CGB Pre-Season: UC Davis Roundtable
by TwistNHook on Jul 30, 2010 12:00 PM PDT
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Well, it's the second most wonderful time of the year! The Pre-Season! Let's start taking a look at the *gasp* season with our initial foray into 2010 football: UC Davis.
TwistNHook: Well, football season is approaching and we should start to take a look at the teams we play and team we have.
First up, we have the UC Davis Aggies. Unlike some of the other C teams that we play, like Portland State, there are many people who have strong relationships to both UC Davis and Cal. I know several people who have degrees from both and there are many who grow up in the Bay Area as Cal fans who go to UC Davis, which is a great academic institution.
But now, you gotta choose! Cal or UCDavis! You can't root for both, people! I choose Cal!
I especially think that Cal will win since UC Davis' QB transferred recently:
DAVIS, Calif. - After extended reflection, UC Davis quarterback Greg Denham has decided to not return for the 2010 season in order to pursue a career in the ministry, it was announced on Thursday by head coach Bob Biggs.
Denham, from nearby Auburn, Calif., would've been a senior during the upcoming campaign after starting each of the last two years. He's thrown for 6,435 yards and 46 touchdowns during his career and has eight 300-yard games including a career-high 434 in the 2008 season finale against the University of San Diego.
So, what do you think about the UC Davis game this year?
Pac-10 Media Day, Part I: At Least Yellow Fever Was On Time
by Berkelium97 on Jul 30, 2010 3:00 AM PDT
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Yellow Fever may be the worst journalist ever, but at least he can get to events on time. Last year the Pac-10 Media Day was at the Sheraton LAX, about 50 miles from where I live. I took me an hour to get there, but I allowed myself about an hour and a half to get there. The Rose Bowl is also about 50 miles from where I live. Surely it couldn't take that much longer to get there, right? Surely it cannot take any longer than 2 hours and 15 minutes, right? Nope.
Eventually I did arrive at the 2010 Pac-10 Media Day and it proved to be an entertaining, eventful, and annoyingly hot day. I talked to the Almighty Tedford, I talked to The Prophet, and I even briefly talked to Uncle Ted. The event had its ups and downs, but overall it was an enjoyable experience. Next year I'll try to get there early again. If I fail, we'll be forced to do the unthinkable: send TwistNHook to represent us.
In Part I of my experience at Media Day we'll look at the first block of press conferences (including Cal!), the unique setting for this year's conference, and the goodies they handed out to us. If you're interested in another perspective, check out ConquestChronicle's coverage of the event.
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Golden Nuggets: Pac-12 Division Meeting Tomorrow
by Berkelium97 on Jul 29, 2010 5:00 PM PDT
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Check out the all-new CalBears.com site. It's a rare combination where a website manages to improve both form and function.
Fewer than twenty four hours from the meeting on how to divide the Pac-12, some details are becoming clearer. Regardless of the decisions made tomorrow, nothing will be finalized until at least October.
In the current 10-team league, every team plays either at USC or at UCLA every year. Once Colorado and Utah transform the league from the Pac-10 to the Pac-12, the league will split into two divisions in order to stage a conference championship game.
Scott said they have looked at three basic models: geographic divisions, the so-called "zipper" divisions, in which each of the six geographic pairings (Arizona-Arizona State, USC-UCLA, Stanford-Cal, Oregon-Oregon State, Washington-Washington State, Colorado-Utah) would be separated, or a hybrid of the two ideas.
Whatever the makeup of the divisions, Scott said, "If you're going to play nine conference games, you'll play five in your division and four out of six teams in the other division. You're going to play an L.A. team every year and you're going to get to L.A. at least two of every three years."
One issue with the "zipper" plan, Scott said, is that the rivalry games played in the last couple of weeks of the season would become inter-division games. That introduces the possibility of rematches in the Pac-12 Championship Game. To solve that issue, Scott said, the league will discuss moving those rivalries to the middle of the season.
After the jump Tedford speaks at media day, Cal is picked to finish 7th, and more.
Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports talking with the Pac-10 commish on Media Day about what happened with Pac-10 expansion.
Translation: I am a genius (although I'm interested to find out what the Big Ten angle is on all of this).
36 Teams 'til Kickoff: California
Thanks again to Kodiak and NorCalNick for your insight regarding the Golden Bears upcoming season!
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Check out our leading receivers making sweet music off the field on SB Nation Bay Area!
2010 Pac-10 Media Day Open Thread
by Avinash on Jul 29, 2010 3:00 AM PDT
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Berkelium will be at Pac-10 Media Day providing his insights, dispatches, and reports, and every new update will appear on the liveblog. This is a little bit easier for us than updating the site with every new Tweet. Mods/editors will also be hanging in the live-blog to provide our own unique take on the events unfolding in Pasadena. So tag along in the comments section! [TwistNHook Note: I am too stupid to figure out this CoverItLive thing, so I'll be down there, too, with the rest of the plebes!]
Also Tweets from other luminaries at the Rose Bowl like Ted Miller and Bruce Feldman will appear on the liveblog with their own insights. WILL BERKELIUM WIN THIS TWEET-OFF?
Live-blog starts at 9 AM. Until then, just chill around.
After the jump, check the official calendar of events.
Jerome Randle Reportedly To Play In Turkey
by Avinash on Jul 28, 2010 4:40 PM PDT
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At least I think they're calling him the Super Squirt.
Former Cal star Jerome Randle has reached an agreement to sign with a professional basketball team team in Turkey, according to Turkbasket.com. Randle will sign with Petkim Aliaga, which begins its season in mid-October.
The headline of the article refers to Randle as Super Squirt, and we assume it was an accurate translation.
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Randle reportedly was considering signing with Partizan, a Serbian team, but apparently has decided instead to sign with the team in Turkey.
At least Randle will have Patrick Christopher nearby, as he also has signed with a Turkish team for the next season. I can't imagine this is where Randle wanted to end up, but I assume he'll use this as an opportunity to develop himself for another league audition for next summer. And the money in Europe is way better than the money in the D-League.
Good luck Jerome! Hopefully we'll see you soon enough.
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