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Football: Southern Utah game thread
By Jeff Faraudo
Saturday, September 8th, 2012 at 10:38 am in Football, Gameday.
FINAL SCORE: Cal 50, Southern Utah 31. The Bears score 30 fourth-quarter points to put away an FCS opponent playing a Pac-12 team for the first time. Cal (1-1) has one week to sharpen things before facing No. 14 Ohio State in front of 100,000 screaming football lunatics in Columbus. Big plays in the fourth quarter and superior athletic ability made the difference here, but Cal cannot count on that a week from now. More later.
10:47 4th Q: Maybe it’s now over. Marc Anthony returns Sorensen INT 61 yards, getting nice block along the way from Todd Barr. Anthony’s TD makes it 34-17.
14:54 4th Q: Maynard’s 19-yard TD pass to Keenan Allen pushes Cal lead to 27-17. Caps eight-play, 60-yard drive in which Maynard was 4 for 4 for 47 yards. TE Richard Rodgers on sidelines after limping off following 1st career reception during drive.
8:27 3rd Q: Sorensen passes 5 yards to Henna Brown, capping 12-play, 75-yard drive that gets Southern Utah within 20-17. Will all those mistakes come back to haunt the Bears? Thunderbirds moved the ball with confidence on that drive and come most of the way back from what seemed a deep hole at 20-3.
THE BREAKDOWN: Cal has a 353 to 83 edge in yards at halftime, a 15 to 4 edge in first downs. But two turnovers and 10 penalties for 96 yards keeping it closer than it should be. Maynard is 12 for 17 for 173, but missed wide-open Eric Stevens on what should have been a 1-yard TD pass. Sofele has 14 carries for 92 of Cal’s 180 rushing yards. SoUtah has 19 carries fo 23 rushing yards.
HALFTIME: Calamitous end of half for Bears. An offside penalty on kickoff (their second of the game!) and a pass interference in the end zone (against Steve Williams), gives Southern Utah final untimed play from 37. Sorensen completes TD pass to Cameron Morgan, who outleaps Marc Anthony and Michael Lowe, tips ball and catches it while falling to ground in back of end zone. Cal challenges ruling — it stands. Cal’s 20-3 lead is trimmed to 20-10.
0:25 2nd Q: D’Amato kicks 27-yard FG and Cal leads 20-3. Once again, a mistake derails what could have been more: a fumble on 2nd-and-1 from the SoUtah 16 leads backward march, ending in FG.
5:22 2nd Q: Sofele runs 12 yards for TD, capping 37-yard drive set up by 25-yard punt return by Keenan Allen. Maynard had 23-yard pass to Bryce Treggs to the 12 to set stage for TD. Even their own mistakes (a holding penalty and an illegal snap on the 5-play drive) cannot stop the Bears. Cal leads 17-3.
9:40 2Q: Bears go 94-yards in seven plays for 10-3 lead. Sofele had a 22-yard run and a 14-yard receptions and Anderson a 35-yard run on the drive. Total yards: Cal 252, SoUtah 35.
1st Q stats: Cal 108 yards, Southern Utah 26. But two turnovers and 50 yards in penalties allowed Thunderbirds to forge 3-0 lead.
0:22 1st Q: Colton Cook kicks 40-yard FG to give SoUtah a 3-0 lead. Cal already has 50 yards in penalties and two turnovers.
COIN TOSS: Cal captains: Kendrick Payne, Robert Mullins, Tyler Rigsbee, Eric Stevens. Southern Utah wins toss — will defer. Cal gets ball first.
ORDER IN UNIVERSE: Drum major catches pre-game baton and Bears are wearing all blue, including helmets. Now they just have to play well.
WELCOME: Back at Memorial Stadium this morning with, frankly, less hoopla surrounding the stadium renovation and the Bears. Cal lost 31-24 to Nevada last week and almost nothing the Bears do against FCS foe So Utah will tell us much . . . provided they don’t lose again. No chance.
Word is Bears will wear blue pants, blue jerseys and blue helmets, although they are in pants and T-shirts right now. Cannot imagine we will see white helmets again anytime soon.
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September 8th, 2012 at 11:19 am
Jeff
Where is that JC located? Presumably somewhere in Utah but is it the same JC as the one in Salt Lake?
September 8th, 2012 at 11:51 am
707Bear, true dat! (Putting away the pessimism for the afternoon.) We have a chance to go to the Rose Bowl.
Go Bears!
September 8th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Two 3 and outs and a ton of penalties and a fumble to start the game.
September 8th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
no tv in pasadena. what’s with the persoanl fouls? tedfords old team rarely shot themselves in the foot. this is a disturbing trend beginning with last year.
September 8th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Nice composure there Keenan slamming the ball down and hitting the ref. Another stupid, undisciplined drive killer. Same with the Tyndall penalty. What a team of undisciplined knuckleheads. This stuff NEVER ends. Tedford continues to have NO CONTROL during games over his team.
September 8th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Covivared- you can watch online.
September 8th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
how?
September 8th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
I would say this is unwatchable, but it’s actually great comedy! JT has completely lost this team. I wish sandy would fire him mid game. Happens at my office all the time.
September 8th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
I’m with you Rollon- I am laughing at how pathetic this all is. We finally see a spark- I’m loving Harper- great catch and run for a long TD… and there’s not one but two dumb, needless penalties from Rodgers and, you guessed it, Keenan Allen. 15 yard penalty and on the very next play, our star QB throws it right into the hands of an oncoming D lineman. You couldnt screw up this badly IF YOU TRIED!!
Can we fire Tedford at halftime?
September 8th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
HAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHA
What a pathetic team, pathetic players, pathetic coaches and pathetic fans.
September 8th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Utah JC – 3
Cal JC – 3
LOL
September 8th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
SUU leads 3-0. Maybe I should root for the Fabulous Thunderbirds? It is easier to root for them. It is getting very hard to root for Cal anymore, let alone watch them, with Tedford. What do we do admirably or in an inspired fashion?
September 8th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Hey UCB JC fans
I just saw Maynard shove Tedford when Tedford was trying to yell at him for that missed pass.
Maynard yelled back at Tedford.
Did anyone see that too?
September 8th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Maynard just barked at Tedford after that pathetic 3rd and goal misfire and walked away from him. The wheels are coming off!
September 8th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
@Covinared – are you finally realizing that Tedford is not the coach you have defended?
September 8th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Maynard needs to leave this program and this school immediately. He is an absolute embarrassment on every level.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
If Tedford puts this clown back in after that his credibility is officially nil.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
A handoff to the fullback on first and goal is a good change of pace play. Continued use of Stevens the rest of the series when you’re a few yards shy of TD is dumb. Maynard overthrows receiver…he is regressing, Keenan Allen with his play and antics not what he was last year, and Tedford needed to show some stones and go for it on 4th and 1 against that team. If he doesn’t get it (fair chance given the pathetic O-line performance) our defense gets them on their own 1 yard line. This team looks like it hasn’t even started fall camp yet. We have become irrelevant again.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Eric: I did not agree with many of the reasons others gave for his removal. This apparent lack of discipline by our players is one I can agree with.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
A certain troll should be Cal’s biggest fan. Cal football under Tedford is a loser as are said troll.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
How many horrible QBs must one start before you’re no longer a QB “guru”? Just throw a buyout of Tedford’s contract on the stadium tab and be done with it. I’d be shocked if we went 4-8. Clearly we’d even be mediocre in the Big Sky.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Maynard does indeed need to be benched. Tedford, of course, won’t do it. Probably will lose the focus and interest of Keenan Allen if ZM were to be benched and I’m sure Tedford doesn’t want to risk that either. Of course, KA hasn’t exactly taken that next step as a leader thus far.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
HAHAHAHA…the fix is on. The refs gave you guys a bunch of breaks on that “drive”.
I have lost all respect for Tedford. Pete Carroll and even Lane Kiffen would never have allowed for what Maynard did.
How do you say “MESean Jackson Part 2″?
September 8th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
it looks like the game plan is to run at an undersized opponent. I agree with that.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Maynard barked at JT because JT settled for 3 like the sissy he is. No guts whatsoever. Still, he should have benched zm immediately. But a sissy wouldn’t do that. Ka will be back next year. No way he gets drafted. Zm will be gone. Maybe JT.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
We’re rolling again. I’m thinking Rose Bowl! Go Bears!
September 8th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
USC – 7
Syracuse – 0
September 8th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Hey UCB state fans
I have a new fight song for you guys. Here it is.(If it sounds a lot like it came from Judy Collins well it did).
Isn’t it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air..
Where are the clowns?
Isn’t it bliss?
Don’t you approve?
One who keeps tearing around,
One who can’t move…
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.
Just when I’d stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours.
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines…
No one is there.
Don’t you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you’d want what I want…
Sorry, my dear!
And where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don’t bother, they’re here.
Isn’t it rich?
Isn’t it queer?
Losing my timing this late in my career.
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns…
Well, maybe next year.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
I pray that Allen is gone after this season. All American talent, Pop Warner level brain… And that may be an insult to Pop Warner kids everywhere.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
@Calbearclaw
Your optimism (? facetious) lies somewhere between sick/perverse, admirable in a sad way, and enabling.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
So let me get this straight. While trolls team is playing on tv, troll is obsessed with trolling and “trosting”(when a troll posts) on a completely different teams blog- in fact trosting on several blogs. I think we have the troll to beat all trolls here Cal fans.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
I agree Dan. His total lack of charisma stands out even more with Harper and Treggs on the team. I like their body language.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Has Maynard pointed to his left arm today?
September 8th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
By the way, that whole Tedford-Maynard thing on the sideline. Wow. Camera and director caught it perfectly.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Clone:
I think you’ve captured the essence of being a Cal fan. Sick/perverse/sad/admirable. I’ll be in Columbus next week and will assuredly be showing irrational optimism right up until kickoff. Central Florida gave them a bit of a fight today. If we somehow grow up next week and pull an upset then we’re off and running. I mean what’s the alternative here? Give up? That’s a non-starter.
Go Bears!
September 8th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Thsts the one thing pac12 cameraman have done right all year. Nice kickoff coverage. And back to back penalties. Eff tedford.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
I hope to see another quarterback should this get ugly.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
#31 Dan
Just watch the game pal and read my comments. You just might learn something.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Multiple penalties including a pass interference penalty to extend the half on a hail mary pass. Nothing else needs to be said.
September 8th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Are you serious?
September 8th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
I have forgotten more about football than a troll on this site will ever know. I learned from many of the greats. We’ll leave it at that. Nuff said.
Plus troll just proved my point… What an all time loser. I love it!
September 8th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
I think Moronsarecoming is really Jeff Tedford. They know about the same amount about football.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
c’mon Dan, step away
I see the positive: in a half filled stadium that I’m sure freaks SB out from a financial/revenue perspective, this level of fan participation will clearly cause concern – and JT’s insistence to trot a clearly disrespectful and ineffective ZM out, that will only further help usher him out the door that much faster.
hoping the reporters in the post game presser press JT on the questions regarding the appearance that JT is losing the team.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
There is a God. I’m here in LA and Direct TV is saving me from sure suicide. I’ve seen this movie before, bright coach loses team and ultimately loses job. I’ve defended Zach Maynard but if he’s been benched in Game 1 and throwing a tantrum showing up authority in Game 2? Bye bye baby
September 8th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Should be a great game in Columbus next week. The Bears are road warriors. Always have been.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
At the half – Cal … 11 penalties for 101 yards. Are u freakin’ kidding me ?!?!?!!,,
On the heels of being the most penalized team in the conference last season.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
What a joke – Southern Utah adjusted and now rolling over us. When’s the last time Tedford did that? 2004? What an embarrassment this program has become.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
4th and 2 at their 44, Sofele doing nicely. Punt…no confidence, no guts.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
This has been going on for years. Seriously. Fire him now. I mean right now. Fans would give a standing o.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
I agree with Rollon- and get Tony Gonzalez while we are at it. Thunderbirds is a cool name for a team but its a bad sign when I’ve been following college sports for years and never heard of them.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
This is sad, but after that punt, I think sandy b has larger stones. So sad.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Nice drive, good play calling. Great throw by Maynard and route run by Allen. I will also give credit when it’s due. 27-17.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
steve: just because a guy was a great player does make him a coach. joe kapp.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
That 4th and 2 decision to punt… We must have the biggest wuss as a HC in all of football. Wonder what Chip Kelly would have done. He’s telling his kids he does not have enough faith and confidence That they can get 2 yards at home vs. A FCS school. He’s been making these wuss call for years now.
If I knew a loss would cost him his job … Go SUU.
September 8th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
anthony’s return looked good on gametracker.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
That’s how I saw it!
September 8th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
The defense is playing well today. Linebacker depth being tested but as we all knew before the season, it’s clearly there. Pick 6 by Anthony…I like how physical he is. Still not much confidence in their ability against Urban Meyer, Braxton Miller, and Carlos Hyde next week though.
Shameful how we’re coached and prepared as a team given above. No QB, no o-line, not a great d coordinator scheming and using that talent, no confidence as a whole.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Ditto!
September 8th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
lasco!
September 8th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Nevada is beating USF 28-20
September 8th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
The kid from The Woodlands, Texas, Daniel Lasco, made ar real nice run. I’ve been wondering when we’d start to see him. He was highly regrded in high school.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Lasco > Bigelow who I’m not sure is recovered from his high school knee injuries. More of him and Tagaloa now that he’s not redshirting.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Tedfraud has to go…
He’s been running his program for a decade and him and his Senior Quarterback are getting into animated verbal altercations on the sidelines — the second game of the season against Southern Utah at home.
Completely and utterly unacceptable.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Could be worse. We could be Colorado.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Yeah, so we had a nice 4th quarter on offense and that was a nice TAINT (touchdown after interception). Did anyone legitimately expect that in the 4th quarter we would have to be playing starters?
Sorry, Eric is not impressed.
September 8th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Didn’t see the game, heard some on radio. Am surprised by some comments about that Defense was good. Maybe a few sacks, but ultimately gave up a lot of points and secondary sounds week again. Against a low level team. Do you think Tedford’s coaches have given up on him? Clancy and Oline coach are top notch but not delivering results so it just makes me wonder.
September 8th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
@Daredevilfan
5 sacks and last 14 points by opposition pure garbage time. Don’t get me wrong, would hardly call them elite and no confidence next 2 games
September 8th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Meanwhile mighty Nevada lost at home to South Florida 32-31.
Don’t let our victory over a hopeless team delay Tedford’s removal.
September 8th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
That was a rough game to watch. Sadly pretty much agree with all of the above negatives about cp, zm and jt – esp the punt. Did anyone else notice zm openly calling out harper on the “missed” route on one of the first plays? lame!
to state the obvious, number of penalties means we are a badly coached team that is very probably tuning out the coaches, even jm.
SO positives: lb n forbes, lasco, harper, treggs, r gould continues his superlative work and no huddle/hurry up could be very effective – sadly installed about 3/4 years behind everyone else.
I still hold out hope we split osu and $c road trip.
Go Bears!
September 8th, 2012 at 6:14 pm
…and big win for m reilly and beavs.
September 8th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
It was a beautiful day in Berkeley and the Bears won.
September 8th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
I think we lose ALL of the rest of the games this season. After the next two weeks which will probably go ~48-0 and ~55-0 how are the Bears gonna regroup with JT at the “helm”? It took 1-10 to get Holmoe axed, it may take 1-11 for JT to go. Get Petrino while he’s out there, or let Gould take over NOW!!! It looked worse than a Holmoe coached team today, despite the W. Southern Utah scored 30 in Berkeley?! F that.
September 8th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Back from game.
Gorgeous day and a good-sized crowd; more than I thought would show after the disaster last week.
Talk in the crowd: Will this be our only home win of the year? Sad but true.
We may be a favorite against ASU, but after that…..
I just don’t see our offensive/defensive lines pushing abybody around.
September 8th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Milo and anyone else who went to the game, observations on zm’s behavior on sidelines? (other than tantrum w jt)
September 8th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Wehofx:
From the “where’s there’s smoke there’s fire department.”
Several people—of course they have an “in” with the program—saying negative things about Maynard.
Lee Grosscup on KGO saying the team needs leader. Saying maybe it should come from the QB.
One observation about both sides of the ball: lots of players looking confused, frantic. Running on and off the field. Not in the proper place. Far from a well-oiled machine.
September 8th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
I didn’t notice ZM on the sideline, but I wasn’t looking.
Agree on the OL…if they can’t push around Southern Utah, could be trouble.
September 8th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
Saw Zach call out Harper for a bad route coming off the field. Didn’t see the sideline interactions. This team doesn’t resemble early Tedford teams where esprit de corps was evident from HC to walk ons.
September 8th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
I don’t get the hate for Sandy. We roasted former AD for letting Snyder get away. As much (or more) than anyone, Sandy kept football at CMS. Tedford had leverage in contract regotiations and used it–the alternative was a coach with no contract when we were looking for recruits and dollars to get CMS done. Sandy could have managed the baseball/etc teams better, but in the end we have all the sports retained plus SAHPC and CMS and we have talent in the program for either Tedford or his replacement to coach.
September 8th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
I really hope someone questions Tedford about the Maynard incident. Bay Area media is so timid with that sort of thing. We need to hear about it.
September 8th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
We won. It turned out to be a glorious day and a fun game to watch at Memorial.
Your constant whining is pathetic and is detrimental to the program.
September 8th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Seems pretty clear he was pissed about not going for it’s on 4th from the 2. As were about 30,000 fans. Finally someone on the team had the stones to call out jt on it.
September 8th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
I am proud of ZM for wanting to go for it on 4th and 1 on an FCS opponent’s 1 yard line. Who can rationally defend JT’s decision not to? Anyone?
I think that kicking in that situation makes the players wish they were playing for another coach. That is how I would feel. This example is why JT is a terrible coach and must go. Sandy?
Another beer please…
September 8th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Funny BoaltBlue, but I am still waiting for the defense of last week. Why is pointing out criticisms “pathetic and detrimental to the program”? Please explain your evidence as to how a single post here has had any detrimental effect?
September 9th, 2012 at 12:08 am
To clarify – The incident between JT and ZM was not after the wimpy decision to punt, it was after ZM overthrew a wide open Stevens on an easy TD. Seemed like JT grabbed Maynard to inquire and ZM lost it, yanking his arm and shoulder out of tedfords grasp, and stormed off after saying something with ban FU look on his face.
September 9th, 2012 at 12:17 am
Does anyone who watched an inspired UCLA thump Nebraska, or heard that ASU easily took care of Illinois, think that Cal is going to be anything other than 1-5 in early October? I would love to hear their business case. The PAC 12 is a WHOLE lot better now with new coaches in Westwood, Tempe and Tuscon. And it looks like Mike Riley is awake again. Cal is an uninspired mess right now with team disunity that can only be caused by a coach who no longer commands the respect of his players.
I figured that Nevada was going to lose today because they’re just not that good. And I will bet that Southern Utah doesn’t hang 31 points on anyone the rest of the season.. This is getting scary.