After a 55-16 shellacking against Oregon at Eugene last week, the Cal football team returns to Berkeley looking for its first Pac-12 win. How will Sonny Dykes fare against his mentor Mike Leach and the Cougars’ Air Raid offense which ranks 14th in the nation in passing offense? Is this Read More…
With a yellow legal pad perched on his lap, Tony Franklin wrote with fury. For 30 days and 30 nights, Franklin returned to that chair on his back porch, desperate to write the story that was certain to doom his career. “The only way I would be happy was if Read More…
At just 24 years old, Zach Yenser had it all — the girl and the job. The girl was Beth, a recent college grad and a high school teacher. The job was head offensive line coach at Henderson State in Arkadelphia, Ark. With both girl and job in hand, Yenser Read More…
Prior to Cal’s first conference matchup with No. 2 Oregon, offensive coordinator Tony Franklin offered up a prayer to the rain gods. “We hope it pours — we hope it has sheets of rain, monsoons of rain,” he said Thursday. “We think it helps our offense tremendously.” As Sonny Dykes Read More…
On Friday morning, a figurative white smoke billowed from Memorial Stadium. The message was clear: Cal football had found a new starting quarterback. True freshman Jared Goff from Marin Catholic High School was picked as head coach Sonny Dykes’ man under center. The new kid on the block leapfrogged older 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…
Editor’s Note: In with the new, out with the old. It seems new Cal football coach Sonny Dykes took that adage in stride when he was putting together his coaching staff. All coaches who worked under Jeff Tedford last year are gone, and nine coaches have come to fill their Read More…