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…
PULLMAN, Wash. — Cal’s run game simply could not be stopped. The Bears (3-4, 2-2 in the Pac-12) won their first road game of the 2012 season on Saturday night, riding the ground game to a 31-17 win over Washington State. “I thought the offensive line played really well,” head Read More…
On the bumpy, desolate Pac-12 road, Pullman could very well be the Cal football team’s blind spot. With the Big Game on the horizon and last week’s big win in their rearview mirror, the Bears’ Saturday evening date with Washington State is the definition of a trap game. Look ahead Read More…
Is this years’ Washington squad the best one under longtime coach Jim McLaughlin? Without a doubt, this year’s Washington squad is one of the best in recent years coming out of Seattle. Coach Jim McLaughlin has seen plenty of success in his 12-year career at the helm of the Huskies Read More…
A night after failing to come up big in the clutch, the Cal baseball team came through when it mattered most Saturday night. Cal (24-19, 8-12 in the Pac-12) scored four runs in the fifth inning, and a Chad Bunting 3-run homer opened a five-run lead for the Bears, who Read More…
The Cal baseball team entered the bottom of the third inning on Friday with a tenuous 3-2 lead over Washington State. That would be the high point of the evening for the Bears. Two doubles, two singles, two wild pitches, a hit batter and five runs later, Cal’s one-run lead Read More…
Following a sweep at the hands of No. 10 Oregon last weekend, the Cal baseball team stressed the need for timely hitting. “We need to win the big spot, I think, offensively,” outfielder Chad Bunting said. “We need to get the big hit with runners in scoring position. We left Read More…
If history is any guide for the future, the Cal women’s tennis team is sitting pretty. This weekend, the No. 10 Bears (11-4, 4-0 in the Pac-12) will play home matches against Sacramento State and Washington State, who have combined for a 0-10 record against Cal over the last five Read More…
Chaos reigns in the Pac-12. A game that saw the Cal men’s basketball team fall out of sole possession of first place ended in appropriate flurry. Washington State’s Davonte Lacy drained a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left, drawing the foul for a shot at a four-point lead. The shot was Read More…
Follow along as the Daily Cal football beat writers give play-by-play and analysis of the Cal-Washington State game live from AT&T Park in San Francisco.