Will Ta'ufo'ou News

CHICAGO The Bears rookie class make a grand entrance at Tuesday's "Making Wishes Come True" holiday giving party at Soldier Field, riding down an escalator en masse into the United Club.

Had some questions pile up in the mailbox the last few days, so let's bat out a couple questions before getting the day started.

Both coach Jeff Tedford and Holley maintain that the fifth-year senior will start the No.

One of the position battles Cal coach Jeff Tedford was most interested in seeing during training camp was at fullback.

The NFL preseason is finally over, and now we're playing for keeps. No more jersey typos , no more inconsistent collar colors , no more George Halas initials on the right sleeve instead of on the left where they belong , among several other uni glitches that showed up during the preseason.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Seven players who were waived by the Bears during final cuts Saturday where placed on the team's eight-man practice squad Sunday.

Figuring out the practice squad, well, that is a pure guessing game. But that won't stop me from giving it a shot here.

Kevin Riley, above, looked and talked like an accomplished quarterback in training camp - poised, accurate and fully aware of his leadership duties.

Bears running back Adrian Peterson grabs onto the jersey of Buffalo defensive back Ellis Lankster after his interception in the second half on Saturday.

All the fuss over Jay Cutler's debut Saturday in Buffalo overlooked one key thing.

In Will Ta'ufo'ou, the Cal football team lost a 6-foot, 255-pound fullback who could bulldoze a linebacker, surprise you with his speed, catch a pass out of the backfield and -- despite guiding 1,500-yard rushers in back-to-back years -- probably go unnoticed on campus.

Backup quarterback Caleb Hanie picked up where he left off last preseason, scrambling around until he could make something happen.

Matt Forte News: Forte was not in the starting lineup for Saturday's exhibition game against the Bills, the Chicago Tribune reports.

In Will Ta'ufo'ou, the Cal football team lost a 6-foot, 255-pound fullback who could bulldoze a linebacker, surprise you with his speed, catch a pass out of the backfield and -- despite guiding 1,500-yard rushers in back-to-back years -- probably go unnoticed on campus.