(No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Tuesday (closed scrimmage) (BearTalk)
Posted August 19, 2008 at 10:09 pmIt’s amazing how much information you get when you actually have to depend on other people to give it to you.
Tuesday’s second and final scrimmage of training camp was closed to the media. Reporters were let into the stadium just as practice was winding down. I got inside just in time to see David Seawright [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Saturday (BearTalk)
Posted August 16, 2008 at 9:31 pmThe 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 [...]
(No Ratings Yet)2008 Cal Football Preview - The Defense (Blue and Gold Sports)
Posted August 7, 2008 at 3:33 pmTHE 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 Kendricks (No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Wednesday (BearTalk)
Posted August 6, 2008 at 9:58 pmThe 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 Follett (No Ratings Yet)Wednesday afternoon (BearTalk)
Posted August 6, 2008 at 1:43 pmIn today’s paper, we looked at Cal’s biggest uncertainty — the wide receivers. I truly believe this is the biggest question surrounding the team. Yes, we don’t know who the starting quarterback is, but at least we’ve seen both guys on the field. The wide receivers don’t have any experience, and quite frankly, aside from [...]
Tags: Derrick Hill, Devin Bishop, Eddie Young, ESPN, football, Jeff Tedford, Kendrick Payne, Marvin Jones, Michael Calvin, pac-10, spring practice, Zack Follett (No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Tuesday (BearTalk)
Posted August 5, 2008 at 10:03 pmMonday 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 [...]
(No Ratings Yet)A further look at Day One (BearTalk)
Posted August 4, 2008 at 11:53 pmTypically, the kickers and longsnappers are the first ones on the field at practice. That was true Monday for the first day of training camp, but they were joined shortly after by wide receiver Nyan Boateng.
That’s a great sign for the Bears. Cal is desperate to replace the departed production at wide receiver, and Boateng [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Position battles (BearTalk)
Posted July 31, 2008 at 12:03 pmWith the beginning of training camp now just a few days away, let’s lookat some of the intriguing position battles that will take place this fall:
–Quarterback. Duh. We all know this will be the most closely watched competition as fifth-year senior Nate Longshore tries to keep his job away from redshirt sophomore Kevin Riley. Coach [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Worrell Williams (BearTalk)
Posted July 31, 2008 at 11:15 amESPN.com’s Ted Miller posted a Q&A with Cal linebacker Worrell Williams today. Nothing groundbreaking, but still good stuff. One interesting note is Williams thinks that Eddie Young will be the fourth linebacker in the new 3-4 defense. Based on last year, I would think it would be Mike Mohamed, who is listed as the starter [...]
Tags: Eddie Young, ESPN (No Ratings Yet)3-4 impressions (BearTalk)
Posted July 29, 2008 at 2:41 pmSince linebackers Worrell Williams and Zack Follett were two of the three players on hand at yesterday’s Bay Area Media Day, naturally some of the conversation focused on the switch to the 3-4 base defense. There is definitely a sense of excitement about the change, something that was palpable during spring practice. The defense seems [...]
Tags: Anthony Felder, Derrick Hill, Eddie Young, spring practice, Zack Follett (No Ratings Yet)Spring Ball depth Chart (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 5, 2008 at 8:26 pmWe 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 Follett
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5)Friday practice (BearTalk)
Posted April 18, 2008 at 9:47 pmFirst of all, thanks to all for all of your well-wishes. Now, back to business:
The Bears went a little shorter than usual Friday because they have a morning practice on Saturday. Most of their practice focused on fundamentals and going through plays, with only a brief session of 11-on-11 near the end of the session.
Some formerly injured players – linebackers Zack Follett [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Spring practice preview: linebackers (BearTalk)
Posted March 30, 2008 at 4:23 amThe reason Cal is seriously looking at using more of a 3-4 system isn’t just because the success it had against Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl. Indeed, that was an adjustment to specifically stop the Falcons’ offense.
But it did provide food for thought. The Bears recognize the linebackers are the strength of their [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Recruiting Updates (Rose Bowl Before I Die - Cal Football)
Posted October 16, 2007 at 4:55 pmA couple positive recruiting updates got buried after last Saturday’s loss. Here they are…Mychal Kendricks (LB) - 3 stars The speedy (4.53 forty) and talented Kendricks has been gaining a lot of recruiting attention, especially after his strong perf…
Tags: Anthony Felder, D.J. Holt, Eddie Young, Leon Powe, Marvin Jones, Mychal Kendricks, Nyan Boateng, recruiting, Stanford, Zack Follett (No Ratings Yet)ALEX MACK AT TACKLE, AND OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS (Tightwad Hill)
Posted March 5, 2007 at 9:51 amJay Heater’s been making up for lost time, with a flurry of posts since his return from vacation last week. With Jay’s stuff, you usually have to read between the lines a little bit, so we’ll provide you with some helpful interpretation.OLWhat do you …
Tags: Alex Mack, Anthony Felder, Darian Hagan, Eddie Young, football, Jesse Brooks, Mike Tepper, Norris Malele, spring practice, Syd'quan Thompson