(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 [...]
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)Post-practice: Thursday (scrimmage) (BearTalk)
Posted August 14, 2008 at 11:01 pmCal 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. [...]
(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…
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 Tucker (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)Tedford impressed with Rodgers (BearTalk)
Posted August 11, 2008 at 9:49 pmJonathan took a well deserved night off Monday, so I, Curtis Pashelka, made the trek from Walnut Creek to Berkeley to cover tonight’s practice. Traffic wasn’t bad, actually. Thanks for asking.
I normally cover St. Mary’s College, auto racing and golf, and will fill in for J.O. (as Bear Nation has lovingly nicknamed him) from time to [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Post-practice: Sunday (BearTalk)
Posted August 10, 2008 at 9:37 pmThe Bears practiced in full pads for the third straight day, and it’s starting to show. Several players sat out with injuries. Cal had trouble finding running backs to take reps after Tracy Slocum suffered a stinger. Jahvid Best ran with the first team, but his backups were walk-ons such as Peter Geurts and Langston [...]
Tags: Anthony Felder, Darian Hagan, Jahvid Best, Jeff Tedford, Kevin Riley, Mychal Kendricks, Nate Longshore, Peter Geurts, Tracy Slocum (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)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)Women’s Huddle Roundtable (California Golden Blogs: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 4, 2008 at 11:43 pmOn Friday, August 1st, the 5 of us traveled into Berkeley to learn from the best — Jeff Tedford and the Cal Football team. We learned all sorts of things, like how to get in proper defense stance, how to appreciate football players in the proper defense stance, but especially how to stay hydrated. Yes, especially the importance of hydration…So he’s a review of what …
Tags: Alex Mack, Ben Braun, Devin Bishop, Drew Glover, football, Jeff Tedford, Jordan Kay, Kevin Riley, pac-10, recruiting, sean cattouse, Tracy Slocum, UCLA, Washington State, Zack Follett (No Ratings Yet)Bay Area media day (BearTalk)
Posted July 28, 2008 at 4:15 pmThe annual Bay Area college football media day was held today at the Hotel Nikko in downtown San Francisco. Cal coach Jeff Tedford, along with center Alex Mack and linebackers Zack Follett and Worrell Williams were in attendance, as well as the head coaches from Stanford and San Jose State and players from those schools.
There [...]
(No Ratings Yet)More Cal (BearTalk)
Posted July 24, 2008 at 9:35 pmHere is more of what we heard from Jeff Tedford at the podium today:
“I feel like we’re in a great situation with our quaterback position. Obviously Nate has played a lot of games for us and won a lot of games for us. He’s a very talented guy. Kevin Riley is a guy who came [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Cal (BearTalk)
Posted July 24, 2008 at 11:32 amI’ll have much more when there’s time, but a couple of highlights from Cal’s time at the podium:
–Jeff Tedford addressed the quarterback situation and said he likely will name the starter during the first week of the season. At other times, Tedford has said he may keep evaluating the situation into the first game. But [...]
(No Ratings Yet)A preview (BearTalk)
Posted July 21, 2008 at 2:23 pmI meant to post this earlier. It is a Cal season-preview by Blue Ribbon Yearbook and ESPN.com. It originally appeared on ESPN’s website about 10 days ago.
There’s really no breaking news here or a new take on things, but just another observation by a national outlet. A couple of things I would point out: I [...]
(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)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