We always lose to Cal (aka Official 2024 Row Boat Season Thread)

whlinder said:
To add on to @YellowSnow 's comments on the mid/late 90s and Cal switching over to scholarships and Europeans, with Cal winning in 99 and the way they won I did not even consider Cal as an option when looking at schools.
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I think your "recruitment" to probably mirror that of some of the guys of my era- i.e., high level, HS rowers, but not elite international guysm. We even had some guys on the squad from Norther Virginia, including one Michael Callahan.
 
whlinder said:
To add on to @YellowSnow 's comments on the mid/late 90s and Cal switching over to scholarships and Europeans, with Cal winning in 99 and the way they won I did not even consider Cal as an option when looking at schools.
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Wait…we have two row peter puffers on this bored?
 
YellowSnow said:
whlinder said:
To add on to @YellowSnow 's comments on the mid/late 90s and Cal switching over to scholarships and Europeans, with Cal winning in 99 and the way they won I did not even consider Cal as an option when looking at schools.
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I think your "recruitment" to probably mirror that of some of the guys of my era- i.e., high level, HS rowers, but not elite international guysm. We even had some guys on the squad from Norther Virginia, including one Michael Callahan.
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Callahan would seemingly qualify as an elite international rower coming out of high school, what with a Gold at the junior World Championships.
I totally forgot he went to W&L. Note the L used to be another name. Michael Callahan (Class of 1992)

There were 2 guysm a few years ahead of me in HS (and I rowed with their younger brothers) who went to Cal, really good HS rowers and eventually made Cal 2V and V4 in the 97-99 time frame, but no chance at the top boat as Gladstone got his guys in there to beat Washington.
International when I was rowing meant Canada. Calder was the obvious one, but think we had 2-3 Canucks in my freshman class. Cal had a bunch of guys from Europe by then.
 
Washington still holding at #2 in the Polls.
Harvard had been #1 (they beat us early in the season in Sarasota, FL) but lost to Princeton by 1.6 secs recently in Cambridge, MA. Princeton is now #1 but expect our Dawgs to be the fastest crew in the country by the time IRA's roll around.
IRCA/IRA Men's Varsity 8+ Polls - Week 4
 
Eternal Pac-12 champions. At least the men.

The women finished 3rd. Yasmin on the hot seat?
 
We're edging slightly ahead of CAL with 22 Natties.
Cal has 19 total: 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1976, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2022, 2023
 
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