Archive for Cal Football
All About the Bears (Plus UCLA Torrent)
I’m not disdaining coverage of Cal because of the awful defeats of the last two weeks, but more because I’ve been trying to dissect the losses over and over. What exactly went wrong? How did we blow these games? Eventually you just sort of let everything ebb away. It’s fruitless to try and analyze every […]
Quick Hits, Cal-UCLA (Report Card)
The loss is still pretty numb to me. I just watched as much sports as possible, from Les Miles being a bonehead and having it pay off (ugh) to watching the Red Sox score 100 runs this weekend. I just thought that these past two weeks were a return to the mean, because this Cal […]
Well, That Wasn’t Fun
I do find the whole experience of being #1 for 2 hours very enjoyable in retrospect, since we could be out of the rankings by next Sunday. I don’t know why people are so keen on us going to the Rose Bowl. That place seems to bring out the worst in us. At least you […]
The Bears Are Roaring, The Baby Bears Are Moaning (Cal-UCLA Preview)
Unless I make a 100% recovery, I won’t be writing too much this weekend–my body is still battling for its constitutional right to be healthy (that is a right, isn’t it?). I’ll be monitoring the games as best as I can, and give you my thoughts on Monday. I know this is literally the worst […]
Ask the Readers: How Do You Cope With Defeat?
Apparently, I do it by writing seven unbelievably rambling posts in the wee hours of the night following said defeat, to quell any feelings of depression and angst. How about you? Some responses from a place that knows how to cope best, The Bear Insider. Lots of humor, sage wisdom, and sanguine waxing about what […]
Battling For January–Inside the Pac-10, Part II
Part I here. “Not a worry in the world.” Oregon State (4-3, 2-2 in the Pac-10) Feisty win by the Beavers. That being said, it’s hard for me to see them passing any one of the top four contenders on this list, because smarter defensive coordinators will remember that pressuring Canfield will lead him to […]
Halftime–Inside the Pac-10, Part I
Despite my disappointment about Saturday’s result, there is a nice little caveat entering the midpoint of the college football season–the Pac-10 schedule looks very intriguing again. And that means MORE FOOTBALL, which can’t be a bad thing, right? Let’s take a look-see at the ins and outs of a Pac-10 season that will probably only […]
Oh, You Pesky Little Beaver (Quick Hits, Cal-Oregon State)
Now that we’re all back from therapy, here are the leftover thoughts from the Beaver breakdown (please do not take my seven post madness as actual analysis–it’d be like using any of Bill Simmons’s articles as hard-hitting analysis). Keep in mind I’m still not 100%, so if this is rambling, so be it. –Fantastic game […]
Calling All REAL Cal Fans…
(Last post of the millions) Look, I just suffered through one of the worst weeks as a sports fan, with the Bills’ catastrophic Monday Night loss starting the week and the maddening pain of tonight’s defeat ending it. Mentally I felt like Joe Frazier after the Thrilla in Manila; completely battered, ruined and embittered beyond […]
Bending to Heartbreak (Why Gregory’s System Failed Us)
(Post six of millions) To be honest, I wasn’t terribly surprised when the defense folded on the two crucial TD drives in the second half. Want to know why? The teams we’ve played the past few weeks have either been anemic on offense (Arizona, Louisiana Tech, Colorado State), or garnered towards high octane plays (Oregon […]
