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okaydo said:

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ducky23 said:

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ducky23 said:

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The real question is whether students are going to get up that early.

I remember going to gameday at USC in '04, it was sooooo early. Godamn

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I recall that when Cal was good at basketball, students were up at o'dark thirty to run to buy tickets...and that wasn't even televised.

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I have very little faith in this generation of students. Tik tok, K-pop and anime has taken precedence over sports. But maybe they'll surprise me.

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Yeah, college students are known for being up all night, particularly on a weekend. And they would totally be up for something totally different. I can't imagine it being a ghost town.

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Hopefully we will get a chance to see. I'll be very pleasantly surprised if this generation of students can fill the glade from 6am-9am

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Hope so, but I would hope our alumni alone could pack the glade. As starved as the fanbase is for that kind of event, I doubt we would have any trouble getting people to turn out. CGD is a huge if and this point though. Gotta take care of business.

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ducky23 said:

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Hopefully we will get a chance to see. I'll be very pleasantly surprised if this generation of students can fill the glade from 6am-9am

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Hope so, but I would hope our alumni alone could pack the glade. As starved as the fanbase is for that kind of event, I doubt we would have any trouble getting people to turn out. CGD is a huge if and this point though. Gotta take care of business.

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Indeed. It would not just be students.

It's the team's responsibility to take care of business. It's my responsibility to show up to a still-hypothetical CGD if they can make that happen.

I see it stated a few times in this thread, but let's state it explicitly:

Can we please just focus on SDSU?!

As nice as it is to speculate and dream, threads like this get us to 2-1, followed by threads in 2030 "remember the time we were 2 weeks away from game day?"

hehatenate said:

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I see it stated a few times in this thread, but let's state it explicitly:

Can we please just focus on SDSU?!

As nice as it is to speculate and dream, threads like this get us to 2-1, followed by threads in 2030 "remember the time we were 2 weeks away from game day?"

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I'm actually very okay with us speculating and dreaming because I know there is absolutely no chance that anyone posting here is taking a snap against the Aztecs.
If I believed that anything here could be talked into truth, then I wouldn't have been at Auburn Saturday for one of the best games of my long Cal fandom.
Worry about what you can control: are you showing up Saturday to help push Cal over SDSU? How's the NIL contributions going if you have the means to do that?

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Miami has two relatively easy games (Ball State and S. Florida) and should be 4-0, ranked in the middle of the top 10 before their game in Berkeley.

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Miami has THREE games before they play us. They play Virginia Tech the week before they fly out to Berkeley (we have a bye week after the Florida St. game).

Too many variables at this point to get all worked up about the potential of GameDay and Pat McAfee's v-neck t-shirts in my opinion.

hehatenate said:

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I see it stated a few times in this thread, but let's state it explicitly:

Can we please just focus on SDSU?!

As nice as it is to speculate and dream, threads like this get us to 2-1, followed by threads in 2030 "remember the time we were 2 weeks away from game day?"

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Screw that. I'm going to keep fantasizing. We don't get too many opportunities to do this, so might as well enjoy this

So who should we get to be the celebrity picker? Marshawn right?

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Cal88 said:

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Miami has two relatively easy games (Ball State and S. Florida) and should be 4-0, ranked in the middle of the top 10 before their game in Berkeley.

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Miami has THREE games before they play us. They play Virginia Tech the week before they fly out to Berkeley (we have a bye week after the Florida St. game).

Too many variables at this point to get all worked up about the potential of GameDay and Pat McAfee's v-neck t-shirts in my opinion.

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There is a path for Gameday to be here. But for that to happen both teams will likely need to win every game between now and then.

It is fun to project. But Notre Dame lost to NIU. So almost anything can happen in college football. Just beat SDSU and get ready for FSU.

Beat FSU and then have Miami live up to its end of the deal. It would be great fun and fantastic for the program. But first things first. Lets beat SDSU.

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Cal88 said:

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Miami has two relatively easy games (Ball State and S. Florida) and should be 4-0, ranked in the middle of the top 10 before their game in Berkeley.

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Miami has THREE games before they play us. They play Virginia Tech the week before they fly out to Berkeley (we have a bye week after the Florida St. game).

Too many variables at this point to get all worked up about the potential of GameDay and Pat McAfee's v-neck t-shirts in my opinion.

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There is a path for Gameday to be here. But for that to happen both teams will likely need to win every game between now and then.

It is fun to project. But Notre Dame lost to NIU. So almost anything can happen in college football. Just beat SDSU and get ready for FSU.

Beat FSU and then have Miami live up to its end of the deal. It would be great fun and fantastic for the program. But first things first. Lets beat SDSU.

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Of course a lot of things could happen until then, but as things stand on paper today, the Miami game is at least as likely as any other that week of being the Gameday pick.

I don't think we will have a letdown against SDSU at home. The main issue with the first half of the Davis game was all the new personnel being on the same page. Having a signature win like that at Auburn is very helpful for improving team morale especially in terms of finishing close games on top, which we didn't manage last year vs Auburn and USC, and in terms of the team gelling and having better chemistry. I think the team will come out hungry and motivated on Saturday.

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hehatenate said:

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I see it stated a few times in this thread, but let's state it explicitly:

Can we please just focus on SDSU?!

As nice as it is to speculate and dream, threads like this get us to 2-1, followed by threads in 2030 "remember the time we were 2 weeks away from game day?"

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Screw that. I'm going to keep fantasizing. We don't get too many opportunities to do this, so might as well enjoy this

So who should we get to be the celebrity picker? Marshawn right?

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Yes, it's going to be Marshawn.

Ok so what unis are we going with in the ACC championship game?

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I'm glad we're not getting ahead of ourselves.

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San Diego State has a way of doing that to us.

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A Mountain West team getting shut out at home will have that effect.

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2016 45-40 SD State wins at home vs Cal. It was ugly and we just had problems at home with UCD. So Game Day? Please.

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ducky23 said:

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hehatenate said:

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I see it stated a few times in this thread, but let's state it explicitly:

Can we please just focus on SDSU?!

As nice as it is to speculate and dream, threads like this get us to 2-1, followed by threads in 2030 "remember the time we were 2 weeks away from game day?"

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Screw that. I'm going to keep fantasizing. We don't get too many opportunities to do this, so might as well enjoy this

So who should we get to be the celebrity picker? Marshawn right?

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Yes, it's going to be Marshawn.

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Darkhorse: Adam Duritz

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Strykur said:

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I'm glad we're not getting ahead of ourselves.

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San Diego State has a way of doing that to us.

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A Mountain West team getting shut out at home will have that effect.

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2016 45-40 SD State wins at home vs Cal. It was ugly and we just had problems at home with UCD. So Game Day? Please.

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San Diego State in 2016 won 11 games, they are not a threat this year

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Strykur said:

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I'm glad we're not getting ahead of ourselves.

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San Diego State has a way of doing that to us.

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A Mountain West team getting shut out at home will have that effect.

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2016 45-40 SD State wins at home vs Cal. It was ugly and we just had problems at home with UCD. So Game Day? Please.

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San Diego State in 2016 won 11 games, they are not a threat this year

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Yes, people always complain about that loss, but San Diego State finished the 2016 season ranked.

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Ok so what unis are we going with in the ACC championship game?

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I roll with last week until you lose in them ..

I get it this is jumping the gun and looking ahead, but IF the stars do align, don't we want to know if there is anything we can do now to help it in any way? I know we've had meaningful games in the past and got overlooked.

IF things align, I don't want Cal to get overlooked again.

I see now that we have a bye between FSU and Miami. Maybe we can revisit after FSU and at least still have ~2 weeks.

I'm loving the Cal online Twitter community, and I think there's some noise that can be made from that angle.

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I get it this is jumping the gun and looking ahead, but IF the stars do align, don't we want to know if there is anything we can do now to help it in any way? I know we've had meaningful games in the past and got overlooked.

IF things align, I don't want Cal to get overlooked again.

I see now that we have a bye between FSU and Miami. Maybe we can revisit after FSU and at least still have ~2 weeks.

I'm loving the Cal online Twitter community, and I think there's some noise that can be made from that angle.

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They're already make a little bit of noise abt gameday. It'll teach a fever pitch if we somehow get past FSU

The bye week timing between these two big games is perfect both in terms of the team resting and recovering and the potential Gameday campaign.

And yes, CGD is huge, but my thinking extends beyond that. I have said before that for the first time in ages our schedule is very much front loaded this year (first six tougher than last six). So often having the last six games harder is killer for the Bears, as you do accumulate injuries, wear and tear, and in our case losses in the first six. It is then really tough to get back up the standings in late Oct/Nov....So if we get to Miami at 4-0 things look very good for us exceeding most fans predictions for our season record.

Let's do it.

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And yes, CGD is huge, but my thinking extends beyond that. I have said before that for the first time in ages our schedule is very much front loaded this year (first six tougher than last six). So often having the last six games harder is killer for the Bears, as you do accumulate injuries, wear and tear, and in our case losses in the first six. It is then really tough to get back up the standings in late Oct/Nov....So if we get to Miami at 4-0 things look very good for us exceeding most fans predictions for our season record.

Let's do it.

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I didn't want to post this originally because I don't want to jinx things (plus it's still very early) but Cal's strength of record is #3 in the country. Our strength of remaining schedule is #71.

Imagine if we can just get thru 4-1 headed to Pitt. We're looking pretty f'ing good.

Here is the updated ESPN Strength of Record rankings for ACC teams.

What surprises you most? pic.twitter.com/WjDfzHGdQT

— Just Means Less ACC (@FQACC) September 10, 2024

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And yes, CGD is huge, but my thinking extends beyond that. I have said before that for the first time in ages our schedule is very much front loaded this year (first six tougher than last six). So often having the last six games harder is killer for the Bears, as you do accumulate injuries, wear and tear, and in our case losses in the first six. It is then really tough to get back up the standings in late Oct/Nov....So if we get to Miami at 4-0 things look very good for us exceeding most fans predictions for our season record.

Let's do it.

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I didn't want to post this originally because I don't want to jinx things (plus it's still very early) but Cal's strength of record is #3 in the country. Our strength of remaining schedule is #71.

Imagine if we can just get thru 4-1 headed to Pitt. We're looking pretty f'ing good.

Here is the updated ESPN Strength of Record rankings for ACC teams.

What surprises you most? pic.twitter.com/WjDfzHGdQT

— Just Means Less ACC (@FQACC) September 10, 2024

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We don't want to get ahead of ourselves at all, but on the other hand, year after year I recall posters here complaining about us getting to the last six and we are 2-4 or 3-3 and get clobbered. Biggest thing is we complain about how hard at the end and then give it proof. This year it is very, very hard at the beginning. No gimmees at all.

Tom Hanks one time made a comment that he had a dream of winning the Heisman with the "California Golden Bears." Something along those lines, When asked about what he rather be talented in sports over acting (or something.) The guest doesn't have to be an alum correct? Just somebody with ties?

Marshawn Lynch 60%
Alex Morgan 20%
Tom Hanks 10%
Chris Pine 5%
John Cho 2%
Kamala Harris 1%
Field 2%

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I get it this is jumping the gun and looking ahead, but IF the stars do align, don't we want to know if there is anything we can do now to help it in any way? I know we've had meaningful games in the past and got overlooked.

IF things align, I don't want Cal to get overlooked again.

I see now that we have a bye between FSU and Miami. Maybe we can revisit after FSU and at least still have ~2 weeks.

I'm loving the Cal online Twitter community, and I think there's some noise that can be made from that angle.

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With the BYE Week, we can get the social media army going, and start promoting ourselves 2 weeks early.

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Tom Hanks one time made a comment that he had a dream of winning the Heisman with the "California Golden Bears." Something along those lines, When asked about what he rather be talented in sports over acting (or something.) The guest doesn't have to be an alum correct? Just somebody with ties?

Marshawn Lynch 60%
Alex Morgan 20%
Tom Hanks 10%
Chris Pine 5%
John Cho 2%
Kamala Harris 1%
Field 2%

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Joe Starkey recommendation coming in 3…2…1

Any other Cal sports stars who might be brought on as guests? Tony Gonzalez? Jason Kidd?

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Any other Cal sports stars who might be brought on as guests? Tony Gonzalez? Jason Kidd?

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Ron Rivera? Desean Jackson? Kevin Johnson?

Lions have a bye that week, so maybe Jared?

Celtics preseason starts the following week so maybe Jaylen?

But Marshawn is clearly #1

Test

I am the person who first mentioned, at least a month ago, that Cal had never appeared on ESPN College Gameday and should submit a request to do so. At that time, I suggested that appearance should be against Miami, since it would be a game relatively early in the season,Miami was projected to have a good season, and also that Cal is only among six FBS teams that have never appeared on GameDay.

Since that time Cal has won its first two games this season, leading to some Cal fans to get excited about Cal's chances this football season. There has been many posts on this blog about the details relating to a possible Cal GameDay television appearance this season and what Cal should do relating to that.

I don't want to get into the possible options Cal may have relating to the time GameDay would occur if Cal was a team that appeared on it. Not sure if the game could be played in the afternoon rather than earlier, but likely not. I'll leave that topic to those who know the GameDay rules relating to that, as perhaps that GameDay festivities at Cal must start as early at 6 a.m, Pacific time, to allow it to start later in the day in other time zones. I am not sure GameDay only appears in the morning, but it appears that could be possible. Others may want to comment on this issue.

The real reason I am writing this is to suggest who should represent Cal on the pregame GameDay program. I think Cal should be represented by Chancellor Rich Lyons, who attended the 1982 The Play game as an undergrad at Cal, Kevin Moen, who scored the winning touchdown for Cal as part of The Play, and Joe Starkey, who called The Play on the radio, leading to his call of it to be linked up to the video footage of it. If shown on TV, it should include Starkey's post touchdown rant right after the refs ruled The Play as resulted in a Cal touchdown, through Starkey's ending statement that "there will be no extra point," (as Cal's touchdown by itself won the game for Cal).

I witnessed The Play. It will go down in history as the greatest football play perhaps ever,in college or pro history. Cal needs to express that point clearly in any Cal appearance on ESPN College GameDay.

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hehatenate said:

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I see it stated a few times in this thread, but let's state it explicitly:

Can we please just focus on SDSU?!

As nice as it is to speculate and dream, threads like this get us to 2-1, followed by threads in 2030 "remember the time we were 2 weeks away from game day?"

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Screw that. I'm going to keep fantasizing. We don't get too many opportunities to do this, so might as well enjoy this

So who should we get to be the celebrity picker? Marshawn right?

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Yes, it's going to be Marshawn.

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Darkhorse: Adam Duritz

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Has-been.
At least he finally lost the fake dreads…

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The real question is whether students are going to get up that early.

I remember going to gameday at USC in '04, it was sooooo early. Godamn

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I recall that when Cal was good at basketball, students were up at o'dark thirty to run to buy tickets...and that wasn't even televised.

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I have very little faith in this generation of students. Tik tok, K-pop and anime has taken precedence over sports. But maybe they'll surprise me.

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Yeah, college students are known for being up all night, particularly on a weekend. And they would totally be up for something totally different. I can't imagine it being a ghost town.

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Hopefully we will get a chance to see. I'll be very pleasantly surprised if this generation of students can fill the glade from 6am-9am

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Hope so, but I would hope our alumni alone could pack the glade. As starved as the fanbase is for that kind of event, I doubt we would have any trouble getting people to turn out. CGD is a huge if and this point though. Gotta take care of business.

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Maxwell Family Field fits IMO.
Great shot of the stadium. They'll be plenty of shots of campus and the views of SF. Maxwell is flat and open.

Also, i will look pretty full with just a few hundred people, whereas you would need several thousands to fill up the Glade.

I think it's going to depend on how many ppl you think you can draw. Maxwell is a relatively extremely small space for gameday. But if you only think you can get hundreds of people, then that might have to be the choice.

Just to give you an idea, the record attendance for gameday is 26k (James Madison). I have no idea what the average is, but I'd wager it's somewhere in between 5k-10k. That's at least what we should be shooting for. But like I've said earlier, I'm skeptical

What is the capacity of each of the two choices to host Gameday? Equal access to necessary power for ESPN to use?

Do youi think Cal would give permission for people to camp out at either the night before the event? But probably a new issue for them, so might take some time to get an answer for each venue.

Thanks and Go Bears!

SDSU and FSU are done deals..this is looking good

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I think it's going to depend on how many ppl you think you can draw. Maxwell is a relatively extremely small space for gameday. But if you only think you can get hundreds of people, then that might have to be the choice.

Just to give you an idea, the record attendance for gameday is 26k (James Madison). I have no idea what the average is, but I'd wager it's somewhere in between 5k-10k. That's at least what we should be shooting for. But like I've said earlier, I'm skeptical

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The main problem here is that the show will run from 6am to 9am PST. You could get several thousands to attend a 9am to 12pm pregame show at Maxwell field, but not many are going to be there that early in the morning.