Football Returns; Big 12 Tanks; 49ers Fade; Wilson Shines
The college football season, such as it is, began last weekend without the Big Ten and Pac-12. The SEC, Big 12, and ACC forged ahead,...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 14, 2020
Notes of Note: NFL Draft; TV Ratings Disparity; Dumb Ideas (continued); NIL Update
Due to COVID-19, no games are being played these days, but there have been a number of interesting developments in the sports world in...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 28, 2020
Super Bowl Postmortem; Lamar Hunt
Twenty points was never going to be enough. The 49ers played brilliantly for three and a half quarters in yesterday's Super Bowl, led the...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 3, 2020
Fantastic Finishes, Burrow Blowout, Coaching/Officiating Blunders, Stanford Basketball
One of the great weekends of the sports year was marked by two fantastic finishes, one incredible blowout, some questionable officiating...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 30, 2019
Big Game Postmortem and Other College Football Musings
After nine straight losses in the iconic series, Cal finally got over the hump and beat Stanford 24-20 in the Big Game. To make the...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 26, 2019
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
Mailbag: 49ers’ Turnaround, Tax Law’s Impact on College Athletics
Along with some wonderful Christmas cards and gifts, this holiday season brought a few questions from Inside Track subscribers Q. Gary,...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 28, 2017
49ers, Raiders Going in Opposite Directions
How quickly things can change. A year ago, the San Francisco 49ers were the laughing stock of the NFL. The team had lost 14 straight...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 18, 2017
49ers Finally Win One, More Pac-12 TV Follies
Bill Walsh started 0-7 and finished his first season at 2-14. Two years later, the 49ers won the Super Bowl. We’re not suggesting that...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 13, 2017
