Cal football: Grading the Week
* Condensed version due to the bye and several football/basketball assignments for the Merc and Bay Area News Group publications. Please note: Kickoff for Big Game is expected to be announced this...
View ArticleSan Jose State football: Grading the Week
What was it I wrote last week? Oh, yes: "From the Hotline's perspective, the Spartans are done." Make that a double. They need three wins in three games to get bowl-eligible. They should win one but...
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* Please note: Kickoff is 1 p.,m. on FoxSports1 ... That was an eight-point game in name (or score) only. It was clear early that USC was locked in and the Bears had no chance to win. But if you’re an...
View ArticleStanford football: Grading the Week
* Please note: Kickoff is 1 p.m. on FoxSports1 ... Saturday felt like a trip back through time: To the 1940s, when the score at the end of the fourth quarter was often 7-7 (or something close to it)...
View ArticleSan Jose State football: Grading the Week
Look out beloooooooow! The Spartans, it can officially be written, stated and shouted, are in free fall. Far worse than losing four in a row in the heat of conference play is losing one in a row -- any...
View ArticleStanford football: Grading the Week
Stanford is bowl bound, but which bowl? We’ll have plenty of opportunities to address the situation in detail over the next two weeks -- and so much depends on how many Pac-12 teams jump into the New...
View ArticleCal football: Grading the Week
And so it all comes down to three hours – or four, by Cal’s standards – on Saturday afternoon. Standing between Cal and a bowl bid is Brigham Young (in addition to, ahem, the Bears’ own defense). I...
View ArticleStanford football: Grading the Week
While keeping in mind that nothing is certain until the invitations are official ... Stanford fans should start considering what time they will need to leave home (or work) in order to get to Levi’s...
View ArticleSan Jose State football: Grading the Week special edition: Ron Caragher’s future
I’m generally of the belief that head coaches deserve four years to prove their worth, to put their stamp on a program and establish a foundation for sustained success. It’s rare that I would even...
View ArticleCal football: Grading the Week, assessing the season, and looking to the future
This time last year, I wasn't sure Sonny Dykes would make it to Year 3. His first season was bad enough ... horrendous, really ... that I considered the possibility of woeful second season prompting...
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