Offense getting “tweaked” to spread

New offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar (hired from Northwestern) is wasting no time in updating the Bears’ offense.

The Mercury News is reporting that while Tedford’s offense isn’t getting a total overhaul, it is definitely receiving some “wrinkles” from Dunbar’s spread expertise. View the article here.

Also, AP also has an article detailing this:

Associated Press says: Although the Bears won’t abandon Tedford’s effective running game, they’ll spend the spring installing some aspects of the spread offense in the Bears’ game plan. Tedford, who played in spread offenses while he was a CFL quarterback, hopes to turn Cal into one of the nation’s most versatile offensive teams, able to run a spread-out passing game and Tedford’s more traditional running attack on consecutive downs.

And you thought Lynch was hard to tackle during his sophomore season. Imagine being a defense that doesn’t know whether Lynch will run the ball, catch a pass or line up as a receiver. I’m excited to see the strengths of Tedford’s balanced pass/run attack melded in with some of the spread. This should be a great season…

Cal’s defense projected Pac-10’s best in 2006

It looks like Cal will be strong on both sides of the ball this upcoming season. ESPN is speculating that Cal will have the Pac-10’s best defense in 2006:

ESPN.com says: California figures to have the best defensive front seven in the Pac-10 next fall. Why? Tons of talent and depth. Of the 14 members on the two-deep depth chart heading into the Las Vegas Bowl, only one — starting linebacker Ryan Foltz — is gone.

You can view the whole article here.