Kirk Everist's boys have now beat USC, UCLA and Stanford. Looking at a #1 seed heading into the MPSF.

What a terrific group representing Cal.

The final seconds from another view!#GoBears pic.twitter.com/JuLHNlR0jO

— Cal Water Polo (@CalWaterPolo) November 7, 2021

No. 2 Bears Earn Dramatic Win In Big Splash - University of California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

Stanford starts conference play 0-3! GO BEARS!

Schroeder71 said:

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No. 2 Bears Earn Dramatic Win In Big Splash - University of California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

Stanford starts conference play 0-3! GO BEARS!

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Couldn't happen to a more deserving group.

Was watching the Big Splash on Pac-12 Bay Area (Comcast #1330) yesterday evening "tape-delayed".

Cal goalie Adrian Weinberg had 15 saves.
He was on fire!

It was standing room only.
Garrett Dunn tied the game with 3:13 left in regulation at 10 - 10.

Said Weinberg, "There was one point where I just looked around at the atmosphere and just got a rush of adrenaline,"

"I was dead tired, but I totally forgot about it because I just thought about the crowd and the situation."

If you've never been to a match at Spieker you owe it to yourself to attend a match some day.
It gets rowdy and it's fun!

GO BEARS!

TheFiatLux said:

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Schroeder71 said:

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No. 2 Bears Earn Dramatic Win In Big Splash - University of California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

Stanford starts conference play 0-3! GO BEARS!

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Couldn't happen to a more deserving group. One of the key Stanford players totally screwed Cal in the recruiting process.

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Which Furd player?

The crowd was great yesterday . Best I've seen in a while however it was nothing compared to the crowds in the 80's & 90's. Here are a couple photos for reference.
Crowds were pretty wild then.

TheFiatLux said:

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Schroeder71 said:

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No. 2 Bears Earn Dramatic Win In Big Splash - University of California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

Stanford starts conference play 0-3! GO BEARS!

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Couldn't happen to a more deserving group. One of the key Stanford players totally screwed Cal in the recruiting process.

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Beck Jurasius committed to Cal for a long time, then bailed-he's good, but our 2m is better.

you skipped the best part of the story.

Cal and USC are currently both ranked #2. SC might be ranked #1 midweek since they defeated #1 Bruins on Nov. 6 while Cal beat #4 LSJU.

https://uclabruins.com/news/2021/11/6/no-1-ucla-falls-at-no-2-usc-8-7.aspx
https://usctrojans.com/news/2021/11/6/mens-water-polo-no-2-usc-mens-water-polo-wins-wild-one-at-uytengsu-beating-no-1-ucla-8-7-on-senior-day.aspx

But the Bears are in the driver's seat going to MPSF championship (Nov. 19-21):

Nov 10 (Wed) / 5:00 PM
at Santa Clara

Nov 13 (Sat) / 10:00 AM
Berkeley, CA Spieker Aquatics Complex
vs UCLA

coachdeke said:

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TheFiatLux said:

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Schroeder71 said:

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No. 2 Bears Earn Dramatic Win In Big Splash - University of California Golden Bears Athletics (calbears.com)

Stanford starts conference play 0-3! GO BEARS!

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Couldn't happen to a more deserving group. One of the key Stanford players totally screwed Cal in the recruiting process.

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Beck Jurasius committed to Cal for a long time, then bailed-he's good, but our 2m is better.

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He played for Campolindo and is the son of a Cal Business School professor.

Nasal Mucus Goldenbear said:

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Cal and USC are currently both ranked #2. SC might be ranked #1 midweek since they defeated #1 Bruins on Nov. 6 while Cal beat #4 LSJU.

https://uclabruins.com/news/2021/11/6/no-1-ucla-falls-at-no-2-usc-8-7.aspx
https://usctrojans.com/news/2021/11/6/mens-water-polo-no-2-usc-mens-water-polo-wins-wild-one-at-uytengsu-beating-no-1-ucla-8-7-on-senior-day.aspx

But the Bears are in the driver's seat going to MPSF championship (Nov. 19-21):

Nov 10 (Wed) / 5:00 PM
at Santa Clara

Nov 13 (Sat) / 10:00 AM
Berkeley, CA Spieker Aquatics Complex
vs UCLA

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The rankings don't have any influence over seedings or selection for the NCAA champs, but it would be cool to see Cal & USC ranked 1 together...not likely given Cal's bad loss to Pepperdine.

Regardless, hope it will be a raucous crowd Saturday morning...will USC fans show and root for Cal?

Basically, if Cal wins they get Stanford in the MPSF semis and if they lose they get UCLA again.

CAL vs SANTA CLARA today down in Santa Clara.
Can be watched via Livestream at 5PM.

GO BEARS!

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