I have to praise the Oregon fans. They’re probably the best in the Pac-10; And to show up hours before GameDay even starts (remember, the start time is 7 a.m. local time) is more than impressive. What they did should be put in a book on how to be a sports fan.

The photographer and I got to the site around 6 a.m., an hour before the show began. ( Read more... )

The next morning, I had to wake up at 5:50 in the morning to do a radio interview with a local sports radio talk show. No prep time for this one, but the guy at KNBR threw me softballs. Not too much thinking required.

Fridays are travel days for the football team. By the good grace of a deal the paper made with the athletics department, the Daily ( Read more... )

We all know that it’s cliché to say that college is the best time of your life. I honestly believe that it is, or it was, for me. A large part of that was my time spent with the Daily Cal. And that awesome three days came last September, when the California football team went up to Eugene, Ore., to play Oregon in a battle of undefeated teams in the ( Read more... )