Loading ...After last week’s win over UCLA, all “Nate Longshore could say is that he was thinking about Tucson”:http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=22150. The Bears weren’t looking passed UofA. Cal wasn’t going to think about ‘SC.
Well. Were they?
The Bears blew a huge chance Saturday. A HUGE CHANCE. One tipped pass and that wide-open No. 2 spot for the National Championship just slammed shut on Cal, “losing to the Wildcats in the desert heat”:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/recaps/2006/11/11/34901_recap.html, prompting Dan Fouts and the rest of that ABC crew to all announce that “Cal was looking ahead to the Trojans.”
No. 3 Louisville lost Thursday. No. 5 Auburn lost to Georgia. No. 6 Florida barely squeaked by South Carolina. And with No. 3 Texas and No. 7 USC still to play, the Bears could have made a huge statement that they belonged in the BCS title game.
But of course, all of that gets thrown out the window with that subpar performance from Cal. There goes that perfect Pac-10 season. There goes the BCS. And maybe, there goes the Rose Bowl.
The loss was so bad that our friends at “tedfordisgod.com”:http://tedfordisgod.com had enough balls to say that it was the “worst loss in the Tedford-era”:http://tedfordisgod.com/?p=96.
Well, Longshore, Marshawn and the rest of the Bears will finally get their chance to play the Trojans next week. And it will actually mean something.
The passing game better get together. Marshawn better be ready to run with explosiveness. The Cal secondary better be ready to cover Jarrett and Smith. Because if the Bears lose to ‘SC next week in the Coliseum, then Cal will have to settle for a Holiday in San Diego.
Do you really want to spend your winter in San Diego or Pasadena? Comment at “clog@dailycal.org”:mailto:clog@dailycal.org. Or just vent about how bad the Bears looked today.
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