Cal Football 2011

Sonny Dykes: Cal Head Football Coach Full Press Conference (Video)

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Cal Football’s new Head Coach Sonny Dykes was officially introduced at this press conference held in the field club of Cal Memorial Stadium at 2 PM, Thursday. After being introduced by Cal Media Relations Director Herb Benenson, Cal Vice Chancellor John Witop and Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour opened the proceedings with their statements. Sandy … Read more

Cal Football Coach Sonny Dykes And Wife Kate Arrive In Bay Area

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Sonny Dykes arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area, and enroute to Berkeley for his meetings with Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour and Cal Football Players; the press conference introducing Sonny Dykes as Cal’s new head coach is set for 2 PM, PDT. Coach Dykes and the former Kate Golding have been married since 2006 … Read more

Jeff Tedford, Cal Football NFL Draft First Rounders, And School Sprit

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While many Cal Alumns wish to dance happy after Cal Coach Jeff Tedford’s Thanksgiving Week firing, this blogger elects to remember the feeling of how Cal Football finally hit paydirt success with what became a suddenly regular string of NFL Draft 1st Round Selections, thanks to Coach Tedford. It was a rare privilege to be … Read more

Cal Fires Jeff Tedford; Aaron Rogers Calls Decision “Terrible” – Update

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According to ESPN Wisconsin, Aaron Rogers, who left Cal-Berkeley for the 2005 NFL Draft and The Green Bay Packers, and was the second example of Cal’s now former Head Coach’s Jeff Tedford’s ability to successfully develop quarterbacks (Kyle Boller was the first), was not pleased with the announcement that Tedford was fired on Tuesday.   … Read more

Cal Copies Stanford, Selects DHR International’s Glenn Sugiyama To Find Next Head Coach

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Cal’s Sandy Barbour has copied Stanford University’s lead and hired the same search firm and man The Cardinal used to find then-Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. Embeded in Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour’s press conference to announce that Cal Football Head Coach Jeff Tedford was terminated from duties is her statement that the selection process for … Read more

Cal Fires Jeff Tedford; Suggested Criteria For Selecting New Cal Football Coach

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After two days of talks, University Of California Athletic Director Sandy Barbour announced that Cal fired Jeff Tedford as head coach. This brings a sad end to a once-glorious career at Cal that lasted 10 years and produced far more good memories than bad ones, with Coach T posting an 82–57 record, and holding Cal … Read more

Jeff Tedford: Cal Football Coach’s University Of California Contract

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Cal was soundly beaten by Oregon, 59 to 17, increasing calls for Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour to terminate Cal Football Head Coach Jeff Tedford. What’s interesting, and yet typical of these cries is that they don’t include a look at Tedford’s revised contract with the University of California and what UC Regents refer to … Read more

Cal 43 UCLA 17: Cal Fan Says UCLA Sucks

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There/s nothing like the UCLA Bruins to bring out the Can Fan in, well, Cal fans – especially after an unexpected pasting like the one the Cal Bears Football Team gave the Bruins Saturday night at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Cal won 43 to 17, blowing the hated Bruins out of the stadium, saving … Read more

Cal v Nevada: Golden Bears loss makes Tedford’s seat hot again

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Mark it: Cal Football Head Coach Jeff Tedford is in trouble. The man who arguably built the new football stadium just lost in it, reminding on-the-fence fans he’s 20-18 over the last three years. To mark the occasion of the opening of the newly rebuilt California Memorial Stadium, Cal lost to a team it was … Read more

Cal’s Mitchell Schwartz, Bryan Anger, Mychal Kendricks, Marvin Jones, NFL Draft (ed); Michael Calvin Next?

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Mitchell Schwartz, Mychal Kendricks, Marvin Jones represent for Cal Football! (So far!) While The Stanford Cardinal had several players go in the top rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft, from Quarterback Andrew Luck, the first player taken overall, to Tight End Cory Fleener, who will join Luck at Indianapolis, rival California players and Cal fans … Read more

Cal v. ASU: Cal Wins 47 – 38, Goes 7 and 5

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After watching a Cal Stanford Big Game that Cal should have won, but lost 31-28, the California Golden Bears came into the Land of the Tourist – aka Tempe, Arizona – for its final game of the 2011 NCAA Season against Arizona State. After leading by as much as 10 points, Cal fooled around and … Read more

Cal Shocks Colorado 36 – 33 In Overtime

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The headline above was almost “Colorado Shocks Cal 34 – 30,” as the Colorado Buffalo’s, under a well-called final drive in regulation, use a combination of reverses, passes, and runs, to almost score a touchdown, but got close enough to set up a field goal to tie. Cal ran out the clock, talking the game … Read more

Cal Football Over Fresno St., 36 – 21, Alums, Fans Give Offense High Marks

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First, it’s great to see Cal Football open with a win to start the 2011 Season, 36 to 21 over Fresno State. But, this blogger wasn’t able to see the game because he’s still in Atlanta, Georgia. Not such a bad thing – the ATL is jumping: DragonCon, and the Boise St. vs. Georgia game … Read more