Litigation

Warning: Off Topic Sports Post, Living In The Past Division

By Bruce Nye

Tomorrow is the Cal Stanford Big Game. I've lost track of how many I've been to, but I've been going since the 1960's.  Go Bears!

Here's the final seconds of the greatest one of all, 1982.  Unlike many who say they were there, I really was.  Directly below the video is the text of Joe Starkey's play by play.

All right, here we go with the kickoff. Harmon will probably try to squib it and he does. Ball comes loose and the Bears have to get out of bounds. Rodgers along the sideline, another one...they're still in deep trouble at midfield, they tried to do a couple of....the ball is still loose as they get it to Rodgers. They get it back to the 30, they're down to the 20...Oh, the band is out on the field!! He's gonna go into the endzone!!! He got into the endzone!! Will it count? The Bears have scored but the bands are out on the field. There were flags all over the place. Wait and see what happens; we don't know who won the game. There are flags on the field. We have to see whether or not the flags are against Stanford or Cal. The Bears may have made some illegal laterals. It could be that it won't count. The Bears, believe it or not, took it all the way into the endzone. If the penalty is against Stanford, California would win the game. If it is not, the game is over and Stanford has won. We've heard no decision yet. Everybody is milling around on the field!!! AND THE BEARS!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! Oh my God, the most amazing, sensational, traumatic, heart-rending... exciting thrilling finish in the history of college football! California has won... the Big Game...over Stanford. Oh excuse me for my voice, but I have never, never seen anything like it in the history of I have ever seen any game in my life! The Bears have won it! There will be no extra point! Hold it right here, don't anybody go away....

Full post as published by CalBizLit on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).