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California Golden Bears
Location: Berkeley, Calif. | Founded: 1868 | Enrollment: 33,558 | Colors: Blue and Gold | Stadium: California Memorial
Capacity: 73,347 | Coach: Jeff Tedford

Record: (8-3, 5-3 Pacific 10)
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Golden Bears report: Inside slant
 

The Sports Xchange
 
 
Inside slant · Strategy and personnel · Notes, quotes
 
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Cal spent the spring doing more than just trying to find itself a quarterback. The Golden Bears also searched for team chemistry and a cohesiveness that was missing when they lost six of seven games in the regular season last year.

The chemistry might have been established, but the quarterback issues will have to play out for a while longer.

"(Coach Jeff) Tedford has changed his tone. It's more of a team-oriented approach now," Cal linebacker Zack Follett told the Contra Costa Times. "Last year a lot of our leaders were stars who were young. They didn't provide leadership. No disrespect to any of those guys, but sometimes when you have star athletes, it's hard to be a coach of those kinds of players."

Tedford made changes. There will be no Heisman Trophy campaign like the Bears had for receiver DeSean Jackson, Tedford has given up the play-calling duties so he can watch over the entire team more. And the Bears worked on a 3-4 defensive scheme throughout spring drills.

Finding a quarterback the young Bears team can count on remains as important as any task, however.

Nate Longshore has been pretty good over the last two years, but Cal is looking for more than just pretty good.

The sometime starter last year, Kevin Riley, and redshirt freshman Brock Mansion took reps in the spring and will do so again when the Bears get back together.

"We're going to go through the summer, we're going to go through fall camp and kind of see how it shakes down through fall camp," Tedford said. "We're in good shape. We have two very good quarterbacks and a young guy who's got a lot of ability as well, so we're in good hands at the quarterback position."

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December 1, 2009 4:34 pm
Imagine how good Cal could have been if they had a good QB and had been able to resolve it's issues in the secondary before November. 

Riley played a decent game against Stanford which allowed the win.  He wasn't spectacular and owes a ton of credit to a defense that made Luck look like a different player than the freshman who dismantled Oregon and USC.  I've been to eve
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November 30, 2009 7:56 pm
Three games on the schedule here, and they all look to be good ones. 

#13 Oregon State @ #7 Oregon (-10) 61 over/under - #13 vs #7 Who's the lucky one here.  Is a black beaver crossing your path bad luck?  Overall, I like Oregon's overall speed, balance and athleticism, but the Civil War is not just another game.  This is a hard fought in-state r
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December 2, 2009 2:27 am
I wanted to try to analyze who would finish second through fifth in the Pac-10, under a number of different scenarios.  For example, if the Beavers lose to the Ducks, if Cal beats the Huskies, and if the UofA-USC game does not end in a tie, there will be four teams that finish with a 6-3 record in the Pac-10.

I think the best outcome for Cal would be for them to win (obviously),
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November 30, 2009 11:02 pm
(POLL) Go Bears!  Nothing beats kicking Stanfurd's behinds, especially knowing how well they have been playing.  Look at what an inspired offensive and defensive line can do for a team.  Now lets see the Bears bring the show to the Greater Northwest and in the cold.  Jake Locker's final college game should be an inspiring one for him, but hopefully so too will be Jahvid the Jet.
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December 1, 2009 10:21 pm
If Oregon wins then Oregon State will fall behind Cal's overall record because ORST lost to Cincy early on.  Since the Bears will hopefully be 9-3 they would do better in the bowl selection then an 8-4 Oregon State team, right?  I am unclear on this.  Does the Pac-10 ranking for bowl selection take the overall or just in-conference? 

If the Ducks lose, however, th
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October 5, 2009 4:35 pm
The biggest weakness on the Bears, once you get past the lousy kicking, is QB.  Riley wasn't great last year.  He looked ok this year against lesser talent, but has looked awful when playing teams with good defense.  Against Oregon and USC, both teams challenged the Bears to throw.  They decided to stack the box against Best.  The strategy worked well for both teams.
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November 24, 2009 11:32 am
Four games on the PAC-10 schedule this week.  CAL has a late bye week, and the Oregon schools are resting and plotting for a big matchup the following Thursday.  The PAC-10 now has 7 teams with 6 wins and at least 6 will go to bowls.  UCLA would feel a lot better about their chances if they were to beat USC (see below)


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November 15, 2009 2:10 am
Here's the Pac-10 standing after today:

Team                   Record                 Tiebreakers               Big Matchups To Go

Ore
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November 27, 2009 4:37 pm
I was googlin on Tiger and came up with this: http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/beauti
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Honestly, I don't care about whether he's cheating on his wife or not, but this caught my eye.
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November 18, 2009 2:12 am
(POLL) Facts:

2008: Cal 37 - 16 Furd (Jahvid Best 201 yards rushing, 3 total TDs.. Kevin Riley 3 passing TDs)
2006: Cal 26 - 17 Furd (Tom Schneider 4 FGs, Nate Longshore 217 yards passing, 1 TD)
2005: Cal 27 - 03 Furd (Steve Levy 125 yards passing, 1 TD.. Marshawn Lynch 123 yards rushing, 1 TD)
2004: Cal 41 - 06 Furd (J.J. Arrington 169 yards rushing, 1 TD.. Marshawn Lynch
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November 17, 2009 1:11 pm
There are four games on the slate, and three of them look to be pretty good games with bowl implications.

#11 Oregon (-6) @ (now unranked) Arizona - Two powerful offensive teams meet here in Tuscon with a berth in the Rose Bowl on the line.  Both control their own destiny if they run the table, and this game is critical to both.  Of course, Oregon still ha
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November 10, 2009 11:00 am
Let me just start out by clarifying that "Week 11" has nothing to do with the Big 10, but only refers to this particular week in college picks. 

Once again, and for the last time this year, all the PAC-10 teams are in action against each other:

Oregon                5-1    7-
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November 21, 2009 7:59 pm
Looks like this game is over. If Stanford was playing anyone else, I would turn off the T.V. , but Its a great day when Stanford can beat up Cal in any sport really!
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November 21, 2009 9:49 pm

24-14 Cal! Looks like Cal came to play in the 2nd half. This game is nowhere near over though, anything can happen, as I said before. Maybe not the blowout I wanted, but a close game. Hopefully Cal doesnt pull away. Yet another great game playing for the axe! Still expecting an offensive shootout. Wait for Stanford to light it up in the fourth like they did against USC.

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November 22, 2009 7:15 am
Is this kid solid or what?
Anyone seen him live action?
Greatly appreciated.
 
 
 
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