There's a certain agony that's particular to being a Cal fan.

[katster]

Once it was WSU and a fumble on the one yard line.

This time, if DeSean had just been bare millimeters to the right...or if their wide reciever had been called on the pass interference instead of Dante Hughes...or if Lavelle hadn't tripped on the one yard line...or if Longshore had just been a little more careful with his passes...

DeSean Jackson did everything he could to win us that game, but in the end, it just wasn't enough.

Cal loses. It's not improbable that we could still spend New Years' in Pasadena; it's just become a lot harder.

Next week, USC.

Hey, and congrats to Rutgers on that nice win the other day.

Date	Opponent	Cal score	Opp. score	Cal total	Opp. total
9/2	@Tennessee	18	35	18	35
9/9	Minnesota	42	17	60	52
9/16	Portland State	42	16	102	68
9/23	Arizona State	49	21	151	89
9/30	@Oregon State	41	13	192	102
10/7	Oregon	45	24	237	126
10/14	@Washington State	21	3	258	129
10/21	Washington	31	24 (OT)	289	153
11/4	UCLA	38	24	327	177
11/11	@Arizona	20	24	347	201
11/18	@USC
12/2	109th Big Game v. Stanford
Total Wins		8	Cal Avg PPG		34.7
Total Losses		2	Opp Avg PPG		20.1

Comments

[happymomof2.livejournal.com]

now we have to beat USC...we can do it

[seanyoda.livejournal.com]

It's not improbable that we could still spend New Years' in Pasadena; it's just become a lot harder.

No, it hasn't. If the Bears defeat U$c next Saturday, the Bears get to spend New Years in Arroyo Seco.

Even if the Bears had beaten the cats, they would still have pretty much needed to have beaten the Trojenz to go to Pasadena, the only other additional outs would have been...
1. UCla beating U$c... not bloody likely.
2. U$c advancing to the national title game AND Cal retaining a high enough BCS standing to back in to the Rose Bowl. Again, not bloody likely.

Honestly, I think that next week's game being for the Rose Bowl is pretty damned cool. If the Bears win, there's no question that they will have earned the right to play in Pasadena.