I am enjoying what Musgrave is doing with his frequent use of 12 and 13 personnel packages. It punishes those who don't respect the run advantage it provides via blocking. And if you send in a heavy OLB/DE to counter, you get a coverage mismatch vs more athletic TEs. On this play are two receivers up top and two TE on the other side. Furd goes with a 3-4 cover 1. Stanford’s safety is out of position before the ball is snapped as he’s crept up and to the right to support against the TE-heavy side. Kyu Blu Kelly has lined up with inside leverage to cover Trevon, as he should. But look at the space between him and the safety. If he were to somehow lose that inside leverage on a slant route, it's an… easy… T… D….
DBDers - Name some things that make you happy - maybe even a few things beyond the Bears.
In five weeks, I am switching from gas to induction. Bye-bye easily toasted tortillas, fire roasted peppers, elote, and eggplant. Hello boiled, poached, and blanched foods.
I'm looking at buying a 2nd home in Washington - all new construction has to have electric appliances - no gas. For me, who likes to cook this is a show-stopper. So I am now looking at previously built homes with gas.
But also because SE Asian cooking tends to require just one giant burner for wok. Now did the kitchen evolve around the cooking style or the cooking style dictate the kitchen?
oh yeah that's true. I watch Asian cooking stuff and wish I could get one of those giant burners for my wok. Mine is probably almost 50 years old. My mom gave it to me when they updated their stove 30 years ago to a glasstop euro solid burner.
The only thing mine doesn't have which would be helpful on a high heat burner is a stick handle. Mine has two rectangular handles on the rim.
We had my wife's black bean soup, with homemade chorizo. Served with cubes of avocado, crema (if you want) and cotija cheese (which you do want). Tortilla chips on the side. Had it with a 2009 Guigal Cote-Rotie (quite good). Daughter made ginger snaps for afters.
I don't know any of you well enough (some not at all) to know how Person A will react to Person's B taking the piss, but I read it in the sprit intended, fwiw.
Reminds me of a joke I heard a long time ago:
When female friends see each other after a long time: "Oh you look wonderful! It's so great to see you again!"
When male friends see each other after a long time: "Still driving that piece of shit?"
Southern Utah Game - Anyone see the coach's complaint about a made FT not being recorded? I wasn't paying close enough attention during the game to have an opinion about this.
having been on both sides of this it sucks but not much can be done about it either. My Houston Rockets lost a game on a turnover where Mike Finley was standing completely out of bounds when he knocked the ball out of Yao Ming's hands.
For what? We were the second or third best team in basketball for the past decade - it just happened to coincide with the best shooter of all time and the best 3 year run of one team. and the best or second best player of all time. Sure the playoff exits were bad but that's an awful lot of success and i'm not a "rings or nothing" guy. Deep playoff runs are great.
Sorry...was just busting your balls a bit :-) I had the most stress in the playoffs when the Rockets were involved.
Altho – even tho I liked him at ASU – I really hate Harden's style of play. But yeah, they did have their run at the wrong time. In any other five-year run, they woulda won at least one title.
Yeah that sucks! I swear I've seen this happen to Cal and my NBA team, Clippers, 2 or 3 times in the many years I've been watching them. Not good but at least we were the beneficiary for once!
I've seen it several times at various levels over the years, and it can be egregious. Human error occurs, but it also points out why someone should be watching to catch them.
VERY busy. Some of the crew has to work Thursday & Friday. I have to do what could be a lot of work Sunday. (All part of a migration of some servers to the thuncercloud.) A lot to do the next 3 days to get as close to ready as possible.
I had the pleasant surprise of a Court hearing this afternoon that I thought was going to be telephonic, now be in-person because my office forgot to set up the teleconference. So now I have a three-four hour block in my schedule which could have been 15 minutes.
I started working around 11am this morning and I think I'll stop around 3. I'll probably do the same tomorrow and I'm not sure if I'll work on Wednesday.
Washington Huskies hold CU to 183 yards (before penalties) and a measly 9 first downs. They proceed to barf all over themselves with four turnovers and become bowl ineligible in... well... a dog's age.
Bijan Robinson returning for '22, which probably only marginally reduces the sting of the Longhorns sixth consecutive loss. If Texas loses to K-State and Kansas somehow wins, Texas will finish tied for last in the Big XII.
This USC team reminds me of the 2016 Oregon Ducks. Entered the season with so much hope. They are obviously very athletic, but their spirit on defense is clearly broken... so they play with limited energy. Their D-line only exerts extra energy on blitzes, their trailing LBs don't want to chase plays, their DBs give up big plays from mental mistakes, and everybody's tackling is dog crap. They may be the second-worst defense in the Pac-12 only ahead of Stanfurd.
the only reason to retain any of the current coaching staff would be to try and rescue recruiting. This is the worst defense I have seen in years. Either the scheme sucks or the players don't understand it. Assuming that Cal can replicate what UCLA did (put TEs or WRs into the vast spaces vacated by the secondary, keep running and count on bad tackling), there's no reason they shouldn't win.
Both lines are bad, but the defensive line is extra bad. This is going to take a while to address.
I know I have a reputation for pandering here, but I think Cal should be no worse than "even odds" or however you put it in gambling terms. This SC team is dreadful. Even with injuries, they've got a couple of skill players who could, at least theoretically, score enough to stay competitive even with a bad defense, but they cannot put that together as a group. The sad thing is, the players _know_ it, but they can't solve that problem themselves.
Funnily enough, that 3-8 season with Larry Smith was my junior year, and I have no recollection whatsoever of it being especially bad. Not sure if that's because I'm old and forgetful or because it didn't matter that much at the time.
That was a weird, sloppy effort for the first few minutes (including 3 interceptions in an 8-play span) and then the floodgates opened. It made me feel much better about the USC game. This week's UCLA game? Not so much...
If the Arizona game was any indication, the offense may go through some growing pains next year. Defense should be just as good, if not better. So probably a 2018-type season.
Not sure - if Garbers comes back for yet another year the O will be fine, provided he doesn’t miss any time. They can’t field a competent O w/o him tho.
It will be interesting to see what next season brings. Milner might be the real deal, but probably will have some freshman jitters. Also, note that Rowell played on Saturday, not Glover.
CU's best deep threat WR La'VontaeShenault (younger brother of Laviska) is in the transfer portal with one game to go. He's had off the field troubles.
He's starting to reach the same ceiling he did at Cal: always beating the bad teams but also consistently losing to the good teams on his schedule. The American Athletic Conference has more bad teams than the Pac-12, so his overall record looks better, but it's the same thing. Once SMU went up against Houston and Cincinnati they lost.
...is waking up knowing that at least one person loves you. This might be even more important than Cal football. Though that Big Game win was a good one!
I'll try to get that sorted when I get back to MD. The missus was able to get a next-day appointment for a booster last week, so they seem to be widely available in our neck of the woods.
Isn't the LGE African-American? I give African-American's a bit of slack on the vaccine given the history of unconsented medical experimentation imposed on their communities.
She is African-American. She is also a piece of work. She came out in favor of a Texas-style abortion law and I think I remember her opposing rape and incest exceptions though I couldn't find proof of the latter. The abortion law won't fly in Virginia, but still.
NC's Lt. Gov is an African-American from the GOP. He is a piece of work too. Mark Robinson. He hates gays with a passion so hot that you wonder what's up.
We've highlighted some horses on the DBD before with names meant to troll announcers. Well, now the Japanese are into it with a horse named "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo". He won his first race and it was delightful. But nothing will beat "Hoof Hearted"
Most fun NFL game was Chargers-Steelers, when he was at Oregon I never thought Justin Herbert was all that, but man, in the NFL, he looks like the real deal.
Chargers D came up big when it mattered. Roethlisberger looked ineffectual (as did Pittsburgh's OL) when they absolutely had to move the ball and score.
I have been impressed with him since he almost beat Cal in Memorial back in 2016. I believe that was his first career start. I was at Memorial for that game. Cal jumped out to a big lead. Herbert led a big comeback, threw 6 TDs and took it to OT where he threw a pick and we won.
There was a lack of coaching stability for him in Eugene, but the physical tools were there. I gave up the ghost of waiting for Cal to make the Rose Bowl & bought last minute Stubhub tix for the ‘20 RB b/t Ducks & Bucky Badger….Herbert was the best player on the field, so it was borderline laughable when Miami took a banged up, weak armed Tua over him.
I saw the replay on that and it looked like Stewart had hooked Lebron's arm. Lebron was swiping to get his arm away and inadvertently slapped/elbowed him. So I don't think Lebron meant to make that hard contact but he did draw blood so I think the Flagrant 2 was warranted.
Seeing the Lakers flail about brings me a bit of hope that one day the Buss Family will sell the team to an owner that will actually allow basketball analysts make basketball decisions.
I think she's significantly better than her brother, but she's no Jerry. New ownership would be fine with me but that ain't happening within her lifetime and probably not mine either.
They don't have to sell, as long as they give up basketball control to people who know what they are doing. The incessant giving up of resources to aging, flawed players is predictably not working out.
The Golden State Warriors returned to Chase Center on Sunday for their fourth game in six days. Returning from an East Coast road trip, the Dubs seemed set for a slow start. Yet with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green back in the starting lineup, Golden State dominated from start to finish en route to a 125-112 victory.
Jordan Poole scored the first 5 points of the game before Andrew Wiggins took over. Wiggins scored the next 11 Golden State points and helped build an early 16-5 lead. The Warriors never looked back.
The Raptors have given Cury problems throughout his career, and that was still the case on Sunday. Curry was 1-for-6 from the field in the first half and finished 2-for-10 with just 12 points. Yet, Toronto’s attention on Curry came with a cost. Steph was happy to create space for his teammates all game, and they took advantage.
i watched most of this. the Warriors were up 10+ points most of the game. there were a couple times the lead got to 10 or 11, but that was short lived.
Poole and Wiggins had great shooting nights. Draymond played great D along w/ a generally solid team effort on D. all great signs for the season, playoffs, etc
Whenever the Toronto Raptors face the Golden State Warriors, Fred VanVleet is always given the task of face-guarding Stephen Curry — and throughout their battles over the years, it’s easy to see why.
VanVleet is as close to the quintessential Curry “stopper” there is. He is short, stocky, and highly physical — but he also possesses astute defensive fundamentals. He is handsy without fouling. He makes screen navigation look almost as easy as Curry running defenders toward screens.
Most of all, VanVleet is well aware of Curry’s offensive tendencies.
Not sure if you follow DubNation HQ. It's the Warriors' version of Write for California (vs. CA Golden Blogs and GSOM). Most of the good writers and commenters went there post-Vox. After a quick pitstop at Let's Go Warriors, which apparently was a shit show.
Nothing wrong with hating the Lakers (and enjoying seeing LBJ's latest "super team" flounder).
At the DNHQ site, they have a feature Explain One Play where a guy breaks down how things worked in the last game. I "understand" it as I watch it, but still can't identify the plays when they occur in real time.
I was about to note that yesterday the E1P was about Curry being Box-and-1-ed. I felt like I'd written about this already and see that I did below. But didn't include the link.
Oh yes, I get that. It's just that in the last couple of seasons Curry was passing to guys who couldn't do anything with it. Now they seem to have guys who can.
Following from the above plug for Dub Nation HQ, here's a deep dive into how Curry embraced the Box-and-1, rather than force up a bunch of shots. Luckily the non-Steph 3s went in (more than last week).
doesn't seem to have started yet? At least my Score app doesn't have a score. Just started recording (and added the next game, assuming that Cal game will run into that slot).
I haven't had that much fun at a Big Game in... well maybe forever. Perfect day for it, for the first time can remember the parking wasn't a dusty mess due to recent rains. Only fly in the ointment was the traffic on 80, my son directed me off 80 onto A, then Hesperian, then Winton to get back on 80 - to San Mateo Bridge it was nutty. Cut into tailgating time, but WfC had a quality location and the shot ski.
Yesterday I think I was sore from 1,500 High fives - such a fun, fun game. So many trick plays, two goal line stops - it does not get better than this.
Google maps showed me that routing as well due to an accident on 880 S of 238. No 3's phone had us going 680 to 880 to 237 to 101N which was about the same time as taking the detour through Hayward. So we took that route instead. Still got there early enough.
My only other big game win was 2002 and that was almost just as fun.
Does anyone else think it's weird that the Rally Comm now desperately tries to keep anyone from touching the Axe on the field? I remember in older Big Game wins (like from the Tedford Era) we had images of Cal players holding it on the field while celebrating. What's with all the enhanced security?
The geek stare down is the fourth worst thing about Big Game. We should have our rugby team stare down and act as secruity. Anyway, here's Rally Comm dropping the Axe in 2019.
Did those idiots actually play any music? I find it hilarious that they had to mic up the "band" while they were in the stands, but at halftime, the only thing I could hear was the stupid video. "Back in my day" the 'furd band was capable of at least being occasionally clever...now they're just irrelevant.
No 2 was dumbfounded by their band. Trying to figure out how they were a band. Though he didn't like Cal's formations either. Emojis or whatever the were trying to do. But at least we were marching. We were on the Furd side and couldn't hear the music.
Cal Band Great! It was a solid performance, easier to see from where we were in 230 - upper deck, to me these are the best seats in the house, if you're near the edge.
Anyone know Mettauer's status? He went from not listed on the depth chart due to injury to starting and playing nearly the whole game to being injured on the play when Street scored. He was replaced by Big E. Johnson for the final series.
DBD test kitchen
Starting Thanksgiving prep with salad dressing (roasted shallot dressing) tonight.
I bought a Popeyes seasoned and brined turkey for thanksgiving. I am excited to try this.
In five weeks, I am switching from gas to induction. Bye-bye easily toasted tortillas, fire roasted peppers, elote, and eggplant. Hello boiled, poached, and blanched foods.
Is that because new construction can't have gas?
In North Carolina? As if!
Gas was an option. My wife and I held a vote. I lost 1 to 35,315.
We got induction during remodel (after many years of gas). Stuff gets hot super quick...don't turn you back!
time to get a new wife
pqtm
I'm looking at buying a 2nd home in Washington - all new construction has to have electric appliances - no gas. For me, who likes to cook this is a show-stopper. So I am now looking at previously built homes with gas.
I guess, perhaps, you could get a butane burner? Or six of them and place them side to side?
Propane? Do they make kitchen ranges running on propane?
They do! (in non-US countries). But it's like a 2 burner range. Quite common in East and South East Asia.
I assume that's for a smaller SE Asian kitchen.
But also because SE Asian cooking tends to require just one giant burner for wok. Now did the kitchen evolve around the cooking style or the cooking style dictate the kitchen?
oh yeah that's true. I watch Asian cooking stuff and wish I could get one of those giant burners for my wok. Mine is probably almost 50 years old. My mom gave it to me when they updated their stove 30 years ago to a glasstop euro solid burner.
The only thing mine doesn't have which would be helpful on a high heat burner is a stick handle. Mine has two rectangular handles on the rim.
you need stronger hands hahahaha
We had my wife's black bean soup, with homemade chorizo. Served with cubes of avocado, crema (if you want) and cotija cheese (which you do want). Tortilla chips on the side. Had it with a 2009 Guigal Cote-Rotie (quite good). Daughter made ginger snaps for afters.
I think the real lesson is that you need to marry Cugel's wife and have Cugel's kids
Hey! That's not nice!
I, for one, was certain you were joking in good fun.
I don't know any of you well enough (some not at all) to know how Person A will react to Person's B taking the piss, but I read it in the sprit intended, fwiw.
Reminds me of a joke I heard a long time ago:
When female friends see each other after a long time: "Oh you look wonderful! It's so great to see you again!"
When male friends see each other after a long time: "Still driving that piece of shit?"
I will now present the counterargument
Painful divorces can blow things up, financially and otherwise.
As someone that has been married & divorced, I’d say cooking with gas trumps BOTH....fwiw...
Aussie TV channel paid A$1m (US$720k) for an exclusive interview w/ Adele about her new album. Host didn't listen to the album beforehand.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59370263
It's like the minimum of work!
What a jabroni.
Oops!
Listened to Red (Taylor's Version)
Southern Utah Game - Anyone see the coach's complaint about a made FT not being recorded? I wasn't paying close enough attention during the game to have an opinion about this.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32683410/southern-utah-cites-scorer-error-double-ot-men-basketball-loss-california
having been on both sides of this it sucks but not much can be done about it either. My Houston Rockets lost a game on a turnover where Mike Finley was standing completely out of bounds when he knocked the ball out of Yao Ming's hands.
"My Houston Rockets"...I'm sorry
For what? We were the second or third best team in basketball for the past decade - it just happened to coincide with the best shooter of all time and the best 3 year run of one team. and the best or second best player of all time. Sure the playoff exits were bad but that's an awful lot of success and i'm not a "rings or nothing" guy. Deep playoff runs are great.
Sorry...was just busting your balls a bit :-) I had the most stress in the playoffs when the Rockets were involved.
Altho – even tho I liked him at ASU – I really hate Harden's style of play. But yeah, they did have their run at the wrong time. In any other five-year run, they woulda won at least one title.
I'm ultimately satisfied with how the Harden era ran (although I wish his leaving was a little bit more clean). I still root for him on the Nets.
Yeah that sucks! I swear I've seen this happen to Cal and my NBA team, Clippers, 2 or 3 times in the many years I've been watching them. Not good but at least we were the beneficiary for once!
I've seen it several times at various levels over the years, and it can be egregious. Human error occurs, but it also points out why someone should be watching to catch them.
Sometimes it takes more than the whole team.
👀
Short work week
VERY busy. Some of the crew has to work Thursday & Friday. I have to do what could be a lot of work Sunday. (All part of a migration of some servers to the thuncercloud.) A lot to do the next 3 days to get as close to ready as possible.
that sounds potentially unpleasant
My work week and task list has moved from downtown Oakland to North Berkeley.
if only. I volunteered to be online Wednesday and Friday, on the understanding that I could take a few days off over Christmas.
I'm working 4 hours each day M-W. Of course today ended up being like 5.
I had the pleasant surprise of a Court hearing this afternoon that I thought was going to be telephonic, now be in-person because my office forgot to set up the teleconference. So now I have a three-four hour block in my schedule which could have been 15 minutes.
I started working around 11am this morning and I think I'll stop around 3. I'll probably do the same tomorrow and I'm not sure if I'll work on Wednesday.
in fact i have taken mon-wed sort of off. there is still plenty to be done around the house, a couple work meetings and side gig meetings i cant miss.
the weather is cold and wet, so not too motivated to get out for a ride.
we leave for Paris Wed night on the red-eye ..
Paris is Bear Territory! Coincidentally, a couple friends of mine from Cal flew to Paris last night.
Elsewhere in college
Washington Huskies hold CU to 183 yards (before penalties) and a measly 9 first downs. They proceed to barf all over themselves with four turnovers and become bowl ineligible in... well... a dog's age.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401309903
https://twitter.com/FTBVids_YT/status/1462158532451586055
Bijan Robinson returning for '22, which probably only marginally reduces the sting of the Longhorns sixth consecutive loss. If Texas loses to K-State and Kansas somehow wins, Texas will finish tied for last in the Big XII.
https://twitter.com/insidetexas/status/1462881616406134793?s=21
UCLA waxes USC, scoring the most points in the 91 year matchup history
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401309904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOy_HnqsIOk
This USC team reminds me of the 2016 Oregon Ducks. Entered the season with so much hope. They are obviously very athletic, but their spirit on defense is clearly broken... so they play with limited energy. Their D-line only exerts extra energy on blitzes, their trailing LBs don't want to chase plays, their DBs give up big plays from mental mistakes, and everybody's tackling is dog crap. They may be the second-worst defense in the Pac-12 only ahead of Stanfurd.
the only reason to retain any of the current coaching staff would be to try and rescue recruiting. This is the worst defense I have seen in years. Either the scheme sucks or the players don't understand it. Assuming that Cal can replicate what UCLA did (put TEs or WRs into the vast spaces vacated by the secondary, keep running and count on bad tackling), there's no reason they shouldn't win.
Both lines are bad, but the defensive line is extra bad. This is going to take a while to address.
247's Ryan Abraham couldn't be any more blunt. And he brings up a possibility my brain couldn't even begin to consider. Cal might be favored vs. USC.
https://247sports.com/college/usc/Article/Column-USC-non-competitive-2021-worst-Trojan-team-last-64-years-62-33-Ryan-Abraham-Donte-Williams-UCLA-175890357/
I know I have a reputation for pandering here, but I think Cal should be no worse than "even odds" or however you put it in gambling terms. This SC team is dreadful. Even with injuries, they've got a couple of skill players who could, at least theoretically, score enough to stay competitive even with a bad defense, but they cannot put that together as a group. The sad thing is, the players _know_ it, but they can't solve that problem themselves.
Funnily enough, that 3-8 season with Larry Smith was my junior year, and I have no recollection whatsoever of it being especially bad. Not sure if that's because I'm old and forgetful or because it didn't matter that much at the time.
plus bulgogi and kimchi tortas
and topped with a wok fried sunny side up egg
You should elevate to the next level with peking duck tacos/tortas etc.
Ill be in Austin
Pac-12 after dark. Going to be bonkers.
Those Joe Roth unis look great under the lights
That was a weird, sloppy effort for the first few minutes (including 3 interceptions in an 8-play span) and then the floodgates opened. It made me feel much better about the USC game. This week's UCLA game? Not so much...
UCLA rushing offense against Cal's stout run defense
That's the key. When their run game slows down (under 200 yards) they lose.
Their atrocious tackling on Saturday was an encouraging sign for the Bears' slippery run game.
Cal is now first in the conference in rushing defense...
http://www.cfbstats.com/2021/leader/905/team/defense/split01/category01/sort01.html
First in scoring defense...
http://www.cfbstats.com/2021/leader/905/team/defense/split01/category09/sort01.html
Amazing how Wilcox & Co. have turned things around...
I've paid less attention to recruiting, etc in the last several years... how do we stand as a team next year with seniors leaving?
If the Arizona game was any indication, the offense may go through some growing pains next year. Defense should be just as good, if not better. So probably a 2018-type season.
Not sure - if Garbers comes back for yet another year the O will be fine, provided he doesn’t miss any time. They can’t field a competent O w/o him tho.
If Garbers returns, I like our chances next year at Notre Dame. If not, at least it will be a fun trip
Yes but he will eventually run out of eligibility after his 15th season.
It will be interesting to see what next season brings. Milner might be the real deal, but probably will have some freshman jitters. Also, note that Rowell played on Saturday, not Glover.
but at least Ryan Glover won't be QB
CU's best deep threat WR La'VontaeShenault (younger brother of Laviska) is in the transfer portal with one game to go. He's had off the field troubles.
Source: https://twitter.com/RivalsPortal/status/1462760013194305541?t=p8AYDvF71VBSS7DCcxIbeA&s=19
[SI, citing Fort Worth Star] Sonny Dykes to TCU
https://www.si.com/college/tcu/.amp/football/sonny-dykes-new-head-coach-football
Perpetual wandering eye
He's starting to reach the same ceiling he did at Cal: always beating the bad teams but also consistently losing to the good teams on his schedule. The American Athletic Conference has more bad teams than the Pac-12, so his overall record looks better, but it's the same thing. Once SMU went up against Houston and Cincinnati they lost.
Basically the opposite of Peterson.
Patterson, but yeah, his teams were usually defense-first and his offense wasn't anything like an air raid.
Dykes shouldn't have to move, though.
Sonny is what he is…that style of offense is not conducive to fielding a competent D…they’re on the field too much.
Kenny Wells, the Atlanta PD have found something you've lost.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/21/atlanta-airport-passenger-accidentally-fires-gun
Soap
https://youtu.be/AD8xOCoct4w
Happiness
...is winning the next 2 to sweep the CA schools for the 1st time since the Eisenhower administration & clinching your 1st Sun Bowl ever!!
...is waking up knowing that at least one person loves you. This might be even more important than Cal football. Though that Big Game win was a good one!
This explains so much.
Then how do you account for Arizona?
is a warm gun (bang bang, shoot shoot)
Today in Covid
Got Moderna booster on Friday evening. Got some chills and tiredness over the weekend, but not too bad.
When I got my first shot (J&J) I got extremely sick for three days, but nothing like that happened this time.
Moderna booster Wednesday morning...hoping it's mellow (M1 was nothing and M2 wasn't much).
I got some chills and tiredness too, but it was likely due to being at a #Pac12WAAAYYAfterDark game in 35 degree weather past 11 PM at night.
The flu shot was the worst for me, booster, sore arm, no big deal.
Pfizer booster on Friday night. Rough body aches, chills, and headaches on Saturday.
I'll try to get that sorted when I get back to MD. The missus was able to get a next-day appointment for a booster last week, so they seem to be widely available in our neck of the woods.
Yep, that's what she used
I was just really groggy and felt like I was swimming in molasses after my booster. Nowhere near as bad as my second dose.
I have an appt. on December 26th for the Pfizer booster
Why so far in the future? You get the original two late?
Earliest I could get it
Wow! I snuck one in for two days from now, but the week after Thanksgiving, there are a lot here (San Francisco).
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
VA's LT. Gov is... uh... a piece of work.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/virginia-lt-gov-elect-says-she-wont-say-if-shes-vaccinated-because-then-people-will-want-to-know-whats-in-my-dna/
Isn't the LGE African-American? I give African-American's a bit of slack on the vaccine given the history of unconsented medical experimentation imposed on their communities.
She is African-American. She is also a piece of work. She came out in favor of a Texas-style abortion law and I think I remember her opposing rape and incest exceptions though I couldn't find proof of the latter. The abortion law won't fly in Virginia, but still.
NC's Lt. Gov is an African-American from the GOP. He is a piece of work too. Mark Robinson. He hates gays with a passion so hot that you wonder what's up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Robinson_(American_politician)
PRO
Baseball HOF ballot
First Timers
Carl Crawford
Prince Fielder
Ryan Howard
Tim Lincecum
Justin Morneau
Joe Nathan
David Ortiz
Jonathan Papelbon
Jake Peavy
A.J. Pierzynski
Jimmy Rollins
Alex Rodriguez
Mark Teixeira
returning
Curt Schilling
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Scott Rolen
Omar Vizquel
Billy Wagner
Todd Helton
Gary Sheffield
Andruw Jones
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramirez
Sammy Sosa
Andy Pettitte
Mark Buehrle
Torii Hunter
Bobby Abreu
Tim Hudson
I'm going to say Ortiz is the only one in. Writers will not vote ARod in first ballot.
Or it will be no one since Ortiz' name was on the list in 2003 (?)
It should have at least Todd Helton, so in an ideal world we won't have a "no one inducted" year.
If Helton then maybe Rolen. Both perfect for the Hall of the Very Good.
Putting him in the Hall and not Bonds/Clemens/Schilling is going to look pretty silly to future generations.
Don't be a prick?
We've highlighted some horses on the DBD before with names meant to troll announcers. Well, now the Japanese are into it with a horse named "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo". He won his first race and it was delightful. But nothing will beat "Hoof Hearted"
https://www.odditycentral.com/news/meet-sumomomomomomomomo-the-horse-that-makes-race-commentators-cry.html
I'm a fan of "Janet Zapposoppazapposoppaz".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo
Most fun NFL game was Chargers-Steelers, when he was at Oregon I never thought Justin Herbert was all that, but man, in the NFL, he looks like the real deal.
Chargers D came up big when it mattered. Roethlisberger looked ineffectual (as did Pittsburgh's OL) when they absolutely had to move the ball and score.
Arguably the worst OL in the entire league...JAX included. They could not run on LAC, and LAC LET’S teams run on them.
I have been impressed with him since he almost beat Cal in Memorial back in 2016. I believe that was his first career start. I was at Memorial for that game. Cal jumped out to a big lead. Herbert led a big comeback, threw 6 TDs and took it to OT where he threw a pick and we won.
Jordan K with the pick.
There was a lack of coaching stability for him in Eugene, but the physical tools were there. I gave up the ghost of waiting for Cal to make the Rose Bowl & bought last minute Stubhub tix for the ‘20 RB b/t Ducks & Bucky Badger….Herbert was the best player on the field, so it was borderline laughable when Miami took a banged up, weak armed Tua over him.
The was a wild 4th quarter
Lebron gets ejected for this flagrant 2 against Isaiah Stewart, who also got ejected after he chased after Lebron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVuO7dUaUZ4
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1462580158292905992
I saw the replay on that and it looked like Stewart had hooked Lebron's arm. Lebron was swiping to get his arm away and inadvertently slapped/elbowed him. So I don't think Lebron meant to make that hard contact but he did draw blood so I think the Flagrant 2 was warranted.
Seeing the Lakers flail about brings me a bit of hope that one day the Buss Family will sell the team to an owner that will actually allow basketball analysts make basketball decisions.
After what Jeanie went through to gain control of that team, it would be easier to wrest a firearm from Charlton Heston's rigored hand.
She's only marginally better than her brother
I think she's significantly better than her brother, but she's no Jerry. New ownership would be fine with me but that ain't happening within her lifetime and probably not mine either.
They will never sell the team, it's not like they need the money.
They don't have to sell, as long as they give up basketball control to people who know what they are doing. The incessant giving up of resources to aging, flawed players is predictably not working out.
Lebron makes a terrible GM.
Raiders playoff odds drop to 9 percent after Week 11 loss
https://sports.yahoo.com/raiders-playoff-odds-drop-9-135544160.html
Raiders are not a playoff team. Not particularly impressed with Carr, either. Raiders need a new GM as well as a new head coach.
Raptors keep Curry cold, but Wiggins & Poole carry Dubs to 119-104 victory
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2021/11/21/22795586/golden-state-warriors-raptors-andrew-wiggins-jordan-poole-stephen-curry-chris-chiozza
The Golden State Warriors returned to Chase Center on Sunday for their fourth game in six days. Returning from an East Coast road trip, the Dubs seemed set for a slow start. Yet with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green back in the starting lineup, Golden State dominated from start to finish en route to a 125-112 victory.
Jordan Poole scored the first 5 points of the game before Andrew Wiggins took over. Wiggins scored the next 11 Golden State points and helped build an early 16-5 lead. The Warriors never looked back.
The Raptors have given Cury problems throughout his career, and that was still the case on Sunday. Curry was 1-for-6 from the field in the first half and finished 2-for-10 with just 12 points. Yet, Toronto’s attention on Curry came with a cost. Steph was happy to create space for his teammates all game, and they took advantage.
i watched most of this. the Warriors were up 10+ points most of the game. there were a couple times the lead got to 10 or 11, but that was short lived.
Poole and Wiggins had great shooting nights. Draymond played great D along w/ a generally solid team effort on D. all great signs for the season, playoffs, etc
The fact that they're still able to win comfortably even with Curry having a bad shooting night is VERY encouraging.
Stephen Curry is perfectly fine with being a decoy for his teammates to flourish
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2021/11/22/22795914/warriors-raptors-stephen-curry-jordan-poole-andrew-wiggins-kevon-looney-film-breakdown
Whenever the Toronto Raptors face the Golden State Warriors, Fred VanVleet is always given the task of face-guarding Stephen Curry — and throughout their battles over the years, it’s easy to see why.
VanVleet is as close to the quintessential Curry “stopper” there is. He is short, stocky, and highly physical — but he also possesses astute defensive fundamentals. He is handsy without fouling. He makes screen navigation look almost as easy as Curry running defenders toward screens.
Most of all, VanVleet is well aware of Curry’s offensive tendencies.
Not sure if you follow DubNation HQ. It's the Warriors' version of Write for California (vs. CA Golden Blogs and GSOM). Most of the good writers and commenters went there post-Vox. After a quick pitstop at Let's Go Warriors, which apparently was a shit show.
I don't read the articles on GSOM. I just post them here. I guess I'm a bandwagon Warriors fan since I love the way they play since about 2014.
I was a Celtics fan in the 80s and early 90s. Then really didn't have a team I loved. Just watched players like Jordan. Still hate the Lakers.
Nothing wrong with hating the Lakers (and enjoying seeing LBJ's latest "super team" flounder).
At the DNHQ site, they have a feature Explain One Play where a guy breaks down how things worked in the last game. I "understand" it as I watch it, but still can't identify the plays when they occur in real time.
I was about to note that yesterday the E1P was about Curry being Box-and-1-ed. I felt like I'd written about this already and see that I did below. But didn't include the link.
https://dubnationhq.com/p/explain-one-play-raptors-throw-junk
Looks like the Raptors were in a Box in 1 most of the game with VanVleet face guarding him.
to be fair, Curry still had a big impact. the reason everyone was so wide open is that they doubled Curry a lot leaving someone open.
but everyone made the extra pass and they hit their open shots, so that was encouraging part
Yes
Oh yes, I get that. It's just that in the last couple of seasons Curry was passing to guys who couldn't do anything with it. Now they seem to have guys who can.
Yes
Following from the above plug for Dub Nation HQ, here's a deep dive into how Curry embraced the Box-and-1, rather than force up a bunch of shots. Luckily the non-Steph 3s went in (more than last week).
49ers dominate the Jaguars from start to finish to win 30-10
https://www.ninersnation.com/2021/11/21/22794873/49ers-dominate-the-jaguars-from-start-to-finish-to-win-30-10
Vikings outlast Rodgers, Packers 34-31 on game-ending FG
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametracker/recap/NFL_20211121_GB@MIN/
Aaron seems to have a horrible case of Long Toevid.
I'm tired of the Rodgers Covid act. After this, his judgement appears questionable. Still, he didn't lose his State Farm endorsement deal.
Sometimes someone who seems like an odd guy from Chico is an odd guy from Chico.
Yo momma is so fat that she gave me a 15 yard penalty during commercial break
https://twitter.com/thelionswire/status/1462568155201556481?t=M_mdARqjxzinM40-0F3sAw&s=19
CAL
Anybody gonna watch the Cal Florida MBB game? Starts at 5:30 Pacific time on FS1 I believe.
doesn't seem to have started yet? At least my Score app doesn't have a score. Just started recording (and added the next game, assuming that Cal game will run into that slot).
I haven't had that much fun at a Big Game in... well maybe forever. Perfect day for it, for the first time can remember the parking wasn't a dusty mess due to recent rains. Only fly in the ointment was the traffic on 80, my son directed me off 80 onto A, then Hesperian, then Winton to get back on 80 - to San Mateo Bridge it was nutty. Cut into tailgating time, but WfC had a quality location and the shot ski.
Yesterday I think I was sore from 1,500 High fives - such a fun, fun game. So many trick plays, two goal line stops - it does not get better than this.
That's a brutal route. Hesperian will take you directly onto 92, someone's phone made you do some unnecessary backtracking there.
Also, that's 880 my friend (or 17 for the real ones).
Yeah, it was not fun.
Google maps showed me that routing as well due to an accident on 880 S of 238. No 3's phone had us going 680 to 880 to 237 to 101N which was about the same time as taking the detour through Hayward. So we took that route instead. Still got there early enough.
My only other big game win was 2002 and that was almost just as fun.
Got the Axe, not sure if you've heard.
Does anyone else think it's weird that the Rally Comm now desperately tries to keep anyone from touching the Axe on the field? I remember in older Big Game wins (like from the Tedford Era) we had images of Cal players holding it on the field while celebrating. What's with all the enhanced security?
I agree - let the people who actually won the Axe back celebrate with it on the field.
The geek stare down is the fourth worst thing about Big Game. We should have our rugby team stare down and act as secruity. Anyway, here's Rally Comm dropping the Axe in 2019.
https://twitter.com/CAlvarezABC7/status/1198442622454394880
I didn’t know Damien Moore was on the Rally Committee? ;-)
Too soon?
What's the worst thing? The stanfurd "band" halftime performance?
A Stanford win.
Did those idiots actually play any music? I find it hilarious that they had to mic up the "band" while they were in the stands, but at halftime, the only thing I could hear was the stupid video. "Back in my day" the 'furd band was capable of at least being occasionally clever...now they're just irrelevant.
No 2 was dumbfounded by their band. Trying to figure out how they were a band. Though he didn't like Cal's formations either. Emojis or whatever the were trying to do. But at least we were marching. We were on the Furd side and couldn't hear the music.
Cal Band Great! It was a solid performance, easier to see from where we were in 230 - upper deck, to me these are the best seats in the house, if you're near the edge.
1. Stanfurd
2. Their shitty so-called band
3. Their smug alumni that I gotta deal with every year
Oh, I love the staredown. It's hilariously dorky. It's the walling off of players from the Axe in the post-game that confuses me.
Go Bears!!!
ICYMI: This GLORIOUS picture
https://twitter.com/WriteForCal/status/1462898503957368836
Anyone know Mettauer's status? He went from not listed on the depth chart due to injury to starting and playing nearly the whole game to being injured on the play when Street scored. He was replaced by Big E. Johnson for the final series.
unfortunately the pac12 live stream was not working for me the entire time. and there doesnt seem to be any "full event replays"
Bootleg highlights:
https://youtu.be/wQB7jUyTY00
nice. thanks
Avi finds the perfect gif
https://twitter.com/avinashkunnath/status/1462697420760829958
Fittingly, a show set in the Bay Area and featuring a college based on Berkeley!
What show is it?
We Bare Bears. It's a pretty fun show from what I've seen.
Cool, thanks