Golden Nuggets of the Day: 8.25.2009

Today's post has plenty of follow-up on yesterday's big announcement including comments by Tedford, Marvin Jones, and the starting quarterback himself, Kevin Riley.  Rivals and Ted Miller take a look ahead towards important games for Cal as well as what Cal hopes to accomplish this year.  Sports illustrated has a great interview with Patrick Christopher.  Also men's soccer gets some lofty preseason rankings and we learn about what exactly is a "Bak Bizzle."

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One more administrative note in case you missed the inaugural Golden Nuggets post: this differs from the traditional DBD (Daily Bear Dump) in that the Nuggets post is a concise collection of Cal stories from the day.  While readers post Cal stories throughout the day in the DBD, this is the place where they are gathered up and posted together.  If you only have a few minutes to spare, you can check this post instead of trying to gather stories by wading through a 500+ comment DBD.

• Kevin Riley's accuracy, consistency, and experience led Tedford to name him as the team's starting quarterback.  Riley and Marvin Jones talk about Riley's role as the starter.  Here is a full list of post-practice quotes from Riley, Jones, and Tedford.  Although Tedford says all of the team's quarterbacks have been great he has no plans to play Mansion in the first game like he did with Nate against Michigan State last year.  Cal places fourth in Ted Miller's list of Pac-10 quarterbacks.
• Jonathan Okanes has some notes on yesterday's practice. Best will return to full capacity Wednesday and the linebackers' depth chart is slowly falling into place.
• USC at Cal is Rivals.com's 9th most exciting game this season.
• Ted Miller anticipates who will win various Pac-10 awards this season.  Among the expected recipients are Best (offensive player of the year), Tedford (coach of the year), and USC at Cal (game of the year).
• Sports Illustrated interviews senior guard Pat Christopher on topics ranging from shoes to the tough preseason schedule to his own poetry to freshman Bak Bak (who has a special nickname from PC).
• Men's soccer consistently ranks in the top-10 in various preseason rankings.