01-09-2020, 12:32 PM
(01-09-2020, 10:28 AM)SamuelMcF Wrote:(01-09-2020, 10:24 AM)French Rage Wrote: On the plus side, only two games without students, or maybe one depending on if they're back by the 19th. Usually in even years it's three before they get back.
W&M is a whatever cupcake game regardless. And I think students will be around on 9/19, or at least the freshmen. Might be during New Student Orientation.
Per undergrad.stanford.edu, New Student Orientation is Wednesday, September 16 through Sunday, September 20. Classes start on Monday, September 21, so if Stanford has a home game on September 19 there should be decent student attendance.
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)