November 20, 2005

• All I can say is that things were crazy once the game clock ran down to 0:00.

  We did so many chants:  "You know it, you tell the story, you tell the whole damn world this is BEAR TERRITORY!"

  "Levy! Levy! Levy! Levy! Levy!"

  "We got the Axe!  We got the Axe!  We got the Axe!  We got the Axe!"

  All were great.  It was great when the team came over to us and
  celebrated with us.  It was great seeing Levy, our third-string QB
  who started the game come running over, jumping around, running into
  the sherriff, and just plain going bonkers.  It was great to see
  Rally Comm still holding onto that Axe.  As a big Cal Football
  fan, and as a senior, this means a lot to me.

  But I think the biggest and most touching story was of Steve Levy.
  For those of you that don't know, he came to Cal as a quarterback, but
  because of the superb ability of Aaron Rodgers, there was no way Levy
  was going to be able to play as QB.  So what he did last year was
  convert to fullback, and he played on special teams.  But this
  year, he went back to being QB, and after terrible games by Ayoob, Levy
  was finally given the chance to show what he was made of.

  And he was made of steel: his body, his mind, his soul, everything.

  And that's because this game meant a bit more to him.  Yesterday
  was his father's birthday, and according to Yahoo Sports, he had called
  his father that he was starting, and told him that he would win the Big
  Game for his dad as a birthday gift.

  How touching is that?  If I was a father and my son went to Cal to
  play football but never got the chance to show his talents, but then
  finally got the chance to in the biggest game in Cal's season, I'd be
  crying and bawling like a newborn baby.

  So now, we've won the Big Game 4 years in a row, a feat we hadn't
  accomplished since 1921.  That means those of us who were there at
  the game experienced something historical as well.  But at the
  same time, this season has become history as well.  I didn't
  notice until the end of the day that I will not be going up Bancroft to
  Memorial Stadium to watch games anymore.  I will not be standing
  with crazy college students wearing blue.  I will not be yelling
  "Go!" and getting "Bears!" back from the Alumni section. 
  Yesterday was literally my last day as a "college student football fan."

  It's sad, it's emotional, and I'm so glad Cal won yesterday. 
  But come to think of it, it's alright.  I can always be the one
  yelling back "Bears!" to those crazy, young Berkeley students.

  GO BEARS!

  some photos:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  And, courtesy of Calbears.com,

  

  You're our hero, Steve Levy!!

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