At least our fate was in our own hands during the season. 1st and goal against U$C with Rogers at the helm. The missed opportunity for that one felt devastating, and that feeling was retroactively validated with what transpired. I might be in the minority, and only became a Cal a couple years before that, but I've never cried much over…
At least our fate was in our own hands during the season. 1st and goal against U$C with Rogers at the helm. The missed opportunity for that one felt devastating, and that feeling was retroactively validated with what transpired. I might be in the minority, and only became a Cal a couple years before that, but I've never cried much over that snub since we didn't outright win our conference. Also, the subsequent loss to Texas Tech -- and dont really care what the excuses are for that one.
The other underrated screw job was in 2006, when we should have beaten Arizona but for some flukey things and also a really horrible PI call that erased a Hughes interception on a late Arizona TD drive. Just getting that call right probably means we win the game, and then when USC unexpectedly lost to UCLA on the final week, we win the Pac-12 outright.
At least our fate was in our own hands during the season. 1st and goal against U$C with Rogers at the helm. The missed opportunity for that one felt devastating, and that feeling was retroactively validated with what transpired. I might be in the minority, and only became a Cal a couple years before that, but I've never cried much over that snub since we didn't outright win our conference. Also, the subsequent loss to Texas Tech -- and dont really care what the excuses are for that one.
The other underrated screw job was in 2006, when we should have beaten Arizona but for some flukey things and also a really horrible PI call that erased a Hughes interception on a late Arizona TD drive. Just getting that call right probably means we win the game, and then when USC unexpectedly lost to UCLA on the final week, we win the Pac-12 outright.
Maybe we would have won, but I think there was still something like 1:30 left in the game, so it wouldn't have been over even with a TD there.