Cal Outshined in Double OT

Damn.

The Cal Bears were looking good this game. But in the end, #22 Arizona State put it down and handled it in double OT.
Damn. 2-3 in the Pac-10 Conference, and 11-5 overall. Not too shabby, right?

Let me break it down.
"Stylin" Ryan Anderson is great.



Cal went as far as being 8 points ahead in the 1st half (I think I'm correct, pardon me b/c I had many and many ounces of beer at the Bear's Lair beforehand. Oh yes, and today's monumental too because I had White Castle burgers for my 1st and probably last time).

End of regulation game: 81-81.
Damn, Arizona St shot that 3 to tie it.

End of 1st OT: 85-85
Damn, Jerome, why couldn't you make that 3?



"Because I'm still basking in all the glory of having been the Pac-10 Player of the Week some weeks AGO"

End of game, 2nd OT: 99-90.
Damn.

All I really remember is my head hurting, Ryan Anderson and Patrick Christopher holding it down for the team, Jerome Randle having a couple of good shots but lots of bad 3's, and dumb fans telling me they couldn't see the game behind my signs. Hey untrue Cal fans, this is what I have to say:

I'm sorry I have spirit and want to support the team, oh and hey, why don't you guys stay the entire game and try to support the team instead of marching out when we're down? Punks, you make me sick.

But bitterness aside, I'm proud of the Bears.

And I'm thinking...our basketball team is better than our football team. Is this a first, in what....5 years??

Sorry to go off tangent, but with our football team, I feel like I'm constantly fighting myself. I love them, but always get struck down. It's like I'm in an abusive relationship. I stay with them, but why? I lose my voice cheering for them. I lose my voice fighting them. So much hope, and sometimes misplaced hope...but constant hope that they will get better and prove my theory right: THAT THEY ARE WORTHY. I mean, this is the story of my life, my loyalty lies with the New Orleans Saints, whose one successful season was last year. Then the Sacramento Kings. Don't even get me started about their downfall. And Cal. So much potential, yet so much uncertainty.

Maybe it's the alcohol in my system, and maybe I'll regret what I've written when I wake up at 1 in the afternoon, but like Golden State Warriors fans, I BELIEVE. In due time, in due time we'll be winners. And in due time, Mr. Thomas Fang will be a Cal basketball stud. I feel it, I really do.