[JohnR34231]

[quote author=Hank 91 link=topic=16128.msg179621#msg179621 date=1479493238]
Last week I struck out with all three Oregon contacts I had, but the series is back today with the folks from California Golden Blogs. I found out some interesting things. Obviously Sorry Yikes has never beaten Stanford, but did you know that he's never beaten a team from California? We're the Kings of Cali, they're the Serfs of Cali. The California Golden Serfs? Also, they're still really mad about Shayne Skov, which is nice.

Anyway, here's the link:
https://goo.gl/TKi5on

I still blame Harbaugh for that 2009 loss.  You're in the red zone trying to score the Axe-winning TD and you don't give the ball to your senior RB whom you have rode all season and instead ask your rookie QB to win it?

But seriously Hank, that's some bad mojo to even bring that game up.  Tsk tsk.
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There were some extenuating circumstances in that game. First there was only a minute to go and we were just about out of time outs (maybe we had one). The ball was on Kal's 11 and there wouldn't have been time to give the ball to Toby and pound it in. Also, Toby was gassed from having just run about 60 yards to put us in that position. I think Harbaugh's decision to have Luck throw was at least defensible.

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=Hank 91 link=topic=16128.msg179621#msg179621 date=1479493238]
Last week I struck out with all three Oregon contacts I had, but the series is back today with the folks from California Golden Blogs. I found out some interesting things. Obviously Sorry Yikes has never beaten Stanford, but did you know that he's never beaten a team from California? We're the Kings of Cali, they're the Serfs of Cali. The California Golden Serfs? Also, they're still really mad about Shayne Skov, which is nice.

Anyway, here's the link:
https://goo.gl/TKi5on

I still blame Harbaugh for that 2009 loss.  You're in the red zone trying to score the Axe-winning TD and you don't give the ball to your senior RB whom you have rode all season and instead ask your rookie QB to win it?

But seriously Hank, that's some bad mojo to even bring that game up.  Tsk tsk.
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There were some extenuating circumstances in that game. First there was only a minute to go and we were just about out of time outs (maybe we had one). The ball was on Kal's 11 and there wouldn't have been time to give the ball to Toby and pound it in. Also, Toby was gassed from having just run about 60 yards to put us in that position. I think Harbaugh's decision to have Luck throw was at least defensible.