Golden Nuggets: Cal's "hard-fought loss" to Arizona

After Saturday's loss against Arizona, select Golden Bears participated in the routine post-game press conference; for our complete coverage of player quotes, follow us @GoldenBlogs!

With his eighth loss on the season, the wear seems to be showing on Coach Sonny Dykes:

Sonny at podium now, looks spent & is hoarse: "hard fought loss... defensively we did some good things, didnt make enough plays offensively"

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) November 2, 2013

Though Cal was able to start the game driving for a touchdown, the Golden Bears exhibited the characteristic slow start offensively to the kick-off the second half, which Dykes addressed:

Sonny was asked about slow starts in 1st & 2nd halves: "it's something we've talked about, it's disppointing"

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) November 2, 2013

According to QB Jared Goff, our best offensive output since non-conference play may be attributed to better play and cohesion on the offensive line.

Jared re OL: "really starting to come together, best game so far"

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) November 2, 2013

You can check out post-game interviews from the offense (Goff and WR Kenny Lawler) and the defense (LB Hardy Nickerson, Jr) and don't forget to check out some of the links below to see how the other Cal squads are doing!

Men's Basketball

• Cal performed well in an exhibition win over Humboldt State

Women's Basketball

• The Golden Bears will be starting the season ranked ninth in the nation
• Cal defeated Vanguard in Friday's exhibition

Cross Country

• Cal finished ninth--led by Kelsey Santisteban's third-place finish--at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships

Volleyball

• In Cal's(13–7, 6–5 Pac-12) first week as a ranked team (no. 22), we lost in four sets to no. 4 USC

Men's Soccer

• Victory for the no. 1–ranked Golden Bears (11–1–2, 5–0–1 Pac-12) that defeated SDSU

Women's Soccer

• Senior goalie Emily Kruger was named to the 2013 Capital One All-Academic District 8 Second Team
• Washington State defeated Cal (9–4–5, 2–4–3 Pac-12), which is in the middle of a rough patch of nonstop road games

Men's Swimming and Diving

• No. 3 Cal was victorious over No. 18 Wisconsin, 151–131

Women's Swimming and Diving

• Not to be outdone, the no. 1 Golden Bears defeated the Badgers 163–111

Rugby

• Cal dominated its pool at the PAC Sevens Tournament, outscoring opponents (USC, Washington, Colorado, and ASU) with 28 tries to their 3

Men's Water Polo

• The fifth-ranked Golden Bears (13–5, 2–2 in conference) were unable to rank the no. 2 Bruins

Field Hockey

• The sturdy Golden Bear (6–11, 2–4 NorPac) challenged no. 11 Furd to the limit, losing in overtime

Football

• Game recaps by CalBears.com and the AP
• As one final treat from Halloween, check out this prank featuring LB Lucas King:

• DT Austin Clark and P Cole Leininger are your Scholar Athletes of the Week
• A classic clip featuring Tom Hanks professing his love for his hometown Bears
• The future may be bright for the Bear Raid; a Texan newspaper notes Cal is "the early leader" for the no. 1 quarterback in next year's class, Josh Rosen
• Jon "Cal's biggest fan" Wilner gives AD Sandy Barbour a performance review and it isn't pretty