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Sorry to tell you this, Hawaii, but you might not be that good: Part III

Sorry to tell you this, Hawaii, but you might not be that good: Part II

Sorry to tell you this, Hawaii, but you might not be that good: Part I 

And on to the game.  Well, actually before the game.  Firstly, the mic-man, aka this guy:

decided to do a pre-game Roll On You Bears.  WHAT?!?!!? NO, SERIOUSLY PEOPLE.  CAN WE TAKE A STAND AGAINST THIS?!?!  The game hadn’t even started yet!  What are we rolling on from?  That Cal ran out successfully from the North Tunnel?  This mic-man, who otherwise was great, should spend more time washing his hair and less time incorrectly doing the Roll On You Bears chant. 

As you might remember the game got off to a very fast start.

 

"Come back!  Please!  I’ll give you a pony!" 

I was nervous that it’d be like the NC game last year where OSU ran back the opening kick and that was pretty much all they had.  Luckily, it wasn’t like that.  But for the first while it sure seemed like it.  People around me who had come in late even asked if the Drum Major had caught the baton.  And guess what?  This Air-Bears fella is 2-2:

 

Sometimes it seemed like our offense couldn’t get started, like on this play where the fullback ran RIGHT into the defender.

 

Or this play, which I can only assume ended with an overthrown incompletion:

 

And even when our offense was able to start moving the ball, it seemed like random penalties would pop up at the worst time (i.e. 3rd and 1).  Or the refs would go all bonkers on us and call an easy fumble an incomplete.  The refs were making people feel like this:

 

"Ladylike?  Lady no like!" 

Thank God LA Tech wasn’t seemingly that good of a team.  It is not often a team can play a fraction of it’s potential and still mostly dominate.  DeSean didn’t do much, though.

 

"At this rate, they’ll give it to Brohm or McFadden." 

Our normally great kicking game even had a slight set-back.

 

"Every kick begiiiins with Kay."

Nonetheless, I am more than satisfied with Kay’s kicking so far.  He missed one, but pobody’s nerfect.  He has stepped in admirably and we are very lucky to have such a great backup kicker. 

People started to leave after halftime.  It had quickly turned into a laugher.

 

"So, there are two sausages in a pan.  One sausage turns to the other and says ‘wow, it sure is hot in here.’  The other sausage says "Oh My Tedford, a talking sausage!’" 

But no, we stayed till the end.  We know the truth.  The 4th qtr, well, no matter what, it’s still ours.

 

"HitSquad?" 

This one was no contest.

 

Hopefully, Arizona will be the same.  I sure hope it doesn’t rain.  This might be our last chance to wear wife beaters before fall finally hits.

One final note.  Slight criticism of the crowd.  But please, try to learn these lyrics as soon as possible:

Hail to California,
Alma Mater dear;
Sing the joyful chorus,
Sound it far and near.
Rallying round her banner,
We will never fail;
California, Alma Mater,
Hail! Hail! Hail!

Hail to California,
Queen in whom we’re blest;
Spreading light and goodness
Over all the West.
Fighting ‘neath her standard,
We shall sure prevail;
California, Alma Mater,
Hail! Hail! Hail!

You only really need the first stanza.  If you need practice, here is the instrumental.  Caution:  Can take a moment to load.  Caution:  GO BEARS! 

POSTED BY TwistNHook ON 09.19.07 @ 9:55 pm | 2 Comments

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2008 Cal Baseball Schedule

    02/22 W 5-1 vs. Kansas State
    02/23 W 12-1 vs. Utah Valley State
    02/23 T 8-8 vs. Utah Valley State
    02/24 Rained Out vs. Kansas State
    02/28 W 14-4 vs. Fresno State
    02/29 L 5-7 vs. Missouri
    03/01 W 5-3 vs. San Diego State
    03/02 W 5-0 @ San Diego
    03/04 W 8-3 vs. Stanford
    03/07 W 11-3 vs. Northern Iowa
    03/08 W 4-1 @ Minnesota
    03/09 W 12-2 vs. New Mexico
    03/11 W 6-2 vs. San Francisco
    03/14 W 10-4 vs. Loyola Marymount
    03/15 W 21-9 vs. Loyola Marymount
    03/15 L 2-6 vs. Loyola Marymount
    03/16 W 6-1 vs. Loyola Marymount
    03/18 L 6-12 vs. Sacramento State
    03/20 W 9-1 @ Washington State
    03/21 W 7-4 @ Washington State
    03/22 L 4-5 @ Washington State
    03/25 L 5-7 @ Santa Clara
    03/28 W 6-1 vs. Long Beach State
    03/29 W 10-6 vs. Long Beach State
    03/30 W 4-3 vs. Long Beach State
    04/01 L 1-5 @ San Francisco
    04/02 W 5-4 vs. Fresno State
    04/04 W 5-2 vs. Oregon State
    04/05 W 9-3 vs. Oregon State
    04/06 L 2-9 vs. Oregon State
    04/07 T 5-5 vs. Stanford
    04/09 W 16-8 vs. Santa Clara
    04/11 L 1-17 @ USC
    04/12 L 5-11 @ USC
    04/13 W 13-11 @ USC
    04/15 W 14-1 @ Pacific
    04/18 W 10-5 vs. Washington
    04/19 L 4-7 vs. Washington
    04/20 W 5-4 vs. Washington
    04/22 W 10-8 vs. Cal Poly
    04/25 L 7-11 @ Arizona State
    04/26 L 7-11 @ Arizona State
    04/27 L 2-18 @ Arizona State
    04/30 L 2-8 @ Cal Poly
    05/02 W 11-5 vs. Arizona
    05/03 W 6-5 vs. Arizona
    05/04 L 5-16 vs. Arizona
    05/06 W 13-4 vs. UC Davis
    05/09 W 4-3 @ Stanford
    05/10 W 5-2 @ Stanford
    05/11 L 5-8 @ Stanford
    05/13 L 5-9 @ UC Davis
    05/23 vs. UCLA
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2008 Cal Football Schedule

    08/30 vs. Michigan State
    09/06 @ Washington State
    09/13 @ Maryland
    09/20 BYE WEEK
    09/27 vs. Colorado State
    10/04 vs. Arizona State
    10/11 BYE WEEK
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    10/25 vs. UCLA
    11/01 vs. Oregon
    11/08 @ USC
    11/15 @ Oregon State
    11/22 vs. Stanford
    11/29 BYE WEEK
    12/06 vs. Washington

2007-08 Cal Men's BB Schedule

    11/08 W 100-42 vs. Alaska (exhib.)
    11/14 W 67-59 vs. Southern Miss
    11/19 W 74-62 vs. Nicholls State
    11/24 W 77-69 vs. San Diego State
    11/28 W 74-68 @ Nevada
    12/01 W 86-72 vs. Missouri
    12/05 W 117-74 vs. Jackson State
    12/09 L 75-82 @ Kansas State
    12/20 W 74-57 vs. Delaware State
    12/22 L 65-67 vs. Utah
    12/28 W 102-65 vs. Long Beach St.
    12/29 W 86-72 vs. North Dakota St.
    01/03 W 92-82 vs. USC
    01/05 L 58-70 vs. UCLA
    01/10 L 70-79 @ Oregon
    01/12 W 69-59 @ Oregon State
    01/17 L 90-99 vs. Arizona State
    01/19 L 75-79 vs. Arizona
    01/26 L 77-82 vs. Stanford
    01/31 W 69-64 @ Washington State
    02/02 W 79-75 @ Washington
    02/07 W 81-76 vs. Oregon State
    02/09 L 70-92 vs. Oregon
    02/14 L 73-83 @ Arizona
    02/16 W 76-73 @ Arizona State
    02/24 L 69-79 @ Stanford
    02/28 L 49-70 vs. Washington State
    03/01 L 84-87 vs. Washington
    03/06 L 89-93 @ USC
    03/08 L 80-81 @ UCLA
    03/12 W 84-81 vs. Washington
    03/13 L 66-88 vs. UCLA
    03/19 W 68-66 vs. New Mexico
    03/24 L 56-73 @ Ohio State

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