You know it. You tell the story. You tell the whole damn world this is Bear Territory.

The traditional chant after a win for the Golden Bears ran the chance of not being yelled out after the wrong Bears team showed up to the Big Game. For the first 30 minutes, it seemed we were watching a Tom Holmoe coached team. Dropped passes. Sputtering offense. Turnovers. In fact, 4 in the first half alone. Luckily, their opponent in Stanfurd was inept at handling the ball which kept the game close and allowed the sleeping Bears to wake up in the second half to score an ugly victory in the 106th Big Game.

It started off badly for the Bears on the opening kickoff as returner James Bethea coughed up the ball allowing the Cardinal to take advantage with a 3-0 lead. After exchanging punts a few times, Adimchinobe Echemandu's fumble deep in Stanfurd's end of the field allowed for a touchdown pass from Chris Lewis to make it 10-0. From then on, neither offense could do much with the ball as both teams missed field goals (Cal's Tyler Frederickson would be 0-3 on field goals for the day).

The Bears that came out in the second half was the team we became accustomed to throughout the season. QB Aaron Rodgers led the offense to 28 consecutive points and Stanfurd would not score again until no time was left to do anything about the outcome. Geoff McArthur had 2 touchdowns with little Vinny Strang and Echemandu scoring as well.

What does this all mean? Cal's going bowling. Depending on what happens with the BCS and the other Pac-10 teams, Cal's probably headed to either the Sun or Insight Bowls. Cal successfully defended the Axe for the first time since 1994 and Coach Jeff Tedford becomes the first coach since Joe Kapp to be 2 for 2 in their first 2 Big Games.

The Axe gets paraded around at noon Monday on the Sproul steps. Last year, I promised a camera to document the whole thing this year but first, I don't have a camera to use and second, I've got a midterm to study for that day. I'm sure I'll take a lot of mental pictures for me to enjoy.