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Season Opener: Cal looks to quiet crit-

ics in 2010 after a very disappointing 2009. page 2 Owusu is Loose: Ernest Owusu knows the difference between a weight room hero and a solid football player. page 3

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Beautiful by Katie Dowd Daily Cal Staff Writer

Kicker Giorgio Tavecchio almost attended UC Davis to play soccer. Now, he is Cal’s starting place kicker. >> Tavecchio: Page 4

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et’s get this out of the way first. Cal is not going to lose to UC Davis. I won’t even qualify that with “barring a miracle.” The Aggies need at least two to pull off the ‘W.’ I’ll lay down good money that some of you weren’t even aware that UC Davis had a football team. (I’m capping the bet at $5 or $10, though. I don’t get paid to work here.) I will give the Aggies one thing: They’ll make one hell of a hangover cure. You know, the one still lingering from the season-ending beatdowns by Washington and Utah. In a season with arguably the lowest expectations of coach Jeff Tedford’s tenure, I’ll take whatever adds to the win column. You might hear a lot about how Davis upset Stanford in 2005 (a Cardinal squad which, by the way, went sub.500). Or maybe you’ve heard more about how the team stayed within 10

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points of Boise State until the game’s final minutes a year ago. I couldn’t care less. Does Cal’s triple-overtime upset of USC in 2003 mean the Bears are more likely to beat the Trojans in any given year? To gauge the team’s attitude towards its season opener, let’s take a look back at a few quotes from Tuesday’s press conference. Tedford: “They’re very competitive. They’re picked again to win their conference. They have 14 starters back and they do a great job. They’re very well coached.” Quarterback Kevin Riley: “They’re a good team predicted to win their conference this year. There is a difference (in athleticism), but they’re scholarship players as well and they’re a good team.” Linebacker Mike Mohamed: “So there’s going to be some new faces out there on Saturday, but you know, they’re a good team.” When coaches and players start digging this deep into the bag of cliched responses, it’s a good sign they’re really reaching for things to say. Randy Wright, a redshirt freshman, is making his first career start under center. He won’t have any easy targets either; both the Aggies’ top receivers graduated. Cal’s streak of 1,000-yard rushers was barely cut short last season; UC Davis’ two backs couldn’t combine for 800. They’re the defending Great West champions, but can you name another team in that conference? The Bears have an all-time 299-20 point advantage through eight games

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Shane Vereen enters the 2010 season as Cal’s number one running back. The Valencia, Calif. native rushed for 952 yards last season.

Experienced Offense Returns for 2010 And so they do a great job there.” Riley took the topic one step further, referencing Appalachian State’s monumental upset victory over No. 5 Michigan in 2007. “You’ve got to be ready,” Riley said. “If you come out there just thinking you’re going to win, not ready to play, it’s going to be a fight and you might get yourself into a bad situation.” Cal is unlikely to find itself in a bind against such a heavy FCS underdog, especially one with key losses. The Aggies’ two-time All-Great West quarterback Greg Denham left for the seminary, while standout receiver Chris Carter has graduated. Riley’s general emphasis on preparation and focus is apt, considering the season the Bears endured last fall. After receiving considerable preseason hype and another lofty na-

by Ed Yevelev Contributing Writer

References to Boise State and Stanford were ubiquitous during Tuesday morning’s press conference. When asked about UC Davis, the Bears’ foe in Saturday’s 1 p.m., season opener at Memorial Stadium, Cal coach Jeff Tedford, linebacker Mike Mohamed and quarterback Kevin Riley all took time to mention the Aggies’ recent gridiron recent achievements. “You take a look at their victory over Stanford five years ago, you take a look at how they played Boise State last year,” Tedford said. “At Boise it was 27-16 with about a minute to play in the game.

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tional ranking, Cal stumbled to an 8-5 record. That inconsistency leaves the Bears starting unranked for only the second time in seven years, and the team’s off-season changes have reflected a desire to avoid 2009’s curious lapses. On defense, Tedford brought in Clancy Pendergast from the NFL to create more play-making opportunities for an all-too-often passive Cal defense. “We want to be more aggressive,” Mohamed said. “We want to get in the quarterback’s face, we want to cause turnovers and just get the ball back for our offense.” Perhaps no one has been more eager to move past 2009 than the

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One of the strongest players at Cal, defensive end Ernest Owusu is more than a weight room legend.

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hris Turner never had a chance. Moments after taking the first snap of the second quarter in Berkeley last year, the Maryland quarterback’s pocket collapsed, and he was dropped by Ernest Owusu. Before the half was up, Cal’s defensive end struck again. With three minutes remaining before the break, the Terrapin offensive line somehow failed to account for the 6-foot-4, 270-pound Owusu. He flew around the left side and hurled Turner by the shoulder pads onto Memorial Stadium’s turf. After coming into 2009 with five career tackles, the junior lineman already had a pair of sacks. Owusu’s celebratory pose — a high-step as he flexed his right bicep —

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As Cal’s starting kicker, Giorgio Tavecchio has reason to be happy. Spend five minutes with him and you’ll see his happiness is all natural.

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his story almost ended before it started 13 years ago. A seven-year-old with curly brown hair was leaving school one day in Rome. The expensive car of an Italian soccer player screeched around the corner. Some people trust that each person’s life is dictated by a cosmic plan held in the hands of a higher being. The life of Giorgio Tavecchio could make anyone believe. The car slammed to a stop, nearly crushing young Giorgio. He tells the story now with a big smile, many years removed from terror of that moment. He wears a smile like other men wear shoes — because they need them to get from one place to another. The simple expression says it all: Cal’s junior kicker sees only the good in life because life has been unbelievably kind to him. Three weeks ago, Tavecchio missed a field goal at the end of practice that doubled the team’s number of gassers from four to eight. The players climbed the steps of Memorial Stadium looking like they could taste their lunch coming up, sweating and cursing. But Tavecchio, the source of their pain, was still grinning. “He’s always happy,” says kicker Vince D’Amato. The ups and downs of life tend to disrupt constant happiness, but you wouldn’t know it looking at Tavecchio on this mild fall afternoon. He’s leaned back against the wooden bench of Caffe Strada, face warm with gratitude toward everyone and everything. This

isn’t an act; it’s the way he is. He waves to yet another friend passing by on the street and turns back to the question hovering in the air: How are you always so cheerful? “I realize how lucky I am to be where I am. You go through hardships, but how many millions of kids would die to be in my position? To even go to school here,” he says “You have to realize how lucky you are. That’s one of the main things I try to do every day: not take anything for granted.” He smiles and gives the pencil in his hand a few quick, caffeinated taps. “And also, I just had a cappuccino.” f there is a force that rules Tavecchio’s life, it’s a powerful brand of good luck that follows him with heatseeking determination. Even the circumstances of his birth are charmed. When his mother Gabriella moved to Italy for work, the furniture she brought along with her was damaged en route. Her family recommended her to a local antique furniture restorer, a young man named Renato Tavecchio who had inherited his father’s shop as a teenager. In the words of their son Giorgio: “I owe my existence to God and antique furniture.” During his youth, the Tavecchios moved around a lot, from Milan to Connecticut to Rome to California to Washington DC. They settled in Moraga, Calif. — Bear territory if there ever was one — just in time for Giorgio’s high school years. At Campolindo High, Tavecchio immersed himself in soccer. He earned first-team All-Diablo Foothill Athletic League honors and took his club team to the State Cup semifinals three straight years. Soccer consumed him, but his life was about to take a different turn. A friend on the football team told him they needed a kicker and

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After handling pressure and doubt, Keith Browner carries on his family football tradition.

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ome might say that Keith Browner, Jr., he of the famed NFL Browner clan, was born to play football. He should have wobbled out onto the field in diapers, should have strapped on miniature cleats instead of baby booties, should have been listening to Madden instead of Mozart. But Keith Browner, Jr., who can now be found starting next to Pac-10 tackles leader Mike Mohamed, almost left the game he had dreamed about his whole life. It’s only natural that he would take to the sport. Having three uncles — Ross, Jim and Joey — and a father who shares your name all carve out NFL careers tends to set you up for high expectations. One of the earliest seeds of that dream was planted when Browner was around 5 or 6 years old. He’s a solid 6-foot-6, 250 pounds now, but he was small enough back then to be picked up out of the

stands and carried through the tunnel. His father had finished playing a game — it was about 17 years ago, so forgive him if he can’t remember which teams played — and afterwards, took young Keith into the locker room with him. “I was just standing next to my dad, just still,” Browner says. “I was kind of afraid of the guys because they were really big. I just stayed in position, got me some pizza and some soda and I was pretty happy after that.” Since those formulative days, he’s shot for the NFL, to be just like his father. (“Or at least better,” he says.) Others expected him to be too. “Oh my gosh. Every since Pop Warner, since everybody knows the name,” he says. “They expected me to do everything as far as tackling and all kind of things that have to do with football. They expected me to know everything from the jump.” e hasn’t lived up to the family line, not yet, but he’ll be on

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didn’t draw the best reviews from his fellow linemen. Yet the two-play sequence against Maryland gave a glimpse of the signature strength and athleticism that first made Owusu a hit at Cal. “Clearly, he’s a monster,” defensive end Cameron Jordan said. “He’s always been the strongest ... Owusu’s just ridiculous.” One only needs to peruse the Bears’ weight lifting statistics for further evidence. Owusu owns the school’s bench press mark at 460 pounds, a feat he accomplished as a freshman. Since then, he has worked up to squatting 600 pounds, which shattered Cal’s previous record of 520. And his 352 pounds on the power clean has yet to be surpassed as well. No small feat in a weight room that has seen powerful hitters like Worrell Williams and Zack Follett pass through its doors. It’s also remarkable when you consider what Owusu looked like just two years before stepping foot on campus. Despite a 12-sack senior campaign at Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tenn., an undersized Owusu couldn’t garner attention from any major schools. “I was just 215 (pounds),” Owusu says. “I was really small for a defensive end, and only got a couple of offers. After that, I was like, I know my body was going to progress, I just needed one more year.” And did it ever. He elected to take a prep year in 2006 at The Hun School of Princeton in New Jersey. During that year, Owusu packed on over 20 pounds of muscle. The rapid development earned him the chance to come to Berkeley, where Owusu — who grew up in Nashville idolizing the Titans’ Jevon Kearse — showed off his own freakish strength from day one. et even that raw ability could only take the junior defensive end so far. Being a workout wonder is one thing. Applying that strength on the field to become the starter he is now is quite another. “You can’t just go out and line up ... you’re not going to get away with your bad habits at the collegiate level,” defensive line coach Tosh Lupoi says. It’s a lesson Owusu would learn the very same year that he made a name for himself in the weight room. With a chuckle, he recalls what it was like to line up against Cal’s threetime All-Pac-10 center, Alex Mack.

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“If you’re off on your technique even the slightest bit at all, Alex Mack will destroy you,” Owusu says. “There were times where he would just pick me up, throw me down, all that kind of stuff. He would toss me all around.” Since that rude introduction, Owusu has taken valuable steps towards becoming a more complete defender. Tyson Alualu was a go-to player for mastering proper technique. The tenth overall pick of this spring’s NFL draft helped Owusu to keep his pad level low, improve on playing against the run, hold gaps and hone footwork. Meanwhile, Rulon Davis served as the consummate motivator. “I would specifically remember some times in practice, if I was doing something wrong, Tyson would just pull me aside and help me understand,” Owusu says. “With Rulon, it was always much more of an intensity thing. He’d just try to make sure you’re mentally there and try to pump us up a lot.” wusu has learned plenty from himself, as well. Jordan and nose tackle Derrick Hill, who have witnessed his growth as a player, called the redshirt junior an avid student of the game — someone who truly relishes learning. They have stressed the amount of time that he spends dissecting and critiquing his own play in the film room. As much as the two commented on his athleticism, they spent even more time recognizing Owusu’s maturity and desire to continue improving. “He does everything right off the field, he’s great in the film room and always gets his questions answered,” Hill says. “Now that he’s a veteran, he’s not making the same mistake twice. He’s a great image to replicate.” Owusu always emphasizes the importance of the learning process over any immediate outcome. When asked if he had an encore in mind after last year’s breakout opener against the Terps, Owusu opted to think long term. “I don’t like to set really specific goals like ... sacks or tackles, because that’s almost like you’re limiting yourself,” Owusu says. His teammates agree. “He’s grown at a rapid pace. As long as he continues to work hard, there’s no limit to what he can do,” Hill says. “Owusu can go to the moon if he wants to, that’s his potential.” More likely, opposing quarterbacks will be going to the ground.

the field for the season-opening defensive snap against UC Davis. It’s no small step — he had doubts about his entire career just two years ago. The senior outside linebacker had surgery on both shoulders his first year in Berkeley; he redshirted. The next season, he was buried on the depth chart, his 43 seconds of action coming in garbage time against Louisiana Tech. The waiting? That he could handle. But then his sophomore season came, and he was still being juggled between defensive end and linebacker. Coaches drilled him for mistakes. He had just eight tackles in 13 games. Browner became frustrated and depressed. Sometimes the spells lasted for hours, sometimes weeks. He thought about quitting. “‘Do I really want to do this?’” he recalls asking himself. “‘What would I do without this? What plan do I have afterwards?’ “I had my uncles’ jerseys and

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my dad’s pictures of football up on my wall in my bedroom. I started looking at those, and I’m just like, ‘What am I doing? I still gotta follow my dream’ ‌ I told myself this when I was young, so I can’t back out now.â€? is genetic gifts kicked in the summer before he started high school, as he shot up from 5-foot-5 to 6-feet. Thinner back then, the coaches put him at defensive end, tight end and wide receiver. Dorsey High is just a 10-minute drive away from USC. Half of the preceding Browner generation’s NFL quartet, including his father, were Trojan standouts. The other half opted for Notre Dame. He was a Browner, so the talk got tiring right away. It was always, “Oh, you’re going to Notre Dame,â€? or “You’re born to be a Trojan.â€? Nearly every team in the Pac-10 had been looking at him, not to mention programs such as Oklahoma, Texas and Miami. He picked Cal. “It was a little surprising,â€? the elder Browner says. “But I was happy because he went to Cal because of academics and to start his own little identity. Don’t follow your uncles or anything like that.â€? When Keith finally came to Berkeley, he still had some convincing to do. He had used the two-point stance along the D-line in high school, so linebacker was where he felt most natural, most at home. “It was like ‘Okay, I can do some things at linebacker,’â€? he says. “‘I could beast out at linebacker.’ I kept on having a good relationship with the coach, kept on going in his ear.â€? It paid off, eventually. He dropped

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around 20 pounds, down from 270, making him quick enough to impress the staff. “One time, we were out here doing championship condition, which is change-direction drills we do at 6:30 in the morning in spring,� linebackers coach Kenwick Thompson says. “He was running with the linebackers ... That was the first time I thought, ‘He may be able to do this.’� True freshman Dave Wilkerson challenged him for the starting spot this fall, but the latest product of a dynasty won out. And after the hardest camp of his career, he’ll finally be able to proudly look up in the stands at his father, who now lives in Stockton, Calif., and makes it to every game. rowner’s family is still giving him some guidance. They’ve called or emailed him with tips on his technique after every game he plays. There are a few pieces of advice he hasn’t implemented, though: the pressure points one uncle told him to target, and the dirty moves passed down by his dad. (“Some of the things he said were pretty brutal.�) Can he imagine not playing football today? No, he spits out quickly, not even a half-second of hesitation. There’s no sign of the self-doubt anymore. “When you do something for a long time and you have to stop — I still see it with my dad,� he says. “You still have the feeling and the flashbacks. You want that rush ... When we have two to three weeks off of football and I have time to myself, I’m just like, ‘Dang.’ “Sometimes, I wake up thinking I’m late to practice or something. Damn.�

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Tavecchio, then a junior, gave it a try. He was good and he liked it, so he stuck with it. At the very least, he figured playing both football and soccer would open more doors for him academically. “I decided to use sports as a vehicle to get into schools I wanted to get into that I previously hadn’t,� Tavecchio says. “Davis, I got rejected initially, as I did Cal. I used football and soccer to get into those schools.� The summer before his senior year of high school, Tavecchio found himself driving over the hill into foggy Berkeley where his father was working an on-going restoration project at Fiji, the brick fraternity house on the upper rim of the Piedmont circle. There, Tavecchio helped his father refinish tables and doors. And a few days out of the summer, he attended a Cal kicking camp. “I performed pretty well,� he says, “but I was known more for my short shorts and my curly hair by the coaches than anything.� Summer came and went, and Tavecchio sent his tape to Cal’s thenspecial teams coach Pete Alamar. He waited for months, calling every so often. There was no response, so Tavecchio assumed it was over. In March, he enrolled at UC Davis where he’d been offered a tryout on the soccer team. Winning a spot on the team wasn’t a sure thing, but he was happy to be at a good school close to home. Then, in late May, he got a call from an unknown number. It was Alamar. The Bears had one more walk-on spot available, and they needed a kicker. Football wasn’t a guarantee, but one thing was — a place at the University

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of California at Berkeley. Tavecchio, without hesitation, took it. The rest is Cal lore. He joined the team three days before the Bears’ season opener against Michigan State and won the starting kicking job. On the field, Tavecchio has sometimes struggled to find consistency, but he somehow always seems to find his way back to the top. Today, in all likelihood, he’ll handle all kicking duties. “You know how life is. You never know what will happen,� Tavecchio says. “Look at me being here. Two years ago, I would have never in my wildest dreams imagined it.� here’s a story about Tavecchio that his teammates love to tell. “The first day of camp he walks up with his pants rolled up and — he says they weren’t — but you could see the girdle hanging out like three inches,� punter Bryan Anger says. “He was kicking and I went up to him and said, ‘Giorg, I don’t want to be a jerk, but this is for your health. Pull your shorts down a little bit so you don’t get a lot of crap on the field.’� “Now, people exaggerate all the time as to the actual length that said shorts were rolled up.� Tavecchio says. He pauses for effect, carefully planning the next portion of his case. “I argue it was average length. But I do remember Coach Gregory, the thendefensive coordinator, saying, ‘Come on, buddy. Roll those shorts down.’� All of him is in motion as he defends himself with sweeping hand gestures. He’s not annoyed enough to lose the big grin, though. He loves his coaches and teammates, even if they occasionally see him as a novelty item (Exhibit A: Coach Jeff Tedford picking Tavecchio up and tossing him in

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the air after he hit the game-winning field goal against Arizona State last year). A player like Tavecchio could breed resentment in others. Most of his teammates have spent their lives working for a starting spot on a Division I roster. This gig practically fell into Tavecchio’s lap. No one, though, thinks for a second that he hasn’t earned it. “He’s a good leader,� D’Amato says. “He leads through his actions. Although he talks a lot, he doesn’t really talk about the motivation part. He shows it.� “I didn’t grow up in football. As a little kid, I wasn’t watching the NFL,� Tavecchio says. “Some people see that as a bad thing because maybe I lack motivation. But that motivation is there. When I see my teammates working their butts off on the field and I have my one chance to help them out, I’m going to make sure that when I come off the field after my play, they’re smiling.� He loses the perpetual grin briefly as he lets the seriousness of his role wash over him. Then, his face breaks into a big smile again when he’s asked to recall his favorite Cal memory. “When I’m eating with the team,� he says, “I look around at all these people with their various backgrounds and all the personalities and all the pathways they took to get here. Where they’ll go in the future. “I think about that stuff all the time. It’s just amazing.� He says it like his path isn’t amazing and, for a moment, he makes you forget that too. But then you look at him again and, like him, you feel lucky. Katie Dowd covers football. Contact her at kdowd@dailycal.org.

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wang from page 2 — all in the 1930s. The lead should grow, what with this probably being Cal’s only shot at laying down the type of blowout that it suffered against Oregon and USC in 2009. Plenty of talk has swirled about Cal potentially exceeding the low buzz surrounding it thus far. The Bears have generally been predicted to finish seventh in the Pac-10, but have been picked as high as third. This game, though, won’t move Cal further in either direction. There’s a picture from the previous time the Bears played an FCS team. It’s of Cameron Jordan looking like he’s mid-breakdance during last season’s game against Eastern Washington. On the field. Between downs. If there’s anything the team has to worry about, it’s me jinxing it with this column. Remember that whole double miracle thing? The Aggies’ former starting quarterback, Greg Denham, just left the team for the seminary. Oh, God. Tell Jack to leave the Daily Cal for the seminary at sports@dailycal.org.

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player commanding that offense. Wildly inconsistent during his first full season under center, Riley has honed every element of his game in preparation for his senior year. “I told him, I thought this is the hardest I’ve ever seen him work,� tailback Shane Vereen said in fall camp. “I love Kevin,� Tedford said. “Kevin really has done a nice job. His growth and development as a person, as a player, as a leader, is awesome. His experience is really going to pay dividends for us.� For the first time in his career, the Portland, Ore., native is working with a returning offensive coordinator — Andy Ludwig — and has a legitimate No. 1 wide receiver in junior Marvin Jones. Riley lines up behind a shuf-

fled but experienced offensive line that lost just one significant starter from 2009. He will also be handing off to the most reliable runners in the conference in Vereen. “(Vereen) does everything well — pass blocking, catching the ball out on routes,� Riley said. “I expect him to keep on doing what he did last year, but elevating his game.� The defensive side of the ball features a lot more questions marks. Not only must Cal replace a pair of NFL talents in Tyson Alualu and Syd’Quan Thompson, but both starting safeties from 2009 are gone as well. Sophomore Marc Anthony will take over for Thompson as the starting corner.

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A Look at UC Davis

Position Year

• Attrition uprooted most of the Aggies’ best players from 2009. Quarterback Greg Denham, who passed for 6,435 yards and 46 touchdowns over two seasons as the starter, skipped his senior season to join the seminary. UC Davis also lost its two leading receivers and All-American linebacker Mike Morales to graduation. • Redshirt freshman quarterback Randy Wright will be making his first collegiate start. The Santa Rosa, Calif. product is the first freshman to start for the Aggies since 2000. • This is the first game against a Pac-10 opponent since UC Davis shocked Stanford, 20-17, in 2005. The Aggies were a Division II program at the time. • Coach Bob Biggs’ squad is picked to repeat as Great West conference champions in 2010. The Aggies are looking for their 39th winning season in the last 41 years. When it was still a Division II program, UC Davis set a division record with 37 consecutive winning seasons.

Player to Watch UC Davis running back Joe Trombetta has seen a lot in his time in Yolo County, Calif. One of the oldest players on the team, the redshirt senior returns to the Aggies for his final season after leading the team in rushing last year. The Santa Rosa, Calif. product enters his senior season with 1,618 career rushing yards, which is good for ninth in school history. Trombetta has also shown himself to be a viable passcatching threat out of the backfield, as he racked up 30 receptions last seasons for 206 yards. Despite maintaining seniorty, Trombetta will likely split carries with sophomore Marquis Nicolis, but the big back will likely see more action with the departure of prolific quarterback Greg Denham. The Aggies are traditionally a passing squad— Trombetta led the team in rushing last year with a mere 395 yards rushing­— but with a brand new quarterback and the loss of last year’s two top receivers, it seems logical that coach Bob Biggs will grant the big running back some carries and a chance to keep moving up the Aggies’ all-time rushing list.

Player to Watch Opponents like UC Davis are made for players like Cameron Jordan. The senior defensive end hasn’t always had a smooth career at Cal. The physically impressive pass rusher has sometimes been criticized for his uneven game play. For the first time in his Cal career, though, it sounds like Jordan’s goofiness off the field won’t be bleeding into ile his on-the-field conduct. r/F Coach Jeff Tedford praised Jordan le u h Sc early in camp for his more serious demeanor, ie r Ma something that Tedford said will translate into ne An even more sacks and tackles. And boy oh boy, should Jordan get a chance to pad his stats today against the Aggies. He has 113 career tackles and 11 career sacks, both numbers that could take a nice jump by the end of this afternoon. With Cal’s aggressive new defense coming at freshman quarterback Randy Wright, Wright better hope that former UC Davis QB Greg Denham — who left the school to join the seminary — is praying for him.

A Look at Cal • The Cal football team returns to Memorial Stadium for their fourth consecutive home game to open the season. The Bears have won their last three opening games against Tennessee, Michigan State and Maryland. • Running back Shane Vereen was the Bears’ leading rusher last season with 952 yards. It was the first season since 2001 that the Bears did not have a 1,000-yard rusher. • Freshman wide receiver Keenan Allen will make his first college start this afternoon. The heralded freshman out of Greensboro, NC was Cal’s first five-star signee since DeSean Jackson signed with the Bears in 2005. • Both of Cal’s starting safeties, Josh Hill and Chris Conte, switched positions from cornerback to safety over the summer.

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