Rob Calonge
One of the biggest questions for Cal coming into the '09 season was whether or not they could replace Zack Follett, Worrell Williams, and Anthony Felder. After their first game under the gun, it seems that the major question on defense has been answered. The Bears' linebackers accounted for 2.5 of Cal's six sacks against Maryland and had 44 of the 85 tackles registered with Mychal Kendricks (12), Mike Mohamed (9), and Devin Bishop (7) as the top three tacklers of the team.
At Tuesday's media luncheon, three of the linebackers, (Bishop, Jarred Price, and Kendricks), were on hand to field questions. The theme from all the comments was that this linebacking corps is just getting started. When posed with the question of how the linebackers fared against Maryland, Bishop said, "I think we all did pretty good and I think we can do nothing but grow and get better."
Growing and getting better would make this one tough defense to score on, but there's more to it than that. Besides improving, this crew believe they have much to prove. "We have a lot to prove as a linebacking corps," said Kendricks. He went on to say, "This is the first game. People haven't seen anything yet. We're just getting our feet wet. There's a lot of stuff we have to improve, and with those improvements comes better play, better plays, leave the fans in awe."
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