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12-05-2007, 04:19 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007  Location: Cal
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| Cal's collapse--rumors of players quitting on the field?
As a Cal fan, I knew things hadn't looked right the past six games after the Bears fell from #1. I just thought that it was an inability to maintain a power running game without Lynch and an eroding defense not able to cope with injuries. But the injuries never piled up that much, so this new "news" doesn't surprise me as much as I thought it would.
There are rumors (I must emphasize these are just rumors, although I tend to think they're pretty credible) circulating on The Bear Insider and Cal blogs who have contact with players that the Bears quit early. Links to those posts can be found here: On Quitting at Bears Necessity
I'm going to hope that it isn't true, but it would explain the lackluster efforts over the past month. If true, it just makes me sad. I'll let you know about any further developments. | 
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12-05-2007, 07:07 AM
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| | I'm Your Huckleberry
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lexington, KY
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Originally Posted by Bearsnecessity  As a Cal fan, I knew things hadn't looked right the past six games after the Bears fell from #1. I just thought that it was an inability to maintain a power running game without Lynch and an eroding defense not able to cope with injuries. But the injuries never piled up that much, so this new "news" doesn't surprise me as much as I thought it would.
There are rumors (I must emphasize these are just rumors, although I tend to think they're pretty credible) circulating on The Bear Insider and Cal blogs who have contact with players that the Bears quit early. Links to those posts can be found here: On Quitting at Bears Necessity
I'm going to hope that it isn't true, but it would explain the lackluster efforts over the past month. If true, it just makes me sad. I'll let you know about any further developments. | It is becoming very clear that Cal's only real goal this season was beating UT. Congrats. They did it. | 
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12-05-2007, 10:31 AM
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| | Valid Victorian
Join Date: Feb 2007
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| If the players are quitting on the coach and on the team, it's a damn shame.
It's happened twice here 2002 and 2005. | |
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12-05-2007, 10:40 AM
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| | son piratas, no soldados
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: texas
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| Droski in 3.....2.......
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12-05-2007, 11:11 AM
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| | VN GURU
Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Sounds to me like the players are making excuses to mask the fact they are wildly overrated. | |
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12-05-2007, 11:30 AM
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| | Still keeping VN honest..
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12-05-2007, 11:30 AM
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| | Fear our staff.
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, FL
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| Leave it to Hat to get straight to the heart of the issue. Well done.
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12-05-2007, 11:48 AM
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| | Wave yo hands in the aiya
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 Sounds to me like the players are making excuses to mask the fact they are wildly overrated. | very strong indictment of the quality of the UT team that they slaughtered on opening day. Appropriate, but harsh. | |
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12-05-2007, 12:01 PM
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| | Bruce > Phil
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee aint no place I'd rather be
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Originally Posted by justingroves If the players are quitting on the coach and on the team, it's a damn shame.
It's happened twice here 2002 and 2005. | Let's hope 2008 doesn't follow the trend. | |
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12-05-2007, 12:03 PM
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| | son piratas, no soldados
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: texas
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| maybe it was those new uniforms. 
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12-05-2007, 12:09 PM
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| | Valid Victorian
Join Date: Feb 2006
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| Wait, didn't Cal fans say Tedford was God? Guess I was right about him, too.
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12-05-2007, 12:19 PM
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| | Wave yo hands in the aiya
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by VolinArizona Wait, didn't Cal fans say Tedford was God? Guess I was right about him, too. | everyone except the Cal fans was right | |
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12-05-2007, 12:19 PM
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| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Newport, TN
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| Being #1 for a few minutes before losing doesn't count as being #1. | |
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12-05-2007, 12:44 PM
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| | Valid Victorian
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol everyone except the Cal fans was right |  | |
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