THE TEN MOMENTS OF PURE MALICIOUS FATE, 2007: TICK TICK BOOM

by Orson on Jan 10, 2008 3:18 PM EST

The real pain begins. The good news is you only have to remember it for the rest of your life, which probably isn't as long as you think it will be..

Number three: No no no no no no no. The kid'll just throw the ball through the back of the endzone, right? Or get out of bounds in time? I mean, he'll have to, right? There's no way he'll kill this comeback by just putting us out there on the grill sizzling in the clock? Not when we've been number one for an hour and a half? Nah, he'll....

Time is the fire in which we all burn, Jeff Tedford. Of all of these, this is the one that would make us wake up screaming at night as a coach. You'll see why when you see numbers two and one, but when the disaster is entirely manmade, you can't even plea to the gods to intervene.

Numbers two and one to come. They'll hurt.

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awesome.

just…awesome.

by Anon on Jan 10, 2008 3:23 PM EST reply actions

SEC speed-counting. So fast you skip numbers.

by Erik on Jan 10, 2008 3:26 PM EST reply actions

Go ahead and take a free shot at Nebraska, Orson… you know you want to….

http://deadspin.com/343223/nebraskas-new-coach-is-quite-handsome

by Albino Tornado on Jan 10, 2008 3:26 PM EST reply actions

Granted the kid had the wherewithal to realize he should skidaddle the field immediately, so it should have had the savy to go outside rather than inside, even as a freshman …

BUT

Don’t you get the sense that your friendly commentator is a joy on the little league field?

by Kenny on Jan 10, 2008 3:29 PM EST reply actions

did you skip 3? or am i just crazy?

by DW on Jan 10, 2008 3:31 PM EST reply actions

i hate you already for the app st. field goal block.

by DW on Jan 10, 2008 3:32 PM EST reply actions

I still think this is painful to watch. It was even worse at the time, even before we saw what an unmitigated disaster the season would become for Cal under Western Ferentz.

by Eric on Jan 10, 2008 3:39 PM EST reply actions

Obviously #1 must be Dixon blowing his knee.

by Erik on Jan 10, 2008 3:41 PM EST reply actions

i was watching this live and was screaming at the qb through my tv even though i couldn’t have cared less about this game. it was just so fucking obvious.

“that’s really gonna sting the beavers”

by gerry dorsey on Jan 10, 2008 3:42 PM EST reply actions

muffled sob

by Bay Area Bear on Jan 10, 2008 3:42 PM EST reply actions

That, without a doubt, was the biggest brain cramp of the 2007 season.

I remember watching that game live, with a roomful of dudes with absolutely no rooting interest one way or the other in the game.

The fact that all six of us were roused from our post-game beers and snack food coma — to scream in unison some variation of “what the f*ck is he doing??!!” at the TV during a game we were only mildly paying attention to — speaks volumes of the level of stupidity involved.

by Papa Lou BSU on Jan 10, 2008 3:48 PM EST reply actions

I also noticed that when the QB gets up the ref is standing there with his hands out to get the ball and he runs off the field with it. Talk about completely losing your head.

by Tar Heel Fan on Jan 10, 2008 3:56 PM EST reply actions

I couldn’t even get through all of this one and I dislike Cal, that game was theirs and Tedford blew it completely. He does that at least once a year, but this was above and beyond the usual Tedford giveaway.