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In reply to Beaverdreams2 • 6:05p, 10/26/24

Beaverdreams2 said:
DoubtfulBear said:
BarcaBear said:
We beat Stanford, and lose all other games.
Beavers bust out another win.
Cal loses a close one to Wake Forest, comes down to a missed field goal
Syracuse looks close, but Cal misses multiple field goals to secure the loss.
We beat Stanford 21 to 18 and yet it feels like Stanford loses intentionally just to troll Cal by hitting 6 field goals.

SMU is going to humiliate our coaches so badly (72-14) that the 4th quarter is shortened by 10 minutes. Wilcox grows a conscious and decides to take his buy out over a 30 year period so Cal can move on from his terrible time at the helm. Ron Rivera becomes head coach (for free) just so that he doesn't have to read Calalumnus constantly talking about how Ron will save Cal football.

Im so bad at this, I genuinely thought we had the talent to compete for ACC title. I was half right. We do have the athletic talent, we just don't have the coaching talent.

This is Cal after all, so Cal will probably run the table and Knowlton will hand Wilcox a lifetime extension. lolol

I have no faith that we will beat Furd. They are 5-1 Syracuse's only loss. Meanwhile our best win is 2-5 Auburn
My Beavers are a mess right now. I hear we get a couple defensive players back for the Cal game, so that helps, but still.....if Cal shows up at all, you will get your feel better game against our porous defense. I'll be there to support, but fully expecting a Bears win...maybe even big.

Good call.

Is the program going to rebuild next year or will the Beavs have a hard time getting back to their previous P12 strength?

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In reply to calumnus • 6:12p, 10/26/24

calumnus said:
Wang24 said:
It's amazing how the teams we played in the ACC struggles with us , yet defeat their foes easily (Miami vs. Louisville/ Pitt vs Cuse/ etc… the over arching theme for this season is "finishing" it's like Cal forgot that there are four quarters to football… which leaves me to believe what practice is like…… you give half effort practices, you get half effort results on gameday…we be lucky to go bowling this season. I'm out of optimism for this years team…

We could easily be 7-0 instead of 3-4, we have the talent.

Who guessed we would get into November without a single ACC win?

Who would have thunk we would be undefeated in the Pac-12 by November?

I think we can get to 8-4, we should be favored in every game except SMU and by then with 4 straight wins the team will have learned to close the deal.

We should finish 8-4 or 7-5, which is kind of where many of us predicted we would.

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In reply to Cal88 • 7:19p, 10/26/24

Cal88 said:
calumnus said:
Wang24 said:
It's amazing how the teams we played in the ACC struggles with us , yet defeat their foes easily (Miami vs. Louisville/ Pitt vs Cuse/ etc… the over arching theme for this season is "finishing" it's like Cal forgot that there are four quarters to football… which leaves me to believe what practice is like…… you give half effort practices, you get half effort results on gameday…we be lucky to go bowling this season. I'm out of optimism for this years team…

We could easily be 7-0 instead of 3-4, we have the talent.

Who guessed we would get into November without a single ACC win?

Who would have thunk we would be undefeated in the Pac-12 by November?

I think we can get to 8-4, we should be favored in every game except SMU and by then with 4 straight wins the team will have learned to close the deal.

We should finish 8-4 or 7-5, which is kind of where many of us predicted we would.

Given our easy schedule this year we predicted 8-4 and 7-5 taking Wilcox into account. We should be 8-0 and ranked right now, but 4-4 was a reasonable prediction for this point given Wilcox. Wilcox meeting lowered expectations should not be to his credit.

We are alone in last place in the ACC. We could easily be in first. That is a huge missed opportunity. We could be selling out Memorial. There would be huge hype around the program.

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In reply to bearsandgiants • 7:47p, 10/26/24

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Feeling good about the game today. Had a dream blast night that Ott comes back next year, he and Nando compete for the heisman, gameday revisits Berkeley, we go undefeated and win the national championship. Wilcox completely redeemed by hiring full-time Oline and special teams coaches, recruiting the top fcs kickers and olinemen in the nation, and getting the old blues to donate enough to keep this entire crew together for one more run. Zero injuries.

You shouldn't post when you're high. You're embarrassing yourself.

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In reply to Cal88 • 8:02p, 10/26/24

Cal88 said:
calumnus said:
Wang24 said:
It's amazing how the teams we played in the ACC struggles with us , yet defeat their foes easily (Miami vs. Louisville/ Pitt vs Cuse/ etc… the over arching theme for this season is "finishing" it's like Cal forgot that there are four quarters to football… which leaves me to believe what practice is like…… you give half effort practices, you get half effort results on gameday…we be lucky to go bowling this season. I'm out of optimism for this years team…

We could easily be 7-0 instead of 3-4, we have the talent.

Who guessed we would get into November without a single ACC win?

Who would have thunk we would be undefeated in the Pac-12 by November?

I think we can get to 8-4, we should be favored in every game except SMU and by then with 4 straight wins the team will have learned to close the deal.

We should finish 8-4 or 7-5, which is kind of where many of us predicted we would.

Years we entered November without a conference win: 2020 (COVID), 2013 (Dykes' disastrous first year) and 2001 (Holmoe's disastrous last year).

I do hope we turn it around, the schedule, other than SMU, and maybe Syracuse, looks favorable.

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10:09p, 10/26/24

The schedule is easier than last year but tbf, Cal is probably going to play 3 of the 4 best ACC teams this season (only missing Clemson) so compared to SMU and Stanford it was a harder ride. Of course losing to FSU and NC State will always hurt a lot though because I think 5-3 conference record will be a decent reflection of Cal's talent level this year.

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In reply to Joegeo • 10:33p, 10/26/24

Joegeo said:
The schedule is easier than last year but tbf, Cal is probably going to play 3 of the 4 best ACC teams this season (only missing Clemson) so compared to SMU and Stanford it was a harder ride. Of course losing to FSU and NC State will always hurt a lot though because I think 5-3 conference record will be a decent reflection of Cal's talent level this year.

"Will be", or would have been?

Something about, you are what your record says you are.

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In reply to Joegeo • 10:37p, 10/26/24

Joegeo said:
The schedule is easier than last year but tbf, Cal is probably going to play 3 of the 4 best ACC teams this season (only missing Clemson) so compared to SMU and Stanford it was a harder ride. Of course losing to FSU and NC State will always hurt a lot though because I think 5-3 conference record will be a decent reflection of Cal's talent level this year.

The schedule is FAR easier than last year based on strength of schedule rankings. I also think this team, with a great defense and Mendoza starting from day one, throwing lasers and not making turnovers is considerably better than last year's team with poor defense and offensive turnovers. All our losses so far have been due to coaching or indirectly due to pre-snap penalties (indicative of coaching, not talent).

If we had beaten Miami and Pittsburgh, as we easily could have, you would have a different view of who the top 4 teams in the ACC are (and we would be one of them). But yes, NC State and FSU were worse losses.

I firmly believe that Cal's talent level is every bit as good at Pittsburgh's or even Miami's as evidenced by the fact we could have and should have beaten them at home. Our talent level is much better than last year and this year's ACC cannot compare to last year's PAC-12.

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In reply to Wang24 • 10:53p, 10/26/24

Wang24 said:
What's wrong with being negative as a fan when your team sucks…. It's year 8!!! Thats part of being a fan, is it not… ? I have excepted the fact that each persons capacity for patient and emotional control is different… so kudos to those who are more optimistic than I, and kudos to those who are more negative than I … but one thing remains.. I will always be a fan of our beloved Golden Bears …

As always… Go Bears!

Results haven't been good and of course fans are going to feel negative. In fact, we just pounded the Beavers 44-7 today and all I can think of is, oh, if we had only won 2-3 of those other games. So, yeah.

The poster I was responding to, IMO, has seemed to have had the most negative takes on everything, going back years. It has just been too much. To each his own, though, We all want the Bears to win and we're just here swapping opinions.

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In reply to Big C • 11:37p, 10/26/24

Big C said:
Wang24 said:
What's wrong with being negative as a fan when your team sucks…. It's year 8!!! Thats part of being a fan, is it not… ? I have excepted the fact that each persons capacity for patient and emotional control is different… so kudos to those who are more optimistic than I, and kudos to those who are more negative than I … but one thing remains.. I will always be a fan of our beloved Golden Bears …

As always… Go Bears!

Results haven't been good and of course fans are going to feel negative. In fact, we just pounded the Beavers 44-7 today and all I can think of is, oh, if we had only won 2-3 of those other games. So, yeah.

The poster I was responding to, IMO, has seemed to have had the most negative takes on everything, going back years. It has just been too much. To each his own, though, We all want the Bears to win and we're just here swapping opinions.

I understand where everyone is coming from (well with a few exceptions). I understand the pure pessimists and I understand the pure optimists. I want to be optimistic about the future, I really do.

Where I break with the pure optimists is sugarcoating the past, making excuses or lowering the bar (the opposite of optimism really). I think you need to look at what is working and honestly look at what is not working in order make corrections and improve in order to be better in the future. Things don't get better by circling the wagons and arguing "everything is fine" or this is "good enough."

I also will never write anyone off. Everyone, even Wilcox, can learn and improve, but they have to willing to do a self assessment and go out and get the information, mentorship, help or training to improve. If an employee is unwilling to do that, we find a lesser role for them or suggest it might be better if they find another employer.

Nando is the perfect example. He knew and said his ball security had to improve . His ball security is night and day from last year. He went to Manning Camp. He sought out Mike Pawlawski as a mentor. He said he needed to improve his accuracy on short throws and he went and did it. On the broadcast they showed him mentally running through reps. He is going out and getting all the resources he can. He combines honest self-criticism with unflagging optimism and hard work. He is a great role model for Justin Wilcox (and for all of us). He may not reach his lofty goals, but if he doesn't it won't be for lack of self-assessment, lack of effort, a negative attitude or settling for less than excellence.

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