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Getting ready to go here, and we get the B Team announcers, which means no Musberger, which is a plus.

God, I hate Cal's UCLA circus music 'fight' song.

They're making a big deal about USC's commitment to win this one for Stafon Johnson, with everyone wearing his #13 on their eye black.

Ooooh!

:D

Wonder if m2 will make a showing here? If Cal loses, we may never see him again, but here's the question: After his puss job disappearance following the raping by Oregon how much of a bitch move would it be for him to come back in here should Cal win tonight?

Now that'd be worth getting banned.

:D

Fuck...They stop Best for a huge loss, but they bail him out with a facemask for a huge swing play.

said this in another thread, with OU-Miami in the east time zone and Cal-USC out west, how this isn't a double-header?

ATM-Arkie also on. ATM wearing white helmets.

Taylor Mays!! A pick in the endzone!!

Sorry Cal!!

Yow! Barkley WAY overthrew that one!

He didn't miss that one though!

Huge, huge play, to get the O started.

Jsc810 wrote:This thread would be more entertaining if m2 would represent.

Sorry.

You wanna take his place? You know what he'd say, so just sub for him.

Picking up where the Oregon game left off, USC's TEs are killing Cal again.

McKnight goes off for an awesome bomb of a TD run!!

7-0 OU

King Crimson wrote:7-0 OU

Man, don't tell me that. I have Miami +7.5 in the Pick 'Em.

:)

About 20% of the stadium is wearing Cardinal & Gold! Bwaaahaaa!!

Jon, go ahead and pile on Cal for that. They fully deserve it.

Kevin Riley will likely end up being the difference in this game...for USC.

So far, his brainfart on the pick and his errant throw to Best ended Cal's first two drives. Cal will not win this game if they have to depend on Best to win it for them, and they won't win it with Riley making more mistakes than Barkley.

Haaaa!! Another Cal brainfart!

Psssst...Cal DBs, don't assume Havili is going to just go out of bounds! Bwaaahaaa!!

Barkley missed a TD throw there, but Williams still could've - should've - caught it.

And there it is, right on cue, the holding penalty on the TE to kill the big play, which would've given them 1st and goal.

USC's holding penalties this season have just been drive killers. This one step forward, two steps back shit just has to stop.

Yep, now they have to do a chipshot FG instead of the easy TD.

Fuck. 10-0.

On the plus side, Cal isn't even slowing down USC's offense so far, and USC got points out of their first two series, while Cal came up empty in theirs.

Third and long for Cal, from deep in their own zone. If they go three and out here and USC converts with more points, Cal's in deep trouble.

Riley missed. Three and out.

Cal is circling the drain. They have to stop USC on this drive or it's already game over.

NICE shot of the bouncing Song Girl breasts!

Goddammit, another holding penalty to negate a conversion of 2nd and 18...and it was a bullshit call. That was not even close to being a hold.

4th and 1 from the 38 or thereabouts. Cal has to get the stop here...

Fuck. They got the stop. Wasn't even close. Another drive killed by a holding penalty.

That 4th and 1 is where Stafon Johnson would've gotten the carry.

That play just kept Cal in the game.

Cal responds with an end around...which USC's defensive speed strings out and snuffs out for a loss.

End of the 1st quarter. USC 10-0.

USC has to clean up the holding penalties, but that second one was bullshit, and it was a drive killer. USC left ten points on the field that quarter - at least 7 - and Cal left at least 3 on the field.

Btw, aren't blatant pick plays supposed to be illegal? They never seem to get called, and Cal just did another one.

3rd and 25, Riley. Careful...careful...don't do anything stupid...

10-0 OU

Cal's fans are getting restless, after Cal does another three and out. Their vaunted offense got completely shut down last week, but that was on the road.

They're getting shut down here too, at home, in a must win "statement game."

And USC just returned a Cal punt for a TD...

Still, the problem is Cal can never beat USC if they can never score on USC, and every year that's always their problem: They just can't score enough to win.

17-0, and it's soon going to be a case of Best being taken out of the game plan, at which point Cal's done.

Cal has to answer here...

Broken play, for a wide open 20 yard gain to open their drive. Big play.

10-7, OU. pretty sloppy game. Miami hurting themselves with penalties, OU out of sync on O.

Why the fuck do I see OU-Miami score updates in this thread?

Kindly STFU.

Nada. Riley missed...then missed again. He's not handling USC's pass rush very well. He's rushing his passes and missing.

After the opening drive Jahvid Best has been a total non-factor.

Okay, USC can end the game already, right here. If they go 85 yards here and just jam it down Cal's throat for another score it's over. Cal's bench is already completely dispirited, and so are the fans.

GreginPG wrote:Why the fuck do I see OU-Miami score updates in this thread?

Kindly STFU.

I don't mind. Nobody's doing an OU-Miami in game thread, so let him do it here. The more the merrier.

Awesome pass, awesome catch.

Barkley is a stud.

Cal's in deep shit. They needed that stop there.

Van wrote:

GreginPG wrote:Why the fuck do I see OU-Miami score updates in this thread?

Kindly STFU.

I don't mind. Nobody's doing an OU-Miami in game thread, so let him do it here. The more the merrier.

Or he could start one.

Sorry the beer is tasting awfully good and going down pretty quickly.

Barkley looks pretty sharp. Great catch by Ayles.

sin,

mfool

Okay, Cal's still alive. They got the stop there. USC at least reversed the field position there, getting out to midfield before the drive stalled...

It's nice to see some variety with the offense.

A nice mix of pass and run with some medium to deep passes thrown in.

Cal's in deep shit. They can't run on USC, and once it's third and long they can't stop USC's pass rush.

Three and out again. Cal is dormant.

Now USC gets a short field, with a chance to stick in the dagger.

D is looking good.

Oh, and THAT right there is why AB needs more touches.

Van wrote:Cal's in deep shit. They can't run on USC, and once it's third and long they can't stop USC's pass rush.

Three and out again. Cal is dormant.

that's hard to believe, since all their position groups are the best in the country and the fastest.

USC's O-line is rolling Cal. Just rolling them. They're running it right up their asses.

Cal better find a way to come up with a stop here...

4th and 1 from the 10. Minus Stafon Johnson, they may go with the FG here.

Nope, they're going for it.

Got it. Still, they threw for it.

Pete ALWAYS for for it!

Damnit.

Not a good series there after they made it on 4th.