particurally during the second half kickoff when half the student section is in the parking lot.
That used to happen. Until after the 2005 USC game. It did take a commercial on the big-screen and some peer pressure. But, people have been back in their seats by the end of half. I should know since I haven't missed a game there through that time until now.
a couple of things:
1. autzen is definetly not louder than neyland. NOT EVEN CLOSE. anyone else actually been to both?
2. oregon fans are so loyal that half of them are still in the parking lot getting drunk by the second half kickoff (i'm 100% serious). take a look at the stands during hte second half kickoff.
3. they haven't won anything before or after tedford was their OC
4. they never won anything before phil's money. actually they were one of the worst teams in ncaa history before phil's money.
5. they will be garbage next season. mark my word. the preseason hype is ridiculous for a team that loses every major player, but qb and never really had any depth in the first place.
Couple things:
1. I haven't been to Neyland. So, I can't give an anecdotal account myself. But, I can say that the rest of your comments make it very easy to dismiss your personal account. Yeah! Autzen ISN'T EVEN CLOSE! Of course you would say that. Sure buddy! Decibal readings are ridiculous. But, YOUR WORD FOR IT! Golden!
2. That did happen for a stretch. Not any more.
3. They haven't won anything as in not won any games? What was Cal's record last season? What was Oregon's? Was Cal ranked?
4. Simple ignorance. Unless you have your own personal definition of "won anything" in which case you're just equivocating.
5. I'll mark your word... on a bathroom stall in Corvallis. A couple "major players" you forgot about: Blount, Ward, Thurmond, Tukuafu, Paysinger, Dickson amongst others.
6. I've been to a number of stadiums and Cal was the quietest I've ever been to. The visiting Oregon section was louder than the rest of the entire stadium of Cal fans (and we weren't sitting in the Oregon section). It's like a big, pleasant picnic with some game going on in the background. You have no room to enter a discussion about fan loudness without also incurring embarrassment. Of course, embarrassment is clearly not a concern of yours, given your open display of the fruitiest looking mascot in history.
As many others have pointed out, they like to compare their results to UT's last 10 years when we fired a HOF coach for that very same time span. Interesting
A lot of people outside of Tennessee believe that was a huge blunder.
I don't buy that 31 teams had a tougher schedule in 2005 than Tennessee. And if you're using Sagarin... no one around here really gives a crap about what he thinks. He's always been biased against the SEC. Am I really supposed to believe that Duke had the 6th toughest schedule last season? I mean they played in the nation's worst conference and one of their OOC opponents was James Madison.
lol. You need to do some homework there.
You may not like the results of Sagarin's work. But, there is no way for him to be biased since he does not make any team judgements. His ratings are completely based off of computer models and then averaged with some of the other widely used polls. Classic example of SEC mythology being perpetuated here: "the computers are biased against us and we think it's crap!"
You may think that the ACC was the worst conference in your grand SEC delusion. But, looking at the over-all records in that conference, they did pretty well if averaged as a group. Northwestern and Navy, while not stellar, weren't slouches either.
yes, but the cal/oregon 07 game was one of the most important in oregon history (gameday was there fore instance) and surely must be comparable if duck fans are really that loud.
That was a loud game. I was there. Lee Corso and all the commentators mentioned it (as I heard when re-watching the game from DVR later). If you were an honest person, you would admit it.
There's no need to be jealous. Despite having a disinterested fan-base, Cal has managed to produce some competitive teams. So, someone down there must care.
