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Cal fans were exultant when Davis Webb hit Bug Rivera in stride for a 33-yard touchdown to tie the game at seven, but their spirits immediately dropped on the next play when Rashaad Penny took the following kickoff 100 yards to the house to reclaim the Aztec lead. And that
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Faces always change in college football and teams have to start over. For Cal, 2016 appears to be that time. Coming off its best season since 2009, the Bears have an almost completely different look with most of their leaders from last year gone. With new players on both offense
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You know it!” The sun is shining, and the stands are full. It’s Sept. 5, and it is a perfect day for football. It’s almost the end of the second quarter in the first game of the Cal football season. The defense steps out onto the field. One of the
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Cal football recently kicked off its training camp festivities Friday, and despite the limited scope of the team’s practices so far — the first practice in full pads is Monday — there have been quite a few important takeaways from what’s been on display for fans and the media so
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A look at the current iteration of Cal football always needs to start at the quarterback position. The quarterback is the most important player on a football team. The foundation of the air raid offense that Sonny Dykes brought to the Bears is strong quarterback play and passing the ball
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The Cal football team, whose offense emphasizes passing the ball on the great majority of its players, can catch teams off-guard by being efficient on the ground. Because of the nature of head coach Sonny Dykes’ Bear Raid offense, the offense’s identity is defined by putting quarterback Jared Goff at
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On Saturdays in the fall, the ball can usually be seen flying through the air a lot. Cal football’s Bear Raid offense means quarterback Jared Goff is firing the pigskin from the pocket often. And for the most part last season, the Bears’ playing style has brought positive results especially
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I pride myself on my ability to keep it together — I’m the person you can never get to laugh when you play that dumb game where you try to see who will crack first — but Saturday in the press box for the Big Game, I just lost it.
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Cal kicker James Langford stood on the sideline and watched as Colorado’s kicker missed three field goals. Langford himself had missed a 42-yarder earlier in the game. But after the Bears couldn’t convert on a third down in double overtime, the game rested on Langford’s shoulders. Langford trotted onto the
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The biggest surprise two games into Cal football’s season isn’t the fact that the team has managed to win two straight games or that the defense actually looks competent — it’s the fact that freshman quarterback Luke Rubenzer isn’t redshirting. Instead of saving a year of eligibility for the mobile
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