Annihilated

by Grady Clapp on Sep 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT

I really don't know what to say about today's game, but for the most part I'm divided.

On one hand, this could be Cougar Football's equivalent of the 81-29 debacle under Dick Bennett in basketball.

On the other hand, we should never, ever, lose to a Pac-10 team by 63 points. Or at least a Pac-10 team not named USC. (Although, in all fairness, we may have lost to a BCS contender today)

That was a thrashing. We gave up 392 rushing yards. I'm not sure whether to stay calm or run for the hills. Of course, the "new" Martin Stadium did look awesome in its debut.

More thoughts later. Go out and enjoy your evening - don't let this get you down.

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Ugly

Is WSU that bad or is Cal that good?

by John Berkowitz on Sep 6, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions

It can't be both?

by Omerta on Sep 6, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

We're...

..a lot worse than I thought we would be. Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising given all of the tumult the team’s been through the last year or so, but I didn’t expect us to struggle so offensively.

My dad said before the season started that the Apple Cup might be for the first win of the season, for both teams. I laughed at the time. Now I’m not so amused…

by Omerta on Sep 6, 2008 8:23 PM PDT reply actions

Neither that bad, nor that good

You guys got pounded, no doubt. But part of that came from finding yourself down 21-0 before most people were even done with their 2nd beer.

Down by 21 that early means throwing out the playbook, taking some chances, and praying. Your prayers didn’t get answered, and like that gambler who is hoping for the big score, your chances didn’t pan out.

But – from the middle of the 1st qtr through the middle of the 3rd, your D basically contained our guys and played it even. So, all your talk about your guys being able to contain Best & Vereen wasn’t just smoke. Well, except for a few really big plays, anyway.

The take home message is that you just got whipped today. It happens. Lord knows it’s happened to the Bears many many times over the years. It sucks, it makes you feel bad, but you’ll live. You have to … you’ve got 10 more games.

Your guys aren’t as bad as 66 – 3 sounds, and Cal isn’t as good as 66 – 3 sounds. It’s just that today we had things our way.

Good luck to you guys the rest of the season. You’ve got a good blog here and some cool guys. Hope to see you back over at CGB every now and then.

Go Bears!

by SoCal Oski on Sep 6, 2008 9:05 PM PDT reply actions

Hang in there

I agree, this was definitely one of the weirdest football games I’ve ever watched in the sense that pretty much anything imaginable that could possibly go wrong for your team did. Unfortunately for you guys, a lot of the misfortune occurred early on in the game which pretty much colored the rest of the game’s outcome. I highly doubt that your team is as bad as the final score would suggest.

Good luck for the rest of the season!

Cal alumni stuck in Ohio.

by Mister Pie on Sep 6, 2008 9:50 PM PDT reply actions

Hey Nuss, where are you?

Normally I don’t brag about “my team’s” win for a lot of reasons (I actually didn’t play in it, I don’t like it done to me, and anything can happen next year), but Nuss, you were talking a lot of shit about how it was “bullocks” for Cal fans to think that Best and Vereen could not be stopped by WSU. I’m assuming you watched the game and you know the numbers. You made several insults (i.e. Cal is a “middle of pack” team, “is the meteor all you can think of?,” and belittled significant progress in Cal’s quest for new stadium facilites), but where are you now? And do you still think Best is not in the same conversation as Lynch?

In any case, good luck the rest of the season.

"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren

by oaktownmario on Sep 7, 2008 3:03 PM PDT reply actions

I'm right here

And if you were paying attention at all, you would have seen me over on your game thread plenty, eating lots of crow. I certainly did not run and hide, I just haven’t had a chance to write anything significant yet.

If it’s any consolation to you, I now think Cal’s better than I thought, and I think WSU’s worse — probably a lot worse — than I thought.

CougCenter

by Jeff Nusser on Sep 7, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions