From: fierro@uts.amdahl.com (Doug Fierro)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Cal gets beat by former head coach Bruce Snyder
Date: 16 Nov 92 10:03:45 GMT
Reply-To: fierro@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Doug Fierro)
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  Well, no one has posted the results of the Cal game- probably because
the Cal alumni are too embarassed at this point in the season and everyone
else just doesn't care :-)  I think the Citrus Bowl jinxed both teams last
season...

  Anyway Cal got beat by Arizona St., which is the school that Cal's former
head coach Bruce Snyder went to after being offered big bucks.  Cal will
now have it's first losing season in the last three years.   Ironically,
Snyder seems to be turning the Arizona St. team around (watch out 'Cats!)
while at the same time Gilbertson has the Bears on a uncontrollable spiral
downward.

  I read an article of Gilbertson being interviewed after the game and
he had absolutely no good explanation whatsoever- his exact words were
"I've never seen so many bizzare things happen in a season."   I've got
news for Gilby- if that's the best he can come up with then he will soon
be watching college football games from a couch instead of the sidelines
because he will be out of a job.  It's almost unbelievable that a coach could 
take a football team with 50 returning starters from a 10-2 previous season, 
including a Heisman candidate, an all Pac-10 receiver and kicker, and finish
up with a losing season.  His only saving grade will be to beat Stanford
in the Big Game this Saturday, and I'm not holding my breath on that one.

  The season is over as far as bowl considerations go for Cal.  After next
week Gilbertson better start doing something to change the program, of which
should include:

  1) get that red-shirt freshman quarterback Ziv? playing early and see if he 
     can replace Barr next season.

  2) Utilize Dawkins much more, provided he doesn't go pro.  Have him
     run the ball once in a while (see 3 below) in addition to catching.

  3) Try using some imagination once in a while- a fake punt, a fumblerooskie,
     how about a damn reverse?  The play-calling it too damn predictable.

  4) Get the team fired up!  The lackluster effort in playing Purdue and
     Arizona is unexcusable.  So is giving up two touchdowns to USC in the
     final 8 minutes of the game to end up losing by three.


  Well that's all I had to say.  It would be nice to beat Stanford some
time this decade.  I'm sure most of those 50 retuning players from last
season are still bitter about the loss down on the Farm, so maybe the 
players themselves can avenge the season without relying on coach 
Gilbertson, otherwise we are in for another loss.

  Doug
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