Cal Bears Article

#3
#3
Cal what a joke. I hope we stomp them. Shut the pac-10 up. no conference is as tough as the SEC. i remember when everyone use to say it was the ACC, screw that. They couldn't handle the SEC.
 
#4
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I hope the press keeps pumping them. Let them believe that those stats run up against a schedule that UT would have finished no worse than 8-4 and probably 9-3 or better against last year makes them AA candidates.

UT played more schools who played in January bowl games (5) than Cal played who had a winning record (3). Five of the teams on UT's schedule had records better than Cal's (against much better competition). Cal played 8 teams that were 5-6 or worse.

I've read some articles that suggest that even the supposed genuis, Tedford, has bought into the hype.

A big USC fan on another board is predicting a UT runaway. He knows Cal and thinks they are overrated. He says they simply don't have the talent to be ranked in the top 10. He rightly points out that the Cal D who alot of people are now calling top 10... was last seen giving up over 450 yards and 28 points to a sub-standard BYU team.
 
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sjt18 said:
I hope the press keeps pumping them. Let them believe that those stats run up against a schedule that UT would have finished no worse than 8-4 and probably 9-3 or better against last year makes them AA candidates.

UT played more schools who played in January bowl games (5) than Cal played who had a winning record (3). Five of the teams on UT's schedule had records better than Cal's (against much better competition). Cal played 8 teams that were 5-6 or worse.

I've read some articles that suggest that even the supposed genuis, Tedford, has bought into the hype.

A big USC fan on another board is predicting a UT runaway. He knows Cal and thinks they are overrated. He says they simply don't have the talent to be ranked in the top 10. He rightly points out that the Cal D who alot of people are now calling top 10... was last seen giving up over 450 yards and 28 points to a sub-standard BYU team.
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These are all good points, but you mention this everytime you talk about Cal. Get some new material!
 
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I think these are new guys to my stuff... and the info on bowl opponents is new. Besides, these articles on Cal basically rehash the same ol' tripe... rightly answered by the same ol' tripe.

I actually think UT would have won 10 against Cal's schedule btw. They'd have almost certainly lost to USC, beaten OSU, and probably lost to Oregon or UCLA but not both.

On second thought, they might have beaten them both to go 11-1.
 
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sjt18 said:
I think these are new guys to my stuff... and the info on bowl opponents is new. Besides, these articles on Cal basically rehash the same ol' tripe... rightly answered by the same ol' tripe.

I actually think UT would have won 10 against Cal's schedule btw. They'd have almost certainly lost to USC, beaten OSU, and probably lost to Oregon or UCLA but not both.

On second thought, they might have beaten them both to go 11-1.
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It's tough to say. LSU fans were probably thinking just like you last season when they almost lost to ASU.
 
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sjt18 said:
I think these are new guys to my stuff... and the info on bowl opponents is new. Besides, these articles on Cal basically rehash the same ol' tripe... rightly answered by the same ol' tripe.

I actually think UT would have won 10 against Cal's schedule btw. They'd have almost certainly lost to USC, beaten OSU, and probably lost to Oregon or UCLA but not both.

On second thought, they might have beaten them both to go 11-1.
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You are probably right about our schedule, but we lost the UCLA game on a phantom holding call that wasn't a hold that took a first down away from us or we run out the clock and in a total downpour, our QB who was basically our third stringer coughed up the ball at the end to doom us. We couldn't beat USC, right on that. I think the Pac 10 is tougher than you guys think. :rock:
 
#9
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What do you think of your Ayoob being in the mix to start this year?

BTW, both of these teams have about a million "might have beens" from last year. If a Cal fan, I might have been as disappointed by their 8-4 mark as I was UT's 5-6 mark... though several very positive changes came as a direct result of UT's disaster that a better "paper" number might have prevented.
 
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You guys are more confident than me when its comes to us whipping up on them.

We are in for the fight of our lives.

I know the Pac 10 isnt the SEC but Tedford is a good coach and if they play decent at QB they will win the Pac 10 this year.
 
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#11
I would give these probabilities:

UT blows out Cal- 10%+/-
Cal blows out UT- <10%, >5%
UT wins comfortably, 9+ pts- 20%
Cal wins comfortably- 10%
UT wins a tight game- 30%
Cal wins a tight game- 20%

Based on the objective info I can find about both teams, I believe UT will win. However, this game has significant unknowns for both teams. Neither is set at QB or o-line. Either defense could be better or worse than expected. Special teams could favor either team.
 
#12
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lazy4163 said:
You guys are more confident than me when its comes to us whipping up on them.

We are in for the fight of our lives.

I know the Pac 10 isnt the SEC but Tedford is a good coach and if they play decent at QB they will win the Pac 10 this year.
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Good for them. I wish Cal all the luck in the world AFTER we play them.
 
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Nut Game Browser5.0 said:
I think the Pac 10 is tougher than you guys think. :rock:
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Everybody here knows I tend to agree with you... But I don't think you'll be changing a whole lot of minds. I live in Pac-10 country (just a ways north of you), love watching the conference and I do believe it gets an undeserved bad rap around the country.

Changing these minds is gonna require a rout of the Vols. That would be good for the conference. However, I'm a Tennessee fan first and foremost and will be rooting on the Vols.

Here's to a good game, my fellow left-coaster:toast:
 
#14
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I think the PAC 10 is underrated by a lot of southern football fans. However, its a different game out there, and we should respect what they bring to the table. Arizona State, at home, almost beat a very good LSU team. If that game is in Baton Rouge, sure, it could have been a 10-14 win for the Tigers. However, Cal this season is better than ASU last season, and LSU last season, at least on paper, was better than our 2006 UT squad.

The PAC 10 is leaps and bounds better than they were say ... 8 years ago.
 
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milohimself said:
Everybody here knows I tend to agree with you... But I don't think you'll be changing a whole lot of minds. I live in Pac-10 country (just a ways north of you), love watching the conference and I do believe it gets an undeserved bad rap around the country.

Changing these minds is gonna require a rout of the Vols. That would be good for the conference. However, I'm a Tennessee fan first and foremost and will be rooting on the Vols.

Here's to a good game, my fellow left-coaster:toast:
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Uh oh, Milo's left coast movement is gaining ground.
 
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VolinArizona said:
I think the PAC 10 is underrated by a lot of southern football fans. However, its a different game out there, and we should respect what they bring to the table. Arizona State, at home, almost beat a very good LSU team. If that game is in Baton Rouge, sure, it could have been a 10-14 win for the Tigers. However, Cal this season is better than ASU last season, and LSU last season, at least on paper, was better than our 2006 UT squad.

The PAC 10 is leaps and bounds better than they were say ... 8 years ago.
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Yeah. Two years in a row LSU escapes early season defeat from a mid-level Pac-10 squad due to special teams miracles. OSU's Alexis Serna missing several PAT's in a one point OT loss in Baton Rouge in 2004, and LSU going return-crazy at the very end after getting passed on all night by ASU last season.

I know well that the SEC is the better conference, but to treat the Pac-10 like some mid-level barely-BCS conference is a mistake. That conference is now the Big East.
 
#19
#19
At the top of the Pac10, like the Big12, there ar 2-3 very good football teams. After that, you have a bunch of teams that fill a middle sort of level... maybe like a bunch of Virginias. Not really teams you can take lightly but not teams that are going to compete for the title either.

In the SEC, you have 5-8 very good football teams then then at least 4 teams that can routinely be relied on to stink it up.

BUT, UT isn't playing the Pac10. They're playing Cal... and for all the hype, Cal didn't play a schedule or win a game last year that proved they're deserving of it.

I've posted it enough times that VolinArizona got tired of it... but suffice it to say, it wasn't good.
 
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sjt18 said:
At the top of the Pac10, like the Big12, there ar 2-3 very good football teams. After that, you have a bunch of teams that fill a middle sort of level... maybe like a bunch of Virginias. Not really teams you can take lightly but not teams that are going to compete for the title either.

In the SEC, you have 5-8 very good football teams then then at least 4 teams that can routinely be relied on to stink it up.

BUT, UT isn't playing the Pac10. They're playing Cal... and for all the hype, Cal didn't play a schedule or win a game last year that proved they're deserving of it.

I've posted it enough times that VolinArizona got tired of it... but suffice it to say, it wasn't good.
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Everyone just remember that Cal's biggest win in 2005 was over Stanford ... who won 5 games.
 
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