[Mick]

I'm genuinely bummed about that.  Rivera went to Seaside HS in Monterey, common for the sons and daughters of Fort Ord personnel (Ron's dad was an officer).  We played basketball against Seaside.  One of our players, nicknamed "Huey" was 6'9" and 280 pounds, and became a lineman in the NFL years later.  When a shot went up in that game, it was those two guys battling for the rebound and eight other guys looking for a reason to be anywhere but near the basketball. 

And he was a worthy opponent at Cal.  And by worthy, I mean he wasn't anything like Albert Dorsey, Mariet Ford, Damariay Drew, Tracy Slocum or Mike Pawlawski.  He was a decent guy.

[Mick]

I'm genuinely bummed about that.  Rivera went to Seaside HS in Monterey, common for the sons and daughters of Fort Ord personnel (Ron's dad was an officer).  We played basketball against Seaside.  One of our players, nicknamed "Huey" was 6'9" and 280 pounds, and became a lineman in the NFL years later.  When a shot went up in that game, it was those two guys battling for the rebound and eight other guys looking for a reason to be anywhere but near the basketball. 

And he was a worthy opponent at Cal.  And by worthy, I mean he wasn't anything like Albert Dorsey, Mariet Ford, Damariay Drew, Tracy Slocum or Mike Pawlawski.  He was a decent guy.