Many loyal Cal fans still afraid to believe
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BERKELEY -- Because a season unfolding as this one comes so seldom to Cal football, many who have spent years loyal to the program await not the immortal victory but the inevitable heartbreak.
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Most Californians believe the state is in a poor economic condition that will continue through 2008, according to a recent poll.
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BERKELEY - Someone asked Marshawn Lynch, Cal&#39;s precocious true freshman, how far he could throw a football. His tone is matter-of-fact, a &quot;how&#39;s the weather&quot; voice.
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One by one, they have all fallen. Challengers with big ideas, bigger ambitions. Teams such as Notre Dame, California, and perhaps, in the future, Ohio State.
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Mike Holmgren's return to Green Bay as coach of the Seahawks has brought with it consternation among the populace as some Packers fans still feel betrayed by their former coach who left nine years ago.
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Of all the scenarios that could have come to pass in Thursday&#39;s Holiday Bowl, of all the epitaphs California&#39;s football team could have authored for its riveting 2004 season, you&#39;d have figured this among the least likely.
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The absurd notion of Cal playing in the national championship game does not seem so absurd today. Thanks to losses by Miami and Florida State and a significant rise in the Bears&#39; computer ranking, Cal rose four spots in this week&#39;s BCS standings to No.
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A year ago, Southern Cal was outside the gates, not part of the show, despite being the No. 1 team in both the writers' and coaches' polls. This year, coach Pete Carroll's Trojans are again No. 1 in both of those polls, but also No. 1 in the Bowl Championship Series computer rankings, which means they will play ...
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On an unlikely night, the most unlikely play may have preserved California&#39;s BCS berth and its Rose Bowl hopes. A late defensive extra point turned the tide for the No.
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Cal (10-1) was left out of the Bowl Championship Series, denied one of the eight spots in college football&#39;s big-money games despite a season of statistical superlatives and dominating victories.
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Thursday&#39;s decision by the NCAA not to reinstate Southern California star wide receiver Mike Williams drew particularly strident and pointed criticism from a high-ranking school
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Texas coach Mack Brown didn't show any sense of vindication after California lost to Texas Tech Thursday in the Holiday Bowl.
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If USC was going to have an off day in special teams play, fans would be quick to predict it would be their third-year kicker as the culprit.
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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.
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Bee Staff Writer. BERKELEY - Jeff Tedford said the lasting image from last year&#39;s Cal-USC game wasn&#39;t necessarily Tyler Fredrickson&#39;s field goal that gave the Golden Bears a triple-overtime triumph.
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Auburn felt cheated. California wanted an explanation. And Fiesta Bowl officials held their noses as they extended an invitation to a Pittsburgh team that had to go into overtime to defeat I-AA Furman.
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The Bowl Championship Series system is hated like the devil by many college football fans. So it should be no surprise that when asked why his team ran up the score this past weekend against