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It’s Okay to Be Selfish
Published 3/20/2008 by Avinash at Bears Necessity
Montgomery explains his reasons for leaving Cal: Coming to Cal in the first place wasn’t a slam dunk for Montgomery. He’s said it before and he told me again on the phone that his choice to attend Cal was more of a family decision. Even when he was being recruited, Montgomery wasn’t sure Cal was the right fit for him. But his family really wanted him to stay close to home, and as Montgomery put it, “they basically told me to go work hard and try to make it work.” He said he did that but “didn’t feel happy in Berkeley. I never felt it at Berkeley. It never ...

NIT, and the real National Championship tournament and James Montgomery
Published 3/20/2008 by Kevin <info@thebandisoutonthefield.com> at The Band Is Out On The Field
... Okanes ran this quote from the esteemed RealDawg.com after the season saying... "Cal was never my first choice," Montgomery told RealDawg. "I didn't feel (Cal) was a (football) school that had a lot of tradition. They were ranked sixth in the country and yet couldn't sell out that week's game." I guess he is referring to the Arizona game this year, and honestly, he kinda has a point there. I think it was more about Arizona absolutely sucking, but he has a point. Okanes was able to talk to Montgomery later in the day, and he took that back, and said he just felt ...