Gary Cavalli
Sep 7, 2020
Recruiting Update: Cal Rises, Stanford Struggles; Herbstreit, Harris Shine
The balance of power in Bay Area college football may be shifting east. Last year, you'll recall, Cal went 8-5, including a 24-20 victory...
Gary Cavalli
Oct 23, 2019
Back to Reality
Back from a great vacation in the Big Apple, where we enjoyed walking everywhere from Central Park to Greenwich Village, went to a...
Gary Cavalli
Oct 7, 2019
Stanford Obituary Premature; Plus UCLA, Cal, Dykes, Heisman, Astros
The oddsmakers were wrong about that college football game in Palo Alto Saturday night. Dead wrong. And so were those of us who...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 18, 2019
Stanford Slumps; Trojan Turnover
Stanford could be looking at its first losing football season in 11 years. It’s still early, but the Cardinal’s streak of 10 straight...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 10, 2018
Defenses Lift Bay Area Teams, Pac-12 Rebounds, 49ers Fall, Serena vs. Ump
News of note from around the sports world… It’s still very early, but the biggest surprise on the Bay Area college football scene this...
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...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 6, 2017
Ratings, Attendance Declines Cause Concern
Football is the No. 1 sport in America by any measure—attendance, television ratings and overall revenues, to name a few. But...
Gary Cavalli
Oct 16, 2017
College Football Roundup: Bay Area Beat Downs
No one—and I mean no one—could have predicted what happened in the Bay Area last weekend. A Cal team coming off three straight losses...
Gary Cavalli
Oct 2, 2017
College Football Roundup: Love Realized
Last week we opined that Stanford running back Bryce Love is “for real.” We were wrong. Love is decidedly “unreal.” I’ve been watching,...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 22, 2017
College Football Roundup: LA Teams Come to Town
To put it mildly, this is a huge weekend for college football in the Bay Area. Undefeated Cal, the biggest surprise team in the nation...
