(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 Offense (Blue and Gold Sports)
Posted August 13, 2008 at 9:18 pmSystem: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…
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Posted August 13, 2008 at 2:51 pmBelieve 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 [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Tuesday (BearTalk)
Posted August 12, 2008 at 9:59 pmAn 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 [...]
(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)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)What to look for (BearTalk)
Posted August 3, 2008 at 2:52 pmPlayers 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 [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Slightly Off-Topic: Arena Football (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 13, 2008 at 7:09 pmIt’s summer. Summer is long and there is little sports news to report. Thus, we here at the CGB are having a hard time filling content this summer. Even though we’re from an elite academic institution (so very elite!), the #1 public university in America (we’re #1!), and the best UC of the UCs (although UCR is a darn close 2nd), we’re running out of …
Tags: Baseball, football, lavelle hawkins, Tad Smith (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 …
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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 (No Ratings Yet)The curtain falls (BearTalk)
Posted April 26, 2008 at 9:31 pmSpring 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 [...]
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5)Wednesday practice (BearTalk)
Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:46 pmCal’s offense had one of its better practices of the spring, as quarterback Kevin Riley had one his best sessions in a while, as did the Bears’ receivers.
Riley looked more confident during the two-minute drill near the beginning of practice, dealing with the defense’s pass rush to complete short passes to Nyan Boateng and Tad [...]
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5)Monday practice (BearTalk)
Posted April 21, 2008 at 9:28 pmThe 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 [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Who to interview? (Excuse Me For My Voice)
Posted April 21, 2008 at 4:14 pmThe last Spring Practice is this Saturday. I’ll be heading down watch and do a couple interviews. The point of this post is to ask for nominations for who to interview. It should be one of the players who has not yet been interviewed by Rivals/BearTerritory.net. Those players are:
Shane Vereen
Brock Mansion
Jeremy [...]
(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 [...]