Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 03, 2014

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    Sherlock Watson  almost 11 years ago

    Stephan Lately? I thought his name was Pastis.:Any relation to Johnny Come Lately?

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    firedome  almost 11 years ago

    my team choked in the rose bowl…

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    Bilan  almost 11 years ago

    They can at least take comfort in the fact that their arch rival lost in the Rose Bowl.

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    edclectic  almost 11 years ago

    The UC Santa Cruz Slugs don’t even have a football team! But they’re still the best partiers.

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    doublepaw  almost 11 years ago

    Sack it to me.

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    eddie6192  almost 11 years ago

    Toon Boy cares.

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    mbmacneill  almost 11 years ago

    I feel the same way. My alma mater finished with worst record in years after winning two national championships within the last 7 years. I can’t even type their name, G8rs. :-(

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    vwdualnomand  almost 11 years ago

    nick saban is not bear bryant.

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    SwimsWithSharks  almost 11 years ago

    1-11? Holy Cal!

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    SwimsWithSharks  almost 11 years ago

    Wait. I thought you had to be smart to go to UC Berkeley.

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    jbmlaw01  almost 11 years ago

    This year Vanderbilt beat Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. Not our typical year.

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    puddlesplatt  almost 11 years ago

    Being blind, I’ve sure heard a lot of games and things!

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    legaleagle48  almost 11 years ago

    Actually, Rat would say that the bag on Stephan’s head is an improvement!

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    finale  almost 11 years ago

    “Your football team beat our football team but you will eventually work for us”- Old Northwestern sign

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    cj7ole  almost 11 years ago

    My team, Michigan State, cleaned Stanford’s clock in the Rose Bowl.

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    eyebuzz Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    He looks to be more in a torture chamber — maybe it’s a self imposed one…

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    @legaleagle48—Have to go with Rat on that one!!

    Only teasing, Steph! Happy MMXIV!!

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    willkepley  almost 11 years ago

    Cheer up Steph…Surely the worm will turn someday. You could always take heart in the failures of Cal’s rivals – when they have them.

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    AZPhinFan  almost 11 years ago

    Don’t feel too bad Stephan, all Dolphin’s fans are joining you

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    hallcity1955  almost 11 years ago

    Well, my first year in college, my team went 0-11; this year they’re going for their 3rd National Championship. Not bad for a school that used to be the “girls school” in Florida.

    So, I know how Pastis feels…I feel your pain.

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    jay  almost 11 years ago

    how embarrassing for Portland State

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    susan.e.a.c  almost 11 years ago

    Bring back Tedford!

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    Radical-Knight  almost 11 years ago

    How ’bout that… The Unknown Cartoonist!

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    G Louis Johnson  almost 11 years ago

    We have a Cal alum in our household. That is the appropriate response.

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    katheliz  almost 11 years ago

    Go Bears!

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    Michael Ritter  almost 11 years ago

    Worse, the graduation rate for Cal’s football and basketball players is precisely last among the 72 major intercollegiate programs. Folks used to blame neighboring Stanford’s poor athletic prowess on its high academic standards. Cal can’t even use that excuse. Shame on the Golden Bears.

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    Number Three  almost 11 years ago

    If his name is Stephan Pastis then yes.

    xxx

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    gretchta  almost 11 years ago

    We all should know the CAL football mantra by now: “There’s always next year!” Plus Football is great but an A-class University is greater!

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    Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    He should be one of us Cowboy fans.We would like to put the paper bag over Jerry.

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    rajlwells  almost 11 years ago

    Go Bears! BTW – Tedford is the new Offensive Coordinator at Tampa Bay. Always liked the guy. Glad he landed well.

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    knight1192a  almost 11 years ago

    Uh, given college sports are as bad as professional sports when it comes to rivalries, Goat’s comment is rather of a poor nature concerning grown adults. Actually, high school sports can be as bad when it comes to rivalries and adults. I have an uncle in his ‘60s or early 70’s now. Every Thanksgiving we’d go to his place and he’d be listening to the game of the local high school rivalry. Very big deal, he and a friend of his would root for their team and then call each other up on the phone in the middle of the game and after to rub it in their face over what was going on in the game and when the game was over. And he was in his 50s and 60s when this was happening. I’ve heard they still do it.

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    foxsinger Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    and these losses after they cut down a beautiful grove of oak trees to put in a brand new stadium! Karma!

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    vldazzle  almost 11 years ago

    I STILL wonder why so many guys care about silly sporting events. Fortunately I find many who prefer the same activities as I.

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    lattewoman  almost 11 years ago

    Sad. Just…Sad.

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    kenwarnerfordictator  almost 11 years ago

    I’m from Detroit. Take it from me, Stephen. You can be grateful that you are not a Lions fan!

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    Tân Coul  almost 11 years ago

    Just to note that in most of the rest of the world, no-one much cares or even knows how their own college sports teams are doing, even when they’re at college, let alone 30 years later…

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    Sisyphos  almost 11 years ago

    If Stephan’s fashion+sports statement catches on, we may run out of plain brown paper bags….

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