Archive for November 20th, 2012

Oh, those Golden Bears…

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Jeff Tedford: out as coach at the University of California, Berkeley.

Tedford’s overall record is 82-57, “the most wins in school history by the longest-tenured coach in school history“. The problem was, Tedford went 15-22 in his last three seasons, 9-18 in conference, and 0-3 against Stanford.

The low point came in the last two weeks of this season as the Bears lost by a combined 90 points to Oregon (59-17) and Oregon State (62-14). Those two defeats are the biggest back-to-back losses in the 118-year history of Cal football.

And this one goes out to Gregg Easterbrook:

More damning still, the most recent NCAA figures showed Cal as having the worst graduation rate in football in the Pac-12.

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Updates on the loser front.

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Noted: this commentary from the Kansas City Star about the Chiefs and growing fan resentment:

Some perspective: Bill Self’s winning percentage at Kansas is .835. Nick Saban’s at Alabama is .831, Tom Brady’s in New England is .774, and Michael Jordan’s in playoff series is .806.
Opponents at Arrowhead Stadium since last November are at .889.

The Washington Wizards are at 0-9, and remain the only NBA team with a shot at going 0-82.

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Road trip?

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

On Monday, the New Braunfels location of [Buc-ee’s] the mega-convenience store and travel stop won the 11th annual America’s Best Restroom contest, which is sponsored by Cintas, a company that “implements full service restroom programs” (i.e. provides thrones, sinks, and sanitation services).

I don’t think this would be a good SDC destination; while I’m sure you can get food at Buc-ee’s, it isn’t really an SDC sort of place.

However, we’ve had conversations about going to the Cooper’s in New Braunfels, so we could kill two birds with one stone…

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