The Lights Go Out (USC-Cal Open Thread)

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, November 9th, 2007

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And so it will be for the California Golden Bears at Memorial in 2007. What looked to once be a showdown for the Pac-10 crown now is looking like a consolation trip to whatever third-tier bowl awaits the two of us. And you can only wonder at what could have been…

You wonder if our greatest chance to usurp the throne passed three years ago, right in front of Geoff McArthur’s stumbling legs. The Pac-10 programs in the desert and in the redwoods only look to get stronger, and Cal’s issues run deeper than recruiting and execution. There is a confidence complex present that didn’t exist before…

You wonder what happens if Longshore doesn’t get his ankle caught on a knockdown, wonder how the rest of October would have gone if he is able to keep that ball going up rather than sinking into Verner’s hands…

You wonder how you can stand watching bend not break for another year, hoping for it to hold up week-by-week but always fearful of the possible collapse that lies ahead…

You can only wonder if Riley’s legs didn’t take off, down the middle, away from #1 and into football oblivion…

You wonder if your head coach will be the one to bring you to glory, or if after enough failures he will eventually leave the hippies, the fairweather fans, the agonizing bureaucracy of the UC behind to reach the top of the mountain. You live in fear until you get there, because every year you have to shoot down the rumors and hope he stays until we make it…

You can only wonder. But there are still games to be played and won. Go Bears.



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