Cal Icon Passes; Fox Pushes 24; NFL's Traveling Circus; Stanford's Friday Night Blight; Okorie Going Pro
Cal football legend Craig Morton passed away last week at the age of 83. Morton was an All-American quarterback at Cal, first round NFL draft pick, 18-year NFL veteran, and the first quarterback to lead two different teams to the Super Bowl (a feat later accomplished by Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady). Morton came to Cal after being a three-sport star in football, baseball and basketball at Campbell High School in the South Bay. During his career in Berkeley, he pa
Gary Cavalli
15 hours ago
The Expansion Nobody Wanted; CFP to 24? Warriors' Awful Annnouncing; Stanford's Big Loss
Bigger isn't necessarily better. Case in point: March Madness. A few days ago the NCAA approved an expansion of its Men's and Women's Basketball Championships to 76 teams. Nobody other than a few committee members, athletic directors and conference commissioners thinks this is a good idea. So we'll now have 12 "play-in," first round games to reach the optimum 64-team bracket. How silly. How absurd. You might say, a different kind of "Madness." I'm not the only one who think
Gary Cavalli
May 11
