Week 3 candidate games
(Written by kencraw)
As much as I enjoyed last week’s game, I have to admit it didn’t quite live up to expectations. Without video of the delay, it was void of the unique emotion that delay caused. Still, hard to argue with an upset over a top-15 team.
Here are the best candidates for week 3:
- 2002 @ Michigan State: The Bears opened the Tedford era with 2 dominant wins over weak teams. But week 3 required them to go on the road to Michigan State, who was ranked 15th at the time. Could the Bears really have improved so much in so short a time to go on the road to a ranked Big-10 team and win? Impossible!
- 2009 @ Minnesota: A game full of Jahvid Best highlights.
- 2015 @ Texas: What is it about week 3 and big non-conference road games?
- 2016 Texas: The return game back in Berkeley. To me, this one is not nearly exciting as the previous year’s game. But again, that may be because I have an emotional attachment to the 2015 game as my wife and I went to it (usually I would take my boys on the road trip games).
- 2017 Ole Miss: Any win over an SEC team is notable, but it is worth noting that this is the home game in 2017, not the more memorable road game in 2019 (that game was in week 4)
No shortage of good games to pick from, yes? What tickles your fancy? What one do you want to watch?
(Selection will be made Friday afternoon/evening.)
September 16th, 2020 at 9:18 am
Some great memories here!
2002 was special in so many ways, Tedford breaking out. The players started beliving, and it spurred my favorite era of Cal football.
2009 was fun to see the new stadium, and Jahvid was magnificent.
2015 was my favorite of the bunch. Traveling to a historic program that screwed us out of the Rose Bowl. Being tied at halftime was a shock, but then kicking their ass in the third quarter, only to have the team blow the lead and hang on from a missed XP. It had drama, great play, and the fans were great!
September 17th, 2020 at 5:01 pm
Michigan State just edges 2015 Texas. I remember us having it on in our campus apartment, getting more and more excited as it became certain we were winning that game. It’s what finally took the bittersweet taste of my undergrad years (one year of Mooch, three of Holmoe) out of my mouth.