Sonny Dykes has his first quarterback recruit. Luke Rubenzer, a three-star recruit out of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., committed to Cal on Thursday. The newest Bear is described as a dual threat QB, and many scouts argue that he has more talent than his three-star rating from Rivals.com 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…
Sonny Dykes has two young daughters at home, but when he arrives at work every day, he transforms into a surrogate parent of nearly 100 men. Before and after practice, he mingles with his players, cracking light-hearted jokes and dispensing life advice to his players. From the upper stands of Read More…
No, they haven’t announced a quarterback yet. Though Cal football coach Sonny Dykes and the new staff released their first depth chart of the year on Thursday, Cal fans shouldn’t get too excited. The roster did not narrow down the three-way quarterback race between Jared Goff, Zach Kline and Austin Read More…
After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to not buy football season tickets for this coming fall. I have had them the past two seasons, and the medical evidence surrounding the sport’s destructive nature convinced me to pocket my $100 instead. Last May, a group called Intelligence Squared sponsored a Read More…
So long, Allan Bridgford. CBS’s Jeremy Fowler reports that the senior quarterback will be transferring after speaking with head coach Sonny Dykes this morning. It was well known heading into spring practice that the Bears’ quarterback position would be a competition between Zach Kline, Jared Goff, Austin Hinder, and Allen Read More…
Cal Athletics announced the official terms of football head coach Sonny Dykes’s contract on Friday. The contract will run through the 2017 season and is valued at $9.7 million. Dykes, who signed the contract on Feb. 7, will receive an annual base salary of $250,000 a year with a talent Read More…
You had better know the answer to this one … “The Play” has made an appearance on the game show Jeopardy, and it’s a perfect way to start looking forward to next year’s Big Game and our new coaching staff, headed by Sonny Dykes. Even more important, though, is the Read More…
When former football head coach Jeff Tedford was fired on Nov. 21 of last year, the common understanding was that Tedford would be paid a maximum of $6.9 million in accordance with the stipulations of the original contract. On Feb. 4, Cal Athletics reported that the maximum of the buyout Read More…
Relationships often take several months to develop. Cal football head coach Sonny Dykes had only two months to build relationships with this year’s recruiting class. Taking over the Cal football team on Dec. 5, Dykes zeroed in on fixing three of the Bears’ most dire concerns: the offensive line, defensive Read More…
