11-08-2021, 02:21 PM
Cal was so bad in 1999 that its best "offensive" play was a Deltha O'Neal pick 6.
Anyway, my point stands. The Big Game is not now and never has truly been a Big Game. It might have once attracted a large crowd, but the game itself has never been between two teams playing in a truly big game for a conference title, and certainly never national implications.
It should be called something else. It's just embarrassing to continue calling it the Big Game. It's not a credible representation, and nobody in the Bay Area cares about the game now anyway.
David Shaw is party to blame because he was the one who basically stopped doing the traditional promotional silliness that kept the game's relevance alive in some form or fashion, for the Bay Area writ large, the week of the game.
Anyway, my point stands. The Big Game is not now and never has truly been a Big Game. It might have once attracted a large crowd, but the game itself has never been between two teams playing in a truly big game for a conference title, and certainly never national implications.
It should be called something else. It's just embarrassing to continue calling it the Big Game. It's not a credible representation, and nobody in the Bay Area cares about the game now anyway.
David Shaw is party to blame because he was the one who basically stopped doing the traditional promotional silliness that kept the game's relevance alive in some form or fashion, for the Bay Area writ large, the week of the game.