How much do Cal students know about football?
It’s time for the Big Game! Are all Cal students ready? Does football mean soccer?
Why the Big Game should always be at California Memorial Stadium
If the fact that UC Berkeley is inherently better than Stanford University isn’t enough to convince you, here is why the game should always be in Berkeley.
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What the outfit you wear for the Big Game says about you
The outfits people rock on game day are questionably fashionable. They usually range from head-to-toe Cal gear to b(ear)ly wearing any clothing. What does your game day outfit say about you?
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Cal rugby set for the annual Scrum Axe Match
Last season, the Bears beat Stanford 121-5 with a team made up of frosh-sophs and other reserves that featured the likes of sophomore scrumhalf Fawzi Kawash and senior lock Olivier Damas. Cal returns home Wednesday night against Stanford for the next chapter of the annual Scrum Axe match. The contest
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Cal beach volleyball remains undefeated after facing off against Utah and Stanford
Another weekend at the Stanford Sand Volleyball Stadium, another sweep by the Cal beach volleyball team. The Bears remain undefeated to start the season (6-0), after first beating Utah on Saturday morning by a set score of 4-1 and then No. 16 Stanford later that afternoon, 3-2. And as the
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Cal hosts 117th Big Game vs. Stanford with upset hopes
Back in August, when the first college football rankings were released, Stanford found itself at No. 11 in the AP top 25. The Cal football team was nowhere to be seen, predicted by Vegas to finish with just three wins. Yet when the Bears (5-5, 3-5 Pac-12) host Stanford (5-5,
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Who has the edge in the Big Game?
There aren’t two 5-5 teams in the country that are more different than Cal and Stanford. The Bears make their living on their offense. We know this already. Cal’s offense puts up points in bunches, but its defense gives them up in bunches, too. Stanford is the opposite. The Cardinal
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Axe to Grind: Austin Clark is the last current Cal player to have beaten Stanford
In a large room up at Memorial Stadium, the travel squad defense of the Cal football team is lifting weights, grunting as they do rep after rep after rep. Suddenly, the Bears’ head strength and conditioning coach Damon Harrington yells out a question: Has anyone here touched the Axe? The
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The last time Cal won the Big Game, Kanye interrupted T. Swift (and these 9 other things happened)
The last time the Bears won the Big Game, most of us weren’t students here. That’s right, those dang Stanfurd trees have a three-year winning streak in the Big Game. For nostalgia purposes, we’re here to bring you some of the top pop culture highlights of 2009, that glorious winning year.
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Why is the “Big Game” not a big game?
College football is a tradition that many Cal students look forward to when they arrive at a Division-1 school. There’s something exhilarating about cramming into Memorial Stadium’s student section with hundreds of other fans and shouting “Go” — while the alumni answer back with “Bears” — at the top of your
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