Not Cal vs ND related

that’s it.

That’s a penalty?

Here is Jesse's quick reaction from today's loss in South Bend highlighting some of the key moments in the game.

Didnt see a thread yet. Go Bears!

Must connect on those pass plays...

As requested, here is an in-depth PFF report on the Bears through two games as well as the requested redshirt tracker.

I'll do this each week moving forward with the data from the previous game rather than season totals.

Any questions not covered in the report, feel free to ask!

To the Bear fans that made the trip, where are y’all at (once you arrive in SB)?

I made the trip from Houston with wife and three kids. I’m parking on the west side near Burke golf course and then walking toward the stadium to see the Basilica, grotto, etc along the way. Near the stadium, anyone know best options (specific lots, etc) for food, drinks, and festivities? Also curious where the big Cal tailgate is, although I know it was sold out and wasn’t actually planning to attend.

Also, what’s the best recommendation as far as how early to enter the stadium if you want to see someone their traditions in ND like the band and such?

didn't see one of these..

ND, 27-13

I looked on ND Rivals page and saw that they are scheduled to have over 35 recruits on Campus to attend the game against Cal. They even have a WR from Hayward, who was just offered recently, attending as well. Not only would this be a great win but it would go a long way with turning the heads of some the recruits that are attending the game. Does anyone have any info as to why Cal hasn't gone after the kid from Hayward?

#AGTG

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Please see the attached release. For those who fretted about fund raising for the Title IX facility deficient women's sports, that "roadblock" is no longer in the way. Open your wallet @Harky4 its time to share the serious cash.....

Funds Raised

took them this long to shoot something up on tightwad?

A good look at the Irish here by Jesse:


I have a lot more coming for you today as well. I finally drove home yesterday from Stanford after spending two days in a hotel in Santa Cruz trying to finish my business taxes before my extension deadline (what a nightmare -- worst day of my year every year). I went straight from Santa Cruz to USC practice, barely making it for interviews, and then got home and was asleep by 9:45. So I'm catching up on a lot across the board. Bear with me and by the end of today I'll have a number of pieces up here.

OK, OK, here we go! Week 1 was easy, Week 2 was more like a normal week of Guess the Score. That said, nobody need be discouraged by a bad result last week. Remember, you get to drop your two worst scores/missed weeks. After Week 4, I'll factor that into the math. So starting with the standings after next week, I'll put your two exclusions in bold and average the other scores, updating the exclusions as needed each week. So the early standings really don't mean a ton, unless you're off to a dominant start like @spbdoug or @drfunk4316. When I drop the excluded weeks, the standings will change significantly. Anyways, keep getting your picks in. You're allowed to miss two weeks, and some -- like MYSELF -- have already used one of those. Oops.

Onto the results ... the aforementioned @drfunk4316 wins with a guess of 24-13 Cal (actual score 20-14, thus off 4 on Cal and 1 on UNLV). Two free months are being added to his subscription.

Last week, all the subscription extensions were processed, but I only heard from @cal1982 about the Amazon gift card. I wanted to do them both at the same time, so I still need @Ptown Mac11 to DM me with an email address.

Any questions, let me know!

SEASON STANDINGS Through Week 2
(The number in parantheses is your season average; the number after the dash reflects each week's score)

sandmanj (4) -- 4-X
Ryan Young (4) -- 4-X
spbdoug (5) -- 2-8
drfunk4316 (6) -- 7-5
ColoradoBear (7) -- 7-X
1calfan (7.5) -- 4-11
richmondisnotghetto (8) -- 1-15
calderon11 (8.5) -- 5-12
MC415 (9) -- 7-11
bluebeargold (10) -- 7-13
elindsey (10.5) -- 7-14
YellAtRefsALot (11) X-11
Colonial Bear (11.5) -- 10-13
Cal1982 (12) -- 0-24
GoBears96 (12) -- 8-16
GoBears93 (12) -- 6-18
marklog (12) -- 7-17
dannyroe (12) -- 4-20
sppbears (12) -- 4-20
pwbecker (12) -- 6-18
mike79 (12) -- 3-21
Ptown Mac11 (12) -- 0-24
Btmatsu (12) -- X-12
fjbards (12) -- 4-20
ilyn (12.5) -joni- 8-17
petalumabear (12.5) -- 7-18
90Bear (13) -- 4-22
rathokan (13) -- 12-14
hessebear (13.5) -- 6-21
UrsosArctosCalifornicus (13.5) -- 9-18
gocalbears1994 (13.5) -- 7-20
beeasyed (14) -- 8-20
uplandbear (14) -- 4-24
joni.a (14) -- 4-24
Wookids (14) -- 7-21
Harky 4 (14) -- 14-X
kotaconduct (14.5) -- 7-22
droski (14.5) -- 14-15
OskiBear1941 (14.5) -- 4-25
bearborn11 (14.5) -- 4-25
tluv123 (14.5) -- 4-25
bear949 (14.5) -- 4-25
moonpod (15) -- 13-17
TomBalk (15) -- 2-28
Rollonyoumatt (15) -- 6-24
hilgardbear (15.5) -- 4-27
billyosier (16) -- X-16
Eugene Choo (16.5) -- 10-23
tanaka7 (17) -- 14-20
kairbear (17) -- 12-22
bayareabear (17) -- 7-27
UCB4LIFE (17) -- 18-16
Bearington (17) -- 7-27
ayetee11 (17) -- 17-X
Bubba_Bear84 (17.5) -- 11-24
vjrousseu (18) -- X-18
sflye13 (18) --11-25
DenMaf (18.5) -- 15-22
Fire Starkey (18.5) -- 10-27
dlit (18.5) -- 12-25
WaterBear (18.5) -- 10-27
Jcharocv (19) -- 12-26
BLbearfan (19) -- 17-21
lonestarbear (19) -- 17-21
golden oso (20) -- 13-27
SlugLyfe57 (20.5) -- 15-26
febfeb (21.5) -- 15-28
Ptownbear1 (22) -- 22-X
mvpcalbears (23) -- 35-11
icbear (23) -- 22-24
Bear Derriere (23) -- 18-28
yelee (25) -- X-25
JoJoSungy (27) -- 22-32
trainx (27) -- X-27
CaliDrank (28) -- 24-32
dhemy (29) -- 30-28
gbforever (35) -- X-35

Got to CHI-town yesterday afternoon with another Cal couple. Gibson's last night and Tavern on Rush. Lots of Bears out and having a good time. Wrigleyville and Cubs game today, will represent. Expect lots of other Bear fans there.
Go Bears.

Matt has the update:

Jesse and our Notre Dame counterpart traded questions and answers this week for a better look at the other side:


You can read Jesse's answers here:

Our OL play is really terrible. The weakness starts at T. Coleman is a fine lineman but a poor T. RT position is a disaster.

I don’t know if this can be solved. I’d prefer to move Lovell to RT and move Vatikani in at RG.

I’d prefer to see Coleman at LG, but can’t think of a serviceable player to put at LT.

Bottom line, I don’t think we can weaken our T play, but we can improve our G play.

7-4 last week for 10-10 for the year. 0-1 for my lock of the week for 0-2 for the year.


[home team in italics]

UCLA by 15.5 over South Alabama - South Alabama is decent. South Alabama covers.

ND by 10.5 over Cal - This line opened at ND -17.5. People love fading ND. ND covers.

Minnesota by 27.5 over Colorado - Betting against Colorado until proven otherwise. Minnesota covers.

Oregon by 3.5 over BYU - Oregon covers I guess.

WSU by 17 over Colorado State - No idea. This isn't a good colorado state team, but WSU isn't scoring a lot of points. Colorado State covers.

Washington by 4 over Michigan State - I think UW is pretty good, but 4 points over a good program seems like a lot. Michigan State covers.

Utah by 21 over SDSU - This would be a clear SDSU cover traditionally, but SDSU looks down this year. Utah covers.

USC by 13 over Fresno State - Fresno will score points, but not enough to cover. USC covers.

ASU by 19 over Eastern Michigan - Not a good Eastern Michigan team. ASU covers.



Non conference lock of the week: NC State by 10.5 over Texas Tech - Texas Tech covers.

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I was at the game and haven't read any of the threads from today, so delete if this has been covered. But damn, could we have a worse situation going into South Bend? If we win, we beat a "terrible, falling apart" Irish team and get no credit. If we lose, we don't get the pass for losing to a team that is competing for a national championship. Just a huge bummer all around.