(No Ratings Yet)Recruiting updates (The Cal Football Fan)
Posted July 23, 2008 at 4:49 pmCal recently signed OL Brian Schwenke out of Oceanside High School. He is a 6′3″ 265 lbs lineman who has played both ways in high school, but will probably focus on offense in college. Besides for being rated a 3-star recruit by Scout.com, Schwenke is also academically focused with a near 4.0 GPA. [...]
Tags: recruiting (No Ratings Yet)Recruiting tidbit (BearTalk)
Posted July 8, 2008 at 2:12 pmCal appears to be very much in the mix for Deandre Coleman, a defensive tackle from Seattle. Coleman is rated as one of the top DTs in the country and reportedly has several major offers. Apparently, Coleman has Cal and Washington at the top of his list. Coleman lives just mintes from the UW campus, [...]
Tags: Derrick Hill, recruiting (No Ratings Yet)The OC (Examining Frank Cignetti, Part I) (Bears Necessity)
Posted July 7, 2008 at 2:52 amWe’re inching towards kickoff–and by inching, I mean baseball season sucks. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be eyeing several key points of Cal’s 2008 season, culminating with the crucial quarterback battle. I’ll start by discussing our new offensive coordinator and what his playcalling and personality at Fresno State was like.
Frank Cignetti’s record [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The OC (Examining Frank Cignetti, Part I)”, url: …
(No Ratings Yet)Dining in Hell: Cal-Michigan State Preview (Bears Necessity)
Posted July 2, 2008 at 12:06 amEight weeks to kickoff. A tantilizingly short eight weeks. Thankfully while we have a long and warm summer to bask in before we get there…oh wait, you mean this damned city is currently undergoing frigid fifty degree weather? That students are wearing sweaters instead of sundresses? That everyone is cold and implacable to one another [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Dining in Hell: Cal-Michigan State Preview”, url: “http://bearsnecessity.com/random/dining-in-hell-cal-michigan-state-preview/” …
Tags: football, NFL Draft, recruiting, The Big Game (No Ratings Yet)Ask Yellow Fever (California Golden Blogs)
Posted June 25, 2008 at 8:18 amBuzzmaster: We’re getting Yellow Fever right now! Send in those questions! Yellow Fever: It’s been a busy week in Berkeley, and I can only wish I were there to experience the insanity first hand. Honestly, just knowing that there’s someone else in Berkeley who loves walking around with a long bo for no reason warms my black, black heart….
Tags: Alex Mack, BCS, football, Nate Longshore, pac-10, recruiting, Rose Bowl, UCLA (No Ratings Yet)Hoop dreams: Long road from Mexico to Berkeley ( Contra Costa Times - Cal sports )
Posted May 22, 2008 at 10:18 pmn Gutierrez lands as point man in Montgomery’s first recruiting push at Cal
Tags: recruiting (No Ratings Yet)Should College Athletes be Booed? (Bears Necessity)
Posted May 22, 2008 at 3:49 amSo I’m staring at pictures of 3-4 defenses, trying to dissect what exactly to expect from next year’s defensive them, when Hydrotech comes along and troutslaps me with these nuggets from the San Francisco meeting.
*Tedford emphasized that no player on the team should ever get booed. The players are giving their best and have [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Should College Athletes be Booed?”, url: “http://bearsnecessity.com/random/should-college-athletes-be-booed/” });
(No Ratings Yet)Coaches Tour 2008: San Francisco Report (California Golden Blogs)
Posted May 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm
On Tuesday night I went to Gordon Biersch in San Francisco to attend the Coaches Tour event. There was a much smaller turnout than Monday’s event in Pleasant Hill. Only about 150 people were probably in attendance despite the 250 or so who had registered.
Here are my notes from the night:
Rich Feller - Cal Women’s …
Tags: football, Jeff Tedford, pac-10, recruiting, shane, Shane Vereen, UCLA, volleyball (No Ratings Yet)Cal Coaches Tour 5.19.08 (California Golden Blogs)
Posted May 20, 2008 at 4:25 pmThe California Golden Blogs West Coast Office got together with 450 other Cal fans to hear Sandy, Mike, and Jeff speak on Monday night. TwistNHook provided the pink plastic sunglasses, Ragnarok and HydroTech provided the ladies, and I provided the…pen. Exactly one of us remembered to bring a writing utensil. Yes, we’ve got a pretty good handle on this blogging thing, thank …
Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Alex Mack, Basketball, BCS, Ben Braun, Jerome Randle, Mike Montgomery, recruiting, Ryan Anderson, Stanford (No Ratings Yet)Elite Twelve (California Golden Blogs)
Posted May 18, 2008 at 10:11 pmI went to the Elite 11 regional held at Memorial on Friday afternoon. The elite eleven, for those of you who do not base your life on 16 year-old quarterbacks, is a series of workshops and tryouts designed to determine the top QB prospects in the country. Audacious high school quarterbacks turn out at one of several regional camps; the best …
Tags: Beau Sweeney, Brock Mansion, football, Kevin Riley, recruiting (No Ratings Yet)New Commitment: Bridgford (The California Golden Blogs)
Posted May 11, 2008 at 12:11 am For those of you that do follow recruiting, I’m sure you’ve already heard that Cal got a football commitment. For those of you who don’t follow recruiting, then I’m telling you that Cal got a new football commitment. Why should you care?
Well, he was named Co-MVP of the Nike Camp in L.A.
For those [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Cal Girls: Brianna Keilar (Bears Necessity)
Posted May 8, 2008 at 12:10 amTo ease the pain of watching the Bataan Death March that is the Democratic nomination race, I am offering up one of Cal’s finest to soothe the eyes. Brianna belongs in the upper elite with Erin Andrews as one of those journalists that break the scales on both beauty and brains.
Here’s Brianna at the 2005 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Cal Girls: Brianna Keilar”, url: “http://bearsnecessity.com/uc-berkeley/cal-girls-brianna-keilar/” });
(No Ratings Yet)Final Draft Analysis (Oski Talk)
Posted April 28, 2008 at 1:26 amWell, I think the Bears did well. We placed 6 guys on the weekend, and I an pretty sure that the kickers will land somewhere too, in free agency.SC put in 10 guys, and as I mentioned in an earlier post, 7 in the first two rounds. But beyond that craz…
Tags: football, recruiting (No Ratings Yet)#1 Biggest OffSeason Story - Kevin Hart Recruiting Hoax (California Golden Bears Football Blog - Bears with Fangs)
Posted April 16, 2008 at 11:56 pm(”And uh…I decided that uh…I’m going to be playing football for the University of California!”)
This story tops the list of the Top 5 Biggest Offseason Stories for the Cal Bears team. Some of you guys are probably disappointed, because of all the…
Tags: football, recruiting (No Ratings Yet)Pac-10 faces overhaul after major departures (Contra Costa Times - Cal sports)
Posted April 12, 2008 at 2:58 amThe exodus has begun, and by the time it ends we may not recognize the Pac-10 Conference. And we’re not even talking about the league’s coaching facelift.
Tags: Arizona State, Basketball, Chris Conte, Jeremy Ross, Mike Montgomery, NBA Draft, pac-10, recruiting, Ryan Anderson, Stanford, Syd'quan Thompson, UCLA, Washington State