Archive for College Football
But In Wisconsin They Actually Party!
Nice comparison between Big Ten schools and the Pac-10 at The Bear Insider. I, for one, am honored to be compared to the great Barney Gumble. Agree/disagree with any of the assessments?
Action Jackson Preview, Week 10
Took me awhile to re-construct this chaos. After the most uneventful week of the year with high powered matchups (and no major upsets outside of UConn), we’re back to some good ol’ fashioned scrumfests. Two huge battles for conference supremacy will be the highlights, with the rest slowly falling by the wayside. As a college […]
This is NOT Better Than The Play…
[youtube uBcKt0ZomNE] Let’s get that straight. And at least Stanford attempted to tackle. And they at least kept on sweeping forward right rather than going back, up, down and about. And despite the similarity of the playcalls, Starkey’s joy was not of the “break out the Oreos baby” ilk. Still, great play. Not the greatest […]
All of California is Ablaze (Action Jackson Recap, Week 9)
If there’s any consolation about this past weekend…no one else in California is cheering either. In fact, the metaphor of last week’s wildfires can certainly apply to all of California, as our rivals too fell into the flames. USC? Finished! The walls have crumbled! Falls to Oregon 24-17, who ultimately beat themselves more than Oregon […]
We All Need to Smile A Little
What’s the cutest opponent to lose to? Vote in the sidebar. Beaver? [youtube cKTx8vbzP14] Baby bears? [youtube vf_PZnlg-1U] Or the closest thing I could find to a sun devil, the kangaroo rat? [youtube cXZpqwIDX4k]
Burned Alive (Report Card, Cal-ASU)
It’s funny. I saw this game before. I was only 7 years old, beginning my descent into perpetual sports agony. My Buffalo Bills were making their last Super Bowl appearance, and they were certain underdogs against a Dallas Cowboys team that ravaged them a year ago. Nevertheless, they rallied together for an inspired thirty minutes […]
Watch Cal-Arizona State Online…Well, Most Of It
Okay, here’s the deal. There will be a stream available Saturday night, but only for part of the game. Cal-Arizona State’s starting at 10:00 (kickoff at 8), but the person who will be streaming this game is also streaming Ohio State-Penn State, which will likely be in the 3rd quarter when the Bears and Devils […]
Stoking the Fire (A Look Into Arizona State)
I usually do previews with the opposing fans for Cal’s upcoming game on their respective message boards (if you want to see a sample or two, click here for the Vols, Rams, Bulldogs, Wildcats, Ducks, and Beavers). You might have noticed I passed on UCLA last week, partly because I was ill, partly because I […]
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 […]
Virginia Tech-Boston College, Live
I will be watching and documenting most of the game at my sister sports site, Get Up Eight Times. Follow the action here. Time to enter Sandman folks. [youtube 5h1EW5z1wdc] EDIT: Well, that was shitty. Anyone who followed the live action above knows how awesome my night was, so you’ll be spared the histrionics here. […]
