Comments on: Cal in the news http://www.calfootballfan.com/2007/10/02/cal-in-the-news/ news, analysis, and everything else about the california golden bears Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kent Rasmussen http://www.calfootballfan.com/2007/10/02/cal-in-the-news/#comment-57506 Kent Rasmussen Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:04:57 +0000 http://www.calfootballfan.com/2007/10/02/in-the-news/#comment-57506 With no Cal game today, all we can do is watch the results of other teams' games and ponder their impact on Cal. As of early Saturday afternoon, the returns are already looking promising. No. 5 Wisconsin just lost to Illinois. What's the significance of that? Well, coming into today, Wisconsin had the longest current winning streak among Div. 1A teams. According to the Cal Athletic Dept. website, the longest streaks before today were these: 14 - Wisconsin (5-0) 12 - LSU (5-0) 8 - Cincinnati (5-0) 7 - Cal (5-0) 6 - four other schools Since there's a good chance that both LSU and Cincinnati will lose later today, come Monday, Cal could be ranked no. 2 in the country and have the longest current winning streak. (Some of the four other schools with six-game winning streaks will probably win today, so Cal would be tied at 7 games, but I'm not going to complain.) With no Cal game today, all we can do is watch the results of other teams’ games and ponder their impact on Cal. As of early Saturday afternoon, the returns are already looking promising. No. 5 Wisconsin just lost to Illinois. What’s the significance of that? Well, coming into today, Wisconsin had the longest current winning streak among Div. 1A teams. According to the Cal Athletic Dept. website, the longest streaks before today were these:

14 - Wisconsin (5-0)
12 - LSU (5-0)
8 - Cincinnati (5-0)
7 - Cal (5-0)
6 - four other schools

Since there’s a good chance that both LSU and Cincinnati will lose later today, come Monday, Cal could be ranked no. 2 in the country and have the longest current winning streak. (Some of the four other schools with six-game winning streaks will probably win today, so Cal would be tied at 7 games, but I’m not going to complain.)

]]> By: CalFan98 http://www.calfootballfan.com/2007/10/02/cal-in-the-news/#comment-56829 CalFan98 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:02:04 +0000 http://www.calfootballfan.com/2007/10/02/in-the-news/#comment-56829 It's working! My efforts in the ESPN fan poll are working! I go there at least once a day since the beginning of the season. I rank Cal #1, USC #2, any other pac-10 teams listed (now Oregon, ASU, UCLA) 3,4,5, next in line are any teams that have played pac-10 teams (or teams that have played teams that have played pac-10 teams), then I start at the bottom of the poll and work backwards always leaving LSU dead last. Join the campaign! Keep Cal #1! It’s working! My efforts in the ESPN fan poll are working! I go there at least once a day since the beginning of the season.

I rank Cal #1, USC #2, any other pac-10 teams listed (now Oregon, ASU, UCLA) 3,4,5, next in line are any teams that have played pac-10 teams (or teams that have played teams that have played pac-10 teams), then I start at the bottom of the poll and work backwards always leaving LSU dead last.

Join the campaign! Keep Cal #1!

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