3 months ago Article 8 comments

Cal Football: Sonny Dykes Contract Averages $1.94 Million Per Year

Find out the terms of Sonny Dykes's deal and the bonuses he can make through strong academic and athletic performance by his Cal football team.

4 months ago Video 57 comments

VIDEO: Sonny Dykes Talks Cal Football

Sonny Dykes talks about what the first few weeks of being the California Golden Bears football head coach have been like!

4 months ago Article 55 comments

Cal Football Coaching Staff Complete: Garret Chachere, Defensive Ends

Sonny Dykes has hired his final assistant for the Cal coaching staff. Southern Miss TE/ST coach Garret Chachere will coach defensive ends. Zach Yenser was also officially hired to coach the offensive line.

4 months ago Article 203 comments

Cal football schedule released for 2013

Cal has plenty of tough teams they play in 2013 like Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon and Stanford, but a not too awful schedule, with seven of the first ten games at home.

4 months ago Article 61 comments

Cal Football Coaching Staff Updates: Tony Franklin Takes Quarterbacks, Andy Buh Linebackers

The California Golden Bears have hired most of their new coaches. Let's take a look at some of the other details and other moves on the operations and administrative staff.

5 months ago Article 34 comments

Cal Offensive Line Coach: Zach Yenser Reportedly Hired

The California Golden Bears have reportedly agreed to bring on Louisiana Tech offensive assistant Zach Yenser on as the new offensive line coach. This will be Yenser's first stint as O-line coach.

5 months ago Article 35 comments

Golden Nuggets: SBNation Grades All FBS Coaching Hires, Gives Sonny Dykes a B

SBNation hands out grades to all 26 teams hiring coaches this offseason.

5 months ago Article 18 comments

Sonny Dykes Q&A with Viva The Matadors

New Cal football coach Sonny Dykes is a familiar name in Texas Tech Red Raider country. Viva The Matadors' leading Red Raider, Seth C, gives us his answers to our questions about Coach Dykes.

5 months ago Article 29 comments

Cal Offensive Line Coach: Texas Tech Interim HC Chris Thomsen The Target?

Has Sonny Dykes found his offensive line coach? Cal appears to be targeting Texas Tech interim head coach Chris Thomsen.

5 months ago Article 38 comments

Cal Reportedly Will Hire Barry Sacks As Defensive Line Coach

The California Golden Bears continue to round out their coaching staff, as Andy Buh will bring Nevada defensive line coach Barry Sacks with him in the same capacity at Cal.

5 months ago Article 126 comments

It's Always Sonny In California: Sonny Dykes Confirms Open Practices, Open Injuries, Open Everything

Sonny Dykes continues to say things that should please the Cal fanbase, like open practices, open injuries, and embracing the University brand. Dykes also announced the hiring of Andy Buh as defensive coordinator.

5 months ago Article 42 comments

A Film Analysis of Sonny Dykes' Diamond Formation, Part Two: Baiting the Defense

This is the second part in our analysis of how Sonny Dykes and Tony Franklin use the diamond formation in the red zone. Today we look at how they fake the run to open up the field.

5 months ago Article 37 comments

A Film Analysis of Sonny Dykes' Diamond Formation, Part One: The Numbers Game

This is the first of two analyses of how the Sonny Dykes/Tony Franklin offense uses the diamond formation in the red zone. Today we look at how they use Texas A&M's defensive alignments against them.

5 months ago Article 15 comments

Cal Bears In The Twitterverse: Reactions To Sonny Dykes, Ron Gould

How did players and alumni react to the hire of Sonny Dykes and his coaching staff and the release of Ron Gould?

5 months ago Article 301 comments

Wisconsin Linebackers Coach Andy Buh To Become Next Cal Defensive Coordinator

If it is on the internet, IT HAS TO BE TRUE!

5 months ago Article 3 comments

Mark Tommerdahl Named Cal Special Teams & Inside Recievers Coach

Sonny Dykes brings another La Tech coach, hiring Mark Tommerdahl to lead the Cal special teams and the inside receivers.

5 months ago Article 29 comments

It's Official: Pierre Ingram Named Running Backs Coach

Cal has now admitted officially what everybody pretty much already knew!

5 months ago Article 54 comments

Tony Franklin Q+A With Auburn Writer DMiller over at College And Magnolia

This guy is our new Offensive Coordinator. Let's learn more about him from other fans who have had the Tony Franklin experience!

5 months ago Video 167 comments

Sonny Dykes welcomes us all to Cal football’s new atmosphere

Cal head coach Sonny Dykes seems to be a perfect fit for his new job in Berkeley. Check out our interview with Coach Dykes in the video above!

5 months ago Article 117 comments

Dykes Debate Part 1: Is Sonny The Right Man For Cal?

Two men enter, then both leave after a mutually respectful conversation about the direction of the Cal football program. TO THE EXTREME!

5 months ago Article 255 comments

Cal Coaching Update: Tony Franklin & Rob Likens Hired

More Coaching News!

5 months ago Article 78 comments

Report: Louisiana Tech's Mark Tommerdahl To Be Cal Special Teams Coach

Louisiana Tech coach Mark Tommerdahl will be joining Cal definitely as the special teams coach and maybe also as inside receivers coach.

5 months ago Article 366 comments

Cal Coaching Staff: Ron Gould, Tedford Holdovers Will Not Be Returning

Sonny Dykes will not bring back Cal running back coach Ron Gould, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Jim Michalczik, wide receivers coach Wes Chandler, quarterback coach Marcus Arroyo, and secondary coach Ashley Ambrose.

5 months ago Article 33 comments

Which Folksy Downhome Aphorisms Should Sonny Dykes Use?

It's not insulting, because I have a southern friend! We met at the Cracker Barrel

5 months ago Article 80 comments

Colorado To Hire San Jose State's Mike MacIntyre

How does this tip the scales in the Pac-12?

5 months ago Article 41 comments

So what about that Sonny Dykes? Q&A with Arizona Desert Swarm

New Cal head football coach Sonny Dykes is new to the Pac-12, but he is familiar with the old Pac-10, from his days as offensive coordinator of the Arizona Wildcats. The Arizona Desert Swarm blog gives us the lowdown on their experience with Coach Dykes.

5 months ago Article 112 comments

Golden Nuggets: Allan Bridgford is Excited to Learn Sonny Dykes' Bear Raid Offense

Allan Bridgford expresses his excitement to run the Bear Raid and talks about how Dykes can change the team's academics and discipline issues.

5 months ago Article 41 comments

Texas Tech Job Opens, But Sonny Dykes Isn't Going Anywhere

Don't worry about Sonny Dykes and Texas Tech despite the Red Raiders job opening up with the departure of Tommy Tuberville. He's our Cal coach now.

5 months ago Article 133 comments

Bear Raid Is On: Tony Franklin Joins Sonny Dykes As Cal Offensive Coordinator

The Bear Raid is on. Cal is reportedly hiring Louisiana Tech offensive coordinator Tony Franklin to join Sonny Dykes.

5 months ago Video 120 comments

It's Always Sonny In California: Cal Introduces Sonny Dykes

It's always Sonny in California! A look into the Sonny Dykes press conference introducing him as the new head coach at Cal, with video, photos, and full transcript.

6 months ago Article 309 comments

Sonny Dykes Says His Chief Task is to "Hire The Best Defensive Coordinator I Can Find"

Coach Dykes held his first press conference since joining the Bears. He covered a variety of topics and addressed several issues that many of us worried about when we heard he was hired.

6 months ago Article 952 comments

Sonny Dykes Holds His First Press Conference at Cal

For the first time in 11 years Cal football has a new face. Tune in as Sonny Dykes addresses the Cal media for the first time.

6 months ago Article 891 comments

What are your thoughts on the Sonny Dykes hiring?

Whatcha think and if you were to give it a grade, what would it be?

6 months ago Article 1022 comments

Sonny Dykes To Cal Is Official

Cal Athletics has released an official statement: Sonny Dykes is the next head coach of the California Golden Bears.

6 months ago Article 1063 comments

BREAKING NEWS: Cal Reportedly Hires Sonny Dykes As Their Next Head Coach

Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes is reportedly the next head coach at Cal.

6 months ago Article 146 comments

Cal Coaching Candidates: Sonny Dykes

We continue our nationwide search for candidates for Cal's next head coaching position. Today we look at one of the nation's top offensive minds, Sonny Dykes.