Cal spring football preview: 4 key questions to watch
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If anyone told the Bears’ fanbase that the defense would likely have more roster movement after 2019 than the offense, few would have believed it.
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Catching up with Cal football: Winter update
Much of the team’s future is shaped in this part of the offseason, and the past couple months have set the stage for seasons to come.
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Postseason roster update: New players, new positions, not-so-new faces
With the 2019 season officially behind the Bears, shifts in the roster are being made before spring ball begins in order to prepare for a highly anticipated fall season.
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Best secondary in the nation? Cal defensive backs establish high bar in 2019
Even after a season in which the Bears surrendered the lowest number of passing yards per contest (175.1) and picked off the most passes (21) in the Pac-12, no Cal defensive back was named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award watchlist this summer.
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Evan Weaver, many other Bears make Phil Steele’s preseason lists
The current leading tackler at Cal, Weaver needs just 29 more stops to crack the top-10 all-time list for the Bears.
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Weaver was right — consider this team different
Colorado’s quarterback, veteran Steven Montez, had torn apart the Bears’ defense a year earlier to the tune of four touchdowns. But less than a minute of game time after Hicks’ fireworks, Ashtyn Davis did the same — this time for 35 yards — sending Wharton and the sideline into a frenzy.
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Bam, Bam, BAM: Cal football rides early explosion to win over Colorado, 33-21
On a night when redshirt senior Patrick Laird failed to generate any rhythm between the tackles against Wells, Johnson and senior linebacker Rick Gamboa, Cal’s defense answered the call again, while Garbers stepped up when the going got tough.
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This wheel’s on fire: Elijah Hicks continues to keep the spark going
Hicks’ foray onto the defensive side of the ball began with a stint at outside linebacker, but in eighth grade, he got his first taste of cornerback, and it was an immediate fit.
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Cal football cornerback Elijah Hicks brings intensity, linebacker Ben Moos displays growth on day 11 of fall camp
With just a few fall camp practices left, another transition looms for Moos and the rest of the Cal defense — preparing specifically for their matchup with the Tar Heels on Sept. 1.
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Halfway through Cal football’s fall camp: Here’s what you need to know
It didn’t take a group of about a dozen cornerbacks, safeties and linebackers doing the “Cupid Shuffle” in perfect rhythm to show that Cal football’s defense is developing a chemistry that has lent itself to quality play on the field. (Though it was quite the scene.)
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