(Nate: "I'm so happy!") It’s funny, a 42-7 decimation over Colorado State last Saturday had many of the Golden Bear faithful grumbling about the team’s various inconsistencies. A 24-14 win over Arizona State however, has instilled a renewed sense of optimism with the young Cal team. While most of the talk in the media will surround the quarterback play, and Jeff Tedford’s decision to start Nate Longshore over Kevin Riley, the biggest story from Saturday’s game has to be the outstanding... Read Full Story

After Saturday's 24-14 win over Arizona State, Cal is back in the rankings...sorta. Cal is 29th in the AP Poll with 80 points.  Cal breaks into the USA Today Poll with 98 points. Currently, Cal is the only other Pac-10 team in the Top 25 rankings after Oregon's loss to USC yesterday.  Michigan State, the team Cal beat in in their season opener also breaks into the polls at 23rd and 19th in the AP and USA Today Polls respectively. Read Full Story

(Remember when this was the big QB Matchup 2 years ago? It could be again...) Saturday’s game against Arizona State is the biggest game thus far for Cal this season. I know, I know. Every game counts. Which is true. But this one is big. True, a bit of the luster has been lost with ASU’s disappointing start to the season (2-2 including a blowout home loss to Georgia), and Cal’s injuries and inconsistency on offense have kept Bears fans from being too excited about a 3-1 record. But... Read Full Story

Robert Calonge over at the Cal Bears Examiner has recognized a select number of Cal Blogs as the Best of the Blogosphere. BearswithFangs was fortunate enough to be selected as one of them. Here's the excerpt about the site: "Bears With Fangs - This site might have the best logo. I don't know about you, but there's something about images of Bears getting the better of Ducks and Vol's that warms my heart. This site takes care of getting their readers informed, and they don't pull punches... Read Full Story

It's time for this week's helmet stickers. Dah. I feel like Mark May. Wait...I'm not a busta. Nevermind. Offensive Player of the Game: Nate Longshore Considering how anemic Cal's offense was at times on Saturday, it's a bit difficult to find a clear cut winner for the offensive game ball. If I could, I would pull a Voltron transformation and combine the entire offensive line into one super huge O-line man, just to give them the game ball. Because man, were they dominant on Saturday... Read Full Story

After the QB battle between incumbent starter Nate Longshore and redshirt sophomore Kevin Riley had seemingly been slammed shut after Longshore's second interception in the Michigan State opener, the door has been pried open a bit after Saturday's game. Despite an efficient performance against Michigan State, and a stat-popping 4th quarter against Maryland, Kevin Riley has struggled the past number of weeks, and more importantly, has struggled to lead the offense to any level of consistency... Read Full Story

Well, Cal wins big 42-7 over Colorado State, but few Cal fans will tell you like they’re feeling very big after the weekend. Despite excellent play from Cal’s defensive, and some big plays from Special Teams, Cal struggled to move the ball on offense on numerous occasions, and lost a few key players to injury. Let’s dive right into it. Injury Update The most notable story is Jahvid Best being out with a dislocated elbow after awkwardly falling to the turf on a tackle in the third quarter... Read Full Story

Alright, I'm back with my keys to the game. Cal has a number of things to address coming off a bye week and a disappointing upset loss to Maryland. Let's see what the areas of focus will need to be tomorrow. Confuse Farris. Senior first year starting QB Billy Farris is heating up at the right time. Farris is coming off of an excellent game against Houston in which he completed 73% of his passes for 276 yards, 2 TDs and no INTs, and is currently second in the Mountain West Conference... Read Full Story

Since we’re coming off a bye week, I thought it could serve everyone a little bit of good to freshen up or in most people’s cases, learn about our upcoming opponent, Colorado State. Stay tuned for my normal Keys to the Game feature tomorrow, which will hone in on areas Cal will have to be successful with, as well as some of the Rams’ special players. Also, California Golden Blogs features a nice Colorado State Question and Answer post for ya’ll to enjoy. And as usual, Ken Crawford at... Read Full Story

So for the first time ever, Cal will produce and sell custom Cal jerseys. Ironically, they decided to do this the year they removed all the names from the players' jerseys. I suspect Kevin Riley will be getting in line for his own custom made Kevin Riley jersey. The only caveat is that no names of current student athletes or coaches can be used. So if your last name is Longshore or Tedford, you're out of luck buddy. You can purchase your jersey here. Read Full Story