

Gary Cavalli
- Sep 14, 2020
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
- Apr 28, 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
- Feb 3, 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
- Dec 30, 2019
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
- Nov 26, 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
- Aug 7, 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
- Dec 28, 2017
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 18, 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
- Nov 13, 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...