In some respects the Big Game win redeems the season so it is not a total loss. Maybe there is a little to build on, the players were as happy as the fans. Largely the UCLA game is meaningless because Cal will not be eligible for a bowl, but it could provide some needed momentum for recruiting and confidence heading into next season. I …
In some respects the Big Game win redeems the season so it is not a total loss. Maybe there is a little to build on, the players were as happy as the fans. Largely the UCLA game is meaningless because Cal will not be eligible for a bowl, but it could provide some needed momentum for recruiting and confidence heading into next season. I do hope that we try someone else at QB, since Plummer was OK but had those critical picks which put the outcome in jeopardy. Hope the next OC will get things going, starting with the O-line.
Look at it this way: UCLA has nothing to play for. Nothing. Their QB is a little banged up. Probably a decent crowd will show up as the game starts early. You never know. Plus, we aren't out of a bowl game yet, because 5-7 schools are in the mix I think, and our academic rating is really high.
In my fervid imagination, Pac-12 guidelines went out the window when uclol and u$c bolted for the Big-Un (or whatever the hell it's supposed to be called...).
Therefore, in the remote event that Cal managed to go 5-7, I'd want Cal to seek out and take a bowl bid and dare the conference to do something other than clutch their proverbial pearls in disgust, and tsk-tsk the lack of collegiality for their conference partners. I mean, even if the Regents wound up getting involved, it's not like they'd stop us either. They'd have to have a meeting to discuss having a meeting where they schedule a meeting to have another meeting where they'd vote to tell Cal to not accept the bid, or some such thing.
To be honest, I root for Cal sports, not for the Pac-12. My personal wraparound porch is similar to Carol Christ's, except I'd place the revenue sports near the front door rather than in the rear near the water heater.
Watching the conference "royalty" (U$c, uclol, and Oregon) face plant in bowl games or the NCAA tournament often proves to be a fun endeavor over the holidays and at Easter time.
In some respects the Big Game win redeems the season so it is not a total loss. Maybe there is a little to build on, the players were as happy as the fans. Largely the UCLA game is meaningless because Cal will not be eligible for a bowl, but it could provide some needed momentum for recruiting and confidence heading into next season. I do hope that we try someone else at QB, since Plummer was OK but had those critical picks which put the outcome in jeopardy. Hope the next OC will get things going, starting with the O-line.
Look at it this way: UCLA has nothing to play for. Nothing. Their QB is a little banged up. Probably a decent crowd will show up as the game starts early. You never know. Plus, we aren't out of a bowl game yet, because 5-7 schools are in the mix I think, and our academic rating is really high.
In my fervid imagination, Pac-12 guidelines went out the window when uclol and u$c bolted for the Big-Un (or whatever the hell it's supposed to be called...).
Therefore, in the remote event that Cal managed to go 5-7, I'd want Cal to seek out and take a bowl bid and dare the conference to do something other than clutch their proverbial pearls in disgust, and tsk-tsk the lack of collegiality for their conference partners. I mean, even if the Regents wound up getting involved, it's not like they'd stop us either. They'd have to have a meeting to discuss having a meeting where they schedule a meeting to have another meeting where they'd vote to tell Cal to not accept the bid, or some such thing.
Screw the Pac-12 and its rules at this point.
Yeah, actually, I would.
To be honest, I root for Cal sports, not for the Pac-12. My personal wraparound porch is similar to Carol Christ's, except I'd place the revenue sports near the front door rather than in the rear near the water heater.
Watching the conference "royalty" (U$c, uclol, and Oregon) face plant in bowl games or the NCAA tournament often proves to be a fun endeavor over the holidays and at Easter time.
Oh, I still hope for an upset.
So you're rooting for Cal to lose to justify your disdain for Knowlton and/or Wilcox? What a ridiculous notion.