Ok let's try this again guys

If you care at all about where cal goes bowling, it would be really really helpful for UCLA to beat UW.

First, it basically eliminates UW from bowl contention. And for UCLA to be bowl eligible, they would still have to beat either SC or FSU (no sure thing). And even if UCLA is bowl eligible, they aren't necessarily more attractive than Cal to bowl games. And the biggest thing is that it's highly unlikely that the LA bowl takes UCLA two years in a row.

Bottom line, a UCLA win could bump cal up a few notches on the bowl pecking order, but most importantly, it almost assuredly means that the absolute floor for cal is the LA bowl (assuming they get to 6 wins).

Now, you may not care what bowl cal goes to, but id argue that's misguided for a few reasons.

A better bowl and thus a better opponent (possibly even a marquee opponent if it's vegas) means way more visibility for the program. We need ratings people.

A better bowl can also energize the fan base. Leading to possibly more NIL dollars.

A better bowl also helps recruiting and will help drive momentum into the following year.

If you can't see the benefits of possibly playing Alabama or LSU in vegas compared to whoever in the gasparilla bowl, I don't know what to tell you. For a program that needs as much visibility it can get just to stay viable, I would think we can all agree that we need to go to as good as a bowl as possible.

ducky23 said:

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Ok let's try this again guys

If you care at all about where cal goes bowling, it would be really really helpful for UCLA to beat UW.

First, it basically eliminates UW from bowl contention. And for UCLA to be bowl eligible, they would still have to beat either SC or FSU (no sure thing). And even if UCLA is bowl eligible, they aren't necessarily more attractive than Cal to bowl games. And the biggest thing is that it's highly unlikely that the LA bowl takes UCLA two years in a row.

Bottom line, a UCLA win could bump cal up a few notches on the bowl pecking order, but most importantly, it almost assuredly means that the absolute floor for cal is the LA bowl (assuming they get to 6 wins).

Now, you may not care what bowl cal goes to, but id argue that's misguided for a few reasons.

A better bowl and thus a better opponent (possibly even a marquee opponent if it's vegas) means way more visibility for the program. We need ratings people.

A better bowl can also energize the fan base. Leading to possibly more NIL dollars.

A better bowl also helps recruiting and will help drive momentum into the following year.

If you can't see the benefits of possibly playing Alabama or LSU in vegas compared to whoever in the gasparilla bowl, I don't know what to tell you. For a program that needs as much visibility it can get just to stay viable, I would think we can all agree that we need to go to as good as a bowl as possible.

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Go Bruins!

Sorry, fUCLA. I don't want them to have any momentum.

And the Gronk bowl is trash - smack dab in the middle of finals week. That will be a total bummer zero energy bowl.

There are so many possible movements with three conferences determining the bowl order that I'm just going to root for whomever irregardless to Cal's bowl. It's not going to affect a championship or playoff.

You haven't been paying much attention, the bear runts have improved a lot over the last 3 weeks and if they win tonight they probably win out and a 7-5 flukela team would garner some strong interest from the aforementioned bowls.

Strykur said:

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You haven't been paying much attention, the bear runts have improved a lot over the last 3 weeks and if they win tonight they probably win out and a 7-5 flukela team would garner some strong interest from the aforementioned bowls.

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Yes but, if UCLA wins out it effectively eliminates SC from bowl contention.
And SC even with just 6 wins is always going to be the bigger threat when it comes to bowl pecking order

Strykur said:

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You haven't been paying much attention, the bear runts have improved a lot over the last 3 weeks and if they win tonight they probably win out and a 7-5 flukela team would garner some strong interest from the aforementioned bowls.

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Agreed - not to mention the recruiting impact it would have. USC can tear it down and build it up again year after year given their fanbase and money. We need UCLA to stink it up and suffer so recruits lose interest and so do their fans.

I would rather root for USC than UCLA

ColoradoBear said:

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And the Gronk bowl is trash - smack dab in the middle of finals week. That will be a total bummer zero energy bowl.

There are so many possible movements with three conferences determining the bowl order that I'm just going to root for whomever irregardless to Cal's bowl. It's not going to affect a championship or playoff.

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In a best-case scenario where Colorado makes the playoff along with Oregon and the remaining PAC-12 teams are Washington State (Alamo), Arizona State (Holiday/Sun/Vegas), and then us (ahead of 6-6 Washington/SC/flukela), we could bypass the LA Bowl but Holiday and Sun are ACC bowls, so we could get dropped because of those tie-ins, also the LA Bowl is the floor which would keep us from going back to Shreveport.

DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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Root for whomever you want, but USC is the reason our Bears are one corrupt Florida court decision away from having no conference at all.

DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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Then root for Nebraska to beat USC tomorrow.

Then you could root for USC to beat UCLA as long as the Trojans lose to Notre Dame to close out the season.

DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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Same

calumnus said:

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ducky23 said:

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Ok let's try this again guys

If you care at all about where cal goes bowling, it would be really really helpful for UCLA to beat UW.

First, it basically eliminates UW from bowl contention. And for UCLA to be bowl eligible, they would still have to beat either SC or FSU (no sure thing). And even if UCLA is bowl eligible, they aren't necessarily more attractive than Cal to bowl games. And the biggest thing is that it's highly unlikely that the LA bowl takes UCLA two years in a row.

Bottom line, a UCLA win could bump cal up a few notches on the bowl pecking order, but most importantly, it almost assuredly means that the absolute floor for cal is the LA bowl (assuming they get to 6 wins).

Now, you may not care what bowl cal goes to, but id argue that's misguided for a few reasons.

A better bowl and thus a better opponent (possibly even a marquee opponent if it's vegas) means way more visibility for the program. We need ratings people.

A better bowl can also energize the fan base. Leading to possibly more NIL dollars.

A better bowl also helps recruiting and will help drive momentum into the following year.

If you can't see the benefits of possibly playing Alabama or LSU in vegas compared to whoever in the gasparilla bowl, I don't know what to tell you. For a program that needs as much visibility it can get just to stay viable, I would think we can all agree that we need to go to as good as a bowl as possible.

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Go Bruins!

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Cal 0
Alabama 66

I experienced it.

Those are the ugliest UW uniforms they've ever had, it's like a bad attempt at Oregon.

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Those are the ugliest UW uniforms they've ever had, it's like a bad attempt at Oregon.

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Young people like black.

UCLA just can't tackle.

ColoradoBear said:

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Sorry, fUCLA. I don't want them to have any momentum.

And the Gronk bowl is trash - smack dab in the middle of finals week. That will be a total bummer zero energy bowl.

There are so many possible movements with three conferences determining the bowl order that I'm just going to root for whomever irregardless to Cal's bowl. It's not going to affect a championship or playoff.

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There actually aren't as many bowl movements as you think.

Also, UCLA winning creates a floor of the LA Bowl. That's the key here.

If you want chaos, then I guess root for SC and UW to both be bowl eligible. See how that works out for cal.

Being in the neighborhood, I really do not like UW and their entitled attitude. I don't like UCLA, but if I have to choose I pretty much take anyone over UW. If you haven't lived in the Seattle area you have no idea how arrogant their fans are and how much they believe they deserve to be better than everyone else.

ducky23 said:

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ColoradoBear said:

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Sorry, fUCLA. I don't want them to have any momentum.

And the Gronk bowl is trash - smack dab in the middle of finals week. That will be a total bummer zero energy bowl.

There are so many possible movements with three conferences determining the bowl order that I'm just going to root for whomever irregardless to Cal's bowl. It's not going to affect a championship or playoff.

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If you want chaos, then I guess root for SC and UW to both be bowl eligible. See how that works out for cal.

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See ya in Shreveport

Stupid penalty by UCLA. The hit didn't affect the throw and if he had let up, the interception would have stood. That is how you lose games.

UCLA sucks. Big time.

Unfortunately I don't see fucla winning this game. It's 14-3 fuskies now late Q2

Can't stand either of them.

GO BEARS!!

Strykur said:

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ducky23 said:

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ColoradoBear said:

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Sorry, fUCLA. I don't want them to have any momentum.

And the Gronk bowl is trash - smack dab in the middle of finals week. That will be a total bummer zero energy bowl.

There are so many possible movements with three conferences determining the bowl order that I'm just going to root for whomever irregardless to Cal's bowl. It's not going to affect a championship or playoff.

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If you want chaos, then I guess root for SC and UW to both be bowl eligible. See how that works out for cal.

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See ya in Shreveport

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I'm not going back!

All those rooting against UCLA should be required to experience Shreveport

I get the USC draw....but a mid-UW team? Why would they jump the Calgorithm?

Bhaghani isn't perfect after all.

Econ141 said:

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I get the USC draw....but a mid-UW team? Why would they jump the Calgorithm?

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They wouldn't, that's the idea

bRuins are done.

Bear runts fumbled away their chances

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Econ141 said:

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I get the USC draw....but a mid-UW team? Why would they jump the Calgorithm?

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They wouldn't, that's the idea

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Because bowl selections are almost solely based on tv ratings.

I mean, if cal gets to 7, sure. But wouldn't it be easier to just be sure?

It's ok, still got two more chances to avoid Shreveport. Nebraska/usc and UCLA/SC

J. Michael Sturdivant 1 carry 5 yards 1 reception 6 yards 11 total yards
Jeremiah Hunter 2 receptions 16 yards

How are the transfers working out?

Funny thing is, while Shreveport is an unappealing destination and the one visited last year, it would give our Bears a better chance to win this year than LA. Indy Bowl this year is on December 28. LA Bowl is on December 18, in the middle of the December 16-20 final exam week.

Did you folks notice that the Bruins only had 10 players on defense when Washington scored the TD that put the game away?

DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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ducktilldeath said:

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DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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SC may be driven by avarice and greed but I can respect their business acumen, the bear runts are nothing

Strykur said:

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ducktilldeath said:

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DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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SC may be driven by avarice and greed but I can respect their business acumen, the bear runts are nothing

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Nobody educated at CAL would say "avarice and greed".

calumnus said:

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DoubtfulBear said:

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I would rather root for USC than UCLA

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Then root for Nebraska to beat USC tomorrow.

Then you could root for USC to beat UCLA as long as the Trojans lose to Notre Dame to close out the season.

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This sounds like a palatable alternative
Go Huskers!