Hold up—those aren’t California uniforms. | Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports Is that the sound of the coaching carousel creeping forward again? Before he’s even had a chance to prove himself in a game, the newly acquired offensive coordinator Jake Spavital might be leaving the California Golden Bears for the same role with the Houston Cougars. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football has listed Jake Spavital as a name to watch for Houston’s OC vacancy. The biggest connection is Spav’s extensive history working with now–Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen dating back to 2009 when the former was a grad assistant ..read more

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports ESPN is projecting another bleak year in Bear Territory... Three CGB posts in three days? Is CGB back?? No. Just the perfect storm of news, the piqued interest of a homeless writer, and a site that hasn’t otherwise been touched in nearly two years. Speaking of homeless writers and things that haven’t been touched in two years, it’s me—your writer. Thanks to the dozens of bots and readers who are still clicking on dead sites following suggestions by our friendly overlords at search engines. Today’s news of interest? ESPN released their SP+ for the 2023 season. Bill ..read more

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Will we ever see Ron Gould return home? Better (one week) late than never, right? When the unthinkable happened—and the despicable Stanfurd Cardinal sentenced once–proud Golden Bear Troy Taylor to its role as Alistair H. Smarmsnobbery Director of Football-Related Operations and Activities—I immediately feared the prospect of a union between Taylor and then–running backs coach Ron Gould. Gould is one of the greats in the history of California Golden Bears Football, having coached legendary California luminaries like Joe Igber, Adimchinobe Echemandu, J.J. Arrington ..read more

Joe Kapp was among three Bears to first represent California in the Super Bowl | Tony Tomsic-USA TODAY Sports A less-than-ideal accomplishment for the Bears in the Pros coincides with our struggles at Memorial Stadium. Despite the struggles of the California Golden Bears to be ranked or relevant in college football, we’ve had a puzzlingly rich history of success in the NFL. For instance, for the 21 NFL seasons from 1999–2019, 14 of those Super Bowls featured a Golden Bear on the winning team (two-thirds!). In that same timespan (which should be very generous for California as it features Jeff ..read more

Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports Cal wins the 125th Big Game, 40 years after The Play. Go Bears ..read more

Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images The USWNT stalwart’s inclusion is no surprise. We know there will be Cal Bears at the Tokyo Olympics, and on Wednesday, one of them was revealed, as Alex Morgan was named to the 18-player roster for the U.S. women’s soccer team for the upcoming Olympic tournament. Morgan will be making her third appearance at the Olympics, after playing a vital role in helping the United States win gold at the 2012 London Olympics and featuring at the 2016 Rio Olympics as well. It’s been a busy several months for Morgan, who after delivering her first child last year ..read more

Hearns was selected as multiple outlets Player of the Year California Golden Bears defensive signee Lu-Magia Hearns earned some significant end-of-season honors this past week, being selected as the San Francisco Chronicle and Bay Area News Group’s Defensive Player of the Year for the high school football season past. From a story posted May 8, Hearns was nabbed as the San Francisco Chronicle’s Metro Player of the Year. Hearns, The Chronicle’s 2021 Metro Player of the Year and a Cal commit, makes quite an impression. A fast one. A sprinter on the track team, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound senior d ..read more

Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports Bynum was the only Bear selected in the 2021 NFL Draft The 2021 NFL Draft didn’t hear quite as many California Golden Bears as any fan may have hoped, but that wasn’t that big of a surprise for any of those who watched the team the past few seasons. With the amount of talent they’ve produced into the league, mainly from the defensive side of the ball and in the secondary, it’s actually quite amazing they can keep producing top-notch players in such a short amount of time. The past four seasons have produced six NFL draft picks from the defensive side of the ball and ..read more

But I’m back – what’d I miss? You’d noticed by now that I was missing for some time. It’s been a few days, alright fine, it’s been just over four months since I’ve been here. But here I am. After having our second child to start the year, adjusting to life with two children including our powerful two-year-old, yours truly is back in the thick of it. Oh, we also moved to a new house in that time frame as well, so just added to the chaos of the past few weeks. With me being back now, however, I figured what better way to acclimate myself than to read through what I’ve missed over the past ..read more

Photo by Trevor Brown Jr/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Gonzaga goes for perfection. Not since 1976 when the Indiana Hoosiers finished 32-0 has a men’s college basketball team gone undefeated. Tonight, the Gonzaga Bulldogs aim to break that streak and end a season with a perfect record, in the process, earning their first national championship in program history. To do that, they’ll have to get past the Baylor Bears, who incidentally are also searching for their school’s first men’s basketball title. Whatever happens tonight, history will be made. What a treat that we get to watch it. The Zags h ..read more