Maybe Troy wants a patsy for the new office fantasy football league. He knows a guy - call him Troy - a real go-getter that is much much highly thought of than either UCLA or Cal, and Troy is taking a job at a new company - maybe the best company in the area - and he’s willing to bring UCLA along. Now let’s imagine that one of those friends gets a lucky break. I mean “Oregon headed to the Mountain West” kind of trouble.

I’m talking “Clay Helton and Graham Harrell are preparing our offensive game plan” level of trouble. With Cal’s long-awaited revolution of the proletariat delayed yet again, both guys are still working for a failing company making very little money and, if things don’t change quickly, they’re in real trouble. We knew things would get worse and worse until they eventually got worse. Like when we were in the middle of Clay’s tenure. They’re destitute, their bank accounts as empty as Oregon’s trophy case. Rent is coming due, the fridge is empty, the water is about to be shut off, and our two friends don’t have money for any of that. Imagine there are two friends who are living like orphans in a Dickens novel. So let me offer an explanation that even an elected official should be able to understand. If they didn’t, when could they speak? And I know that it takes a lot of time to keep Gavin’s very gubernatorial hair looking that gubernatorial, and I don’t want reading up on a subject to get in the way of that more important work. Now, listen, I understand that politicians will sometimes speak when they don’t know what they’re talking about. “UCLA must clearly explain to the public how this deal will improve the experience for all its student-athletes, will honor its century-old partnership with UC Berkeley, and will preserve the histories, rivalries, and traditions that enrich our communities.” So it was the other day when Governor Gavin Newsom offered his thoughts on Big 10 expansion: They tend to reach deep water very quickly. Substantive sports talk is dangerous for politicos. That being said, I do prefer when their sports talk is surface level talk - like Obama’s NCAA tournament picks or W’s baseball talk. So I’m okay when politicians talk about sports.

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