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California-Colorado State, Live

I’ll start off the live blog around kickoff. Hang in tight fellas. 11:04–I have to give props to the Rams for actually bringing an actual Ram across the field. I think we’re a long way from bringing bears, although Knut would have been a great possibility a few months ago. Oh well. 11:10–Mmm, a 3 […]

Posted by: Avinash on Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Back to Normal–I Hope (Cal-Colorado State Soliloquy)

[youtube gQAE_jXrH04] After the exhausting buildup for the past several months to last week’s game, Colorado State is a welcome relief this weekend. It’s peaceful up in the mountains, so we’re sure the Bears will lay back at Fort Collins, do their annual drubbing of their two pushovers on the schedule, and move onto the […]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, September 7th, 2007

Ramming It Home–A Look Into Colorado State

Obviously, the foray into Vol Nation last week to preview the Tennessee game was the biggest step this fledging blog has taken into the mainstream. Some of them might have been obnoxious homers, but hell they were confident. It was infectious, and it was definitely foreign territory. The last time I was that confident in […]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

At Least He Won’t Be Standing Out Too Much

Cal football is in full swing these days, and I’m happy–these are the best months of college, chilling on Saturdays, an event at hand, and the possibilities of craziness endless. For most people. Who aren’t me. But let’s move from our dreamy weekends to the interesting realities lying ahead. That’s right, I’ll be talking about […]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

The Bears Are Roaring (Leftovers from Cal-Tennessee)

So I said I’d write up some analytical thoughts…but the Cal football blogosphere seems to already be a thousand steps ahead of me. It makes my job easier to focus on the mundane and the sublime, and turn over the analysis to them. Here are my remaining thoughts, mostly directed toward the inconsqeuential. —The Mic […]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Rocky, But on Top–Cal-Tennessee Recap

In a word? Satisfying. This game was utterly satisfying, considering all the hype, the motivation, the stakes. I felt the anxiety growing in the pit of my stomach as early as Thursday, and it just grew more stark as the hours rolled by. It wasn’t fear of Tennessee, although I knew there was a good […]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Volunteer For the Cause (Cal-Tennessee Soliloquy)

I remember tuning into this game, watching for about ten minutes, slowly lowering my head into my legs, assuming the fetal position, and eventually proclaiming “It’s over” by halftime. Wasn’t sure if I meant the game, the offense or the season, but you have to credit Cal for hanging in there after this game–they were […]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, August 31st, 2007

The Bears Are Roaring (Cal Football Season Preview)

The California Golden Blogs lead off with with their roundtable discussions of Cal and their Pac-10 rivals: USC, Oregon, OSU, Washington, WSU, Arizona, ASU, UCLA, Stanford are all discussed. On a lighter note, if you’re thinking of the best places to march to on a Pac-10 road trip, get your plane tickets ready for Seattle […]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Interviewing The Golden Bloggers (Cal Football Season Preview)

I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a football maniac. Okay, maybe I am, but I’m a stupid football maniac. I can’t claim to be knowledgeable about the offensive package Jeff Tedford runs. I don’t have the slightest clue about whether Washington State or Washington will be the more likely team to upset the […]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, August 27th, 2007

The Sixth Man Can Sure Lay Up

[youtube K3ldfaqzMOM] Monta Ellis’s aggression might have disappeared as the playoff run progressed this past June, but it seems just like Mikael Pietrus, he too knows what it means to get down, get low, get hyphy. At least that’s what I think he was doing. Monta Ellis Dancing [YouTube]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, August 16th, 2007