Passing on some more Stadium News…

"No Active Faults under High Performance Center, Government Agencies Say"

Independent verification of what Cal already knew.  This can only help our case in court.  Unfortunately, I don’t see this case settling before the trial.

"Supporters Are Encouraged to Get Involved to Help Project Move Forward"

Check out the myspace page : http://myspace.com/calmemorialstadium, and if you live in Berkeley, join the Berkeleyans for Cal Athletics (B4CAL).  You can get more information by emailing b4cal@yahoo.com.  Finally, you can let the City of Berkeley know how you feel about their misuse of taxpayer money by emailing the Berkeley City Council (clerk@ci.berkeley.ca.us).

Because last week’s edition of Ask Yellow Fever, as this weekly post will now be called, was so well received (well, about as well as one can take two positive comments and zero negative comments), I’ve decided to bring it back.  I made an aborted run at this chat from Paul Biancardi about college basketball, but I decided to go with something else.  That’s because college basketball isn’t exactly my area of expertise, and I actually rather hate college basketball since most offensive possessions seem to go like this:

1. Drive
2. Kick
3. Drive
4. Kick
5. Drive
6. Kick
7. Drive
8. Kick
9. Missed 3 from the corner
10. Hustle back on D

So instead I went with this chat here with Pat Forde.  Go with what you know.

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mark (arkansas): Are we (Arkansas Fans) just acting crazy and irrational or are we justified for wanting to get rid of Houston Nutt?

Yellow Fever: Let’s take a look at what Wikipedia has to say.

The Arkansas Razorbacks started the 2006-2007 season with a loss against #6 USC Trojans. The Razorbacks rebounded from that loss and went on to win ten straight games, including two ranked teams (#2 Auburn Tigers and #13 Tennessee Volunteers), to clinch the Southeastern Conference Western Division Championship. The ten game winning streak would be snapped with a loss against the LSU Tigers at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. The Razorbacks would then go on to lose the SEC Championship Game against the Florida Gators. The Razorbacks were then invited to the Capital One Bowl to play against the #5 Wisconsin Badgers in Orlando, FL on January 01, 2007. However, the Razorbacks would lose with a score of 14-17. The Arkansas Razorbacks would finish the season with an overall record of 10-4 and with a SEC record of 7-1. The 2006-2007 Razorbacks are also the only team in NCAA history to have four losses against teams that finished the season ranked in the top 5.

Given that last line, 10-4 isn’t bad.  So let me put that into words you can understand.  Y’all are goofy as pet ‘coons!

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Brian (Philadelphia): Fever over/under of 7 for Notre Dame wins this year?

Yellow Fever: Brian, over/under 60 times you would service Jimmy Clausen sexually on live television if he asked?

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John (Aspen, CO): Can the Buffs compete with Nebraska and Missouri in the Big 12 North, or is that a 2 horse race?

Yellow Fever: I’ll be honest, the only thing that has made me pay attention to Colorado football at all in recent years was the story about luring recruits by taking them to strip clubs.  And since I haven’t heard anything about them recently - oh, you say they’re awful? - yeah, it’s a two horse race.

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Matt (Bloomington, IN): Who will win the Big 10, Wisconsin or Michigan? Any surprise teams in that conference?

Yellow Fever: I’m going to go on a limb and say that the winner of the Big 10 is going to be a team that plays defense, runs the ball, and loses its bowl game.

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JW (Indianapolis): James Hardy for the Heisman? Who your early pick

Yellow Fever: Are you kidding me?  Rey Mysterio for the Heisman is just as plausible.  While we’re at it, here are some other people who have just as good a chance to win the Heisman as James Hardy:

• Matt Hardy
• Jeff Hardy
• Hardy Nickerson
• Nick Sorensen
• Annika Sorenstam
• Me
  

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Steve (L.A.): Do you think Cal can pull the upset over USC this year? What about Oregon or UCLA?

Yellow Fever: Cal, yes.  Oregon, maybe.  UCLA, definitely.  I’m not sold on USC being as invincible as everyone thinks they will be, since they still don’t have a single standout RB (though it might just be a matter of time), and there are going to be some questions about their wide receivers until the games start.

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Mike (NYC): Can you explain to me why any recruit from Florida would want to go to Rutgers? Are their facilities that good? Great coach but, come on, this is Rutgers we’re talking about.

Yellow Fever: Because there’s some benefit to playing in the shadows of one of the most important cities in the world.  It seems to help USC quite a bit.  Granted, it’s not quite the same situation, but the potential is there.  And besides, would you rather have your school’s biggest celebrity fan be Matthew McConaughey, Adam Duritz, or James Gandolfini?

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David (Annapolis, MD): How about the Terps making a Wake Forest-like run this year? How does the ACC look to you?

Yellow Fever: Awful.

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Willie (Portland, OR): Who do you think are the top 5 QB’s in the nation?

Yellow Fever: I’ll buy Brian Brohm as the best QB in the nation, if only because there seems to be such a consensus on it that to pick someone else would seem clearly like I’m doing it just for the sake of being different.  So we’ll go with Brohm at number one.  I think number two would have be Colt Brennan because of the terrific numbers he put up last year, and then three would be Pat White - though it’s hard to say how much of a "pure" quarterback he is in terms of throwing ability, his fit within the scheme they run makes for incredible results.  Andre Woodson is another guy I don’t know much about, but put up great results, and rather than go with John David Booty at number five, I’ll go with our man Longshore.  Because I’m a homer.  At least I admit it.

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Yellow Feve (ESPN): I would like to correct myself and add Matt Ryan to the top of my QB list.

Yellow Fever: I would like to punch you in the face.

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Randy (Nashville, TN): Most experts seem to be picking UF of UGA with very little mention of Tenn. The Vols return a senior QB and a much more experienced defense than either UF or UGA. When you have to replace 9 starters or 6 of your front 7 and best DB, there are going to be a lot of growing pains in the SEC. Unless the Gators/Dawgs are planning on winning every game 42-38, it could be tough for them. Your thoughts?

Yellow Fever: Who cares?  Your season is over after September 1.

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David (NJ): Please settle arguement. How good was Big East really last year? I point to Bowl Record in defense, my friend uses the very weak non-conference schedule?

Yellow Fever: David, as much as it pains me to say it as a Rutgers alum, I can’t tell if you’re atypically bad at English, or just a typical Rutgers student.

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Paul (Moore, OK): Fever: Do you see any of OU’s 3 QB’s maybe pulling a Colt McCoy and having a sensational first year at the helm. Whoever it will be will be loaded with talent all around him just like McCoy was. Also do you possibly see them possibly developing into a Nate Hybl esque QB?

Yellow Fever: I don’t see it happening, because I don’t watch the Big 12.  What I do often see when watching Oklahoma play in big games, is them losing big.

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Grover (NJ): Why was Coach Miles mocking USC’s schedule when they have to play ND and Neb on the road? Is he trying to cover his behind if he does not reach the title game? Thanks.

Yellow Fever: Thanks Grover, you just rehashed Stewart Mandel’s argument from right here.  Good to know you can take analysis from one source and then pass it off as your own, just like, um…well, ok.  Us.

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Andy (Lafayette): Fever I’ve gone over the numbers and sim models a dozen times and I still can’t see how anybody is ever goin to score on LSU this season. Is this defense twice as good as last years?

Yellow Fever: Andy, you can’t expect me to believe anyone in Lafayette knows how to work a sim model.

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JZ (NJ): Can the ‘Cuse get to .500 and a bowl or should I just get ready for another disappointing year?

Yellow Fever: If there’s one thing has been proven fairly well over the years, it’s that hiring the defensive coordinator of a horrible NFL defense is no guarantee of college head coaching success.  Just like this guy.

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Chris (Cleveland, OH): To take a break from some studying my medical texts, why don’t Chad Henne and Mike Hart get the respect that they deserve? Both are seniors who have put up big numbers each of their 3 years of playing time, yet people don’t seem to be talking about them as top players in the nation?

Yellow Fever: Does everyone in Michigan have an inferiority complex?  Does everyone act like a bunch of fifteen year old girls who need to be told they’re pretty by every guy they walk by?

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Ryan (Baltimore, Maryland): If the Big Ten expands in a few years, who do you think will be the most likely team they would look for and would accept the invitation.

Yellow Fever: How about another school that can’t count, is good at football, has questionable athletics, and has done it before?  Let’s see here…this one.