i have seen almost every episode but i dont know how any of them end.
our school had an open campus meaning you could walk somewhere for lunch. since a group of 4 of us lived only a 2-5 min walk away we would go for lunch 9/10th grades and watch Leave it to Beaver from 1200-1230p and make Campbell's soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
the problem was that the first period after lunch started at 1225p, and i so we never knew how any of the episodes ended!
Warriors win season opener easily - Steph doesnt play 4th quarter.
i watched the first half as the Ws fell behind early and managed to be up 10+ pts at half time. i assume that it will be an up and down year for W's fans so i am trying not to get any hopes high ...
I grew up in LA during Fernandomania. I related to him so much being a left-handed baseball player of Mexican descent. I named a goldfish after him and I owned a mitt with his signature etched in it. He brought the city (including its very vocal Mexican community) together during his rookie year at a time when there were still hurt feelings about how the Dodgers acquired the land to build Dodger Stadium. He was also a hell of a batter at a time when NL pitchers were seen as easy outs. There was very little that anyone could criticize him about from a personal standpoint. He was the epitome of a role model and he will be sorely missed.
Absolutely floored by this news. Yes, my memories of Dodger baseball during Fernando’s prime are very happy memories indeed. But he represented so much more than the Dodgers to a generation of Southern Californians. I will always cherish his unselfish demeanor and integrity. You rarely would hear him speak of his own accomplishments. A breath of fresh air, pure class; so sorry to hear of his death, it happened way too soon.
Nox - a male peregrine falcon from the 2024 brood from the Sather Tower parents Annie & Archie of Sather Tower - has died. He broke his wing, was rehabilitated and released last Friday but died of unknown reasons.
On October 9, 1971 California defeated Oregon State at Memorial Stadium, 30-27 on a seven-yard TD pass from Jay Cruze to Steve Sweeney as time expired on. (It was something of a trial run for Sweeney who caught a winning TD pass on the last play of the following season’s Big Game, also in the South end zone.) Sweeney had made a full length dive to catch the winning TD pass in the back of the end zone. According to Cruze the 6’4” Sweeney “was completely out stretched” and he called it “an unbelievable catch.” Meanwhile Sweeney credited Cruze for throwing “a perfect ball.” The receiver added: “He put the ball out there and I went up and caught it. That’s all there was to it.” The Beavers had gone ahead only 54 seconds before. It was the third Cruze-to-Sweeney TD pass of the day. Cruze was 17-30 for 301 yards, then only 20 yards shy of the all-time California passing day. Sweeney caught seven of those passes for 195 yards, then a single game receiving yardage record. When he graduated Sweeney was among the all-time leaders in numerous receiving categories at Cal and is still sixth in all-time in receiving yards.
Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts appears Tuesday through Thursday on the DBD throughout the 2024 college football season.
I was at the 1972 Big Game and stood at the wall ringing the field for the last play. I saw Ferragamo under pressure zip the ball to Sweeney, who was falling away from me at the back of the South End Zone. Because of the crown of the field, I could not tell if his feet were in or out. Apparently, his feet were in.
[NYT] John Kelly - Trump's former chief of staff - called TFG a fascist. And it wasn't just a soundbite taken out of context. His interview included describing how he wasn't going to vote for Trump, called him dangerous, said he never understood the Constitution and rejected any values that truly make America great.
and the majority of the headlines since have been "Harris called Trump a fascist, that's very embarrassing for her," which is about par for the course with coverage of this campaign.
Rupert Murdoch showing that you can abandon journalistic objectivity in order to carve off and eventually take leading market share in the US market proved that integrity is for idealistic suckers.
there are those who say that the press cover Trump the way they do because they want him to win - I'm inclined to think that's true of some outlets (CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal) but also a lot of them are hedging their bets to avoid punishment in case he does win.
It's one thing to be in the tank for Trump; I'm also inclined to believe that the outlets you cite want him to win.
But for those other outlets hedging their bets: you're contributing to a self-fulfilling prophecy in a way by not going after the bastard with strident opposition. And we see you and your abject timidity.
There's some sort of magical thinking going on and has been going on for nearly a decade w/r/t Trump. The belief that the rule of law will help save us or that the electoral system will reject his candidacy - it won't because there are enough people motivated by personal avarice or greed or goals to tilt the playing field in Trump's favor. This magical thinking has been in place as long as I can remember, and it seems to afflict those of a liberal or left-of-center persuasion most often. Consequently, I despise the blinders that much of my generation and my parents' generation so willingly adopted.
I see the despair of my kids' generation at what has been wrought by older generations; it makes me angry at the willing blindness of my generation and older generations, especially our so-called leaders.
The end justifies any means, or at least justifies living with any means sprung from years of not getting to acceptable end results because of being handcuffed by too few and too cumbersome means.
The funny thing about the swinging pendulum with political matters is each counter-swing is bigger than the one before, and now we have severe extreme-ism.
I have an acquaintance who went to Cuse. Next time I see him I’ll ask the question -is it worse to get your ass kicked or lose a game you should have won.
Be interesting if NIL changes the trend for some guys to opt for the G League. I'm also confused that BYU and K State have emerged as the big money suitors, and not the more obvious blue bloods.
Something like this begs the question - now that scholarship athletes can earn 7 figure compensation, why are colleges involved in revenue athletics? How does this align with educational values?
I pose these not as rhetorical questions, but as serious questions looking for a serious answer. And also, why have universities not acknowledged that scholarship athletes are, in fact, employees?
Not since World War II has a schedule featured home-and-home games in the same season. Cal played home-and-home games against USC and UCLA from '43 through '45. Cal did not play Stanf*rd in those same years. Stanf*rd didn't have a football team for much of World War II.
NC State Grayson McCall medically retires after taking a scary concussion in the 1st quarter against Wake Forest that kept him out of the game vs Cal. You watching this, Tua?
Liberty had packed their schedule with cupcakes to go for an undefeated season and argue for CFP inclusion. Their schedule included absolutely terrible teams, including inaugural FBS division Kennesaw State. Kennesaw was winless, ranked last in offense in the FBS, and was a 27.5 point underdog last night. [Insert Nelson MunTz haha gif here]
Leave it to Beaver
i have seen almost every episode but i dont know how any of them end.
our school had an open campus meaning you could walk somewhere for lunch. since a group of 4 of us lived only a 2-5 min walk away we would go for lunch 9/10th grades and watch Leave it to Beaver from 1200-1230p and make Campbell's soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
the problem was that the first period after lunch started at 1225p, and i so we never knew how any of the episodes ended!
Beaver dies at the end of each episode and the running gag is that nobody tells him that he's a member of the immortal undead
That's what I remember also.
Eddie Haskell was the king of the undead.
This is a different take than how I remember it.
PRO
Warriors win season opener easily - Steph doesnt play 4th quarter.
i watched the first half as the Ws fell behind early and managed to be up 10+ pts at half time. i assume that it will be an up and down year for W's fans so i am trying not to get any hopes high ...
I assume this is mostly because the Blazers are terrible.
Stat line of the game:
Brandon Podziemski: 25 minutes, 0-5 shooting, 0-0 FT, 3 turnovers, 3 personal fouls [checks notes]... +/- of plus 34.
RIP Fernando
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41952316/dodgers-legendary-pitcher-fernando-valenzuela-dies-63
I grew up in LA during Fernandomania. I related to him so much being a left-handed baseball player of Mexican descent. I named a goldfish after him and I owned a mitt with his signature etched in it. He brought the city (including its very vocal Mexican community) together during his rookie year at a time when there were still hurt feelings about how the Dodgers acquired the land to build Dodger Stadium. He was also a hell of a batter at a time when NL pitchers were seen as easy outs. There was very little that anyone could criticize him about from a personal standpoint. He was the epitome of a role model and he will be sorely missed.
Absolutely floored by this news. Yes, my memories of Dodger baseball during Fernando’s prime are very happy memories indeed. But he represented so much more than the Dodgers to a generation of Southern Californians. I will always cherish his unselfish demeanor and integrity. You rarely would hear him speak of his own accomplishments. A breath of fresh air, pure class; so sorry to hear of his death, it happened way too soon.
Gone not years, but decades too soon.
TIL: the Clippers have "the Wall" - a 13-row deep fanatic zone that is meant to replicate college basketball environments. Suns still win.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41975889/clippers-new-arena-baffles-kd-wall-la-falls-short
CAL
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency
https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2024/09/dean-tsu-jae-king-liu-nominated-for-nae-presidency/
Should be good for Cal to have her as head of the National Academy of Engineering. Even if her PhD came from that south bay place.
Nox - a male peregrine falcon from the 2024 brood from the Sather Tower parents Annie & Archie of Sather Tower - has died. He broke his wing, was rehabilitated and released last Friday but died of unknown reasons.
https://x.com/calfalconcam/status/1849477844877050071?s=46
UC Berkeley professor with the nifty chemical engineering feat
https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/carbon-dioxide-removal-powder-19857923.php
It’s time again for Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts.
On October 9, 1971 California defeated Oregon State at Memorial Stadium, 30-27 on a seven-yard TD pass from Jay Cruze to Steve Sweeney as time expired on. (It was something of a trial run for Sweeney who caught a winning TD pass on the last play of the following season’s Big Game, also in the South end zone.) Sweeney had made a full length dive to catch the winning TD pass in the back of the end zone. According to Cruze the 6’4” Sweeney “was completely out stretched” and he called it “an unbelievable catch.” Meanwhile Sweeney credited Cruze for throwing “a perfect ball.” The receiver added: “He put the ball out there and I went up and caught it. That’s all there was to it.” The Beavers had gone ahead only 54 seconds before. It was the third Cruze-to-Sweeney TD pass of the day. Cruze was 17-30 for 301 yards, then only 20 yards shy of the all-time California passing day. Sweeney caught seven of those passes for 195 yards, then a single game receiving yardage record. When he graduated Sweeney was among the all-time leaders in numerous receiving categories at Cal and is still sixth in all-time in receiving yards.
Oski Disciple’s Bear Facts appears Tuesday through Thursday on the DBD throughout the 2024 college football season.
I was at the 1972 Big Game and stood at the wall ringing the field for the last play. I saw Ferragamo under pressure zip the ball to Sweeney, who was falling away from me at the back of the South End Zone. Because of the crown of the field, I could not tell if his feet were in or out. Apparently, his feet were in.
It was also a muddy mess on the field that day.
Sweeney was a favorite when I was younger.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
LA Times' owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked the LA Times editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris. The Editorial editor resigned.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/24/g-s1-29665/la-times-editor-resigns-presidential-endorsement
[NYT] John Kelly - Trump's former chief of staff - called TFG a fascist. And it wasn't just a soundbite taken out of context. His interview included describing how he wasn't going to vote for Trump, called him dangerous, said he never understood the Constitution and rejected any values that truly make America great.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/politics/john-kelly-trump-fitness-character.html
and the majority of the headlines since have been "Harris called Trump a fascist, that's very embarrassing for her," which is about par for the course with coverage of this campaign.
Rupert Murdoch showing that you can abandon journalistic objectivity in order to carve off and eventually take leading market share in the US market proved that integrity is for idealistic suckers.
there are those who say that the press cover Trump the way they do because they want him to win - I'm inclined to think that's true of some outlets (CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal) but also a lot of them are hedging their bets to avoid punishment in case he does win.
It's one thing to be in the tank for Trump; I'm also inclined to believe that the outlets you cite want him to win.
But for those other outlets hedging their bets: you're contributing to a self-fulfilling prophecy in a way by not going after the bastard with strident opposition. And we see you and your abject timidity.
There's some sort of magical thinking going on and has been going on for nearly a decade w/r/t Trump. The belief that the rule of law will help save us or that the electoral system will reject his candidacy - it won't because there are enough people motivated by personal avarice or greed or goals to tilt the playing field in Trump's favor. This magical thinking has been in place as long as I can remember, and it seems to afflict those of a liberal or left-of-center persuasion most often. Consequently, I despise the blinders that much of my generation and my parents' generation so willingly adopted.
I see the despair of my kids' generation at what has been wrought by older generations; it makes me angry at the willing blindness of my generation and older generations, especially our so-called leaders.
Sorry to be such a curmudgeon.
The end justifies any means, or at least justifies living with any means sprung from years of not getting to acceptable end results because of being handcuffed by too few and too cumbersome means.
The funny thing about the swinging pendulum with political matters is each counter-swing is bigger than the one before, and now we have severe extreme-ism.
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Pitt up on Syracuse 31-0 at halftime. 4 interceptions, 3 for pick 6s (no one else in CFB has 3 pick 6s in a half), and the 4th set up a field goal.
It's not convenient for some people's preferred narrative, but at some point we will have to acknowledge that Pitt is a pretty good football team.
I have an acquaintance who went to Cuse. Next time I see him I’ll ask the question -is it worse to get your ass kicked or lose a game you should have won.
Rapists follow James Franklin wherever he goes: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41979922/james-franklin-refuses-comment-rape-charges-ex-penn-state-football-players
How much does a #1 college basketball recruit cost?
https://x.com/petenakos_/status/1848803217192210905
Be interesting if NIL changes the trend for some guys to opt for the G League. I'm also confused that BYU and K State have emerged as the big money suitors, and not the more obvious blue bloods.
Something like this begs the question - now that scholarship athletes can earn 7 figure compensation, why are colleges involved in revenue athletics? How does this align with educational values?
I pose these not as rhetorical questions, but as serious questions looking for a serious answer. And also, why have universities not acknowledged that scholarship athletes are, in fact, employees?
ESPN: How Dan Lanning's intentional 12-man-on-the-field play was pioneered by Cal
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41941949/coaches-exploiting-loopholes-gamesmanship-oregon-ohio-state
Now this is a real home-and-home. OSU and Wazzu schedule each other twice next year.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41966617/oregon-state-beavers-washington-state-cougars-football-play-twice-2025
Not since World War II has a schedule featured home-and-home games in the same season. Cal played home-and-home games against USC and UCLA from '43 through '45. Cal did not play Stanf*rd in those same years. Stanf*rd didn't have a football team for much of World War II.
NC State Grayson McCall medically retires after taking a scary concussion in the 1st quarter against Wake Forest that kept him out of the game vs Cal. You watching this, Tua?
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41969095/nc-state-qb-grayson-mccall-says-retiring-head-injuries
Liberty had packed their schedule with cupcakes to go for an undefeated season and argue for CFP inclusion. Their schedule included absolutely terrible teams, including inaugural FBS division Kennesaw State. Kennesaw was winless, ranked last in offense in the FBS, and was a 27.5 point underdog last night. [Insert Nelson MunTz haha gif here]
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401640993/liberty-kennesaw-st
Kennesaw State fans also stormed the field, had to be ushered off because there was one second left, and then stormed it again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMeCI-RwEk&t=204s
College football, where there are multiple outcomes no one could have even imagined coming every week.