The Bears had another double-day session today, working out in full pads in the morning and just helmets in shoulder pads in the afternoon.
Kevin Riley continues to come on at quarterback. After a rough first week, Riley seems to have found his groove. During a 6-on-8 drill Saturday morning where the offense tries to score [...]
Cal held its first scrimmage of the fall tonight, and there weren’t any major developments. But here are some highlights:
–Kevin Riley slightly outplayed Nate Longshore at quarterback, and has been coming on lately. The past 4 or 5 days, Riley seems to be improving his accuracy, cutting down on mistakes and playing with more confidence. [...]
An out-of-town writer stopped by practice today and wanted to know about — surprise — the quarterbacks. Coach Jeff Tedford didn’t break much news, but he did seem to imply that he wouldn’t wait until the first week of the season to name a quarterback if one of them earned it.
“It would be nice if [...]
THE SYSTEM -Bob Gregory’s defenses play a style that in many ways mirrors the offensive system Jeff Tedford has in place. As on offense, it starts with the running game. Gregory wants to take away the opponent’s ability to run the ball and to do so is …
Tags: Anthony Felder, Bernard Hicks, brett johnson, Charles Amadi, Chris Conte, Derrick Hill, Eddie Young, football, Jeff Tedford, Kendrick Payne, Marcus Ezeff, Mychal KendricksThe Bears put on shoulder pads for the first time tonight and it resulted in a spirited practice with some actual hitting going on. It will be flat-out football on Friday when the team practices in full pads for the first time, but Wednesday’s practice included some collisions and a whole lot of enthusiasm on [...]
Tags: brett johnson, cody jones, Eddie Young, football, Gary Doxy, Jahvid Best, Jeff Tedford, Kevin Riley, Nate Longshore, shane, Shane Vereen, Tracy Slocum, Zack FollettMonday may have been the first day of practice, but Tuesday was the first day the Bears really sunk their teeth into a lot of things. Cal eased into things Monday with mostly individual drills. Tuesday, there was much more 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 action, as well as a couple of special teams periods.
Highlights included:
–The beginning [...]
We had a question lately about our receivers, since we return all of 10 catches for 153 yards (thanks to LayReylle Cunningham, who provides all of those numbers. Yes, he is the only wide receiver on the roster with a catch in a game.). We figured that other people might be curious about our actual players in the midst of a month’s coverage on DumpyMuffs …
Tags: Alex Mack, Anthony Felder, Bernard Hicks, brett johnson, Brock Mansion, Cameron Morrah, Charles Amadi, charles johnson, Chris Conte, Covaughn Deboskie, D.J. Holt, Darian Hagan, Derrick Hill, Devin Bishop, Drew Glover, Eddie Young, ian albrecht, Jeremy Ross, Jesse Brooks, john tyndall, Kevin Riley, Marcus Ezeff, Michael Calvin, Mike Tepper, Nyan Boateng, sam demartinis, shane, Shane Vereen, Shea Mcintyre, spring practice, Syd'quan Thompson, Tad Smith, Tracy Slocum, Zack FollettThe Bears began the final week of the spring with a pretty lively practice at a frigid Memorial Stadium on Monday night. As has been the case for most of the spring, the defense has outplayed the offense.
As the Bears do often at practice, they practice the two-minute drill near the beginning. The first two [...]
Yesterday, Cal fans turned out a sizeable crowd for the Bears’ open practice/scrimmage. Here is a report, courtesy of GFang, who attended the event:
Quarterback
[Kevin] Riley- did not get to show off his arm too much . . . but when he threw, was very crisp and accurate with zip. He would’ve been perfect if Calvin [...]
The second installment of spring practice was a lively one, as the defense hooted and hollered its way to a handful of takeaways during team drills.
Cal’s defense forced a few fumbles and picked off a few passes during crossover, when the offense goes head-to-head with the defense. In general, Nate Longshore had a better day [...]
Thomas DeCoud was the heart of the secondary and arguably the heart of the defense, and his presence will be hard to replace next season. The likely best scenario to do so is to break up the competition at rover between Bernard Hicks and Marcus Ezeff and move Hicks to free safety. Hicks started the [...]
Tags: Bernard Hicks, brett johnson, Charles Amadi, Chris Conte, Darian Hagan, Marcus Ezeff, spring practice, Syd'quan Thompson