Mychal Kendricks News

Click on the photo for a slideshow breaking down The Truth and Propaganda from Rick Neuheisel's news conference previewing Saturday's game against Arizona.

Then again, some other images were more than mildly discouraging: Oregon and USC cruising downfield with little resistance and prancing into the end zone.

The statistics tell you that Cal is on its way to eclipsing last season's sack total that placed it in a tie for 14th in the country.

The Pacific-10 Conference's leading tackler didn't play much Saturday - just enough to clinch a victory for Cal.

He grew up in Etiwanda , a short drive from the Rose Bowl, and talked excitedly during the week of playing in front of several family members and friends.

Vanquished is the curse that brought Cal coach Jeff Tedford seven losses in his first seven visits to Southern California.

Jahvid Best had 153 total yards and two touchdowns, as the California Golden Bears upended the UCLA Bruins, 45-26, in a Pac-10 matchup at the Rose Bowl.

Having lost its last two games by the combined score of 72-6, the Cal football team officially gets to move on with tomorrow's game.

If Cal is suffering from any lack of confidence after two lopsided losses that turned its season upside down, it certainly hasn't reached linebacker Mychal Kendricks.

It was an exuberant end to a productive practice for the Cal football team Sunday.

OCTOBER 03: Joe McKnight #4 of the USC Trojans runs against Mychal Kendricks #30 of the California Golden Bears at Memorial Stadium on October 3, 2009 in Berkeley, California.

Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks runs a fumble recovery to the 5 yard line as Eastern Washington's Taiwan Jones gives chase during the first half of their NCAA football game in Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif.

It was supposed to be a matchup of top-10 teams. It was supposed to determine Pac-10 supremacy.

The sixth-ranked California Golden Bears begin their quest for a Pac-10 title, when they travel to Eugene for a key conference showdown with the Oregon Ducks.

Football is one of the few sports where you can be one of the elite players at a given position and still go relatively unnoticed.

Sophomore linebacker Mychal Kendricks out of Hoover High has stepped into the Cal starting lineup just fine, thank you.

Tenth-ranked California made Eastern Washington's weekend swing through the Bay Area anything but pleasant on Saturday, rolling the Eagles 59-7 You can read more on the game, and catch up on what else happened around the Big Sky Conference by checking out the links below.

The second game ever at TCF Bank Stadium figures to be a good one, as the eight-ranked California Golden Bears hit the road for the first time and challenge the Minnesota Golden Gophers in their new arena this weekend.

Following the departure of Anthony Felder and Worrell Williams, sophomore linebacker Mychal Kendricks has found himself a home on the inside.

Coach Jeff Tedford has said repeatedly that Cal's misfortunes at Maryland last season weren't because of the team's travel itinerary.