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Cal -4 - PAsportsfan - 11-14-2021

ouch!

RE: Cal -4 - Phogge - 11-14-2021

I would have thought at least 10.

RE: Cal -4 - French Rage - 11-14-2021

Any update on McKee?

RE: Cal -4 - 82lsju - 11-14-2021

(11-14-2021, 06:52 PM)Phogge Wrote:  I would have thought at least 10.

they must be thinking McKee will play

RE: Cal -4 - BostonCard - 11-14-2021

This is a difficult game to handicap.  Whether McKee plays or not, plus how Cal comes out post isolation is a brobdingnagian wildcard.  My guess is that Cal should be a favorite, but if McKee plays and Cal comes out flat and out of sync, we have a chance.  But if McKee can’t play, or Cal comes out not showing much rust, I’m thinking this could be an ugly game.

BC

RE: Cal -4 - gailtate - 11-14-2021

(11-14-2021, 08:15 PM)82lsju Wrote:  
(11-14-2021, 06:52 PM)Phogge Wrote:  I would have thought at least 10.

they must be thinking McKee will play

Buddy of mine reminds us that "Stanford is a 4 pt. dog AT HOME to a 3-6 weenie team (that just had a Covid cancellation and lost A WEEK) , that lost to a woeful Arizona team riding a 20-game losing streak."  I say take the weenies and points, and bet the over. Garber should have a pretty good evening.  If the game is even played.

RE: Cal -4 - 82lsju - 11-14-2021

(11-14-2021, 08:26 PM)gailtate Wrote:  
(11-14-2021, 08:15 PM)82lsju Wrote:  
(11-14-2021, 06:52 PM)Phogge Wrote:  I would have thought at least 10.

they must be thinking McKee will play

Buddy of mine reminds us that "Stanford is a 4 pt. dog AT HOME to a 3-6 weenie team (that just had a Covid cancellation and lost A WEEK) , that lost to a woeful Arizona team riding a 20-game losing streak."  I say take the weenies and points, and bet the over. Garber should have a pretty good evening.  If the game is even played.

of course Cal lost to UofA with 40 some odd players out including their top 2 (or was it 3) QBs, have now had a week off to recovery from any injuries, and given the timing of the postponement of the USC game 10 days to plan for Big Game...

Maybe the other 40 some odd weenies will test positive late this week....

I'm sure UCLA is also pleased that USC had an off week before their game on Saturday....

RE: Cal -4 - BostonCard - 11-14-2021

(11-14-2021, 08:26 PM)gailtate Wrote:  Buddy of mine reminds us that "Stanford is a 4 pt. dog AT HOME to a 3-6 weenie team (that just had a Covid cancellation and lost A WEEK) , that lost to a woeful Arizona team riding a 20-game losing streak."  I say take the weenies and points, and bet the over. Garber should have a pretty good evening.  If the game is even played.

If it’s as easy money as you think, then take the weenies and the points.

BC

RE: Cal -4 - slide - 11-14-2021

Arizona played Utah a lot closer this weekend than we did the weekend prior.  

Shawfense now ranked 120th out of 130 D-1 teams.

RE: Cal -4 - Row80Critic - 11-14-2021

Stanford has been playing extraordinarily bad football these last few weeks.  Unless something changes, like getting McKee and a few others back, I think they'd lose to the vast majority of Division 1 teams, and a good number of FCS teams.  They lack speed, scheme, coaching, play-calling, tackling, blocking, strength, conditioning, and fire.  Just atrocious.  Being favored by only 4 points is probably locker room motivation for Cal. 

That said....    Why does cal get to postpone a game when they claim a bunch of their players tested positive for covid, whereas Stanford has to take it on the chin when a bunch of its players are unavailable due to actual football injuries?  Seems a bit like Judge Smail's broken arm to me.... Just say'n.

RE: Cal -4 - teejers1 - 11-14-2021

(11-14-2021, 08:58 PM)Row80Critic Wrote:  Stanford has been playing extraordinarily bad football these last few weeks.  Unless something changes, like getting McKee and a few others back, I think they'd lose to the vast majority of Division 1 teams, and a good number of FCS teams.  The lack speed, scheme, coaching, play-calling, tackling, blocking, strength, conditioning, and fire.  Just atrocious.  Being favored by only 4 points is probably locker room motivation for Cal. 

That said....    Why does cal get to postpone a game when they claim a bunch of their players tested positive for covid, whereas Stanford has to take it on the chin when a bunch of its players are unavailable due to actual football injuries?  Seems a bit like Judge Smail's broken arm to me.... Just say'n.

Agree with your post.
I did something I've never done before: bet against Stanford (as a big underdog). Easy $$ in OSU game.
For some reason, I'm hesitant to do it for Big Game, though I think a running Garbers will cause problems for Stanford's D.
We'll see . . .

RE: Cal -4 - 82lsju - 11-14-2021

(11-14-2021, 08:58 PM)Row80Critic Wrote:  Stanford has been playing extraordinarily bad football these last few weeks.  Unless something changes, like getting McKee and a few others back, I think they's lose to the vast majority of Division 1 teams, and a good number of FCS teams.  The lack speed, scheme, coaching, play-calling, tackling, blocking, strength, conditioning, and fire.  Just atrocious.  Being favored by only 4 points is probably locker room motivation for Cal. 

That said....    Why does cal get to postpone a game when they claim a bunch of their players tested positive for covid, whereas Stanford has to take it on the chin when a bunch of its players are unavailable due to actual football injuries?  Seems a bit like Judge Smail's broken arm to me.... Just say'n.

I'd guess there was some arm twisting by the Pac-12 to reschedule the Cal/USC game to avoid the stigma of a COVID forfeit....so now I'm hoping that if we lose Big Game that UCLA beats Cal, and that USC beats Cal but loses to UCLA and BYU so neither Cal nor USC are bowl eligible...but that's just me being me....

RE: Cal -4 - OutsiderFan - 11-15-2021

This line is about as close to free money as you will ever have a chance to grab in your life.

Cal is way better in the trenches and runs the ball well. Cal is also better at QB than Stanford as long as McKee is out. But even if McKee plays, hard to imagine Cal not winning by at least 10 pts.

RE: Cal -4 - needle - 11-15-2021

Everyone is losing their minds. Get McKee and Higgins back, and maybe KBK, and it is a pick’em game, for sure.

RE: Cal -4 - Austroturf - 11-15-2021

According to College Football News, Stanford is #74 in the nation, while Cal is #63.  USC is positioned in between at #67.  Oregon State is only #64, despite their impressive victory at Reser stadium last Saturday.  Colorado  is #68 and Washington is #66.  In the Pac-12, only Arizona is ranked worse than Stanford.  That's 6 Pac-12 teams ranked between 63 and 74, while Arizona doesn't even make the top 75.    

https://collegefootballnews.com/2021/11/college-football-rankings-1-to-130-week-11-top-teams-are-rising-up/3

RE: Cal -4 - gailtate - 11-15-2021

(11-15-2021, 02:51 PM)Austroturf Wrote:  According to College Football News, Stanford is #74 in the nation, while Cal is #63.  USC is positioned in between at #67.  Oregon State is only #64, despite their impressive victory at Reser stadium last Saturday.  Colorado  is #68 and Washington is #66.  In the Pac-12, only Arizona is ranked worse than Stanford.  That's 6 Pac-12 teams ranked between 63 and 74, while Arizona doesn't even make the top 75.    

https://collegefootballnews.com/2021/11/college-football-rankings-1-to-130-week-11-top-teams-are-rising-up/3

Stanford and 'zona the bottom-feeders in a bottom-feeder conference. As of today, I would say that the ranking is well deserved. A couple of rank programs, so to speak. Oh, one more time: how much does Shaw get paid?
(11-15-2021, 07:52 AM)needle Wrote:  Everyone is losing their minds. Get McKee and Higgins back, and maybe KBK, and it is a pick’em game, for sure.

Take the weenies and the points, regardless.

RE: Cal -4 - Papa John - 11-15-2021

Screw Shaw's salary, screw 'zona, screw College Football News, screw the betting line, screw locker room motivation, screw Covid.

Beat Cal!

RE: Cal -4 - Phogge - 11-15-2021

Good for you Papa. I don’t think anybody here wants a repeat of the last five games, regardless of how they feel about the coach, the coordinators, the AD and the downward spiral of the program.

If they come out fired up, play hard and lose it’s OK. If they are flat, arm tackle and miss blocks then the staff should go, en masse.

RE: Cal -4 - gailtate - 11-16-2021

(11-15-2021, 11:38 PM)Phogge Wrote:  Good for you Papa. I don’t think anybody here wants a repeat of the last five games, regardless of how they feel about the coach, the coordinators, the AD and the downward spiral of the program.

If they come out fired up, play hard and lose it’s OK. If they are flat, arm tackle and miss blocks then the staff should go, en masse.

In the pithy words of John McKay, "I'm all for it."

RE: Cal -4 - Row80Critic - 11-16-2021

(11-15-2021, 11:38 PM)Phogge Wrote:  Good for you Papa. I don’t think anybody here wants a repeat of the last five games. The staff should go, en masse.

I fixed your post for you. ;)  I hope Stanford wins, full stop, but beating a team as bad as cal would mean virtually nothing in terms of the overall health of the program imo.