Big Game

I often think about how this was supposed to be our time together now that I was older. We won’t ever get to have these moments, but throughout this year, I sought to find ways I could replicate what would make him proud.

Scott became the fifth Cal safety in four years to be drafted, following in the footsteps of Camryn Bynum, Ashtyn Davis, Jaylinn Hawkins and, most recently, Elijah Hicks.

In the 24 hours known as the Big Give, over 14,000 donors contributed more than $12 million to UC Berkeley students and programs. Not only did the Big Give highlight the power of the campus community but emphasized the importance of philanthropy in the face of ever-dwindling state funding as well as the lengths people are willing to go to win.

With the risk of relying too much on broad generalizations, I see that UC Berkeley students approach their academic seats at this school with an extra layer of complexity.

Our 2-6 in conference play may be inadequate, some may even say abysmal. But, we beat the Tree — that private funding, grade-inflating, all-around-worse-than-Berkeley Tree — and that’s all that really matters to me.

There’s no one solution to increasing diversity in sports journalism, but the little things like encouragement and mentorship go a long way.

Young’s father, Fredd Young, is “definitely” his idol — because it’s the little things, like family (and snap decisions about whether or not to run the ball) that really make a football player special.

Both teams are wearily riding losing streaks in seasons that can be described as nothing more than perfect graveyards of buried hopes. Nevertheless, the blue and gold hold home court advantage this year and in a matchup like this one, that might mean everything.

Like any other spirited Berkeley student, I get excited for the big football games – especially Big Game.

In giving Cal the winning touchdown, the six men in black and white may or may not have flouted the rules. Without doubt, they had helped violate the conventions of orderly competition. They had validated chaos. Permitted pandemonium. OK’d the unthinkable.