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People frequently forget just how young college football players are. Each week, these athletes face tremendous pressure to perform at a high level, often with thousands of viewers watching on television and without the benefit of a paycheck at the end of each game. Whether they are as young as
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Pac-12 football, you never fail to produce surprises! The fact that almost nothing is going as expected makes things all the more interesting while making most college football analysts look foolish at the same time. Colorado breaking the top 25? Totally. Oregon losing at home by 49 points? Sure. Stanford
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Word on the street has it that players who don’t win a lot of big games won’t finish the year with a ton of end-of-season awards. This applies to most professional sports, especially those with long seasons. In Major League Baseball, for example, Los Angeles Angels phenom Mike Trout led
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It’s amazing what one week can do to a team. Two weeks ago, UCLA, Cal and USC were handed heart-breaking losses by teams that they clearly outplayed for the majority of the contest. This past Saturday, each team captured huge victories at home, delivering heart-wrenching blows of their own to
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Most of the best football players aren’t just great because of their athleticism. In order to stand out among thousands of others, the top players on a college football team must possess a unique passion for the game, poise under pressure and mature leadership skills that represent their school. As
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With early season “throwaway” and non-conference games in the books, it’s about to get real for power conference teams looking to move up in this week’s college football rankings. Four weeks into the season, only four Pac-12 squads remain undefeated, and that number will dwindle down to at most three
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When the Boston Celtics selected Jaylen Brown with the third overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, he joined a growing list of Pac-12 conference alumni who pursued professional basketball after their time as collegiate athletes. While players like former Bears Jason Kidd and Shareef Abdur-Rahim have retired after All-Star
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One week after dropping a heartbreaker to San Diego State, the Cal football team responded with a statement 50-43 upset over powerhouse then-No.11 Texas on Saturday night in front of an electric crowd at Memorial Stadium. Heading into week four, several Bears have already stood out among college football’s best.
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That was fast! Two weeks of college football have flown by, and all the things we expected from Cal football have unfolded before our eyes: The offense is putting up points, the onside kick coverage and success rate is flawless (which is a pleasant surprise), and the defense is …
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