01-22-2014, 04:51 PM
To back up what Garvin and BC wrote, for kicks I checked out Stanford's conference record at the halfway point since 2008-09.
2008-09: 3-6
2009-10: 4-5
2010-11: 4-5
2011-12: 5-4
2012-13: 5-4
As everyone knows, we received nary a bid to the NCAA tournament in the previous five seasons. Now, most of us are expecting/hoping for a split of next two weekends, leaving Stanford's conference record at...5-4.
It is difficult to maintain cautious optimism when history keeps repeating itself. So call me a hopeful skeptic.
2008-09: 3-6
2009-10: 4-5
2010-11: 4-5
2011-12: 5-4
2012-13: 5-4
As everyone knows, we received nary a bid to the NCAA tournament in the previous five seasons. Now, most of us are expecting/hoping for a split of next two weekends, leaving Stanford's conference record at...5-4.
It is difficult to maintain cautious optimism when history keeps repeating itself. So call me a hopeful skeptic.
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)