1. The play! 1982
2. Cal - Oregon can't remember the year but doen 28 points?
3. last night versus ASU
others?

Beardaddy;842604726 said:

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1. The play! 1982
2. Cal - Oregon can't remember the year but doen 28 points?
3. last night versus ASU
others?

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#2 on your list against Oregon was at the time the second largest comeback ever. It was in '93, 30-0 shortly before the half. Really weird game, every bounce went against Cal until everything started going for Cal.

Beardaddy;842604726 said:

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1. The play! 1982
2. Cal - Oregon can't remember the year but doen 28 points?
3. last night versus ASU
others?

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In 1989, we came back from 21-0 v. #15 Arizona at CMS with Troy Taylor engineering the comeback. I was there in a half-filled student section.

This is a quote from an AP article that is quoted by CGB below:

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The Golden Bears scored a 29-28 victory over Arizona on Nov. 4, 1989, overcoming a 21-0 deficit.

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#1 is the 1993 Oregon game. My favorite game ever. Dave Barr, my favorite Cal QB.

http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2009/9/23/1049008/the-miracle-at-memorial

62bear;842604739 said:

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#2 on your list against Oregon was at the time the second largest comeback ever. It was in '93, 30-0 shortly before the half. Really weird game, every bounce went against Cal until everything started going for Cal.

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The 1993 Oregon game was tops for me. The stadium was absolutely rocking. Congrats to this years team on another amazing comeback and winning season. We're going bowling!

I think Dave Barr also led a big comeback against Arizona in 1993, in his first game back after an injury. (We won every game that he was healthy, and lost every game he was injured. The football gods hate us.)

This week's comeback against ASU was the largest for the Bears since the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force.

JSC 76;842604942 said:

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I think Dave Barr also led a big comeback against Arizona in 1993, in his first game back after an injury. (We won every game that he was healthy, and lost every game he was injured. The football gods hate us.)

This week's comeback against ASU was the largest for the Bears since the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force.

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Yes that was a great game in 1993 v. Arizona. Barr and Zomalt come back in that game, and we win. Undefeated that season with both Barr and Zomalt in there. How about that.

KoreAmBear;842604791 said:

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In 1989, we came back from 21-0 v. #15 Arizona at CMS with Troy Taylor engineering the comeback. I was there in a half-filled student section.

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BearPipes and I left after the first quarter ended, with Cal down 21-0. We went to the ASUC bowling alley, bowled a couple games, then moseyed back up the hill to Castro where I lived that year. We could hear the game from Castro, late in the 4th quarter, with the fans who stayed going wild, so we listened to the end of the game on the radio and kicked ourselves for leaving early. Because of that game, I vowed never to leave a Cal game before the clock hit 0:00. Stayed to the bitter end for a lot of lousy games over the years, but I finally broke that streak during the 2010 Big Game. As soon as halftime came, I started gathering my stuff to leave, and the wife couldn't believe it. "Really?" She asked. "I'm broken. Let's go." I answered.

KoreAmBear;842605133 said:

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Yes that was a great game in 1993 v. Arizona. Barr and Zomalt come back in that game, and we win. Undefeated that season with both Barr and Zomalt in there. How about that.

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Down 20-0 at halftime. Win 24-20 on Zomalt's interception return for TD. Found this article from an Arizona perspective which mentions that Arizona's "Desert Swarm" defense sacked Barr nine (!) times.

Also the 1993 Oregon game was 30-0 just before half and then 38-7 early in the third quarter.

BearsWiin;842605157 said:

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..Because of that game, I vowed never to leave a Cal game before the clock hit 0:00. Stayed to the bitter end for a lot of lousy games over the years, but I finally broke that streak during the 2010 Big Game. As soon as halftime came, I started gathering my stuff to leave, and the wife couldn't believe it. "Really?" She asked. "I'm broken. Let's go." I answered.

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For no particular reason, my daughter absolutely refuses to leave any game early -- even miserable disasters like USC 2001. I would have left at halftime on Saturday if she wasn't there to shame me into staying.

Saturday's game takes the cake because of the circumstances. Those throws and catches happened at near freezing temps.
Truly amazing when you consider that ASU, which has a very good pass rush, knew Cal was going to throw. They had to. Great job by the OL.

Maybe not the best comeback, but probably the most unlikely comeback.
ASU has had the most head scratching year in recent memory. I just don't understand their season at all.
I imagine ASU fans lost a boat load of cash betting on them this year.

For ASU fans, it must have felt like a slow-motion nightmare (and we Cal fans know the feeling all too well). Every time they got the ball, the Bears were 4 points closer.....closer....closer....

Up by 17...up by 10...up by 13....up by 6....

JSC 76;842605190 said:

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For no particular reason, my daughter absolutely refuses to leave any game early

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I'm with her. Has to do with how I view games. I don't see them as television entertainment I can flip a channel on - I see them as students going to classes at my old school (many classes in the same classrooms) getting together on Saturday afternoon to play a game and letting me watch. And a bunch of student musicians come out to play for me. I feel privileged to be in such a select group. So as long as they're out there I'll stick around until the end.

Which explains why there are three ways the people who stole control of Cal Football can kill my interest, after more than 50 year attending ALL home games.
They could lose the connection to student life.
They could move the events from Saturday afternoon.
They could reduce the Band's roll to afterthought.
They are doing all three.