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Football: Holiday Bowl game thread
By Jeff Faraudo
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 5:13 pm in Bowl game, Football, Gameday.
FINAL SCORE: Texas 21, Cal 10. The Bears finish 7-6 after a 4-4 start. Texas, which had dropped three of its previous four games, winds up 8-5. There were lots of telling statistics in the game, but none moreso than the 5-0 turnover margin. Cal had coughed up just two turnovers in its previous four games.
The Bears finished with 195 total yards, their season low. The running game, which opened things up nicely for Maynard in recent weeks, netted seven yards (thanks partly to six sacks). Sofele, who averaged 143 yards the previous four games, had 20 carries for 52 yards.
Wideouts Allen (9 catches for 82 yards) and Jones (8-88) accounted for 170 of the Bears’ 195 yards. Jones finished his career with a catch in 38 consecutive games. Maynard was 19 for 33 for 188 yards, with three turnovers (2 fumbles, 1 INT). But he was harassed all night.
14:57 4th Q: Cody Johnson, a 5-foot-11, 252-pound running back, powered in from the 4 on the first play of the quarter and Texas leads 21-10. Four turnovers may be too much to overcome.
END OF THIRD QTR: The Bears just squandered a great chance. They forced a Texas punt from the end zone and took possession at the 27 after a 16-yard return by Marvin Jones. But Anthony Miller was flagged for a personal foul on a second-down play, pushing the ball back to the 44, and Maynard fumbled after being sacked. Goodwin raced 37 yards to the 7 and Cody Johnson powered to the 4 before the quarter ended. Texas leads 14-10.
4:52 3rd Q: Defense holds and forces Texas punt. Cal begins anew at own 25.
6:18 3rd Q: Cal’s third turnover of the game details a promising drive. Sofele lost the ball and Reggie Wilson recovered at the Texas 47.
8:06 3rd Q: Well, that didn’t last long. The Longhorns stuck quickly, going 76 yards in four plays, the final 47 on a pass from Ash to Marquise Goodwin, who beat Marc Anthony. Texas leads 14-10. Game on.
9:47 3rd Q: Cal takes a 10-7 lead after an 11-play, 69-yard scoring drive to open the half, capped by a 6-yard run by Sofele. Maynard completed three passes to half-brother Allen — a 21-yarder, a 19-yarder and a 10-yarder — all for first downs.
HALFTIME STATS: Texas leads 7-3 and neither team has done much offensively. Cal has 73 total yards, only 33 since its first series leading to the Tavecchio field goal. Texas has 92 yards, 85 of them in the second quarter. Cal has eight first downs to four for Texas.
Maynard is 9 for 18 for 63 yards. He’s been intercepted once and sacked twice. Ash is 10 for 16 for 84 yards. Isi Sofele has 39 rushing yards on 9 tries. Texas has just 4 rushing yards on 11 carries.
4:39 2nd Q: Anger punts 51 yards into the end zone. Cal offense is going nowhere right now.
6:08 2nd Q: Texas just took a 7-3 lead after a beautifully executed trick play. Tailback Malcolm Brown took the ball on a toss left, flipped the ball to WR Jaxon Shipley coming right and Shipley delivered a 4-yard TD pass to quarterback David Ash. The play followed a 29-yard pass from Ash to Blaine Irby to the 4.
7:27 2nd Q: The Bears haven’t been so hot on offense, either. Another 3-and-out and they have six net yards since their first possession. Bryan Anger’s punt slides off the side of his foot and goes OB at the Cal 48-yard line — just 24 yards.
9:34 2nd Q: Cal defense forces its fifth punt in five Texas possessions. Tucker runs for a first down on a fake punt, but the play is wiped out by an illegal formation penalty. His subsequent punt goes 64 yards into the end zone. Cal begins at the 20. Cal’s defense has held Texas to 16 yards and one first down on 19 plays.
13:36 2nd Q: Justin Tucker misses 38-yard FG wide left. Cal retains 3-0 lead.
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Bears lead 3-0 after a first quarter that featured a total of 41 yards of offense. Bears have 34 of them, Texas just seven. Tavecchio’s 47-yard field goal was the longest ever made by a Cal player in a bowl game. Texas begins the second quarter with a 2nd-and-14 play from the 23.
0:27 1st Q: Bears loses ball on fumbled exchange between Maynard and C.J. Anderson and Calvin Howell recovers for Texas at the Cal 19-yard line.
1:10 1st Q: Bears defense force another punt with a 3-and-out. Punt rolls dead at the Cal 11. Texas has 11 yards of offense.
2:18 1st Q: Maynard overthrows Allen and Quandre Diggs intercepts at the Texas 42.
3:40 1st Q: Pass interference on Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro trying to defend Keenan Allen and Bears have first down at the 45.
4:28 1st Q: Cal forces a 3-and-out. Takes over at own 39 after fair catch on the Texas punt. Bears lead 3-0. Texas has seven net yards after two possessions.
6:06 1st Q: Tavecchio makes it from 47 yards even after a sideline check presentation ceremony served to “freeze the kicker.” No penalty this time. Cal leads 3-0. The Bears moved 40 yards in 11 plays. The big play was Zach Maynard’s 10-yard completion to Marvin Jones on a third-and-9 play to the Texas 32.
6:11 1st Q:Giorgio Tavecchio delivers 42-yard field goal, giving Cal a 3-0 lead. But an illegal formation penalty nullfies the field goal. Tavecchio will try again from 47 yards.
REVIEW: The ruling on the field stands, which means the officials judged that the ball first hit a Texas player and was dead at the 30.
11:05 1st Q: Cal gets a huge break. Marvin Jones fumbled the ball while fielding a punt, but Texas is flagged for “illegal touching,” and the Bears get possession at the 30. Otherwise, Texas would have had it at the Cal 20 after Ryan Roberson recovered the fumble. Now the play is being reviewed.
ASH AT QB: David Ash is starting at quarterback for Texas.
COIN TOSS: Cal won the toss and will kick off. The Vears are wearing white jerseys and dark blue pants. Texas is in all burnt orange.
BANDS EXIT: The Cal and Texas bands have finished performing. We may actually have a game here in a few minutes.
NATE BOYER UPDATE: The 30-year-old redshirt freshman safety from Pleasanton is on the sidelines but will not dress for the game. Boyer earned a spot on the Longhorns roster during a spring 2010 walk-on tryout camp after serving in the Green Berets.
GAME TIME CHANGE: Kickoff has been moved back five minutes. The game will begin at 5:11 p.m.
WELCOME: I’m here at Qualcomm Stadium on a clear, comfortable late afternoon. Both teams are on the field warming up. Fans are arriving slowly and the bands are preparing to come into the stadium now.
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December 28th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
just covered the spread.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Wow. Two spots already where things would have gone wrong in the past (the punt “turn over” and a penalty moving a FG attempt back to long distance).
The defensive line looks hungry. I like.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
it looks like both our lines are winning the push. good sign.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Where is Keenan Allen? Love this intensity. Go Bears!
December 28th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Ah. There he is!
December 28th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Finally some decent officiating. Must be the sec just pissed off at Texas.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
The misdirection worked well early, but the offense just is not sharp enough to go with the complex “trick” plays. I’d like to see a few more traps and some smash mouth plays for a series, just to see if the OL is getting a consistent push or not.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Not making a fair catch in traffic is playing not to lose. Come on guys. Catch the ball.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Ugh! Maynard missed a snap and then a hand off. He must calm down.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
dodged 2 bullets on 2 turnovers.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
That first turnover was on third and long in Texas territory. I’m ok with that. Like a short punt. I’m not ok with the two fumbles tho.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
texas will switch qbs soon.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
The best run of the night was the Dachshounds during the pre-game festivities -one of them ran 10 yards in a straight line.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
D looks great. Per previous thread, great to see Cal reppin’.
Liked o play calling in first q. Execution coulda been better. I thougt fumble was on cj. Now, however, ut d has adjusted. Time for jt, jm and ek to adjust back.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
field position is important. bad punt lead to score.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Defense is exhausted. Maynard and the o-line are abysmal.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Cal blowing their opportunities. Now they are going to get smoked.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Classic tedford. Tried to make maynard a pocket qb in 3 weeks after he just showed how successful he is rolling out. And not going for it on 4th and 2? Super classic tedford. No, punt and kick I into the end zone for a touchback, cause I’m scared to win. Oh, and I want my defense to drop dead from exhaustion. Inexcusable. I should have know. The last 3 weeks of the season were a ruse.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
punting then was the smart move.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
still in the game.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
To blame Tedford is so tired. Our offense cannot execute. This game is boring!
December 28th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
texas is making maynard think too much. early in the game he was spreading it around. now he is locking on to keenan.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Wow what a stinky game. Two terrible offenses and Maynard being Maynard. BTW tell your center to try another position. He is awful
December 28th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Wow. Nice halftime coverage, Espn. I hope the pac12 and big10 leave them in their wake.
For once, I’d like to see the sideline reporter call jt out. “why are you such a girl? You had 4th and 2 at midfield and you send your exhausted d back on the field? Why aren’t you letting your mobile quarterback be mobile? Why the horrible clock management? Why leave your quarterback in the game if he can be trusted to manage the clock or hit open receivers?”
December 28th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Talk about watching a stinky game… wait for the cal/sc game tomorrow.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Lack of offensive execution falls squarely on the shoulders of the coach. If blaming tedford is a tired act, it’s time for our tired coach to move on. This team is playing like a scared high school team on offense. It’s inexcusable. Texas is not that good. They don’t even care about this game, and we STILL can’t beat them. Hopefully tedford will earn his paycheck at halftime and turn things around. There is no reason we need to be a second rate team. We have plenty of talent.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
texas is the best defense we’ve seen all year. our advantages are out big receivers on their corners. they are crashing the olb’s, so sofeole needs more calls to the outside. their offense has conceded the run. time adjust.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Yes! Isi to the outside! Nice adjustments. Nice job by ka an zm in that drive, with the exception of a near pick, again.
Go Bears!
December 28th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
good adjustments, good drive. just like I advised.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
looks like they have mae run adjustments.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Nice effort defense.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Has Maynard held the ball once on a fake handoff, and run with it?
December 28th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
It’s tedfords fault just like that isi fumble.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Have we had a punt return all season?
December 28th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
that one would have gone nowhere.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Why does Tedford keep pitching the ball deep against a fast stunting set of LBs? Quick hits are the only way to get them out of position. Deep pitches play into their hands.
I’m exasperated, as usual, that the defense has managed to keep Cal in the game, when this one has not been enjoyable to watch. Such terrible execution on offense, but that probably should not be a surprise.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
You’re right. Because the blocking was nonexistent. That’s my point.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Another classic. A wasted time out that will come back to haunt.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
texas has one of the best run defenses in the country. lighten up
December 28th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
A punt return!!
December 28th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
theres your return
December 28th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
I have to say, this game has been fairly officiated.
If it was in Texas, we’d be down by 28.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Cal’s O line was winning battles early on…but not anymore. Personal foul against Cal….Cal defense can win this game however…Maynard Fumbles…just pitiful!
But good job by Texas!
December 28th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
INCOMPETENCE!
December 28th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Anthony is playing horribly at DB….almost game over! If Cal D can held Texas to a FG…then we can still win.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Don’t worry Cal fans…Karma will still have us pull out this game!
December 28th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Texas has more heart, and more brains, top to bottom. At least in football. At least thus far.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
too many mistakes
December 28th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Covinared, why lighten up? Tedford keeps calling plays that are perfect for the Texas D to defend, too many long developing run plays.
Now, just as it has all year, a great defensive effort begins to get wasted because the offense keeps the D on the field too long.
This has been one of the least enjoyable seasons, wasting such strong defense. It resonates with the SF Giants offensive incompetence wasting great pitching.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
We should have about 8 turnovers. No more excuses. This is like watching last years Niners. Get a good coach and everything changes.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Cal fans, martyrs all.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Did we just burn another time out? Wow, this offense is a joke.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
But Rollon, this is all because of playing in AT&T all year. It isn’t Teford.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
I picked the wrong day to stop abusing heavy narcotics.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Last post absent a miracle (I’ll keep reading, though).
To quote Dana Carvey, doing Ross Perot,
Tedford, “You can’t pee in a Mr. Coffee and get Taster’s Choice!”
December 28th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Pannick play calling has prematurely turned cal into a one dimensional offense….we probably won’t run another running play for the remainder of the game! Too bad…we know that asking Maynard to pass 40 times a game is a recipe for failure.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
How come Anothony’s always out of position on every deep pass tonight?
December 28th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Nothing will change next year. We did get screwed on a blatant PI, but we got lucky many times elsewhere. With one time out left, this game is essentially over. Horrible, horrible coaching job. This was as winnable a game as we may ever see against Texas, and we just took a pooh in our bed.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
A big question for me about Maynard was whether his improved play during the past 4 games was primarily due to his improvement as a QB (plus better play calling … increased running plays) or was it that Cal was playing weaker competition (see WSU, OSU, and ASU)….I think we have our answer now!
December 28th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Kent, you got your wish, but only because tedford has given up on the game, with 5 min to play.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Its been a fun year! Thanks and Go Bears!
December 28th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Wow. Thanks JT. I feel so vindicated for 2004 now.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Can you staters agree to let the 2004 stuff go now. It’s over OK?
December 28th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Wasn’t going to post again (really), but Zach was just all smiles on the sideline. WTF?
December 28th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
moren: you bring less negative energy to this thread than rollon. Go Bears in 2012!
December 28th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
WE SUCK – I have to live in Texas and whenever the name University of California comes up in future “it will be that crappy team we doubled in the bowl game during our worst season”
Yeah we are not a crooked school like USC but we do suck.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Crappy bowl performance is better than no bowl at all. Time to enjoy an absolute beat down of u$c on the hardwood.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
We are a middle-of-the-road Pac 12 team. End of story.
What does this team need to take the next step?
December 28th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Texas defensive line was dominant. Summers-Gavin, Schwartz and Miller are totally overrated as players, they got their asses handed to them by the Longhorn defense.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
We did suck. The Bears were unprepared and poorly coached. What the heck did Tedford do the past two weeks? Doesn’t look like he put much time into game planning. I think I’m ready to move on. Ms. Barbour, one more year, then cut the Coach loose.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Great teams have good o-lines and good quarterbacks. You can scrape by with one or the other if you have a great defense, but we have neither. We also have an uninspiring coach who is burned out, out-dated, and out of touch with reality. We have a problem, and it’s not going to change. It starts at the top. As much as I hate harbaugh, if he were at the helm, we’d still be waiting for our bowl game kickoff on January 2nd.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Tedford’s seat should be on fire after laying yet another egg in a big game. 8 wins at a minimum next year without ANY blowouts and his job is safe. Otherwise send his fat ass packing. Down 11 with 4:30 to go from your own 11 yard line and you run it twice? No hurry-up offense? No urgency whatsoever. pathetic way to end the season. Looking forward to watching the basketball team tomorrow, they at least are well coached. Not excited about the new stadium anymore, thanks Jeff.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
The Wisdom Cow Says:
December 28th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Wasn’t going to post again (really), but Zach was just all smiles on the sideline. WTF?
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It’s called a “culture of losers”.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Cattoused ya’ll
December 28th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
I don’t know if it’s the Cal OL or Coach Michalzak who’s overrated.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
I have been a huge Tedford critic the past 5 years…but lets have some perspectie…this years team played just about to their talent level (arguably a little above thier level). Cal defense played well against a terrible offense….heck the offense gave up FIVE turnovers…yet the defense only gave up 7 pts on turnovers.
If Cal play calling could feature its running game and avoid becoming 1 dimensional we might have given the team a better chance. Final stat…39 pass plays and 30 running plays…we had success we we run MORE than passing not the other way around…just don’t understand the logic of the play calling.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Somebody wake up Faraudo.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Rollonubears:
“As much as I hate harbaugh, if he were at the helm, we’d still be waiting for our bowl game kickoff on January 2nd.”
Really. You think this Cal team has the talent to play in a BCS game. What am I missing? Who from this offense will play on Sundays, except Allen and maybe Schwartz?
December 28th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Okanes never walked out in the middle of a game.
December 28th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
I see next season as pretty much a repeat of this year. Zach will once again be behind center. He will look great against defenses that don’t pressure him (WSU, OSU, Colorado, etc.) and will look like a Vaudeville tap dancer against the ones that do (USC, Oregon, Standord, Washington.) The best case scenario is an 8-4 season, but the big wildcard is how Cal is going to replace Marvin Jones at WR.
The defense was kind of fun to watch tonight, and I am very interested to see the continued development of No. 40 – McCain. He made some nice plays in open space. If he fills out and keeps the agility and speed, look out.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Bevo should have taken Tedford by one horn and Maynard by the other ….and that would have improved our team immeasurably.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
First off, the CAL D was awesome tonight! With all the f-ups the CAL offense made, Texas could have scored 48+ points, but didn’t.
Maynard is horrible and needs to go. Get that POS out of there. 5 turn overs? Maynard and Sofele literally dropped the ball. If I was the CAL d, I would be really pissed at Maynards, RB & OL blocking. Absolute garbage!
Cal & Tedford had a chance at payback for 2004, and they rolled over like bee itches. Complete pusshy move.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
My views on why we lost:
- the lack of second half adjustments, a problem that has plagued Tedford for years. I actually believed the corner might have been turned when the first drive of the second half went so well, but it quickly fell apart. Tedford has long been terrible at making such adjustments, which is one reason why we often stay close to good teams in the first half only to be blown out in the second. Covinared – you were commenting that you thought there were adjustments, and then went silent. Does that mean you agree that the second adjustments were non-existent?
- the play-calling was far more like the first half of the season then the run of games beginning with Utah. Very little in the way of throws to TEs. Only two called Maynard runs, both of which were good plays. Why? Most pass plays were outs (and several should have been picked off).
- not playing to Maynard’s strengths, and accentuating his weaknesses. He is NOT a drop back QB, and he is NOT a pocket passer. Trying to force that, in the face of fierce pressure, mostly from the outside, is a recipe for disaster.
- no guts, no glory. Cal fans had a far greater reason to care than Texas fans. Yet which team went for a fake punt in the first half, executed a halfback pass to a QB, almost pulled off a home-run flea flicker, and almost pulled off a 99-yard bomb? Which team never tried once to do anything special?
This team has the talent to win 9 games this year. But, as we saw this year, and in 2008, 2009, and 2010, whenever we played a decent team (particularly on the road), we cratered. Doesn’t inspire much confidence heading into Ohio State.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Let me add – Blake Street, you were dead on with the lack of urgency. Hurry up offense would have forced Texas to dial back, not dial up, the pressure on Maynard.
On what was with the first two time-outs in the second half. One was right after Texas called time out. How does that happen?
December 28th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Hey Tedford, how does Mack Brown’s Ass taste?
December 28th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
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Hey Tedford, how does Mack Brown’s ass taste?
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December 29th, 2011 at 1:13 am
No creative playcalling… No adjustments… Mental mistakes… Turnovers, early burned timeouts. Constant “shooting ourselves in the foot.” The usual unprepared Tedfraud performance in a big game.
Texas is no good and had a freshmen QB. I’m sick of all the excuses for Maynard who was one of the oldest players on the field on any given game this season.
Cal ends 4-5 in conference so that makes only two years since 2006 that Cal has finished with a winning conference record. Tedfraud also hasn’t finished higher than 4th (in what was a 10 team conference) since that year. Overall JT has only finished 5 seasons out of his 10 year tenure with a winning conference record.
Jim Mora Jr., Rich Rodriguez, and Mike Leach now enter the Pac-12… When will it be time to move on from JT? For all the money Tedfraud is making to produce lackluster results — Occupy Berkeley should be occupying Tedfraud’s front lawn.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:04 am
Bottom line – We helped Mack Brown keep his job. Fans and alum have been calling for him to step down– not a majority yet but this at least quelled some of them. It might have quelled more of them -but they never thought we were very good to begin with.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:54 am
Best post from a stater…
What do you see? You see UT
You see a team with a true freshman quarterback.
You see a team where more than one quarterback gets experience.
You see a team that evaluates their opponent and comes up with a game plan to exploit the opponent’s weakness.
You see a team where before the bowl game, there’s a real quarterback evaluation and the best guy for the game plan starts.
You see a team with a simple offense, but a few successful “trick” plays, that a true freshman quarterback can run.
You see a team that can make adjustments to be successful.
You see a team that takes chances, and they work.
You see a team that wins.
What do you see?
You see —- UT
HAHAHAHA….Cattoused!
December 29th, 2011 at 8:26 am
The one thing that I’d like coach Tedford to focus on is clock management. It’s bad. As for the QB play, it really wasn’t Zach Maynard’s fault. Texas’ D Line controlled the line of scrimmage and gave him little time to throw. Ya, Maynard isn’t the most talented dude to begin with, but you have to give him more time.
December 29th, 2011 at 9:12 am
Disappointing performance. Not sure what this teams identity or game plan was for this game. Seemed like he tried to outsmart himself with some of the first down calls early in the game when they were bringing a lot of pressure and created no offensive rythm. This team had to run more than pass to be successful but that was not the game plan tonight. It was there for the taking and Texas took it. All the moxy and trick plays to them and they worked for the most part.
December 29th, 2011 at 10:05 am
They had better athletes, top to bottom, and they play with much more confidence. It’s hard to be confident when your coach is playing not to lose. Game in a nutshell, Mack Brown goes for it on 4th down from his own 40, we punt into the endzone on 4th and 2 from midfield, forcing our exhausted D to save our bacon again. I am so proud of the defensing effort, with the exception of Anthony, who was burned time and again. Still, considering we gave the ball away 5 times, and it could have easily been 8 turnovers, to only allow 21 is remarkable. The offensive line was a complete joke, but so is maynard. Guy gets touched and he drops like a rock. There is no way we don’t have more capable qb on the bench. It’s blatantly obvious this is the price we have to pay to have keenan allen on the team. It’s not worth it. As a package, they make the team worse than if neither were here.
December 29th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Did GoGoBears get Cattoused? Maybe he is riding skateboards with Wayward today.
December 29th, 2011 at 10:18 am
Tedford has to go. That crap was unacceptable. Amybody who thinks he should stay doesn’t know football. This program is regressing big time. Totally incompetent effort by the coaches.
December 29th, 2011 at 10:36 am
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December 29th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I would just like for those who consistently defend Tedford to share their views as to whether this was a well-coached game where we either were unlucky or simply bested by a better team despite giving it our all, or whether this was an example of a poorly-coached game (and, if so, how it differs from the UW, Oregon, U$C, and UCLA losses – Furd was a loss, but not a poorly coached game in my book). When there is a good coaching performance, I am happy to acknowledge, notwithstanding my belief Tedford is absolutely the wrong coach for this team, but it would be good see those who believe Tedford is the right coach to acknowledge flaws (if they believe there are flaws).
December 29th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Next year will be Tedford’s last (it had better be), and I do not have a problem with his termination mid-season after the first very disappointing loss of the year, it will happen…
“Let’s call a timeout right after the other team does, that’ll confuse them.” “Let’s huddle up and then slowly walk to the line of scrimmage down 11 with 4 minutes to go, why hurry?” Remember when we actually thought that Tedford was some kind of coaching genius?? Talk about pulling the wool over our eyes…
December 29th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
He’s burned out and overmatched. He should acknowledge it and resign with dignity. After his 3rd year, he had enough to live comfortably for the rest of his life.
December 29th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I appreciate all he’s done for the program, but while some things have been consistent, on-field performance has been consistently sub-par,
December 29th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
To Eric’s points: it’s too close to the new year for me to go very negative, but when the head coach’s demeanor starts to irritate, that tells me there are deeper issues beginning with the quality of the coaching. Out of shape, gum chewing, toting a bill board-sized play card, stink-eyeing Anger for a rare shanked punt, on to…no motivating influence, unresponsive play calling, incapable of making adjustments, ykes…the list is getting longer. Mahalo for the therapy. I’d give him one more year in recognition of the SAHPC and past achievements. Props to the D and to all the coordinators. Here’s to 2012, hopefully a great recruiting year, reasonably priced tickets, and to all true old Blues, cheers! and, Go Bears!
December 29th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
I think Tedford will be out after next year. One way or another. He should step down and claim he wants to, “spend more time with my family”. He let the evolution of Pac-10/12 football pass him by. Start with a fresh coach, but keep Gould with the coaching staff again. I’m not sure if Gould would want to be a HC.
December 29th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
For those who wondered if I “walked out in the middle of the game” last night, here’s an explanation not an apology. I am updating the blog as often as I can — just as I do throughout basketball games — but as deadline approaches for my print edition newspaper story, I have no choice sometimes but to step away from the blog and take care of that. Then there are postgame interviews, etc. It’s an imperfect system, having to do two things at once. Not nearly as much of a problem for a day game, but at night deadline arrives quickly. I will do the best I can. Hopefully, it adds something to the experience of following the game.
December 29th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
@Jeff Faraudo:
don’t sweat it man. occasionally one of us CAL fans forgets that this blog is provided for free. i could understand the griping if we paid cash to read this blog. but we don’t.
@ caladan:
chill out and Go BEARS!
December 29th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
!!!PERMANENTLY BLOCK UCB FROM PLAYING AND EMBARRASING THE PAC 12 WITH ANOTHER BOWL STINKER!!!
http://userscripts.org/CALSTATESTINKS
By the way, this script blocker works a h@ll of a lot better than you OL did last night. What a sham.
Your #65 is a absolute joke.
December 29th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
MoreNCS_are_ignored and sanctioned! troll post blocked
@Discdude: Works on Chrome too!
Looking forward to seeing more of this message on New Years Day, after Moren spends all night alone posting here!