A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I made several suggestions for improvements to BearInsider. As you might expect, not one of these changes was implemented. While I cannot claim they were all brilliant ideas, I continue to believe that some indication in each post of the poster's blood-alcohol level makes a lot of sense -- this season more than ever.

Undaunted, I humbly make these additional suggestions:

1. Replace "BearPlay" with a game in which participants must predict how great the upcoming halftime performance of the Ohio State Marching Band will be. The five choices will be "amazing," "stupendous," "mind-blowing," "life-altering" and "orgasmic." How well do you think you can do on your predictions? Should be fun!

2. We should have our own version of Dia de los Muertos. Only instead of honoring those who have passed on, we'll pay tribute to all the banned posters of yesteryear. For that one day (probably during a bye week), we'll let drunkoski, blueblood and even amy come back to the site. We'll pretend to listen very earnestly to their ramblings. Then, at the end of the day, we'll re-ban them...but not before piling all of our sins, mistakes and misfortunes on them (scape-goat style). This could be the little bit extra we need to get to the Rose Bowl!

3. Next year, instead of organizing a pre-game get together, I suggest two words: Albany. Bowl.

86Oski;842211074 said:

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1. Replace "BearPlay" with a game in which participants must predict how great the upcoming halftime performance of the Ohio State Marching Band will be. The five choices will be "amazing," "stupendous," "mind-blowing," "life-altering" and "orgasmic."

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You need to come up with Category descriptives that approach the grandeur of the OSU Marching Band. Your five suggested descriptives are too mundane to consider.

Dead Bears, smiling hunters and nachos demand their due

CaliforniaGoldenBear;842211078 said:

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You need to come up with Category descriptives that approach the grandeur of the OSU Marching Band. Your five suggested descriptives are too mundane to consider.

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Fair point. How about if we add "buc-tastic," "tAwesome," "!!!!!!!!" and "better than Aaron Rodgers saying he attended Cal in the Sunday Night Football introductions (i.e., too good to even imagine)"?

GB54;842211085 said:

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Dead Bears, smiling hunters and nachos demand their due

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How about a new rule: every time an opposing player catches a pass and there's no Cal defender within five yards of him, Mike P goes out and shoots a bear. Do we have enough bears? Does Mike have enough ammo?

This site needs Stripper Bears.

I honestly miss the BI site shutdowns while Cal was getting rolled over. It was a blessing in disguise. We need this to come back.

I concur with all of your suggestions. Carry on.

Another possibility is a weekly "It's a Wonderful Life"-- type feature. Each week, a different poster is visited by a guardian angel, who shows the poster how different his or her life would be if the poster had never become a Cal fan. It turns out I'd be fifteen pounds lighter, would have all of my hair still and would be married to Salma Hayek. (Damn you, 1982 version of me who was all excited when he got the acceptance letter for Cal...damn you!)

86Oski;842211127 said:

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Another possibility is a weekly "It's a Wonderful Life"-- type feature. Each week, a different poster is visited by a guardian angel, who shows the poster how different his or her life would be if the poster had never become a Cal fan.

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Damn that's harsh. It turns out I wouldn't exist! I attended my first Cal game (and got my first contact high) in utero in the north endzone seats under the old family plan.

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"like" button! we need a "like" button!

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#2 sounds like Festivus. Who is responsible for bringing the pole for Feats of Strength and who will handle the Airing of Grievances?

Donuts...can we get some free donuts...and a cup o' cocoa?