1. David Cutcliffe should be ashamed of himself. I know our offense scored 31 points, and that's amazing considering it was one of the absolutely worst called games by an OC I've ever seen.
2. John Chavis should be ashamed of himself.
3. Cal should be ashamed of themselves. Pumping in sound effects and music while Tennessee is at the LOS is bush league, and I thought it was illegal. Guess not.
4. Cal fans should stop butchering the national anthem. IMO, you should never mess around with that song, no matter how clever you think it is.
5. Cal fans should take prozac. In the stadium, they ranked close to LSU-level bile. Outside the stadium, best I've dealt with. They showed their class in the 3rd quarter by chanting "overrated" right before we came back. They also chanted "Pac 10 Football!" the entire time Xavier Mitchell was down.
6. If the defense is not fixed, we'll lose upwards of 6 games.
7. I give Jackson credit for being electric on the PR, but there were 2 blocks in the back.
8. The PI call on Marsalous Johnson against Jackson was one of the worst PI calls ever
9. David Cutcliffe's call on 4th and goal was one of the worst I've seen
10. How many times did receivers run more than 2 yards short of the 1st down marker/GL? A crapton.
11. 47 passes? Are you kidding me?
12. San Francisco is an amazing city. I barely experienced the tip of the iceberg, and I loved the city. Pier 39 is amazing on your first visit.
13. David Cutcliffe's gameplan showed he had no confidence in our WRs. Somehow we had 31 points, which is unbelieveable.
14. The fumble recovery for a TD seemed like a clear cut forward throwing motion from where I was. I haven't watched my TIVO yet, so maybe they explain it.
15. Jarod Parrish shouldn't see the field again.
16. Lefty O'Doul's on Friday night was a blur for me. I know some of you were there.
1. I thought he called an okay game. He called a great game in the first quarter - taking what the defense was giving and pretty much scoring at will. This was followed by questionable pass plays near the GL in the second half of the game. For what it's worth, Cal fans wanted Dunbar (OC calling plays for us last year) fired after our first game last year. Lucky for us, Dunbar left to go to Minnesota, taking his soft spread offense with him.
2. Why? Everyone outside of Tennessee expected Cal to score often. I've met many Cal fans that were upset at the offense for not putting the game away in the third. That's the kind of expectations we have on the offense - with question marks on defense.
3. Those sounds you heard were coming from the speakers directed towards the audience. Cal has "Mic-Men" who lead cheers and try to get fans to make as much noise as possible. If it weren't for these guys (and girls), Memorial Stadium would sound like...well...nothing (our fans need guidance to be loud). The sound you were hearing was the crowd noise going back into the mics and coming out of the speakers towards the audience, not the players on the field.
4. This is a personal opinion. For those Vol fans who want to know what it's about. During 3 parts of the anthem, Cal fans yell another word in place of the orginal anthem.
1 - "Oh, say, can you see..." > "Oh, say, can U C!" (UC=University of California)
2 - "And the rockets red glare..." > "And the rockets BLUE! glare (our color versus Stanfurd's)
3 - "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." > "O'er the land of the free and the home of the BEARS!."
5. I was at the game sitting in the young-alumni section. I was cheering after the play and so were my friends around me. We were cheering because at that point the game was essentially over. We even watched the replay a couple times before we realized what had happened. As soon as we saw there was an injury, our whole section went silent. All I can say is that I'm sorry for that and hope Mitchell is okay, which I hear he will be.
6. Name 5 other teams on your schedule that has a better offense than Cal? I'm not saying it doesn't exist, I'm just really curious.
7. I've watched the replay 20 times now. And I could only find 1 block in the back. However, it did not affect the outcome of the play. Here is the YouTube link
YouTube - Cal Football - Desean Jackson Punt Return TD vs Tennessee
at :15 you will see a Vol player come flying into the picture - the result of what probably was a block in the back. But in my opinion, that player probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere near DJax. I can definitely understand how the refs might have missed that call, given, that I had to watch the replay in slowmo 20 times to find it.
8. Agreed. DJax was using his hands as much as Johnson. Only Johnson wasn't looking at the ball -still should've been a no call. But worst PI ever? Really? Ohio State v Miami NC game comes to mind.
9. Agree 100%.
10. Good defense? Just maybe?...nm.
11. Agreed.
12. Glad you enjoyed your visit.
13. It worked for the most part in the first half. Same passes went for TDs last year.
14. Lateral pass.
15. Who? I guess I just made your point.
16. Hope you had fun there at least.
