BY Stephen Chen
Shortly after Saturday's game, the official Cal website was already selling T-shirts commemorating the win over Minnesota. Two huge logos, with a bolded "42-17" stamped below them. If I didn't know better, I would have thought the Bears had beaten USC and inched closer to a Rose Bowl berth.
I suspect the marketing department may end up being a little disappointed by the T-shirt sales. Would people jump to celebrate a win against a team that finished 7-5 in 2005 and was picked by Sports Illustrated to win just one Big Ten contest this season? For Cal to take the next step, games against teams like Minnesota should feel more like sure victories. And during the first quarter it was anything but. The Bears talked all last week about how big plays and dropped balls led to their demise in Tennessee. Yet, both those things happened less than two minutes into the game.
There was a collective groan from the 55,035 fans at Memorial Stadium when Longshore opened the contest with a soft pass to tight end Eric Beegun, only to see the ball hit Beegun's chest and fall to the ground.
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