(11-13-2019, 12:27 AM)qwerty49 Wrote: Actually, optimism is hoping we might finish 6-6 and get to the Cheez-it Bowl.
Optimism for me is that Shaw and staff will adapt and solve the recruiting puzzle, future and current players will heal/stay healthy and continue to develop, and the results of the above will be evident next year as Stanford challenges for the Pac-12 North.
As for this year, I'm going to cheer my lungs out for Stanford for the next three (or four) games, just like I did when I was a student during the 1-10 1983 season.
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)