Bump.

Poor rebounding, free throw shooting, and bench play, and we still had a chance.

Stanford's QB going down was helpful. (What quarter was he injured?) I forgot about the missed FGs, and we were 0-2.

Sports talk-radio guru Jim Rome called it the worst defeat in college football history.

I had an obnoxious friend at the time, and I told him we would give Stanford a game. He rolled his eyes and lauded the Stanford coach. I went to the post game bash afterwards in Palo Alto.

I believe the AD didn't last long.

Yes!

Cal spent $500 M on the upgrade to Memorial Coliseum and Athletic Performance, $60 M on Haas, and $30 M on Wilcox.

How is that a de-emphasis?

Cal also had abysmal marketing before the first two football games this year while their marketing manager was sitting on other boards. (Alums and football coaches rang the bell to give away tickets and avoid an embarrassment.)

FTR, Cal has now brought in a football GM (like Stanford) and an OC to aid 6-win Wilcox.

I have some friends who think SoCal is more socially relaxed, maybe NorCal takes itself too seriously. I was with a small group in a Persian family's home in Orinda, and the wife said "White people don't socialize." I should have responded, delicately, but it probably wasn't the right time.

Do four of our top five scorers graduate this spring?

Ty Johnson
Tamba
DeBruhl
Rocka

What is money always the go to? What are ICA staff doing?

Area ..........................Population
San Diego ................... 1,400,000
Irvine-Anaheim-Tustin .. 750,000
Irvine ...............................314,000
Davis-Dxn-Woodland .....145,000
Davis .................................65,000

UCI has the Irvine Company... we have... Woodstock Pizza.

The campus likely wanted to maximize parking spaces. Could a 25,000-seat stadium be squeezed into the Toomey site if the garage was smaller?

I don't think a stadium on the Russel IM fields would ever fly. Recall the city or campus proposed high-rise housing there, plans which were scuttled before the ink was dry. Foster and alums liked the tailgating options at our current site.

[We may have gotten a better stadium if the architect was challenged to fit it on a smaller site ...]

Good point. What do you think of the massive dorms across 113? They look like more concrete, repetitive, dull blocks to me. I don't know if it even qualifies as architecture. Steel sun dividers outside the windows. I haven't been up close, but need to take a look.

BTW, the Toom sure was torn down quickly w no final goodbye.

Montana and the directionals are one-horse towns. Like Fresno State.

Like what, next to the freeway?

You're confusing me. If ICA uses The Well for 8 hours (setup, game, tear down), students have less access.

Just like our ICA taking Hickey and The Pavilion, which were built for student use.

Toomey site likely wasn't big enough for a stadium, let alone future potential expansion.

ICA using The Well limits student access, just like The Pavilion. Did Sac students vote for this change?

Why the panic to join FBS?

A week ago UCSD was ranked the #7 mid major, and an Instagram post had them ranked nationally somewhere in the 50s of all DI programs. And they qualify for the NCAA playoffs.

Their wing-oriented team appears to follow the Les model.

Les was extremely high on Mani.

What infrastructure does the Pavilion lack?

Upper Hickey Gym used to be larger - they added in two floors of offices on one end in the mid 80s. I'm told for big games, they set up a video screen in Lower Hickey for the overflow crowd.

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