Cal Bears Overcome the ImpossibleRandy Shawbyline‚ Oct. 01‚ 2007Although team sports are supposed to serve as a release valve from the struggles or daily life, for many Bay Area fans it is simply another venue for grief. To paraphrase the classic intro to ABC’s Wide World of Sports, many of us have experienced too few joys of victory and too many agonies of defeat. But on Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Oregon, a sports miracle occurred. In a game that Cal’s valiant football team seem destined lose, and in the most heartrending manner possible---Oregon scoring a tying touchdown on the game’s last play and then winning in overtime---the iron laws of the Cal football Universe suddenly bent. Rather than heartbreak for Cal, it was Duck fans that left the stadium in a trail of tears. No Cal fan that witnessed the game’s climatic play will ever forget it. We have triumphed over the impossible, and should feel emboldened in taking our sense of inspiration into changing the “real” world. |