Getting Pumped Up For Cal Football 2008 By Remembering Cal Football 2007

As the college football season nears closer and closer this Thursday when Wake Forest takes on Baylor, I must say that I am looking VERY forward to this years’ games. After all, I had to sit through a whole off season without football, and there weren’t even any Pacman Jones stories to keep me entertained during this dry spell (I mean, c’mon Adam, pick up the pace). That being said, as a Cal fan, I realize the futility of having any enthusiasm towards this year because, let’s face it, we have no expectations really. No preseason rank, no Rose Bowl aspirations, we might as well call Kyle Boller back to see if he’s tired of being a sack dummy for James Harrison in Baltimore.

However, all Cal fans can agree that the one thing we are looking forward to is improvement. Last year was abysmal. We had our expectations set so high and had a glimpse of the National Title until the shit hit the fan and it all came down on us like poop from a Dave Mathews Band tour bus. With one horrible decision, our season never felt the same. It was a loss for the ages.

It was all quite memorable though, and luckily I was a season ticket holder to see it all fold out upon my two eyes. Thus, as a special bonus preview to this year, I’m going to run by my thoughts and emotions from last year in order to pump up Cal fans and make them realize this simple statement “Fuck. That. Shit. We’re going to erase last year’s train wreck into oblivion.”

(By the way, for all of you who complain that we cover Cal too much, suck it. If you want to write about another school, feel free to drop a line and notify me that you want to contribute. Does anyone really care about UCLA football anyway?)

Game 1: Tennessee vs. Cal
The kickoff to the season, and it was awesome. It was a hot day, but who the hell cares? I myself was skeptical going into the season about the hype, but this game changed my mind. It made me a believer. I should’ve known better.

Game 2 - 4: Cal vs. Colorado State/LA Tech/Arizona
Three wins in a row to somewhat unworthy opponents. The Colorado State game was a little too close to comfort for me (we only won by 6), but a win is a win. Also the first time I saw non Berkeley residents interact with the tree people. At that point in the protest, the fences were up, and people from Arizona were taking pictures of the spectacle. It was like I was at a zoo, no joke. In fact, I even overheard some people pointing and saying “look at that one there honey!” The kicker would’ve been if some of the onlookers started throwing peanuts at them. Then again, if that happened, one of the tree people might have jumped the fences and mauled someone. Then the police would have no choice but to take lethal action, causing the tree protesters to protest violence against tree protesters. Ah, it comes full circle.

Game 5: Cal vs. Oregon
I was at home when watching this game, and trust me it was great. You should know too, you probably saw it. DeSean Jackson was on fire that game, making you wonder where the hell he was the rest of the season.

Game 6: Cal vs. Oregon State
Ahhh, the game that changed it all. I remember how cocky a lot of us Cal fans were during the game, especially after hearing that #1 LSU had fallen to Kentucky. There were already chants of “We’re number #1!” Yeah, uh, we kind of have to win the game first. But no sweat, I mean we were up by 7 and Riley actually looked good during the game. Seems like it was no big deal our back up was in there, I guess we are going to be number 1!

Shit.

Game 7: Cal vs. UCLA
Well, it’s back to business again boys. One loss cannot be such a setback. We still have our eye on the Rose Bowl prize and Longshore is back in the game as a starter. Time to show these SoCal Wussbags how it’s done.

Double shit. The one bright spot is that this loss lead to the creation of this blog.

Game 8 – Whatever: Cal vs. the rest of the Pac-10, skeptics, disappointed fans, the world
Then there was the rest of the season and we all know how that went. We got to enjoy our yearly ass whooping by USC, an embarrassing loss to Washington, and ugh, no more axe. Meanwhile, most of the Cal student body switches from weed to alcohol. Ahh, who am I kidding, they’re still high as Ricky Williams on Arbor Day.

Armed Forces Bowl: Cal vs. Air Force
Ending the season with a bang. Riley comes in and saves the day. Meanwhile Longshore slowly establishes his legacy as the man slightly better than Joe Ayoob. What an accomplishment.


Wow, wasn’t that shitty? Well let’s hope it doesn’t happen again (who am I kidding). Go Bears!