Archive for Cal Football
What Is The Purpose of A College Coach?
Watching Marshawn Lynch piledrive his way into the end zone on Sunday against the Raiders yesterday, I can’t help but look back upon his exciting tenure at California. There were times when he looked unstoppable in open field, not even six feet of power driving past tacklers and defenders. I remember him against the Huskies, […]
How Has Cal Football Performed in the Humidity?
After the disappointing showing by the Bears at Maryland, many fans wondered how much the humidity adjustment played a factor. Zack Follett himself said that the team struggled its way throughmost of the game. “It was tough,” said Follett. “The offense was not firing in the first three quarters and the defense was playing a […]
Blogroll Updates, Technical Matters
With commenting lagging over the offseason, you might have noticed this site has switched over to the Disqus commenting system to encourage and foster more discussion. Some of the comments are split between here and the syndication of these posts at Bleacher Report, so I generally get comments either here or there. Hopefully things get […]
The Pac-10 Report: Week 3
USC Conquest Chronicles: “Saturday night really opened up the nations eyes as to just how good the offense is going to be. The offensive line was absolutely flawless in their execution of the game plan and their protection of Mark Sanchez. Yes, they allowed one sack in the 4th qtr. when SC was going for […]
Let’s Speak of It One More Time: Cal-Maryland Report Card
(Check out Testudo Times for a report card of Maryland’s team) First of all, everyone’s looking for a scapegoat to blame Cal. The humidity, the weather, the turnovers, the coaching. Clearly, Maryland did nothing to win that game; this was all Cal playing below their level, right? Fine, if you’re going to blame someone, blame […]
Now Let Us Never Speak Of It Again
Well, this beltway trip hasn’t quite turned out the way I expected. I was expecting to have pictures to accompany this post, but I’m thinking this one should go down the memory hole asap, and I’ll be destroying all records of it (perhaps I’ll have a change of heart later). Here are some initial, slightly-impaired […]
Cal – Maryland Liveblog
This should kickoff around noon EST, 9 AM PST, and Cal is playing the first national telecast that almost everyone around the country will be watching. It’s not like there are any bigger games happening today, right? Nervous? Jittery? Wouldn’t you be? Because the game’s on ESPN, no one nationwide should have trouble watching these […]
Significant Terps: Cal – Maryland Preview
(Just a programming note: Cal-Maryland liveblog starts at 11:30-11:45 AM EST, 8:30-8:45 AM PST. Mmm, bleary-eyed.) Offense-We’re not so different after all: In a hotly debated quarterback controversy, both Jordan Steffy and Chris Turner had their roles to play in the 2007 season. After Steffy epitomized the low-risk offense (67.3 completion percentage with 98 yards […]
We Are All Classless
Blogpoll remains the same. Come on guys, more input! One last Washington State topic before moving onto the Terps: The so-called classlessness of Jeff Tedford. Wait, WHAT? Even Cal fans might not remember it because they were too busy getting plastered over treesitter hysteria and other assorted madness. Let’s let CougCenter revisit this seeming non-starter. […]
The Pac-10 Report: Week 2
Note: Hippies in trees being removed by the Stairway to Heaven. Confused? Click here. Maybe the feed will go up again. This segment allows Cal fans to check in with reports around the blogosphere from various Pac-10 teams and Cal opponents. Let’s start with the Trojans and their tilt with Ohio State. USC Conquest Chronicles: […]
