Cal has lofty goals, Stanford, San Jose St. looking to build
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By Glenn Reeves
SAN FRANCISCO — College football season is right around the corner. All three Bay Area NCAA Division I teams start practice Monday. All three open on the road Sept.2 — Cal at Tennessee, Stanford at Oregon and San Jose State at Washington. The head coaches and selected players met with the media Wednesday at a San Francisco restaurant.
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Cal goes into this season with high expectations. Stanford and San Jose State are more in a build-a-program mode. "We have high expectations at Cal and we're embracing those high expectations," Cal coach Jeff Tedford said. The Bears were picked for second in the Pac-10 and are ranked as high as sixth nationally by Street & Smith's. "We've got a lot of talent and a great coaching staff," linebacker Desmond Bishop said. So what are the Bears shooting for? "Hopefully a national championship," Bishop said. Tedford made his name in quarterback development as an assistant coach, tutoring the likes of Trent Dilfer, Akili Smith, David Carr and Joey Harrington. He made an instant impact as head coach at Cal, turning around the fortunes of Kyle Boller and setting Aaron Rodgers loose on the college football universe. But last year was a down year in terms of production for Tedford-coached quarterbacks, so now the preseason hype is about running back Marshawn Lynch, who Cal is touting as a Heisman Trophy candidate with a Marshawn10.com web site. "The big difference is that you can never stop," guard Erik Robertson said of blocking for the tackle-breaking Lynch. "You don't know what will happen. You might think the play is over and he breaks off another 20 yards."
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