Golden Nuggets: QB Bridgford Has Been Injured for Almost Four Months

by Berkelium97 on Dec 30, 2009 5:00 PM PST in Golden Nuggets

Apparently Cal's freshman QB Allan Bridgford hasn't been practicing in months. I was surprised that this was just now made public. This seems to explain why Wertenberger was working so much with the scout team.

Freshman quarterback Allan Bridgford suffered a shoulder injury while lifting weights around the third week of the season and has been shut down ever since. Bridgford, like most incoming freshman, began the season as the scout team quarterback but that was cut short because of the injury. Bridgford should be ready to return by the beginning of spring practice, but it is unclear how viable he will be if Jeff Tedford opens the quarterback position back up.

After the jump we have recaps/analysis and post-game quotes from basketball's 88-67 win over UCSB, Pac-10 predictions, a look at Monty's four recruits, and more.

Cal Football

Wilner comments on Alamar's dismissal, saying it probably shouldn't be the only change made on the team.

Cal Basketball

Cal cruised to an easy 88-67 win over UCSB last night. Those who saw the game saw the tallest matchup in Haas Pavilion history, with 7'2" Zhang taking on the supposedly 7'2" Greg Somogyi (who looked a little shorter than Max). Farudo's live thread is a good look at how the game progressed over the first half. He couldn't provide many updates during the second half.
In his post-game comments Monty says his team needs to avoid becoming complacent when they have a large lead. Additionally, he told Max that he needs to rebound more aggressively if he wants to continue playing quality minutes.
In a down year for the Pac-10, Farudo thinks Cal's lack of size won't prevent them from winning the conference. He says they have the shooters and coaching necessary to take home the Pac-10 crown. Seattle Times writer Percy Allen thinks Washington will win the conference with defense and a deep rotation. He says we haven't seen Cal's potential due to injuries. SFGate predicts Cal will finish second in the conference, as they lack a presence inside.
Farudo gives us an update on Cal's four-man recruiting class.

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Unsurprisingly Wilner doesn’t actually get into the specifics of what changes should or could be made because he’s making shit up.

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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Dec 30, 2009 5:27 PM PST reply actions

Thankfully Tedford closed practices keeping this news from coming out and not letting teams know that there was no 4th string QB option other than a walk on.

by turkey on Dec 30, 2009 7:01 PM PST reply actions

Is this a complaint against Tedford for not disclosing player injuries? I don’t know if you know this or not, and perhaps many people don’t, but the players themselves are the ones with the sole power to decide whether their injuries will go public – not the coach. Perhaps this is why this news never came out.

So let’s all try and remember that not all players want their injuries publicly known and that it isn’t always the coaches who are keeping fans in the dark.

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by HydroTech on Dec 30, 2009 11:15 PM PST up reply actions

fine, ruin my snarky humor :)

by turkey on Dec 31, 2009 12:49 AM PST up reply actions

I couldn’t tell if you were being serious or funny. I’m sorry. But players can sign waivers which all coaches to speak about their injuries publicly. If the players do not, then the coaches can’t speak about the injuries. That little bit of info came out back in 2007 when Longshore got injured.

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by HydroTech on Dec 31, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions

From the SFgate article

2. Cal (8-4): The Bears have three of the best shooters in the country in Jerome Randle, Patrick Christopher and Theo Robertson. But there’s not much inside.

There’s this guy, Jamal Boykin? He’s pretty good, a senior, averaging 12 points and 7 rebounds per game?

Course, the article lost credibility by having Arizona ahead of ASU in the rankings.

The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS

by norcalnick on Dec 30, 2009 10:01 PM PST reply actions

Well, if you look at our roster, you see either physically suspect centers (MSF is kinda short and can’t jump, and Max is still a beanpole) and undersized power forwards. On that analysis alone, we’re thin inside. But you know what? Who in the Pac-10 is going to be able to exploit that? What dominating big men are out there?

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Dec 31, 2009 12:04 AM PST up reply actions

Natalie Coughlin is going to be one of the guest judges on the Iron Chef Showdown featuring the White House Garden next week

by LeonPowe on Dec 30, 2009 11:34 PM PST reply actions

Does anyone know if the shoulder injury is to his throwing arm?

by chowder on Dec 31, 2009 5:32 AM PST reply actions

I just asked YO in a comment to his post. Hopefully, he’ll answer soon.

Praise be to Tedford!

by Ohio Bear on Dec 31, 2009 7:31 AM PST up reply actions

Nobody knew Bridgeford was hurt?

Huh. I assumed everyone knew…

I've been Honked...

by giantfan5 on Dec 31, 2009 10:22 AM PST reply actions

yeah, if only we knew someone who saw practices firsthand and could relay us this sort of information which has been sorely lacking since practice closed!! you know anyone like that? no? aw dang.

So what can you say?

by Spazzy Mcgee on Dec 31, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions

I played against UCSB’s 7’2’’ guy in HS. I think he blocked me 4 times. It was painful.

by boomtho on Dec 31, 2009 3:28 PM PST reply actions

You don’t happen to be Rod Benson… do you?

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Dec 31, 2009 7:01 PM PST up reply actions

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