(Written by kencraw)

6:52 Jason Snell: Hi everyone. Jason reporting to you live from my house.

6:52 Jason Snell: Are you ready for some inappropriately timed football??

6:53 Jason Snell: Ken is with me here now.

6:55 Ken: I would have had to go postal if the high school game before our game ran over and we missed part of our game.

6:56 Ken: Thankfully, that didn’t come to pass. 🙂

6:56 Jason Snell: Whew

6:59 Jason: My coverage of this game brought to you by a BBQ chicken burrito and an Anchor Porter. Burritos and beer: perfect for when you would like to eat dinner.

7:00 Jason: Cal dressed up in the all white uniforms, going against the all blue of Nevada.

7:01 Ken: Mine is sponsored by Round Table and coke

7:01 Jason: Marshmallows versus blue man group!

7:02 Jason: Looking breezy in Reno, as even the commentator’s usually immobile hair is flapping

7:02 Jason: Please, ESPN color commentator, don’t even try to mention the Rose Bowl and Cal when Cal is 2-0 against weak competition.

7:02 Ken: Curse you random announcer dude! How dare you mention the bowl to not be mentioned!?!

7:02 Jason: Are you a saboteur?

7:02 Jason: Why must you mock us so?

7:03 Ken: Do we have names for these bozos? I have a feeling we’ll be mocking them a lot tonight.

7:05 Jason: Mark Neely and David Norrie.

7:05 Ken: Neely and Norrie? Seriously?

7:06 Jason: Okanes reports Mohamed is out tonight.

7:06 Ken: Uh oh.

7:08 Jason: Gonna be something to stop this wacky offense.

7:08 Jason: That’s one fast QB.

7:08 Jason: Thanks for joining tonight, by the way, everyone.

Comment from cpoff: What? No blue turf?

7:09 Jason: They’ve got everything else, Curt.

7:10 Ken: No they’ve got the alternating Dead and Alive turf

7:11 Jason: Geez. Big gain for the QB, Cal D faked on the handoff.

7:11 Jason: I can’t say I’m surprised at this—whenever you face a wacky offense it’s going to start out being pretty strong. The issue is how you adjust.

7:11 Ken: What the heck is Browner doing? He keeps diving on the runner and there’s no defense behind him.

7:12 Jason: Okay, Pendergast, time to come up with some good ideas.

Comment from Kens Brother: sorry i’m late everyone, i had to wash the dishes and i finally caught up with the live feed.

7:12 Jason: Welcome!

7:13 Ken: We totally got the shaft on a false start there.

Comment from Kens Brother: the harlem globetrotters think these shenangins are a little ridiculous

7:14 Jason: Touchdown Nevada. On maybe the first pass of the game?

7:15 Jason: Well, that was an ugly, if not unexpected, series for the Cal defense. They stopped them occasionally, but not consistently.

7:16 Ken: Ugh… come on boys. OK, now the offense needs to eat up some time to allow for the defensive adjustments. Let me give a suggestion: Tell our OLB’s to stop collapsing on the back and cover the QB. You’re winning at the line.

7:16 Jason: It’s all because that announcer mentioned the Rose Bowl. You know it.

7:16 Ken: You tell the story. You tell the whole “wide” world…

7:17 Jason: …this is not the Rose Bowl.

Comment from Kens Brother: Nevada’s kicker just won the game.

7:19 Jason: Okay, Nevada’s defense is not supposed to be good. Let’s see what we can do here, or it’s gonna be a long night.

Comment from katster: Well, I got home just in time for kickoff, but couldn’t get my laptop until the first commercial. Well.

7:20 Jason: Kevin Riley is “a fourth-year starter,” if by that you mean started at least a game in all four years. Thanks, announcer.

7:20 Jason: First down, barely. Roll on you Bears.

7:20 Ken: Was that Neely or Neelie?

7:21 Jason: It’s all Vereen right now for the Cal offense. Rushes and now a reception.

7:21 Jason: And now he goes out to take a rest. Sofele… loses yardage. Sigh.

7:22 Jason: Another run, and with a late effort Vereen gets the first.

7:22 Ken: That’s Vereen at his best. I thought for sure he was toast.

7:23 Jason: Allen lets it go off his hands for a pick. So sad.

7:23 Jason: Keenan Allen, you are now truly a Cal Bear.

7:23 Ken: Riley has no touch and Allen shows his first mistake of his so far great career. Uh-oh. Good news is that was long enough for some defensive adjustments.

Comment from cpoff: Ooff!

Comment from nick: im a little behind, (diaper for a young cal fan) but this is not looking good

Comment from Calbearsfan: Overthrown by Riley?

7:24 Jason: If it’s on your hands you should catch it, that’s my motto.

Comment from Calbearsfan: If we cant stop their option, its pretty much over

7:25 Ken: Yeah, neither one of those two should be going back to the sideline with a good feeling. Allen’s got to catch that, even if it wasn’t the ideal throw from Riley.

7:25 Jason: That’s the kind of despondence we Cal fans expect

7:26 Jason: Yeah, it was high and behind Allen.

7:26 Jason: Oh, Riley.

Comment from nick: should be caught or knocked down

Comment from bearswithfangs: I’m sorry Norrie, no, that is not on Riley

Comment from Calbearsfan: Wide open on the left side too

Comment from cpoff: Not and ideal pass, by any means. But still catchable.

7:26 Jason: Plenty of blame to go around there, folks. But I agree, if it hits your hands you should catch it.

7:26 Ken: Hey Fangs is here. Welcome!

Comment from Calbearsfan: We really miss Mohammed

7:28 Jason: Hey, good job, defense! 3 and out!

Comment from katster: did we just make them go three and out?

Comment from Kens Brother: nevada knows how to deflect a pass…

7:28 Ken: They can’t be dragged like that for 2+ extra yards. That’s the sort of stuff that really hurts against a run game like them. Luckily 3rd and down doesn’t go well.

Comment from Calbearsfan: Is MSG playing?

Comment from nick: 3 and out, ugly but well take it

Comment from katster: alright, now, Riley and company, get it together and let’s tie this up.

Comment from Kens Brother: i really doubt this is a live report from applebees

7:29 Ken: Applebees, “Boomer”? Have you fallen that far? Or is everything the same once you’ve done weight watchers?

7:30 Jason: Oski is too big a prima donna to do the Flo TV ad.

Comment from nick: a sustained drive would be nice here. complete a couple of passes

Comment from Calbearsfan: Ball needs to go to play makers

7:31 Jason: Go Vereen! Go!

7:31 Jason: Well, that’s one way to do a 59-yard drive.

Comment from Calbearsfan: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Comment from nick: WOW! Jahvid who?

7:32 Ken: Who needs sustained drives! Woohoo!

Comment from katster: Go Vereen!

Comment from Calbearsfan: WOW

7:33 Ken: Oh no, they’ve got the Oregon sized field goal uprights. That’s not good. Just another way for us to get the short end…

Comment from nick: i’ll take it Ken, though w/o the prophet i dont like our D

Comment from Calbearsfan: CAL toys with my emotions

Comment from Kens Brother: ken, you can’t expect a school like nevada to afford properly sized field goal posts. look their football field doubles as a soccer field

7:34 Jason: Giorgio! Into the end zone! Wow. Who’s been eating his Wheaties?

7:34 Ken: Or liking the thin air Jason 🙂

Comment from Calbearsfan: Great Kick GIORGIO

7:34 Jason: Shh, Ken, don’t tell Giorgio that he’s at altitude.

7:35 Jason: Nevada offense faked out the ESPN cameraman on that one.

Comment from katster: Jason: Well, the elevation helps, but I’ve been pretty amazed by Tavecchio this year.

Comment from Josh: Is the wind behind the kicks?

Comment from Kens Brother: or that he’s high

Comment from Calbearsfan: How does one stop this type of offense?

7:35 Jason: Wow, did you see how the Cal defender clotheslined that guy who wasn’t carrying the ball after all? 🙂

Comment from katster: Somebody bit on the fake. 😛

7:36 Ken: They’ve clearly been coached to collapse on the back and IT’S NOT WORKING!!!

7:36 Ken: Force them inside

Comment from nick: You hit the QB have a LB spy the QB and hit him every play

Comment from Calbearsfan: someone needs to spy the QB

Comment from Calbearsfan: shane is gonna need his 40 carries today

7:37 Jason: Or 7 50-yard carries like his first one 🙂

Comment from nick: we miss the Prophet

Comment from Kens Brother: we should just hit the qb every play. and not worry about roughing the passer penalties

Comment from Calbearsfan: wheres marc anthony

Comment from Calbearsfan: would you let Keenan play D?

Comment from nick: with a running qb you are allowed to hit him once he leaves the pocket

7:38 Jason: Keenan can play D next year.

7:39 Jason: He needs to focus on catching the football first. 🙂

Comment from katster: Kapernick’s pretty good.

Comment from nick: thats where they kill us, hes a good passer

Comment from nick: tough 1st qtr

Comment from cpoff: I shall now take this opportunity to switch the channel and watch Kansas lose for awhile. Ahhhh, that’s the stuff.

7:42 Jason: If you’re just joining us… you’re a quarter late! What kept you?

Comment from nick: how many Cal fans are there?

7:43 Ken: For those of you just joining us, today we’re teaching poodles how to fly (who besides my brother gets THAT reference?)

7:44 Jason: Supplies!!!!

Comment from nick: keep giving the ball up the middle we can stop that

Comment from katster: He’s hit all his passes but one, hasn’t he? 😛

7:45 Jason: I see why they’re the #1 offense. They are crazy.

Comment from bearswithfangs: It’s ridiculous that some of these holds aren’t being called

7:46 Jason: TD Nevada, on yet another crazy fake with four guys who didn’t have the ball.

Comment from Calbearsfan: i hate it when we get overhyped

Comment from katster: Nice. 😛

7:46 Ken: OK, now I know for sure on that play that Browner played that wrong.

7:46 Ken: There was no one behind him.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Nnabuife was visibly confused as well

7:47 Jason: I think the entire Cal defense is a bit confused.

7:47 Jason: They gotta get it together and find some way to approach and contain this offense.

Comment from Calbearsfan: this is embarassing

Comment from nick : 10 tds in 2 1/2 games that’s crazy

Comment from nick: just put Mike in, we need him desperately

7:49 Jason: nick, I don’t think he dressed. He apparently just can’t go.

7:49 Ken: I don’t care about middle linebacker Okanes. That’s not our problem. It’s B-R-O-W-N-E-R

Comment from nick: dress at halftime, Mighty Ducks style

Comment from Calbearsfan: get Cattouse in there to jack that QB up

7:51 Jason: Nevada _is_ averaging 50 points per game.

7:51 Jason: Do we have 52 points in us?

Comment from katster: of course.

7:51 Jason: Two sacks. Wow.

7:51 Jason: That’s really just so, so bad.

Comment from nick: come on Riley

Comment from katster: *$#()*#(#*@#*%&&$&$

Comment from Kens Brother: Riley is the new Forsett

Comment from katster: I have more punctuation where that came from.

Comment from nick: a three and out here may kill our defense

7:52 Jason: wow, the keeper, a heck of a play.

7:52 Ken: Yeah Nick, that’s the real problem.

7:52 Jason: That’s what we call a “give-up.”

Comment from cpoff: It’s very nice that they built a statue of Riley. They just shouldn’t trot it out there on passing downs.

7:53 Jason: Anger, what the heck? No pressure (they didn’t rush a single guy) and he blew it.

7:53 Ken: We’re not getting any luck today. Even Anger is off his game.

Comment from pariza: embarrassing.

Comment from Calbearsfan: riley has longshore-itis

Comment from nick: oh god we’re screwed

7:53 Jason: I love Cal fans.

7:53 Jason: My people!

7:54 Ken: I wonder what Tedford was upset with Riley? It sure didn’t look like he did anything wrong with how quick that heat was coming at him.

Comment from cpoff: Is Ayoob still eligible?

Comment from Kens Brother: depending how this series goes, i might just call it a night. I’ve got tickets to the Hartford Colonials vs. Sacramento Mountain Lions game tomorrow lol

Comment from katster: Nick: I was trying to say the same thing, so I’ll just endorse your statement.

Comment from nick: if we can get a stop here we can hope, but a TD makes me think our D is not getting many stops tonight

Comment from Calbearsfan: I think we need to stop scheduling cupcake games, it just puts us in a bad position when we get tested

7:55 Ken: The good news is that we’ve had plenty of commercial breaks to give our defense some extra time.

7:56 Jason: Thanks, Mr. Red Vest!

7:56 Jason: Yeah, that’s it, hit the QB’s knees a little bit.

7:56 Jason: Just, y’know, in the spirit of good sportsmanship.

7:56 Jason: Another open receiver.

Comment from nick: that is an away game Kens Brolther (opening game next week)

Comment from katster: …uh, *sigh*

Comment from Kens Brother: it’s a home game for me. I’ll be at Rentschler Field

Comment from Calbearsfan: Defense is confused

Comment from nick: this could get ugly if our D keeps this up

Comment from cpoff: not every day you see a tall, skinny option QB

7:58 Jason: Geez, this is a disaster.

7:59 Ken: Yeah, not only do our formations suck, even when they’re in position they’re getting blown off the ball and tackling poorly.The altitude is definitely not helping their conditioning

Comment from Calbearsfan: i hope this was worth the money

Comment from nick: I mean seriously, it’s just an option hit everyone

Comment from katster: why do I feel like I’m watching the Oregon game last year?

Comment from Kens Brother: no wonder they miss all these holding calls, look at how many time that ref blinked!

Comment from nick: hit the QB he has the ball

7:59 Jason: “Unstoppable.”

8:00 Ken: That’s TWO TD’s that specifically go on STINGING Browner’s head.What the heck? He’s just standing there? Go after him bozo!

Comment from Calbearsfan: game over

8:01 Jason: For nevada, 4 possessions, 3 TDs. For Cal, 3 possessions, 1 TD. Not a good sign.

8:01 Ken: They’ve got to be getting Price and Holt or something. Browner is killing us. He’s the key player in the option and he just doesn’t get it.

Comment from Calbearsfan: nice talking to u guys

Comment from Calbearsfan: have a good nite

Comment from nick: we need the offense to let the D catch their breath

Comment from pariza: browner is doing his deer in headlights look.

8:02 Jason: Meanwhile, on the other side of the ball, a gain of zero.

8:03 Jason: And now, yet another third and long.

8:03 Jason: What’s the time of possession here? 20 minutes for nevada and 2 for Cal?

8:03 Jason: Nice catch there by Marvin Jones.

Comment from Kens Brother: we could have 35 great receivers, as long as riley is throwing to them it doesn’t matter

Comment from nick: thank you

Comment from pariza: finally some time from the line.

Comment from nick: give to Vereen

8:04 Jason: …gain of 1

Comment from nick: we should manhandle their D line

Comment from pariza: lunch pail type of guy?

8:06 Jason: Well, that was a spectacularly terrible throw by Riley.

8:06 Jason: Someone want to blame that on something other than Riley missing an utterly easy throw?

Comment from cpoff: And that one was on Riley.

Comment from nick: WTF Riley

Comment from Kens Brother: “not a good throw by Riley” ftw

8:06 Jason: Oh good, give them the ball back.

8:06 Ken: Son of a language I shouldn’t be using.That wasn’t just an “inaccurate” throw, it was HORRIBLE

8:07 Jason: Dear Abbadon, podcast listener: I think I saw a barn on the field. Riley couldn’t hit it.

Comment from katster: whiskey tango foxtrot bears.

Comment from nick: let’s blame it on the elevation

8:08 Jason: My mother reports that “luckily” my dad is sleeping in his recliner, so he doesn’t have to witness this game.

Comment from nick: im moving from beer to whisky if the D continues like this

8:09 Ken: I’m past whiskey and onto tango, Nick.

Comment from Kens Brother: LOL pizza hut sponsored playing favorites…

8:09 Jason: CAN WE GET A FUMBLE RECOVERY????

Comment from katster: NICE JOB BEARS

Comment from nick: GOD YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment from Kens Brother: riley will return the favor in 3…2…

Comment from nick: finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment from katster: isn’t 47 Browner?

8:10 Jason: oh, Riley. Stop running backward.

Comment from nick: holding

8:11 Ken: Why is Riley having such a hard time making a read? Does he have no confidence in his throwing and wants someone wide open?

Comment from Kens Brother: that holding was all riley’s fault

Comment from nick: need to throw quicker or run dont sit back there

8:12 Jason: Now that’s a better Vereen run.

Comment from Kens Brother: riley’s always had a hard time making a quick decision. see the oregon state game whne he was a freshman

8:12 Ken: OK Bro, you’d don’t have to fully go Forsett on Riley.

8:12 Jason: Riley blew the block on that run or Vereen would’ve scored 🙂

8:13 Jason: Actually caught for a first down, but a flag.

Comment from nick: nice read by Riley

8:13 Jason: Defensive holding. First and goal.

Comment from nick: very well played by Riley

8:14 Ken: Yeah, he saw that pre-snap. He saw something and then hurried to get the snap off for the play.

8:14 Jason: Touchdown Vereen.

Comment from cpoff: Best throw he’s made all night.

Comment from pariza: nice. good series for the confidence of the offense.

8:14 Ken: YES! This game ain’t over yet.

Comment from nick: YAY!!!! Our offense seems to be making adjustments

8:14 Jason: Come back, Calbearsfan!

8:14 Ken: It’s not the offense that really needs confidence, it’s the defense.

8:15 Ken: No, don’t come back. It’s been all uphill since you left 🙂

Comment from nick: the Offense has not been good though. they have looked very weak. Plus it gives the D some rest

Comment from Josh: Now, about those defensive adjustments … Let’s see them in action Bears

Comment from nick: My family also changed clothes, I’m giving us credit

Comment from Kens Brother: even nevada’s commercial is beating us today…

8:16 Ken: lol Bro.

Comment from Kens Brother: ken’s niece finally fell asleep. i fear moving and waking her up.

Comment from nick: the middle of our D is very tough, it’s the QB option to the tackle thats killing us

8:17 Jason: They are getting some great catches out there.

Comment from cpoff: Oh lord. Nice catch. You have to give him that.

Comment from katster: crap, they’re catching *everything* thrown at them. 😛

Comment from nick: is the QB playing on Sunday?

Comment from bearswithfangs: Ridiculously open on that play though

8:20 Ken: Key 3rd down here.

8:20 Jason: Nice strip there. If they can cause some turnovers that can slow the machine.

Comment from nick: a stop would be huge.

Comment from nick: we get the ball to start the 2nd half so keeping this a 1 td would be HUGE!

8:21 Ken: That’s a hold.

Comment from pariza: it’s too late to adjust my pick’em scores, right? 🙂

8:24 Jason: Yes, Nevada, hand it off to go right up the middle.

Comment from nick: keep that clock moving

8:25 Ken: OK, if the read-option is killing us, the inside runs are pin-pricking us to death. The defense is there, but the pile is moving forward for 4 yard gains. We’ve got to get those shorter.

Comment from nick: our D was overrated but I thought we would slow this offense down

8:26 Jason: Okay, 11 seconds left, 3rd and 6.

8:26 Jason: False start pushes them back.

Comment from katster: Kapernick misses a pass!

8:26 Jason: Shocking, Katster, I know…

Comment from joffle: This game feels a lot like the Armed Forces Bowl in 07.

8:26 Jason: That’s positive thinking, joffle!

8:27 Jason: Offside on cal, but really we’re down to one play now anyway.

8:27 Jason: If I’m Nevada I think I gotta kick.

8:28 Ken: 6 seconds is two plays for an experienced QB

Comment from pariza: that’s what i was thinking joffle….

Comment from katster: AAAAAAAAAAAUGh

Comment from nick: only 6 seconds left

Comment from nick: block that kick

8:28 Jason: I hate this late timeout crap.

8:28 Ken: No, no, no… exactly announcers. I actually agree with you. Tedford should have let him kick.

Comment from Kens Brother: way to pull a shannahan…

8:29 Jason: Really? Another TO?

Comment from nick: they have one play, they have to kick

Comment from nick: use them all at this point

8:29 Jason: Zzzzzz.

Comment from pariza: tedford playing games here? what the heck.

8:30 Jason: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

8:30 Ken: OK, now I’m laughing.

Comment from nick: well played Tedford, you werent getting free rooms in reno anyways

8:30 Jason: Now fake it!!!

8:31 Jason: FG.

8:31 Jason: Those timeouts were just awesome.

8:31 Ken: OK, that’s over. Now let’s focus on only down 10 at halftime.This thing could have been much worse

Comment from nick: ill take down 10 given the way the half went (hoping for KO ret for TD)

8:32 Jason: Considering what a disaster that half was, I have to agree.

8:33 Jason: Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to eat some carrot cake.

8:33 Jason: That’s not a euphemism.

8:33 Jason: I actually have carrot cake.

Comment from bearswithfangs: if the bears hold nevada scoreless, and the bears score 2 TDs, I’ll have predicted the game perfectly!

Comment from katster: we should have pizza really soon. Yum.

8:33 Jason: @bearswithfangs: I don’t like your chances.

8:34 Ken: I’m in a not much better situation. I can afford 1 FG for Nevada but 4 TD’s and a FG for the Bears.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Yeah well, I’m feeling really fornia right now

Comment from nick: im now moving to Evan Williams

Comment from bearswithfangs: Eh? eh? Anyone?

8:35 Jason: Bazinga.

Comment from nick: I need Cal to score 4 TDs and Nevada to get 2 safeties

8:36 Ken: Fangs, I bought my new Apple iFornia last night.

8:36 Jason: Friends Of Reno, Nevada Interceptions Association.

8:36 Ken: Aren’t they bankrupt Jason?

8:36 Jason: Foes Of Riley’s Nevada Interceptions, Apparently.

Comment from bearswithfangs: I think our only chance is to force some more turnovers really

Comment from nick: ive seen this clip 3 times now, come on ESPN give me something new

8:38 Ken: 9 Universities, soon to be 6. But they’ve got Pride (c)

Comment from katster: *looks at the score she wrote down* Well, Nevada can have one more touchdown. Riley and company have to come up with 20 more points.

8:45 Ken: Ugh. “Dr.” Lou? Everyone knows I’m a closet ND fan, but he’s a disgrace at this point.

8:46 Jason: Lou Holtz, the sitcom? Egad.

8:46 Jason: Lou Holtz is a live-action cartoon character.

8:46 Ken: That. Was.Pathetic. Didn’t they have some more commercials to run or something?

Comment from katster: it was a commercial. For NASCAR.

Comment from Rick: Let’s see if Cal can come back. Tedford is not a good half time adjustment coach.

8:51 Ken: He used to be Nick.

Comment from Kens Brother: wait, is that uncle rick?

Comment from nick: that was Rick, I still think he’s a second half coach

8:53 Ken: Sorry Nick and Rick. Mis-read that.

Comment from Rick: Yes, this is Rick. It’s tough typing on my iPad.

8:54 Ken: You shoulda got a iFornia

8:54 Jason: I’m using my iPad to watch the Texas-Seattle game, where something interesting is happening.

8:55 Jason: And here comes the Cal offense.

Comment from nick: nice tackling there Nevada

8:56 Jason: Look, everyone, it’s a Cal drive!

Comment from nick: this the way Cal’s offense should play the rest of the game

8:58 Jason: Riley’s pass was ugly but hey, it’s a big gainer to the TE Miller.

Comment from katster: don’t jinx it, Jason!

Comment from pariza: shhh. you’ll scare them.

Comment from nick: nicely done

Comment from cpoff: First Cal penalty of the night?

8:59 Jason: Second, I think.

8:59 Jason: Another big Vereen run!

8:59 Jason: TD Cal!

8:59 Jason: Wow, when he gets in space, he is GONE.

Comment from katster: VEREEN!

Comment from nick: Vereen is amazing!

8:59 Ken: TOUCHDOWN!

8:59 Ken: Didn’t his last long run come after a penalty?

Comment from pariza: sweetness

Comment from cpoff: Give him the ball every snap from here on out. No questions asked.

9:00 Ken: OK, now comes the real test. Did the defense figure anything out.

Comment from nick: he is such a great back. he’s much faster then he gets credit for

Comment from Josh: Okay time for a defensive stop, let’s take control

Comment from Rick: Vereen in the Wildcat!

9:02 Ken: If the new Sonic burger is 100% beef, what was the old thing I used to eat?

Comment from nick: if we get a 3 and out we may have taken this game over. our offense seems to have made the correct adjustment at half

Comment from nick: its the exact same thing Ken, they didnt change anything

Comment from cpoff: OMG. That DWTS commercial made me throw up in my mouth.

Comment from nick: give Vereen the ball 25 more times

Comment from Sean: It’s still 95% beef, they just round up now

Comment from Kens Brother: riley almost blew that one, way to not block anyone on vereen’s run

Comment from nick: Vereen = Heisman!

9:03 Jason: Okay, let’s see how the Cal D adjusts.

Comment from nick: Perfect 1st play for the D

Comment from Josh: That’s the way to slow him down

Comment from nick: thats what Clancy bring, perfect adjustments

9:05 Ken: Way to go Kendricks! That’s exactly how you play the read-option against these guys.

9:05 Jason: Okay, 3rd and 11

9:05 Jason: pressured him, and the pass is incomplete!

9:05 Jason: Great defensive series there.

9:05 Jason: What a way to come out after the half and the opening score

Comment from cpoff: Looks like the Cal D googled ‘how to stop the wishbone offense’ at halftime.

Comment from nick: 3 AND OUT!!!!!!!!!

Comment from nick: here comes 7 carries by Vereen and 1 pass

Comment from Josh: They brought Conte on that one, he neArly got there

9:06 Ken: OK, that was nice. Now somebody tell the pass rush not to over-pursue and let the QB get out into the open.

9:06 Jason: Okay, that no-hitter is over. Texas just hit a home run.

9:07 Jason: Riley to Miller, that’s a good connection.

Comment from nick: finally bringing Miller into it, 2 catches really helping

Comment from Kens Brother: I’d like to thank ESPN for jinxing the hell out of that no-hit bid

Comment from pariza: Cal/Nevada jinx.

Comment from cpoff: Ooooh. Premature first-down taunt.

9:08 Jason: Riley’s getting more protection too.

Comment from nick: now this is the Cal offense we can hope for the rest of the season

9:08 Jason: Hey, Sofele gets some yards and a first down!

9:08 Jason: Roll on you Bears.

Comment from nick: this game is starting to look like we have a real shot

Comment from nick: roll on you bears

9:09 Jason: Riley going deep, startling the ESPN cameraman.

Comment from nick: i dont hate that throw, at least on 1st and 10 you give Allen a shot on teh ball

9:10 Ken: They brought the high-school crew for this one Jason. They’ve been startled by a lot.

9:10 Jason: Oh Riley.

Comment from cpoff: ruh roh

9:10 Ken: Wait, I thought Longshore graduated.

Comment from pariza: who didn’t see that pick coming?

Comment from katster: *sigh*

Comment from nick: i saw that throw from my couch in Sacramento

9:10 Jason: “Not a very good play by Riley.”

9:10 Jason: No kidding.

9:13 Ken: OK, this isn’t a disaster. Cal get’s the ball back. It’s like the 2nd half just re-started with some time off the clock

Comment from cpoff: Now here he has to come right back out.

Comment from nick: at least our O is still moving the ball. Their D shouldnt be able to stop us now that theyll be on the field the entire 3rd qtr minus 3 plays

Comment from Rick: Norris was right, Riley got baited by the corner. Norris should know..I remember when he was UCLA QB.

9:15 Jason: GIVE THE BALL TO VEREEN.

Comment from nick: a nice 7 minute drive would be great

Comment from nick: vereen is amazing

Comment from pariza: wow. shane.

Comment from nick: no more passes

9:17 Jason: Oh, Miller. Run, man. Great play there, Miller wide open. What play was that? A reverse-side no-blocker not-a-screen?

Comment from pariza: Sofele needs to really show why he’s number 2 now. give shane some time to rest

Comment from nick: im giving all credit to Evan Williams, when I ran out Riley threw a pick

Comment from nick: ok unless the pass is to Miller

Comment from katster: nice job by Miller!

Comment from nick: and behind the line of scrimmage

Comment from nick: the Nevada offense has 3 plays this quarter, this is how we need to play against an offense of this caliber

9:19 Jason: 3rd and goal.

9:19 Ken: Wrong throw by Riley. No reason to throw that high.

9:20 Jason: 31-24, but let me tell you, it’s pretty disappointing that’s all we got.

Comment from nick: not a horrible pass by Riley

Comment from katster: kick.

9:20 Ken: (or could have been the wrong route from Jones, but never trust the announcers)

Comment from katster: Okay. Hold ’em again, Bears.

Comment from nick: a three and out and we score a TD, their D is gassed

9:24 Jason: I get the sense that these announcers would rather be anywhere but Reno.

Comment from cpoff: Well, sure. Get *anyone* talking about San Diego and they’ll wish they were there.

9:26 Jason: come on, secondary, your line guys are figuring it out, show some ability back there.

Comment from katster: where is the pass defense?

Comment from cpoff: Every time he throws the ball, his motion looks like he’s lofting it.

9:26 Ken: Man, their wide receivers have been WIDE open.

9:26 Jason: The passing game, not the option, is gona kill us.

9:26 Jason: Big fumble. Cal Ball!

Comment from nick: Cal ball

Comment from katster: FUMBLE!

Comment from nick: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:26 Jason: “Wait a minute?”

9:26 Jason: Jeeeeeeeez.

9:26 Jason: Offsides on Cal.

Comment from pariza: holy cow what the heck was that?

9:27 Jason: ugh, cal. another penalty.

Comment from katster: *sigh*

Comment from nick: that was close=

9:28 Jason: and then a 10 yard gain.

9:28 Ken: This is definitely the amateur crew. We’re getting hardly any timely replays of the plays.

Comment from nick: a late Friday game, definately a HS credw

Comment from pariza: you sir, are no Jeremy Ross.

Comment from nick: not to mention Nevada not a great stadium for cameras

Comment from cpoff: Man, that was a scramble!

Comment from nick: where is our pass D?

9:30 Jason: Not sure how that’s not a TD.

9:30 Ken: What’s the rule? Can’t fumble the ball forward? Or is that not true if you recover it yourself?

Comment from pariza: definitely a TD

Comment from cpoff: He pulled it back from across the line. That should be a TD.

Comment from nick: he didnt fumble it appears

Comment from Kens Brother: lol that’s not a TD. that fails the playground rule of reasonableness

9:31 Jason: He didn’t possess it across the goal line, though.

9:31 Jason: He had a hand on top of it, with the ball on the ground. That’s not possession. He pulled it back, behind the line.

Comment from mattd: Shouldn’t be a TD; touching the ball in the end zone is not possession

Comment from pariza: dead ball then?

Comment from bearswithfangs: the coverage is pretty tight on at least half of these throws

9:32 Jason: Holy cow, what a swing if Cal had gotten that ball.

Comment from bearswithfangs: i can’t see how nevada would not score on the ensuing play tho if it isn’t a TD

Comment from mattd: Should be Nevada’s ball on the 3 yard line because the offense can’t advance the ball on a fumble.

9:32 Jason: TD.

9:32 Ken: Yeah, that would have been huge Jason.

9:33 Ken: I don’t see that whether it was the 1′ line or a TD matters. Cal’s not going to hold there on 1st down.

Comment from Kens Brother: second worst touchdown decision of the year after that Detroit/Chicago non game winning catch

Comment from cpoff: They called it when his hand came down on the ball.

Comment from mattd: but yeah, that’s a bad call. he didn’t possess it and then push it into the end zone (touchdown), he lost possession outside the end zone and didn’t possess it inside (recoverer’s ball where recoverer was down).

9:34 Jason: I’m sorry, touching the top of the ball with my hand while it’s laying on the ground is not possession.

Comment from Kens Brother: why would any coach invite opposing coaches into their office and teach them their offense?

9:36 Jason: Hoping to get a better job? Looking for fame and fortune?

Comment from cpoff: But he didn’t just touch it. He brought the ball back across the line. That, my friend, is possession.

9:37 Jason: So if he grabbed the ball with two hands, across the line, and pulled, that’s when he had possession. Not when his hand touched the top of the ball…

9:37 Ken: OK guys. Time to let that go. It wouldn’t have mattered. The key is this 3rd down and this drive right here.

Comment from Kens Brother: and why wouldn’t tedford send his defensive coaches up to reno and take advantage of that offer?

9:38 Jason: Fortunately, Ken, I’m not playing the game 🙂

Comment from mattd: Ken: likely would have been a TD anyway, but could have been a pick or who knows. And when the offense fumbles outside the end zone, the fumbler can’t advance by recovering. Bad call, but probably of little impact.

9:40 Jason: That was clearly going to be a pass to the TE, the defender covered the TE, so Riley ran it. Well done.

9:41 Ken: The offensive line isn’t getting the push it was in the 3rd quarter.

9:42 Ken: Good time for the fly-sweep.

9:43 Ken: Uncatchable is the reason no foul

Comment from cpoff: Agreed. Uncatchable.

Comment from bearswithfangs: not pushed he has a “chance,” should have been enough for a flag

Comment from pariza: Seriously Ken, have to bring reality into it?

9:44 Jason: Uncatchable and he fell down to try to draw the penalty…

9:47 Ken: This clock is moving awful fast for being down 14

9:47 Jason: Well, basically they need to score here, make a stop, and get the ball back.

9:48 Ken: It’s that middle part that’s the hard part, it appears.

9:48 Ken: We’re officially in 4 down territory.

9:49 Jason: Agreed.

9:49 Jason: One way you get it to Vereen in space is by pitching it to him, like, seven yards behind the line.

9:49 Jason: Unfortunately, when you do that his 15-yard run is only a gain of 8.

9:50 Ken: Ugh. The 12. The official worst yard line in football. Too close for a practical 1st down, and a VERY long 1st and goal.

9:50 Jason: Bad pass, Riley.

9:50 Ken: ARG! That was such a great play and a horrible pass.

Comment from pariza: a little too much heat there kevin.

9:50 Jason: He puts too much heat on it a lot.

9:51 Jason: Some yellow lines are actually on the field, and not at the first down.

9:51 Ken: Well you have to give the announcers points for consistency on the 4 year starter thing.

Comment from cpoff: again with the four-year starter comment

9:51 Jason: Guh.

Comment from nick: he needs to run that the opposite way and not throw it out of bounds

9:52 Jason: Field goal, really?

9:52 Jason: No, silly announcer.

9:52 Jason: Delay of game. Well played.

Comment from pariza: oh boy

9:52 Ken: Yeah, blessing in disguise to still be down by 2-scores bozos!

Comment from nick: why would you cut to 11 that makes no sense?

9:53 Jason: Turnover on downs.

Comment from cpoff: Announcer should realize you can’t ‘tack’ points on when you’re down 14.

Comment from nick: looks like a loss

Comment from katster: okay, defense. Please.

Comment from mattd: I think we’ve found one of Rob Enderle’s aliases. It’s the only way you can account for analysis this bad.

9:54 Jason: Hi Matt.

Comment from nick: that was a nice bend but dont break by Nevada D,

9:55 Ken: 3 and out… no more critical time than right now.

Comment from katster: I think not having Mohammed really hurt us.

Comment from Kens Brother: actually cutting it to 11 makes some sense. with like 10 minutes to go, we can still get two drives… so assume we only get one touchdown, go for two, and the second fg, and we’re tied

Comment from nick: kaster, it killed us

Comment from pariza: agreed katster, definitely doesn’t help us

9:56 Ken: No, I think Browner really hurt us. Either the game plan for him stunk or he wasn’t coached right or he couldn’t figure it out.

9:57 Ken: D-Line getting dragged for 4-5 yards all the time, that may have been where Mohamed hurt us.

Comment from pariza: doesn’t help = terrible for us

Comment from nick: i dont get what 11 points does, it means if you score 2 tds

Comment from katster: so much for three and out.

9:57 Jason: ESPN’s breathless updates on the Yankees and the Rays and their race, which is meaningless since they are both in the playoffs, are sickening.

Comment from pariza: 5 and out!

Comment from cpoff: Man. D is giving up yardage in bunches.

Comment from Kens Brother: 8+3=11, so a field goal and a touchdown with a 2 point…

9:59 Jason: Game.

9:59 Ken: We get that bro, but it’s still 2 scores and with a extra hard to get 2-point conversion.

Comment from katster: game

Comment from nick: ball game

9:59 Ken: But none of that apparently would have mattered.

9:59 Jason: This will get them close to their average of 50 per game.

Comment from pariza: disasterous

Comment from pariza: question is, what happens to this team now.

Comment from mattd: This is starting to look bad for Cal.

Comment from nick: good night

Comment from Kens Brother: lol it’s been real y’all, but I only stay up this late for victories…

Comment from The Duke: Yuck.

10:01 Ken: Pariza, nothing. This is a really odd offense and it was a really tough assignment: 1 day less to prep, high altitude. No Mohamed. I think this team still has a lot of hope.

10:01 Ken: Just remember bro that when the amazing comeback happens, we’ll all know you missed it.

10:02 Jason: I have it on good authority that there are naked pictures of the Applebee’s sideline reporter on the Internet.

Comment from pariza: i agree ken. good practice for ucla, right? even if they’re struggling to make it work…

Comment from mattd: I’m having good luck on hunches today, and my hunch says this game could be decided by

10:03 Jason: Cal offense: 52, 52, 24. Cal defense: 3, 7, 45 (so far).

10:03 Ken: Pariza, I really think it’s more a concern for Oregon and their read-option.

10:04 Ken: Somewhere between 2008 and 2009 Cal forgot how to defend it.

Comment from mattd: bah, entities. “by less than 7 points.” Of course, I could just be insane.

Comment from mattd: 52-52-24 are horrible numbers for a naked sideline reporter.

Comment from katster: I keep wanting to call Spencer Ladner ‘Thor’.

10:04 Jason: So are 3, 7, 45, Matt.

Comment from mattd: I was trying not to picture that one.

Comment from pariza: katster: awesome

Comment from pariza: shane a little upset there.

10:06 Jason: I agree with whomever said, Vereen for Wildcat QB.

10:06 Jason: Or regular QB.

10:06 Jason: That was a great catch.

10:06 Jason: By Mr. Jones.

Comment from mattd: nice catch

10:06 Jason: Out of bounds.

10:06 Jason: Snapped the ball before the review.

10:07 Ken: Great move by the Bears. Didn’t give them time for the review.

10:07 Jason: Wait, wait, they are reviewing it now that they have played already?

10:07 Jason: Ooh, I think it’s a catch.

Comment from mattd: good hustle on Cal’s part to pre-empt the replay

Comment from pariza: we should play like this. all. the. time.

Comment from pariza: no way

10:08 Ken: That’s absolute CRAP to review that now. You didn’t get it off refs. The play should stand.

Comment from bearswithfangs: u can’t overturn that

Comment from pariza: it wasn’t enough you give nevada a td, you have to review this too? what did we do to you universe?

Comment from mattd: Yeah, see, this is bogus. They do this every now and then, claim they got buzzed for replay before the snap but they didn’t stop the play. But no one was whistling the play dead, so I call shenanigans. NCAA refereeing is…deficient.

10:08 Jason: This crew, I don’t know where they’re from, but they are not exactly doing good work.

10:08 Ken: Wow. I sure didn’t think it would stand. We got lucky, or shafted on them reviewing it at all.

10:09 Jason: I’ve seen much worse, though.

10:09 Jason: Riley threw that one like he had someplace else to be

Comment from bearswithfangs: I know he hasn’t seen many clean balls, but when was the last time Calvin caught a pass? 08?

10:09 Ken: When we’ve got Jones and Allen, why is Mr. dropzies given the fade route?

10:09 Jason: 1997

10:10 Jason: Wide open TD to Stevens

Comment from pariza: calvin dropped that. maybe not high enough from kevin, but it was good enough.

Comment from mattd: Last week at the Oklahoma game, they reviewed the same non-controversial play THREE SEPARATE TIMES. As in blew the whistle, stopped play, went to the sidelines three separate times. For one play.

Comment from katster: eric stevens!

10:10 Ken: Woohoo! TD.

Comment from mattd: And the comeback is on!

10:10 Ken: Now we need that extra fast 3 and out. Maybe their coach is as predictable as Tedford when up in the 4th quarter.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Ken, haven’t you been high on Calvin this year? Or maybe I’m just imagining things

Comment from pariza: i blame kevin’s mustache. he plays much better without it.

10:12 Ken: I can see both sides of that decision, but I don’t like the call. I think the defense still has some hope.

10:12 Ken: I was high on Calvin. I gave up on him after UCD.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Wow, I thought we had a real shot at that one

10:14 Jason: I’ll take you home again Kathleen….

10:14 Jason: Ticking down to 4:30.

Comment from bearswithfangs: We need to employ the double tackle technique, someone grab the legs, and the other person focus solely on stripping the ball

10:15 Jason: How about the triple tackle. One leg per guy and then the other guy goes for the midsection for the strip 🙂

10:15 Jason: Gone

10:16 Jason: There’s the 50

10:16 Ken: Read-option… what happened that we no longer know how to play it? We were SO good against it a couple years ago.

10:16 Jason: For Nevada it’s now 49, 51, 52.

Comment from bearswithfangs: On the East Coast, so can I blame my fiance for going to sleep already?

Comment from mattd: and the comeback is off!

Comment from bearswithfangs: Ok, so how does this game look at the end of the season if Nevada goes 12-0 including rolling 60 up on Boise St.?

10:17 Jason: It looks brilliant.

10:17 Ken: The read-option is really not that hard.

10:19 Ken: The thin air has really been an issue. Both for conditioning reasons, but also because Riley has had a lot of trouble with the long ball.

10:19 Jason: Nice garbage time work by Calvin 🙂

Comment from cpoff: Player of the game has to go to that Nevada QB. Kid never got flustered, probably because no one gave him any reason to be.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Really Ken? Because Keith Browner looked confused all game

Comment from pariza: well we didn’t want the national championship anyways.

Comment from mattd: this is the second straight night that a “wolfpack” team has upset a college football opponent on ESPN

Comment from cpoff: I think Phil said it all: “It’s just not the fall for me until Cal lays an egg on national TV.”

Comment from bearswithfangs: CALVIN!!!!!

10:20 Ken: Yeah, I’m really high on him. I wish he got more playing time ;-P

10:21 Ken: Hey, I’ve got NO defense for Browner. grrrrr!

Comment from bearswithfangs: Ken’s two favorite players: Browner and Calvin have statement games tonight

Comment from mattd: I’ve enjoyed it, Cal fans, except for the outcome. But I have to be at my team’s stadium (an hour away) in 7.5 hours, so I need to get to bed. Cal shall rise again.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Jones looks exhausted out there

10:22 Jason: Thanks for coming, Matt.

10:22 Jason: Riley says goodbye with another pick.

Comment from pariza: browner’s one strip doesn’t make up for his numerous, stand-and-watch-the-play-develop move

10:22 Jason: Terrible throw, not to anyone in particular, and looking that way the entire time.

10:23 Jason: THIS DOESN’T ELIMINATE US FROM THE ROSE BOWL.

Comment from bearswithfangs: Keenan Allen showing why he was the number one safety prospect in the nation right there

10:23 Ken: You want to know the best thing about that play? Seeing Allen make the tackle. That guy has all the tools.

10:23 Jason: And that is about that.

10:23 Ken: Yeah, Browner’s partial indulgence for that forced fumble doesn’t nearly cover all his sins today.

Comment from pariza: Riley better show up next game clean shaven

10:23 Jason: Good night, everyone.

10:24 Jason: Cal, 502 total yards to 499 for Nevada. Wow.

10:24 Jason: Well, that was … something.

Comment from cpoff: Well done, fellas. First timer. Quite enjoyable.

10:24 Ken: Final words:

Comment from pariza: 502 yards

Comment from bearswithfangs: So how you all feeling right now?

10:24 Ken: Brown

10:24 Ken: ER

10:25 Jason: Thanks for coming, everyone. And Curt, thanks for the praise—you’ve seen a liveblog or two in your time.

10:25 Jason: That’s that. The students are rushing the field. Don’t they know it’s just Cal?

10:25 Ken: (you’ll know how I’m feeling when I publish the OTRH podcast, fangs 🙂 )

10:25 Jason: Beating Cal? Everyone does that.

10:25 Jason: But Ken, you’re home.

10:25 Jason: Are you going to go somewhere and then drive home from there so you can record a podcast?

Comment from pariza: they’re in the WAC, it’s a big deal

10:25 Ken: Do I need a new title now that I don’t go to the road games? 🙂

10:27 Jason: And it’s a wrap.