For those who predicted my overly optimistic due date for the publishing of this podcast on Sunday, well, you were right. Always more going on that I care to remember.
In any case, excuse my length rambling in this one… I had a lot to say about our vision for our beloved Bears. Enjoy:
Here my thoughts from immediately after the debacle in Corvallis: What will the team be like without Riley? Have we handled Mansion correctly up until now? What else went wrong? You’ll hear about it all. While not exactly early (I always shoot for Sunday), at least I’ve got it posted during the right week.
Listen and weep:
Yes, you read that title right, the ridiculously, as in over a week old content that I recorded on the way home from the game, old podcast. Consider it for the record.
Usually after a game, Ken records his thoughts. Well, Ken was sitting at home, Jason was sitting at his home, neither of us were going to sleep anytime soon, so we let it all out. Here it is. A dramatic post-loss podcast that serves as both an On the Road Home and an EMFMV combo. And to the guy in the liveblog asking why we posted our podcast on Thursday last week: enjoy this early one!
We talk about Cal losing 10-9 to Arizona. We are confused about the Pac-10. We don’t know what to make of UCLA. We don’t think the UCLA-WSU game will tell us anything. We are happy about Cal’s defense but confused about the offense. We are confused in general. Also, we mention still-beating hearts being ripped out of chests, get Tucson confused with San Diego, Jason does live play by play of a game that is now over, and more. If you ever wished you could bottle the feeling of two guys talking about Cal in the immediate aftermath of a loss, WISH NO MORE!
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
Sorting through the ashes of Nevada and looking forward(?) to Arizona, it’s the latest EMFMV podcast with Jason and Ken! We come to grips with Cal’s loss to Nevada. But there’s hope! We are both optimistic that there’s definitely a chance Cal might win in Arizona. And what’s being a Cal fan about, other than hope in the face of long odds? We also talk the Pac-10, Ken shows his optimism for the rest of Cal’s season, we cheer the soon-arriving Pac-12 conference, and discuss whether or not Jeff Tedford should be fired. (Spoiler alert: Not.) Plus the secret word turns into a math problem. Please listen, won’t you?
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
I think all of us wonder what the rest of us are like after a loss like this, stewing in our living rooms over the disaster that unfolded. Sometimes you get an insight into that in these podcasts… but not today. For some reason I fairly quickly calmed down when recording this one. Although a bit of that seething fury started rearing its ugly head during the discussion of the read option.
Enjoy:
Rehashing Colorado and pre-hashing Nevada, it’s the latest EMFMV podcast with Jason and Ken! We do what we always do: break down the last Cal game unscientifically, discuss other games around the Pac-10 — wow, is UCLA bad or what? — and then preview Cal’s potential “trap game” against Nevada. Plus there’s a secret word and yet more about buses. Join us or die! Okay, that was a little dramatic. Please listen, won’t you?
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
Yet another edition published on Sunday. Don’t go having a heart attack. This is the NEEEWWW Ken Crawford, no longer a Rivals reporter and not spending all Sunday writing articles and has time to both relax after Mass and publish a podcast and a post or two.
Sorry again for the poor audio quality. Last week I thought it was the train, but when it was bad this week I realized I had my audio recorder on the high sensitivity setting, which has me over-driving the DAC. So we shouldn’t have this problem starting next week.
Rehashing UC Davis and pre-hashing Colorado, it’s the latest EMFMV podcast with Jason and Ken! Thrill as we talk about the beatdown of the poor, overmatched Aggies. Get excited as we discuss other Pac-10 week one action. Become mildly bored as we discuss the stadium and public-transit issues. Wake up slightly when we preview what little we know about Colorado, this week’s opponent. But please listen, won’t you?
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
Sorry in advance for the audio quality of this one. The noise level on Amtrak, even with my semi-expensive noise-canceling headset was hard to filter out, even with significant software efforts. What results is something with too much microphone noise mixed with too much digital distortion, but it was the “sweet point” of as little of each as possible.
Luckily I think the content is good enough to suffer through the audio issues. Enjoy:
We’re back like a recurring hamstring strain!
In this first podcast for 2010, Jason Snell and Ken Crawford discuss the podcast that we never bothered to post, and preview the entire 2010 football season. Plus, Jason talks about where he’s sitting — that part’s truly riveting, by the way — and we pretty much yammer on for an hour. But hey! You’re not tired of us yet, right? RIGHT???!
Here’s my BearTerritory.net podcast from the Washington Press Conference on Tuesday:
http://cal.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1024106
As always it is free for everyone to listen to.
In this podcast: We still can’t believe Cal won the Big Game. We talk offense, defense, special teams, strange play-calling, and the general atmosphere in Stanford Stadium. There’s also a preview of the UW game, we talk bowl positioning, and there’s even a secret word. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
I know everyone’s already got a weak heart after that game, but don’t go falling over when you see my On The Road Home podcast is up the day after the game. I even got in my obligatory yard work and fixed the break in the sprinkler line. I think you can thank Versus, because if it had been on some other channel that wasn’t having a 15-round knockout fight with DirecTV, I’d be re-watching the game all day on my Tivo. As it stands, I’ve just got to imagine it in my head. Here’s the podcast:
Another week, another On The Road Home Podcast. Sorry for the sickly voice. It actually came out better than I hoped, but it’s still pretty bad.
In this podcast, we’re re-capping the delightful victory over Arizona. Pre-capping a scary battle with the scariest Stanford team in recent memory. Talking Rose Bowl scenarios for almost everyone except Cal. (Of course.) We wonder why Cal can’t recruit a freakin’ kicker, praise the offensive line, unveil a new Secret Word (this week: it’s a concept!), Jason does yet another round of terrible Bill Walton impressions, and goes off the deep end to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of recent James Bond movies. What does that have to do with Cal football? Oh, right–nothing at all.
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
This week we recap the Oregon State game, specifically the scariest moment in recent Cal history. The future of Jahvid Best, the future of the Cal Bears, the difficult path ahead against Arizona and Stanford, and Stanford’s defeat of Oregon. Jason tries to improve on his awful Bill Walton impression. And yeah, there’s a secret word. Try to find it and work it into the comments to win a no-prize.
You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
The next in my series of BearTerritory.net podcasts is posted over at BearTerritory.net:
http://cal.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1014872
As always, it is free for all to listen to.
The On The Road Home podcast is up. I’m getting better, it’s only Wednesday morning.
Since it was a home game, no interview quotes in this one, but as a bonus you do get to see the darker side of Ken in this one (remember that is really is recorded on the way home from the game, so no time to get one’s emotions in check).
Another late OTRH podcast. I’ll tell you what, that road trip took A LOT out of me. I just didn’t have it in me to stay up late editing audio until last night. But the good news is that it was indeed recorded on the way home, right after my Griswaldish trip to the Grand Canyon. The good news is it is another long one.
Here are the list of quotes at the end of the podcast from the post-game interviews:
Tedford’s general thoughts
Tedford on mood after first missed field-goal
Tedford on what Riley proved on last drive
Tedford on what the win means to the team
Tedford on talking to Tavecchio after his miss in the 4th quarter
Tedford on how close he felt the team needed to get to kick the field-goal
Tedford on thoughts mid-play on halfback pass at the end of the game
Tedford on going for it on 3rd down instead of centering the ball
Tedford on refs calling a tight game
Tedford on ASU winning line of scrimmage battle
Tedford on Lagemann’s performance
Tedford on not using Best down the stretch
Tedford on how they dealt with losing on the line of scrimmage
Tedford on Riley’s fumbles
Tedford on confidence in Tavecchio moving forward
Tedford on getting bowl eligibility
Tedford on the turn-around from 0-2 to 3-2 in conference
Riley on thoughts before final drive
Riley on why they were able to move the ball at the end of the game
Riley on thoughts after 1st field goal was missed
Riley on previous oppportunities to have that drive
Riley on 26 yard pass to Jones on last drive
Riley on signficance of win to the team
Riley on Vereen’s halfback pass
Riley on dropped passes (like to Tucker)
Riley on winning ugly
Riley on what win does for team confidence
Riley on his 3 fumbles
(No intro for Tavecchio)
Tavecchio on getting a second chance
Tavecchio on his confidence for the last kick
Tavecchio on centering the ball showing confidence in him
Tavecchio on feeling of making the kick
Tavecchio on game-time decision on being the kicker
Tavecchio on kickoffs
Tavecchio on the last kick being a short one
Tavecchio on Mansion holding for him
Tavecchio on the last time he kicked a game winning kick
Tavecchio on dreaming about a game winning kick
Tavecchio on length of “dream kick”
Tavecchio on Tedford talking to him between kicks
Gregory on last defensive stand
Gregory on ASU’s running game in 2nd half
Gregory on giving up long plays
Gregory on ASU’s long pass play
Gregory on performance at corner
Gregory on impact of shuffling lineup
Hill on his performance
Hill on end of game tackle
Hill on confidence on making the stop
Hill on how he played in the secondary
Hill on how it feels to be involved in 3 big plays
Hill on emotion going onto the field needing the big stop
Hill on emotion after taking the lead and going back on the field
Hill on Alualu breaking up hail mary
Hill on end of game penalties on ASU
