Tyson Alualu News

Over halfway through the 2009 season, a number of questions about the Cal football team have been answered, while a would-be standard one has not.

Cal junior Kevin Riley has only completed 54 percent of his passes on the season, but many have been explosive plays off the running game.

When their son started first grade at Anderson Elementary in Eden Prairie, Minn., Steve and Anita Jordan had a message for his teacher.

Although the score indicated otherwise, the Washington State football team had the momentum heading into halftime on Saturday.

The Cal defense, which returned all but three starters from a unit that recorded 35 sacks and ranked among the nation's best in forcing turnovers, figured to be a strength this season.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Perhaps California's season will end up following a classical dialectic path.

Having lost its last two games by the combined score of 72-6, the Cal football team officially gets to move on with tomorrow's game.

Cal nose tackle Aaron Tipoti says he's always looked up to teammate Tyson Alualu.

It was an exuberant end to a productive practice for the Cal football team Sunday.

Five Golden Bears who must step up Marvin Jones The sophomore wideout has been a virtual non-factor since his promising 74-yard season debut against Maryland, having caught just five total passes in Cal's last three games.

Aside from some new faces, Cal linebacker Mike Mohamed doesn't see a whole lot different about this year's version of the USC football offense.

This is no ordinary turnaround for Cal. After enduring uncommon public humiliation against Oregon , the Bears now brace for mighty USC - punishing defense, Student Body Right, seven consecutive PAC-10 titles, the works.

The only time the Cal football team sets foot on Memorial Stadium turf on Sundays is for a short conditioning session in the afternoon.

Jeremiah Masoli answered his doubters by throwing for 253 yards and three touchdowns in Oregon's 42-3 upset of sixth-ranked California on Saturday.

Like a handful of Cal players, Jahvid Best has experience playing at Autzen Stadium.

Few people have silenced Autzen Stadium, but that's exactly what Cal safety Marcus Ezeff did two years ago.

If those in Trojanland are griping over their annual upset - or is it annual set-up? - in the Northwest, there may actually be another Pac-10 outpost where the news that Washington had beaten USC, 16-13, is not exactly welcome.

A week after snapping a 15-game losing streak that had been the nation's longest, Washington won its second in a row by shocking 20-point favorite USC .

Jahvid Best displayed his usual gamebreaking speed during his record-setting five-touchdown performance Saturday, but he also demonstrated a new physical component to his game that allowed him to fight for extra yardage when needed.

Published: Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 5:28 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 5:28 p.m. The California Golden Bears were on their heels again in a game away from home, tied with Minnesota going into the fourth quarter with a hostile crowd breathing down their necks.