Bears Get Home Win for Special Guest: Recap

The last time the Oregon State Beavers won a true road game, Barack Obama was president. The last time Cal lost 10 games in a row John F. Kennedy was president. Something had to give tonight at Haas Pavilion, as the frustration of Cal’s worst season in most of our lifetimes clashed with Oregon State’s continuing futility away from Gill Coliseum. It took 2 hours and 27 minutes to decide whose momentum was stronger. 51 fouls were called in the game, and the fans in attendance got to watch the players take 57 free throws. And after Oregon State got off to an early hot start, with Don MacLean urging people to leave the arena to protest the bad officiating, prospects of a happy ending seemed dim.

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