Idiots Write About Sports

This is the only Cal game I’m watching on television this entire year. I hate it. All I can do is sit and rock back and forth in frustration. The other two games I haven’t been to weren’t on TV. The next two games, I’m going to. Infuriating.
As I write this, Arizona has just scored a touchdown because the refs called pass interference on an absolutely perfect coverage interception in the end zone.
It’d sure be a shame if Cal lost this game because the terrible Pac-10 refs decided that defenders no longer have the same right to receive a pass as receivers…
Update: Okay, now Longshore has tossed a terrible interception that’s been run back for the touchdown. So we can now chalk this one up to terrible play by the offense, particularly Longshore, as well as the terrible call by the refs.
Update 2: Fourth and six at the 50, 5 minutes to go — you’ve got to make a stop either way. WHY ARE YOU PUNTING? And then, of course, a big return to make the punt even more pointless. One Arizona offensive play and all the punt yardage is erased. What a complete waste of time. I don’t understand why coaches think that it’s a better percentage play to give away a chance for a first down and for yourself to make a stop, rather than give yourself a chance and still force yourself to make a stop if you fail.
The Final Update: Full credit for Jackson for almost staying in bounds, but he absolutely stepped out. And full credit for the fight to the finish. Look, the Rose Bowl is the goal. Cal-USC is still for all the marbles. But still, how disappointing for Cal’s national image and ranking.