(Written by kencraw)

As some have noted, the posting on this site ground to a halt for the most part right around the time of the Big Game. While in part posting slowed due to their not being any more games and because there hasn’t been much positive to say, for me there has been an additional HUGE factor: My wife had our third child, another boy who we named Peter. Everyone here should cheer for joy!

While I can appreciate those who don’t see the upside to a Cal blogger going off-line for a month, there are/were some significant upsides:

• My wife managed to hold out past the Big Game so that I could attend with my two boys
• My wife didn’t kill me (thereby ending my blogging) for going to the Big Game less than a week before her due-date and over a 3 hour drive from home.
• Now there will be yet another die-hard fan in the stands every home game.
• I now have 3 potential Cal recruits who will be heavily biased towards the school. So far it appears Peter has the look of a Tight End with the big hands to gobble up anything the QB throws his way. That rounds out nicely the Wide Reciever that our eldest, Gregory, seems destined to be and the Fullback or perhaps Line Backer that our middle son, Andrew, seems built to be.

The additional good news is that Peter is settling into a good sleep pattern now and I am planning on making up for lost blogging time. Here’s a list of things to come:

• Big Game Podcast. (I recorded it on the way home but never posted)
• Thoughts on the SAHPC partial ruling
• Thoughts on Pac-10 bowl games already completed
• Preview of Armed Forces bowl
• Predictions/thoughts for other remaining Pac-10 bowl games

It’s good to be back.