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

Record: (9-4, 6-3 Pacific 10)
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Golden Bears report: Inside slant
 

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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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June 23, 2009 3:03 pm

what's up cal fans?!  so i'm a duck, and i've seen a ton of articles out there on how its your bears and my ducks are the two teams that have the best chance of dethroning usc.  although i wanna kick your teams ass this year in autzen for the past three losses to you guys, i'm just here to say whether its my ducks or your bears, one of us has to take out usc this year.  we can't ...(more)

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June 28, 2009 8:34 pm
http://www.971theticket.com/pages/4
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Radio station 97.1 (the Ticket) has a Zach Follett tribute page.  He is getting a following there, and I think a lot of folks are hoping that he makes the team.
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June 12, 2009 1:47 am
OK, so I've seen our Bears ranked at 12, 11, and 9. Are any of these really accurate? And if so, do we have a good shot this year?
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June 15, 2009 6:48 pm
Hey Cal fans 76 days 3 hours and 16 make that 15 minutes until kick off.  Let's not get too excited with all the pre-season rankings and hiesman talk.  We are a good team but can Tedford keep these guys together for 12 weeks?  Can Riley come through EVERY week? And the biggest question can Best stay healthy?  I am just as excited as all you but let's take one step at a time. By ...(more)
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Reputation:99
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Since:Oct 29, 2006

April 2, 2009 10:25 am

Naturally, the most important thing in the draft is the draft prospects of CAL players, but ruminations on the position of QB's in the draft, and which RB will be a better pro are cool too.

CAL GUYS

 Alex Mack:  I've seen various speculations on his position in Mock Drafts.   Bottom of the first or top of the second seems most likely.  ...(more)

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April 21, 2009 9:48 pm

 Coach Jeff Tedford has been recruiting very hard this off season.

He already has four commits and each of them is highly regarded.

Dave Wilkerson - MLB - 6-3/238  4 star on Scout.com # 8 ranked MLB in country according to scout.com

Cassius Marsh - DT - 6-4/280  4 star on Scout.com #3 ranked DT in country

Cecil Whiteside - MLB/TE - 6-3/205  3 ...(more)

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April 14, 2009 12:19 am

Bruce Snyder was a fine man and a great Cal coach.

He lead the Cal football resurgence in the early 90s. He coached the teams that won the Citrus and Copper Bowl wins. He recruited and coached Russell White, Sean Dawkins, Mike Pawlawski, Chidi Ahanotu, Doug Brien, & Troy Auzenne, among others. The 1991 season was truly memorable (a shame we lost him to ASU after the s ...(more)

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February 19, 2009 1:03 pm

Pittsburgh Panther fan here looking for some inside info - or more accuratly any info on our new offensive coordinator, Frank Cignetti Jr. 

He was your offensive coordinator last year:  how do you feel about him leaving?  Is he a great coach that you will miss and we will love to have, or is he like our old offensive coordinator (Matt Cavanaugh) who could get outcoached b ...(more)

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April 5, 2009 10:35 am

A man who had his chances as a starter, now gets to be the back-up in St. Louis.  Maybe the change of  scene willl do him good.  Meanwhile, saying Bulger & Boller sounds like you mumbling your way through the morning.  Have a cup of coffee and try again.

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February 16, 2009 11:45 pm

I don't expect sports stars to be any less prone to stupid acts than most of the population. In fact, because they are so often told and treated as something special, it is rather to be expected that they will sometimes believe it and act accordingly. Because Lynch had previously said he had learned to be careful from the incident where the woman was hit with his car... well, I expected he had ...(more)

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March 12, 2009 3:26 pm

 Okay, i played high school football with this guy so i'm really excited to see that he's having a pretty good college career. I just want to see what other Cal fans think about him and how he will do next season without the bias that i have.

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January 26, 2009 11:34 pm

While Cal has some concerns at QB next year, I like the way the schedule lines up:

  • Maryland at Cal - I like the chance of revenge at home
  • USC - they have to come to Cal with a talented (whoever it is) but young QB

I'm glad Sanchez left and think it is as good a chance as Cal has had in a while against USC.  Hopefully Best comes back faster and stron ...(more)

 
 
 
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