So Thursday night, on ESPN, the Cal football team lost to the USC football team. This is not an unusual occurrence, seeing as how the USC football team has now come out victorious in such instances an astounding eight years in a row. That’s two full presidential terms, or the Read More…
Instead of writing this story as an epic poem in dactylic hexameter, I decided to do another play-by-play of some of the key points in Cal’s loss to USC. All times are best estimates.
Cal’s offense, fourth in the Pac-12 overall and third in passing, has chugged along surprisingly well. That has obscured just how shallow its receiving corps are.
So what did this game tell us that we didn’t already know about the Cal football team? Not that much.
The numbers from the Cal football team’s 63-12 dismantling of Presbyterian college are gruesome. The Bears outgained the Blue Hose 581-48 in total yards, had three times as many touchdowns as Presbyterian had first downs and possessed the ball for twice as long. It was a game that was difficult Read More…
No, Jeff Tedford isn’t known for wild displays of emotion, but even he needed a few extra seconds to collect himself after notching his 75th career victory. The Cal football head coach — who with Saturday’s 63-12 win over Presbyterian became the winningest coach in program history — was greeted Read More…
The Daily Californian and the CU Independent, the University of Colorado’s daily student newspaper, have collaborated to bring wide-ranging coverage of Saturday’s matchup between Cal and Colorado. The CU Independent will be publishing a column reflecting the game by a Daily Cal football writer; below is analysis of the game Read More…
It was his first game in Division-I football since 2009, but Zach Maynard still graded himself rather harshly after his debut as Cal’s starting quarterback. “I’d give myself a 4.5 or 5 out of 10,” said Maynard after finishing 16-35 for 266 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. “We Read More…
Cal head coach Jeff Tedford On initial impressions from the first game: “Obviously, there was a lot of rust, things that you need to fix as far as pregame jitters or whatever it is. Turning the ball over down deep. I thought our defense played excellent, but offensively, we still Read More…