Archive for Archive for May, 2008
How Cal Lost in the Rose Bowl, Part I
Note before you start: This is an extensive, abstract, three part piece. Better grab some popcorn and chow down. Summer might be around the bend, but here at Bears Necessity it’s school time, football fanatics. Parts II and III coming later this week.
UCLA 30, Cal 21. While the Oregon State game was a mixture of [...]
KC Cal’s Weekly Super Fantastic Happy Explosion Awesome Article: On Bloggins and Hearing From Nasty Nate
Yesterday, Avinash wrote a trite and insightful piece on his take about the Bissinger-Deadspin controversy. It is true that sometimes we like to mock and joke on our favorite team when they’re down in the dirt just a little. Yet at the same time, I also ask the question: is that so bad? Lately, there [...]
The Sports Media Revolution
There’s been some talk by the Golden Blogs and Excuse Me For My Voice about the Bissinger-Deadspin huzzzah! Now it’s my turn (I’ll provide a healthy set of links later on).
I admit, I’m a long-time Deadspin reader (although not as frequently as before). Unlike my fellow compatriots, I’m not going to be so harsh on [...]
Cal Gals: Brianna Keilar
To ease the pain of watching the Bataan Death March that is the Democratic nomination race, I am offering up one of Cal’s finest to soothe the eyes. Brianna belongs in the upper elite with Erin Andrews as one of those journalists that break the scales on both beauty and brains.
Here’s Brianna at the 2005 [...]
Outsmarting the Enemy (Three Fake Handoff, Cal at UCLA)
Last week we went over attacking the Cover 2 scheme, which is to look for the mismatch on the field (read where the safeties will bite to) and to attack where the safeties aren’t in a position to make a play on the ball or the receiver. Today’s post is a little more of a [...]
The Noodles at Cal (Wonderlic Scores)
(This is 90% Danzig, with some great data; my small contribution is the Analysis section after the scores and before the sources)
I was catching up on my RSS feed yesterday and I came across a report that Mario Manningham of Michigan scored a ‘6′ on his Wonderlic IQ test. A fricking ‘6′?? I thought he [...]
Preliminary Cal Football TV Schedule
This is getting updated as the times come along. All times are PST.
Saturday, August 30: Michigan State at Cal, 5 PM ABC
Saturday, November 8: Cal at USC, 5 PM ABC
Saturday, December 6: Washington at Cal, option for ESPN/ESPN2/FSN
Interesting that we draw the ABC slot opening week, considering neither Michigan State or Cal are likely to [...]
Can Cal Win State?
Does anyone else suspect that the Coach Taylor character on Friday Night Lights (awesome show, great job) is at least partially based on our beloved Coach Jeff Tedford? Consider the evidence: He’s a handsome, 40-something offensive mastermind, known as a quarterbacks guru, runs a pro-style offense with west coast elements, achieves early success as a [...]
Cal Volleyball 2008: Profile - Morgan Beck
We covered Angie Pressey last week; this week we’re profiling our upcoming senior hitter Morgan Beck, last year an All Pac-10 honorable mention.
Morgan Beck is one striking California Golden Bear. Judging from the images, you’d think you’d rather see her playing on the beach, hitting the sand, and then cooling off in the ocean. [...]
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