Cal Bears Tap Into The Power of Video For Friends & Family Opening Game Promo.

BERKELEY - California head football coach Jeff Tedford has named sophomore Kevin Riley as the Golden Bears’ starting quarterback for their opener against Michigan State on Saturday, Aug. 30 at Memorial Stadium. Tedford made the announcement following Thursday afternoon’s preseason practice and said that senior Nate Longshore will also play in the opener.

The Golden Bears will need more than a viral video to play catch up this season.  Last year at this time, they were a nationally ranked football team with great potential.  We actually attended the game in which they were Number 2 for about ten minutes. This year?  All the Web 2.0 tricks, from Tedford’s blog to downloading free fan software, may not be able to compensate for that embarrassing showing in Palo Alto, where the Speedo’d Stanford marching band joyfully tromped on our Bear pride.

On the other hand, Golden Bear Olympians continue to do us proud in Beijing.