Pac-10 Football Against The Spread: Nothing’s Bruin with UCLA Just Yet
Published on: 16th September, 2009
'Pac-10 Football Against The Spread' avoided a shutout in Week 2 thanks to a Stanford offense that didn't score a point following intermission in a 24-17 loss to Wake Forest. Beyond the Cardinal's sins though, I missed the other six games with spreads, some by a tiny margin (Washington, USC) and ...Xs and Lots of Os: The 25 Highest Paid Coaches in College Football
Published on: 15th September, 2009
Cal football head coach Jeff Tedford is 5-1 in Bowl games in seven seasons in the Strawberry Canyon. He's a two-time Pac-10 Coach of the year, has a conference co-championship under his belt and the 8th highest ranked team in the country heading into Week 3 of the college football ...Pac-10 Football Against the Spread: Take USC, Stay Away from Stanford
Published on: 9th September, 2009
Taking a page from Jon Wilner’s College Sports Hotline—this marks the first of what will be a weekly feature at Bleacher Report modeled after Wilner’s Picks of the Week. The concept is the same (I’ll make fearless Pac-10 picks against the spread every Wednesday morning), but the picks aren’t.The Arizona ...Cal Defense Upstages Impressive Heisman Audition By Bears’ Best
Published on: 6th September, 2009
This one was for the Eastern Time Zone.Taking advantage of his first of four nationally televised games this season, Heisman hopeful Jahvid Best and the Cal football team turned in a highlight reel first half Saturday before heads starting hitting pillows on the East Coast.Best rushed for 137 yards and ...After Five Play-Callers In Five Years, Cal Football Hopes Ludwig Lasts
Published on: 5th September, 2009
The pressure is on Andy Ludwig.Not just to rejuvenate the Bears’ offense, but to stick around to see it flourish.Ludwig, hired in February, will be the Cal football team’s fifth new offensive coordinator in the last five years come Saturday at 7 p.m., when the Bears open their 2009 campaign ...Hands Down, a Healthy Marvin Jones is Cal’s No. 1 Option at Receiver
Published on: 31st August, 2009
If you’re looking for a prediction for No. 12 Cal’s season opener this Saturday in the Strawberry Canyon, Vegas has the Bears as a three-touchdown favorite against Maryland.But if you’re looking for a lock, a sure thing, a bet you can take to the bank: At some point this Saturday, ...Tedford Almighty: Cal Football Coach Works Mini-Miracles for Bears
Published on: 28th August, 2009
The first time you meet Jeff Tedford, you might wonder what he did with his halo.Might ask how he traded in his white robe for blues and golds.Did he fly here—or simply walk across the San Francisco Bay?In seven seasons with the Cal football program, he’s worked enough miracles to ...Unlucky No. 12: AP Poll History Leaves Cal Bears with Long Odds
Published on: 24th August, 2009
Since 1936, the year the Associated Press Poll was introduced to college football, 59 of the 73 teams to finish first in the final writers poll have been part of the AP’s preseason Top-10.The Cal football team enters the 2009 season ranked No. 12.And believe it or not, statistically speaking, ...Cost Analysis: Will Underwhelming Cal QB Kevin Riley Bring Down the Bears?
Published on: 21st August, 2009
There are exactly 33 words Cal quarterback Kevin Riley will never forget.All from Versus play-by-play announcer Ted Robinson, all coming on October 13, 2007.“Months and months of preparation and training, and one mistake by a freshman, a redshirt freshman trying to make something happen, and the mistake has cost his ...No Ducking History: Bears Must Re-Define Football Image
Published on: 15th August, 2009
Jeremiah Masoli and Jordan Holmes stare back at you. Eyes peering out from behind forest green facemasks. Shoulders feathered, unis appropriately swooshed—both ready to play football on a field that disappears into the ether. This is the 2009 Sports Illustrated College Football Preview’s cover—two Oregon Ducks (ranked No. 11) representing SI’s annual preseason ...Featured Sponsors
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