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…
Avery Sebastian, the hard-hitting safety who was expected to lead the Cal football team’s secondary unit, is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Head coach Sonny Dykes said in a press conference Tuesday that Sebastian will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the tendon. Sebastian was taken out Read More…
Avery Sebastian suffered a serious injury on Monday night in what looked to be a helmet-to-helmet collision. Sebastian was admitted to the hospital but was released this morning with movement in all extremities. On one of the final plays of the first fall scrimmage, Sebastian and Jeffrey Coprich collided in Read More…
Safety Avery Sebastian sure seemed happy to see the two-week coaching search finally come to a close following Sonny Dykes’ introductory press conference on Thursday afternoon. “It was a long 16 days,” Sebastian said. “It was a very antsy wait. All the players would huddle around ESPN.com looking around.” Sebastian, Read More…
Jeff Tedford’s postgame remarks after the Cal football team’s first game could have summed up the 2012 season. “I’m sorry we didn’t play better and let the fans down,” he said. The season that followed was one for the record books. The Bears failed to score a touchdown in the Read More…
Avery Sebastian didn’t come to Cal to play on special teams and record nine tackles in his true freshman campaign. He came to Cal as the No. 6 defensive back recruit in the nation, an early enrollee who underwent spring training with the Bears. But Sebastian did come to Cal Read More…
Even those tree-sitters have to be pretty impressed. In just four short years, the Cal football team went from using some of the worst facilities in all of college football to arguably some of the best. Throughout his first 10 years as head coach, Jeff Tedford often expressed the difficulty of trying to get recruits excited about his program while taking them on tours of locker rooms and training facilities that wouldn’t even pass for halfway decent high school gym. Read More…
These past two weeks have been a little too chaotic for my taste. And while it was a crazy couple of weeks for the fans, think what a circus it must have been for the recruits. Imagine getting convinced by a coach that Berkeley is the place you want play Read More…