The California Golden Bears Defense showed up strong in Corvallis Golden Bears 49 - OREGON ST 20 in the second game of new coach scott fujita era the bears showed why they had to make a change and bring in a Defensive minded HC. AD sandy barbour said " He reached out to us and after sonny getting the call to go the NFL scott was ready to come home and make CAL a Rose Bowl Champion" Game summary Zack Kline RS JR QB came out flat and OC tony franklin did not heistate to put in the RS SO Jared Goff ... " zack was not sharp and goff ran with the 1's in practice this week so i put him him " Jared came and gave us a spark , luckly our defense keep them in check while the offense got on track . The Cal defense held oregon st to 288 total yards .On the other hand CAL's running game got on track and things got rolling , 31 rushes for 196 yds pleased the new head coach but the 3 down conversion rate of 37% will not cut it . CO - Offensive Player of the Game Rs QB Jared Goff 14-21 227 4 Tds SR RB Brenden Bigelow 14 rushes for 128 yds 1 Td Defensive Player of the Game SR MLB Nick Forbes 5 Tkls , 3 TFL , Sack It was over when at the 2:24 min of the 3rd Qtr SR RB Brendan Bigelow broke through the beavs defense to scamper 62 yds to pay dirt as the bears went up 24 to 13 , the beaves got one more td at end of the qtr ... then it was all bears during 4th qtr... the defense shut the door on any comeback game notes : CAL's Defense was stout most the day with 11 TFL and 3 sacks Oregon St did not help their effort with 10 dropped balls
THE WILDCATS WERE NOT WELCOMED BY THE GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA 39 - ARIZONA 14 THE 2-0 GOLDEN BEARS PLAYED HOST TO THE 2-1 ARIZONA WILDCAT , THE BEARS DID NOT PLAY GOOD HOSTS AT ALL... THE BEARS CAME TO PLAY ! " WE ARE SERIOUS THIS YEAR ABOUT REACHING AND WINNING A ROSE BOWL THIS SEASON" SAID NEW COACH SCOTT FUJITA PLAYERS OF THE GAME : OFFENSE : RB DANIEL LASCO 9 CAR FOR 118 YDS 2TD DEFENSE : MLB NICK FORBES 3 TKLS, 2 TFL, 2 SACKS
California upsets SC on last second 39yd FG CAL 41 - #17 SC 38 players of the game offense co-Offense WR Maruris Harris QB Zack Kline Defense DE Brendan Scarlett MLB Nick Forbes SS Avery Sebastion
THE GOLDEN BEARS HOLD OFF # 17 UCLA CAL 27 - UCLA 13 IT WAS UGLY AND WE SAY UGLY WE MEAN UGLY !!!!!!!!! THE BEARS OFFENSE WOES STARTED WITH TERRIBLE QB PLAY OC TONY FRANKLIN SAID " IM EMBARRASSED THAT WE THREW 4 BLEEP PICKS AND No BLEEP TOUCHDOWN" RS JR QB ZACK KLINE HAD IS WORST DAY AS A STARTER AN WAS FINALLY PULLED IN THE 4TH QTR . TONY SAID THE CHANGE WAS MADE TO WIN ZACK COULDNT HOLD ON TO THE BALL . HEAD COACH SCOTT FUJITA WAS SOMEWHAT THRILLED WITH THE BEARS DEFENSE EVEN THOUGH THEY GAVE UP ALMOST 300 YDS RUSHING THEY HELD UCLA TO FG'S AND NOT TDS " WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AGAINST DUAL THREAT QBS JUST BECAUSE UCLA QB BRET HUNDLY HAD BAD DAY PASSING WE CAN NOT RELY ON THAT BEING THE NORM. PLAYER OF GAME OFFENSE - FB JEROME WILLIAMS 6 CARRIES FOR 27 YDS AND 2 TDS DEFENSE - CB KAMERON JACKSON 4 Tkls, 1 Tfl , 2 INT WHEN ASKED WHO WILL START AT QB NEXT WEEK TONY FRANKLIN SAID " WE WILL HAVE OPEN COMPETITION FOR THE STARTING QB JOB AND WHOMEVER PRACTICES THE BEST WILL GET THE NOD
The California Golden Bears go on road trip to the University of Southern Missouri Bears Defense showed up and allowed only one score against them CAL - 69 USM - 7 the 5 -0 #20 ranked Golden Bears tripped to Southern Miss in Hattiesburg ,Ms . It was a long day for the Golden Eagles on both offense and defense . " we are trying fine tune our execution and play calling" said head coach Scott Fujita all in all i was very pleased with the all around effort 346 passing and 231 rushing and holding them to 7pts and less than 200 offense yds , but now we will have to revisit QB situation OC tony franklin said zack kline came out woefully inaccurate and against an opponent that is no oregon or stanford to come out slow i felt it was time for GOFF to play and now we will see who will start next week vs the Colorado Buffs in Boulder,CO Players of the Game Offense RS FR QB Jared Goff 19-27 292 4 Tds 5 carries for 40 yds Defense RS Jr CB Cedric Dozier INT IT was over when Cal went up 34- 7 in the 3rd qtr on a 5 yd Bigelow Td score ... the Bears never let up and did not look back
THE BUFFS PUT UP A FIGHT ONLY FOR SO LONG #16 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS WERE NOT KIND TO THEIR HOSTS #16 CAL 52 - COLORADO 20 PLAYERS OF THE GAME OFFENSE RS QB JARED GOFF 8-9 229 Yds 3TD 2 CAR FOR 19 Yds DEFENSE SR SS AVERY SEBASTIAN 3 TKLS , INT STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES HIGHLIGHTS AND BREAKDOWN OF THE GAME THE #16 RANKED CAL BEARS FLY HOME TO PREPARE FOR HOME GAME VS (4-3) WASHINGTON
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HUSKIES NOT WELCOMED BY 11TH RANKED CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS CAL 37 - WASH 14 THE BEARS STARTED SLOWLY BUT ONCE AGAIN WILL NOT BE DENIED . PLAYERS OF THE GAME OFFENSE QB ZACK KLINE 16-29 312 YDS 2TD 1 INT DEFENSE FS MICHEAL LOWE TKL, INT
THE #6 RANKED CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS REMAIN FOCUSED VS WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS AFTER A SLOW 1st Qtr the BEARS NEVER LOOKED BACK CAL 56 - WASH ST 21 pLAYERS OF THE GAME OFFENSE RS JR ZACK KLINE 25-31 465 YDS 4TD SR RB BRENDAN BIGELOW 17 carries 87 yds 3td JR WR CHRIS HARPER 11 catches 204 3td SR TE RICHARD RODGERS II 5 CATCHES 101 YDS TD DEFENSE Sr CB KAMERON JACKSON 2 TKLS, INT RS JR CB STEPEN MC CLURE INT SR MLB NICK FORBES 4 TKLS
The Golden Bears keep the AX in Berkeley Cal get the Overtime win over stanford Cal 37 - Stanford 31 after a disappointing home loss to the ducks the Cal Bears had to rebound vs a top ranked Furd team in the BIG game for the AX ... the bears came out fighting but it was an up and down game both teams getting hot at certain times, but CAL was the spoiler with a the equalizing score by WR #10 Darius Powe with 12 secs left in regulation..Overtime was capped off by a INT by OLB # Micheal Barton the stanford ax will remain in Berkeley for another year more updates to come later