Pac-12 football: Salaries for head coaches (revised with new Whittingham deal)
*** 12 p.m. update: Please note the revised order based on Utah coach Kyle Whittingham’s previously undisclosed pay hike (obtained this morning by the Hotline through the Utah athletic dept). The bump...
View ArticleCal football: Win or lose in Australia, Bears will cash in
The Bears hit the field Monday for training camp, and I’ll have schedule/logistical matters posted that morning. Below is a quick look at the Australia trip from a financial perspective. *** First...
View ArticleCal football: Training camp preview
(Credit: USA Today) The Bears are on the field this afternoon for Year Four of the Sonny Dykes era. Here’s a look at key dates, issues to resolve, names to watch and more. Please note: The Hotline...
View ArticleCal football: News, notes and reaction from the first week of training camp
(Credit: Cal athletics) No shortage of material … *** The decision to name graduate transfer Davis Webb the starting quarterback the morning of the fourth day of camp was not unexpected. Coach Sonny...
View ArticleCal football: Training camp update with Sydney trip looming
(Credit: austadiums.com) It feels like Cal’s training camp just began, and yet it’s almost over. While most teams are just now hitting high gear, the Bears are in their home stretch. Five days from...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Cal game-by-game predictions for 2016
This is the season Cal coach Sonny Dykes finally gets his signature victory. This is the season Dykes finally ends the oh-fer streak against the teams that matter most to his constituents: Oregon and...
View ArticleCal football: From dawn to dusk with QB Davis Webb
*** Mercury News multimedia sports reporter Courtney Cronin and I went behind the scenes with Cal quarterback Davis Webb one day during training camp. Here’s the story and video … BERKELEY — Dawn...
View ArticleCal football report card: Grading the win over Hawaii
We’ll start Cal’s report card with some basic math and an eye on postseason qualification: 3-0 in the non-conference requires a 3-6 mark (or better) in conference 2-1 in the noncon requires 4-5 in...
View ArticleCal football report card: Updates from the bye week and a look ahead
Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday weekend … How difficult was the adjustment back to life on the west coast after a week in Sydney? On Thursday – four days after the Bears returned home –...
View ArticleCal football report card: Grading the win over Texas
(Bay Area News Group) The win becomes official and instantly we seek to define it: The signature victory for coach Sonny Dykes? Cal’s biggest upset since … since? As upsets go, this was moderate: The...
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