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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: (7-3, 4-3 Pacific 10)
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Golden Bears report: Inside slant
 

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Inside slant · Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel
 

 

Cal's final regular-season game seems a bit anticlimactic, but the Bears do have some extra motivation other than just picking up their eighth win of the season.

Two weeks after beating rival Stanford 37-16 in the Big Game, Cal finishes at home against winless Washington, which will be playing its final game for fired coach Tyrone Willingham.

It sounds like it should be a walkover for the Bears ... at least until the coaches put on the game film of last season's game. Washington won 37-23 in Seattle on Nov. 17.

Since then, the Huskies have lost 13 consecutive games.

"They put it to us pretty good," coach Jeff Tedford said of last year's game. "In our six years here, we'd never been physically punished like that."

That isn't expected to happen this time around, unless its Cal doing the punishing with its strong running attack and tough defense. The Bears (7-4 overall, 5-3 Pac-10) would finish alone in fourth place in the conference with a victory.

Potential bowl destinations for Cal are the Las Vegas Bowl and the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. A factor in that is who wins the Arizona-Arizona State game.

If Arizona wins, Las Vegas and the Emerald likely would "trade" teams because of each bowl's preference. Las Vegas covets the bowl-starved Wildcats, while the Emerald would like to have the hometown Bears.

But if ASU wins, Las Vegas figures to stick with Cal over Arizona and ASU, each of which would have only six victories.

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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 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 8, 2009 3:32 pm

I have to say that was probably the worst 10 minutes after his fall.  The thing that get's me is this was a worse injury than that of Tebow.  And with this we get very little coverage across the nation compared to Tebow.  On the other hand we stank it up yesterday.  Nothing was working and everything was clicking for the Beaves.  At this point the rest of the season is ...(more)

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November 13, 2009 11:26 pm
(POLL) If Cal beats Arizona, will they be ranked in the AP poll? 

Things to consider are:

Cal hasn't beaten a ranked team yet.  Pollsters tend to try and cover up their mistakes.  Or, to be more exact, they don't like to admit when they're wrong.  Since Cal was mis-ranked at the beginning of the year, this will be a chance for some pollster
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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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September 27, 2009 9:45 am
the number to the local police station near Cal Memorial Stadium? Because there is going to be a butt kicking going on. Let the police know about the beat down of the Cal kids. I have an idea, stick with Marylands and E. Washingtons, and any junior colleges in your Non-Con schedule. If you think Oregon's D thrashed you, what are Taylor Mays and Co. gonna do? Stick with Calculus, fo ...(more)
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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 3, 2009 9:56 am
Once again, all the PAC-10 teams are in action against each other as a new day dawns over the West Coast, a place where USC is no longer King but will probably ruin someone's Holiday when bowl season rolls around. 

Oregon             5-0    7-1
Arizona            3-1    5-
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November 16, 2009 2:41 am
(POLL) Who here thought, at the beginning of the year, that Stanford would be ranked above Cal for the Big Game? 


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November 7, 2009 11:41 pm
Thoughts and prayers go out to that kid.... That was terrible and validates the violent nature by which this game is played.

I hope Best is going to be alright. He is a fine player and I am hopeful of his return. Good Luck Bears the rest of the way!
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November 5, 2009 9:31 pm
(POLL) Lets get the excitement back into town.  I know the losses to Oregon and USC have ruined another season, but the rest of the schedule is winnable.  We're still staring at a 10-2 season.  This week, the Beavs come to town.  I think it's golden jersey time!  OSU have beaten us in recent years, so they have history.  Quizz is a megatalent, so they have the personnel.&nbs ...(more)
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October 31, 2009 11:11 pm
What a let down.  I was very excited in the first quarter and then.... deflated.  What happened?  Did they get comfortable and let the sun devils back in the game?  There is no way that Cal wins another game with a showing like today.  Don't mean to be negative but who are we kidding?  OSU, Arizona, Stanford, and UW all will not let us get away with a sloppy game like ...(more)
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October 26, 2009 5:17 pm
UCLA @ Oregon State (-9 1/2) - In my humble opinion, the 9 1/2 point line is way to small.  UCLA is playing poorly, and is on the road in Corvallis.  Can they stop Quizz?  No!  Can the stop his bro'!  No!  Can they defend the tight end in the middle of the field?  No!  This one will be ugly, but no one will watch since spotlight is focused o ...(more)
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October 24, 2009 6:23 pm

Listening to this game on the radio at first I thought for sure Cal was going to whip up these guy's.  But then Tedford is our coach.  Up big let's call conservative plays.  Come on Tedford don't you know by now that style points count no matter what.  Look what Oregon did to us.  On the other hand Riley looks sharp and Best well he seems to be back to form no matter wh ...(more)

 
 
 
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