On this day in 1947 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Montana, 60-14. The following weekend Cal would win it’s first Big Game since 1941 to finish Pappy Waldorf’s first season at 9-1. The Bears averaged 8.3 yards per play despite wet, foggy conditions that included a half time drizzle. California led 43-7 at the half and 53-7 entering the final quarter. The Bears used 43 different players, a large number in those days. Most of the damage was done on the ground with only two pass completions in five attempts for 99 aerial yards. The 60 points were the most for California since a 60-13 win in 1928 and it gave the Sturdy Golden Ones 254 points after nine games, the most in a season since 1922. Among the many Bears to gain yardage on the ground was George Fong one of two Chinese-Americans to play for Cal in the first half of the 20th century. After the game star running back Jackie Jensen expressed regret that the Bears ran up the score against the Grizzlies. “Honestly we are. We’re glad everybody on the squad got a chance to play. We’re going to try again next week and we don’t care where the score goes,” he said in reference to the Big Game. Little did he know that a woeful Indian team would play the Bears to the wire and Jensen’s late heroics would be needed for the victory.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
I went for a walk yesterday afternoon and for the first time I can recall someone else initiated a Go Bears. I was wearing a Cal cap and was watching some turkeys working their way to where they roost at night. A guy and a girl came up on a run. He was wearing an A's t-shirt and noticed my cap and gave me a Go Bears. I returned it and included a go A's. We chatted a bit and it turns out he's from Fairfield and copped to really being more of a Giants fan. His dad went to Cal.
If the Bears win on Saturday it will mark the first time that they've won three consecutive Big Games on the Farm since '47, '49 and '51. It will also give Wilcox a winning record against Furd (4-3) something only the following other Cal coaches (since the permanent move to football in 1915) can boast: Smith, Allison, Waldorf, Elliot, Kapp and Tedford. (Gilbertson and Theder were both .500 against the Lobsterbacks.)
A win this Saturday on The Farm would also be three straight wins against Stanf*rd, a feat that has not been accomplished since the 2002 through 2006 teams defeated Stanf*rd 5 straight times.
Before 2002-2006, the previous winning streaks of at least 3 games against Stanf*rd have been in these years -
1919-1923 (5 straight; Andy Smith)
1936-1939 (4 straight; Stub Allison)
1947-1949 (Pappy Waldorf)
1958-1960 (2 wins under Pete Elliott, 1 win under Marv Levy)
If you allow for ties, the undefeated streaks would add or extend these periods -
1901-1903 (Frank Simpson, 1-0-0; James Whipple, 1-0-1)
NOTABLE: Bruce Snyder was winless (0-4-1) vs. Stanf*rd. The 1991 Big Game still hurts.
Other winless Cal head coaches in Big Game history -
Nibs Price (0-4-1), 1926-1930
Frank Wickhorst (0-1), 1946
Steve Mariucci (0-1), 1996
Tom Holmoe (0-5), 1997-2001
Sonny Dykes (0-4), 2013-2016
I won't list the records of coaches before Andy Smith (pre-1916) because there are at least 13 head coaches whose stints were short - 1 or 2 years.
Notable from that period, though is Garrett Cochran, whose 1898 and 1899 teams were 2-0 against the Lobsterbacks. "Hit 'em again, boys! Harder! Harder!"
Flood made that horrible roughing the passer call in the 1990 Big Game. I'm not sure if Flood headed up the officiating crew for the 1991 Big Game. In the 1991 Big Game, Cal was called for 15 unsportsmanlike penalties. Fifteen. 225 yards.
Oh right, that was 90 at home. 91 at Furd was horrendous. I remember quite a few of them were on the sidelines after the Furd ball carrier went into the Cal sidelines.
Kapp, Glibertson and Theder were a combined 7-6 in Big Games despite combining for only four winning seasons in 13 years. Meanwhile Snyder, Price and White were a combined 2-12-2 in Big Games despite having eight winning seasons in 16 years.
Sen. Mullin (R-OK) and the Teamsters have some bad blood going back years. There was a testy exchanges at the Senate Help Committee hearing between the Teamster leader and the Senator. The Teamster leader tweeted that he'd fight Senator Mullin any time, any where. During the hearing, Senator read the tweet and asked the Teamster leader if he wanted to go right now. Bernie Sanders was not amused.
OMFG to Sen Mullin reading SOB’s mean tweets and getting all worked up in a hearing. What a fucking child. Obviously the dude needs thicker skin but also this is not about you! You are an employee of the federal government; we pay your dumbass to work for the government and for the benefit of the general public, not to engage in personal disputes in public.
"The Democratic alarm further spiked two days later, when Univision advertising representatives told the Biden campaign that spots already purchased to run during the Trump interview in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Florida had been canceled — owing to a heretofore unannounced policy about opposition advertising in single-candidate interviews.
Univision also canceled a booking with Biden’s Hispanic Media Director Maca Casado to respond to the Trump interview after it aired on the network’s late news broadcast, according to people familiar with the details, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity for this article because they were not authorized to speak publicly."
FBI raids the home of the guy who was a whistleblower who claimed that Giuliani was compromised by the Russians. He's backed by right-winged folks and Peter Thiel, so this one seems shady AF.
House passes stop gap Federal government funding bill 336-95. I have not read too much about the Bill apart from that it lacks a bunch of the MAGA rubbish. It will now go to the Senate, where it is expected to pass. But then everyone will watch to see if the so-called House Freedom Caucus ousts Speaker Johnson.
With the odd, two-tier funding structure, it sounds like they may be getting ready to let funding lapse for HUD, the VA, DoT, and DoE after Jan 19th while they try to figure out another spending bill before the Feb 2nd deadline when the rest of the government would shut down.
I doubt that they will. The bottom line is that Johnson is doing the HFC a huge favor by giving them the veneer of actually governing, contrary to their nihilist tendencies and intent. This is far more evil in the long run as the appearance of ability to govern holds off or blunts potential voter revolt against HFC candidates. In other words, it helps these nihilists get re-elected.
interesting that the more conservative guy made a deal w/ Dems. but maybe he has the assurance of knowing he is conservative enough that the ultra conservative ones are not going to toss him out right away.
Detectives arrested someone in the death of Adam Johnson, the pro hockey player who died after having his neck cut by an opponent's skate. That person is believed to be Matt Petgrave. I have read that the video of the event is available online, but you should avoid watching it.
haven’t seen video but description says the other dude jumped or so how kicked his skates up in the air and towards the deceased players neck. not a hockey move, done with intent to injure.
i remember my acalanes friends/parents being shocked and appalled that my mom would let me attend LL, the "inner-city" school of dangerous walnut creek.
this was back when broadway plaza was a strip mall...late 80s.
The Killer….hitman movie starring Michael Fassbender. I watched on Netflix…decent little thriller by David Fincher, who has done 3 of my favorite movies (The Game, Fight Club, Se7en).
Tuesday MACtion: NIU houses Western Mitten 24-0, Eastern Mitten pips Akron 30-27 in 2OT, Toledo keeps their MAC record unblemished in thrilling fashion with a 32-31 come from behind win. Bowling Green lead 28-10 at half and then proceeded to punt, fumble, downs, punt, punt, FG, punt, downs.
['Eye of the Tiger' plays in background] You gotta train insanely hard during the offseason. Practice like your life depended on it. Do your time in the film room. And then you gotta get a bit lucky. And then, just maybe, you gotta chance to lift the National Championship trophy.
USAToday runs an opinion piece of who they think is on the coaching hot seat. Wilcox is on the list. The article is written from the first person perspective, but isn't attributed.
It would be pretty wild if they took the $400m in revenue this year and paid it to themselves - I dont think they can though. The real value seems to be in controlling the IP long term, but not sure what that is worth. I assume they merge with MWest, contribute the IP into the merged entity and call it the PAC 10 or 12
After reading the article, I'm prepared to discount it. (1) the source of the report is BRO, which gives me pause, (2) it's conditional on UCLA losing to USC, (3) it hints that even if UCLA beats USC on 11/18, Kelly will be fired after the Cal game on 11/25 regardless of the outcome of that game.
Not sure I buy any of that. It just strikes me as looking for a reason to stir shit up.
Listening to recent Podcast of Champs. and I found David Woods comments on Kelly vis a vis ASU's Kelly Dillingham pretty telling. The gist being Dillingham coached specifically for this game with studied but "unorthodox" plays and schemes to level the playing field. Whilst Kelly remind mired in SOP. Dillingham's post game conference reveals the why and the hows. Worth watching.
I saw a dead one on the side of the interstate (I-66) in northern Virginia a while back. They mostly stick to more mountainous parts of MD, but I occasionally see evidence of one (i.e. poop) in my local woods.
Saw one this past summer backpacking in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness. Surprising we didn't see more as bear scat and clawed out tree marks were everywhere. Apparently, the area we were in is known as Bear Alley.
Working in forestry I saw quite a few. Quite a few on Olympic Peninsula while contracted to the Quinault Tribe....and once in a while on the Mt. Hood NF and the Gifford Pinchot. By far the most in terms of frequency was on Prince of Wales Island in SE AK....too many to count and once a
persistent "aggressive" one following me and chomping its jaws....but on POW there were only Black Bears, so one was on top of the food chain vs. quite a bit of the rest of SE AK where fire arms, rifle or slug 12 gauge were required with certification. I worked with quite a few folks who transferred to POW due to close calls with Brown Bears (two snap shot killings at close range).
Living in Ketchikan, on Deermount St., right in town, my porch on the second level of a duplex was visited a few times. Once whilst watching football on a late Sat. afternoon a bear appeared at the sliding glass door and gave me a jolt. My siamese cat was indoor/outdoor and if he was staying under the bed for long periods, bears were around....scent no doubt.
I've seen dozens. We had a house in Tahoe when I was growing up and we'd regularly find them up on hind legs trying to get into the trash shed when we came home at night. This summer, I saw a cub on the beach menacing people's coolers in the middle of the day. He did seem to enjoy the whole charcuterie board he stole.
Happened upon a couple of youngsters while hiking Sword Lake (a Lair of the Bear favorite) a few years ago. Figured mama would be nearby so we kept moving and didn’t wait to find out. Also witnessed a sow and two cubs emerge from a den while touring Denali one summer. That was a major wow. Occasionally black bears stroll through the small town park where my son lives (western MA).
- a good number in Denali NP when you are on the bus and basically taking a bus safari thru the park. we witnessed the aftermath of a male bear killing a younger one. apparently the mama bears dont go into heat while they are nursing, so it is something of a known phenomenon. the surviving cub and mom were scampering away down the hill to safety ...
- driving around Glacier NP area, there are a lot of bears
CAL
On this day in 1947 in Memorial Stadium the Golden Bears defeated Montana, 60-14. The following weekend Cal would win it’s first Big Game since 1941 to finish Pappy Waldorf’s first season at 9-1. The Bears averaged 8.3 yards per play despite wet, foggy conditions that included a half time drizzle. California led 43-7 at the half and 53-7 entering the final quarter. The Bears used 43 different players, a large number in those days. Most of the damage was done on the ground with only two pass completions in five attempts for 99 aerial yards. The 60 points were the most for California since a 60-13 win in 1928 and it gave the Sturdy Golden Ones 254 points after nine games, the most in a season since 1922. Among the many Bears to gain yardage on the ground was George Fong one of two Chinese-Americans to play for Cal in the first half of the 20th century. After the game star running back Jackie Jensen expressed regret that the Bears ran up the score against the Grizzlies. “Honestly we are. We’re glad everybody on the squad got a chance to play. We’re going to try again next week and we don’t care where the score goes,” he said in reference to the Big Game. Little did he know that a woeful Indian team would play the Bears to the wire and Jensen’s late heroics would be needed for the victory.
DBD celebrates 100 years of football in Strawberry Canyon with this daily feature appearing throughout the football season.
Love this series. Thanks, Oski.
Go Bears!
I went for a walk yesterday afternoon and for the first time I can recall someone else initiated a Go Bears. I was wearing a Cal cap and was watching some turkeys working their way to where they roost at night. A guy and a girl came up on a run. He was wearing an A's t-shirt and noticed my cap and gave me a Go Bears. I returned it and included a go A's. We chatted a bit and it turns out he's from Fairfield and copped to really being more of a Giants fan. His dad went to Cal.
If the Bears win on Saturday it will mark the first time that they've won three consecutive Big Games on the Farm since '47, '49 and '51. It will also give Wilcox a winning record against Furd (4-3) something only the following other Cal coaches (since the permanent move to football in 1915) can boast: Smith, Allison, Waldorf, Elliot, Kapp and Tedford. (Gilbertson and Theder were both .500 against the Lobsterbacks.)
A win this Saturday on The Farm would also be three straight wins against Stanf*rd, a feat that has not been accomplished since the 2002 through 2006 teams defeated Stanf*rd 5 straight times.
Before 2002-2006, the previous winning streaks of at least 3 games against Stanf*rd have been in these years -
1919-1923 (5 straight; Andy Smith)
1936-1939 (4 straight; Stub Allison)
1947-1949 (Pappy Waldorf)
1958-1960 (2 wins under Pete Elliott, 1 win under Marv Levy)
If you allow for ties, the undefeated streaks would add or extend these periods -
1901-1903 (Frank Simpson, 1-0-0; James Whipple, 1-0-1)
1919-1924 (Andy Smith, 5-0-1)
1947-1954 (Pappy Waldorf, 6-0-2)
NOTABLE: Bruce Snyder was winless (0-4-1) vs. Stanf*rd. The 1991 Big Game still hurts.
Other winless Cal head coaches in Big Game history -
Nibs Price (0-4-1), 1926-1930
Frank Wickhorst (0-1), 1946
Steve Mariucci (0-1), 1996
Tom Holmoe (0-5), 1997-2001
Sonny Dykes (0-4), 2013-2016
I won't list the records of coaches before Andy Smith (pre-1916) because there are at least 13 head coaches whose stints were short - 1 or 2 years.
Notable from that period, though is Garrett Cochran, whose 1898 and 1899 teams were 2-0 against the Lobsterbacks. "Hit 'em again, boys! Harder! Harder!"
Pat Fucking Flood
Flood made that horrible roughing the passer call in the 1990 Big Game. I'm not sure if Flood headed up the officiating crew for the 1991 Big Game. In the 1991 Big Game, Cal was called for 15 unsportsmanlike penalties. Fifteen. 225 yards.
Oh right, that was 90 at home. 91 at Furd was horrendous. I remember quite a few of them were on the sidelines after the Furd ball carrier went into the Cal sidelines.
Yup. my recollection, too. I always wondered if Denny Green lodged an inquiry or a complaint with the head of Pac-12 officiating.
didnt Vardell crush us that year (91)??
we basically couldnt stop that guy
Kapp, Glibertson and Theder were a combined 7-6 in Big Games despite combining for only four winning seasons in 13 years. Meanwhile Snyder, Price and White were a combined 2-12-2 in Big Games despite having eight winning seasons in 16 years.
Yeah, go figure. Doesn't make a lot of sense, right?
i am optimistic but watching from afar in Pullman WA
Are you going to the Apple Cup?
that is next weekend i think. would be cool though
WSU is playing Colorado this Fri night. so i am guessing i'll hit some traffic getting into town
Why would you go to Pullman in late November and not be going to a football game? Has anyone ever done that?
What is an unexpectedly heavy line from a sitcom that has stayed with you?
I use many quotes from Scrubs, but if you want heavy, gotta go with a classic--
"Where do you think we are?"
- JD to Dr. Cox at the end of "My Screw Up"
After I zoquo, I like to uushnu.
- Family Ties
but that it is not "heavy" ...
ha...great episode.
Surf... [checks notes]... Scotland?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231109-why-surfers-are-flocking-to-scotland
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Murfreesboro TN banned public gayness
https://newrepublic.com/post/176915/tennessee-town-ban-public-homosexuality
Sen. Mullin (R-OK) and the Teamsters have some bad blood going back years. There was a testy exchanges at the Senate Help Committee hearing between the Teamster leader and the Senator. The Teamster leader tweeted that he'd fight Senator Mullin any time, any where. During the hearing, Senator read the tweet and asked the Teamster leader if he wanted to go right now. Bernie Sanders was not amused.
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1724474603102167311
I would expect nothing less from a Senator whose first name is Markwayne
who the fuck wants to pick a fight with a teamster
The Teamsters’ guy is kind of the perfect embodiment of a Union leader - his nickname (SOB) is sort of perfect
Sunova Beach?
OMFG to Sen Mullin reading SOB’s mean tweets and getting all worked up in a hearing. What a fucking child. Obviously the dude needs thicker skin but also this is not about you! You are an employee of the federal government; we pay your dumbass to work for the government and for the benefit of the general public, not to engage in personal disputes in public.
if i’m not mistaken that POS senator is a former mma fighter…
Trump reverses track, starts courting Univision
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/univision-the-spanish-language-news-giant-shifts-its-approach-to-trump/ar-AA1jTOew
"The Democratic alarm further spiked two days later, when Univision advertising representatives told the Biden campaign that spots already purchased to run during the Trump interview in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Florida had been canceled — owing to a heretofore unannounced policy about opposition advertising in single-candidate interviews.
Univision also canceled a booking with Biden’s Hispanic Media Director Maca Casado to respond to the Trump interview after it aired on the network’s late news broadcast, according to people familiar with the details, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity for this article because they were not authorized to speak publicly."
cool very cool
FBI raids the home of the guy who was a whistleblower who claimed that Giuliani was compromised by the Russians. He's backed by right-winged folks and Peter Thiel, so this one seems shady AF.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/fbi-raids-buma-whistleblower-giuliani/
House passes stop gap Federal government funding bill 336-95. I have not read too much about the Bill apart from that it lacks a bunch of the MAGA rubbish. It will now go to the Senate, where it is expected to pass. But then everyone will watch to see if the so-called House Freedom Caucus ousts Speaker Johnson.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-senate-to-vote-next/ar-AA1jVZLJ
With the odd, two-tier funding structure, it sounds like they may be getting ready to let funding lapse for HUD, the VA, DoT, and DoE after Jan 19th while they try to figure out another spending bill before the Feb 2nd deadline when the rest of the government would shut down.
[Politico] Update: Freedom Caucus will NOT go after Johnson's job yet
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/14/mike-johnson-speaker-shutdown-democrats-00127083
I doubt that they will. The bottom line is that Johnson is doing the HFC a huge favor by giving them the veneer of actually governing, contrary to their nihilist tendencies and intent. This is far more evil in the long run as the appearance of ability to govern holds off or blunts potential voter revolt against HFC candidates. In other words, it helps these nihilists get re-elected.
interesting that the more conservative guy made a deal w/ Dems. but maybe he has the assurance of knowing he is conservative enough that the ultra conservative ones are not going to toss him out right away.
Which suggests that McCarthy was either (a) not conservative enough or (b) personally disliked or ( c) both (a) and (b).
I go with ( c).
McCarthy is disliked enough that he and other GOP Reps are physically assaulting each other.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1724463221392765155
you have to look REALLY hard on the Fox News site to find any mention of a govt shutdown being averted.
among the things that are more important
- Travis Kelce apologizes to the most important man in Taylor Swift's life after concert mishap
- Teachers union boss under fire for 'contemptible' question about Jewish prayer rituals
- Lawmaker charged with 'hate speech' for quoting Bible comes out victorious
- Swimsuit model comes clean about the effects of Botox injections
Unserious is as unserious does.
PRO
I miss this man. I wish we could afford him.
https://twitter.com/galexander21/status/1724471864364249422
Deshaun Watson out for the rest of the season
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38903886/deshaun-watson-needs-shoulder-surgery-2023-season
Female physical therapists everywhere shudder
If you want to get into Patrick Mahomes' pants, you may want to know something first
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-mahomes-same-underwear-every-nfl-chiefs-game-career/
Draymond and Klay are ejected in the first 100 seconds of the game against Wolves from an already Curry-less Warriors. Dubs lose 104-101 at home.
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1724627033236316325
Why did Curry sit?
Sore knee.
Oof, could be a long year!
Detectives arrested someone in the death of Adam Johnson, the pro hockey player who died after having his neck cut by an opponent's skate. That person is believed to be Matt Petgrave. I have read that the video of the event is available online, but you should avoid watching it.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/man-arrested-suspicion-manslaughter-adam-johnsons-death/story?id=104882780
Was there reason to believe there was intent?
not a required element but ianal in canada!
haven’t seen video but description says the other dude jumped or so how kicked his skates up in the air and towards the deceased players neck. not a hockey move, done with intent to injure.
Buffalo Bills fire OC Ken Dorsey. There is no evidence that he was fired because they discovered he went to Miramonte HS.
https://billswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/14/buffalo-bills-fire-ken-dorsey-joe-brady-nfl/
did a year at acalanes before graduating from las lomas, so i always hated miramonte.
muck the fats!!!
my mom wanted me to transfer to Miramonte because they were academically better than Campo, in her opinion at the time.
luckily there was no actual path to do so ..
i remember my acalanes friends/parents being shocked and appalled that my mom would let me attend LL, the "inner-city" school of dangerous walnut creek.
this was back when broadway plaza was a strip mall...late 80s.
SD Padres owner passes away from cancer
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/story/2023-11-14/padres-chairman-peter-seidler-passes-away
DBD AV CLUB
Netflix launching the gentlest version of Pokemon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zmhHLVrq0
R Kelly has a leak, allegedly
https://www.tmz.com/2023/11/13/r-kelly-sues-us-prison-officials-leaking-blogger-tasha-k/
The Killer….hitman movie starring Michael Fassbender. I watched on Netflix…decent little thriller by David Fincher, who has done 3 of my favorite movies (The Game, Fight Club, Se7en).
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Two Tulsa University freshmen live with seniors
https://www.kjrh.com/news/positively-oklahoma/2-tu-students-learn-life-lessons-while-living-in-senior-community
Tuesday MACtion: NIU houses Western Mitten 24-0, Eastern Mitten pips Akron 30-27 in 2OT, Toledo keeps their MAC record unblemished in thrilling fashion with a 32-31 come from behind win. Bowling Green lead 28-10 at half and then proceeded to punt, fumble, downs, punt, punt, FG, punt, downs.
https://twitter.com/colecubelic/status/1724634812164517982
Rockets Band leader doing 2-2 time while trying not to look
['Eye of the Tiger' plays in background] You gotta train insanely hard during the offseason. Practice like your life depended on it. Do your time in the film room. And then you gotta get a bit lucky. And then, just maybe, you gotta chance to lift the National Championship trophy.
https://twitter.com/KStateCropsTeam/status/1724619848091574739
TIL: Four family members can be middle-class on $69k in California, apparently
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/are-you-still-in-the-middle-class-090823.html
Yeah, maybe in the town of California, PA...
each?
A month, not year.
USAToday runs an opinion piece of who they think is on the coaching hot seat. Wilcox is on the list. The article is written from the first person perspective, but isn't attributed.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/college-football-coaches-hot-seat-dana-holgorsen-pat-narduzzi
Coach Prime is in favor of leniency
https://sports.yahoo.com/deion-sanders-says-ucla-recruits-232500561.html
Judge rules that OSU & Wazzu take control of Pac-12, keep the $400m in assets
https://sports.yahoo.com/washington-state-oregon-state-land-court-victory-against-pac-12-013039157.html
I wonder where the 2PAC offices will be. Las Vegas? Yakima? Near the Love's Truck Stop in Boardman OR?
It would be pretty wild if they took the $400m in revenue this year and paid it to themselves - I dont think they can though. The real value seems to be in controlling the IP long term, but not sure what that is worth. I assume they merge with MWest, contribute the IP into the merged entity and call it the PAC 10 or 12
Chip may not be UCLA coach on November 25 https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/report-ucla-may-fire-chip-kelly
If that happens, we can look forward to a repeat of a bowl-denying loss to an interim coach in Pasadena, just like when Mora was fired in 2017.
After reading the article, I'm prepared to discount it. (1) the source of the report is BRO, which gives me pause, (2) it's conditional on UCLA losing to USC, (3) it hints that even if UCLA beats USC on 11/18, Kelly will be fired after the Cal game on 11/25 regardless of the outcome of that game.
Not sure I buy any of that. It just strikes me as looking for a reason to stir shit up.
It would not make much financial sense, as Kelly's buyout drops from ~8m to ~4m on Dec 15th
That's another data point. Why not just wait 3 weeks to save yourself $4MM?
Especially assuming that fUCLA has to save up for its first Calimony payment.
I agree and I'd discount this article too but I wouldn't discount the notion that Kelly might be sacked at season's end.
Listening to recent Podcast of Champs. and I found David Woods comments on Kelly vis a vis ASU's Kelly Dillingham pretty telling. The gist being Dillingham coached specifically for this game with studied but "unorthodox" plays and schemes to level the playing field. Whilst Kelly remind mired in SOP. Dillingham's post game conference reveals the why and the hows. Worth watching.
Wild bears
I saw a dead one on the side of the interstate (I-66) in northern Virginia a while back. They mostly stick to more mountainous parts of MD, but I occasionally see evidence of one (i.e. poop) in my local woods.
☹️
Saw one this past summer backpacking in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness. Surprising we didn't see more as bear scat and clawed out tree marks were everywhere. Apparently, the area we were in is known as Bear Alley.
Saw one at the Lair of the Bear when I was a kid.
In 1960 or 1 the winner of the weekly name the chipmunk contest, the winning name was "Chipoo".
Working in forestry I saw quite a few. Quite a few on Olympic Peninsula while contracted to the Quinault Tribe....and once in a while on the Mt. Hood NF and the Gifford Pinchot. By far the most in terms of frequency was on Prince of Wales Island in SE AK....too many to count and once a
persistent "aggressive" one following me and chomping its jaws....but on POW there were only Black Bears, so one was on top of the food chain vs. quite a bit of the rest of SE AK where fire arms, rifle or slug 12 gauge were required with certification. I worked with quite a few folks who transferred to POW due to close calls with Brown Bears (two snap shot killings at close range).
Living in Ketchikan, on Deermount St., right in town, my porch on the second level of a duplex was visited a few times. Once whilst watching football on a late Sat. afternoon a bear appeared at the sliding glass door and gave me a jolt. My siamese cat was indoor/outdoor and if he was staying under the bed for long periods, bears were around....scent no doubt.
I've seen dozens. We had a house in Tahoe when I was growing up and we'd regularly find them up on hind legs trying to get into the trash shed when we came home at night. This summer, I saw a cub on the beach menacing people's coolers in the middle of the day. He did seem to enjoy the whole charcuterie board he stole.
Happened upon a couple of youngsters while hiking Sword Lake (a Lair of the Bear favorite) a few years ago. Figured mama would be nearby so we kept moving and didn’t wait to find out. Also witnessed a sow and two cubs emerge from a den while touring Denali one summer. That was a major wow. Occasionally black bears stroll through the small town park where my son lives (western MA).
I saw one from a train in Finland. It was in a clearing in the forest eating something, not at all phased by the passing train.
Saw one or two in Yosemite maybe 200 feet from the campground.
Yosemite and Yellowstone are where I saw the most. A couple others when backpacking near Tahoe.
- seen a few just on hikes
- a good number in Denali NP when you are on the bus and basically taking a bus safari thru the park. we witnessed the aftermath of a male bear killing a younger one. apparently the mama bears dont go into heat while they are nursing, so it is something of a known phenomenon. the surviving cub and mom were scampering away down the hill to safety ...
- driving around Glacier NP area, there are a lot of bears