The Officials Are Ruining the Game; Plus N’Keal, Michigan, Utah, Cal QBs, Stanford’s Clock, UC Davis
With my wife and daughter on an all-day shopping spree, I spent Saturday with remote in hand, enjoying a fascinating menu of 14 college...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 5, 2018
Potential Playoff Participants' Portfolios
Takeaways from a chaotic weekend when four of the top eight teams in college football (No. 2 Georgia, No. 6 West Virginia, No. 7...
Gary Cavalli
Oct 15, 2018
Defenses Lift Bay Area Teams, Pac-12 Rebounds, 49ers Fall, Serena vs. Ump
News of note from around the sports world… It’s still very early, but the biggest surprise on the Bay Area college football scene this...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 10, 2018
Week 1 Will Be Huge for Pac-12
It’s here. Finally. Our favorite time of the year has arrived. College football 2018 is upon us, and the games are about to begin. Real...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 30, 2018
Great Expectations
In the high pressure arenas of college and pro football, it’s always better to over-achieve than to disappoint. That’s why most coaches...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 7, 2018
The Signing Day Circus
Wednesday was “National Signing Day” in college football, the day when hundreds of high school recruits make their choice of colleges...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 9, 2018
Football’s One-and-Done, Curry’s Ankle, Stanford Sports Icons
The contrast was striking. College football's perpetual man in motion, Oregon coach Willie Taggart, blew town after one year in Eugene,...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 11, 2017
A Firing Offense
In today’s high-pressure world of college football coaching, it seems no job is safe unless your team is in contention for the playoffs...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 27, 2017
Big Game Notes, Baker’s Meltdown, Tax Changes, Mora Out, LaVar vs. Donald
To those of us in the Bay Area, the tradition of the Big Game is second to none, because Stanford and Cal really do have...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 20, 2017
College Football Roundup: Bay Area Upheaval
Perhaps no one outside of the Cal locker room would've predicted that, three weeks into the 2017 college football season, the Bears would...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 18, 2017
