(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)Post-practice: Saturday (BearTalk)
Posted August 9, 2008 at 9:24 pmDon’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 Follett (No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Thursday (BearTalk)
Posted August 7, 2008 at 11:31 pmThe primary storyline to Thursday’s practice was quarterback Kevin Riley being given the opportunity to work exclusively with the first team. Working on the hurry-up offense with full squads, Riley’s first pass was a 30-yard completion to Michael Calvin on a wheel pattern down the left sideline.
The sophomore signal-caller had his ups and downs during Thursday’s workout. His nicest pass [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Michael Calvin (BearTalk)
Posted August 6, 2008 at 2:01 pmI had a chance to talk to Michael Calvin a couple of days ago about the wide receiver corps. He acknowledges the attention they are getting to try to replace Cal’s departed trio of pass-catchers, but said he doesn’t feel any pressure.
“I wouldn’t say it’s pressure. I would consider it a responsibility,” he said. “That’s the [...]
(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)Newcomers to watch (BearTalk)
Posted August 2, 2008 at 10:11 pmWith the beginning of training camp now less than 48 hours away, here is a list of some newcomers to watch this fall:
1. Michael Calvin, wide receiver. He came to Cal as one of the more heralded prep wide receivers in the country, and it showed as a scout team player last season. Sometimes, it [...]
(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)Nate Longshore and Cal Receivers Workout Highlights (California Golden Bears Football Blog - Bears with Fangs)
Posted July 30, 2008 at 9:00 amStumbled upon a pretty cool video of Cal QB Nate Longshore working out with this season’s prospective starting wide receivers Nyan Boateng, Michael Calvin, Jeremy Ross, and Cal’s presumed starting running back Jahvid Best.
(Credit to “fuzzyip” for th…
Tags: football, Jahvid Best, Jeremy Ross, Michael Calvin, Nate Longshore, Nyan Boateng (No Ratings Yet)2008 Pac-10 Preview - California Golden Bears (myBearTerritory Photo Blog)
Posted July 18, 2008 at 2:08 pm
2007 Record: 7-6
Pac-10: T-7th
Head
Coach:
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(No Ratings Yet)Rey Maualuga Wins the INTERNETZ (And other Pac-10 Links) (Bears Necessity)
Posted July 15, 2008 at 12:20 pmSunday Morning QB, Cal Preview: “The bad news from that perspective is that both the most reliable and most explosive players have all gone on to the pros, and the immediate reserves are not as highly regarded — though Jordan wasn’t a high profile recruit, Hawkins was a four-star prospect out of junior college and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Rey Maualuga Wins the INTERNETZ (And other Pac-10 …
Tags: Basketball, ESPN, football, Jahvid Best, Jeremy Ross, Marvin Jones, Michael Calvin, Nyan Boateng, pac-10, Rose Bowl, UCLA (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 (No Ratings Yet)Day camp (BearTalk)
Posted June 7, 2008 at 9:53 pmI 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 [...]
(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.
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(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5)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