Quarterbacks were the first subject as Cal coach Jeff Tedford had a media teleconference call Monday.
Danville quarterback Zach Kline came to Cal a semester early, so he’s eligible for spring practice, which will start March 13. How much does that help him?
“It’s always a help for a quarterback to participate in practice,” Tedford said. “Just being in a huddle, getting to know the offense, all those things help.”
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BERKELEY — And the streak goes on.
The No. 2 Stanford women’s basketball team extended its historic conference-winning streak to 75 games by whipping Cal 86-61 at Haas Pavilion on Sunday night in the highly anticipated Battle of the Bay rematch.
“This was probably our biggest Pac-12 [Conference] win,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said.
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STANFORD — Cal coach Mike Montgomery, who for 18 seasons skippered the Stanford men’s basketball team, knew exactly what made the rival Cardinal a dangerous foe.
It was Stanford’s depth.
But Stanford’s bench, despite outscoring Cal 27-4, alone didn’t propel the underdog Cardinal to a 75-70 win Sunday at Maples Pavilion, spoiling Cal’s bid for a shared Pac-12 Conference title and a No. 1 seeding for the this week’s conference tourney.
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Cal senior punter Bryan Anger started the season by playing at AT&T Park and is ending it by playing alongside some of the best players in the country at the East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Fla.
“It’s a privilege to be out here. Everybody is out here working really hard,” Anger said. “It’s awesome to see how they do things.”
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Cal’s men’s basketball team takes its share of the Pac-12 Conference lead to the Pacific Northwest this weekend as it comes off a dominating win against Utah on Saturday.
The Golden Bears (15-4, 5-1 Pac-12) face off with Washington today, which is only a half-game behind Cal and Stanford for first place.
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It was San Francisco’s tech prowess that drew the new sports media production arm of the Pac-12 Conference to The City, according to the chief executive of the company.
Gary Stevenson, the newly appointed head of the recently launched Pac-12 Enterprises, said the rise of digital technology and an increased international interest in collegiate sports made San Francisco the right choice for the operation, which is set to include up to 150 new employees.
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One of college football’s longest-running rivalries is in for a big change in 2012, and neither of the participants are thrilled with the end result.
The Pac-12 Conference unveiled its football schedule for next season on Wednesday, and Cal and Stanford will meet on Oct. 20 in Berkeley. Traditionally, the Big Game has always been held in mid- to late November, toward the end of both teams’ schedules.
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As the BCS rankings came out for the first time Sunday, one thing was clear: Stanford was not getting help from the computers.
The Cardinal (6-0, 4-0 Pac-12 North) placed eighth in the BCS rankings, but with two high-profile games on the horizon that ranking could change quickly.
The first comes Saturday when No. 22 Washington (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12 North) comes into Stanford Stadium having won three in a row and scoring at least 30 points in every game this season.
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Cal will open the conference schedule on the road for the third straight season, this time heading to Seattle to face Washington on Saturday.
The Bears have started 3-0 for the sixth time under coach Jeff Tedford, and the first time since 2006.
Washington (2-1) has won the last two meetings between the teams, including last year’s finale at Memorial Stadium, which cost Cal a bowl berth for the first time under Tedford.
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Cal makes its AT&T Park debut Saturday against Presbyterian riding its fourth straight 2-0 start, but with plenty left to prove.
Cal’s thrilling 36-33 nonconference overtime win against Colorado on Saturday highlighted a number of things the Golden Bears are doing well, but also where the team still needs improvement, coach Jeff Tedford said.
“It came down to a tight game in a hostile environment,” Tedford said. “This last game was a battle all the way through.”
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