On an openly gay player in college football....

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130430/mandel-on-collins-in-college-football/#ixzz2RzwqO42x

okaydo;842119244 said:

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On an openly gay player in college football....

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130430/mandel-on-collins-in-college-football/#ixzz2RzwqO42x

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And people were worried about Dykes being a good "cultural fit" in Berkeley.
:bravo
ykes

Good, straight answer. No pun intended. I am very glad there is no issue here, and I would assume most are on the same page..

The more coach talks, the more I like him.


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glb78;842119283 said:

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The more coach talks, the more I like him.


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Seriously.

Imagine if it were Tedford instead of Dykes.

He would have been talking about how he probably had coached gay players before and how they probably had been "flying around out there" and that they were going to go "look at some film" and then probably "work on fundamentals."

Go Dykes!

calumnus;842119251 said:

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And people were worried about Dykes being a good "cultural fit" in Berkeley.
:bravo
ykes

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+1

glb78;842119283 said:

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The more coach talks, the more I like him.


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+1
Regardless of the W-L records to come, Dykes is CLASS and he's expecting that from his players as students and athletes.
Helluva good role model for young men, whatever their personal orientation.

(A gay 6'11, 260 TE will find it comfortable to play for Cal.)

ykes

OskiMD;842119284 said:

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Seriously.

Imagine if it were Tedford instead of Dykes.

He would have been talking about how he probably had coached gay players before and how they probably had been "flying around out there" and that they were going to go "look at some film" and then probably "work on fundamentals."

Go Dykes!

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I cannot imagine Tedford talking about gay players. I'm not saying he's homophobic, I just can't imagine him talking about anything controversial.

In the same vein, I can't imagine Tedford talking about liking Game of Thrones.

We really didn't get to know him that much as a person.

When he tweeted about Whitney Houston, that was shocking.

SonOfCalVa;842119295 said:

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+1
A gay 6'11, 260 TE will find it comfortable to play for Cal.

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Hell ya, both in basketball and football!

Good on 'ya, Sonny.

I though Dykes was talking about us going to the Rose Bowl.

If he had said anything other than that, he would have been a bad fit in society, not a merely a bad fit at Cal.


Anyway, I hope this kind of public comment from coaches enables more people to be able to be themselves on teams.

82gradDLSdad;842119320 said:

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I though Dykes was talking about us going to the Rose Bowl.

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The question is: which will happen first?

82gradDLSdad;842119320 said:

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I though Dykes was talking about us going to the Rose Bowl.

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No
But it is a rather flowery comment.

GB54;842119325 said:

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The question is: which will happen first?

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what?
A gay football player outing himself or
hell freezing over.

Both will happen long before we get to the Rose Bowl:headbang

heartofthebear;842119370 said:

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what?
A gay football player outing himself or
hell freezing over.

Both will happen long before we get to the Rose Bowl:headbang

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There already has been one. There was an article a week ago about a former MTSU kicker who wants an NFL tryout (Alan Gendreau). He's the leading scorer in Sun Belt history and has been openly gay since high-school.

Dave Kopay an ex NFL player came out in 1975. Not fashionable at the time.

Damn I was hoping he was talking about the RB.

Just thinking about the dramatic change in tone on BI since Sonny came to town. No more ragging on Tedford/Maynard (yes, I'm guilty) has made me anxious to return to CMS for a new era in Cal football. Love the coaches and have high hopes for our players. Win or lose, 2013 will be exciting.
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Goddam this..

Just once in my lifetime please...