In Tuesday’s weekly press conference, head coach Sonny Dykes noted that despite his team’s poor play and 1-4 record this year, he has begun to see signs of life — signs that have led him to believe things are at least headed in the right direction. And for his sake Read More…
Pierre Ingram started coaching football before he finished elementary school. Playing football in the backyard of his Texas home with his friends, Ingram was always the one to organize and facilitate — picking teams and telling all of his friends where to properly line up for the next play. All Read More…
There are few coaches in college football who are more familiar with Mike Leach’s Air Raid offense than Cal’s Sonny Dykes. And with the Bears set to square off against Washington State at Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m., most would expect Dykes — who coached with Leach during Read More…
On Sunday afternoon, Sonny Dykes drew a line in the sand. In making the decision to dismiss junior defensive end Chris McCain from the team, Dykes provided a clear illustration that he is going to do everything in his power to ensure the 2013 Cal football team in no way Read More…
In all likelihood, the Cal football team is going to get smacked around Saturday night at Autzen. Given how explosive Oregon’s offense has looked through the first third of the season and how much Cal’s defense has looked like it spends pregame pounding massive amounts of benzos, it would be Read More…
In putting up 34 points on No. 4 Ohio State, Cal head coach Sonny Dykes’ offense continued to live up to its reputation. Unfortunately for the Bears, so did Cal’s defense. The Cal football team had no answer for the Buckeye offense Saturday at Memorial Stadium, surrendering 608 yards of Read More…
On Sept. 15, 2012, Spencer Hagan came within a centimeter of losing his right leg. Playing No. 3 Ohio State in a nationally televised game, the redshirt junior was thrust into duty due to a plethora of injuries to Cal’s tight end corps. And for a former walk-on who had Read More…
Last year against Ohio State, with two spin moves, a broken tackle, 81 yards and a touchdown, Cal running back Brendan Bigelow went from unknown backup to Internet sensation overnight. And for his encore, the junior will look to lead the Cal football team to a program-defining win over the No. 4 Buckeyes when Ohio State visits Memorial Stadium at 4 p.m. Saturday. Read More…
1. Oregon (1-0) So far, so good. In Oregon’s 66-3 drubbing of Nicholls State this past weekend, the Ducks picked up right where they left off under new head coach Mark Helfrich, compiling 772 (!) yards of total offense in the romp. Obviously, Nicholls State isn’t Alabama, but it was Read More…
Barring a catastrophic meltdown, the Sonny Dykes era will notch its first victory in Berkeley on Saturday, when the Cal football team plays host to Portland State. But then again, seven FBS schools — including Oregon State — had such meltdowns last Saturday in losing to FCS schools. “It can Read More…