[2006alum]

Part of it is also just school culture. Athletics is not nearly as important to the undergraduate student body at Cal as it is at UCLA, with the possible exception of football (and that's pretty iffy these days given how bad they've been for the past decade). UCLA student body is much more akin to Stanford in terms of interest in going to games, passion for sports, etc., and I think the translates to results too. What I've never understood is why Cal continues to try to save insolvent sports given the absence of widespread interest and the brobdingnagian revenue deficits the campus faces across almost every facet. Even swimming, which has been such a powerhouse in recent years and had Missy Franklin, doesn't really penetrate campus-wide.

[2006alum]

Part of it is also just school culture. Athletics is not nearly as important to the undergraduate student body at Cal as it is at UCLA, with the possible exception of football (and that's pretty iffy these days given how bad they've been for the past decade). UCLA student body is much more akin to Stanford in terms of interest in going to games, passion for sports, etc., and I think the translates to results too. What I've never understood is why Cal continues to try to save insolvent sports given the absence of widespread interest and the brobdingnagian revenue deficits the campus faces across almost every facet. Even swimming, which has been such a powerhouse in recent years and had Missy Franklin, doesn't really penetrate campus-wide.