Gary Cavalli
- Oct 2
Kapler Is Out, Zaidi Should Be Next; WNBA Team Coming to the Bay? Reader Feedback
Gabe Kapler, the National League Manager of the Year just two years ago, was fired Friday afternoon before the San Francisco Giants...
Gary Cavalli
- Sep 25
Questions of the Week: Stanford Drop Football? Cal Rebrand? USC Manage Media? Congress Control NIL?
Last week SF Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler suggested that it was time for Stanford to give up football. As usual in an Ostler column,...
Gary Cavalli
- Sep 18
College Football Notes: SEC Down, Pac-12 Up; Stanford's Slide; Quotes of Note
In this, the final year of the Pac-12, the world has gone topsy-turvy. Suddenly, the all-powerful SEC is struggling, and the Pac-12,...
Gary Cavalli
- Sep 11
Pac-2 Goes to Court; Elite 8; Giant Collapse; New Hat
Oregon State and Washington State, the two schools left behind when the rest of the Pac-12 bailed out for the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC,...
Gary Cavalli
- Sep 4
New Eras Dawn at Stanford, Colorado; Pac-12 QBs Shine; More Details on ACC Vote; "Evil" Football
Two of the more interesting coaching debuts in college football took place over the weekend at Stanford and Colorado. The Cardinal's...
Gary Cavalli
- Sep 1
Stanford, Cal Go "Atlantic"
That huge sigh of relief you heard this morning came from at least three different places: Stanford, Cal, and the ACC office in...
Gary Cavalli
- Aug 28
First Impressions: USC, Notre Dame Shine; ASU's Disgrace
Real college football finally arrived last weekend, a refreshing change from months of discussing NIL, the transfer portal and...
Gary Cavalli
- Aug 21
Pac-12 Saves Best for Last; Salary Absurdity; More Quotes of Note
One of the bitter ironies of the Pac-12 dissolution is that its upcoming, final season may be one of the best, if not the most...
Gary Cavalli
- Aug 14
Pac-4 Update; Quotes of Note; Bowl Blues
Like most columnists and bloggers, I've overdosed on writing about NIL, the transfer portal, conference realignment and the demise of the...
Gary Cavalli
- Aug 7
The Day the Conference Died
Friday, August 4, 2023. The day TV money and gross mismanagement killed the Pac-12 Conference. Only a week ago, I wrote about Colorado's...
