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Presbyterian College, a school of 1,200 students in a remote corner of South Carolina, once earned a spot on SportsCenter. The date was Sept. 2, 2010, and the event was a season-opening road game against Wake Forest. The Blue Hose — yep, that’s Presby’s nickname — line up on their
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You’ve never heard of Presbyterian College before, because — let’s be honest — very, very few people have. So let’s get some basic facts out of the way first. Location: Clinton, a town of 8,915 in northwestern South Carolina. Student population, 1,200. Nickname: Blue Hose, as in blue socks or
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Leading off Wednesday afternoon’s press conference, one reporter asked how many snaps Cal head coach Jeff Tedford wants backup quarterback Allen Bridgford to get on Saturday against Presbyterian. This wasn’t the first type of question he had received about backups receiving extended playing time. “At any opportunity that we have
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This weekend at the NorCal Invitational in Stockton, Calif., the No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team will get its first look at the rest of the MPSF competition. There will be plenty more throughout the season. While the Bears (2-0) have something scheduled for every weekend from now until the
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The battle over ultimate soccer supremacy of the Bay Area will reach its thrilling conclusion Friday afternoon at Edwards Stadium. The Cal men’s soccer team (2-1-2) beat San Francisco in the its season opener and, now three weeks later, will face a rugged Santa Clara squad at 4 p.m. to
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After three weeks of undefeated play, including four upsets over ranked opponents, the Cal field hockey team found itself with their highest ranking in ten years and their first top 20 appearance since the 2008 season. The now-No. 11 Bears (5-0) had done everything they could possibly do leading up
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On June 18, 2010, running back Marshawn Lynch left early from Buffalo Bills Optional Team Activites, an action that raised more than a couple eyebrows. This coming about a year after the Oakland native received a misdemeanor weapons charge that resulted in a three-game suspension during the 2009 NFL season,
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I admit it — I was wrong. I was convinced that the Cal volleyball team was going to lose to Stanford on Tuesday night. The coaches’ poll may have indicated otherwise, with Cal sitting atop the country and Stanford just a notch below at No. 2. That fact alone was enough
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When Tarah Murrey’s errant dig gave Stanford a 25-23 win in the opening frame of Tuesday’s Big Spike match, it was the first time the No. 1 Cal volleyball team had dropped a set in 2011. The squad then made sure it would also be the last thus far. The
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NORTH DIVISION No. 1: Stanford (2-0) Saturday afternoon at Raleigh’s, the screens flashed from the Cal-Colorado game to Stanford-Duke highlights and fans in the Telegraph bar cheered. They cheered, because it was only halftime and the Cardinal were only up 17-7 against Duke and Andrew Luck — for the first
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