB team - hosts 55k for an outdoor women's basketball game
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38668171/iowa-draws-55646-set-record-women-basketball-game
OC Brian Ferentz progress
https://twitter.com/SickosCommittee/status/1713341737622454317
They could win 11 games without him reaching the benchmark lol
Iowa beats Wisconsin 15-6. Iowa punted 10 times, totaled 237 yards on offense (of which 85 came on one run), and their leading passer in yards, scoring, and completion ratio was their punter. Iowa's is in the driver seat for the Big 10 championship because they have only played Utah State, Iowa State, W Michigan, MSU, Purdue, and Wisconsin without its QB. It only has Minnesota, Northwestern, Rutgers, Illinois, and Nebraska left.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401520328
I wish Wilcox could have such success.
The over/under on the Iowa Minnesota game is 32.5
Every year someone dares Kirk Ferentz to try and succeed in football without playing offense, it shows the difference between "impressive" and "admirable."
Colorado goes up 29-0 by half - loses 46-43 to Furd in 2OT
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38654988/stanford-pulls-largest-comeback-school-history-beat-colorado
I recorded it on a whim so I'd have something to have on in the background Saturday morning. Great decision, in retrospect!
The number of mental errors that team and staff makes is truly remarkable: multiple instances of 12 men on the field on defense, unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, and even the PA announcer was threatened with a sideline interference penalty.
Mrs Slug recounted to me the PA announcer incident.
Makes me wonder if we've got a rogue program on our hands.
https://twitter.com/VidsSporting/status/1713028037036392873
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Oregon State makes a statement 36-24 win over UCLA
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401524032
That UCLA passing offense is bad. Really bad. But they'll still put up 30 on us while their defense obliterates our O-line.
Notre Dame tames USC 48-20
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401524031
I have to admit, of all the possibilities, I hadn't penciled in "offensive line gets worse so it's easier for opposing defenses to get to the one player on the team who could usually win games." Hard to overcome 4 TDs from turnovers.
Arizona buries #19 Wazzu in Pullman 44-6
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401524030
Did not see that coming.
Certainly not by that score!
Washington beats Oregon 36-33 in a wild one
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401524034
I feel like Oregon wins that 7/10 times. UW’s offense really needs Penix dropping dimes.
Oregon's last three losses all have the same scenario: Oregon goes for an extremely questionable 4th down on their side of the field, they fail, and the opponent immediately makes the game-winning score.
And that's not counting all the other questionable 4th failures preceding it in this game and last year's Civil War loss. I guess Dan isn't going to learn from past mistakes
Basic bad coaching is hard to fathom, and it happens and fails a lot. And it seems to inspire coaches at all levels to emulate it, which, after watching it blow up in people's face time and again, should have the opposite effect.
Lanning has taken it to an extreme level.
My biggest pet peeves is coaches chasing points and not taking the easy points early.
I agree with this thought. It is also why I don't like coaches going for two after a touchdown any time sooner than 10 minutes remaining in the game.
It seems either desperate or gratuitous.
Dan Lanning’s ball might actually be too big, that game was there to be won for Oregon
child #1 was happy to be there and storm the field
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nuPgqxFP3dbrhWfc7
PRO
Ireland vs. New Zealand in WC Rugby. Solid match, but NZ outplayed them. Ireland had a last gasp in the 82nd minute, but ran out of steam as the All Blacks stole the ball from an exhausted Irish side on the final 37th phase
https://apnews.com/article/ireland-new-zealand-rugby-world-cup-7b8d212fd1f672ab3270dcb1e71ece64
Hahahaha!
https://twitter.com/Scott_Spratt/status/1713639494669242412
MLB's first female GM is out. Kim Ng as mutual option is declined. The Marlins went 84-78 and made it to the Wild Card series
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38671694/kim-ng-marlins-general-manager-declining-2024-option
In related news, several GM's that did far worse with more are bafflingly still employed. Baseballs worst enemy is a large portion of baseball management.
Team from Texas loses to team from Texas 2-0, falls into a 1-0 series hole
https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401581149
Giants lose to Bills on two plays at end of each half from the 1 yr line,
the final play of the game was an untimed down as time expired but there was pass interference in the end zone. the Giants could not convert from 1 yd line ..
Take the points early. If the Giants kicked the FG at the end of the first half, they could have kicked a FG at the end of regulation.
Also, I think that was PI by the Giants DB.
Jets hand Eagles first loss of season 20-14, not helped by Hurts' 3 INTs
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547480
And the '72 Dolphins pop the champagne again.
i was thinking that too.
Jets played great D, but Philly handed this one to them. they had the ball w/ a minute or two to go when Hurts throws INT that sets up Jets winning score.
First time the Jets have ever beaten the Eagles.
Browns hand Purdy and Niners their first loss 19-17 via an unusual 41 yard miss by kicker Moody with 6 seconds left
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547476
I expected this game to be a slog for SF: emotional letdown after the big Dallas game, bad weather, early east coast start, great Browns defense, etc.
They still should have won. Kicker missed the game winner and they were only behind because of a bullshit personal-foul call on the Browns' last drive. This is why no one goes undefeated.
49ers win that game if they don't turn into a turtle with 3:31 left and start running. Shanahan basically relied too much on the pass and the opponent was ready for it. Shades of Super Bowls LI and LIV.
Losing CMC and Deebo probably spooked him out of using the running game more.
Missing a makeable FG that would and should have won a road game coupled with key injuries, and that loss could easily compound itself.
I know it did. Sometimes you have to let the o-line impose its will.
I got home from a walk and turned on the TV in time to see the last few minutes. A couple pretty questionable calls didn't help the Niners.
Niners suffered injuries to Deebo, CMC, and Trent Williams.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38665794/49ers-rule-wr-deebo-samuel-shoulder-vs-browns
England loses to [checks notes]... Afghanistan in Cricket World Cup preliminary round play after getting bowled out for 215
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/67115466
I am just petty enough to say that is extremely funny
CAL
Watching the Chargers/Cowboys.
I ask SIRI, where did Keenan Allen play college football.
"University of California, Davis."
LOL
heh...I'd almost rather SIRI be wrong than be Cal Berkeley.
LOL.
Go (Astro)Bears!!!
https://x.com/uofcalifornia/status/1713969058113282441?s=46&t=pqqveoo1NbS5OMrBBFILLA
Glad it’s Berkeley and not Stanford, but geographically it’s an awkward fit. I pity the grad students schlepping over to Ames!
There was a time when it wasn't that long a drive, but the traffic is so bad now.
But, I believe there will be on site student housing.
On this day in 1982 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Oregon, 10-7. Gale Gilbert’s 26-yard touchdown pass to tight end David Lewis 53 seconds before the final gun provided the winning margin. The two teams were locked in a scoreless tie until Joe Cooper’s 36-yard field goal put the Bears ahead with 9:34 to go in the game. The Ducks took the lead on a 13-yard touchdown run by quarterback Dana Hill with 2:06 remaining. Defensive stars for the Bears were lineman Reggie Camp with 13 tackles and DB Kevin Moen who picked off two Duck passes, the latter of which sealed the victory. Moen would be heard from again later in the season.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
That was back when Oregon was a doormat every year. I remember when that changed. Was it 1989?
OSU was even worse.
Yes. 1989 under Rich Brooks. On a related note, the Oregonian has estimated that Phil Knight has collectively donated $1 billion to the University of Oregon.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/03/knights-university-of-oregon-donations-push-1-billion-mark-with-new-hayward-field-project.html
I'd settle for a Cal alum who would raise funds to buy out Wilcox's contract.
Oregon's offense was terrible that season, averaging 9 points per game. The most points they put up in a game was 21, ironically against #1 ranked Washington. They also lost a game 10-4 against Fresno State that season. They inexplicably tied #15 Notre Dame that year.
DBD AV CLUB
The Fall of the House of Usher…Netflix mini-series.
Solid effort by horror guy Mike Flanagan, who’s done a couple of other Netflix horror series (Midnight Mass - great), Haunting of Hill House (meh) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (did not see), plus the film Doctor Sleep, which I personally loved because, well, Rebecca Ferguson was deliciously evil.
This one offered a solid take on the Poe classic, with some Sackler family pharma evil mixed in. There remained a number of questions, but all in all, a solid mini if you like some gore, and there was some great dialogue and at least one Holy Shit scene from an early episode…
Bruce Willis is no longer communicative
https://ktla.com/news/bruce-willis-rendered-incommunicative-by-disease-moonlighting-creator-says/
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
https://dailyboulder.com/hello-jurors-mike-lindell-says-he-will-represent-himself-in-dominion-trial/
I don't think he has a choice.
Conservative parties in Poland lost ground in elections, tamping down anti-EU, anti-foreigner, anti-Ukraine trends.
https://apnews.com/article/poland-election-vote-720f7b81838c33ccb2865fb3bc6e0414
Apparently the president of Poland is legally able to block legislation so it’s not a slam dunk but it’s big improvement
Jim Jordan to be rejected as House Speaker tomorrow
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-vote-be-held-tuesday-noon-democratic-rep-clark-2023-10-15/
*elected
Ecuador elects 35-year old Daniel Noboa - a centrist - as president. He ran as a centrist running on a platform that opposed boas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67119415
Rep George Santos raised $1,704 in Q2, which was before he refunded $35,000. His campaign fund has a negative balance of almost $100k.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/george-santos-campaign-account-refunds-new-debts-00121630