The 2019 Big Game - The Axe is Back!

It had been so long since Cal had won The Big Game that I'd almost forgotten what it felt like.  To lend perspective, Barack Obama had been President for less than a year.  My, how much has changed since then.

Jeff Tedford was Cal's coach, and their 2009 victory on the Farm was the Bears' seventh Big Game triumph in eight years.  It seemed at the time that the good times would never end.  Except when they did, the following year.

A 9-year losing streak was bad enough, but making it even worse was the fact that very few of those games even approached being competitive.  No, the Cardinal pretty much kicked our ass for a decade.

With yesterday's thrilling 24-20 win - the Bears never held the lead until Garbers' touchdown scramble with 1:19 left in the game - Cal is bowl-eligible for a second straight year.  This year had the potential to be much more, but key injuries brought the team down a peg.  But no question, Justin Wilcox has the team on the right track.  If you're a Cal fan, you can't really complain about a season where you went to a bowl game and beat Stanford.

And it's been a long time since we've been able to say that.