I told my wife I would forgo this event and join her while she labors our first child on the condition he be named “Oski”. We are still in negotiations.
Haven’t read all the comments yet, but as a Marketing person we should use this opportunity to address all the misconceptions people have about Cal and Football. So this could be classified into these categories:
1. We do care about football and show crowd size. And other ‘normal’ things done for a game by fans (yes we have more than 7 fans!). Our NIL somehow?
2. We have produced many successful pro Bears. Name some recent one, show the totals, use this as a recruiting opportunity. Maybe compare stats with pro football players vs Miami’s. Like do we have more pro bears this year than Miami?
3. Somehow show that we aren’t antifa/protesters/woke or whatever else negative label they choose. I don’t know how to do this and not be political, but we are smart enough to figure this out in 4 days!
Play up our strengths:
1. would highlight the #Calgorithm but explain it as national people may not understand! Shows we are fun too.
2. Play up stats on Nobel laureates, compare sat scores btw 2 schools, showcase #1 public U vs Miami’s #?, periodic table discoveries, our Olympic medals vs Miami’s (total/2024), showcase Ave salary of a Cal college grad vs a Miami one, etc
3. Our location - Memorial has beautiful, the campus, the view of SF/the Bay, but maybe college Gameday will already do this for us.
Who do we talk to about making sure there is going to be a moment of silence for the 100+ folks lost, etc. Can we do more, maybe figure out a small campaign of donations from Cal folks to those in need over there.
@Newellbany & I went to Sky Bar the Thurs before Auburn and our team name for trivia there that night was: Our Pronouns Are “GO BEARS!”
That’s a good one. We cleaned house against overmatched SEC undergrads.
This Sign Was Made From Plant Based Materials
I can’t come from TX. If y’all like my ideas, take em. I’ll be at Pitt!
The best I can come up with is: “I like the ambiance and the decor” of Berkeley
You know it!
You tell the story!
U C L A pays Calimony!
Unfortunately I don’t fly in until 1pm so won’t make the show…
Someone please fly this sign for me!
https://imgur.com/a/vhPaaNm
I told my wife I would forgo this event and join her while she labors our first child on the condition he be named “Oski”. We are still in negotiations.
Some hills were meant to die on.
I think someone should do the “Win, we meme! Lose, we meme harder!”
But I also agree with others that there should be some traditional Cal stuff in there too. I think a healthy mix of new and old is warranted.
Can't forget Tightwad Hill! Maybe one of those equality vs equity vs reality cartoons with the folks on Tightwad way up high... idk
Good lord. In all this cheeky memery, it's easy to forget the old standbys should probably be made into signs as well:
Grrrrrah, Grrrrrrah!
Grrrr, Rrrr, Rrrrrah!
Rollll ooon youuu Beaaaars!!!
We've got the Axe!
...of course there are many more!
Paris 2024 Olympic Medal Count:
10. Germany - 33 medals
11. Canada - 27 medals
*12. CAL - 23 MEDALS*
13. New Zealand - 20 medals
14. Brazil - 20 medals
Haven’t read all the comments yet, but as a Marketing person we should use this opportunity to address all the misconceptions people have about Cal and Football. So this could be classified into these categories:
1. We do care about football and show crowd size. And other ‘normal’ things done for a game by fans (yes we have more than 7 fans!). Our NIL somehow?
2. We have produced many successful pro Bears. Name some recent one, show the totals, use this as a recruiting opportunity. Maybe compare stats with pro football players vs Miami’s. Like do we have more pro bears this year than Miami?
3. Somehow show that we aren’t antifa/protesters/woke or whatever else negative label they choose. I don’t know how to do this and not be political, but we are smart enough to figure this out in 4 days!
Play up our strengths:
1. would highlight the #Calgorithm but explain it as national people may not understand! Shows we are fun too.
2. Play up stats on Nobel laureates, compare sat scores btw 2 schools, showcase #1 public U vs Miami’s #?, periodic table discoveries, our Olympic medals vs Miami’s (total/2024), showcase Ave salary of a Cal college grad vs a Miami one, etc
3. Our location - Memorial has beautiful, the campus, the view of SF/the Bay, but maybe college Gameday will already do this for us.
Just some of my thoughts…
Go Bears!!
NFL numbers
Miami:
https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/active-nfl-players-by-college/miami/91073
Cal:
https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/active-nfl-players-by-college/california/90245
Miami has about twice the number of NFL players as Cal. However, Miami has zero NFL QBs, Cal has two.
Maybe an Obama crowd size sign, saying something like the "SEC has this weird obsession with crowd sizes."
Omg pls make this
I'll be stuck in Oregon this weekend, so it will be up to someone else to make this a reality
hahaha
A few mildly uncreative things I thought of-
1. The old Tedford throwback of "whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE"
2. Remember the Emerald Bowl!
3. Miami v Cal: Hey, we both won against the SEC this year!
Emerald Bowl II: Even More Nuts!
Emerald Bowl II: Now at an actual football stadium!
"We are not going back!"
Not. Ever.
double good!
I'd like to see a tie-dyed Bill Walton cutout with a Pac 12 logo
A picture of Bill + ACC The conference of champions.
On the pac 12 broadcasts bill used to call Berkeley the cradle of civilization. Could be good for a sign.
I was going to write something about Bill Walton playing college BB with Cal gear and a word bubble saying "In Heaven, you get a redo."
Who do we talk to about making sure there is going to be a moment of silence for the 100+ folks lost, etc. Can we do more, maybe figure out a small campaign of donations from Cal folks to those in need over there.
Tyler Fredrickson had a simple idea, I will get it out to the people: https://x.com/TheTFreddy/status/1840664128882680085
Cal sends funds to United Way of Florida to assist in disaster relieft. Something like that.
We also need some good compassion based signs. Cal stands WITH the Hurricane...affected folks.