He was #33 in FBS for yards per punt. Jamieson ended #14. There is less than 2 yard difference between Jamieson and Wilson. It didn't help that Wilson was forced to punt from within his opponents territory twice against USF
A well executed 2 + 1 on the Bears' last possession of the 2nd qtr, and a Stanford missed 3 at the buzzer, has Cal back within 20 at the half, down only 47-29.
That same arctic chill that gripped much of the nation this week has begun to hit W4C Mid-Atlantic. It was 54 degrees when I went to bed last night. When I go to bed tonight, it's going to be 9 degrees with a feels like of -8. Further complicating matters, a storm dropped 2.5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours and all that standing water is going to flash-freeze this afternoon.
I tried to go for a run this morning. I'd hoped to hit the spot after the rain stopped and before the cold and wind started. I failed. It was still raining lightly with a little snow mixed in and the wind was already kicking up. Made it through a couple miles before packing it in, mostly because of the wind. It was mid 40s when I got up this morning and it's below freezing now.
It was so cold yesterday that when I got to holes 17 and 18 I went into my golf bag and pulled out my vest to pull over my quarter zip. Brr! 52 degrees!
There's a couple things I want to get at the grocery store and want to check on a couple homeless I know so I'm going to venture out on a walk. Currently my thermometer says 20 degrees and winds are about 20 MPH gusting a little higher. I will have on as many layers as I can fit.
On the west side in the Northwest, we woke up to a coating of ice on everything. Now, its starting to melt in the slightest, and is even slicker, with a sheen of water on the ice, AND water under the ice. On the east side, they are doing an upper midwest impression.
NYT found that, not only was he not rising through the ranks of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs as he claimed, he fielded Portuguese-language calls at a center in Queens for Dish Network.
While Mark Meadows wasn't the only one - he is the one being recommended to DOJ for prosecution because he's the one who actively recommended Trump try to overturn the election by lobbying State legislatures. Fucking traitor.
A DeSantis appointed judge to the 6th district court of appeals, who was ousted from his elected county court in part due to a controversial ruling where he denied a family's application's for their teenage (minor) to get an abortion because [checks notes]... of her 2.0 grade average.
Lawsuit hearing brought by Kari Lake (R-AZ) that alleged that there was shenanigans that cost her the AZ governorship election ended after two days. She brought no evidence of such fraud, once again proving it's all performative.
The RHCP have a special place in my heart, if nothing else because of their Fight Like a Brave poster that - no pun intended - hung in Blondies Pizza in Telegraph in the late 80s until who knows when. The high-school me tried to not be freaked out by the socks-in-dongs while ordering a slice.
Once people start cancelling, they'll backtrack. Since all 3 boys and my ex uses it, I guarantee they'll flag my account. Also with one using it between his place and his GFs. I think I'll pay one, maybe two months just to see if they change their mind. Otherwise I'll cancel.
I refuse to indulge the "which would you rather have" debates because I'll never have to make that choice and they're generally too awful to contemplate.
Brilliant Farhan move…cutting a raw 23 year old with electric stuff and a filthy slider just so you can keep a roster full of dead-weight like Tommy LaStella.
Dodgers' Trevor Bauer will be reinstated and have his suspension reduced from 324 to 194, which means he only has 50 games suspension left to serve in 2023. The Dodgers are on the hook for his $22.5m salary.
As it probably should be, given how quickly the case was thrown out. The guy is a dirt bag sexual deviant a$$hat, but that suspension nonetheless seemed long considering no law was broken, despite the horrible optics for a total clown.
Jets lose 19-3 to Jags as Zach Wilson continues his JaMarcus Russell-like performance, gets booed, then pulled for a former practice squad QB Chris Streveler.
While April has yet to show what "his style" is, he last worked under Jim Leonhard - who used a 3-4 base with hybrid tweener players similar to Wilcox's. That is Leonhard would often use a heavy OLB/DE to put more pressure in the box or a S/Nickel to cap pass-happy schemes. However, Leonhard preferred to use single-high while Wilcox seems to prefer two-high.
Air Force and it's running option defeated Baylor 30-15 in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth. Airforce had the ball for more than 40 minutes (vs. 20 for BU). AF's defense did its job too as Baylor went 0-11 on third down and only had 230 yards in offense, including rushing for an average of 1.6 yards per carry.
AF QB had attempted 76 yards all season going into the game, completing less than half of them. He made one of them count, going 68 yards.
Mizzou crushes the Illini to move to 11-1. They'll be ranked in the next polls. Gates has now resurrected two programs in the time it's taken Knowlton and Fox to further dismantle an already dismantled once proud program. Missing on Gates is going to haunt us forever.
Not exactly the strongest recruiting message. A bit schmaltzy for a football blog. Maybe a great Christmas Card message for JW, who is on his way to being fired at the end of this next season (the HC who just saw his two 2023 QBs enter the portal)
Ehhhh potentially but we have a new OC who may have already identified “his guy”. There are 128 starting QB jobs in D1 and even less in the power 5, guys with a starting job don’t just enter the portal.
And yet, Wilcox and Spavital have managed to run off our Power 5 starting QB, with both the top two QBs entering the portal. With no replacement in sight. May Oski have mercy upon their souls.
Time to add 2-Factor Authentication and change your password
Some really bad stuff - the were hacked. Bad news - all of their customer info and stuff was un-encrypted.
Good news . . .sort of? - It's still password protected. Now the hackers might be able to brute force your master password but still time to go through and change some stuff.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Cal gets a verbal commit from a c/o 2025 4-star RB. https://twitter.com/jusyis3/status/1606397267438497792
Cal lands P Lachie Wilson via the transfer portal. He's very very good.
https://twitter.com/calfootball/status/1606391581912797194
He was #33 in FBS for yards per punt. Jamieson ended #14. There is less than 2 yard difference between Jamieson and Wilson. It didn't help that Wilson was forced to punt from within his opponents territory twice against USF
Is it me, or do twitter pages seem to load much slower than they used to? It seemed to take like 4-5 seconds for this page to load.
[WBB] Cal @ #2 Stanfoo.
Noon Pacific
Pac-12 Networks.
https://calbears.com/news/2022/12/21/womens-basketball-cal-starts-pac-12-play-at-2-stanford-friday.aspx
A well executed 2 + 1 on the Bears' last possession of the 2nd qtr, and a Stanford missed 3 at the buzzer, has Cal back within 20 at the half, down only 47-29.
After Stanford opened the lead to 20+, Cal continues to battle, and got briefly back within 15, and only trails by 20 after 3 qtrs. 68-48.
Bears battle all the way, staying within 30 (largest lead was only 29) at all times, and hit a closing 3 to only lose by 21, 90-69.
Go Bears!
DBD weather
That same arctic chill that gripped much of the nation this week has begun to hit W4C Mid-Atlantic. It was 54 degrees when I went to bed last night. When I go to bed tonight, it's going to be 9 degrees with a feels like of -8. Further complicating matters, a storm dropped 2.5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours and all that standing water is going to flash-freeze this afternoon.
I tried to go for a run this morning. I'd hoped to hit the spot after the rain stopped and before the cold and wind started. I failed. It was still raining lightly with a little snow mixed in and the wind was already kicking up. Made it through a couple miles before packing it in, mostly because of the wind. It was mid 40s when I got up this morning and it's below freezing now.
Yikes!
Just getting up and out there, you have extra large huevos.
Frostbite can be preceded by swelling.
That isn’t just 2 miles more than I would do in that weather, that’s about 10 more yards than I would do in that weather.
It was so cold yesterday that when I got to holes 17 and 18 I went into my golf bag and pulled out my vest to pull over my quarter zip. Brr! 52 degrees!
76 today in Glendale
There's a couple things I want to get at the grocery store and want to check on a couple homeless I know so I'm going to venture out on a walk. Currently my thermometer says 20 degrees and winds are about 20 MPH gusting a little higher. I will have on as many layers as I can fit.
On the west side in the Northwest, we woke up to a coating of ice on everything. Now, its starting to melt in the slightest, and is even slicker, with a sheen of water on the ice, AND water under the ice. On the east side, they are doing an upper midwest impression.
26 degrees here…no power at hotel.
And no clean towels due to power outage.
So not using pool yet.
Wait, did I not mention that I meant 26C (here in Puerto Vallarta)?
Flying back to cold San Francisco tomorrow. Hope our plane is doing flights on the west coast today, and not coming in from Chicago or something.
Currently 65 in San Diego and a high of 70. Taking the kids to Legoland.
still Fog in the valley. High of 43.9 at 2 AM, now it's 42.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Journalists dig even deeper into Rep-elect George Santos made-up life.
The Forward discovered that he's not the grandson of Ukrainian Jewish grandparents.
https://forward.com/news/529130/george-santos-jewish-lie-genealogy-records/
He might not be gay.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/22/2143287/-Gay-Republican-Rep-elect-Santos-neglected-to-mention-his-2019-divorce-from-a-woman
NYT found that, not only was he not rising through the ranks of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs as he claimed, he fielded Portuguese-language calls at a center in Queens for Dish Network.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/nyregion/george-santos-republican-resume.html
I think this Santos chap really missed a bet by going into politics instead of writing a novel.
He's going to have more free time in a couple of years, he can start practicing now
The media AND his democratic opponent's oppo research team have both failed.
J6C releases full report. It's going to take some time for folks to digest this.
https://docs-cdn-prod.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/publish_document/967ead23-9f0d-4fe7-8f27-8d78411e8a2d/published/967ead23-9f0d-4fe7-8f27-8d78411e8a2d.pdf
While Mark Meadows wasn't the only one - he is the one being recommended to DOJ for prosecution because he's the one who actively recommended Trump try to overturn the election by lobbying State legislatures. Fucking traitor.
I wholeheartedly agree with the last two words of your comment.
Trump reached out to 190 state legislators in MI, GA, and AZ in an attempt to overturn the election.
A DeSantis appointed judge to the 6th district court of appeals, who was ousted from his elected county court in part due to a controversial ruling where he denied a family's application's for their teenage (minor) to get an abortion because [checks notes]... of her 2.0 grade average.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/22/ron-desantis-appoints-judge-abortion-girl-school-grades
Surely raising a child as a teenager is much easier than barely achieving a passing GPA, right?
But, of course!
...and don't call me Shirley!
Lawsuit hearing brought by Kari Lake (R-AZ) that alleged that there was shenanigans that cost her the AZ governorship election ended after two days. She brought no evidence of such fraud, once again proving it's all performative.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2022/12/23/kari-lake-trial-bombshell-is-a-bust/69752622007/
I once heard about a politician who accepted the results of an election and wished his opponent well. Must be a myth.
In the before times.
I'm so surprised. /sarcasm.
Bridge
Under the bridge downtown
is where I drew some blood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE
Funny podcast episode, if you’re of a certain age and into nostalgia bait: https://www.theringer.com/2021/5/19/22443292/red-hot-chili-peppers-under-the-bridge
The RHCP have a special place in my heart, if nothing else because of their Fight Like a Brave poster that - no pun intended - hung in Blondies Pizza in Telegraph in the late 80s until who knows when. The high-school me tried to not be freaked out by the socks-in-dongs while ordering a slice.
NSFW link: https://bananaroad.com/products/red-hot-chili-peppers-socks-music-poster-24x33
Their 60 songs that explain the 90s is a good set of podcasts (though somewhat exhaustingly large)
I listened to the RHCP episode and damn, I’ve never heard anyone covertly shit all over a band quite like that.
over troubled waters
Classes.
Too. Far.
a great film
Bridge of Spies?
Good film.
for Cal FB, the Holiday Bowl.
about a decent idea, that wasn't executed super well.
Never played it. Requires four players, no?
It does indeed. Love the game, just haven't played in (checks calendar) 30 years.
Card game. I just don’t have the mental patience for it.
I forgot how to play
Grandparents played it endlessly.
I never have.
DBD AV Club
[WSJ] Netflix is ending its password sharing in early 2023.
what about kids that are in college? or people that have vacation homes. or traveling.
Yeah. Right.
Once people start cancelling, they'll backtrack. Since all 3 boys and my ex uses it, I guarantee they'll flag my account. Also with one using it between his place and his GFs. I think I'll pay one, maybe two months just to see if they change their mind. Otherwise I'll cancel.
Annual viewing of It's A Wonderful Life last night. At the point where I can say most of the lines along with the characters.
Not quite as far along as that, but getting there.
But as seasoned, weathered Cal Fans, is it, Oski Disciple? ;-)
Well....we do have the Axe.
Yes…we…do!
But while that’s all well and good, I’d probably trade a decade of losses to ‘Furd for 10 years of winning P12 records and bowls…
I refuse to indulge the "which would you rather have" debates because I'll never have to make that choice and they're generally too awful to contemplate.
This from the (as usual) local voice of wisdom and reason.
PRO
To make room for Sean Manea, Giants trade Gregory Santos to the Chisox. In return, they get prospect Kade McClure. McClure is 6'7" tall.
https://www.knbr.com/2022/12/22/giants-trade-gregory-santos-to-white-sox-report/
Brilliant Farhan move…cutting a raw 23 year old with electric stuff and a filthy slider just so you can keep a roster full of dead-weight like Tommy LaStella.
Crybaby Robin (Stanfurd '06-08) complains about known flopper Brook (Stanfurd '06-08)
https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1605926128182362112
Dodgers' Trevor Bauer will be reinstated and have his suspension reduced from 324 to 194, which means he only has 50 games suspension left to serve in 2023. The Dodgers are on the hook for his $22.5m salary.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35306975/dodgers-trevor-bauer-suspension-cut-reinstated-immediately
I have complete confidence in Dave Roberts to get ~$2.5 milion's worth out of this deal.
The decision date is Jan 6 - another big Jan 6 for Bauer!
As it probably should be, given how quickly the case was thrown out. The guy is a dirt bag sexual deviant a$$hat, but that suspension nonetheless seemed long considering no law was broken, despite the horrible optics for a total clown.
Jets lose 19-3 to Jags as Zach Wilson continues his JaMarcus Russell-like performance, gets booed, then pulled for a former practice squad QB Chris Streveler.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401437917
Ugly, ugly game; hella boring.
It's as if people didn't expect the real Jets to eventually re-emerge.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
ANGRY ELF
https://twitter.com/SickosCBB/status/1605724292200730625
Stanfurd hires Bobby April III as DC/OLB coach. It's his first DC role after being a LB coach for most of the past 15 years
https://gostanford.com/news/2022/12/22/football-stanford-hires-bobby-april-as-dc.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_April_III
While April has yet to show what "his style" is, he last worked under Jim Leonhard - who used a 3-4 base with hybrid tweener players similar to Wilcox's. That is Leonhard would often use a heavy OLB/DE to put more pressure in the box or a S/Nickel to cap pass-happy schemes. However, Leonhard preferred to use single-high while Wilcox seems to prefer two-high.
Wilcox hasn't had in my recollection anyone capable of playing single high effectively.
Everyone tampers
https://twitter.com/TravisHunterJr/status/1606059657302183936
Air Force and it's running option defeated Baylor 30-15 in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth. Airforce had the ball for more than 40 minutes (vs. 20 for BU). AF's defense did its job too as Baylor went 0-11 on third down and only had 230 yards in offense, including rushing for an average of 1.6 yards per carry.
AF QB had attempted 76 yards all season going into the game, completing less than half of them. He made one of them count, going 68 yards.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401442040
Mizzou crushes the Illini to move to 11-1. They'll be ranked in the next polls. Gates has now resurrected two programs in the time it's taken Knowlton and Fox to further dismantle an already dismantled once proud program. Missing on Gates is going to haunt us forever.
It seems like every bowl game I've happened by has almost no one in the stadium. Independence Bowl is no different.
Consequence of too many bowl games and a playoff.
Not exactly the strongest recruiting message. A bit schmaltzy for a football blog. Maybe a great Christmas Card message for JW, who is on his way to being fired at the end of this next season (the HC who just saw his two 2023 QBs enter the portal)
Ehhhh potentially but we have a new OC who may have already identified “his guy”. There are 128 starting QB jobs in D1 and even less in the power 5, guys with a starting job don’t just enter the portal.
And yet, Wilcox and Spavital have managed to run off our Power 5 starting QB, with both the top two QBs entering the portal. With no replacement in sight. May Oski have mercy upon their souls.
No replacement in sight that we are aware of. I’ll panic in February if we don’t have a QB1.
Bridge Over Troubled Water is one of my fave S&G songs of all time.
Also oddly comforting as last night after work, my eldest sister called me to tell me that our step-father had passed away.
Oh no. Sorry to hear FS.
IF YOU USE LAST PASS (I do)
Time to add 2-Factor Authentication and change your password
Some really bad stuff - the were hacked. Bad news - all of their customer info and stuff was un-encrypted.
Good news . . .sort of? - It's still password protected. Now the hackers might be able to brute force your master password but still time to go through and change some stuff.