Action/reaction: DeSean Jackson’s gaffe, Aaron Rodgers, Trent Edwards, Jahvid...
Quick, slightly-random, definitely-bleary-eyed, insta-thoughts covering college and the NFL, focused mostly on local talent and with a decided slant towards Berkeley. Action: Ex-Cal, current Eagles...
View ArticleCal and Stanford football: QBs, or no QBs? Check back in six months
*** Here’s an early version of a column I wrote for Tuesday’s Mercury News about the quarterback situations at Cal and Stanford as they break spring ball and start preparing for training camp … What a...
View ArticleNFL Draft preview: A big first round for the Pac-10?
Based on some quick research and quicker projections, it looks like this will be one of the league’s best first rounds of the decade (thanks to USC, of course). It sure seems like the league has: *...
View ArticlePac-10 football: The decade’s best quarterbacks
The series continues (links to previous all-decade posts at bottom) … The list is based on college careers only, although it’s not like this decade’s Pac-10 alumni are tearing up the NFL. I identified...
View ArticlePac-10 football: Quarterbacks on active NFL rosters
Quick note regarding the “Conference of Quarterbacks,” which is just that this season … and many thanks to Merc writer Dan Brown for passing along the information from the NFL. * The Pac-10 leads all...
View ArticleMy AP top-25 basketball poll: Week Four (I don’t hate Baylor, but I hate...
Based on response (on the blog and via email) from outraged Baylor fans, I probably should address why the No. 10 Bears aren’t on my ballot — and haven’t been for several weeks. They are 6-0 and, in my...
View ArticleBest of the Bay: Cal’s 2004 powerhouse vs. Stanford’s 2010 juggernaut
I made several references to Cal’s 2004 fate during Stanford’s late-season climb up the BCS ladder, mostly in the context of whether the Cardinal would get screwed … err, squeezed … out of the BCS the...
View ArticleAction/reaction: Cal-Arizona thriller, trouble for UW and the Zags, Stanford...
Congratulations to longtime Hotline favorite Aaron Rodgers, who has always been insightful with his answers and incredibly generous with his time whether he was playing for Cal, chatting courtside at...
View ArticleAction/reaction: WCC basketball, Cal athletics, A Smith vs. A Rodgers and more
An abbreviated version … Action: West Coast Conference closes in on new TV deal with ESPN (to start in 2011-12). Reaction I: We’re probably a month or two from the deal being finalized, and there’s...
View ArticlePac-12 football: The top NFL Draft prospects for 2012
*** 3:30 p.m. update: No more posts today — I have some other work-related matters to pursue — and the Hotline will be dark tomorrow (Friday) because I’m on furlough. I’ll be back over the weekend or,...
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