Golden Nuggets: Playing at Autzen "will be fun" and one Cal squad is ranked first

We all know about Cal's infamously hard schedule and the Bears are gearing up for their first road game, against the second-ranked Ducks in the madhouse that is Autzen. The team addressed some of these issues at today's press conference:

.@CALCoachDykes, "I enjoy coaching on the road, I look forward to it. It allows us a little more time to focus." on the first away game.

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) September 24, 2013

Running back/Bone Lucas Gingold said the following about our Bear Raid field leader making his first college road start in such a hostile environment:

On Jared Goff playing his first road game, "He has always handled pressure really well, I was surprised how composed he has been."

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) September 24, 2013

When it was Goff's turn, he seemed as calm as he usually is:

.@jaredgoff "Going to treat it like every other game, I think going on the road will be fun." on his first road game.

— Cal Football (@CalFootball) September 24, 2013

For more from the Bears, including addressing the need to stop our slow starts and the importance of putting up points against the Ducks doom-machine, check out @CalFootball.

Check out what's going on with the other Cal teams in the links below (including one squad being named the no. 1 team in the nation) and enjoy a time-lapse video of gorgeous Berkeley.

Cal Athletics

• Cal student-athletes will be participating in discussions about issues with drugs and violence towards women

Women's Soccer

• The Golden Bears were victorious over St. Mary's thanks to a hat trick by Samantha Witteman

Men's Soccer

• The undefeated men's team defeated Charleston
• Oh, and our Bears are just the number-one team in the country. No big deal or anything.

Men's Water Polo

• After a great start to the NorPac Invitational, Cal lost in the semifinals to UCLA followed by a loss to Stanfurd in the third-place match

Women's Basketball

• Layshia Clarendon and the Indiana Fever have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a win over the top-seeded Chicago Sky
• Some changes are being made in determining which sites host March Madness

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) September 23, 2013

Men's Tennis

• Nikhil Jayashankar lost in the playoffs on the final day of the Audi Napa Valley Tennis Classic

Women's Volleyball

• It's time for the Big Spike!

Lacrosse

• Head Coach Ginger Miles is starting a weekly blog, this time discussing Friday's scrimmage with Stanfurd

Men's Golf

• Cal is in the lead at the Saint Mary's Invitational

Football

• If you have a minute, vote for Maurice Harris's one-handed TD catch, Nick Forbes for his off-field work, and Bryce Treggs & Chris Harper for the Biletnikoff
• RB Daniel Lasco is very confident about Saturday and ready to "shock the world" and gives a post-practice interview

• Sonny Dykes chatted after practice on Sunday and Monday
• An intensive update on Cal's status heading into the Oregon game
• Ted Miller previews our game against the Ducks
• The experts are projecting our teams will combine for 84 points on Saturday, the third most since 2000
• Gametime has been announced for the Washington State game and east-coast Bears won't have to stay up until 2 a.m. that week!

— GoldenBlogs (@GoldenBlogs) September 23, 2013

• It's official--we're the basement dwellers in the eyes of ESPN's Pac-12 blog. Now would be a great time for that classic Uncle Ted voodoo...
• A (slightly old) fan Q&A with Coach Dykes, asking some questions about football and about his taste in music
• USA Today has ranked all 125 teams, with the Golden Bears coming in at #91, with a huge gap between the top ten Pac-12 teams (tenth is Washington State at #57) and the basement--Cal and Colorado (at #95)
• A look at the career of Cal QB Craig Morton as well as his thoughts on Sonny Dykes, Jared Goff, and traditions fading away at Cal
• The press box of beautiful Memorial Stadium has been recognized and awarded for "innovative engineering and architecture"
• Unfortunately, our favorite hurdler Jeremy Ross was waived by the Packers after a costly fumble in last weekend's game

— NFL: AroundTheLeague (@NFL_ATL) September 23, 2013

• In case you were tired of all the praise for Aaron Rodgers, Sporting News thinks Rodgers has trouble winning close games