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Coaching Fallout (Part II)

2012-01-18T12:20:00.000-08:00

Cal Football - Where Do We Go? I'll be the first to admit I was shellshocked by the news, first of Lupoi's abrupt exit and Kiesau's ensuing departure.And the events didn't hurt as much as envoke questions of confusion and quite honestly, anger.But honestly, I think we're going to be okay. I'm likely a few months a way from stating this with utter conviction, but I really do think Cal fans have

Coaching Fallout: Lupoi and Kiesau Gone (Part I)

2012-01-18T10:57:00.000-08:00

In my years of running this site, I can't recall a time I've dreaded writing a post. And mind you, we've all seen some rough times over the past few years. This sense of uneasiness then, is rooted in the whirlwind of events over the past few days that have led to some of the greatest questions of stability and loyalty seen in Cal Football in who knows how long.Most questions can be summarized

Cal 2012 Football Schedule Released

2012-01-05T06:07:00.000-08:00

Hey all, back from another break and I'll be hitting up a couple of topics including a yearly review for the team, conference, and the Holiday Bowl recap if I'm up to it.Just wanted to touch on the Cal football schedule that was just released yesterday. Take a look.2012 Cal Football ScheduleSat Sept. 1 Nevada Sat Sept. 8 Southern UtahSat Sept. 15 at Ohio State Sat Sept. 22 at USC Sat Sept. 29

Keys to the Holiday Bowl: Texas

2011-12-27T05:00:00.000-08:00

(Buy yours today)I'm back! Hope you all enjoyed your holidays with your loved ones, because it's time to throw out all decency and get into full on rage mode as your California Golden Bears face the Texas Longhorns.Both team feature a similar 7-5 record, both the trajectory of their respective seasons are markedly different.After dropping three straight games against Washington, Oregon and USC,

Official: Bears Face Texas in Holiday Bowl

2011-12-04T17:46:00.000-08:00

It's official: Your California Golden Bears will be facing the Texas Longhorns in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl.Officially Hyped.There are so many good storylines here, which I'll try to get to in next few weeks, but for now, just take it in. It's a fantastic bowl matchup. Looking forward to it.

A Couple of Jeff Tedford Interviews

2011-12-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

Tedford's had an active day with the media today. He had an interview with Yahoo! Sports as well as ESPN.You can listen to Jeff Tedford's interview with Yahoo's Travis Rodgers here.Tedford sounded upbeat, and you can tell having to focus only on recruiting for the last week has done him some good. He spoke a bit about bowl preparations as well as whether he had any preference on which bowl he

Bears Make All-Pac-12 Conference Team

2011-11-28T15:44:00.000-08:00

The All-Conference awards were announced today and some of your favorite Bears earn some much-deserved honors.The big headline is senior linebacker Mychal Kendricks winning the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year award.Here's what the press-release had to say:"Kendricks, a senior from Fresno, Calif., leads the Golden Bears and ranks fourth in the Pac-12 with 8.0 tackles per game (96 total). He is

Cal vs. ASU Highlights

2011-11-27T19:58:00.000-08:00

Credit as always goes to TouchedtheAxein82 for getting the highlights up. Bask in the win, folks.

ASU Recap

2011-11-26T10:37:00.000-08:00

(AP Photo/Matt York)On an evening in which Cal's defense struggled to stifle ASU's explosive offense, the Bears offense took advantage of a reeling Sun Devil defense to hang on in 47-38 shootout in Tempe.It was the Bears' first conference road win of the year, and the victory moved the Bears to 7-5 on the season, ensuring a winning season and a likely higher bowl. For this blogger, I think I

Keys to the Game: Arizona State

2011-11-25T12:29:00.000-08:00

Happy Black Friday all. Hope you've enjoyed standing in line for 14 hours for $6 thumb drives and $4 DVDs.Gosh, it's already the last regular season game of the year for the Bears. LIke every college football season,this season has really flown by. Fortunately, the Bears have locked up bowl eligibility and will be playing at least one more game this season, so all is not lost.This evening

Big Game Recap

2011-11-21T07:53:00.000-08:00

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Despite a courageous effort, the Bears fell to Stanford 28-31 on Saturday in the 114th annual Big Game. Cal came in as 18 point underdogs, but continued to battle as they rallied back from being down 15 points in the 4th quarter. Their onside kick effort would fail however, and the Bear's comeback efforts would fall short.I'm not one for moral victories, because at

Big Game Links

2011-11-18T07:34:00.001-08:00

(I hope this guy is still on Rally Comm)It's Big Game Week, if you haven't heard. Vegas tells us the Bears will be crushed and Andrew Luck will piss his name into gold and pull off celebratory wheelies on a unicycle.Here are some nice links to get you in the Big Game spirit. First, be sure to check out Yahoo Columnist and Cal alum Mike Silver's interview on Murph and Mac. If there were ever a

Keys to the Game: Big Game

2011-11-16T11:09:00.000-08:00

(Ewwww.)Oh it's the Annual Big Game. Home of some the best plays and wackiest finishes in college football history.While the past decade's games will tell you that the favored team usually wins in this annual rivalry game, older and wiser fans know never to count out either team when it comes to the Big Game.That's a good thing because the Bears head into this contest as a 20+ point underdog to

Cal vs. Oregon State Highlights

2011-11-13T10:47:00.000-08:00

Thanks as always to TouchedtheAxein82 for getting the highlights out so quickly. Enjoy a win over the Beavers!

Oregon State Recap

2011-11-12T18:33:00.000-08:00

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Look, I know that cynics and Cal Bear enthusiasts can find plenty of ways to scoff at celebrating a win over an OSU Beavers squad that was 2-7 headed into Saturday's game. The extreme negabear might also bemoan how low fan expectations have fallen that Bears fans should celebrate becoming bowl eligible.Well, for today, forget you all. I may join you in shaking verbal

Keys to the Game: Oregon State

2011-11-11T00:30:00.000-08:00

Oh sweet Jeebus.It's the time of the year I hate the most. The one time of the college football season that I actually find myself looking for a corner to hide in, or a bosom to rest my head.It's Oregon State Beavers game time.What about OSU's 2-7 record has me quaking in my boots might you ask?Everything that is the essence of Oregon State in relation to Cal football. That's what. Because no

Washington State Recap

2011-11-08T07:14:00.000-08:00

(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I'm still fighting off this sickness, but I wanted to get this out here so we can all finally look forward to our annual clusterf*ck of a matchup against Oregon State.The Bears pulled together in a much needed bounce back 30-7 win against the Washington State Cougars on a dreary and rainy affair last Saturday. Cal

Cal vs. WSU Highlights

2011-11-06T08:23:00.000-08:00

Here are the After the Game Highlights to last night's game to those who weren't able to catch it on TV or chose not to attend the game in a tsunami. All football glory to TouchedtheAxein82.Will have a writeup later.

Keys to the Game: Washington State

2011-11-05T09:49:00.000-07:00

(Lobbestael has been solid Tuel's absence.)I'm going to make this real quick since the Bears kick off against the Wazzu Cougars in less than six hours.After one of the most disappointing losses of the past decade, the Bears must regroup against a WSU squad that is more than thrilled to be out of the conference basement. Both teams are still fighting for bowl eligibility and desperate for a

(A Quick) UCLA Recap

2011-11-02T11:01:00.000-07:00

Despite some suspicion that I've avoided blogging because of how distraught I was over the UCLA loss, I've actually been MIA this week because I've been deathly ill. Well deathly is being a bit too over dramatic, but I was rocking a 103 degree fever and sinus infection.In fact, it's so bad that I'm missing a chance to see Conan live in NYC. Yes, that's right. I'm skipping one of my bucket list

Post UCLA Reaction

2011-10-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

I'm going to break my keyboard and will have a post up in the next day or so after it's replaced.

Keys to the Game: UCLA

2011-10-27T07:50:00.000-07:00

(If the Bears lose, I'm Van Damme palming somebody.)The Bears are fresh off a rejuvenating win over Utah and head to LA to face a reeling UCLA squad. The Bruins are facing suspensions, constant coaching change speculation, and generally bad play on both sides of the ball.If the Bears lose this week, it will be either be the result of an utter and complete failure by the coaching staff to prepare

Pac-12 Roundup Week 8

2011-10-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

(It's heating up for Coach Wulff.)Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I’ll spend less time talking about what happened last week and more about what is to come with this weekend’s upcoming slate of games.There were quite a few surprises in the Pac-12 last weekend, not so much in the winners, but by how much some teams rolled others en route to big wins. There wasn’t a single close

Utah Recap

2011-10-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

(AP Photo/George Nikitin)In a much needed win, the Bears snapped a three-game losing streak and rolled the Utah Utes on Saturday at ATT Park to a score of 34-10.Both teams had come into the game winless in the conference, with their respective season trajectories on the line. The winner would maintain course for bowl eligibility, while the the loser would have an uphill battle at salvaging their

Cal vs. Utah Highlights

2011-10-23T09:48:00.000-07:00

These highlights come to you courtesy TouchedtheAxein82. Usual solid work.I'll have the writeup for the game sometime this evening or tomorrow, but just know this Golden Bear fan was encouraged by a lot of things yesterday.Go Bears.[Edit: Here is Cal Athletics' highlight reel of the game with Starky's commentary. What a bonanza!"]