Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 03, 2014
Transcript:
Pig: Have you seen our creator, Stephan, lately? Goat? No. Why? Pig: I wonder if he's embarrassed that his college football team The Cal Bears finished with their worst record in school history. Goat: Oh, please, Pig. You really think a grown adult cares that much about a silly game?
Sherlock Watson almost 11 years ago
Stephan Lately? I thought his name was Pastis.:Any relation to Johnny Come Lately?
firedome almost 11 years ago
my team choked in the rose bowl…
Bilan almost 11 years ago
They can at least take comfort in the fact that their arch rival lost in the Rose Bowl.
edclectic almost 11 years ago
The UC Santa Cruz Slugs don’t even have a football team! But they’re still the best partiers.
doublepaw almost 11 years ago
Sack it to me.
eddie6192 almost 11 years ago
Toon Boy cares.
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. :-(
vwdualnomand almost 11 years ago
nick saban is not bear bryant.
SwimsWithSharks almost 11 years ago
1-11? Holy Cal!
SwimsWithSharks almost 11 years ago
Wait. I thought you had to be smart to go to UC Berkeley.
jbmlaw01 almost 11 years ago
This year Vanderbilt beat Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. Not our typical year.
puddlesplatt almost 11 years ago
Being blind, I’ve sure heard a lot of games and things!
legaleagle48 almost 11 years ago
Actually, Rat would say that the bag on Stephan’s head is an improvement!
finale almost 11 years ago
“Your football team beat our football team but you will eventually work for us”- Old Northwestern sign
cj7ole almost 11 years ago
My team, Michigan State, cleaned Stanford’s clock in the Rose Bowl.
eyebuzz Premium Member almost 11 years ago
He looks to be more in a torture chamber — maybe it’s a self imposed one…
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@legaleagle48—Have to go with Rat on that one!!
Only teasing, Steph! Happy MMXIV!!
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.
AZPhinFan almost 11 years ago
Don’t feel too bad Stephan, all Dolphin’s fans are joining you
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.
jay almost 11 years ago
how embarrassing for Portland State
susan.e.a.c almost 11 years ago
Bring back Tedford!
Radical-Knight almost 11 years ago
How ’bout that… The Unknown Cartoonist!
G Louis Johnson almost 11 years ago
We have a Cal alum in our household. That is the appropriate response.
katheliz almost 11 years ago
Go Bears!
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.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
If his name is Stephan Pastis then yes.
xxx
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
lattewoman almost 11 years ago
Sad. Just…Sad.
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!
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…
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
If Stephan’s fashion+sports statement catches on, we may run out of plain brown paper bags….