I said "arguably," and here's my argument. I think the 1991 and 2004 seasons were the single greatest seasons in modern Cal history, and they cancelled each other. Cal had their Rose Bowl dreams spoiled by once in a generation national championship Pac 12 teams in both periods. In that epic 1991 game, they ran up against Steve Emtan and …
I said "arguably," and here's my argument. I think the 1991 and 2004 seasons were the single greatest seasons in modern Cal history, and they cancelled each other. Cal had their Rose Bowl dreams spoiled by once in a generation national championship Pac 12 teams in both periods. In that epic 1991 game, they ran up against Steve Emtan and Dana Hall and came within a pass in the endzone of winning. In the 2004 game, Aaron Rodgers set the consecutive pass completion record for Cal, but came up against Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart and came within a pass in the endzone of winning.
But sorry, the 90-91 seasons were overall better because Cal had Mike Pawlaski as their quarterback, and the 2005 team had a guy named Joe Ayoob as their QB. Ayoob was better known for setting the distance record for flying a paper airplane.
As for 1950 and previous, guys folded up their helmets and put them in their pockets. None of us were around to see it except for grainy film spool footage. Although I must admit that I would have liked to have seen Jackie Jensen in his heyday.
The '90 team choked in the Big Game and the heavily-favored '91 got blown out in a penalty fest. That eliminates them from consideration. All the other teams won both their Big Games.
I said "arguably," and here's my argument. I think the 1991 and 2004 seasons were the single greatest seasons in modern Cal history, and they cancelled each other. Cal had their Rose Bowl dreams spoiled by once in a generation national championship Pac 12 teams in both periods. In that epic 1991 game, they ran up against Steve Emtan and Dana Hall and came within a pass in the endzone of winning. In the 2004 game, Aaron Rodgers set the consecutive pass completion record for Cal, but came up against Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart and came within a pass in the endzone of winning.
But sorry, the 90-91 seasons were overall better because Cal had Mike Pawlaski as their quarterback, and the 2005 team had a guy named Joe Ayoob as their QB. Ayoob was better known for setting the distance record for flying a paper airplane.
As for 1950 and previous, guys folded up their helmets and put them in their pockets. None of us were around to see it except for grainy film spool footage. Although I must admit that I would have liked to have seen Jackie Jensen in his heyday.
The '90 team choked in the Big Game and the heavily-favored '91 got blown out in a penalty fest. That eliminates them from consideration. All the other teams won both their Big Games.
Yes, but Joe Ayoob?