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Washington State has thrown the football 301 times through five games this season, by far the most passing attempts of any team this season. This isn’t a surprise in Cougars’ head coach Mike Leach’s “Air Raid” system, but it’s a shockingly large number when you consider that Cal has only
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When the Cal volleyball team took on No. 4 Washington — the team’s second top-5 opponent in a row — at Haas Pavilion on Friday night, everything went as expected at first. The Huskies jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set, and for the 1,047 fans in
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In 2012, Brennan Scarlett — then an outside linebacker in Cal’s 3-4 defense — fractured the third metacarpal in his left hand in a game against USC. It’s not a rare injury — most hand fractures involve the metacarpals. It’s often called a boxer’s fracture, because it usually happens when strong contact is made with the hand.
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Cal football coach Sonny Dykes took a gamble when he chose true freshman Jared Goff as his starting quarterback in August 2013. At the time, Dykes called it a “gut-wrenching” decision. Now, that decision is finally paying dividends. Through week four, Goff is third in the Pac-12 in both passer
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Locked into a 45-43 shootout with just 52 seconds left on the clock, Arizona had fought its way back into a game it had no business being in. With the football on the Wildcats’ 30-yard line, freshman quarterback Anu Solomon heaved a ball deep downfield for Cayleb Jones — complete.
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Is Arizona a good football team? They’re 3-0, which is always good, but the resume isn’t exactly impressive. After tearing apart UNLV in week one, the Wildcats mustered one-score victories over UTSA and Nevada, neither of which you’d consider football powerhouses. Cal is definitely the toughest team the Wildcats have
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The best view for watching a tennis match is directly behind the players, elevated so the spectator can see every stroke and reaction with the clearest view. It’s the same angle used on television, providing a clear line of sight as the ball arcs from player to player. It’s a
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Cal has its bye this week, just two games into the season. It’s a little earlier than you’d like to have a bye week — it means that Cal will have to play the entirety of its Pac-12 schedule, plus a season finale against BYU, without a week to rest.
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Cal couldn’t have asked for a much better first half than the one it had against Northwestern on Saturday. The Bears opened by putting the Wildcats in a 17-point hole and didn’t let off the gas from there, eventually hanging 24 on Northwestern before halftime. Even after the Wildcats’ rally
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Football Trevor Davis The 6-foot-2 junior wide receiver transferred from Hawaii last year, but had to sit out for one season per NCAA rules. He’s already listed as one of seven starters at wide receiver on Cal’s depth chart, and will certainly see a lot of playing time on a
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