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Grew up in Omaha. I was accepted into UC-Berkeley. Yay! California was playing in the College World Series in Omaha that same year. I thought it was another UC campus I just was not familiar with yet.

Citrus Bowl earl 90's, Cal shows up.....people thought we would be UCLA. They had no clue there was another UC football program.

There is definitely a name recognition issue on the national scene. Both brands are strong enough in their own, there has to be a way to complement each other.

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Help me to understand and I mean this sincerely-why do you think they don't already complement each other? I'm trying to figure out why this is an issue.

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Maybe people around the world are not as familiar. This is a problem we don’t see if we are so familiar with Cal/UC Berkeley

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I went to that College World Series at Johnny Rosenblatt.

6 Bears made the show, including an UDFA, and 16 total guys drafted off that roster...Matt Luke, Chris Clapinski (UDFA), Jon Zuber, Geoff Blum, Mike Cather, and Eric Ludwick...along with Troy Penix...that team was loaded.

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Eric Ludwick played for Cal? I had no idea. I remember he played for my favorite team in Japan in early 2000s.

Jon Zuber also played in Japan too.

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