[CornFed]

Well, whatever the reasons, the powder blue teddy bruins broke the PAC-12's undefeated string in bowl season.  A pox on them.

[CornFed]

Well, whatever the reasons, the powder blue teddy bruins broke the PAC-12's undefeated string in bowl season.  A pox on them.

[JohnR34231]

That was the excuse we always used to get when we lost to SJS, and frankly I got a little tired of it.

IMHO, good teams don't lose to inferior teams because they can't get excited about the game. They suck it up and do what they have to in order to win.

[JohnR34231]

That was the excuse we always used to get when we lost to SJS, and frankly I got a little tired of it.

IMHO, good teams don't lose to inferior teams because they can't get excited about the game. They suck it up and do what they have to in order to win.

[Beeg_Dawg]

Mora seems like the next Mark Richt.  Recruits really well, and maybe makes it to a a few conference championship games, but  just doesn't have what it takes to beat the best coaches as consistently as his talent suggests he maybe should.

That all said, show me an 8-4 team excited to play a 5-7 team in a bowl game.  That's not happening.  Despite the fact Nebraska lost 4 games on the final play, there was no way UCLA's team was super excited to play that game.  And I'm sure playing it at the site of the Pac-12 CG (where they wanted to be) didn't help matters much either.

More like Mac Brown than Mark Richt.  No one ever did less with the talent Brown had.

[Beeg_Dawg]

Mora seems like the next Mark Richt.  Recruits really well, and maybe makes it to a a few conference championship games, but  just doesn't have what it takes to beat the best coaches as consistently as his talent suggests he maybe should.

That all said, show me an 8-4 team excited to play a 5-7 team in a bowl game.  That's not happening.  Despite the fact Nebraska lost 4 games on the final play, there was no way UCLA's team was super excited to play that game.  And I'm sure playing it at the site of the Pac-12 CG (where they wanted to be) didn't help matters much either.

More like Mac Brown than Mark Richt.  No one ever did less with the talent Brown had.

[Mick]

That was the excuse we always used to get when we lost to SJS, and frankly I got a little tired of it.

IMHO, good teams don't lose to inferior teams because they can't get excited about the game. They suck it up and do what they have to in order to win.

JPRI, that's great to say, it feels like a truism.  But in point of fact, it is not uncommon for very strong teams to hit emotional lows when they play against teams they view as inferior.  And the double whammy happens when you get a team that is conversely sky-high, that feels it has something to prove...like a 5-7 Huskers team that would be 9-3 save for last plays.  And factor in a true frosh quarterback and -- let's just say it --  a coaching gap, and a whole lotta factors were pointing to Nebraska.

[Mick]

That was the excuse we always used to get when we lost to SJS, and frankly I got a little tired of it.

IMHO, good teams don't lose to inferior teams because they can't get excited about the game. They suck it up and do what they have to in order to win.

JPRI, that's great to say, it feels like a truism.  But in point of fact, it is not uncommon for very strong teams to hit emotional lows when they play against teams they view as inferior.  And the double whammy happens when you get a team that is conversely sky-high, that feels it has something to prove...like a 5-7 Huskers team that would be 9-3 save for last plays.  And factor in a true frosh quarterback and -- let's just say it --  a coaching gap, and a whole lotta factors were pointing to Nebraska.

[CornFed]

Just had to say, I watched the whole Iowa/Nebraska game.  I commented to friends that Nebraska's QB was the MOST inaccurate passer I had ever seen for a P5 team.  It was so bad, it couldn't have all been due to it being just a bad day.  Watching him vs. UCLA I was astounded.  I presume I saw him on a relatively bad day vs. Iowa and on the best day of his life vs. UCLA.

[CornFed]

Just had to say, I watched the whole Iowa/Nebraska game.  I commented to friends that Nebraska's QB was the MOST inaccurate passer I had ever seen for a P5 team.  It was so bad, it couldn't have all been due to it being just a bad day.  Watching him vs. UCLA I was astounded.  I presume I saw him on a relatively bad day vs. Iowa and on the best day of his life vs. UCLA.

[thunder_chik]

Well, I'm glad they lost.  My dad was from Nebraska, and I think UCLA are a bunch of prima donnas.  Huskers deserved the win.  And I loved that at least one article mentioned that Nebraska "took a page from the Stanford playbook" to get it.

[thunder_chik]

Well, I'm glad they lost.  My dad was from Nebraska, and I think UCLA are a bunch of prima donnas.  Huskers deserved the win.  And I loved that at least one article mentioned that Nebraska "took a page from the Stanford playbook" to get it.

[81alum]

And I loved that at least one article mentioned that Nebraska "took a page from the Stanford playbook" to get it.

Isn't that the truth!  We are reaching the point where there is no other team in the country as closely identified with power running, so much so that we are the premier example to which all others are compared.  After coming of football age under Walsh 1, this is still taking me some time to get used to.

[81alum]

And I loved that at least one article mentioned that Nebraska "took a page from the Stanford playbook" to get it.

Isn't that the truth!  We are reaching the point where there is no other team in the country as closely identified with power running, so much so that we are the premier example to which all others are compared.  After coming of football age under Walsh 1, this is still taking me some time to get used to.

[Leftcoast]

Let's not forget that two of those San Jose St losses happened during Stanford Rose Bowl years.  Sometimes really good teams lose to highly motivated underdogs.

[Leftcoast]

Let's not forget that two of those San Jose St losses happened during Stanford Rose Bowl years.  Sometimes really good teams lose to highly motivated underdogs.

[Rally]

Let's not forget that two of those San Jose St losses happened during Stanford Rose Bowl years.  Sometimes really good teams lose to highly motivated underdogs.

Plunkett's Rose Bowl bound team lost to C.al, as my bear alum boss predicted.

[Rally]

Let's not forget that two of those San Jose St losses happened during Stanford Rose Bowl years.  Sometimes really good teams lose to highly motivated underdogs.

Plunkett's Rose Bowl bound team lost to C.al, as my bear alum boss predicted.

[BostonCard]

Cal is up 21-14 on Air Force.  The Bears are having their way statistically with the overmatched Falcons, but a turnover and a failed fake field goal is keeping AFA close.

BC

[BostonCard]

Cal is up 21-14 on Air Force.  The Bears are having their way statistically with the overmatched Falcons, but a turnover and a failed fake field goal is keeping AFA close.

BC

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Low APR U is up 21-14 on Air Force.  The 59ers are having their way statistically with the overmatched Falcons, but a turnover and a failed fake field goal is keeping AFA close.

BC

28-14 now.  AFA not doing anything to stop Goff.

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Low APR U is up 21-14 on Air Force.  The 59ers are having their way statistically with the overmatched Falcons, but a turnover and a failed fake field goal is keeping AFA close.

BC

28-14 now.  AFA not doing anything to stop Goff.

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Goff 14/21, 273 yards, 4 TD.  Cal up 35-21 with 2:00 left in the half.

If this is indeed his last college game, he's certainly going out in style.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Goff 14/21, 273 yards, 4 TD.  Cal up 35-21 with 2:00 left in the half.

If this is indeed his last college game, he's certainly going out in style.

[ColoradoTree]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

Uh, wow.  That is an, ahem, interesting parenting choice right there. 

[ColoradoTree]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

Uh, wow.  That is an, ahem, interesting parenting choice right there. 

[yvonne]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.

[yvonne]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.

[yvonne]

Glad to see cal isn't pulling a UCLA.

[yvonne]

Glad to see cal isn't pulling a UCLA.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=14163.msg149848#msg149848 date=1451420894]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
[/quote]

That's mighty unfortunate.  Thanks, Yvonne.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=14163.msg149848#msg149848 date=1451420894]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
[/quote]

That's mighty unfortunate.  Thanks, Yvonne.

[ColoradoTree]

[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=14163.msg149848#msg149848 date=1451420894]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
[/quote]

[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=14163.msg149848#msg149848 date=1451420894]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
[/quote]

That helps a little.  I suppose.  I can see not formally changing the name at that point, but I sure as heck would have called my kid by his middle name at that point, if only to save my child from the verbal abuse this guy must have received. 

[ColoradoTree]

[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=14163.msg149848#msg149848 date=1451420894]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
[/quote]

[quote author=ThePassionOfTheChryst link=topic=14163.msg149848#msg149848 date=1451420894]

Anyone have a birth date for AFA tailback Timothy McVey?  He's a sophomore, which means he was likely born around 1996.  I have a hard time believing any American named McVey (or McVeigh) born after 1995 would be named Timothy.

According to this article from the Colorado Springs Gazette, he was born eight months before Tim McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building.
[/quote]

That helps a little.  I suppose.  I can see not formally changing the name at that point, but I sure as heck would have called my kid by his middle name at that point, if only to save my child from the verbal abuse this guy must have received. 

[JohnR34231]

Anyone else getting a little tired of the announcers fawning over Goff? I know I am.

[JohnR34231]

Anyone else getting a little tired of the announcers fawning over Goff? I know I am.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Anyone else getting a little tired of the announcers fawning over Goff? I know I am.

I don't mind the praise.  The constant "And this is why he's going to be a first round pick" has grown tired though.

That said, I hope Dykes keeps the pedal to the metal.  The occasional video game numbers are fun to see.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

Anyone else getting a little tired of the announcers fawning over Goff? I know I am.

I don't mind the praise.  The constant "And this is why he's going to be a first round pick" has grown tired though.

That said, I hope Dykes keeps the pedal to the metal.  The occasional video game numbers are fun to see.

[JohnR34231]

The fact that I'm an Air Force fan (along with the fact he's a Weenie) might have something to do with it.

[JohnR34231]

The fact that I'm an Air Force fan (along with the fact he's a Weenie) might have something to do with it.