Cal doesn&#39;t run it up -- and is run out of BCS
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Texas got into its first major bowl in seven years while laying on the couch. Cal perhaps didn&#39;t by taking a knee. Jeff Tedford meets the press after learning that California will go to the Holiday Bowl instead of the Rose.
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While people out here debate the importance of Saturday&#39;s Cal-USC game -- Biggest West Coast game in a decade? Biggest Cal game in school history?
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Southern California and Miami are 1-2 in the initial BCS Standings, with Oklahoma third despite being ranked second in both the ESPN/USA Today coaches&#39; poll and AP media poll.
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Red Raiders&#39; Cumbie passes for 520 yards vs. Golden Bears, who felt robbed of BCS bid. â¢ Of note: Kicking off New Year&#39;s Eve is this clash of teams hoping to salvage seasons that went sour.
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Virginia isn&#39;t out of the running for a Bowl Championship Series bid, but it&#39;s going to need some help to get back in the picture.
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Bye-bye, Bowl Championship Series. I&#39;d say it was nice knowing you, but it wasn&#39;t. Given what we know about the BCS and its cast of stubborn characters, nothing is certain.
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Cal remained No. 4 in the BCS standings released Monday, and slight movements by teams ranked above and below the Bears are getting most of the attention.
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If No. 4 California was angry and frustrated after being snubbed by the BCS and denied a Rose Bowl berth, it had to have been flat-out humiliated after No. 23 Texas Tech pulled a 45-31 upset in the Holiday Bowl last night.
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Even though Cal had a 14-point lead, the Bears were in a slumber -- falling short of the high-powered standards that are becoming common-place for coach Jeff Tedford, quarterback Aaron Rodgers and company.
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BERKELEY, Calif. California refused to run up the score or beg for poll votes. Maybe the Bears should have. Cal was left out of the Bowl Championship Series.
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&quot;What happened three weeks ago had nothing to do with what happened tonight,&quot; said California head coach Jeff Tedford alluding to whether might still have been suffering the BCS blues.
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As expected, Auburn is the odd team out of the BCS national championship game, and Texas has bumped Cal out of the Rose Bowl. In addition to the Longhorns&#39; last-minute jump, there was another shocker: Texas
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BERKELEY, Calif. -- Geoff McArthur caught eight passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns, and fourth-ranked California's defense stopped Oregon near midfield with 1:39 left when Keith Allen couldn't hold the final pass in the Golden Bears' 28-27 victory yesterday that solidified their BCS hopes. Aaron Rodgers passed for 275 yards and three TDs, and J.J. Arrington ran for 188 ...
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It's over. For now. At least that's the hope of the people who have tried to make the Bowl Championship Series run the right way the past few years. Six BCS title games have been played, and three times they matched up the wrong teams. Last season was the ultimate fiasco when Southern Cal, ranked No. 1 in both the ...
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Bee Staff Writer. They don&#39;t just remember the scores. They remember the plays, the turning tides, the goal-line stands, the masses rushing onto the field at Cal&#39;s Memorial Stadium.
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USC didn&#39;t beat the Cal Bears so much as it survived them. Kinda like a baseball team that gets no-hit by a flawless pitcher and yet still claws out the win anyway.
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Obviously, Cal @ USC could be huge, but there are other ones that are at least worth a look as well. Surprisingly, Washington State is favored over Oregon, and by more than one point.