Larry Brown Sports
Brown Bag it, Baby
The Big Ten’s unexpected expansion into the Pac-12 was certainly a major moment for the future of the NCAA. However, few believe the conference is done expanding if the conditions are right. The Big Ten is casting a wide net as it considers …
Cal’s special teams were a disaster in the team’s 24-23 loss to rival Stanford in “Big Game” on Friday. Cal muffed a punt return and had two kicks blocked in the defeat. The first blocked kick occurred on a 32-yard field goal …
The situation in the Pac-12 is getting more embarrassing by the day. The same conference that shut down its season all while several major conferences continued to play football as scheduled had one of its six games canceled for its debut week. The …
Under Armour continues to attempt to escape its west coast college apparel deals, and the schools involved are vowing to fight it. The brand is reportedly seeking to get out of its deal with Cal, the second Pac-12 school with whom Under Armour is …
Ole Miss was not happy with the officiating toward the end of its heartbreaking loss to Cal on Saturday, but the Pac-12 conference believes the officials handled the situation the right way. The Rebels were trailing 28-20 and had 3rd-and-goal from …
Aaron Rodgers signed a massive contract extension with the Green Bay Packers last offseason that guarantees him around $100 million, and he is using some of that money to improve the football program that helped make him an NFL MVP. On Tuesday, the …
The first half of Wednesday’s Cheez-It Bowl between Cal and TCU was about as sloppy as it gets. During about a four-minute stretch from the end of the first quarter to the beginning of the second, the Golden Bears and Horned Frogs traded …
Cal may have a replacement for Sonny Dykes in the works. According to a few reports, the Golden Bears are in contract talks with Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox for the job. FOX’s Bruce Feldman first reported the news, while …
UCLA beat up on Cal 40-24 Thursday night at the Rose Bowl, and the two teams got into it after the game. There was a scuffle after time ran out as the teams met in the middle for handshakes and whatnot: UCLA/Cal pic.twitter.com/gnXolVfj3y …
Cal was getting blown out by USC 28-2 on Thursday night, so they figured why not try a fake punt? Maybe the idea to attempt the fake was a good one, but the execution was just an embarrassment. Punter Cole Leininger did some sort of half-hearted fake …
Cal football coach Sonny Dykes lost in his debut with the Golden Bears on Saturday night, and he was upset with Northwestern for seemingly employing some shady tactics. The No. 22-ranked Wildcats won 44-30 in a game that was much closer than the …
A friend of LBS who canceled his season tickets to Cal football prior to the season received one of the worst mailers we have seen. Cal’s ticket department is trying to get him back, so they sent him a mailer to invite him to the team’s …
California running back Brendan Bigelow has made some memorable runs already this season, but he probably won’t top the one he had against Ohio State on Saturday afternoon. It appeared that Ohio State had Bigelow in the backfield for a …
Cal football is in transition this year. Their home stadium is under construction so the football team is playing its home games at AT&T Park this season. As for Memorial Stadium, it’s undergoing a $321 million project that will redo the …
Even in the age of the cell phone camera, we see a lot of physical force used by security guards at sporting events. There has been plenty of controversy regarding when and when not to use a Taser to control a rowdy fan. We’ve also seen …
Oregon squeaked by Cal on Saturday in Berkeley, getting shutdown offensively for the first time all season. We wrote about Cal’s tactics to slow down Oregon’s “Blur Offense,” explaining how they faked several cramps. You …
