10-03-2016, 01:48 PM
In 1987, UCLA destroyed Stanford 49-0 at the old Stanford Stadium. I was a recent Stanford grad living in LA, and I went to the game with my then-girlfriend/now-wife, who was a UCLA undergrad at the time. I decided to sit with my Stanford friends for the game, but they deserted me in the second half. So I walked over to the visitors side of the stadium and sat with my girlfriend and and our in-common UCLA friends for the remainder of the game. They were cordial--for the most part. But, given that was the worst Stanford defeat in terms of point spread that I've ever seen in person, that was one difficult day.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)
