2021 Cal football shootaround: How will this season look for the Bears?
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After an abbreviated and disappointing 2020 season, the Bears appear to have a chip on their shoulders.
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It’s not for the faint of heart
It’s that blind optimism at the start of each fall that this is the year Cal football will reach its first Rose Bowl since 1958. It’s also looking for where it all went wrong and harboring thoughts of “maybe next year.”
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Musings on a strange season
At some point, we must look in the mirror and ask ourselves what our priorities are if we’re playing football now.
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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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College football bowl, playoff predictions
More than a month into the college football season, here are some predictions as to which teams will go bowling, and which will be headed to the playoffs.
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Bowl game frenzy: Who’s headed where? Pac-12 and Cal football projections
For the first time since 2015, Cal football is going bowling — not just as a team bonding event with hardwood floors and tacky footwear — along with fellow Pac-12 teams No. 10 Washington, No. 12 Washington State, No. 17 Utah, Oregon, Stanford and Arizona State.
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Reality check — a reminder of just how difficult winning can be
Whether you support Cal or Stanford, wins are never a given — it doesn’t matter if it’s a top-10 team or a program still searching for its first win. Shoutout to UCLA this weekend.
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It could happen
To be clear, it’s not really possible to envision a scenario where the Bears win their next two games and make the playoffs at 7-6, save for the dream FBI sting that hits 60 schools. No, Cal’s opportunity is far more petty than that. After this weekend’s pandemonium, Stanford fans are chirping about a surprise chance at a Pac-12 championship and a lottery ticket for a playoff appearance. What better time to snap a seven-game losing streak and play the ultimate spoiler just as the Cardinal faithful are getting their hopes up?
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Ranking New Year’s Six bowl games
Now that the college football season is over, we look back at the New Year’s Six bowls and rank them from worst to best game. 6. PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: Clemson beats Ohio State 31-0 Let’s be honest here, no one wants to see a game become a blowout. Almost everyone
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Mayor Tom Bates to retire from position after 14 years in office
After 14 years as mayor of Berkeley — the longest tenure in the city’s history — and 38 years of public office, Tom Bates, age 78, has decided to retire. It marks the end of a long career of public service that was punctuated with significant accomplishments that benefited many, from people with disabilities to Berkeley youth to local breweries and sports fanatics.
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