Cal football: The Ludwig factor
The hiring of Andy Ludwig as Cal’s offensive coordinator will no doubt resurface as a Hotline topic in August and quite possibly each week throughout the regular season. But I can’t help thinking right...
View ArticleCal football: The unstoppable, inevitable march to the Rose Bowl
*** Early version of a column I wrote for Friday’s Mercury News and then forgot to post on the Hotline. Please note: The theme and some of the details have been covered on the Hotline in the past 10-14...
View ArticleCal football: Grading the week
Imagine how bad it would have been if USC had a decent red-zone offense. The speed and severity of the collapse is just astounding: From No. 6 to no votes … from 3-0 to 3-2 … from 146-41 to 6-72 … —...
View ArticleCal and Stanford football: Thoughts on the 112th Big Game
Randon and not-so-random thoughts, all of them fairly brief. Bowl updates coming ASAP … * Here’s what I walked away thinking (besides what a muddle bowl picture we have): Cal really showed some guts …...
View ArticleCal football: Tedford on the upcoming quarterback competition
Cal Coach Jeff Tedford addressed the quarterback situation Tuesday on the Pac-10 teleconference and confirmed what had been suspected (and is really his only option): The “wide open” competition will...
View ArticleAction/reaction: Mountain West resists expansion, WAC’s next move, Stanford,...
I’m back in action after shutting it down for several days last week to attend to a personal matter (which had just one benefit: it forced me to spend time on the couch, where I watched a dozen games I...
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