Come home Chris. Don't you miss duck hunting in the fertile Sacramento Valley and fishing in the plethora of rivers and lakes of your childhood? Don't you want to be closer to your family? Can't you see yourself returning as a homegrown Nor Cal celebrity and then becoming a legend for all eternity? Don't you want to take the Flagship University in the system that educated you and gave you opportunity to the pinnacle of success? You grew up watching Cal play. You understand what a Rose Bowl or BCS win would mean more than most. You will have a gleaming new stadium and athletic facilities in an unmatched location. You know that this is one of the great Universities of the world and that our football program should match the excellence we achieve in all of our other endeavors. Boise has been very good to you. It is time for you to come back to California. Come to Berkeley. We need you.

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Well stated. Come on home Chris.

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You flirted with LA last year...now come to an actual top tier university.

Nycgb this is my sentiment exactly come home chris

To dream....

BlueAndGold;841965650 said:

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You flirted with LA last year...now come to an actual top tier university.

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Chris wouldn't go to LA. He is a small town boy from Yuba City. There is absolutely no attaction for him there. Home is Nor Cal. Berkeley is less than two hours from all the memories of his youth. His legendary playing days at Yuba City High School where as the QB, he was but a split second away from upsetting then powerhouse Cordova in the section playoffs to Sacramento City College where he bloomed then on to UC Davis and a fine career and tutelage under Jim Sochor. Remember those days Chris?

I love Peterson, but he's a dream hire.
Diaz and Smart too.

I don't think we can pull a guy that big out here, but who knows. I also didn't think we'd lose Tosh...

socaliganbear;841965663 said:

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To dream....

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is the first step to achieving. We are Golden Bears!

NYCGOBEARS;841965672 said:

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is to achieve. We are Golden Bears!

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Yep. People forget what a worse Cal program pulled 11 years ago.

BlueAndGold;841965671 said:

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I love Peterson, but he's a dream hire.
Diaz and Smart too.

I don't think we can pull a guy that big out here, but who knows. I also didn't think we'd lose Tosh...

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We need a guy that can not only perform but one that the Old Blues with deep pockets will empty them for. Can you think of a better guy? He may not want to come here but let's try. I can think of not one more compelling candidate that our boosters would get excited to support.

NYCGOBEARS;841965678 said:

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We need a guy that can not only perform but one that the Old Blues with deep pockets will empty them for. Can you think of a better guy? He may not want to come here but let's try. I can think of not one more compelling candidate that our boosters would get excited to support.

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I hope you're right. Been a huge admirer of his work for a long time - and with all offseason to prepare, getting him would be a great way to ensure we stomp OSU.

BlueAndGold;841965688 said:

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I hope you're right. Been a huge admirer of his work for a long time - and with all offseason to prepare, getting him would be a great way to ensure we stomp OSU.

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Hopefully, Sandy knows this. I just hope that she has succession and contingency plans that include this possibility. I would be shocked if not more than a few of our large AD donors didn't have this thought.

HuskyFan;841965719 said:

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Petersen now makes $2 million a year and has already turned down Stanford, UCLA, a number of other schools. No way would he go to Cal.

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Hey buddy, can't you see that we're having a wishful thinking thread here?

If he really likes hunting so much I propose we stock Palo Alto with his quarry of choice

HuskyFan;841965719 said:

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Petersen now makes $2 million a year and has already turned down Stanford, UCLA, a number of other schools. No way would he go to Cal.

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We are home for Petersen and have deeper ties to him than do Furd and fUCLA plus we have the type of players that he loves in his system.

NYCGOBEARS;841965726 said:

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We are home for Petersen and have deeper ties to him than do Furd and fUCLA plus we have the type of players that he loves in his system.

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'deeper ties' = definitely some dreaming and hoping going on there. But thats fine, more power to you. He would be pretty awesome.

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If he really likes hunting so much I propose we stock Palo Alto with his quarry of choice

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Do ducks live in trees? He can kill em both with one shot.

The BI Gun Club can offer tips on what local fauna to shoot

The Smurf Turf ship has sailed. BSU is in decline and BSU coaches moving up to BCS school have a poor record.

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'deeper ties' = definitely some dreaming and hoping going on there. But thats fine, more power to you.

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That is the point to this thread. All the other threads have replacement candidates from Petrino to Carroll in them. I thought that I'd start my own and justify the dream a little bit.
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If he really likes hunting so much I propose we stock Palo Alto with his quarry of choice

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And Mike Pawlaski can take him hunting any time he pleases.

If CP is a small town guy, I can see him being far more comfortable in Boise than LA, Berkeley, Austin, etc. But 2 hours from the old hometown could be a perk worth considering.

If he's going to jump, this seems like the year to do it with the Big East move coming next year. At the same time, it would really leave Boise St in a very bad position, IMO.

But I don't think anyone thinks it would actually happen, but it's fun to dream right?

beelzebear;841965734 said:

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The Smurf Turf ship has sailed. BSU is in decline and BSU coaches moving up to BCS school have a poor record.

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I wouldn't lump him in with Koetter and Hawkins. He's far more innovative and dynamic than either of them were. Considering the talent that they lost from last year, calling that a program in decline is very premature.

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Actually, I believe Petersen was the guy who wanted that Big East move. AQ still has another year after this and it's still better competition than the Mountain West.

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The Big East is a crumbling POS and now doesn't have an AQ once 2014 rolls around. Also, almost no shot at the 4 team playoff. Ironic that with this talk of the 'best of the rest' bowl vs the P12/B12, the BE would be of the same standing as MWC in terms of bowl access. You could tell Boise was having a lot of second thoughts on the move as they waited until the last possible moment to leave.

It will be increased competition, better TV money, but will it really be a better path to the postseason and respectability? Not anymore. That said if CP was pushing for the move (I had only read reports the he was publicly neutral on it), he definitely shouldn't be leaving before it happens. But his stock can only go lower. Running the big east won't mean much w/o Pitt/WVU/TCU and losing a bit more only would reinforce the big fish small pond perception of Boise.

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The Big East is a crumbling POS and now doesn't have an AQ once 2014 rolls around. Also, almost no shot at the 4 team playoff. Ironic that with this talk of the 'best of the rest' bowl vs the P12/B12, the BE would be of the same standing as MWC in terms of bowl access. You could tell Boise was having a lot of second thoughts on the move as they waited until the last possible moment to leave.

It will be increased competition, better TV money, but will it really be a better path to the postseason and respectability? Not anymore. That said if CP was pushing for the move (I had only read reports the he was publicly neutral on it), he definitely won't be leaving before it happens. But his stock can only go lower. Running the big east won't mean much w/o Pitt/WVU/TCU and losing a bit more only would reinforce the big fish small pond perception of Boise.

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I really believe that he's taken that program as far as it's going to go. There is no clear path to the BCS and with all the inherent recruiting disadvantages (despite the relative ease of getting players to qualify at BSU), I hope that he is looking for a new challenge soon.

NYCGOBEARS;841965780 said:

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I really believe that he's taken that program as far as it's going to go. There is no clear path to the BCS and with all the inherent recruiting disadvantages (despite the relative ease of getting players to qualify at BSU), I hope that he is looking for a new challenge soon.

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At the same time, if the dude just wants to kick it in Boise for the next decade, I can understand why.

ColoradoBear1;841965791 said:

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At the same time, if the dude just wants to kick it in Boise for the next decade, I can understand why.

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Sadly, me too. Koetter and Hawkins jumped ship for bigger ponds though and despite their experiences, I believe that Petersen is a very competive guy and he might be convinced to do the same with the right opportunity.

HuskyFan;841965719 said:

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Petersen now makes $2 million a year and has already turned down Stanford, UCLA, a number of other schools. No way would he go to Cal.

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I double checked your posting history for a second to make sure you engage in habitual trolling. You do, so here we go...

I used to think the same as you do. I used to think that there was no way we'd let Ben Braun go before his contract expired. Then we fired his ass and picked up a guy that's among the top coaches in the land and was head coach for our most "hated" rival.

I used to think that Cal had no dedication when it came to football. We had an outhouse for a training facility and a mausoleum for a stadium. The team we're currently notwithstanding, we now have what are surely among the most beautiful facilities and stadium in the nation. We have a team full of incredibly solid recruits that are begging for some solid coaching.

We are Cal. We are Golden Bears. The stakes are huge here. I wouldn't put ANYTHING past us at this point.

Take you leg-humping, ball sniffing, trolling, shaggy ass elsewhere.

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I double checked your posting history for a second to make sure you engage in habitual trolling. You do, so here we go...

I used to think the same as you do. I used to think that there was no way we'd let Ben Braun go before his contract expired. Then we fired his ass and picked up a guy that's among the top coaches in the land and was head coach for our most "hated" rival.

I used to think that Cal had no dedication when it came to football. We had an outhouse for a training facility and a mausoleum for a stadium. The team we're currently notwithstanding, we now have what are surely among the most beautiful facilities and stadium in the nation. We have a team full of incredibly solid recruits that are begging for some solid coaching.

We are Cal. We are Golden Bears. The stakes are huge here. I wouldn't put ANYTHING past us at this point.

Take you leg-humping, ball sniffing, trolling, shaggy ass elsewhere.

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If he's that good and innovative, shouldn't he be able to coach around it?

Regarding Koetter and Hawkins, I think lumping is fair and that's one reason Peterson won't jump. The next level of competition is brutal in context of BSU. Once you're away from the safety of Smurf Turf and soft schedule (harder in the Mountain West) and play a competitive team each week, it's much, much different.

I think Pac12 (or BCS conference) experience is near the top of the list for any HC job at Cal. If nothing else the candidate will know what to expect, the competition level and what it will take to win.

NYCGOBEARS;841965757 said:

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I wouldn't lump him in with Koetter and Hawkins. He's far more innovative and dynamic than either of them were. Considering the talent that they lost from last year, calling that a program in decline is very premature.

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beelzebear;841965819 said:

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If he's that good and innovative, shouldn't he be able to coach around it?

Regarding Koetter and Hawkins, I think lumping is fair and that's one reason Peterson won't jump. The next level of competition is brutal in context of BSU. Once you're away from the safety of Smurf Turf and soft schedule (harder in the Mountain West) and play a competitive team each week, it's much, much different.

I think Pac12 (or BCS conference) experience is near the top of the list for any HC job at Cal. If nothing else the candidate will know what to expect, the competition level and what it will take to win.

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Though Boise's schedule has been far from tough from a week to week point of view, they have played and beaten many top teams. With the level of talent Petersen could recruit to Cal, I don't believe that competing in the conference will be an issue.

76-7 is a program on the decline? Don't you think that he has coached around challenges already?

Are you arguing that a retread coach or an assistant from another BCS program would have an advantage over Petersen? Chip Kelly came from New Hampshire. Was he at a disadvantage because he coached in the Colonial Athletic Association?

Petersen is not Koetter or Hawkins. To lump him in with them is simplistic at best.

BSU for the duration of their run has 1-2 tough games a season that they load up and probably scout for 3 month. The rest were sheer cupcakes. Have you looked at the WAC, even before the shake up/possible folding...all cupcakes. It's easy to build a record like that if play 8+ cupcakes a season. For pete sake, they almost choked against New Mexico. NM is a perennial bottom dweller.

Any way, call it what you wish...if all three come from the same program with the same context, it's a fair comparison.

Pac12 experience hires: Erickson, Neuheisal, Willingham

beelzebear;841965879 said:

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BSU for the duration of their run has 1-2 tough games a season that they load up and probably scout for 3 month. The rest were sheer cupcakes. Have you looked at the WAC, even before the shake up/possible folding...all cupcakes. It's easy to build a record like that if play 8+ cupcakes a season. For pete sake, they almost choked against New Mexico. NM is a perennial bottom dweller.

Any way, call it what you wish...if all three come from the same program with the same context, it's a fair comparison.

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I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

Fair enough. Winning will solve it, it's just no one knows how that will work.

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I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

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beelzebear;841965879 said:

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BSU for the duration of their run has 1-2 tough games a season that they load up and probably scout for 3 month. The rest were sheer cupcakes. Have you looked at the WAC, even before the shake up/possible folding...all cupcakes. It's easy to build a record like that if play 8+ cupcakes a season. For pete sake, they almost choked against New Mexico. NM is a perennial bottom dweller.

Any way, call it what you wish...if all three come from the same program with the same context, it's a fair comparison.

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Per ESPN - Petersen against top 25 teams

But since that win over Oklahoma, Boise State has proven that they weren't just some one-hit wonder.

Starting with that win over the Sooners, the Broncos are now 9-2 in their last 11 match-ups against ranked opponents. And even more impressive, their domination of ranked opponents has grown over the course of those 11 games. In their last seven games versus top-25 teams, Boise State is 6-1 and the average margin of victory in the six wins is 11.8 points.


Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-09-06/sports/30126796_1_boise-state-match-ups-opponents#ixzz285MuYdlK