Perspective from ESPN

ESPN put up another article in its Pac-10 spring notebook series today. There’s no revelations, but it’s always interesting to hear what people are saying and what the media thinks. The main things it observes for Cal come from the first spring scrimmage:

• Joe Ayoob is still in the QB competition (they celebrate his stats during the scrimmage)
• Marshawn Lynch is looking like Reggie Bush
• In addition to DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan (who’s mentioned as #1 receiver quality), tailback tandem Lynch and Justin Forsett are looking to be great possible receivers in the spread. Marcus O’Keith is mentioned as well.
• Also, Lavelle Hawkins (the JC transfer receiver who struggled last season) appears to have picked up more of the offense in the offseason.

Check out the full article here.

Two spread/QB articles with quotes

There’s two new articles out with great quotes from head coach Jeff Tedford and the battling QBs.

Former SF Chronicle writer Glenn Dickey discusses the spread with Tedford and also the QB situation. One important quote:

Glenn Dickey says: Who’s No. 1? “If we had to play a game tomorrow, it would be Nate,” Tedford said, “with the other three pretty much bunched behind him. But that’s not to say that Nate has the No. 1 spot cinched.”

The Oakland Tribune details the QB situation again, with a lot of quotes from Longshore, Levy, Ayoob, and Reed. See this article here.

Cal “sleeper” for nat’l championship?

Sporting News mentions Cal as the “sleeper team for the national championship game” during a discussion of our QB situation. I’m not sure how informed this writer really is, but it’s nice to see the team getting some respect. See the article here.

News is pretty slow these days, but the Spring Game is coming up on April 22.

EDIT: There’s an interesting article on CBS Sportsline with some insight from Tedford on the upcoming spread offense. Check it out.