(Written by kencraw)

HydroTech over at The California Golden Blogs put out a reminder to treat the Tennessee fans well. As he put it: “Be Loud. Be Classy. Let’s send Tennessee home with a big L and a positive Pac-10/Cal experience (except for the losing part).” I couldn’t have said it better myself.

I’d like to add an additional bit about representing Cal well tomorrow in regards to a different group: The Tree Sitters. The last thing any of us need is an embarassing scirmish, either verbal or physical, caught on film (and as can be seen from their litany of YouTube videos, they love to video tape stuff). There’s no reason to engage these people. You may think that you’ll be advancing the cause of Cal Football, but you won’t be. These people thrive on attention and conflict. You can do nothing better than to ignore them. It’ll anger them more when you walk away and dismiss them than if you argue with them. They’ll do everything in their power to get you to engage with them including insults, taunts and other forms of verbal abuse and physical confrontation. Don’t take the bait. Take the high road. Not only will you prevent being the cause of any bad PR you’ll also strike a blow to their cause because as I said, they hate nothing more than being ignored.