The last time Cal head coach Sonny Dykes visited the Rose Bowl was in 2009. There, he watched U2 perform the most successful leg of the 360° tour. “It was pretty awesome,” he said. “Hopefully, this trip is as fun as the last one.” On Saturday, Dykes gets another chance Read More…
Halfway through the second quarter Saturday, Cal’s defense literally caught what looked like an insanely lucky break. In a third-and-3 situation for Washington State, Cal junior safety Michael Lowe stepped in front of Connor Halliday’s pass for an interception. As he scrambled to find his footing, his knee grazed the Read More…
The first time sophomore linebacker Jalen Jefferson met his new coach, he was thrown. Defensive coordinator Andy Buh seemed, at first glance, happy — too happy. He was laughing, cracking jokes and constantly smiling. “I felt like he was too nice of a guy,” Jefferson says. “I was like, ‘This Read More…
Prior to Cal’s first conference matchup with No. 2 Oregon, offensive coordinator Tony Franklin offered up a prayer to the rain gods. “We hope it pours — we hope it has sheets of rain, monsoons of rain,” he said Thursday. “We think it helps our offense tremendously.” As Sonny Dykes Read More…
EUGENE, Ore. — The pregame video that blasts across the jumbotron at Auzten Stadium proclaims it is the arena “where great teams come to die.” If that’s true, then Autzen is also the place where teams like Cal go to get buried six feet under. Saturday night was predicted to be Read More…
Earlier this week, Cal’s starting receiver Bryce Treggs conducted some kind of question-and-answer session for fans via Twitter. I’m a little hazy on the details, mostly because I didn’t exactly spend too much time trying to investigate. All I’m aware of is that for a while there late Thursday morning, Read More…
Sonny Dykes did it. He literally said the words, “We’ll look at the tape.” If you’re playing buzzword bingo this season, that phrase should ring a bell. It was something Jeff Tedford said a lot in 2011, a go-to favorite following a stunning loss (I’m looking at you, UCLA). Things Read More…
As Barbour and the rest of the Cal administration hunted for a new head coach last winter, a commitment to academic excellence in potential candidates became just as crucial as a vision for athletic success. Enter Sonny Dykes. Dykes, the head coach at Louisiana Tech, impressed Barbour with his commitment to academics. Read More…
For the second year in a row, Cal found itself down to an FCS opponent at the end of the first quarter Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Last season, the Bears entered their second game of the year expecting to earn an easy win against Southern Utah but fought through penalties Read More…
In both head coach Sonny Dykes’ and true freshman quarterback Jared Goff’s first game for Cal, the Bears fell, 44-30, to No. 22 Northwestern in a close evening contest on Saturday. The Bears went up first off of a trick play that involved kicker Vince D’Amato and senior wide receiver Jackson Read More…