maybe its a sign

[CBStew]

I have been a Cub fan since 1942.  I have been a California Bear fan since 1953.  The Cubs haven't won a pennant since 1945.  The Cal Bears haven't been to the Rose Bowl since January 1, 1960.  Cal's last Pac 10 (or whatever they have called it through the years)  Basketball Championship was 1960.  Today Cal won the Pac 10 Men's basketball championship, ending a 50 year drought.  I have always thought of the Cal Bears as the Cubs of college sports.  If the Cal Bears can do it why not the Cubs? 

(I was working my way through law school back in 1959 and had to work on New Years Day, tending bar, so I couldn't go to the Rose Bowl.  I said that there would be other Rose Bowls so it didn't matter if I missed that one.  I also couldn't get away to see the Bears win the NCAA Basketball championship that year.  I wasted my youth.  But that's what us Depression Era babies were like.)

[CT III]

I have been a Cub fan since 1942.  I have been a California Bear fan since 1953.  The Cubs haven't won a pennant since 1945.  The Cal Bears haven't been to the Rose Bowl since January 1, 1960.  Cal's last Pac 10 (or whatever they have called it through the years)  Basketball Championship was 1960.  Today Cal won the Pac 10 Men's basketball championship, ending a 50 year drought.  I have always thought of the Cal Bears as the Cubs of college sports.  If the Cal Bears can do it why not the Cubs? 

(I was working my way through law school back in 1959 and had to work on New Years Day, tending bar, so I couldn't go to the Rose Bowl.  I said that there would be other Rose Bowls so it didn't matter if I missed that one.  I also couldn't get away to see the Bears win the NCAA Basketball championship that year.  I wasted my youth.  But that's what us Depression Era babies were like.)

So you're saying that if the rest of major league baseball's teams are horrible, the Cubs have a chance at this thing?

[Pre]

So you're saying that if the rest of major league baseball's teams are horrible, the Cubs have a chance at this thing?

This is a time of joy. 
We have all season to hate this team.
America is kicking ass. 
I'm all for some irrational positive at this point.
No one can beat the Night Train. 
Starlin Fucking Castro.

[Internet Apex]

Those same Cal Bears could miss the NCAA tournament if they bow out of the Pac-10 tournament early. It's very, very possible that the conference gets only one team in the dance this year. It's hisorically awful and people like me who hate west coast sports teams are downright giddy about it.

[JD]

Those same Cal Bears could miss the NCAA tournament if they bow out of the Pac-10 tournament early. It's very, very possible that the conference gets only one team in the dance this year. It's hisorically awful and people like me who hate west coast sports teams are downright giddy about it.

I used to love the Pac-10.  The basketball was fast-paced and the scoring was high.  Ben Howland and Herb Sendek are doing all they can to ruin it.  I love that UCLA is so sucky this year.  I hate Ben Howland and all that he stands for. 

[CBStew]

I have been a Cub fan since 1942.  I have been a California Bear fan since 1953.  The Cubs haven't won a pennant since 1945.  The Cal Bears haven't been to the Rose Bowl since January 1, 1960.  Cal's last Pac 10 (or whatever they have called it through the years)  Basketball Championship was 1960.  Today Cal won the Pac 10 Men's basketball championship, ending a 50 year drought.  I have always thought of the Cal Bears as the Cubs of college sports.  If the Cal Bears can do it why not the Cubs? 

(I was working my way through law school back in 1959 and had to work on New Years Day, tending bar, so I couldn't go to the Rose Bowl.  I said that there would be other Rose Bowls so it didn't matter if I missed that one.  I also couldn't get away to see the Bears win the NCAA Basketball championship that year.  I wasted my youth.  But that's what us Depression Era babies were like.)

So you're saying that if the rest of major league baseball's teams are horrible, the Cubs have a chance at this thing?

Whatever it takes.

[Armchair_QB]

So you're saying that if the rest of major league baseball's teams are horrible, the Cubs have a chance at this thing?

This is a time of joy. 
We have all season to hate this team.
America is kicking ass. 
I'm all for some irrational positive at this point.
No one can beat the Night Train. 
Starlin Fucking Castro.

That's the worst haiku I've ever seen.

[D. Doluntap]

Intrepid Reader Garth Algar

I mean, we're looking down on Wayne's basement. Only that's not Wayne's basement. Isn't that weird?

[MAD]

I remember being positively entranced by Jason Kidd's freshman season tournament run when I was a junior in college in '93.  May have been the weed, though. Still--if I remember correctly, the Bears knocked out two-time defending NCAA champ Duke (after first deposing of LSU and Jaimie Brandon, who had been a freshman starter at King in 1986 or 1987 when Marcus Liberty was a senior, but I digress) before fizzling out in the Sweet 16.  UC may not have won the Pac 10, but they've had at least one halfway-decent decent run since 1960.  They did better than conference foe Arizona, who lost to those pasty fairies at Santa Clara that year.

[JD]

I remember being positively entranced by Jason Kidd's freshman season tournament run when I was a junior in college in '93.  May have been the weed, though. Still--if I remember correctly, the Bears knocked out two-time defending NCAA champ Duke (after first deposing of LSU and Jaimie Brandon, who had been a freshman starter at King in 1986 or 1987 when Marcus Liberty was a senior, but I digress) before fizzling out in the Sweet 16.  UC may not have won the Pac 10, but they've had at least one halfway-decent decent run since 1960.  They did better than conference foe Arizona, who lost to those pasty fairies at Santa Clara that year.

Weren't they coached by Todd Bozeman?  The SAME Todd Bozeman that now coaches Morgan State?  The SAME Morgan State that got beat by Murray State in ESPN's Bracket Busters showcase?

I think so.

[Jon]

So you're saying that if the rest of major league baseball's teams are horrible, the Cubs have a chance at this thing?

This is a time of joy. 
We have all season to hate this team.
America is kicking ass. 
I'm all for some irrational positive at this point.
No one can beat the Night Train. 
Starlin Fucking Castro.

That's the worst haiku I've ever seen.

But the best translation of chapter 57 of the Tao Te Ching.

[Andy]

I remember being positively entranced by Jason Kidd's freshman season tournament run when I was a junior in college in '93.  May have been the weed, though. Still--if I remember correctly, the Bears knocked out two-time defending NCAA champ Duke (after first deposing of LSU and Jaimie Brandon, who had been a freshman starter at King in 1986 or 1987 when Marcus Liberty was a senior, but I digress) before fizzling out in the Sweet 16.  UC may not have won the Pac 10, but they've had at least one halfway-decent decent run since 1960.  They did better than conference foe Arizona, who lost to those pasty fairies at Santa Clara that year.

Weren't they coached by Todd Bozeman?  The SAME Todd Bozeman that now coaches Morgan State?  The SAME Morgan State that got beat by Murray State in ESPN's Bracket Busters showcase?

I think so.

Well, at least Bozeman's out of prison.

[Powdered Toast Man]

This year's team is just not exciting.  There are two LSU boys on the team.  You'd think I'd be a little more excited.  I'm really not.  I think this is the first year I am extremely excited for baseball season without caring one bit about what the Cubs do.

[SKO]

This year's team is just not exciting.  There are two LSU boys on the team.  You'd think I'd be a little more excited.  I'm really not.  I think this is the first year I am extremely excited for baseball season without caring one bit about what the Cubs do....because the Cardinals will be Awesome

Traitor'd.

[Powdered Toast Man]

This year's team is just not exciting.  There are two LSU boys on the team.  You'd think I'd be a little more excited.  I'm really not.  I think this is the first year I am extremely excited for baseball season without caring one bit about what the Cubs do....because the Cardinals will be Awesome

Traitor'd.

Will they not be awesome?  I'm back to hating them, by the way.