Fantastic year and managed to garner all-conference honors despite the fact everyone here dismissed him as a guy who would be hurt all year long. Most importantly, he will be the first Cal guy to play in the Rose Bowl in +55 years. Let's all hear it for our awesome athletic director who encouraged and allowed him to transfer so he could become an all-conference player and to represent Cal in the Rose Bowl.

hanky1;842622530 said:

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Fantastic year and managed to garner all-conference honors despite the fact everyone here dismissed him as a guy who would be hurt all year long. Most importantly, he will be the first Cal guy to play in the Rose Bowl in +55 years. Let's all hear it for our awesome athletic director who encouraged and allowed him to transfer so he could become an all-conference player and to represent Cal in the Rose Bowl.

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You have got to be kidding. I hope you're being sarcastic....

Another fine janky1 post.

He's not representing Cal. He's representing Stanfurd in the Rose Bowl. It takes a special kind of selfishness and disregard for others to do what he did. Cal invested 4 years worth of time and resources into developing him, and he took a selfish opportunity for self-advancement to turn on his alma mater, friends, coaches, and teammates and play for Cal's arch-rival. I can't fault him for pursuing a Stanfurd degree, but he didn't have to play football for them. He is a turncoat traitor, and I will never consider him a California Golden Bear.

A Bear does not quit, a Bear does not die. A Bear certainly does not quit and join the enemy.

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He's choose Furd, he's not a Bear.

He graduated, so he could do whatever he wanted to, no big deal.

Good for him. A free Stanford grad degree.

hanky1;842622530 said:

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Fantastic year and managed to garner all-conference honors despite the fact everyone here dismissed him as a guy who would be hurt all year long. Most importantly, he will be the first Cal guy to play in the Rose Bowl in +55 years. Let's all hear it for our awesome athletic director who encouraged and allowed him to transfer so he could become an all-conference player and to represent Cal in the Rose Bowl.

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Have you heard about Aaron Rodgers and his game intros?

He is a Cal grad. He busted his @ss for four years here. He got to play a dream season with his brother. Get over it.

socalBear23;842622585 said:

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He is a Cal grad. He busted his @ss for four years here. He got to play a dream season with his brother. Get over it.

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You can have sex with women your whole life, but the minute you have sex with a sheep, you're a sheep-f***er for life. He's a sheep-f***ing Furd in my book.

Some men are ruled by selfish pragmatism. Some are ruled by greater things like loyalty, honor, integrity, selflessness, i.e., doing the right thing regardless of the cost to self. He happens to fall into the former camp.

A real leader wouldn't take the captain's "C" off his jersey to join the enemy.

SurvivorOf1and10fkaLEA;842622636 said:

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You can have sex with women your whole life, but the minute you have sex with a sheep, you're a sheep-f***er for life. He's a sheep-f***ing Furd in my book.

Some men are ruled by selfish pragmatism. Some are ruled by greater things like loyalty, honor, integrity, selflessness, i.e., doing the right thing regardless of the cost to self. He happens to fall into the former camp.

A real leader wouldn't take the captain's "C" off his jersey to join the enemy.

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Wow, what a ridiculous judgment. Many Cal alums have Grad degrees from Furd. Why the double standard just because he's an athlete?

This kid wanted to play with his brother, AFTER graduating from Cal. He received a grad degree from Stanford in the process and I'm sure many of his Cal teammates supported the decision. People forget that these are life choices and I respect that he made the choice that was best for him.

Now Tosh? That pos will forever go down in my book as the ultimate turncoat. Talk about no loyalty or honor...

wanderingbear82;842622644 said:

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Wow, what a ridiculous judgment. Many Cal alums have Grad degrees from Furd. Why the double standard just because he's an athlete?

This kid wanted to play with his brother, AFTER graduating from Cal. He received a grad degree from Stanford in the process and I'm sure many of his Cal teammates supported the decision. People forget that these are life choices and I respect that he made the choice that was best for him.

Now Tosh? That pos will forever go down in my book as the ultimate turncoat. Talk about no loyalty or honor...

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That's precisely the issue. You respect people who make the best choice for themselves. I respect people who make the best choice, even if it is to their own detriment.

According to your standards, you have no reason to dislike Tosh. All he did was make the best choice for himself by leaving his employer who was unwilling to pay him his market vale for an employer who was offering a compensation package that was in line with his market value. He had an arms-length employment relationship with the team, nothing more. How can YOU fault a man for taking a better job offer? Why the double standard just because he worked for Cal and not Google or Boeing?

Benedict Scarlett, unlike the myriad other non-football-player students, got a free education at Cal. He also used his free housing, free food, free access to the strength & conditioning program and world class medical resources (which he needed quite often for his brittle body) to build himself up into a potential NFL draft pick, and yet, his contributions to the university and football team were scant, if anything, and he used all of the benefits that Cal had bestowed on him over the course of 4 years to beat Cal in the Big Game and lead Cal's arch enemy to a Rose Bowl.

A typical student pays money to a university to receive an education and a degree. When a Cal grad gets a Furd grad degree, he or she simply pays a different institution to receive a benefit. There isn't an expectation that the student should somehow benefit the institution other than the money he or she pays.

Benedict Scarlett had little Cal fans who bought number 17 jerseys bearing his name on its back. He was also a leader and captain on the football team and no doubt looked around the locker room on numerous occasions, looked into the eyes of his teammates, and said, "I'm going to give you everything I've got. Give me everything you've got, and let's do something great together" or things of that nature. The typical Cal turned Furd grad student doesn't leave behind a legion of disappointed professors and classmates. Scarlett, on the other hand, turned on his coaches, fans, and teammates.

Accountability is important in college football. Why be accountable to someone who is going to turn on you, join your enemy, and try to beat you? Real leaders don't do that.

+1 ... and should Benedict Red actually take his miraculously healed knees to the NFL, what school will he shout out, his first or his last? AR chooses his first; Benedict Red might just choose his last.

It's offensive to even suggest that Bennie Red is representing Cal in the RB. He did virtually nothing here, a few plays on the field before he retreated to free medical and rehab.

Get over it.

SonOfCalVa;842622660 said:

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He did virtually nothing here, a few plays on the field before he retreated to free medical and rehab.

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You do realize that he practiced hard, gave up a large amount of his time, and did not actively want to get hurt at Cal? That he received his degree, helping our woeful APR, and was a non-factor in Stanford's relatively easy defeat of Cal this year.

Please return to your normally scheduled 24/7 trolling of Jeff Tedford and Penn State.

ThesePretzels;842622670 said:

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You do realize that he practiced hard, gave up a large amount of his time, and did not actively want to get hurt at Cal? That he received his degree, helping our woeful APR, and was a non-factor in Stanford's relatively easy defeat of Cal this year.

Please return to your normally scheduled 24/7 trolling of Jeff Tedford and Penn State.

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All of what you say is true and just makes it that much worse. He left. He improved.

This whole situation just pisses me off.

If he mentions Furd in his NFL intros, then you'll know how much of a turd he is.

I blame the Cal administration for letting him get away. Surely there is some sort of graduate degree program Cal could have enrolled him in?? Maybe I don't have all the facts and Cal did try to keep him and did offer him a chance at a graduate degree in the field he desires to work in; if so, then bad on Scarlett for going over to the dark side. On the other hand, if he truly needed to go to Stanfurd for some sort of specialized degree and Cal could not, or would not, provide same, it is hard to be critical of a guy for seeking the best possible education he can to carry him over the next fifty or so years. GO BEARS!!!

This thread sucks.

socalBear23;842622585 said:

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He is a Cal grad. He busted his @ss for four years here. He got to play a dream season with his brother. Get over it.

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Screw him. Some of us will not get over it.
A true bear would never, EVER, have worn a red Stanfurd jersey.

He never bled blue and gold. He was never a true bear. Ever.

TandemBear;842622769 said:

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This thread sucks.

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So does Brennan Scarlett

76BearsFly;842622767 said:

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I blame the Cal administration for letting him get away. Surely there is some sort of graduate degree program Cal could have enrolled him in?? Maybe I don't have all the facts and Cal did try to keep him and did offer him a chance at a graduate degree in the field he desires to work in; if so, then bad on Scarlett for going over to the dark side. On the other hand, if he truly needed to go to Stanfurd for some sort of specialized degree and Cal could not, or would not, provide same, it is hard to be critical of a guy for seeking the best possible education he can to carry him over the next fifty or so years. GO BEARS!!!

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It's not at all hard to be critical of him. Which I clearly am.

Bugs me had such a great year at Furd but was never a game-changer at Cal. Maybe is was bad luck and injuries. Maybe it was coaching. Probably a bit of both.

I don't hate Brennan, but it is unconscionable that some of you are sincerely congratulating him.

socaliganbear;842622581 said:

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Have you heard about Aaron Rodgers and his game intros?

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Poor baby. He likes Butte roots. You want his first born, too?

Wasn't Scarlett a Tosh recruit?

Papitobear;842622763 said:

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If he mentions Furd in his NFL intros, then you'll know how much of a turd he is.

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oooo. That is an interesting angle.
I don't begrudge him for using the system, to get another degree, to try another university, to play somewhere new and in a more winning program, but if he is at Cal for 4 yrs and Furd for one and gives them the props of roots then I'd be bitter too.

concordtom;842623267 said:

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Poor baby. He likes Butte roots. You want his first born, too?

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Tom, it was a rhetorical question. Saying we've already dealt with this topic ad nauseum.

hanky1;842622530 said:

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Fantastic year and managed to garner all-conference honors despite the fact everyone here dismissed him as a guy who would be hurt all year long. Most importantly, he will be the first Cal guy to play in the Rose Bowl in +55 years. Let's all hear it for our awesome athletic director who encouraged and allowed him to transfer so he could become an all-conference player and to represent Cal in the Rose Bowl.

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Pretty hilarious.

Bobodeluxe;842622580 said:

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Good for him. A free Stanford grad degree.

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Bs, you leave your team and school and go to our rival. He lied to the Cal coaches until Spring practic so he could use facilities etc Where are all the yahoos that said "he'll never stay healthy" "he's not that good." He played way out of position, stayed healthy and made all pac-12 HM

Anyone notice the little Pac-12 video player on top of the page has been showing a clip of Scarlett at the Rose Bowl press event? Wearing a Rose Bowl hat and those stupid "nerd" glasses the team seems to favor. Yeah.

76BearsFly;842622767 said:

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t is hard to be critical of a guy for seeking the best possible education he can to carry him over the next fifty or so years. GO BEARS!!!

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Amen! Most Cal graduates don't enter grad school to pretend to be students. They do so because they have a genuine interest in their chosen field. I sense many of Scarlett's critics on this board would be happier if we made our student-athletes mere athletes.