Ever since Jahvid Best joined our Sturdy (cough cough) Golden Bears, I have been convinced of something I call The Grease Factor.  That is, the secret behind Best's "slipperiness" (he's just so slippery! or at least he was.) is that Tedford greases him up before each game.  It makes perfect sense, really.  Cover him in grease, and nobody will be able to catch him!

[insert well-crafted highlights video here. aka: use your imaginations.]

I'm serious, guys.  I really think he is greased up.  His arms usually look pretty shiny, and sure that could be sweat, but I am convinced that it is grease.  Perhaps vegetable oil.

Don't believe me? That is understandable.  I hardly believe me.  But folks, I have photographic evidence.

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Best being greased up.  You'll just have to trust me that it was Best, because it is basically impossible to simultaneously do a closeup of the grease-action on his legs and show his jersey or face.  Please ignore the crappy picture quality.

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Remember all those cool tech-type things I told you about last week?  No?  Go back and read this.

Now that you've justified my existence on this blog by boosting my post's pageviews, here's one more fun little webthing...since I know you CGB Readers are of a competitive nature...

College Football Trends

Google tracks how many people subscribe to each team's calendar, and displays them in a lovely little graph.

Cal is currently at #17 (last updated on September 10, 2009).  Nope, I didn't include a picture because it was too big, and I am too lazy busy.

Not super-thrilling piece of game-related-techstuff, but I thought I'd pass it along.

Best Fanpost Ever?  YEAH!

Hey CGB readers!  What a game last weekend!  Riley was supercute (as usual), and Anger kicked the ball so hard!   Yeah! Go Bears! (Ok, CBKWit's recap may be a little more detailed than mine)

Anyway, Google has a couple of great college football-related things going on right now, and I thought I'd share 'em with the CGB community.

1. College Football Calendar - If you use Google Calendar (and I sure do), you will find this very, very handy.  You can subscribe to the calendars of your favorite teams (in virtually ANY sport), and the schedules will appear in your calendar list.  But that's not all, folks!  It appears with a cute little football icon (baseball icon for baseball, etc)!  I know, this is more than enough to push you over the edge of excitement.  I mean, a cute little football icon! Who could ask for more?  Oh, you want more?  Well, howzabout if that calendar entry updated the score for you in realtime?  Yeah, I thought so.  Badass.
   

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2. Google Earth KML's for college football stadiums - If you use Google Earth (I'll admit, I only use it occasionally), and you're a fan of college sports, you'll love this.  3D visuals of the stadiums.  Here's an example from the Google LatLong Blog post.  Perfect for reliving those glory days, now that you're all grown up...especially if you can't make it to the game in person.
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3. Google Scoreboard for Android - I haven't used this, as I do not have an Android (or even an iPhone - gasp!), but I've heard it's pretty good.
   

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4. If you do a Google Search for "California Golden Bears Football" you get a nice little link to add a gadget to your iGoogle page...it looks like this:
   

   California Golden Bears Football (1-0)  - Add to iGoogle
   	Last game: Sep 5, California Golden Bears 52 - Maryland Terrapins 13  Next game: vs. Eastern Washington Eagles, Sep 12 5:30pm ET

Those are the four I know about for now...if you've heard of any others, feel free to let me know!

2009 Women's Huddle Roundtable
Participants: BearBallCarrier, Calnet, Kittwin, OskiWeeWee, RemorsefulBruinBabe

Note from RemorsefulBruinBabe: I have tried for the last two hours to adjust the formatting so the captions will be centered under the photos.  Even with Engineer Troatie's help, and after two hours of "playing" with html, it still won't work.  SBN, you need an alignment button in your Visual View.  Or you need to make your HTML View work for me.  Thanks.  Anyway, ignore the fact that the captions are all left-aligned, but please revel in the glory that is center-alignment for photos!

Without Further Ado...

It's the day we Cal women look forward to every year: The Women's Huddle! On July 31, 2009, we all made our way up to Memorial Stadium to mingle with the players, coaches, and staff of the Cal Bears. It's the best $35 you'll ever spend: all you can eat, drink, and ogle! Plus a free t-shirt! Read on for our roundtable review of the 2009 Women's Huddle. (And check out our 2008 post for a review of last year's festivities.) Go Bears!

RemorsefulBruinBabe: Overall, this year was a teensy bit mellower than last year, but there was still plenty of debauchery to go around. I appreciated the addition this year of the players hanging out in the pre-huddle eating and drinking area, even if they did take up half of the tables. Hey guys, what happened to chivalry? Stand up and give your seats to the ladies! We took advantage of the try-on-a-uniform station, and wriggled in and out of the jerseys with ease. Mostly. One large hot dog (that's what she ate), a piece of chorizo quesadilla, a large chocolate-dipped cookie, and oh yeah, 5 glasses of wine later, it was time to hit the field!

Your 2009 Golden Bears: Kittwin, BearBallCarrier, RemorsefulBruinBabe, OskiWeeWee, Calnet

OskiWeeWee: Don't forget little Golden Bear Proudfoot holding the football!  :)

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On the morning of this Saturday of Madness, I have been wondering how everyone creates their brackets.

Yes, I am still pretty much in last place at this point, having only correctly picked 17/32 games so far. Yes, the only people doing worse than I am at this point are RollOnYouBears667 and mikeA.  Yes, the only reason I am doing better than they are is the simple fact that they did not submit brackets.  No, I am not seeing a huge comeback in my future.

But hey, Obama and I picked the same team to win the NCG, so I feel somewhat validated. Even though I am pretty sure I picked them because I thought "Tar Heels" was a funny name.

So...inform me.  How do you make your picks? (pics?) (pix?) (pickx?)  Poll below.

I wrote about this on my blog, but I thought I'd reshare here as a fan post for those of you who (aka all of you) who don't read my little blog.  I don't know anything about this Bracket Tournament thing, or about picking teams or anything like that, but I do know when I like a school's mascot or team name.  Or when someone I know has gone to that school.  Or when 99% of users have picked a school.  So read on, if you want a completely ignorant explanation of who I think is going to win this thing. 

Note: I only wrote in detail about MidWest because I didn't realize how many "categories" (divisions? regions?) there were when I started writing, and it took way too long.  I don't understand how it works...or why UCLA is in the "East" but Connecticut is in the "West" - seriously, what is that about? Someone please explain!

If you have any questions about my picks in the other "sections," just ask. I'll gladly explain myself. Just know that the answer you get will probably sound something like the justifications you are about to read. Think you can guess why I picked certain schools over others? Leave your guesses in the comments...

After the break are my picks, and my reasons for picking. Enjoy!

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As some (five) of you may know, I am dating the stunning specimen of a man known as CBKWit.  And like any good woman, I stand by my man (giving all the love I can).  Lately, my man had both bad and good times (sing it, Tammy), from the tree sitters and the long bo's to the continuously canceled city council meetings, and I've waited with two arms to cling to (this is the end of the "Stand By Your Man" references, I promise), as he blogs late into the night to bring you all the breaking news stories from the fault lines.

After reading his recent post about the world-changing city council meeting last week (and seeing that TwistNHook referenced a video of the event), I decided I had to check it out for myself. 

Holy Christ. I had always thought the hippies in his stories were wild caricatures, highly exaggerated for comic effect.  I was wrong.  I was so, so, very wrong.

You can see it for yourself here, or read on for my favorite quotes.  Many people were well-rehearsed, as if they had crafted their monologues and rehearsed at home ("time me, honey!").  Some just blathered on, somehow fortunate (for them, not for us) enough to have multiple minutes donated by their fellow hippies (minions).

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