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"I was hoping for a night game"

So was everyone from the west coast. It's certainly to your advantage as the body clock will be 9am for the Cal kids, and that didn't work out very well in Maryland last year. What's the liklihood of it being 90* with 90% humidity like Cal faced in Maryland?
 

C6Bear said:
"I was hoping for a night game"

So was everyone from the west coast. It's certainly to your advantage as the body clock will be 9am for the Cal kids, and that didn't work out very well in Maryland last year. What's the liklihood of it being 90* with 90% humidity like Cal faced in Maryland?
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That time of year it is certainly possible, although unlikely.

Average highs for that time of year are around 70 with average lows just under 50. But, the record high I'm sure is above 90.
 


C6Bear said:
What's the liklihood of it being 90* with 90% humidity like Cal faced in Maryland?
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I would put the likelihood of that as being pretty low, but then again, the likelihood of that happen to your boys during their Maryland trip was pretty low, too.

Anecdotal evidence, since my birthday is the same week as this game and I tend to remember what the temperatures out at the bars is like, says a typical day would be something in the 70s with moderate humidity by Minnesota standards, which is probably a bit higher than what you get in Berkley. Since it's an 11am kick off, you'll probably have pretty nice temps at kick off (60s) with temps rising throughout the entire game.

Speaking on stats from the National Weather Service, the average high in Minneapolis in September is 71, but that's taking into account an average for all days in September. Probably a safe bet to guess the average for something in the middle of the month is more like 75, since September is the major transition month from frying summer heat to crisp autumn temperatures. There's also a noticeable drop in precipitation numbers in September, which would imply to a completely untrained meteorologist like myself that it's probably less humid.

The month does have a record high of 104 though, so it's not as if 90 would be completely out of the realm of possible, just unlikely.


BTW, welcome to the board. Make sure to continue visiting as we get closer to the game and talk over the match-ups your team presents for our Gophers.
 


parkinglotgopher, thank you for the welcome. We ordered our tickets from the Cal ATO yesterday and were looking forward to heading in for the game and seeing your new stadium and the local sites. The stadium looks great! We're envious, as our upgrade and remodel is just getting started. I'm sure that you'll get more forum traffic from Cal fans as the game gets closer. It's nice to talk to you folks and share some info back and forth. Many Cal fans are afraid of this game as being a serious trap game with Cal facing the other 2 presumed conference title contenders (Oregon and $C) the following 2 weeks. Cal's fate for the year may be known by the end of week 5.

Looking at your weather forecast, I'm hopeful for the averages. Actually kind of similar to Berkeley as far as temperatures. Maryland was absolutely brutal!
 




C6Bear said:
parkinglotgopher, thank you for the welcome. We ordered our tickets from the Cal ATO yesterday and were looking forward to heading in for the game and seeing your new stadium and the local sites. The stadium looks great! We're envious, as our upgrade and remodel is just getting started. I'm sure that you'll get more forum traffic from Cal fans as the game gets closer. It's nice to talk to you folks and share some info back and forth. Many Cal fans are afraid of this game as being a serious trap game with Cal facing the other 2 presumed conference title contenders (Oregon and $C) the following 2 weeks. Cal's fate for the year may be known by the end of week 5.

Looking at your weather forecast, I'm hopeful for the averages. Actually kind of similar to Berkeley as far as temperatures. Maryland was absolutely brutal!
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i read that your stadium renovations were essentially being held hostage for quite a long time by some eco-terroist, tree nazis that camped out on site in a redwood tree some 80ft off the ground. they would not leave until only very recently when some police officers finally threatened to come up in a bucket and remove their dumb asses forcefully. what a bunch of tools! sorry you had to deal with that crap!
 

Really shocked...even with the Jewish new year, thought it would be a 2:30p or later start...thought they would factor in the Bay Area tv audience...great point C6Bear on the Maryland game.
 

Bronko Nagurski Gopher said:
i read that your stadium renovations were essentially being held hostage for quite a long time by some eco-terroist, tree nazis that camped out on site in a redwood tree some 80ft off the ground. they would not leave until only very recently when some police officers finally threatened to come up in a bucket and remove their dumb asses forcefully. what a bunch of tools! sorry you had to deal with that crap!
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Well Bronk, the story went a little deeper than that. The self proclaimed "traveling anarchists" were more of an irritant and media spectacle than anything else, and were speedily dealt with once the real villians lawsuits were ruled against. However, their antics cost a lot of police time and money. The NIMBY Panaramic Hill Association was the force behind the primary lawsuit. These are very well-off people who would prefer that the stadium just disappear off "their hill", even though it pre-dates about 95% of the homes up there. They used money from the City of Berkeley to fund their lawsuit (they wouldn't put up their own money where their mouths were), with city pretty much looking for a payoff from the university to get their signoff on the project. I guess that it escapes the city council that the university put Berkeley on the map, and that it generates an estimated $800 million in revenue per year for the local community. In the end, the city was out approximately $500K for this 2-year exercise in futility. Lastly, there was the Oak Foundation to save the trees. Trees no one paid attention to until the stadium-student center was announced. And it's not like these are endangered trees, or that the university didn't offer to plant 3 new trees for every one taken out, which is still going to happen. What was really funny in the end as far as the tree issue is that the "traveling anarchists" damaged several trees so badly with their operation, they would have had to have been removed anyway. That included one tree that was never scheduled to be removed in the first place.

Where it hurt Cal was the time and money lost that could have put this entire project at completion by 2010 or 11, instead of the now estimated 2013. Hurt on the recruiting trail too since the other schools use the uncertainty to their advantage.
 

C6Bear said:
Well Bronk, the story went a little deeper than that. The self proclaimed "traveling anarchists" were more of an irritant and media spectacle than anything else, and were speedily dealt with once the real villians lawsuits were ruled against. However, their antics cost a lot of police time and money. The NIMBY Panaramic Hill Association was the force behind the primary lawsuit. These are very well-off people who would prefer that the stadium just disappear, even though it pre-dates about 95% of the homes up there. They used money from the City of Berkeley to fund their lawsuit (they wouldn't put up their own money where their mouths were), with city pretty much looking for a payoff from the university to get their signoff on the project. I guess that it escapes the city council that the university put Berkeley on the map, and that it generates an estimated $800 million in revenue per year for the local community. In the end, the city was out approximately $500K for this 2-year exercise in futility. Lastly, there was the Oak Foundation to save the trees. Trees no one paid attention to until the stadium-student center was announced. And it's not like these are endangered trees, or that the university offered to plant 3 new trees for every one taken out, which is still going to happen. What was really funny in the end as far as the tree issue is that the "traveling anarchists" damaged several trees so badly with their operation, they would have had to have been removed anyway. That included one tree that was never scheduled to be removed in the first place.

Where it hurt Cal was the time and money lost that could have put this entire project at completion by 2010 or 11, instead of the now estimated 2013. Hurt on the recruiting trail too since the other schools use the uncertainty to their advantage.
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Wow! Incredible. On the lighter side... what does the project consist of? What changes/additions will be made?
 



Schnauzer said:
Wow! Incredible. On the lighter side... what does the project consist of? What changes/additions will be made?
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Sorry I didn't get to this sooner. It's been a 3-ring circus at work and home lately.

The first phase (now underway) is the Student-Athlete High Performance Center, which is a mostly underground multi-story complex adjacent to the stadium that will include classrooms along with expanded locker, office and training facilities that are currently housed in the stadium. A stadium that is in severe need of seismic upgrade and near total renovation. There will be a new plaza area for entering the stadium. The SAHPC, as it's known, will include space for about 400 athletes, some of whom do not currently have locker room facilities. Think of some kids actually using their cars as locker rooms. It's that bad for some of the smaller sports, and Cal competes in as many sports as anyone in the country. Now there will be enough room on campus for all.
The second phase is the stadium, and bids for that work went out just last week and are anticipated to be in the $190 million range. In addition to seismic upgrade (the stadium sits on the Hayward Fault), there will be a new press box and club section on the west side with all of the ammenities. Those are long term, high $ packages of seats that are helping finance this project that is being done with all private donations and/or ticket fees. No state tax money used which, right now, doesn't exist anyway. The seating capacity will be reduced to allow better premium seating with more space for all (hopefully), new scoreboards, more and better bathrooms, more and better concessions, and a lowering of the field for better sightlines. Hopefully, all will be done by 2013. Cal will have to play elsewhere for at least 1 year during renovations either at the Oakland Coliseum or Candlestick Park in SF.

http://stadiumcampaign.berkeley.edu/phase-1/
 

C6Bear said:
Sorry I didn't get to this sooner. It's been a 3-ring circus at work and home lately.

The first phase (now underway) is the Student-Athlete High Performance Center, which is a mostly underground multi-story complex adjacent to the stadium that will include classrooms along with expanded locker, office and training facilities that are currently housed in the stadium. A stadium that is in severe need of seismic upgrade and near total renovation. There will be a new plaza area for entering the stadium. The SAHPC, as it's known, will include space for about 400 athletes, some of whom do not currently have locker room facilities. Think of some kids actually using their cars as locker rooms. It's that bad for some of the smaller sports, and Cal competes in as many sports as anyone in the country. Now there will be enough room on campus for all.
The second phase is the stadium, and bids for that work went out just last week and are anticipated to be in the $190 million range. In addition to seismic upgrade (the stadium sits on the Hayward Fault), there will be a new press box and club section on the west side with all of the ammenities. Those are long term, high $ packages of seats that are helping finance this project that is being done with all private donations and/or ticket fees. No state tax money used which, right now, doesn't exist anyway. The seating capacity will be reduced to allow better premium seating with more space for all (hopefully), new scoreboards, more and better bathrooms, more and better concessions, and a lowering of the field for better sightlines. Hopefully, all will be done by 2013. Cal will have to play elsewhere for at least 1 year during renovations either at the Oakland Coliseum or Candlestick Park in SF.

http://stadiumcampaign.berkeley.edu/phase-1/
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thanks for the info! sounds like a solid project. what will the new capacity be once this is completed?
 


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