These were the standings as week two began this morning: San José State 26 at USC 42 on Aug 29, 2026Fresno State 0 at USC 39 on Sep 04, 2026UCLA 45 at California 24 on Sep 05, 2026San Diego State at UCLA on Sep 12, 2026Sacramento State at Fresno State on Sep 12, 2026Fresno State… Continue reading 2026 results: down to 2
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2026 schedule and some good news
I thought Sacramento State’s “Sac 12” efforts were dead in the water but I wasn’t paying attention. They did indeed manage to move up to the FBS level, albeit in the Mid American Conference. This is the first California football promotion since the glory days of the Cal State explosion of the 1970s. Our plea… Continue reading 2026 schedule and some good news
2025 champs
San Diego State pulled it off as we had hoped and became the sixth different cup-winner in the last six years. (This is after 15 years of Stanford and USC trading wins.) Final run: $ python3 ./mcc_schedule.py -vCalifornia 0 at San Diego State 34 on Sep 20, 2025San José State 29 at Stanford 30 on… Continue reading 2025 champs
San Diego State is making history
We certainly had a decisive game this weekend. San Diego State went into Fresno as a slight 1.5 pt favorite and won the game 23-0. With that, SDSU take control of the cup race and Fresno is out. Current run: $ python3 ./mcc_schedule.py -vCalifornia 0 at San Diego State 34 on Sep 20, 2025San José… Continue reading San Diego State is making history
2025 results
We’ve had some interesting games. Cal went to San Diego State as an undefeated 17 point favorite, dreaming of possible glories with an ACC schedule where they somehow miss Miami, Florida State and Clemson. And there they flamed out spectacularly, losing 34-0. Then Stanford and San Jose State played a very satisfying back and forth… Continue reading 2025 results
2025: Previewing a historical season
Is this the lowest point for California college football ever? There were no California teams in the AP preseason top 25 and only USC managed to even receive votes in the most recent one. Doing an eyeball survey of the preseason AP Top 25 polls archived in wikipedia it took going back to 1965 before… Continue reading 2025: Previewing a historical season
2025 preview: We’re not dead yet
The 2025 schedules are fully loaded into CFB data so let’s run it. $ python3 ./mcc_schedule.py -vCalifornia at San Diego State on Sep 19, 2025San José State at Stanford on Sep 26, 2025San Diego State at Fresno State on Oct 24, 2025California at Stanford on Nov 21, 2025San José State at San Diego State on… Continue reading 2025 preview: We’re not dead yet
2024 post mortem
Let’s look at the bright side: after years of Stanford and USC trading titles we have a fifth winner in as many years. Your 2024 Mythical California Cup champs, for the first time in 21 years and only the third time in 65 years: the California Golden Bears. San Diego State 10 at California 31… Continue reading 2024 post mortem
Just add hornets
After all my hand-wringing about the state of California college football last week it was a pleasant surprise to see a Sacramento State v. San Jose State matchup on TV Friday night (albeit TruTV). Sacrament State has raised its profile lately, or maybe I’m just desperate. Right now we have all the California colleges we… Continue reading Just add hornets
In the wake of the Pac-12
Getting back to the actual MCC code after a long absence, I realized I had this sad localmod on my box: Keeping a “second scoreboard” is something I never fully committed to the actual codebase because it has one narrow use: tracking seconds in the full Pac-12 sim helps see what the potential Pac-12 championship… Continue reading In the wake of the Pac-12