Comments on: Football: Tuesday reading

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:37:25 +0000

Larry and Bear IV,

I’ve had the same thing happen to me. I had the same thought about J.O. being the troll as well.

Creative, but I don’t think you need that keep interest.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:16:56 +0000

My theory makes sense because the troll seems to always be online, which makes sense if you are a newspaper writer, but is pathetic if you are not a newspaper writer.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:14:57 +0000

Bear IV,

I know the feeling. You probably responded to something the troll said and your comments got erased. I’ve had that happen to me many times. The troll can incite here, but if you respond, YOU get censored.

I have a theory that the troll is really J.O. who keeps interest in his blog by trolling his own blog. If this post gets erased, it will prove my theory correct.

By: Bear IV

Bear IV — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:27:52 +0000

Okanes,
Why are my earlier posts not up? There was no name calling or offensive language. I responded to two other posts. They are no where to be found.
Thanks

By: Bear IV

Bear IV — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:25:21 +0000

Go Bears!

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:17:45 +0000

I was a little disappointed by Tedford’s quotes at the press conference today. I get the impression that he truly believes that everything is just about execution. That’s the argument I always hear.

But is it an execution problem when you have 1st and goal and can’t get it into the end zone with the offensive talent that CAL had 2 years ago against Oregon St? Or the year before that against AZ? Maybe it’s a coach play calling issue?

Sure if guys are trying to run a hook and lateral and they muff it you can argue execution. But how about even trying some creative plays? Where’s the creativity in the scheming/strategizing/play calling? Where’s putting guys in the position to succeed? Where are the halftime adjustments?

I agree that CAL is better off now than in the Holmoe era. But I think fans also have to realize whether or not we are satisfied with being a middle-of-the-road pac-10 team or do we want to see more. If we want to see more, then JT and his staff should be held accountable for CAL’s failures along with it’s successes.

This year is as good a year as any to beat SC. They’ve got injuries, a freshman QB, and a struggling offense. And we get them at home. With CAL’s talent (not SC caliber, but also not Wash. St.), I am hoping last week was a debacle and maybe, just maybe the staff was looking at this weekend’s game. But if CAL does not beat USC, or even look like they’re able to make adjustments and be productive on both sides of the ball, I think Sandy Barbour should begin the search. It’s time.

By: MoreNCsarecoming

MoreNCsarecoming — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:03:42 +0000

Daddy got a call today from a very special person in your athletic department. Wanted to know if he was planning to buy one of the licenses. He said “I can give you 49 reasons why I won’t.” That cracked me up. He also told me that in 1968 USC came to play with an injured OJ Simpson. McKay chose not to play Simpson and a “no name” backup went on to have a craeer day. Same event, same place, different names, same outcome. Count on it.

By: JohnnyCalifornia

JohnnyCalifornia — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:28:09 +0000

Tedford is still the right coach for Cal. The best thing about him is that he seems to learn from his mistakes. I think Tedford is still growing as a coach and the Cal program is still growing too.

By: Pug

Pug — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:22:00 +0000

Some of us do have vivid memories of the years before Tedford showed up. Like the Washington losing streak. What was that, something like 17 years? There were also long, long losing streaks to UCLA and a few decades of domination by Stanford.

There were brief periods of good teams, like the Bruce Snyder teams or, before that, the Mike White/Joe Roth teams, but overall being a Bears fan was a pretty dreary enterprise. A great year back then was 7-4.

People complaining about Tedford need to remember the year of the big Rutgers showdown when both teams came in 0-10. Of course, the sturdy Golden Bears did prevail in that matchup. Anybody remember the Garden State Bowl when we got blown out by Temple? Yecchh!

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:04:31 +0000

Thanks Jan K. I am a lazy bear.