Gotta talk about the Cal Bears football team first. We suffered our first defeat of the season, and fell to 2-1 (1-0 conference play). It was pretty depressing to watch, but I felt there were a lot more positives to take away than negatives, even though we lost:
- Bad: We lost
- Bad: I'm willing to bet Jahvid Best has cracked ribs. Getting the wind knocked out of you doesn't equate to you grabbing your chest every time you finish a run, barely being able to pick yourself off the ground, etc.
- Good: We have a bye week, allowing Jahvid to get some healing time
- Good: Our defense and offense sputtered. That's a good because it happened in non-conference play early on in the season. It also allows us to look at what we messed up on, how we got completely outplayed on the line, and fix it. The extra bye week will also help us to focus on these fixes during week one, without sacrificing time preparing for Colorado State
- Good: Our receivers finally got some catches and touchdowns, and got some confidence in themselves. That will be needed as we get closer to the Pac-10 schedule, which I remind you, restarts with a visiting (once) nationally ranked Arizona State.
- Good: We responded to playing from behind well for the first time. Obviously, not good enough, because we didn't come out with the win, but for as young a team as we were, I saw this as a lesson that we can take with us.
If, however, you start 1-2 to start the season, and win the rest of your games, your ranking will probably be somewhere between #10-20. The polls are more of a 'what have you done for me now'.
This loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, and I'm confident we will learn from it.
You may think I'm too optimistic, but read over those bullets again; they all make logical sense. Then again, we could be 0-7, and I would refuse to admit that we suck. I'm going to keep drinking that koolaid, and you know what? It tastes really good. Want some?
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