[OutsiderFan]

I agree, Yvonne -- the 59er fans canonize Maynard one week, want to have him deported from the People's Republic the next. Whereas I think the most enthusiastic thing Stanford people said about Nunes after games two and three was, well, he's coming along.

There were plenty of Cal fans who were fervently against the idea of Maynard playing QB for California as soon as it became apparent he was transferring from Buffalo to bring the North Carolina kids to Berkeley.

He was mediocre at Buffalo.  How was he going to be good in the Pac-10 (at the time he transferred) if he was mediocre at Buffalo?  The first time I saw Maynard in a football uniform I laughed my ass off.  The guy doesn't even look like a football player.  There may be misguided yokels who thought Maynard was going to improve, but they certainly don't represent the views of all California fans.

If you are reading Bear Insider for the pulse of the California fan base, you should know they ban people who say anything disparaging about Tedsel or his program, so it isn't an unbiased source of information.  People have even been banned from BI for negative comments made about Cal on OTHER Cal boards!

[OutsiderFan]

I agree, Yvonne -- the 59er fans canonize Maynard one week, want to have him deported from the People's Republic the next. Whereas I think the most enthusiastic thing Stanford people said about Nunes after games two and three was, well, he's coming along.

There were plenty of Cal fans who were fervently against the idea of Maynard playing QB for California as soon as it became apparent he was transferring from Buffalo to bring the North Carolina kids to Berkeley.

He was mediocre at Buffalo.  How was he going to be good in the Pac-10 (at the time he transferred) if he was mediocre at Buffalo?  The first time I saw Maynard in a football uniform I laughed my ass off.  The guy doesn't even look like a football player.  There may be misguided yokels who thought Maynard was going to improve, but they certainly don't represent the views of all California fans.

If you are reading Bear Insider for the pulse of the California fan base, you should know they ban people who say anything disparaging about Tedsel or his program, so it isn't an unbiased source of information.  People have even been banned from BI for negative comments made about Cal on OTHER Cal boards!