The race may be down to two. On the fourth day of practice, quarterback Austin Hinder seemed limited in number of reps, while Jared Goff and Zach Kline got the majority. And in the reps he did get, he didn’t look that impressive. Hinder overthrew a couple of passes and Read More…
Twenty-two. That’s the number of positions Cal coach Sonny Dykes said are unsettled after the third day of practice. The entire roster is up in the air. And nowhere is the position more up in the air than quarterback. Austin Hinder began the day and immediately threw an interception to Read More…
Keenan Allen now plays for the San Diego Chargers, leaving Cal as the holder of the school reception record. So how does the team replace the production of the best receiver in school history? By bringing in one of the most talented sets of receiving recruits in school history to Read More…
The football program is beginning to feel the changes that new coach Sonny Dykes is implementing. One of the changes is a little odd: All new recruits will be required to spend two years in Berkeley’s dorms. The obvious motive behind this is to address the team’s slumping academics by Read More…
When it rains, it pours. “Keenan won’t play against Washington,” said head coach Jeff Tedford. “We’ll continue to evaluate him on a weekly basis.” After suffering one of the worst losses of Tedford’s career last Saturday against Utah and virtually eliminating itself from bowl contention, the Cal football team added Read More…
Like most 20-year-old guys, Keenan Allen gets distracted by girls. Allen is sitting in a golf cart outside Memorial Stadium, his feet up, his arm draped around the driver’s seat. On Saturday, he’ll catch passes, break records and make the kind of jaw-dropping plays that SportsCenter replays deep into the Read More…
On Saturday against USC, quarterback Zach Maynard reverted back into his old, mediocre form. Having said that, any further evaluation of Maynard’s play on Saturday needs to be prefaced with two things. First, his offensive line absolutely let him and the team down. The unit was completely dominated by USC’s Read More…
Cal coach Jeff Tedford and No. 12 Ohio State coach Urban Meyer maintain a cordial relationship in the offseason. But this past February a taboo elephant came along for a golf outing. “This year there wasn’t a lot of talk about football, as you can imagine,” Tedford said. When Meyer’s Read More…
Like Meursault in Camus’ The Stranger, Cal fans are currently asking themselves, “What’s the point?” With the embarrassingly lackluster effort against FCS opponent Southern Utah University on Saturday that saw the Thunderbirds within three heading into the fourth quarter, spirits are about as low as they’ve ever been in the Read More…
Follow along as Daily Cal football beat writers Connor Byrne, Jonathan Kuperberg and Michael Rosen give play-by-play and analysis of the Cal-Southern Utah game live from Memorial Stadium. The Bears are looking to rebound from their disappointing season-opening loss to Nevada. Will the squad get its act together? Will Zach Maynard Read More…
