Archive for Awesome
What I Learned From The Bear Insider
There are so many things I learn from reading message boards. I get these deep, penetrating insights that I could never get from being in the locker room and can thus virtually coach the game based on what anonymous posters have discovered through the game. You just get the feeling that they should be watching [...]
Which Tedford Team Was the Best? Cal 2004 vs. Cal 2006
After some delay, it’s time to reveal which of Jeff Tedford’s team Cal fans should be most proud of. First Round Cal 2007 4, Cal 2003 0 Cal 2005 4, Cal 2002 1 Semifinals Cal 2004 4, Cal 2007 0 Cal 2006 4, Cal 2005 3 You have the most talented team playerwise in Cal [...]
Tedford Tournament of Champions: Cal 2005 vs. Cal 2006
And then there were three. After the decisive 2004 beatdown on a talented yet flawed 2007 team, we’re entering what appears to be the most entertaining matchup of this tournament insofar. A stronger 2005 team angled against a developing but talented 2006 offense. The chronically maligned Joe Ayoob versus the chronically injured Nate Longshore. Marshawn [...]
Tedford Tournament of Champions: Cal 2004 vs. Cal 2007
In case you’re unsure what this is all about, we’re seeing what team WhatIfSports.com determines is the best Tedford-led team of the six teams he’s coached. I simulate the games, and determine the winner of the series after around forty-fifty simulations. Usually it’s conclusive enough to determine who the winner is after at least 20. [...]
Tedford Tournament of Champions: Cal 2002 vs. Cal 2005
As we discovered last week, Cal 2003 was no match for the offensive potency of Cal 2007 in the Whatifsports.com simulator. This team didn’t need much impetus in flatout overpowering its way to a sweep. This led us to our next match in the series, a showdown between the 2002 and 2005 teams. How would [...]
Tedford Tournament of Champions: Cal 2003 vs. Cal 2007
Time doesn’t allow us to do everything we want. But the Internet allows us to manipulate space and time and come with all sorts of fanciful solutions for that. Whatifsports.com is one of the best and worst sites in the world. On one hand it’s a virtual goldmine for settling questions like “Would the 18-1 [...]
Cal Volleyball 2008: Profile – Morgan Beck
We covered Angie Pressey last week; this week we’re profiling our upcoming senior hitter Morgan Beck, last year an All Pac-10 honorable mention. Morgan Beck is one striking California Golden Bear. Judging from the images, you’d think you’d rather see her playing on the beach, hitting the sand, and then cooling off in the ocean. [...]
KC Cal’s Weekly Super Fantastic Happy Explosion Awesome Article: The Draft
Hi everyone. My name is KC Cal, and Avinash has kindly let me fill in for him for a weekly segment over here at the Bears Necessity. I also run a blog at The Play in California. I excel at making up characters like Emo Alex Smith, Impatient Aaron Rodgers, and other jackassery. I will [...]
Today’s Berkeley Crazie: The Prophet
You know, some people provide important messages to the Cal community, alerting us to the impending End of Times. Enter Yoshua, the man who will lead us all to the Promised Land. Yoshua stands for Hebrew for your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the one true God. All shall bow before him and his overlord [...]
Darwin Approves of Berkeley
Those of you still online today probably do not care about the events transpiring at Memorial Stadium (your loss; well, unless we lose, then it’s our loss), so tonight’s feature presentation takes us into the fine world of Theatre Rice and their parody of that hideous show Man vs. Wild, a feature previewed at the [...]
