2013-2014 Recruiting Round-Up

The Golden Bears suffered a slight setback on the recruiting trail and finished #2 (Rivals.com) behind Alabama. The Bears were the top class for most of the season and lost a few 5 star recruits to Alabama and fell below them. Few in this class figure to start right away, especially with the depth Cal shows on offense and defense. Look for some of these players to start in a year or two, especially the QB prospects.

***** J.Yancey, QB (CO)
***** C.Barret, QB (LA)
***** J.Anderson, T (TX)
**** L.McDonald, DE (NC)
**** P.Blount, CB (CA)
**** J.Horn, DE (GA)
**** K.McGree, DE (FL)
**** T.Doucette, HB (CA)
**** C.King, G (CA)
**** M.Mays, FS (TX)
**** L.Dunbar, WR (CA)
**** B.Clark, ATH (CA)
**** G.Brothers, WR (FL)
**** G.White, HB (TX)
*** T.Allen, SS (LA)
*** S.Hart, HB (FL)
*** R.Thomas, DT (TX)
*** V.Reid, CB (FL)
*** K.Lews, CB (CA)

2013-2014 BCS Bowl Summary

National Title Game (Rose) : (#1 13-0) California 63 - (#2 13-1) Alabama 0

Rose Bowl : (#4 13-0) North Aegis 34 - (#3 12-1) Ohio State 16

Orange Bowl : (#7 12-1) Penn State 20 - (#8 12-2) Aldebaran 3

Fiesta Bowl : (#5 13-1) Titan 38 - (#15 9-4) Ariel 7

Sugar Bowl : (#6 13-1) Callisto 35 - (#9 12-2) Texas 29

Cal Beats Alabama... Again

(#1 13-0) California 63 - (#2 13-1) Alabama 0

PASADENA - California would be wire-to-wire #1 and welcome #2 Alabama, again, to play for the BCS Title. Cal has played Alabama for three of their four trips to the title game, so these two are very familiar with each other. Few hold out much hope for Alabama to finally beat Cal.

Cal pretty much came into this game committed to running the ball, and nothing stopped them. Nick Saban's Crimson Tide probably though Cal would throw on them quite a bit, but Coach London used the option to crush the Tide. QB Kyle Boehm did go 8/11 for 169 yards, his lowest total of the season, but most of his damage was done on the ground. The Golden Bears powered their way to 512 rushing yards between Boehm (178) and Darrell Green (332). When the dust had settled Green would finish the season with 3261 rushing yards and the new single season rushing record.

Green closes out a monster season.

Alabama must have thought that curling up in a ball would keep them safe, but it didn't. The Tide's QB, AJ McCarron, had a nightmare of a game. McCarron went 11/28 with 4INT, three of them by CB Terrence Miller. RE/OLB Austin English continued to shine with 9 tackles and a sack, Alabama didn't look like they wanted to be here and certainly didn't do anything to win the game.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 169YDS 2TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 332YDS 5TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) - 87YDS TD
Defense : T.Miller (Cal) - 7TKL 3INT

2013-2014 Awards & Honors

AWARDS

Heisman : Darrell Green, HB (Cal)

Darrell Green does it again and becomes the second two-time winner of the Heisman. Green had an amazing season and once again finished just ahead of QB Kyle Boehm (#2) and WR Mike Brown (#3) in the voting. Green has one more chance in the BCS Title game to break a number of NCAA single season rushing records.

Season Stats - Rushing : 214 / 2929, 45TD - Receiving : 30 / 628 Yards, 15TD

Maxwell : Darrell Green, HB (Cal)

Walter Camp : Darrell Green, HB (Cal)

Doak Walker : Darrell Green, HB (Cal)

Bednarik : Austin English, RE/OLB (Cal)

Outland : Sam Longo, RT (Ohio State)

Lombardi : Austin English, RE/OLB (Cal)

Nagurski : Austin English, RE/OLB (Cal)

O'Brien : Kyle Boehm, QB (Cal)

Biletnikoff : Mike Brown, WR (Cal)

Mackey : Matt Weems, TE (Colorado State) This guy had like 150 catches. Crazy.

Rimington : Jack Mewhort, C (Ohio State)

Thorpe : Terrence Miller, CB (Cal)

Best LB : Joey Payne, ROLB (Fresno State)

Guy : David Harris, P (Wisconsin)

Groza : Jeremy Shelley, K (Alabama)

Returner : Tavon Austin, HB (West Virginia)


HONORS

All Americans : 1st Team - K.Boehm (QB), D.Green (HB), M.Brown (WR), D.Fields (WR), A.English (DE/OLB), D.Glass (DT), J.Utah (DT), B.Friday (MLB), T.Miller (CB), A.Booker (CB)

2013-2014 Conference Championship Week

CONFERENCE TITLE GAMES

SEC : (#3, 13-0) Alabama 16 - (#2, 12-1) Callisto 10

ACC : (#9 12-1) Aldebaran 19 - (#17, 8-4) Miami 14

Big XII : (#8, 12-1) Titan 42 - (#5, 12-1) Texas 39

MAC : (10-3) Western Michigan 45 - (10-3) Miami (Ohio) 7

C-USA : (9-4) Houston 20 - (#23 10-3) UCF 14


CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Big 10 : (#4, 12-0) Ohio State

Pac-10 : (#1, 12-0) California

Big East : (#15, 9-3) Ariel

MWC : (#6, 12-0) North Aegis

WAC : (#12, 11-1) Boise State

Sun Belt : (8-4) Troy

Stanfurd Crushed In Berkeley

(#1 12-0) California 63 - (4-8) Stanfurd 0

BERKELEY - Today was the Big Game, not as big as it has been in the past, but playing Stanfurd is always one of the best parts of the season. The Cardinal is out of bowl contention and unranked, without Andrew Luck they will probably be more focused on not getting killed.

Snooze again. With the Pac-10 title in hand the Golden Bears went into "Get Green The Heisman" mode and ran most of their offense through him. Darrell Green walked away with 244 rushing yards, 114 receiving yards, and 7 total TD.

Give this man the Heisman!

Stanfurd spent most of the game curled up in the fetal position. Their offense was horrible and they basically did everything they could to make sure Cal kept the Axe.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 335YDS 4TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 244YDS 4TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 154YDS TD
Defense : E.Reynolds (Stanfurd) - 8TKL

Cal Clinches Pac-10 Against Trojans

(#22 7-4) USC 0 - (#1 11-0) California 70

LOS ANGELES - The Golden Bears faced USC today, and a win would clinch the Pac-10. Oregon State, with a 7-1 conference record, would be rooting for USC and a Big Game loss to propel them into 1st.

The Golden Bears pretty much took this one easy. The only hiccup being a INT by QB Kyle Boehm, but aside from that it was business as usual. TE DeAndre Brown finally beat out his brother and led the team in yards, HB Darrell Green continued to pile up yards and TDs. Yawn.

Green continues to roll.

The USC offense, run by QB Brandon Richardson, needs a serious retooling. Richardson went 15/33 for 132 yards and 4INT. He was also very familiar with RE/OLB Austin English who sacked him four times. An easy win for the Bears.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 329YDS 4TD INT
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 260YDS 3TD
Receiving : D.Brown (Cal) 153YDS 2TD
Defense : A.English (Cal) - 12TKL 6TFL 4SACK

Sun Devils Burned At Home

(3-7) Arizona State 0 - (#1 10-0) California 105

GLENDALE - Cal headed out to the desert to face Arizona State today, the game would be riddled with story lines. The Sun Devils have been particularly bad against the Golden Bears, and the fans let the Bears know it with some of the loudest booing all season. Making things more interesting was Arizona State's HB, Isi Sofele, a former Cal player. Sofele would be very motivated to have a big game against his former school.

Cal saved the best for 3rd to last apparently. Its hard to tell what was going on, but the Bears came out with a vengeance today and nearly racked up 1000 yards of offense. The Sun Devils just couldn't stop Cal, QB Kyle Boehm (474 passing) and HB Darrell Green (443 rushing) both had over 400 yards of offense. Green made it worse by adding 109 receiving yards. This was basically a yardage free for all, Mike Brown, DeAndre Brown, Dexton Fields, and Green all had 100+ receiving yards. With the score 56-0 at the half, it was sheer luck Cal stopped at 105. Cal finished with 500 rushing yards... brutal.

Green's 500+ yards of offense were shocking.

The Sun Devils offense didn't help keep Cal at bay, and Isi Sofele didn't get his revenge. Arizona State QB Mario Allen dropped a deuce with a 12/28 86 yard 2INT performance, but Sofele really stunk it up with -19 rushing yards on 16 carries. The Sun Devils' spread offense was eaten alive by RE/OLB Austin English and probably should have just taken a knee every play. Cal finished this game with a 974-33 yard advantage in offensive yards... shocking.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 474YDS 8TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 443YDS 6TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 156YDS 2TD
Defense : A.English (Cal) - 15TKL 11TFL 4SACK

Ducks Wasted In Berkeley

(#1 9-0) California 91 - (#14 7-2) Oregon 0

BERKELEY - Cal returned home and welcomed the quacking fans of Oregon this week. After felling #5 Oregon State a win today could set up the Bears for a walk to the finish line.

Snooze. Cal had their way with Oregon, they may have been playing with 9 men on the field. HB Darrell Green powered a whopping blowout with 7 rushing and 2 receiving TD. Cal's defense constantly put the offense in a great position to score, and they took advantage of it time and time again.

Green's game could have won him a second Heisman.

Oregon's offense looked hapless most of the game. The loss of their QB depth has really hurt them lately, and today was no different. Oregon QB Bryan Bennett went 9/17 for 35 yards and 4INT, not the kind of passing attack you want. Cal's freshman CB Andre Booker snatched two of Bennett's 4INT.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 285YDS 5TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 210YDS 7TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 111YDS
Defense : B.Friday / A.English (Cal) - 10TKL 6TFL SACK

Cal Beats Beavers On The Road

(#5 6-1) Oregon State 0 - (#1 8-0) California 56

CORVALIS - The undefeated Oregon State Beavers welcomed Cal for a nationally televised game. The Beavers have been on the rise and look to challenge for the conference title, beating the Bears would put them in the drivers seat for the Pac-10 title.

Oregon State managed to do something only West Orion Union has done; keep Cal under 60 points. QB Kyle Boehm had an off day, throwing his third INT of the season and fumbling the ball on an option play. Luckily for the Bears they have HB Darrell Green, who rushed for 295 yards and 4TD. Cal was efficient and deadly, winning this game easily.

Green powers a resounding win.

The Beavers had better luck on offense for most of the game, but they were done in by sloppy turnovers. Kyle Boehm had fumbled the ball on Cal's 15, giving the Beavers a great opportunity to deny Cal their 5th shutout of the season, but CB Terrence Miller snagged an INT in the endzone. Oregon State's One Back set has caused Cal trouble, and it continued to help keep their defense on the field, but in the end it wasn't enough.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 262YDS 4TD INT
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 295YDS 4TD
Receiving : D.Fields (Cal) 134YDS TD
Defense : A.English (Cal) - 9TKL 7TFL 3SACK

Wildcats Burned At Home

(#1 7-0) California 63 - (#21 4-1) Arizona 7

TUSCON - The Golden Bears welcomed the Arizona Wildcats this week. After running through the Pac-10 bottom dwellers the Bears are headed for a stretch of ranked opponents. The Wildcats have started off well and would like to keep their perfect record, they shouldn't hold their breath.

The broken record of Cal's offense kept spinning this week. Cal hit 300+ rushing yards again and Kyle Boehm threw for 324 with only 11 completions. WR Mike Brown tormented the Wildcats secondary and accounted for over half of Boehm's passing yards. The only point of interest in this game was a questionable fumble that Arizona took back for a TD, their only points of the game.

Boehm and Green fuel the assault.

Offensively the Wildcats were horrible. Their "No Huddle" offense looked more like a "No Clue" offense all game. Arizona could barely get out of their own end of the field, an easy win for Cal.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 324YDS 5TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 246YDS 3TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 184YDS TD
Defense : B.Friday (Cal) - 10TKL 6TFL 2SACK

Huskies Whipped In Berkeley

(#1 6-0) California 84 - (3-3) Washington 3

BERKELEY - Cal returned home to face off against Washington today, the Huskies would be lucky to get out of Strawberry Canyon without giving up 100 points.

Cal's offense continued to roll, same old explosive offense. Cal rolled up 399 yards and 6TD on the ground, split between HB Darrell Green and Kyle Boehm. The Bears option attack has been deadly all season, at this rate Cal could lead the nation in passing and rushing offense.

Boehm's legs are proving deadly.

The Huskies offense wasn't much to watch. They managed to put together a FG drive, but aside from that they were really good at getting off the field in a hurry. Cal finished with with a 778-45 advantage in offensive yards, their second straight 700+ yard game.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 397YDS 6TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 276YDS 2TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 124YDS TD
Defense : G.Gilliland (UW) - 7TKL SACK

Cal Cracks 100

(#1 5-0) California 100 - (2-4) Washington State 0

PULLMAN - The Golden Bears traveled to the rainy Pacific Northwest to take on Washington State today. The Bears would be prepared, but they wouldn't be very worried about losing to one of the Pac-10's worst teams.

Nobody expected Washington State to win, but allowing 100 points was unthinkable. QB Kyle Boehm had a marquee day with 11 total TD, 9 passing and 2 rushing, which fueled the record blow out. Cal rolled up 322 rushing yards to go along with Boehm's 436 passing, a tragic day for fans of the Cougars.

Green proved too much for the Cougs.

Washington State should have been happy to get Cal's offense off the field, but the nightmare continued. CB Terrence Miller had a TAINT to go along with his 11 tackles, topped only by DE/OLB Austin English. English tallied 12 tackles and 3 sacks, which helped usher the Cougars off the field faster than they would have liked. As a reward for scoring in the triple digits the Bears were delighted to receive commitments from some of the top prospects in the nation. The pending void at QB, either this year or next, helped Cal snag the #1 (John Yancey, Gunbarrel CO) and #2 (Corey Barret, Avondale LA) prospects in the nation. They also locked up the #2 T Jasper Anderson out of Andrews TX.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 436YDS 9TD
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 205YDS 2TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 177YDS TD
Defense : A.English (Cal) - 12TKL 5TFL 3SACK

Golden Bears Trounce Baby Bears

(#1 4-0) California 63 - (1-3) UCLA 0

BERKELEY - Cal opened Pac-10 play today with a visit from UCLA, a great way to start conference play. The Bruins have been losing the battle of LA to USC, and have dropped to the 4th best California school in the Pac-10. UCLA needs a serious turn around before they can challenge for the Pac-10 title.

Cal's offense barely skipped a beat against the hapless Bruin defenders. The only blemish on Kyle Boehm's day was his second INT of the season, a foolish pass attempt from Cal's 4 yard line, luckily he bounced back to go 18/20. The biggest story of the game was UCLA's complete inability to halt the Bears ground game. HB Darrell Green and Boehm combined for 300 yards and 5TD on the ground, no way to play if you plan on beating Cal.

Green keeps rolling.

UCLA's offense had a horrible day, and they were lucky to leave with their starters in good health. The Bears used their talented freshman edge rushers, Cortney Grixby and Austin English, to put pressure on all aspects of the offense. English had a great day, but Grixby topped him by picking off a deflected pass. The Bears finished the game with a 597-81 advantage in offensive yards.

GAME LEADERS

Passing : K.Boehm (Cal) - 300YDS 4TD INT
Rushing : D.Green (Cal) - 212YDS 4TD
Receiving : M.Brown (Cal) 189YDS TD
Defense : A.English (Cal) - 9TKL SACK