"This will be the first time in a long time that Cal will play Stanford 1) in a bowlless season and 2) have a solid chance to win anyway." Unless I'm misreading this comment, wasn't last year a bowlless season in which we had a solid chance to win?
Can't say I am totally proud about this, but I have been to a ton of Cal games and very seldom bought tickets from the box office or an agency. Always the hawkers on the streets. If you were patient enough to wait until game time, you could get them for face value or less. I would like to say I have grown up a bit since those days.
I didn't watch the second half, but I see that from the game notes that there were several pass interference calls on USC. Could it be that Cal's comeback relied on USC defenders interfering, and refs making those calls?
I liked to see some fight, but I wonder if the score had been lower and closer the entire game if our O would have broken out. It’s pretty much in keeping with SC to be a little undisciplined in that regard and let the other side score in garbage time and maybe sneak back in the game. Whereas Oregon typically keeps its foot on your neck the entire 60 mins
Not sure what the reason is for the drop in recruiting chops.
Usually we are in the middle of the pack, suggesting that we should be going 7-5 every year. So we underperform slightly relative to our talent level as far as wins and losses go.
Maybe we can pick up some steam if we beat OSU and run the table.
With regard to watching the game I actually started to fast forward the action once USC was ahead 34-14 only to suddenly see Cal scoring touchdowns. So I rewound the DVR and watched the 4th quarter with great interest. Finally the coaching staff took some risks, which was a breath of fresh air. But why only against SC?
On your comment of Cal's D, they were playing with two DB's who hadn't seen the field all year. LB's who seldom get much action. Injuries have really hurt the defense and it's scheming.
Cal HAS to recruit O lineman. It looks like they are making a concerted effort to do this. Recruiting O linemen does not bring up their recruiting score as much as RB's, WR's or QB's.
"This will be the first time in a long time that Cal will play Stanford 1) in a bowlless season and 2) have a solid chance to win anyway." Unless I'm misreading this comment, wasn't last year a bowlless season in which we had a solid chance to win?
HERE'S HOPING STANFURDS TREE LOSES ITS BARK AGAINST CAL! GERBEAR
Can't say I am totally proud about this, but I have been to a ton of Cal games and very seldom bought tickets from the box office or an agency. Always the hawkers on the streets. If you were patient enough to wait until game time, you could get them for face value or less. I would like to say I have grown up a bit since those days.
Thanks Nick. Glad you two made the trip down!
I didn't watch the second half, but I see that from the game notes that there were several pass interference calls on USC. Could it be that Cal's comeback relied on USC defenders interfering, and refs making those calls?
I liked to see some fight, but I wonder if the score had been lower and closer the entire game if our O would have broken out. It’s pretty much in keeping with SC to be a little undisciplined in that regard and let the other side score in garbage time and maybe sneak back in the game. Whereas Oregon typically keeps its foot on your neck the entire 60 mins
Not sure what the reason is for the drop in recruiting chops.
Usually we are in the middle of the pack, suggesting that we should be going 7-5 every year. So we underperform slightly relative to our talent level as far as wins and losses go.
Maybe we can pick up some steam if we beat OSU and run the table.
With regard to watching the game I actually started to fast forward the action once USC was ahead 34-14 only to suddenly see Cal scoring touchdowns. So I rewound the DVR and watched the 4th quarter with great interest. Finally the coaching staff took some risks, which was a breath of fresh air. But why only against SC?
On your comment of Cal's D, they were playing with two DB's who hadn't seen the field all year. LB's who seldom get much action. Injuries have really hurt the defense and it's scheming.
Cal HAS to recruit O lineman. It looks like they are making a concerted effort to do this. Recruiting O linemen does not bring up their recruiting score as much as RB's, WR's or QB's.