Football season is around the corner...

[katster]

And thus returns the Cal Bears scoreboard.

This year, we'll be linking the games with a recap, but that will not be until the games start.

Date	Opponent	Cal score	Opp. score	Cal total	Opp. total
9/2	@Tennessee
9/9	Minnesota
9/16	Portland State
9/23	Arizona State
9/30	@Oregon State
10/7	Oregon
10/14	@Washington State
10/21	Washington
11/4	UCLA
11/11	@Arizona
11/18	@USC
12/2	109th Big Game v. Stanford
Total Wins			Cal Avg PPG
Total Losses			Opp Avg PPG

Comments

Are you ready for some football?

[wjhansen.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah, yeah!

I'm anxious to see how the Gophers play out in their non-conference play this season--we've lost some key players due to graduation, the NFL, and poor academics. I try not to have too high of an expectation, but for some odd reason(s), I get rather emotional over the games.

I can't remember, will this be the first Gopher/Bear game?

Our first game is one week away! Yay!!! :)

Re: Are you ready for some football?

[katster.livejournal.com]

It looks as if Cal and Minnesota have played four times before, with a 2-2 record, although the Gophers have the momentum, having won the last two games. (Of course, the last game was in 1987, and before that was the 1960s.)

Individual Game Results of California (vs Minnesota), 1869-2005

Date		Opponent (record)	Result	Score		Site
9/19/1987	@	Minnesota (6-5)	L	23	32
10/3/1964	vs.	Minnesota (5-4)	L	20	26
10/4/1952	@	Minnesota (4-3-2)	W	49	13
10/6/1951	vs.	Minnesota (2-6-1)	W	55	14

As for the atmosphere around Cal these days, it's really strange to hear pundits say stuff like "if they can get past Tenn and USC, the Bears have as good of a chance as anybody at making it to the national title game." Like they're expecting us to be good or something...

It's really kinda rarefied air for me, because when I was an undergrad, we went to one bowl game, and more often than not, we lost. (I mean, keep in mind, five years ago, this team went 1-10.)

So I'm excited and scared about Bear football at the same time.

I should check when Cal makes the return trip to Minnesota on this one -- my grandfather grew up in rural Minnesota and one of my good friends was raised in the twin cities and did some work at UMN before coming out this way (he's in NYC now), and I'd love to see the place, and a football game might be the perfect excuse. Just have to come up with the money for the flight. :)

(And it's a *golden* game. Golden Bears vs. Golden Gophers. Whee!)

-kat