(No Ratings Yet)Wednesday afternoon (BearTalk)
Posted August 20, 2008 at 3:06 pmIn today’s paper, we took a look at tailback Jahvid Best. As much excitement as there is for his return to the field this season, there are unknowns as well.
The Bears will start game planning for Michigan State tomorrow. Apparently, the Spartans are doing the same thing about Cal.
(No Ratings Yet)Monday afternoon (BearTalk)
Posted August 18, 2008 at 2:20 pmWelcome to the last week of training camp. Let’s start off with a few links:
–ESPN.com’s Ted Miller doesn’t break any news, but has a pretty good piece on Jahvid Best. The message? Best is fast.
–Cal is celebrating the end of camp with its annual Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday, but this one has a little [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Some reading (BearTalk)
Posted August 17, 2008 at 9:29 pmNever too late for some weekend reading:
–Former Cal running back Justin Forsett is sure making a case to make the Seattle Seahawks roster
–The L.A. Times paid a visit to the Bay Area, and has a look at Cal.
–It looks like former Cal receiver Lavelle Hawkins will sit out the Tennessee Titans’ next preseason game because [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Lavelle Hawkins (BearTalk)
Posted August 16, 2008 at 9:42 pmGood news and bad news on former Cal wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins. The good news is he caught a 51-yard touchdown pass during the Tennessee Titans’ preseason win over the Raiders last night. The bad news is he sprained an ankle later in the game. No word yet how long he will be out.
Hawkins added [...]
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5)GoldenBlogs Preseason Top 25 (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 15, 2008 at 11:59 amWell, with the season just two weeks away, it’s time to unveil the California Golden Blogs’ preseason BlogPoll ballot. For those of you unfamiliar with the BlogPoll, here’s the info, straight from the horse’s mouth (the horse being Brain Cook of MGoBlog):
WHAT IS THE BLOGPOLL? It’s basically the AP poll except with bloggers. It’s a poll and so fall prey to all the …
Tags: Arizona State, BCS, football (No Ratings Yet)Pertinent reading (BearTalk)
Posted August 13, 2008 at 2:33 pm–Apparently, MIchigan State feels the opener against Cal will go a long way in setting the course for it sseason.
–ESPN.com’s Bruce Feldman picks his 10 most indispensable players across the country. Cal center Alex Mack is ranked No. 7. Michigan State quarterback Brian Hoyer comes in at No. 10.
(No Ratings Yet)Tuesday afternoon (BearTalk)
Posted August 12, 2008 at 2:20 pmFor your reading pleasure:
–Here’s our Cal notebook today, focusing on Marvin Jones and Darian Hagan.
–ESPN.com’s Ted Miller is in town and has this feature on new defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi.
–This is a ways away, but it looks like the Bears know who they’ll be seeing at quarterback when they host Colorado State on Sept. [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Previewing the Season : Maryland (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 12, 2008 at 8:50 am
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Game #3 : September 13 @ Maryland, 12:00 PM EDT (televised on ESPN or ESPN2).
ragnarok: Maryland is by far the most unfamiliar opponent on the 2008 schedule. Cal has never faced the Terrapins (or Terps, if you will) in football. In fact, Cal hasn’t played any ACC school since defeating Clemson …
(No Ratings Yet)Tuesday morning (BearTalk)
Posted August 5, 2008 at 10:54 amThe second day of practice is tonight from 5:15-7:30 p.m. In the meantime…
–Pac-10 guru Ted Miller has published his conference power rankings. It seems Cal is picked to finish fourth in a lot of places, and that’s where Cal is here.
–Michigan State, Cal’s first opponent of the season, also opened camp Monday.
–A correction: I’ve written [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Ask Yellow Fever (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 4, 2008 at 8:39 amWe thought it might be a good idea to dip into Ted Miller’s mailbag, since he reads us now and everything. Or at least, he likes to read danzig’s posts professing his love for Longshore. And away we go…
Dan from Portland writes: Fever, I am sure you have by now received countless emails from my fellow Oregonians stating that the greatest college football rivalry of …
(No Ratings Yet)Some links (BearTalk)
Posted July 30, 2008 at 3:11 pmCatching up on some links about Michigan State, Cal’s first opponent:
–Here’s a story from the Detroit Free-Press about quarterback Brian Hoyer. Hmmm…think Nate Longshore can relate?
–MSU tailback Javon Ringer expects to reach the end zone more this season.
–More from the Free-Press: Spartans coach Mark Dantonio isn’t shy about predicting that his team could be in [...]
(No Ratings Yet)The A-11 Offense (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 30, 2008 at 8:48 amA hot new offensive craze is sweeping the nations’ coaches, one that just might be the answer to all of our problems. The spread-option? That was sooooo 2003. If you’ve gotta have the latest and greatest offensive innovation, the one that will soon change the game of football, you’ve gotta have the A-11 Offense. [A hat tip to CaliforniaDave for finding this first …
Tags: Baseball, BCS, football, Kevin Riley, Nate Longshore (No Ratings Yet)Pre-Camp Expectations Roundtable (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 29, 2008 at 2:27 pmTwistNHook: Hydro thought it might be prudent to take a look at pre-camp expectations. But he’s too shy to start the conversation and I’m a loud mouthed ogre! A lot can change over the course of the camp (like injuries and the ilk). But what are our expectations for the 2008 football season as of late July? Are we thinking Rose Bowl Bound Bears? Are …
Tags: BCS, Derrick Hill, football, Jahvid Best, Nate Longshore, NFL Draft, pac-10, recruiting, Rose Bowl (No Ratings Yet)One man’s picks (BearTalk)
Posted July 23, 2008 at 3:05 pmWith the Pac-10 preseason media poll being released tomorrow at Pac-10 media day, I thought I would share my picks. This is a very difficult year to figure out the pecking order of the conference. More so than ever, the Pac-10 appears to be USC followed by everybody else. I basically see the conference broken [...]
Tags: Arizona State, BCS, Jahvid Best, Kevin Riley, Nate Longshore, NFL Draft, pac-10, spring practice, Stanford, UCLA, Washington State (No Ratings Yet)Thoughts Regarding a College Football Playoff (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 18, 2008 at 8:26 amSince the inception of the AP poll in 1934 (and probably long before), college football fans have wondered which powerhouse team was the best in the country. The AP poll was created to generate interest in and sell newspapers, goals it has achieved admirably. The ink spilled today (most of it now virtual) over the annual debate about the national rankings is impressive, to say …
Tags: BCS, ESPN, football, Rose Bowl