01-02-2013, 08:26 AM
I have enough personal relationships with upstanding C.al fans with whom I have intelligent and reasoned discourse on the merits of our two schools that I can quickly discount the few Internet posting nut jobs out there inclined to spend their time frothing at the mouth and badmouthing anything Cardinal related.
I also thought to peruse the enemy's boards and saw some interesting comments. The few posters who threw out weak attempts to disparage the team or its accomplishments were quickly shot down by more reasoned posters. One poster called Shaw "mediocre" in passing and 3-4 others quickly replied "I wish our coaches were as mediocre as Shaw" or "explain how winning 23 games in his first two years including a Rose Bowl victory merits 'mediocrity'?"
I also thought to peruse the enemy's boards and saw some interesting comments. The few posters who threw out weak attempts to disparage the team or its accomplishments were quickly shot down by more reasoned posters. One poster called Shaw "mediocre" in passing and 3-4 others quickly replied "I wish our coaches were as mediocre as Shaw" or "explain how winning 23 games in his first two years including a Rose Bowl victory merits 'mediocrity'?"