The golden Bears beat the dirty furds!

Dear Blue: The "rivalry" is overblown. Nobody cares if we beat Stanford now and then but consistently finish in the bottom half of the conference. Kids need to buy what Fox is selling. The jury will be out for another 2-3 years.

Blueblood said:

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helltopay1 said:

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Dear Blue: The "rivalry" is overblown. Nobody cares if we beat Stanford now and then but consistently finish in the bottom half of the conference. Kids need to buy what Fox is selling. The jury will be out for another 2-3 years.

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Dear GoToHell: I am not "nobody." As such, I completely enjoy the Bears' victory over any furd team! That is, I really relish the moment as you should learn to do so you won't be a "nobody."

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Divine response. If we were to ever meet in person, I shall lay my body down in the mud so that your feet may stay dry and clean. All hail BB.

End the game with more points than the opponent.

Blueblood and his ghost writer Walnuts are right. We should relish this win. Big time. There's a huge difference between being 3-3 in conference, just one game out of first in the loss column and closer to first than last versus being 2-4. We've got another home series this week and while we likely won't beat Oregon, we've got a damn good shot at beating Oregon State. That puts us at 4-4 almost at the halfway point. Long way to go obviously, but that smells like real progress to me.

Bah humbug!

helltopay1 said:

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Dear Blue: The "rivalry" is overblown. Nobody cares if we beat Stanford now and then but consistently finish in the bottom half of the conference. Kids need to buy what Fox is selling. The jury will be out for another 2-3 years.

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So bummed (will teach me). I figured this as an L so was running errands on a Sunday and didn't block off the time. Killing myself ;-(. Great to see the kids playing defense.

(which honestly I am amazed worked since Furd's front line essentially owned us last game)

SCT, so maybe Fox is not so horrible a hire?

south bender said:

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SCT, so maybe Fox is not so horrible a hire?

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Is "not so horrible" the new floor? By that standard Braun's record looks pretty good!

helltopay1 said:

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Dear Blue: The "rivalry" is overblown. Nobody cares if we beat Stanford now and then but consistently finish in the bottom half of the conference. Kids need to buy what Fox is selling. The jury will be out for another 2-3 years.

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HTP.

Once again, I am not offended.

II the jury going to be out for 2-3 years.....do the jurors get paid-leave from work?

59bear said:

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south bender said:

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SCT, so maybe Fox is not so horrible a hire?

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Is "not so horrible" the new floor? By that standard Braun's record looks pretty good!

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Yes

Yes---it's nice to beat Stanford--but, it's much nicer to field a very competitive program year-in-and-year-out. Two things can be equally true. Quick!!!!!!Which would you rather have---an occasional win against Stanford or a program on a par with the super-stars off the pac-12????Not even close...

helltopay1 said:

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Yes---it's nice to beat Stanford--but, it's much nicer to field a very competitive program year-in-and-year-out. Two things can be equally true. Quick!!!!!!Which would you rather have---an occasional win against Stanford or a program on a par with the super-stars off the pac-12????Not even close...

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You kind of get both if you select the later. Not a very compelling litmus test as written.

south bender said:

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SCT, so maybe Fox is not so horrible a hire?

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I have not really wavered from my observations:

1) Clearly he can coach
2) Clearly he needs to recruit better than year 1 and the incoming kids in year 2 to compete
3) Stars matter
4) Still stings that Aaron Gordon played for the mildcats.
5) All Bear Insder posts should have short paragraphs and even better bullet points and paragraphs less than 5 sentences. Walls of text make my head hurt and I doubt they are helping activate the TARTIS to take us back to 1959.

CALiforniALUM said:

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helltopay1 said:

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Yes---it's nice to beat Stanford--but, it's much nicer to field a very competitive program year-in-and-year-out. Two things can be equally true. Quick!!!!!!Which would you rather have---an occasional win against Stanford or a program on a par with the super-stars off the pac-12????Not even close...

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You kind of get both if you select the later. Not a very compelling litmus test as written.

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Yep, an incredibly dumb test.

And not only do you get both if you select the later, but even if the program sucks, it is better to beat Stanford than not. Being happy about beating Stanford doesn't mean being happy about the state of the program.

Hey, htp, QUICK!!!!!! Which would you rather have, two seasons with conference records of 1-17 and 2-16 going 0-2 each season against Stanford, or two seasons with conference records of 2-16 and 3-15 going 1-1 each season against Stanford? I hope it isn't a hard question.

If we're going 2-16 or 3-15 in conference, I'd rather have at least one win each year be against Stanford than against WSU or Oregon St. or Utah or ASU or. . . well, really, anybody. When we suck, it is a small consolation prize (sure, a small prize, but still, a prize) to get to beat Stanford. Doesn't mean we shouldn't fire the coach afterwards, doesn't mean we're unhappy with the overall state of the program, but beating Stanford when we really suck means we DO get to relish the victory. "We suck this bad and you can't beat us? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Sorry, it isn't the same joy if we suck but manage to beat WSU or Utah or OSU or ASU.

If you can't enjoy the moments worth enjoying, then, why bother even living life?

TheSouseFamily said:

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Blueblood and his ghost writer Walnuts are right. ...

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Did the Cal Straw Hat band mop the floor after the Dollies danced? I always enjoyed the mopping.

I did not notice a Furd band or Dancers

oskidunker said:

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I did not notice a Furd band or Dancers

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No dancers, but a tiny contingent of the"band" was up in the rafters (hardly played)

And mercifully, no tree.

The furd has blown a combined 32 point second half lead the last two games.
Wonderfully enjoyable.

Dear Redless: As Peter Ustinov sarcastically commented in the movie Spartacus, " I tingle." Here's another sobering thought. The players returning ( presumably) to Cal next year scored a whopping 24 points against Stanford. Memo to Coach Fox: Start recruiting perimeter shooters, baby, or start expecting 45 points to be the norm.

To Hell(topay1) with Stanfurd, as my Daddy used to say.

helltopay1 said:

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Dear Redless: As Peter Ustinov sarcastically commented in the movie Spartacus, " I tingle." Here's another sobering thought. The players returning ( presumably) to Cal next year scored a whopping 24 points against Stanford. Memo to Coach Fox: Start recruiting perimeter shooters, baby, or start expecting 45 points to be the norm.

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HTP, lets bet. The first time we play Furd in basketball next year, I'll take Cal over 45. I'll even let you take the juice, 11 to 10.

UrsaMajor said:

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oskidunker said:

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I did not notice a Furd band or Dancers

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No dancers, but a tiny contingent of the"band" was up in the rafters (hardly played)

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Speaking of hardly playing, the Straw Hat Band finally showed up, en masse, and then hardly ever got a chance to play (not even the Star Spangled Banner). Too many ads, ridiculous promotions and piped-in music, when you have a Straw Hat Band to use!

I thought they played a lot.

I'm curious: does anyone like the "Freeze! Everybody clap your hands" that they keep doing?

UrsaMajor said:

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I'm curious: does anyone like the "Freeze! Everybody clap your hands" that they keep doing?

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Perhaps the one person who keeps playing it.

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TheSouseFamily said:

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Blueblood and his ghost writer Walnuts are right. ...

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This absolutely cracked me up.

Ursa--like lemmings fans clap! Hate it. Most intense clapping, and often during 9 innings, is at Maryvale, Milwaukee Brewers spring digs in Phoenix. Followed by Beer Barrel Polka and YMCA. Go figure. Maybe we're going "midwest".