First Post!

Angry Californian here. I have a 1 track mind, and right now it's all about College Football. It's week 7 of the season and the California Golden Bears will be taking on the Oregon State Beavers at Memorial Stadium at 4pm Pacific. It's been 2 weeks since our big win at Oregan against the Ducks. For Bear fans, a 2 week layoff is almost too much for some of us that salivate at the thought of a Saturday watching our Golden Bears play football.

Now, what I still don't understand is why Ohio St. University is so close to CAL in all the major polls, especially the Coaches Poll and the Harris Poll (which are both included in the BCS poll). OSU has not played anyone significant this year, except for Purdue. And Purdue hadn't played anyone significant, except for Notre Dame (HAH!). So, yea, I get that OSU is a powerhouse, and yea, I get that they are undefeated. But their Strength of Schedule is pitiful this year, because the Big 10 is terrible.

So, another thing, everyone knows that Cal's offense is fantastic and analysts are always very quick to praise Desean Jackson, Nate Longshore and Justin Forsett, but it's always followed with a knock on our defense. Now, don't get me started on the defense now. Our defense is underrated. We only gave up 24 points to Oregon, at Eugene, to a team that was averaging over 40 points a game. And that is without 3 defensive starters that have been injured. Also, I know people love harping on the 28 points we gave up to Colorado St. But people fail to remember that Colorado St. had 14 points at halftime and didn't score until the final 5 minutes of the game, when the game was already won by Cal. Tedford had put in his backup corners in the final 5 minutes for some experience, and they were burned on some deep shots. So, what? Will you see those guys against Arizona St.? USC? No. Also, so we gave up 27 points to Arizona. I think people forget that Cal was up 28-3 in the first quarter. Also, we have a bend-don't-break defense. Having said that, with a huge lead and the game in the bag, it's understandable that we'll give up some points, especially when we made 1 crucial turnover. Also, I have to note that CAL is #3 in the nation in our turnover margin at -2.2 a game.

I'm getting too angry to continue for now, until next time, Angry Californian out.