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Interview with new California Golden Bear Coleman Edmond
by TwistNHook on Feb 9, 2010 3:00 AM PST
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In 2007, Cal had a triumvirate of wide receivers, Robert Jordan, Lavelle "The Hawk" Hawkins, and DeSean "Tha1" Jackson. Unfortunately, after that year, they were gone to the NFL. I don't think it would be controversial to say that Cal has not quite had that same level of play since. We've got some new WR recruits that, alongside our current WRs, hope to change that. Coleman Edmond is one such recruit! It's been a long time coming for him. Check out his story here:
This was some trip from Ulster County to northern California.
Edmond, who played quarterback and running back at Kingston in 2005, left the school to attend Harmony Community prep school in Cincinnati. He accepted a scholarship offer from Division I-AA Wagner and red-shirted in the fall of '07.
Edmond left Wagner after a year and came up with a plan to go West. Edmond, a wide receiver and kickoff returner, enrolled at UCLA in the fall of '08 and ran on the track team that spring to try to get the attention of UCLA's football staff. He was a standout sprinter on the track team at Kingston.
"I always wanted to go to a bigger school," said Edmond, who is 6-foot-2, 210 pounds. "I couldn't just sit back, I needed to follow my dream. I was just trying to get to the top, and you only live once."
While at UCLA, running the 100- and 200-meter dashes, Edmond walked into the Bruins' director of football operations office and told Steven Radicevic he wanted to walk on. According to Edmond, Radicevic laughed at him.
However, Edmond, 21, persuaded UCLA to allow him to participate during summer workouts last summer. According to Edmond, UCLA told him they didn't have any scholarship money for him. He had already taken $35,000 in loans to pay for one year of school in Westwood.
"I was devastated, I thought the summer workouts went well," Edmond said. "As well as I did, I thought they would have picked me up right away."
Edmond ended up at Pierce this past fall with the help of defensive coordinator Jeff Phillips, who coached at Wagner during Edmond's short time there. Edmond starred at Pierce, making 37 receptions, including nine for touchdowns, and amassing 1,584 all-purpose yards. He returned a kickoff and a punt for a touchdown.
In one game, a 62-55 overtime win over West Los Angeles Community College last fall, the opposition kicked the ball away from Edmond a dozen times.
Edmond ended up at UCLA, running track, hoping to get a spot on the football team. Even though I am still able to tag him in this post as a UCLA WR, it didn't work out there. Now he has a second chance, via Pierce Community College, to play Pac10 football. Here's hoping the UCLA fans say "Oh, what could have been" over the next few years!
Edmond is a man smart enough to make it into two separate elite UC schools. Despite that intelligence, he agreed to an interview with CGB. After the fold, learn more about one of the newest Golden Bears, Coleman Edmond. Many thanks to Coleman for his effort here, we really appreciate it. Good luck to him and GO BEARS!
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Tosh Lupoi named Rivals Recruiter of the Year
"While recruiting is a team effort and the whole staff played vital roles in our recruiting success, Tosh is worthy of being recognized as doing an exceptional job," Bears coach Jeff Tedford said. "His dedication to develop strong relationships and communicate the great opportunities that Cal provides makes him a very strong recruiter."
Lupoi was involved in signing many of Cal’s top recruits, including Chris Martin, Keenan Allen, Nick Forbes, Gabe King, Cecil Whiteside and Chris McCain.
Go Tosh! (HT chowder)
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Golden Nuggets: Crabbe Excels on the Court and in the Classroom
by Berkelium97 on Feb 8, 2010 5:00 PM PST
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Cal basketball recruit Allen Crabbe has shown great development over the past season.
At tiny Los Angeles Price, a school of kindergarten through 12th grade in the sprawling Crenshaw Christian Center, Allen Crabbe is the boy everyone has seen grow up before their eyes.
His grandfather, the Rev. Frederick K.C. Price, is the founder of the school. Crabbe has been a Price ball boy or student seemingly forever. When Price was winning five state Division V basketball championships in the last decade, he was preparing for his chance to join in the fun.
Now he has grown to 6 feet 6, makes three-point baskets as if they were free throws and has the skills to win any dunk contest. He also has a 3.5 grade-point average, has signed with California and has developed into one of the best players in the state.
"He's a zero-maintenance kid," Coach Michael Lynch said. "He's constantly in the gym. I don't ever have to think about him."
Crabbe has always been able to shoot and score, but he grew two inches and gained 10 pounds since his junior year, and the added strength has elevated his game. He is averaging 23 points and nearly 11 rebounds in leading Price to a 22-2 record with one week remaining in the regular season.
"Adding that strength to his game has really taken it to another level," Lynch said. "His mid-range game has just blown up. He's posting smaller people, where he wouldn't in the past. His game has just blossomed."
Said Crabbe: "It gives you more confidence when you know you have that strength to go up against other opponents."
In recent weeks, Crabbe has scored 38 points twice, against Ventura and Los Angeles Crenshaw. But it's his leadership that Lynch has appreciated most.
"When we've needed him to come through, he's been telling the team, 'Come on, guys, we can do this,' " Lynch said.
There's no better example for what a teenager can accomplish when combining athletics and academics than Crabbe, who has used his twin focus to put himself in position to have a bright future.
Talking about his many years attending Price, Crabbe said, "It's like a big family. You have teachers who care for you and always want you to do good and succeed in life. They're always on top of you, even if it's a little homework assignment you missed. They emphasize it's very important to get your work done, because you can have sports but without an education, you can't do anything."
While Price is heavily favored to win a Southern Section Division 4AA championship, the Knights won't consider it a successful season without a state title.
"Everybody's hungry," Crabbe said. "We've been to the game before the state championship and come up short."
After the jump Ted Miller looks ahead to the 2010 season, basketball continues to be respected by the computers, and the rest of Cal sports enjoy a relatively successful weekend.
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Interview with New California Golden Bear Chris Adcock
by TwistNHook on Feb 8, 2010 3:00 AM PST
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On February 3, 2009, offensive lineman Chris Adcock sent in his Letter Of Intent to enroll at Cal and play for the Golden Bears. He played left tackle, deep snapper, and defensive tackle at the high school level. My understanding is that they are looking for him to play Center eventually at Cal. It looks like he has a lot of versatility and the intelligence to pick up several positions. From his official website (linked above), check this out:
GPA-4.0, Ranked 1st in class.
SAT= Verbal and Math =1420/1600, Math=760/800
Ok, those were better numbers than I had applying to Cal! And I completely lack any athletic skill. This guy is the total package! And, to illustrate his intelligence, he agreed to do an interview with the California Golden Blogs. After the jump, see his thoughts on why he chose Cal, who his friends on the team are, and his thoughts on becoming one of the newest Bears. Many thanks to Chris Adcock for his time here! Welcome aboard, Chris! GO BEARS!
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Golden Nuggets: Cal Reclaims First Place in Pac-10 Standings
by Berkelium97 on Feb 7, 2010 7:00 PM PST
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After the 25-0 fiasco on Thursday, Cal showed some much needed toughness and resilience in its win over UCLA.
"We've been losing games down the stretch," point guard Jerome Randle said, "so we wanted to be aggressive and get a big lead this time."
Patrick Christopher and Theo Robertson each scored 20 points, as Randle (14 points, six assists) took his foot off the pedal and calmly led the offense against UCLA's zone defense.
Cal is now 14-0 when it shoots over 46 percent.
"We started slowly, made a couple of substitutions, got some energy and started playing very well," Cal coach Mike Montgomery said. "Jerome did a marvelous job running the team. He was patient and never panicked."
The Bruins (11-12, 6-5) scored on 10 of 11 possessions early and led 22-8 eight minutes in.
That's when reserves Markhuri Sanders-Frison and Omondi Amoke gave the Bears a push, literally, around the glass and defensively.
After Montgomery had gone small and started third guard Jorge Gutierrez, Sanders-Frison and Amoke turned the game around with 12 rebounds, seven offensive. Cal outrebounded UCLA 31-23.
"That's my job, to bring some energy and be the enforcer," said the 6-foot-8, 275-pound Sanders-Frison, who also had six points and a steal in 25 minutes.
He has been bothered by back spasms and foul trouble, but he only had one foul Saturday - "a record," he said, smiling.
Sanders-Frison went barreling over a cameraman in the second half, this after he butted heads with UCLA bruiser Reeves Nelson early. Nelson, ineffective the rest of the game, was diagnosed with a concussion afterward.
Two days earlier, it was Cal that was jarred, outscored 25-0 at one point in a loss at USC. But the Bears had their own 25-point margin, a 33-8 run, against the Bruins.
After the jump we have more on Cal's win over UCLA and a recap of women's basketball's bizarre loss to UCLA (a game that was scoreless 10 minutes in).
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Super Bowl Open Thread
by Berkelium97 on Feb 7, 2010 3:01 PM PST
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Use this thread to discuss the game, commercials, and, if you really feel like it, you can discuss the halftime show here too.
If you don't know who to root for, remember that former Bear Scott Fujita plays for the Saints.
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Cal Bears Avenge Loss to Bruins, Come Home In First Place
by ragnarok on Feb 7, 2010 3:09 AM PST
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Well, it wasn't how you draw it up, but the Bears are returning home off a tough four-game road trip in sole possession of first place, so I for one can't complain too much.
Looking at the four-game stretch of @ASU, @Arizona, @USC, @UCLA a couple weeks ago, it seemed that an unlikely 4-0 performance would give them complete control of the Pac-10, 3-1 would set them up nicely, 2-2 is where things would get dicey, and 1-3 or worse and ... well, that didn't happen, so I don't want to talk about it. Turns out, I underestimated the mediocrity of this conference, where merely splitting on the road and waiting for all your rivals to lose is apparently a winning strategy.
But before I get lost in big-picture analysis, there's the little matter of the Bears pulling out a rare win in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday to discuss. Now, this may be one of the most talent-starved Bruin teams we've seen in quite some time, a young team that has yet to see the high side of .500 this season, but a win in Pauley is still a win on the road against a team that came into the game tied for first place. The outcome was not a given, and given the way the Bears opened up the game, for a time it looked doubtful.
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Cal-UCLA Postgame Thread: Bears Wreck Bruins in Pauley
by Avinash on Feb 6, 2010 3:35 PM PST
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To discuss what appears to be the ugliest women's basketball game ever, click here for the Cal-UCLA women's open thread.
Well, 2-2 was where most of thought this team would be on this road visit. It wasn't exactly ideal basketball after the ASU victory, but I guess if you get the opportunity to win in Pauley by double digits, you'll take it and run with it. Robertson, Christopher and Randle all brought the best of their games for the final 30 minutes, and the defensive intensity and ball movement were superb. We've finally gutted those little Bruins.
Five questions to ponder about this road trip:
1) Was it a successful road trip?
2) Which team will give us the most trouble the rest of the way?
3) Who played the best on this road trip? Who needs some work?
4) What are the key adjustments Mike Montgomery has to make down the stretch?
5) How much fun was it to FINALLY beat UCLA?
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