Cal held a double-day session Monday, heavy on drillwork with Tuesday’s final scrimmage looming. The Bears practiced in helmets and shoulder pads in the morning and just helmets in the evening.
The Bears divide practices into five-minute periods, and they didn’t hold their first 11-on-11 session until period No. 20 during their morning practice.
With limited [...]
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. [...]
System:It remains to be seen how noticeable the difference will be between Frank Cignetti’s offensive system and play calling style and what Jeff Tedford has traditionally done. It’s clear that for the first time during his tenure at Cal that Tedfo…
Tags: Alex Mack, Basketball, Brock Mansion, Cameron Morrah, Covaughn Deboskie, Desean Jackson, ESPN, football, Jahvid Best, Jeff Tedford, Jeremy Ross, Kevin Riley, Marvin Jones, Mike Tepper, Nate Longshore, Nyan Boateng, recruiting, shane, Shane Vereen, Tad Smith, Tracy Slocum, UCLA, Verran TuckerBelieve it or not, we’re halfway through training camp. Here’s what has stood out during the first 10 days:
–Nothing has been decided at quarterback, although Nate Longshore probably has a slight edge at this moment. Longshore has completed more passes and made fewer mistakes during 11-on-11 drills so far. That being said, Kevin Riley is [...]
Don’t ever let anyone tell you practice doesn’t matter. The Bears had their first double-day Saturday, and the evening session was a lively one. It culminated with a big commotion at the end of situational action, when the offense and defense engaged in a dispute whether wide receiver Marvin Jones was inbounds after hauling down [...]
Tags: Brock Mansion, Cameron Morrah, Charles Amadi, Chris Conte, Covaughn Deboskie, Jahvid Best, Jeff Tedford, Jesse Brooks, Kevin Riley, Marcus Ezeff, Marvin Jones, Memorial Stadium, Michael Calvin, Nate Longshore, recruiting, 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 [...]
Players report to training camp tonight for the first practice tomorrow at 6 p.m. In today’s paper, we looked at the top five questions facing the Bears during camp. Here are some additional issues to pay attention to during the next three weeks.
–How will Jahvid Best responds to the first practice in pads?: So far, Best [...]
I’ve been meaning to mention that the new Pac-10 blog over at ESPN.com is pretty good. Ted Miller, formerly of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, runs the blog and he’s spent the past week or so ranking the different positions in the conference. Today, he ranked defensive tackles and had Cal’s Derrick Hill at No. 7. I [...]
Tags: Bryan Anger, Cameron Morrah, Derrick Hill, ESPN, Nate Longshore, pac-10


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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 FollettI dropped by Cal’s fantasy camp today for a couple of hours and, as usual, it looked to be a smashing success. I was told there were about 65 entrants this year, and enthusiasm abounded, not just from the campers, but from the players, former players and coaches on hand.
I sat in on part of [...]
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I 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 SlocumSpring practice for 2008 came to a close this morning under a beating sun as the Bears capped off their workouts with a three-hour session that included two long stints of situational scrimmaging.
After spending most of the spring practicing in the brisk early evening that typically saw media types and friends of the program trying [...]