4 Months Ago, Dave(noreply@blogger.com) from California Golden Bear Football says (in SF Chronicle: Cal's Conte walks the line) When Cal defensive back Chris Conte walks into the Rose Bowl on Saturday, he might be as comfortable with his surroundings as anyone on the host UCLA roster.   "I was over there all of the time as a kid," said Conte, who went to Loyola High-Los Angeles and lived about 10 minutes away from the ca...

5 Months Ago, Dave(noreply@blogger.com) from California Golden Bear Football says (in Oakland Tribune: Bears, Best need to win one on the road) Is Best up for this gantlet? It's a fair question, no matter how wonderfully team oriented he and the No. 8 Bears (2-0) are talking and playing.  Best's big-game credentials are lacking (not "Big Game" vs. Stanford, mind you), and here come some biggies. What makes unranked Minnesota (2-0) so...

15 Months Ago, Dave(noreply@blogger.com) from California Golden Bear Football says (in Contra Costa Times: Cal-Washington will never qualify as a rivalry finale) Washington State visits Hawaii on Saturday to end the season, one week after beating Washington in the annual Apple Cup. USC finishes the season with Notre Dame and UCLA, but there have been years in which the Trojans have ended the year against the Fighting Irish.  "As the season goes for us...

16 Months Ago, Dave(noreply@blogger.com) from California Golden Bear Football says (in SF Chronicle: Injuries have forced UCLA into different lineups) Bear-Bruin ties: Players with past ties could end up colliding Saturday, if UCLA running back Khalil Bell breaks into the secondary or Bruins receiver Antwon Moutra lines up wide left.  Bell, a 6-foot, 219-pounder from Marin Catholic High in Kentfield, played annually against Cal safe...

And Dave(noreply@blogger.com) from California Golden Bear Football says (in LA Times: UCLA's Lines Are Shaken Up) California Coach Jeff Tedford said that Jahvid Best, the Bears' top running back, should be ready to play this week. Best, who dislocated an elbow Sept. 27, played last week, but was pulled after three quarters against Arizona on Saturday because his elbow was sore. "We didn't want to risk an...

18 Months Ago, Dave(noreply@blogger.com) from California Golden Bear Football says (in Arizona Republic: Pac-10 football takes a pounding) Arizona State loses to Nevada-Las Vegas. Brigham Young hammers UCLA. New Mexico defeats Arizona. Maryland upsets California. Texas Christian pounds Stanford. Baylor thumps Washington State.  Overall, it was one of the worst Saturdays in recent memory for the Pac-10. The conference's only...