Ron Rivera played football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he led the Golden Bears in tackles as an inside linebacker. For his final season in 1983, Rivera was named a consensus All-American, Pac-10 Defensive Co-Player of the Year. Rivera was drafted by the Chicago Bears, playing for them as a rotational linebacker and special teamer. In 1985, Rivera became the first Puerto Rican-American to win a Super Bowl, as the Bears defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. He played nine seasons for them before retiring after the 1992 season, playing in 137 games with 62 starts, 392 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 4 fumble recoveries, and 9 interceptions.
Rained all day yesterday and today, but its supposed to dry out as the week goes on. High of 45 and mostly sunny Saturday; would be a great afternoon for a game. Will be getting chilly by dark, and moreso over an hour later at kickoff, but should be dry.
We've been embracing the warmth by opening the windows and enjoying the fresh air while we can. Next weekend's 40s/20s will be a rude introduction to winter weather.
Once the number three, being the third number be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy hand grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in thy sight, shall snuff it.
Better Call Saul S3 (18/19, Netflix). I am binging but am limited by how much TV-watching time I have. Brilliant camera work, editing, and writing. The casting and acting is fantastic except for the actress who plays Mike's daughter-in-law because she spouts her lines like it's a college play, not conversational. But everything else is so, so good. Clever use of flashbacks and flashforwards.
Finally saw last weeks Andor and it continues to be the best Star Wars thing that’s not Rogue One or the original trilogy. And I realized it’s all bc Filoni isn’t attached to it.
I did. Enjoyed them, especially S2…it featured Carrie Coon, from HBO’s Gilded Age, and I’m on tomorrows ballot to be President of her fan club, so please vote.
Stanfurd ran out of running backs. They had to play a QB at RB and the RB from their scout team. Before you gloat, the Cardinal still averaged more yards per carry (2.5) than Cal has in three of the past five games and Cal didn't do great in the other two (2.6 vs. USC, 2.8 vs. Oregon).
Stanford will be coming off most likely a beatdown at the hands of Utah on ESPN Pac 12 after dark. Don't know what mood they will be in for the Big Game at Cal.
There was some amazing nonsense on twitter from a couple of east coast guys about the Pac12 having "showcase" games at SoFi stadium between Cal and CSU campuses that to the best of my knowledge don't field football teams
The CFP committee needs to have guidelines that say that any win by less than 60 points against a team like this is considered a loss. Create disincentive from scheduling games such as this. F***ing ridiculous.
It’s an SEC staple…1 game against a solid, sometimes marquee P5 opponent, and then 3 games v. Austin Peay or some other combination from the various Southern directional academies…
This game was similar to the Cal-USC game. Ucla jumped out to a fairly big lead and then ASU scored a few TDs to get it close so ucla responds with a couple of TDs.
We played as vanilla as possible against CU because we didn't want to show them the beautiful plays we have in the playbook that we don't use unless we are playing top flight competition, well, like USC.
IMG Academy played Canadian high school team West Toronto Prep. West Toronto Prep was outscored 195-6 and 0-5 before entering the game. Coming into the game, IMG was 6-1 by outscoring its opponents 326-65. IMG was up 50-0 after Q1 and 96-0 at half. The game was called at halftime.
After losing yardage on the 3rd down play, Jonathan Smith eschewed a FG from the UW 7, unsuccessfully failing to convert a 4th down run to end a 12-play drive with nothing.
Coaches passing on easy points in games that are expected to be close is baffling to me, regardless of what the goofy analytics say.
Seriously. I understand not kicking a 45 yarder on a later drive because of wind…but a FG from the 7 is a different story, and both teams were kicking and making XP’s all game.
I think Smith was hoping to bolt out to a 21-0 lead and then sort of coast against the Dawgs. While they had the momentum and advantage they let UW hang around while they were vulnerable. But the home team came back to snatch the victory.
Smith has built a distressingly long list of games lost that should have been won by chasing points (4th down, 2 pt conversions that predictably fail and leave points on the field) or donating points (reckless 4th down gambles instead of punting) by back-flipping the field.
Stanford beats UOP in the ever-popular Monday afternoon tip behind 31 from Davidson grad transfer Michael Jones. Jones is ‘Furd’s first ever grad transfer, and unlike the collection of poor shooting volume scorers an overmatched Mark Fox goes after, he is an extremely efficient guard. Along with Ingram, Cardinal dance this year.
They also landed Peja’s kid, top a 25 overall SF recruit.
I can't figure out how Hasse is able to pull in these guys. Andrei feels like the type of kid that would have landed at Cal if someone other than Fox wasn't the coach. I've seen Peja at least one Cal game, though he might have been scouting.
Seriously. I guess the hole Wyking (and to a lesser extent Cuonzo) dug for this program was THAT deep, and an unimaginative, offensively challenged, poor recruiting HC was not the answer….
Argentina's Champion Trophy Final ends early with Racing beating Boca Juniors 2-1 as 10 players were red carded including 7 Boca players, putting them below the 7 player minimum to continue a match.
Jeff Saturday named as HC despite not having any college or pro coaching experience. But unlike Joe Kapp when he was hired as HC for Cal, at least Saturday has high school coaching experience.
after all the complaining I see on here, I was unpleasantly surprised by the version of the Bears who showed up in LA on Saturday. How did they lose to Colorado?
Weather
It's forecast to be 39 degrees at kickoff for the OSU game this weekend, so that will be fun.
I like that we’re getting the jump on this weeks excuse
"Oregon State won because of the Oregon-like weather."
Rained all day yesterday and today, but its supposed to dry out as the week goes on. High of 45 and mostly sunny Saturday; would be a great afternoon for a game. Will be getting chilly by dark, and moreso over an hour later at kickoff, but should be dry.
sunny and warn in NY area .. up to 75 today.
supposed to drop down to 40s by the weekend ...
Already mid-70s at 10am and should be in the mid-80s today. Clear, sunny, hot. Might be a good day to do some landscaping.
today's forecast from the WaPo was "this is going to be the warmest day until spring arrives" which isn't exactly the cheeriest way of putting it.
We've been embracing the warmth by opening the windows and enjoying the fresh air while we can. Next weekend's 40s/20s will be a rude introduction to winter weather.
open windows .. good idea.
same here
NorCal guy loses house & dog due to a meteor strike
https://abc7.com/meteor-california-destroys-home-shower/12425011/
Wow! This is in my County. I did not hear about this.
My brother said some videos of the meteor showed up on his wife's FB feed. Apparently landed by Lake Englebright, which is a few miles from his house.
My brother lives in Penn Valley. But he's at his condo in Hawaii now.
Poor pup.
Rainy in Santa Barbara
Three
... shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three.
Once the number three, being the third number be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy hand grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in thy sight, shall snuff it.
heh. still got that line memorized
Great movie
is the magic number
yes it is, it's the magic number
Somewhere in this hip-hop soul community
Was born three: Mase, Dove and me
And that's the magic number
(What does it all mean?)
Langmore
had to look that up ..
's company.
DBD AV Club
Better Call Saul S3 (18/19, Netflix). I am binging but am limited by how much TV-watching time I have. Brilliant camera work, editing, and writing. The casting and acting is fantastic except for the actress who plays Mike's daughter-in-law because she spouts her lines like it's a college play, not conversational. But everything else is so, so good. Clever use of flashbacks and flashforwards.
Watched the Weird Al movie on Roku. Was a fun movie, with some truth sprinkled in.
It's a really fun ride with so many great cameos
Finally saw last weeks Andor and it continues to be the best Star Wars thing that’s not Rogue One or the original trilogy. And I realized it’s all bc Filoni isn’t attached to it.
i should watch. not sure what my excuse is other than "i have been bisy"
We really enjoy it as well.
It is really good.
It's really really good.
The Sinner S4…Bill Pullman’s Harry Ambrose is a solid character with a propensity for doing head-scratching, cringe-worthy things…
Did you watch seasons 2-3? I watched the first season of this show and liked it but didn’t watch any of the newer seasons.
I did. Enjoyed them, especially S2…it featured Carrie Coon, from HBO’s Gilded Age, and I’m on tomorrows ballot to be President of her fan club, so please vote.
Buttheads of the day
Elon Musk
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589396236464898048
If only Twitter had a verification system specifically designed to prevent such impersonations...
Tulsi Gabbard who endorsed Chuck Grassley
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1589351692486656000
Pretty sure she also endorsed Herschel Walker.
Just a Republican now, as everyone knew would happen.
shocking that a Hindutva enthusiast would do a right wing heel turn.
Kevin Sorbo
https://twitter.com/ksorbs/status/1589366431476744193
I remain fascinated by guys like this who absolutely insist that there is mass fraud regardless of any evidence to the contrary.
Our Crumbling Democracy
Putin henchman Prigozhin admits that his troll farms interfere with US elections
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-united-states-election-interference-1.6642853
Apparently, he does support illegal aliens
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1589376446333845506
Elsewhere in college
Cal has the #76 offense in FBS @ 385.0 YPG. #75 is Rice, lead by OC Marques Tuiasosopo
I can’t believe we forced Tui out. We coulda had the 75th ranked offense!
LOL. Stanfurd fumbled four times in the first half, loses 52-14 to Wazzu
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404032
Stanfurd ran out of running backs. They had to play a QB at RB and the RB from their scout team. Before you gloat, the Cardinal still averaged more yards per carry (2.5) than Cal has in three of the past five games and Cal didn't do great in the other two (2.6 vs. USC, 2.8 vs. Oregon).
This game was a beaut.
Stanford will be coming off most likely a beatdown at the hands of Utah on ESPN Pac 12 after dark. Don't know what mood they will be in for the Big Game at Cal.
Let's just hope they don't fire their coach before they play us
They won’t. He’s got tenure.
Dan Patrick reports that SDSU will join the Pac-12
https://twitter.com/dpshow/status/1589647167685550080
I predict Cal will go undefeated vs. SDSU in MXC, MGym, MRow, MRugby, MSwim, MT&F, MPolo, WBV, WFH, WGym, WRow.
https://goaztecs.com/
Indeed a championship focused university in important sports like ping pong.
Honestly, I would rather dissolve the Pac than fill it with third rate stoner schools.
No commuter schools...
First rate or GTFO
Refuted by Nicole Auerbach of the Athletic as “inaccurate.”
There was some amazing nonsense on twitter from a couple of east coast guys about the Pac12 having "showcase" games at SoFi stadium between Cal and CSU campuses that to the best of my knowledge don't field football teams
Football teams from the CSU system
San Diego
Cal Poly
Fresno
San Jose
Sac
Humboldt
At best, Cal would go 2-3 against that schedule
Humboldt dropped football.
I think it's still a coin flip game...
yeah, that's about what I thought. These guys were full of it.
LSU goes for 2 in OT and beats Alabama 32-21
LSU's Jayden Daniels has been having a pretty good season.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401403934
In two weeks, Alabama faces [checks notes]... Austen Peay
The CFP committee needs to have guidelines that say that any win by less than 60 points against a team like this is considered a loss. Create disincentive from scheduling games such as this. F***ing ridiculous.
It’s an SEC staple…1 game against a solid, sometimes marquee P5 opponent, and then 3 games v. Austin Peay or some other combination from the various Southern directional academies…
Utah Utes beat Arizona 45-20 on a wet field with six combined fumbles (UA: 4, UU: 2).
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404027
#12 UCLA holds off a pesky ASU 50-36
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404028
This game was similar to the Cal-USC game. Ucla jumped out to a fairly big lead and then ASU scored a few TDs to get it close so ucla responds with a couple of TDs.
Actually it seemed closer than that as UCLA put up points in garbage time.
Oregon crushes CU 49-10 in a game that was not competitive and allowed the Ducks to do trick plays
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404030
We played as vanilla as possible against CU because we didn't want to show them the beautiful plays we have in the playbook that we don't use unless we are playing top flight competition, well, like USC.
We have to save all of our good plays for the Pac12 Championship game and CFB playoffs.
IMG Academy played Canadian high school team West Toronto Prep. West Toronto Prep was outscored 195-6 and 0-5 before entering the game. Coming into the game, IMG was 6-1 by outscoring its opponents 326-65. IMG was up 50-0 after Q1 and 96-0 at half. The game was called at halftime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGg90oC6km0&t=2s
Also, West Toronto Prep is likely a fake school. Its alleged address is the middle of a city park.
USF fires HC Jeff Scott. He went 1-19 in Conference as the Bulls head coach
Ah yes, an administration that cares about football enough to fire its inept coach
Next, USF will hire an ept coach.
They could go after Wilcox, whose record is much better than 1-19.
Houston scores 63, loses.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay/_/gameId/401415652
I can't believe Dykes wasn't one of the two coaches.
This game was fucking wild
UW comes from behind, beats #23 Oregon State 24-21
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404031
After losing yardage on the 3rd down play, Jonathan Smith eschewed a FG from the UW 7, unsuccessfully failing to convert a 4th down run to end a 12-play drive with nothing.
Coaches passing on easy points in games that are expected to be close is baffling to me, regardless of what the goofy analytics say.
Especially when they do so early in the game. I am a big believer in taking the points in the 1st half.
Fully agree, with the exception that if it's 4th and VERY short then I'm usually fine with going for it.
But if you lost yardage on the 3rd down play, just kick it.
Yeah, if it is 4th and inches, go for it because then the opposing offense starts at their 1 yard line.
Seriously. I understand not kicking a 45 yarder on a later drive because of wind…but a FG from the 7 is a different story, and both teams were kicking and making XP’s all game.
Take…the…points.
I think Smith was hoping to bolt out to a 21-0 lead and then sort of coast against the Dawgs. While they had the momentum and advantage they let UW hang around while they were vulnerable. But the home team came back to snatch the victory.
Smith has built a distressingly long list of games lost that should have been won by chasing points (4th down, 2 pt conversions that predictably fail and leave points on the field) or donating points (reckless 4th down gambles instead of punting) by back-flipping the field.
Stanford beats UOP in the ever-popular Monday afternoon tip behind 31 from Davidson grad transfer Michael Jones. Jones is ‘Furd’s first ever grad transfer, and unlike the collection of poor shooting volume scorers an overmatched Mark Fox goes after, he is an extremely efficient guard. Along with Ingram, Cardinal dance this year.
They also landed Peja’s kid, top a 25 overall SF recruit.
I can't figure out how Hasse is able to pull in these guys. Andrei feels like the type of kid that would have landed at Cal if someone other than Fox wasn't the coach. I've seen Peja at least one Cal game, though he might have been scouting.
Not that hard to scout our BB team.
Seriously. I guess the hole Wyking (and to a lesser extent Cuonzo) dug for this program was THAT deep, and an unimaginative, offensively challenged, poor recruiting HC was not the answer….
Norte Dame is ranked after they tipped over Clemson. Hooray for our SOS; CFP, here we come!
I am looking forward to being ranked after we squeak by OSU.
hahaha
Peja Stoyakovic's top 25 son Andrei chose Furd. Cal wasn't ever in it. This is kind of kid we need to start getting.
PRO
Goff sucked less than Rodgers. Lions beat Packers 15-9
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401437823
That game was an affront to anyone with eyes
Rodgers is looking both washed up and unwashed.
Is it that he's washed up or he doesn't have much WR talent around him? I haven't really watched any GB games this year.
It’s both but I would say he is 60% washed up and 40% poor WR play.
Yeah but he's been having visions from Ayahuasca which have helped resolve some inner issues.
Hmm Jared vs Aaron bowl.
Cal on Cal action.
Jags were down 17-0 and then came from behind to beat the Raiders 27-20.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401437824
Marvin Jones with some clutch catches and good blocking.
Houston scores 4, wins
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/houston-astros-top-philadelphia-phillies-game-6-win-world-series-rcna55728
Cheaters!
BOOOO!
Argentina's Champion Trophy Final ends early with Racing beating Boca Juniors 2-1 as 10 players were red carded including 7 Boca players, putting them below the 7 player minimum to continue a match.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63540624
Warriors lose again, become first defending NBA champion to start the next season 0-6 on the road.
https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1588732063296913408
They are really struggling to figure out the rotation and playing very undisciplined D
[ESPN] Colts fire HC Frank Reich
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1589656790265778176
Jeff Saturday named as HC despite not having any college or pro coaching experience. But unlike Joe Kapp when he was hired as HC for Cal, at least Saturday has high school coaching experience.
https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1589677448261664771
[Frank Reich's boss] Colts fire Frank Reich
https://twitter.com/JimIrsay/status/1589658664516087808
Fun fact: Frankreich is the German word for France
CAL
after all the complaining I see on here, I was unpleasantly surprised by the version of the Bears who showed up in LA on Saturday. How did they lose to Colorado?
Meh, a busted play TD & an onside kick made that game seem closer than it was.
At Colorado, it was because of Bill Musgrave.
Caleb Williams reminds me of Mahomes.
Go Bears!!!
Big Game 2:30 pm Pacific / 5:30 pm Eastern. Pac-12 Networks.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/7/football-125th-big-game-to-kick-off-at-2-30-pm-pt.aspx
...Saturday, November 19, at Cal.
Ed Quinn gets a jersey.
https://twitter.com/EdwardQuinn/status/1589018329221853184
He came to our tailgate last year
How long is Carol Christ expected to head the U?
Ron
... Bilius Weasley
Rivera
I watched him play for Cal. He was a fantastic athlete, but his reaction time was elite. He just seemed to know where the ball was going
Burgundy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3zfP14pLxc
I like Burgundy, used those glasses for the Barolo wine last night, that was very, very good (2015, great year)
is what they call rum, at least where it comes from in the Caribbean ...
Aa--
News here reported he is back in California because his mom passed away.
Jeremy…
Predator.