Cal recruiting ranked #3

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:29 pm

at Rivals based on star rankings.

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. California
4. USC
5. Oklahoma
6. Alabama
6. FSU
6. UCLA
9. LSU
10. Georgia
11. Notre Dame
11. Penn St.
13. Ohio St.
13. Georgia Tech
15. Texas A&M
16. Michigan
17. Arizona St.
18. Illinois
19. Clemson
19. Michigan St.
19. Tennessee
20. NC State
21. Miami
22. Kansas
23. Washington
24. Auburn
25. Utah

It's good finally having Tosh on the staff and on the recruiting trail this year !

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:41 pm

Keep polishing that turd.

Moby Dick · Post by **Moby Dick** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:49 pm

thinking about grilling tonight.

chicken breasts.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:56 pm

Grilled all day yesterday. Don't think there are any clean dishes left. Might have to order a pizza and call the maid.

Van · Post by **Van** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:01 pm

m2, care to make any wager...any wager at all...about who ends up with the higher average star ranking/higher ranked recruiting class when all is said and done, USC or Cal?

As an additional wager, care to bet on whether Cal even ends up in the top six?

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:30 pm

being #3 right now is sort of like being up 7-0 at the 9:00 mark of the first quarter. it's better than being down 0-7, but in the long haul of 4 quarters it doesn't mean a whole lot. national signing day is second weekend in February or somesuch. i'm with Van, and i noted in another thread, USC is signing all kinds of blue chippers late in the process most years (because the best of the best are either playing the process for all it's worth and taking their visits, waiting to do the "hat thing" at the Army All-Star game or shopping between the elite programs...with some exceptions).

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:36 pm

It doesn't matter how much talent Cal gets, Tedford will screw them up.

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:21 pm

Killian wrote:Keep polishing that turd.

Still bitter ?

Owamagbe Odighizuwa

What caused such a quick change from being an option for an official visit to out of contention?

“I just didn’t feel like it was the place for me to play football,” he replied. “No disrespect to the coaches, but I made the decision to drop them. I talked to my mom and my coaches about a final five and after I did more research, I felt like it wasn’t the place for me.”

On a recent visit, Odighizuwa may have found that place he’s looking for.

“I’ve only been to Cal this summer and that was last weekend,” he said. “I loved it and it was a really great experience. Being around the area and talking to former players was great. (Cal) is my favorite.”

http://www.blueandgold.com/content/?aid=7225

Trust me, you can add the #2 Weakside DE in the country to Cal's commit list in the very near future.

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:28 pm

I'd rather have the 110th ranked class in the country than have the #1 class and have Jeff Tedford as the coach of my team.

Mr T · Post by **Mr T** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:31 pm

Blueblood wrote:at Rivals based on star rankings.

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. California
4. USC
5. Oklahoma
6. Alabama
6. FSU

Funny FSU is always on top on recruit rankings yet havent finished in the top 10 in years.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:34 pm

I'll take Chris Martin over oxygen any day of the week. Also, add Anthony Barr to the mix and I wouldn't trade those pair of DE's for anyone.

Good try.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:43 pm

I'm thinking messican food... the "Special Dinner" from La Rumba's sounds rather tasty right now.

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:05 am

Jsc810 wrote: Gosh, look at the Rivals ranking for 2010 now, they are already different than what m2 posted at the top of this thread:

2010 Team Ranking
1 Texas
2 LSU
3 Florida
4 Oklahoma
5 Alabama
6 Georgia
7 Texas A&M
8 Penn State
9 Michigan
10 Notre Dame
11 Stanford
12 USC
13 California
14 Florida State
15 BYU
16 Virginia Tech
17 Miami
18 Ohio State
19 South Carolina
20 Georgia Tech
21 Washington
22 Michigan State
23 Pittsburgh
24 West Virginia
25 Auburn

Why are you so fucking stupid ? Seriously.

Do you even know what this means ?

Blueblood wrote:at Rivals based on star rankings.

Van · Post by **Van** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:02 am

Ummm, m2....

Van wrote:m2, care to make any wager...any wager at all...about who ends up with the higher average star ranking/higher ranked recruiting class when all is said and done, USC or Cal?

As an additional wager, care to bet on whether Cal even ends up in the top six?

Still waiting.

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:11 am

Van wrote:Ummm, m2....

Van wrote:m2, care to make any wager...any wager at all...about who ends up with the higher average star ranking/higher ranked recruiting class when all is said and done, USC or Cal?

As an additional wager, care to bet on whether Cal even ends up in the top six?
Still waiting.

For what ?

Cal doesn't pay it's recruits. They're students...

$C has had the highest star rating just about every year since Carroll arrived due to being a professional team masquerading as a College Football team.

That being said... Cal has 3 silents that are 4 and 5 stars. Not counting the "Freak" which I posted about earlier in the thread.

Cal could very well have the highest star ranking of any team in the country at the end of the year. The last time that happened was when Princeton won the....National Championship.

Times a be a changin'....

Are you ready for a double digit ass-kicking in the Canyon this year, Vannie ?

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:39 am

Tailback U ???

m2 is the truth

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:41 am

Blueblood wrote:Tailback U ???

m2 is the truth

No.

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:49 pm

what's funny is the pic says since 2002...bwwwaaahhaaa...meanwhile just about every other major BCS school has put a bevy of running backs into the league...as far back as oh...the 50's, 60's, etc...

OSU's best of the best off the top of my head (whether they played well in the NFL or not is irrelevant as only Lynch has done shit in the league from CAL)

Archie (2 time Heisman)
Byers
raymont harris
robert smith
Eddie George (Heisman)
Antonio Pittman
Beanie Wells...

I would say that stable is a hell of a lot better than that shit cal has trotted out there...

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:04 pm

buckeye_in_sc wrote:what's funny is the pic says since 2002...bwwwaaahhaaa...meanwhile just about every other major BCS school has put a bevy of running backs into the league...as far back as oh...the 50's, 60's, etc...

OSU's best of the best off the top of my head (whether they played well in the NFL or not is irrelevant as only Lynch has done shit in the league from CAL)

Archie (2 time Heisman)
Byers
raymont harris
robert smith
Eddie George (Heisman)
Antonio Pittman
Beanie Wells...

I would say that stable is a hell of a lot better than that shit cal has trotted out there...

watch out Buckeye, the picture says "a tradition of 1000 yard rushers since 2002". that's TRADITION. 6 seasons. wake up the echoes.... wow!

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:44 pm

Sure losses:
Oregon
USC

As much as I can't stand m2, and wish he'd quit having sex with little boys, there isn't a sure loss on their schedule.

They can win every game on that schedule. They won't, but they can.

Van · Post by **Van** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:39 pm

Sam, Cal's game at Oregon is a tougher game than the one at UCLA.

As for the "two game" schedule thing, don't make me break out Bama's schedule, or Florida's.

If Cal grows a pair this year, there is a realistic chance they could be favored in every game they play, including the USC game.

Problem is, that's contingent on Cal growing a pair, which has never happened before. If m2's cowardly avoidance of a direct offer of a bet is any indication of whether Cal has stepped up and grown a pair, then look for Cal to go 8-4.

m2, let's extend the bet offer....

Any bet you want, any terms you want....

-Cal doesn't finish above USC, either in average star ranking or overall class ranking, following signing day.

-Cal doesn't finish in the top six, in either category.

-Cal does not beat USC by two TDs.

Look, m2, I know Cal's official color is yellow, but that shouldn't necessarily mean both the team and its fans should follow suit. It also shouldn't mean you take it one step further, with the urine yellow unis, and always pissing yourselves at the first sign of adversity.

Van · Post by **Van** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:35 pm

Sam, ahh, wtf, let's do it anyway!

Alabama's 2009 schedule

Virginia Tech (Georgia Dome): "Neutral site" game, held in the SEC's CCG locale. Still, a nice OOC opener. Kudos. W

Florida International : Fuck you very much for even scheduling this. W

North Texas: Fuck you even more for scheduling this, on the back of Fla/Flightplan. W

Arkansas: Four games in, still no road games yet. W

@Kentucky: Hey, there you go! A plane ride, to another team's home stadium! (Of course it's a mandatory game, so you couldn't get out of it, and it's only Kentucky anyway.) W

@Ole Miss: Here's your entire season, this one game. Ole fucking Miss is your tough game, this season! I'm going to go ahead and give you this one, and looky here, Alabama is suddenly ranked in the top five, and they're...a national title contender! W

South Carolina: Wooo, that long 179 mile roadie to Oxford really tuckered y'all out, so go on home and enjoy another cupcake. W

Tennessee: In the return trip, two years from now, this will be an interesting game. This year?

Note the Vols frosting. W

LSU: Tell me, how on earth are you going to lose at home to a barely .500 team from last year, who's again having to go with another rookie QB, after already having lost many of their best players? Also, Nick hasn't beaten them yet in Tuscaloosa. This is normally a make-or-break game, but this year it's a...

W

@Mississippi State: Three roadies, so far. Kentucky, and two trips next door, to the Officially Fat & Stupid People. W

Tennessee-Chattanooga: What the gotdamn fuck?? W

@Auburn: Like LSU, this is normally the second make-or-break game of the season for you. Like LSU, but even moreso, not this year. Auburn is dead in the water. W

Then, go ahead and lose to Florida, in the SEC money grab game.

Forget the laundry. Forget the helmetocity. The names don't matter. This year, Bama has a two game schedule: a neutral site game in Atlanta, which will appear in the flesh as a Bama home crowd, against a meh Va Tech, and a roadie to perennial doormat Ole Miss.

You will again be vaulted into the national title picture, based on those two meh games, and the media's adoration for SEC laundry.

Swear to god, I hope Bama fucking gags on someone stupid, like Tennessee-ChooChoo.

But hey, what about your conference's stalwart, the mighty Gators Of Tebonia?

Florida's 2009 schedule

Charleston Southern: Unless we're reenacting the war of 1812, fuck you in your shredded dimehole, Florida. This game alone should preclude them from BCS bowl game participation. Bare minimum, it should not count on their W-L record, and none of the stats from this game should count either. When the Yankees play their AA farm team, the games don't count in the standings, and neither should this. W

Troy: I don't wanna hear how tough they are. It's the wrong fucking Troy, and this one stinks. They never beat anybody. W

Tennessee: Again, let's check back on this one in a year or two. This year, it's going to look like a Kimbo fight on youtube. W

@Kentucky: Wtf is it about The Meatgrinder? They refuse to play anything but home games, then when they do give in and play a roadie, it's only against Ashley Judd, bouncing a basketball. W

@LSU: See above. Most years, this is hell. This year, LSU will be fortunate to avoid getting shut out. They won't get a sniff at twenty points. W

Arkansas: Yawn. Maybe if Houston Nutt, Felix Jones and Darren McFadden were still there, but now? W

@Mississippi State: Whatever. W

Georgia: Georgia could barely play with Florida with Stafford and Moreno. This year, Georgia will maybe be a nine win team, strictly by virture of their schedule. They're no threat to Florida, or to anybody good. W

Vanderbilt: Hope you enjoyed last season, Vandy, and did you make sure to send that thank you card to Fat Phil? W

@South Carolina: Ballcoach, you are one serious dumbass. Helluva career move. W

Florida International: I really hate you, BTPCF. W

Florida St: Nice laundry. Unfortunately, the people wearing the laundry aren't really Florida St. More unfortunately, the guy coaching the laundy still is. W

Sam, unless you put much stock in this FSU team going into The Swamp, that's a zero game schedule. Florida manages to skip both Bama and Ole Miss, the only other teams in the conference who may have a pulse this season. OOC, they play nobody besides FSU, and that one's at home. They play a D1-AA. They play Florida International Dateline, who oughtta be D1-AA. They play only four roadies, and three of them are against bonafide cripples.

There isn't a legitimately challenging game on that schedule, Sam. Like Bama's schedule, only without the roadie to Ole Miss, there isn't a game there which Florida could lose, not without completely sleepwalking through it.

We may as well just skip to the SEC money grab game, right now. Florida, vs the Bama-Ole Miss winner. That will be Florida's only game of the year, and they're going to kill the SEC West winner, and the SEC West winner will only have played one real game to get there.

Van · Post by **Van** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:03 pm

Jsc, LSU won't "shit the bed," because their schedule won't allow them to, but they won't be a factor either.

2009 LSU schedule

@Washington: You scheduled them when they sucked, while avoiding them all those years when they were good, and now you're getting them when they historically suck. Props. W

Vandy: It's in Tiger Stadium, so Vandy has no chance. W

UL Lafayette: Great. You're playing the fag on Trueblood. These games are just embarrassing. Try scheduling someone who at last stands a snowball's chance at winning, maybe once every couple decades. W

@Mississippi St: Helluva home schedule for the Fat People, with Florida, Bama, Ole Miss and LSU all paying them an ass kicking. W

@Georgia: Hey, it's the Laundry Bowl, wherein two teams with bitchin' helmetocity will engage in a cripple fight; a cripple fight which will be lauded by the media as if it were Megan Fox paparazzi pussy shots. LSU sucks on the road, and Georgia isn't Kentucky. L

Florida: That Florida defense, which returns all eleven starters, will toy with the LSU offense. LSU may get their usual flukey score or two, but they're not going to sustain any drives, and they're not going to get anywhere near twenty points. They may not reach double digits, and if their scattershot rookie QB burps up the ball too much they may get shut out and lose by a Mississippi St type of score. L

Auburn: In what will undoubtedly be one of the uglier games of the year, the first team to get ten points wins...and like last year's Auburn/MSU game, it won't be because of great defense. W

Tulane: Gotta love having an annual OOC bye which somehow counts as a win on your record. W

@Alabama: This will be very much like the Auburn/LSU debacle, only Bama is at home, and Bama will have something serious riding on the outcome. LSU will again struggle to put any points on the board. L

La Tech: Tha' fuck do you keep managing to squeeze OOC byes in, this late in the year? Jesus!! W

@Ole Miss: Will LSU be attempting to spoil a good season for Ole Miss, or a great one? Depends on the outcome of the Bama/Ole Miss game. If Ole Miss wins that one, they win this one too. If they lose, they can lose here. Close to a coin toss. W

Arkansas: Houston Nutt owned you in Baton Rouge. Unfortunately for Arkansas, he's now in Oxford. W

So, I have you going 9-3, and possibly 8-4, if Ole Miss shows well this season. I don't see a significant win in your future, and you may get knocked the fuck out in your two biggest games, Florida and Bama.

Would this be shitting the bed? Yeah, come to think of it, I'd say it would be, at least for a team which wants to consider itself a perennial national title contender.

Van · Post by **Van** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:46 pm

Oh, and just to be fair, let's go ahead and do my own team too....

2009 USC football schedule

San Jose State: No way, no how USC loses at home to these turds. They wear Cal colors. This is about as bad as it gets, scheduling wise, for USC. W

@Ohio State: The entire season rides on this one, for both teams. USC is not allowed a single loss, not if they're to have a chance at the title game, and Ohio St cannot afford another loss in a marquee game. Not only would a loss here knock OSU out of the national title picture, it would also knock them off the national radar, in terms of being thought of as anything but a paper tiger. To me, because of Sanchez's early departure, this one's a coin toss. This would be Armageddon in Columbus, for OSU to lose this one. This is the biggest pride game they've had in recent years. Getting USC now in The Shoe, they must atone for 35-3. Problem is, USC never loses these types of games. Something's got to give. L

@Washington: USC looks like absolute dogshit in this one, due to the hangover from Columbus, and they eke out an ugly, ugly win against their old OC. W

Washington State: No chance for even a close game. W

@California: Coin toss, right now. If USC beats Ohio St, they punch Cal in the mouth. If USC loses to Ohio St, I like Cal in a close one here. So.... L

Arizona: Another hangover game; another ugly, unimpressive win. W

@Notre Dame: The sight of Charlie Weis and an overly hyped ND is all USC needs to wake up and give their best performance of the season. W

Oregon State: Fortunately, this time it's in the Coliseum. Quizz doesn't go off again, not with a USC defense lying in wait for him. W

@Oregon: This game is hell, for both teams. It's a nailbiter, and USC's state of Oregon monkey is finally stabbed in the dick. W

@Arizona State: It's November now, and USC is finally rolling, and ASU is doing their usual late-season swoon. Somewhere, Rudy Carpenter reaches up to absentmindedly rub his jaw, and he winces. W

Stanford: Don't even the board the plane, bitches. The re-match in the Coliseum will not go well for you. W

UCLA: USC has to win this one, to go to the Rose Bowl, thanks to Cal tanking elsewhere. UCLA is much improved, but still lacking offensive firepower, and steady play at QB. W

So, 10-2, and possibly 9-3, depending on the Oregon outcome. It all rides on the Ohio St game. If USC beats OSU then the only game they possibly lose during the regular season is the roadie to Eugene, where I think they would lose, under those circumstances. If USC beats Ohio St, they will fucking hurt Cal, in Berkeley. USC will flat out punish them, after having to listen to way too much lip from a bunch of clowns who've yet to ever win a big game.

Cal had better be rooting hard for Ohio St.

Van · Post by **Van** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:23 pm

Neither one is happening, especially LSU running the table. Nobody's going undefeated with a rookie QB; not in the SEC, and not in the Pac 10.

Oh, wait. You only said USC would go undefeated. That still ain't happening, but I suppose LSU could still get into the title game, even with three losses.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:20 am

Cal's class won't be shit until the get a good barista. Someone has to brew the coffee if they expect to wake up on the road.

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:37 am

Jsc810 wrote:
Sure losses:
Oregon
USC

Shit for brains... "why are you even here ?"

You do know that Cal has beaten Oregon the last 4 out of 5 years...

... and is returning 17 starters... while Oregon is losing 15 starters.

You need to spend more time with your bedpan and less time here.

Fuckin' idiot... lawyer/liar.

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:50 am

Pssst....

Even real LSU fans know what is going on this year with Cal...

LSU - If we can hold on to the big recruits we have and land some big names to round out this class then I believe we will definitely have a top 10 class with a very good chance of being in the top 5.

Texas - Another big, solid class of Mack's choosing. Texas looks as if they will easily coast into the top 5 and if they seal the class with a couple of big names then they have a very good chance of landing the top overall place.

Florida - Meyer has a strong foundation already in place and you know Florida is going to be in the mix for a lot of top players down the final stretch. Still, they have lost a couple of players right before signing day the past two years. Moreover, I still think Florida is in a bit of a numbers crunch (correct me if I am wrong). I think Florida is a top 5 class and if they close big they may have a shot at the top overall spot.

USC - The beginning of a typical stellar Trojan class yet not quite as impressive as the last few years. I am used to seeing nothing but 4 and 5 stars on their list. Still, you know that Carroll is going to reel in some big names in the end. I think they are definitely a top 5 class and if they finish strong they also have a chance at the #1 spot.

Alabama - I don't think the gumps will print T-shirts for this class but I think they will finish in the top 10 with a very good chance at the top 5.

Florida State - Jimbo keeps impressing recruits in their homes while Bowden waits out in the car. They seem to be headed for the top 10.

Ohio State - Another solid all-around class of talent is lining up for the Buckeyes. I don't think they will be in the top 5 again but they will be in the top 10.

Penn State - They seem to be making a move this year. Joe Pa hasn't felt this good since his 70s. Penn State appears to have upped their efforts and are building a very impressive class, one that will be a top 10 with a good chance at the top 5.

Oklahoma - Another solid class that already has around 20 verbals and appears headed for a top 10 finish.

Georgia - Despite another limited class (only 20 or 21), Richt is doing his job and is almost finished with 18 verbals. Only the numbers crunch might keep them out of the top 10.

Cal - Cal has the beginnings of a very impressive class and the more I read about them and the players they are going after the more I believe this is a different Cal from previous years. If they can keep landing quality players they will be in the top 10.

Link

Of course, they have their morons who post there.

Stanford should make that list. They are having a top 12-15 class which is unbelievable for a school with such high academic standards. They should win the recruiting title by default this year.

must be a premature ejaculator....

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:36 am

Van wrote:This year, Georgia will maybe be a nine win team, strictly by virture of their schedule.

Maybe, maybe not. Let's take a look at their schedule, shall we?

Sat, Sep 5 at Oklahoma State An unusually tough OOC game, by SEC standards, and on the road to boot. With Oklahoma State likely on the upswing, and having homefield advantage, I'll give this one a L

Sat, Sep 12 South Carolina Maybe it's the influence of the OBC, but South Carolina seems to play Georgia tougher than most other SEC teams (on both ends of that equation). This one is between the hedges, so I like the Dawgs, although I'll concede it could possibly go the other way. W

Sat, Sep 19 at Arkansas As you pointed out, Houston Nutt is no longer at Fayetteville. W

Sat, Sep 26 Arizona State I'd give the Sun Devils a sporting chance in this one if the game were in the desert. A long roadie and a hostile crowd make it unlikely they'll get the win, however. W

Sat, Oct 3 LSU Baton Rouge to Athens is one of the longer roadies in the SEC, and LSU is down this year. W

Sat, Oct 10 at Tennessee This one is another tough one to call. But Tennessee hit the skids last season, and had been doing it on smoke and mirrors for awhile beforehand. Kiffin might turn this program around, but it'll take a little time. Based on that, I'll give Georgia a W

Sat, Oct 17 at Vanderbilt Georgia will be down this season, but Vandy, even at their best, still won't be able to hang. W

Sat, Oct 31 at Florida I thought this was always a neutral-site game at Jacksonville. In any event, Georgia has a bye going into this game, but it won't be enough. Florida just has too many weapons. L

Sat, Nov 7 Tennessee Tech WTF? W

Sat, Nov 14 Auburn Georgia is down this season. Auburn is down farther. W

Sat, Nov 21 Kentucky One of the SEC's lesser lights (historically speaking, anyway). Kentucky has been better in recent years, but still not enough to hang here. W

Sat, Nov 28 at Georgia Tech Ordinarily I'd like the Dawgs in this game, but Johnson's option offense seems to give everyone fits. L

So I came up with 9-3 also, although I give both South Carolina and Tennessee a sporting chance of a win against Georgia. Interestingly, this is a difficult OOC slate by SEC standards, although Georgia Tech obviously is a legislatively-mandated annual game. Georgia actually benefits from a favorable conference schedule this season. They miss both Bama and Ole Miss, and catch both Auburn (their annual crossover game) and LSU at home, and in down years for both.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:57 pm

Van wrote: @Ohio State: The entire season rides on this one, for both teams. USC is not allowed a single loss, not if they're to have a chance at the title game, and Ohio St cannot afford another loss in a marquee game. Not only would a loss here knock OSU out of the national title picture, it would also knock them off the national radar, in terms of being thought of as anything but a paper tiger. To me, because of Sanchez's early departure, this one's a coin toss. This would be Armageddon in Columbus, for OSU to lose this one. This is the biggest pride game they've had in recent years. Getting USC now in The Shoe, they must atone for 35-3. Problem is, USC never loses these types of games. Something's got to give. L

I'd feel more comfortable if I were a USC fan. OSU's replacing 13 or so starters, IIRC. That defense is going to be confused. Granted, a new SC qb, but new qbs there have a bit of a track record.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:08 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Sat, Oct 31 at Florida I thought this was always a neutral-site game at Jacksonville. In any event, Georgia has a bye going into this game, but it won't be enough. Florida just has too many weapons. L

It will be -- they still designate "home" and "away" teams.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:14 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Georgia actually benefits from a favorable conference schedule this season. They miss both Bama and Ole Miss, and catch both Auburn (their annual crossover game) and LSU at home, and in down years for both.

I wonder why the SEC honks never address this point. It seems every year some of the top SEC teams don't play each other, yet the ballsuckers gloat over how "brutal" a slate of Kentucky-Miss St-Vandy-South Carolina, etc. is. And in the case of teams like UT and Auburn, it's mostly all style and no substance. Eh, the middling SEC teams are no better or worse than any other conference. I feel the same way about the Big Ten, though. If MSU lucks their way into a Big Ten title this year, it'll have a lot to do with the omission of OSU on the schedule.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:40 am

If Cal doesn't make it this year, they're never going to, at least not while Pete's at USC.

Things will never line up better for Cal than they appear to be lining up this year.

Here's a thought....

Some perverse part of me would actually like to see Cal run the table, then kill Florida in the title game.

Why? Pretty simple. I can scarcely imagine what m2 would be like, if in fact he actually did have something tangible to gloat about; especially including a win over the SEC.

I'm thinking the fall out would exceed Chernobyl's.

We'd be getting PETs of and Blackberry missives from Playboy bunnies m2 fucked that weekend, aboard his new $50,000,000 yacht. His new crib would blow away Larry Ellison's. The National League would adopt the DH, renaming it "Oski." Male pattern baldness would be a thing of the past, courtesy of Marshawn Lynch. The Bay Area would smugly secede from the Union, becoming its own little Luxumbourg....

Dude would be more interesting than the Dos Equis dork.

Blueblood · Post by **Blueblood** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:34 am

Van wrote:Things will never line up better for Cal than they appear to be lining up this year.

Here's a thought....

Some perverse part of me would actually like to see Cal run the table, then kill Florida in the title game.

Hmmm. funny you mention that... since Tedford and Urban are best friends...

07-28-2009, 10:55 AM
The next 10 minutes....

10:44
[Comment From GhostRideTheInjuryCart]
It has been mentioned from time to time in articles that you and Urban Meyer are friends. How close are you two (i.e. sharing information), and does Urban follow Cal football in any capacity?
10:45
Jeff Tedford: Yes, Urban is one of my closest friends in college football. We do share ideas from time to time. Yes, I think he follows Cal football.
10:45

link

Why Jahvid Best/Jet Blue Is Better Than Percy Harvin

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1091 ... rcy-harvin

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:30 am

USCs avg star ranking per player in this years recruiting class is hurt by a 6-8 380 lb 2 star project. Dak Smith can either turn out to be a huge road grader or a huge bust but in a year short in OL prospects the Trojans went with the man mountain

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:49 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:52 pm

Sudden Sam wrote: True. Other than Florida, there's a bunch of teams with no experience at QB ('cept Mississippi) and a lotta youngsters playing everywhere. Oh well, one more NC in a down year won't hurt. :D

i could never get on board with this kind of conference fellatio. if Missouri wins the NC, i don't really care enough to post about it like *my team and I* had something to do with it in a collective "we" type way. in fact, i NEVER want OSU or UT to win an NC, and i might even pull against Colorado (my employer) in certain circumstances since i had to live through that pompous nonsense once before in 1990. no offense Sam, this whole "SEC brotherhood" stuff is dumb and, at best, the machinations of the ESPN's of the world pulling the strings on a region to generate an imagined community of like-minded consumers who all blather the rote incantations of their sports media mind managers.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:04 pm

don't forget now, i went to college at an SEC school in an SEC state. it was not then like it is now with regard to the "SEC Uber Alles" stuff. i think it's all kind of bunky and very much media driven. I posted this before: a Kentucky player yells "SEC, SEC, SEC bay-bee" into the mic in post-game interview after the mighty SEC took down Eastern Carolina last year in whatever Poulon Weedeater Bowl that was.

that's not "normal" behavior or regional pride (the SEC, as mighty and austere as they come really needs a "shout out" after putting down the Pirates of ECU???)....something else drives that.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:10 pm

Best team in the nation last year did not win the National Championship, they won the Rose Bowl

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:13 pm

SoCalTrjn wrote:Best team in the nation last year did not win the National Championship, they won the Rose Bowl

No.