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Two years isn’t so bad. People might have noticed my writing slow down to a trickle over the past several months, and with good reason...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 8 months ago 42 reads 0 comments
Tom Schneider: Inside the Huddle

Tom Schneider is familiar to most Cal fans as our finest placekicker in the Tedford era. After getting injured in the 2007-2008 season and being denied another year of eligibility, he transferred ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 10 months ago 173 reads 0 comments
California-Washington: Bears Steal 88-85 Win in Triple Overtime

(Torrent is here; highlights of the final minutes of regulation and overtime are here, here, here, and here; video tribute by danzig is here) Only watched the game on my Blackberry last Saturday, so didn’t get time to see it until an hour or so ago.

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 10 months ago 90 reads 0 comments
A Nod To the Future: Pac-10 Football in 2009

Fall 2009 is a long way away for a Cal football fan, but it’s really hard for Golden Bears not to be anticipating the possibilities of next season...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 10 months ago 454 reads 1 comments
College Football: Final Blogpoll Ballot

Rank Team Delta 1 Florida – 2 Southern Cal 1 3 Texas 1 4 Utah 3 5 Oklahoma 3 6 Alabama 1 7 TCU 4 8 Ohio State 1 9 Penn State 3 10 Boise ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 11 months ago 25 reads 0 comments
Examining Nate Longshore's Roller Coaster Cal Career

It’s weird to think three of my formative Cal football years have been spent agonizing over the play of Nate Longshore. And the agony was perpetual; he never seemed bad enough to be benched, but never good enough to be lauded...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 11 months ago 201 reads 6 comments
And Now We Wait Again: Cal Football Resurgent

Twelve games, fifteen weeks. How quickly the time goes. Football is one of those sports where you can ride the highs but escape the lows without feeling like you’re wasting an epic proportion of your time...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about 12 months ago 286 reads 2 comments
Cal-Stanford: If Only There Were Trees to Cut—The Big Game Experience

So I attended my first Big Game on Saturday, and it was quite pleasant. Figures that I’d go four years of undergrad without attending one Big Game...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 199 reads 0 comments
California Soul

(For information on watching The Big Game countrywide or locations of the 10,000 national meetups, click here) It hasn’t been your typical Tedford season...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 132 reads 0 comments
Cal-Stanford Football: Me and the Tree

So, it seems that we at Bears Necessity have been a little dumbstruck by the loss to OSU. Now that my five-day hangover has finally subsided, I’m in a mood to skip right ahead to this week’s "Big Game...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 111 reads 0 comments
Pac-10 Football Scoring Trends, 2004-2008

(Scoring offense is points scored by the team, and scoring defense refers to points given up, just to avoid any confusion...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 461 reads 0 comments
CBS Sports Blogpoll Week 12

Rank Team Delta 1 Texas Tech 2 2 Alabama 1 3 Texas 1 4 Florida 2 5 Oklahoma 2 6 Southern Cal 2 7 Utah 4 8 Penn State 6 9 Boise State 1 10 ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 89 reads 0 comments
California-USC Report Card

Nate Longshore Another strange performance. It wasn’t like Nate was bad, even though he had those two interceptions called back on bizarro penalties. Interestingly enough, he seemingly replicated his 2006 USC performance with three nice rollouts

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 132 reads 0 comments
Cal Bears Football: Initial Post-U$C Thoughts

1. My first thought is SCREW YOU ‘SC. I’m really tired of this program and its fanbase treating “knocking players out of the game” as its animating principle...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 329 reads 2 comments
It's All About Desire

For more reasoned analysis concerning USC, check out The Bear Will Not Quit (who also warns you about that damned Havili wheel play ARRRGH). Information on watching Cal-USC online or at meetups is here...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 64 reads 0 comments
Will Cal’s Offense Finally Break Through Against USC?

Continuing where Tony left off, it’s not hard to envision a scenario where USC goes down, and it starts on the defensive end...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 70 reads 0 comments
Nine Reasons Why Cal Might Beat U$C

In a week where the political sphere saw a decisive underdog perform exactly like an underdog, allow me to caution that these are reasons why Cal might beat U$C, not a declaration that Cal will beat U$C...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 124 reads 0 comments
CBS Sports Week 10 Blogpoll

To see the total blogpoll, click here for the poll and analysis by Brian Cook of MgoBlog. Rank Team Delta 1 Alabama 2 2 Penn State – 3 Texas Tech 7 4 Texas 3 5 Oklahoma ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 73 reads 0 comments
California-Oregon Report Card

More postgame thoughts: Hydrotech at the Golden Blogs , The Bear Will Not Quit , Bears With Fangs , Oski Talk , Ken’s podcast from Excuse Me For My Voice ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 147 reads 0 comments
Time for A Change

I’m about to drastically reduce the number of posts I make here at Bears Necessity. I’ve been pondering this decision for some time, and I’ve realized that I’m not really efficient (as ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 50 reads 0 comments
CBS Sports Week Nine Blogpoll

Rank Team Delta 1 Texas – 2 Penn State – 3 Alabama – 4 Oklahoma – 5 Oklahoma State 1 6 Florida 2 7 Southern Cal – 8 Georgia ...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 87 reads 0 comments
California-UCLA Report Card

Thanks to Tony for saving me for this weekend. It’s going to be a sporadic run to the finish. Um, yeah, I went to the game. I was actually standing next to the CGB guys, which was as surreal as it sounds...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 85 reads 0 comments
Cal-UCLA Observations: Good Defense, Bad Offense

The Bad Drops and pass protection. The former may improve, but so far it isn’t trending that way. I was particularly disappointed to see Morrah continue to drop catchable balls...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 150 reads 0 comments
Remember, Our Window Has Not Yet Closed

A couple days ago, Avinash wrote about the slowly-diminishing probability that the Tedford era will deliever on its promise...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 63 reads 0 comments
How to Watch UCLA-California: Game Thread

In all likelihood I’ll be at the game tomorrow, so no liveblog this time. And real life has interfered with blogging, so there will be a slower set of posts for the next few weeks. Alaska and Hawaii are getting #1 Texas vs...

Written by Avinash Kunnath about about 1 year ago 69 reads 0 comments

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Avinash Kunnath Article Archive

Fade to Black

Tom Schneider: Inside the Huddle

California-Washington: Bears Steal 88-85 Win in Triple Overtime

A Nod To the Future: Pac-10 Football in 2009

College Football: Final Blogpoll Ballot

Examining Nate Longshore's Roller Coaster Cal Career

And Now We Wait Again: Cal Football Resurgent

Cal-Stanford: If Only There Were Trees to Cut—The Big Game Experience

California Soul

Cal-Stanford Football: Me and the Tree

Pac-10 Football Scoring Trends, 2004-2008

CBS Sports Blogpoll Week 12

California-USC Report Card

Cal Bears Football: Initial Post-U$C Thoughts

It's All About Desire

Will Cal’s Offense Finally Break Through Against USC?

Nine Reasons Why Cal Might Beat U$C

CBS Sports Week 10 Blogpoll

California-Oregon Report Card

Time for A Change

CBS Sports Week Nine Blogpoll

California-UCLA Report Card

Cal-UCLA Observations: Good Defense, Bad Offense

Remember, Our Window Has Not Yet Closed

How to Watch UCLA-California: Game Thread

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