09-22-2026, 06:52 PM
Close timing but no not Bonds
But like Bonds not in the Hall of Fame
But like Bonds not in the Hall of Fame
Outside Topic Sports trivia thread 2025-2026
10-04-2026, 09:02 AM
Crazy George. Of San Jose State. A former bootleg poster was his roommate not long after college
(10-04-2026, 09:02 AM)BobK Wrote: Crazy George. Of San Jose State. A former bootleg poster was his roommate not long after college
Krazy George - Wikipedia
He actually had a pretty interesting life. Formerly a teacher, decided to be a full-time booster. He worked for:
- Five NFL teams (Oilers, Chiefs, Vikings, Saints, Titans)
- Three NCAA football teams
- Two Canadian Football teams
- Five NHL teams (California Golden Seals were his first team after SJSU football, Avalanche, Oilers, Rockies, Jets)
- Two MLB teams (Oakland A's and Rockies)
- Five NASL teams (Quakes of course)
- Multiple minor league hockey and soccer teams
- One minor league baseball team (San Jose Giants)
- Arena football (Houston Stallions)
- Minor league hockey including WHL (Vancouver)
Vikings GM complained about KG making noise when he worked for an opposing team...so he hired him.
The Chiefs and Oilers had a bidding war over him.
He lives in Capitola and still cheers at Quakes games. He's 82 years old.
Not really a question, but I think it's interesting that three of the Top 10 NFL playoff winning coaches (minimum 10 games) are 49er coaches, led by former multi-time Stanford head football coach Bill Walsh. Using career postseason winning percentage, minimum 10 games coached, here is the Top 10:
Playoff
Rk. Coach Record Win% Championships
1 Vince Lombardi 9–1 90% 5 NFL titles (2 Super Bowl Wins)
2 Tom Flores 8–3 73% 2 Super Bowl Wins
3 Bill Walsh 10–4 71% 3 Super Bowl Wins
4 Joe Gibbs 17–7 71% 3 Super Bowl Wins
5 Bill Belichick 31–13 71% 6 Super Bowl Wins
6 Jimmy Johnson 9–4 69% 2 Super Bowl Wins
T-7 Chuck Noll 16–8 67% 4 Super Bowl Wins
T-7 George Seifert 10–5 67% 2 Super Bowl Wins
9 Kyle Shanahan 9–5 64% 0 Super Bowl Wins
10 Tom Coughlin 12–7 63% 2 Super Bowl Wins
George Halas misses the 10 game cutoff by one. He won six NFL titles and went 6-3 in playoff games.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(10-04-2026, 09:02 AM)BobK Wrote: Crazy George. Of San Jose State. A former bootleg poster was his roommate not long after college
Krazy George - Wikipedia
He actually had a pretty interesting life. Formerly a teacher, decided to be a full-time booster. He worked for:
- Five NFL teams (Oilers, Chiefs, Vikings, Saints, Titans)
- Three NCAA football teams
- Two Canadian Football teams
- Five NHL teams (California Golden Seals were his first team after SJSU football, Avalanche, Oilers, Rockies, Jets)
- Two MLB teams (Oakland A's and Rockies)
- Five NASL teams (Quakes of course)
- Multiple minor league hockey and soccer teams
- One minor league baseball team (San Jose Giants)
- Arena football (Houston Stallions)
- Minor league hockey including WHL (Vancouver)
Vikings GM complained about KG making noise when he worked for an opposing team...so he hired him.
The Chiefs and Oilers had a bidding war over him.
He lives in Capitola and still cheers at Quakes games. He's 82 years old.
Not really a question, but I think it's interesting that three of the Top 10 NFL playoff winning coaches (minimum 10 games) are 49er coaches, led by former multi-time Stanford head football coach Bill Walsh. Using career postseason winning percentage, minimum 10 games coached, here is the Top 10:
Playoff
Rk. Coach Record Win% Championships
1 Vince Lombardi 9–1 90% 5 NFL titles (2 Super Bowl Wins)
2 Tom Flores 8–3 73% 2 Super Bowl Wins
3 Bill Walsh 10–4 71% 3 Super Bowl Wins
4 Joe Gibbs 17–7 71% 3 Super Bowl Wins
5 Bill Belichick 31–13 71% 6 Super Bowl Wins
6 Jimmy Johnson 9–4 69% 2 Super Bowl Wins
T-7 Chuck Noll 16–8 67% 4 Super Bowl Wins
T-7 George Seifert 10–5 67% 2 Super Bowl Wins
9 Kyle Shanahan 9–5 64% 0 Super Bowl Wins
10 Tom Coughlin 12–7 63% 2 Super Bowl Wins
George Halas misses the 10 game cutoff by one. He won six NFL titles and went 6-3 in playoff games.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
10-05-2026, 12:31 AM
Thus far in the 2026 season, what do Rutgers, Oklahoma State and Cal have in common?
10-05-2026, 12:02 PM
(10-04-2026, 08:59 AM)Mick Wrote: Who invented The Wave?
First time I saw the wave was on November 20, 1982 in Strawberry Canyon. So forgive me if I haven't/won't participate!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
(10-04-2026, 08:59 AM)Mick Wrote: Who invented The Wave?
First time I saw the wave was on November 20, 1982 in Strawberry Canyon. So forgive me if I haven't/won't participate!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
10-05-2026, 01:28 PM
(10-05-2026, 12:09 PM)82lsju Wrote:(10-05-2026, 12:31 AM)Giants Wrote: Thus far in the 2026 season, what do Rutgers, Oklahoma State and Cal have in common?
losing to a non-Power 4 team
Correct!
UMass beat Rutgers
Tulsa beat Oklahoma State
UNLV best Cal
I think this fact does a nice job of summarizing the increasing gap between P4 and G6.
(10-05-2026, 12:09 PM)82lsju Wrote:(10-05-2026, 12:31 AM)Giants Wrote: Thus far in the 2026 season, what do Rutgers, Oklahoma State and Cal have in common?
losing to a non-Power 4 team
Correct!
UMass beat Rutgers
Tulsa beat Oklahoma State
UNLV best Cal
I think this fact does a nice job of summarizing the increasing gap between P4 and G6.
This MLB season all 5 teams in the AL West finished with a negative run differential for the regular season:
Houston Astros -32
Texas Rangers -46
Seattle Mariner -58
West Sacramento Athletics -238 (!)
Los Angeles Angels -97
However, this is not the first time this "feat" has happened in MLB. What was the first-and-only-other-modern-era MLB regular season--give the year, league and division--in which every team in a division finished with a negative run differential?
Houston Astros -32
Texas Rangers -46
Seattle Mariner -58
West Sacramento Athletics -238 (!)
Los Angeles Angels -97
However, this is not the first time this "feat" has happened in MLB. What was the first-and-only-other-modern-era MLB regular season--give the year, league and division--in which every team in a division finished with a negative run differential?
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
(This post was last modified: 10-16-2026, 05:26 PM by Papa John.)
This MLB season all 5 teams in the AL West finished with a negative run differential for the regular season:
Houston Astros -32
Texas Rangers -46
Seattle Mariner -58
West Sacramento Athletics -238 (!)
Los Angeles Angels -97
However, this is not the first time this "feat" has happened in MLB. What was the first-and-only-other-modern-era MLB regular season--give the year, league and division--in which every team in a division finished with a negative run differential?
Houston Astros -32
Texas Rangers -46
Seattle Mariner -58
West Sacramento Athletics -238 (!)
Los Angeles Angels -97
However, this is not the first time this "feat" has happened in MLB. What was the first-and-only-other-modern-era MLB regular season--give the year, league and division--in which every team in a division finished with a negative run differential?
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
10-17-2026, 08:16 AM
(10-16-2026, 05:05 PM)Papa John Wrote: This MLB season all 5 teams in the AL West finished with a negative run differential for the regular season:
Houston Astros -32
Texas Rangers -46
Seattle Mariner -58
West Sacramento Athletics -238 (!)
Los Angeles Angels -97
However, this is not the first time this "feat" has happened in MLB. What was the first-and-only-other-modern-era MLB regular season--give the year, league and division--in which every team in a division finished with a negative run differential?
I don't know the year, but my guess would be the perenially awful AL West...
Audaces fortuna iuvat
(10-16-2026, 05:05 PM)Papa John Wrote: This MLB season all 5 teams in the AL West finished with a negative run differential for the regular season:
Houston Astros -32
Texas Rangers -46
Seattle Mariner -58
West Sacramento Athletics -238 (!)
Los Angeles Angels -97
However, this is not the first time this "feat" has happened in MLB. What was the first-and-only-other-modern-era MLB regular season--give the year, league and division--in which every team in a division finished with a negative run differential?
I don't know the year, but my guess would be the perenially awful AL West...
Audaces fortuna iuvat
10-17-2026, 08:58 AM
It was the West, but not the AL.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
It was the West, but not the AL.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
10-17-2026, 09:04 AM
2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
"When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only dream forever." -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846)
2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
"When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only dream forever." -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846)
10-17-2026, 12:45 PM
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Sam nailed it!
(10-17-2026, 09:04 AM)Sam Leopold Wrote: 2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
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Sam nailed it!
(10-17-2026, 09:04 AM)Sam Leopold Wrote: 2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
(10-17-2026, 12:45 PM)Papa John Wrote: N(10-17-2026, 09:04 AM)Sam Leopold Wrote: 2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
The 2025 NL West standings, regular season record and run differential
San Diego 82-80 -42
Arizona 77-85 -160
San Francisco 75-87 -96
Los Angeles 71-91 -70
Colorado 67-95 -122
Related question: which MLB team, in the modern era (since 1900), had the single-season/regular-season run differential? Give the team and the year the feat was accomplished.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
(This post was last modified: 10-17-2026, 03:02 PM by Papa John.)
(10-17-2026, 12:45 PM)Papa John Wrote: N(10-17-2026, 09:04 AM)Sam Leopold Wrote: 2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
The 2025 NL West standings, regular season record and run differential
San Diego 82-80 -42
Arizona 77-85 -160
San Francisco 75-87 -96
Los Angeles 71-91 -70
Colorado 67-95 -122
Related question: which MLB team, in the modern era (since 1900), had the single-season/regular-season run differential? Give the team and the year the feat was accomplished.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
10-17-2026, 03:24 PM
Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792274383' Wrote: 1792274383[/url]']
Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792266351' Wrote: 1792266351[/url]']
NSam Leopold dateline='[url=tel:1792253044' Wrote: 1792253044[/url]']
2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
The 2025 NL West standings, regular season record and run differential
San Diego 82-80 -42
Arizona 77-85 -160
San Francisco 75-87 -96
Los Angeles 71-91 -70
Colorado 67-95 -122
Related question: which MLB team, in the modern era (since 1900), had the single-season/regular-season run differential? Give the team and the year the feat was accomplished.
Yankees 1927
Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792274383' Wrote: 1792274383[/url]']
Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792266351' Wrote: 1792266351[/url]']
NSam Leopold dateline='[url=tel:1792253044' Wrote: 1792253044[/url]']
2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
The 2025 NL West standings, regular season record and run differential
San Diego 82-80 -42
Arizona 77-85 -160
San Francisco 75-87 -96
Los Angeles 71-91 -70
Colorado 67-95 -122
Related question: which MLB team, in the modern era (since 1900), had the single-season/regular-season run differential? Give the team and the year the feat was accomplished.
Yankees 1927
10-17-2026, 03:36 PM
(10-17-2026, 03:24 PM)BobK Wrote:Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792274383' Wrote: 1792274383[/url]']
Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792266351' Wrote: 1792266351[/url]']
NSam Leopold dateline='[url=tel:1792253044' Wrote: 1792253044[/url]']
2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
The 2025 NL West standings, regular season record and run differential
San Diego 82-80 -42
Arizona 77-85 -160
San Francisco 75-87 -96
Los Angeles 71-91 -70
Colorado 67-95 -122
Related question: which MLB team, in the modern era (since 1900), had the single-season/regular-season run differential? Give the team and the year the feat was accomplished.
Yankees 1927
My bad. I meant to say the worst run differential! That's what I get for typing on my phone...
For what it's worth, the 1939 Yankees had the best modern era run differential, but the 1927 Yankees are second. Silver medal for BobK!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
(10-17-2026, 03:24 PM)BobK Wrote:Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792274383' Wrote: 1792274383[/url]']
Papa John dateline='[url=tel:1792266351' Wrote: 1792266351[/url]']
NSam Leopold dateline='[url=tel:1792253044' Wrote: 1792253044[/url]']
2005 NL West, which was won by the Padres with a record of 82-80?
Sam nailed it!
The 2025 NL West standings, regular season record and run differential
San Diego 82-80 -42
Arizona 77-85 -160
San Francisco 75-87 -96
Los Angeles 71-91 -70
Colorado 67-95 -122
Related question: which MLB team, in the modern era (since 1900), had the single-season/regular-season run differential? Give the team and the year the feat was accomplished.
Yankees 1927
My bad. I meant to say the worst run differential! That's what I get for typing on my phone...
For what it's worth, the 1939 Yankees had the best modern era run differential, but the 1927 Yankees are second. Silver medal for BobK!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
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