Archive for Cal Football
Cal Football Spring Links and BlogLove
All the winners of the CFBAs should have been announced today and I’d just like to say I hate you all for not finding a single award to put me in (I’d take Worst Blogger Ever, just give me attention). Ha, I’m just kidding! Congrats guys. If I ever met you in real life, I’m […]
Saying Goodbye–Justin Forsett
Tex was a great player, a great kid, a stout Christian who did things right and played right. Every game you could expect 100% from Justin, healthy or not healthy. His effort was unparalleled, and he provided the clinching TDs in 4 of Cal’s 6 victories (Tennessee, Arizona, Oregon, Wazzu). While his size could be […]
Cal Football 2007 In Numbers: 4th Down
4th Down Offense T6 ASU 13/19 T14 Oregon St. 9/14 T30 USC 10/17 76 Cal 5/10 T81 Stanford 8/18 T81 Washington 8/18 T87 Oregon 6/14 112 UCLA 4/13 114 Wazzu 7/24 116 Arizona 5/19 4th Down Defense T-7 Stanford 5/17 UCLA 5/17 T-9 Oregon St. 6/20 T-21 ASU 6/16 T-40 Oregon 9/21 T-43 USC 7/16 […]
Saying Goodbye–Tha1
It’s hard to see where you’re going DeSean. I know it’s tough for me to judge the type of player you are. One moment, you were Randy Moss in New England, doing everything in spectacular ways to help your team win, the next moment you were Randy Moss in Oakland, seemingly backing your way out […]
Cal Football 2007 in Numbers: Turnovers III
So to summarize the last two posts, let’s take a look at the table displaying the output off of turnovers. Cal turnovers stand for the number of times we forced a turnover, POT is points off turnovers. [TABLE=14] The symmetry is obvious: Cal forced eleven more turnovers than its opponents in its first five games–the […]
Cal Football 2007 in Numbers: Turnovers II
Continuing from Part I earlier, we begin delving into the ugly. I’ll go through the painful truths of how badly turnovers impacted our club both on the offensive and defensive sides of the field. (When I put the team name next to the turnover, it is the team that ended up with the turnover, not […]
Cal Football 2007 in Numbers: Turnovers I
There was one very interesting point about Cal’s collapse that I noticed. Turnovers. Obviously the Bears’s rise to #2 in the rankings had a lot to do with holding onto the ball and capitalizing on the mistakes of the opposition–Cal had one of the highest turnover differential margins in the country after their 5-0 start, […]
Sleep Sounds Great
If people seem discontented by Tedford’s stand on Riley v. Longshore, they should be more pleased to hear what he’s learned from this year. Tedford, who is notorious for setting up residence in his office during the season, worked even longer hours than usual in an attempt to solve his team’s riddle. And when he […]
Viva La Cascara de Rosa!
(AP) HAVANA, CUBA–Now that Fidel Castro has finally relinquished power, he has also decided to reliniquish his hex on the Cal football program and their half-a-century shutout from the Rose Bowl. He officially removed the pins from a voodoo doll of Pappy Waldorf late last night. The California Golden Bears have not been to a […]
Combine/NFL Draft Links for Cal Prospects
I know some of you are chomping at the bit for Cal NFL prospects–this is a very talented class we’re letting go of. We can look at the rankings from the two sites who spend the most time compiling this decorum of data, Rivals and Scout (just for fun, we’ll add in Frank Cooney too). […]