Cal’s Evan Weaver earns Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year honors
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Cal had multiple players honored by the Pac-12, but senior ILB Evan Weaver was the most notable mention, winning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
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Instant analysis/reaction: Bears outlast Bruins in scrappy affair to close out regular season
Cal’s 2019 regular season curtain call was a smashing success, and the Bears are heading to a bowl game with a 7-5 record for the second straight season.
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Cal football linebacker Evan Weaver sets program record for tackles in a season
Weaver, the nation’s leading tackler with 164 total tackles on the year heading into Saturday evening, surpassed Hardy Nickerson’s 167 during the 1985 campaign.
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Cal football favored to win season opener against Hawaii on Friday
Coming off one of its best seasons in years, Cal football experienced an offseason shrouded in questions regarding the replacement of crucial players who departed the team. It certainly took a while for head coach Sonny Dykes to address all of these replacements — he named Davis Webb the starting
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Linebacker Hardy Nickerson announces decision to transfer to Illinois
Linebacker Hardy Nickerson announced Thursday that he will be transferring to Illinois to play out his final season of eligibility. Nickerson will graduate from UC Berkeley this summer and be a graduate transfer, meaning he will be eligible to play next year. His father, Hardy Nickerson Sr., was named the
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Cal quarterback Jared Goff, wide receiver Kenny Lawler named to All-Pac-12 First Team
Jared Goff was named to the 2015 All-Pac-12 football team Tuesday, the first Cal quarterback to be named first-team All-Pac-12 since Aaron Rodgers was honored in 2004. Goff shares first-team honors with Washington State quarterback Luke Falk. The junior led the Bears to a 7-5 regular-season record and bowl eligibility for the first time
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Cal football drops 4th straight game with 44-28 loss to Oregon on road
EUGENE, Oregon — The Bears start out strong, in full control of every element. Quarterback Jared Goff looks good, defense looks in control. Cal could come out with things in its favor. But then, unlike the slow and steady rain hitting Autzen Stadium, things quickly start to get out of
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Like I Never Left: Cal linebacker Michael Barton could not be prouder of his Richmond roots
Seats are filling up. Advertisements are playing. Horns are blaring. Drums are snaring. It’s another Saturday at Memorial Stadium, and kickoff is in less than an hour. Behind all the pregame noise outside, inside the Bears’ locker room and in front of locker No. 8 sits linebacker Michael Barton. With
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Hardy in the Middle: As leader of the Cal defense, Hardy Nickerson is ready to change the conversation
Hike!” yells Grambling State quarterback Johnathan Williams The Tigers have their backs to their own end zone against Cal. The first quarter is coming to an end as Williams takes the snap. But as soon as Williams drops back, he sees defensive tackle David Davis immediately break through to
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Depth, versatility bolster Cal football’s linebacking corps
If the Cal football team hopes to replicate last season’s four-win leap and make it to the next level, the Bears will have to rely on improved performances from the defense, and that starts with the linebacking corps. Cal’s linebackers will look to make the leap from being merely solid
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