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Stake Your Place: Arizona State Preview

From a yardage standpoint, Cal looked on even terms with the Sun Devils last season (359 to 363). The Bears defense also came up big early, garnerng an early fumble return for a touchdown and two sacks and maintaining strong pressure on Carpenter through the first half. Even the running game was less than sparkling, [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Mike Riley’s Special Visitor

MIKE RILEY: (after Oregon State scores the touchdown with under two minutes left) OOH, I LIKE OUR CHANCES. Proud of our bunch of boys. Two top ten teams down in a row. We just keep on crashing the party.
Lyle Moveao: “We did it coach! 3-2 Baby, we rocking up the Pac-10!”
Mike Riley: What a darn [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, October 3rd, 2008

A Nation of Upsets: Week 5 Blogpoll

Rank
Team
Delta

1
LSU
1

2
Oklahoma
3

3
Alabama
9

4
Penn State
4

5
Texas
1

6
Missouri
1

7
South Florida
3

8
Texas Tech
1

9
Utah
2

10
Brigham Young
3

11
Southern Cal
10

12
Auburn
2

13
Florida
10

14
Georgia
10

15
Vanderbilt
–

16
Ohio State
1

17
Kansas
3

18
Boise State
1

19
Oregon
3

20
Oklahoma State
3

21
Connecticut
5

22
Northwestern
4

23
Ball State
3

24
Kentucky
2

25
Virginia Tech
1

Dropped Out: Wake Forest (#16), Wisconsin (#18), TCU (#21), Illinois (#24), East Carolina (#25).
And this is the part of the story [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

A Nonsensical Preview of Cal-Colorado State, With Beaver on the Side

For those looking for stream information, there is none yet. It is not looking good, and you might as well get the All-Access Pass and follow Starkey if you want a 100% chance at following the game. Bar locations are being updated as soon as I can find them (and the map’s open for anyone [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Week 4 Blogpoll

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Southern Cal
–

2
LSU
3

3
Florida
–

4
Georgia
–

5
Oklahoma
3

6
Texas
1

7
Missouri
1

8
Penn State
–

9
Texas Tech
2

10
South Florida
1

11
Utah
2

12
Alabama
3

13
Brigham Young
3

14
Auburn
2

15
Vanderbilt
5

16
Wake Forest
3

17
Ohio State
–

18
Wisconsin
–

19
Boise State
7

20
Kansas
4

21
TCU
5

22
Oregon
12

23
Oklahoma State
–

24
Illinois
1

25
East Carolina
11

Dropped Out: Mississippi (#21), North Carolina (#22).
Only a few comments on this one, since it was an offweek for Cal and no one probably cares that much.

USC [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Week 3 Blogpoll

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Southern Cal
3

2
Oklahoma
–

3
Florida
2

4
Georgia
1

5
LSU
2

6
Missouri
2

7
Texas
1

8
Penn State
1

9
South Florida
4

10
Oregon
–

11
Texas Tech
1

12
Auburn
1

13
Utah
3

14
East Carolina
–

15
Alabama
3

16
Brigham Young
4

17
Ohio State
12

18
Wisconsin
5

19
Wake Forest
4

20
Vanderbilt
4

21
Mississippi
–

22
North Carolina
4

23
Oklahoma State
3

24
Kansas
2

25
Illinois
–

Dropped Out: California (#17), Arizona State (#19).
Big Ten (4)
Don’t have too many words. Ohio State takes their expected fistjob at the Coliseum and now flees [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Week 2 Preliminary Blogpoll

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Florida
1

2
Oklahoma
2

3
Georgia
4

4
Southern Cal
1

5
Ohio State
4

6
Texas
–

7
LSU
2

8
Missouri
–

9
Penn State
2

10
Oregon
–

11
Auburn
2

12
Texas Tech
–

13
South Florida
4

14
East Carolina
12

15
Wake Forest
6

16
Utah
3

17
California
3

18
Alabama
3

19
Arizona State
4

20
Brigham Young
6

21
Mississippi
3

22
Kansas
2

23
Wisconsin
2

24
Vanderbilt
2

25
Illinois
1

Dropped Out: West Virginia (#9), South Carolina (#16), Clemson (#22).
I think it’d be wise for readers to read my blogpoll so I don’t make crucial [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, September 8th, 2008

Week 1 Blogpoll

Rank
Team
Delta

1
Ohio State
–

2
Florida
1

3
Southern Cal
1

4
Oklahoma
2

5
LSU
1

6
Texas
1

7
Georgia
2

8
Missouri
10

9
West Virginia
2

10
Oregon
3

11
Penn State
2

12
Texas Tech
2

13
Auburn
3

14
Brigham Young
1

15
Alabama
11

16
South Carolina
5

17
South Florida
3

18
Mississippi
7

19
Utah
7

20
California
2

21
Wake Forest
5

22
Clemson
12

23
Arizona State
3

24
Kansas
–

25
Wisconsin
8

Dropped Out: Florida State (#8), Tennessee (#12), Miami (Florida) (#19), Boston College (#23).
The biggest contentions:
Why did Wisconsin drop? They beat a pitiful [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Cal-MSU Quick Reactions

Our contributor Tony has spent the entire summer enjoying the New York art scene and enjoying many purchased fruity margaritas at tapas restaurants. Neither of these reports have been confirmed, only assumed. He’s back for the season, and he filed this early report of the game.
Perhaps I should say quick ”slightly impared” reactions.  Needless to say, [...]

Posted by: Tony on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Games Games Games (Opening Night Liveblog) 8.28.08

No more BS. No more previews. No more talk and philosophical meanderings and quarterback debates and high school recruiting and practice and depth charts and everything that we can only ponder and snark at.
Get ready; it’s gametime son. Sack up.
I’ll start up the liveblog around 8:05 EST/5:05 PST for the NC State-South Carolina game, switch [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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