Golden Nuggets: Fall Camp Wraps Up, The Drive’s Season Preview

Busy day... so no blockquotes today. A lot of great articles to read and videos to watch though!

Football

• Check out Cal’s season preview courtesy of the Pac-12 Networks and The Drive.

• Now that Fall camp is over, the Bears still have a lot of work to do to get ready for North Carolina.
• McIlwain is battling to establish his role in Cal Football.
• Some new faces have made good impressions in fall camp.
• Ross Bowers will almost certainly be the opening day starter but McIlwain and Garbers made their cases with strong practices in the late days of camp.
• Hiroaki “Hiro” Endo walked on to Cal last season but couldn’t crack the roster. This time, in his senior year, he will get a chance to be on the field. Cal Sports Maven also wrote about him.
• Biaggio Ali Walsh talks about the relationship between him and his late grandpa Muhammad Ali.
• Turns out, feeding 30 football players requires a lot of food. But that didn’t stop Alex Netherda, the team’s summer social director, from organizing BBQs with the newcomers and players that stayed during the summer.
• Jeff Curtis predicts Greg Thomas’ will be the kicker for Cal Football this season, but Cal has not named the starter yet.
• Another article on the Michigan transfers Moe Ways and Ian Bunting.
• Trace Travers gets you up to speed on the 2019 class as of four days ago.
• Ross Bowers is on the Johnny Unitas award watchlist, given to the nation’s best QB.
• Learn more about Cal’s newcomers in this Q&A with Cal Sports Maven.
• The wide receivers and the defensive backs learn from playing each other in practice.

• Football and Volleyball helped bring in the newcomers on Move In Day.

Misc.

• Get excited for Volleyball season!

• Men’s soccer announces a new game on the schedule against Sacramento State at the San Jose Earthquake’s Avaya Stadium September 6.
• Men’s Water Polo begins fall camp.
• Cal Baseball promotes Damon Lessler to assistant coach and adds a volunteer assistant in Matt Flemer, who was one of the best bullpen pitchers during the Bears 2011 College World Series run.
• Swim Across America hired an intern in Grace Morgan (of Cal Women’s Water Polo) and they were blown away by her efforts.

Go beArs!