Number 2 Cal water polo finished the weekend losing to number 1 USC 9-8, after beating number 3 UCLA earlier in the NorCal Tournament at Speiker Aquatics Complex. The Bears probably will retain the number 2 ranking since they were so close and also since Stanford lost, who was number 4.
Did I mention that I hate USC?
The good news is that Cal played well and the match was decided at the end by USC scoring off a penalty, so the Bears were certainly in it until the end. Cal and USC were the top two teams last year, and Cal defeated USC in the finals last year to become National Champions. Hopefully, the Bears can move continue to improve though the course of the season and redeem themselves against these guys in the National Championship Tournament. Last year, Cal played USC in 5 tournament championships, and lost the first three. They won the last two - the final one being the national title. At the end of the summer, USC was viewed as untouchable in water polo. So the Bears are starting to make headway against them. Cal coach Kirk Everist is doing a fantastic job in creating a new title contender atmosphere, which we had lost in the 15 years before he came on board. Back in the day, Cal expected to be the water polo champions. It is nice to see that we are getting that swagger back.
I hope our football team can do the same. Only thing is, it was 85 years ago when we were winning national titles in football every year. Ah, the postwar success - you know what i mean - the Big War.
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For an awesome FB pregame, check out the water polo match if one is going on. Two years ago I watched Cal get beat by U$C by one goal, which was scored with 2 seconds left. Bad result, but it really got the blood pumping.
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