Comments on: Football: From the press room

By: Juancho

Juancho — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:02:58 +0000

Agree with you BlueNGold. I think it’s convenient for plenty folks who will Caltrain, and BART isn’t that bad (although it surely isn’t great for AT&T).

I life in SF so for me it won’t be bad. But to be honest as an alumni I always feel special emotions when I go to Memorial b/c of all the memories I have at our school. The people I knew, the classes I took, the drinks I drank – just special moments that are hard to replicate once you become a worker bee.

And AT&T won’t give me any of that. It will feel like the Emerald bowl did a few years back. Fun no doubt. But not special. There’s nothing like walking up those Berkeley hills to feel alive.

Many more amenities, but it’ll be interesting to see what it’s like for the students. No frat parties outside – and the ridiculous priciness of the amenities of SF.

Although – if they’re selling alcohol that will more than make up for it. Hell if they’re buying alcohol I offer to buy any fellow bloggers a beer.

By: BlueNGold

BlueNGold — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:13:58 +0000

Juancho- I see having the games at AT&T as a mixture of positives and negatives. The negatives are those you mentioned, plus the significantly reduced seating capacity. The positives are the access to public transit to get to and from games, the fact that alcohol can be sold in the stadium and the attraction of SF’s other amenities being available before and after the games. However, all that being said, none of it is going to erase the negative impact of continuing to field a team that lacks the ability to successfully compete in the Pac 10.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:02:29 +0000

The debacles couldn’t come at a worse time with the games being at AT&T park next year.

A lot of old blues already weren’t planning on getting tickets for next year because of the increased hassle of getting into / parking / and getting out of San Francisco on a Saturday.

Berkeley isn’t a walk in the park to deal with either, but when you went to school there it’s always a pleasure to drive in. But SF doesn’t offer that for alumni up north and down south.

I hope Tedford figures something out. If he can figure out how to solve this spiraling mess he’ll be a hero. If he can’t figure it out it looks like everything is pointing towards next year will be make or break. Then he might start thinking he should have played more of the younger guys earlier.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:00:27 +0000

BlueNGold – thanks; that is a very astute observation. I would be curious whether there is any public disclosure of sales of luxury boxes, PSLs, and the like.

By: BlueNGold

BlueNGold — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:44:23 +0000

I see the coaching issue being resolved by financial pressures and realities. Tedford’s contract is guaranteed until 2015. At the same time, the athletic dept. is at a critical financial juncture by virtue of the mandate to become self supporting and being about to enter into the construction phase of the retrofitting/ remodel of Memorial Stadium. I would expect that if the football program continues at its current level for the rest of the season, a significant number of donors and season ticket holders are going to either withdraw completely, or significantly scale back, their financial support. The impact of that will be felt immediately in the football program as well as the athletic program as a whole. It will also translate into a significant shortfall in the revenues needed to make the new stadium and training center investments sustainable. I expect that this is the reality that will force a change in the coaching situation that could result in a forced buyout of Tedford’s contract, at a substantial discount below its present value, well before 2015.

By: Rocko

Rocko — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:04:08 +0000

It’s obvious the Bears were looking ahead to the WSU game and that’s the reason we lost!

By: MikeD

MikeD — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:57:47 +0000

Calduke – I think that this team can be competitive and could play with anybody in the conference – see the UofA, Asu, UCLA, and (not as much given their play) Colorado games. The madness is in the schizophrenic nature of their play. The question becomes – which team will show up on a given Saturday? The frustration is rooted in the question of – who is this team, why has this schizophrenic tendency become the norm, and why can’t the coaching staff identify and resolve the lack of consistency.

It is interesting that there seems to be divide in the coaching staff becoming visible, we saw Marshall and Tedford on the sidelines during the game on Saturday where Tedford was looking to Marshall for answers yet all Marshall could do was shrug. It would have been interesting to hear the conversation that went with the video. Now Tedford, as shown in his post game comments, seems to have Marshall’s o-line in his sights and appears to be taking more of a hands on approach. If true, then my question to Tedford would be – wtf took you so long to address something we’ve all see as a chronic, blatant problem?

By: Calduke

Calduke — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:19:31 +0000

This team is not very good. We knew this and the
pre-season pundits knew this. They picked Cal to finish
7th in the PAC-10 and that looks like what will happen.
That translated into a 6-6 season(Nevada-win,Wash-loss)
If Washington is down, having to play away during the Thanksgiving weekend, perhaps the Bears can take that home game; along with the Wash St game. That would be a 6-6 season; which is what was predicted.
We are all fustrated and angry because we suffer from the ‘myopic-virus’. We only looked at our team and couldn’t/wouldn’t see that there are other very good teams around and that we didn’t have a competitive team.

By: Calduke

Calduke — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:52:52 +0000

The Bears were focused and fired-up for the Oregon St game.

Mr Tedford – is this the best a focused and fired-up Cal team can play??

By: Calduke

Calduke — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:50:29 +0000

I checked the box score. Cal won the 4th quarter.