(No Ratings Yet)Playoff Denied (Oski Talk)
Posted April 30, 2008 at 11:04 pmThe BCS has decided that they like the current system, and they are not going to move to a playoff.I could not be happier.The idea of a playoff is a bad idea for college football. For a lot of reasons. But I want to first write about why people want …
Tags: Baseball, Basketball, BCS, football
(1 rating, 1 votes)BCS Rejects Playoff Proposal (California Golden Bears Football Blog - Bears with Fangs)
Posted April 30, 2008 at 12:23 pmDon’t expect any major changes for the current BCS system for at least the next six years. ESPN reports that John Swofford, who serves as the BCS Chairman and ACC commissioner, announced today that they will keep the current BCS system of 4 BCS bow…
Tags: BCS, ESPN, football (1 rating, 1 votes)Looking back on ‘05 (Excuse Me For My Voice)
Posted April 30, 2008 at 10:11 amI’m going to be doing a review of every game in 2005 (see here for why). Before we get to the specific games, a trip down memory lane:
2004 had been the Bears best season in a half century. The Bears only regular season loss was in a nailbiter to USC on the road [...]
(1 rating, 1 votes)Final week of Spring Practice (The California Golden Blogs)
Posted April 30, 2008 at 7:33 amI was getting distracted while writing this post, so RemoresfulBruinBabe, probably inspired by my mom, offered to write: "How about I rank the players by their butts; they must have good butts from all the squats and lunges." Where are you going to get pictures of their butts? "Isn’t there a ‘men of Cal football [...]
Tags: football, spring practice (No Ratings Yet)Chest injury will sideline record-setting sprinter ( Contra Costa Times - Cal sports )
Posted April 30, 2008 at 2:57 amWorld-record holder Asafa Powell won’t race for the next two months because of a chest injury. His manager says the sprinter will be able to run at the Beijing Olympics in August.
No tag for this post. (No Ratings Yet)Breaking Down the Cover Two (Cal at UCLA, 2007) (Bears Necessity)
Posted April 30, 2008 at 12:38 amUCLA has one of the most feared defenses in the Pac-10. Their defense is not only very talented, their coordinator DeWayne Walker is one of the best in the biz. He mixes packages, his corners play great on the edges, his run defense stuffs everyone on 1st down. So the only ways for an offensive [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Breaking Down the Cover Two (Cal at UCLA, …
Tags: ESPN, football, pac-10, Rose Bowl, UCLA (2 rating, 2 votes)Cal Bears Free Agent Signings (California Golden Bears Football Blog - Bears with Fangs)
Posted April 29, 2008 at 2:27 pmIt seems that the Cal Bears players who didn’t get a call about being drafted this weekend, have found a home—for now. Wide receiver Robert Jordan and Offensive Lineman Brian De La Puente have reportedly signed free agent deals with the San Franci…
Tags: football (No Ratings Yet)Spring Forward (Bears Necessity)
Posted April 29, 2008 at 11:25 amHey All. Since I’ll be posting here on a regular basis, Avinash suggested I introduce myself. For those of you who don’t know me already, I’m a 2000 Cal alum currently living and practicing law in New York. Thanks to Avinash for the opportunity to contribute to the discussion and thanks to you for reading.
Congrats to all the Golden Bear draftees, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Spring Forward”, url: “http://bearsnecessity.com/cal-football/spring/” });
(No Ratings Yet)Tedford’s Evolution of the Offense: Part II: The Dunbar Year (2006) Continued (The California Golden Blogs)
Posted April 29, 2008 at 8:09 am Continuing on with part two of The Dunbar Year (2006) and the four part analysis of how Tedford’s offense has changed in the past four years.
Part I: Tedford’s Evolution of the Offense: The Tedford/Cortez Years Part II: Tedford’s Evolution of the Offense: The Dunbar Year (2006): New Formations
So in this second part analysis of [...]
(2 rating, 2 votes)Other Pac-10 QB Battles Decided…Or Are They? (California Golden Bears Football Blog - Bears with Fangs)
Posted April 29, 2008 at 8:00 amA few weeks ago, I had given a Pac-10 QB Battle Update, highlighting that Patrick Cowan had won the long-stranding QB Battle over Ben Olsen for the starting position. Well it appears the Patrick Cowan can’t catch a break. Cowan will miss the …
Tags: football, pac-10 (No Ratings Yet)Excuse Me For My Podcast (Excuse Me For My Voice)
Posted April 28, 2008 at 5:02 pmSo this year, we’re going podcast-wild. We’ve added a proper podcast feed and now you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes as well.
To add the podcast in iTunes, click the big shiny button:
Or if you don’t want to do the iTunes thing, just use this link to subscribe.
As Ken mentioned, we’re hoping to [...]
(1 rating, 1 votes)Blogging plans for the slow period (Excuse Me For My Voice)
Posted April 28, 2008 at 3:18 pmAh, the end of Spring ball. It’s a time of peace and tranquility. It’s a time when families get to know each other again. It’s a time when, well, the BearInsider message board becomes a near panic with nothing to talk about besides artificially created flame wars about each other’s mothers.
So to [...]
(1 rating, 1 votes)Spring Practice recap (Excuse Me For My Voice)
Posted April 28, 2008 at 3:03 pmI did most of my Spring Practice commentary in the podcasts, but I thought it would be worthwhile to put down some notes in word form as well:
Players with best practices (according to me, anyway):
Nyan Boateng
Michael Calvin
Covaughn DeBoskie
Brian Anger
Tad Smith
Peter Geurts
Ernest Owusu
Syd’Quan Thompson
Rulon Davis (as a leader)
Units that are looking to be strong going into [...]
Tags: Bernard Hicks, Cameron Morrah, Charles Amadi, Chris Conte, cody jones, Covaughn Deboskie, Darian Hagan, Derrick Hill, Devin Bishop, Jahvid Best, Jeremy Ross, john tyndall, Marcus Ezeff, Michael Calvin, Nyan Boateng, pac-10, Peter Geurts, Rose Bowl, shane, Shane Vereen, spring practice, Tad Smith, Tracy Slocum (1 rating, 1 votes)2008 NFL Draft Recap – Other Cal Players Drafted (California Golden Bears Football Blog - Bears with Fangs)
Posted April 28, 2008 at 12:39 pmCal exported its largest draft class in school history, with 6 Golden Bears being drafted yesterday. I already covered Cal’s top draftee Desean Jackson yesterday, and am finishing the rest of the look at the other Bears taken.
3rd Round 22. (85th …
Tags: Desean Jackson, football, NFL Draft (1 rating, 1 votes)Bears Swept Way Down in Rankings, Card Climbs to No. 3 (Bear Bytes)
Posted April 28, 2008 at 11:30 amA horrid weekend by the Cal baseball team’s pitching staff busted the team that was once at No. 5 in the country, according to Baseball America, down to No. 16. The Bears (27-13-2, 7-8 in the Pac-10) have now dropped two conference road series in a row, and in both the Friday losses, starter Tyson [...]
Tags: Baseball, pac-10