If you haven't listened to the "Tell The Whole Damn World" podcast, this week's episode is with Mike Pawlawski, and it is an amazing look back at his time at Cal, what his recruiting process was like (he was dubbed the "worst QB recruit in the Pac10 that year"), the talent on the team he led to the Citrus Bowl beatdown of Clemson, and much more. Highly worth a listen for any Cal FB fan!
One snippet that was a bit discouraging was when he spoke about his and Troy Auzenne's efforts to try and reunite the heralded 1991 team at Cal and was met with repeated resistance. He didn't go into detail, but was critical of the school for being so difficult and missing out on a huge opportunity to rally support around our prior football greats. He did say that efforts in last year's 2004 team reunion was a good start, but that we have so much opportunity to do more.
Here is the episode at 55:19 where he talks about this, but the whole episode is really terrific. Episode from the start is below
One snippet that was a bit discouraging was when he spoke about his and Troy Auzenne's efforts to try and reunite the heralded 1991 team at Cal and was met with repeated resistance. He didn't go into detail, but was critical of the school for being so difficult and missing out on a huge opportunity to rally support around our prior football greats. He did say that efforts in last year's 2004 team reunion was a good start, but that we have so much opportunity to do more.
Here is the episode at 55:19 where he talks about this, but the whole episode is really terrific. Episode from the start is below