Welcome to the first men’s golf blog entry of the spring!

I understand that golf isn’t exactly the most spectator-friendly sport. The whole standing up for ten hours while never raising your voice above a library-acceptable whisper deal somehow doesn’t have the same appeal as a football game. Plus, there are no cool cheers…although I am trying to remedy that. Email me if you think of something sweet that rhymes with Gandranata.

In the spirit of trying to make Cal golf more entertaining and accessible for you, the fans, I’m going to be using this blog as a forum to tell you all about the subtleties of the game and those fun little details about the team.

A few things that you may not have known about the Cal men’s golf… (Click here to read more…)

The Cal baseball team got slapped hard by Sacramento State today at Evans Diamond. 12-6. Damn. I can easily say that this was the worst I’ve ever seen the Bears play in my three years covering them. Five errors by Cal and only four earned runs out of 12 for the Hornets. See tomorrow’s article in the Daily Cal for the down and dirty.

But for now, here are a few notes. (Click here to read more…)

In basketball and football, it’s always about the rankings — who’s up, who’s down, and which team deserves to be where.

That’s not exactly the case with rugby. There’s no poll with considerable authority, and coach Jack Clark doesn’t think much of them. Maybe that’s because his team is practically always No. 1, and the Bears make a joke of the rankings when they blow out Top-5 teams.

Now, however, the rankings have some purpose (Click here to read more…)

So Cal has accepted a bid to the National Invitation Tournament and will play No. 5-seed New Mexico on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Since the Bears are the higher seed at No. 4, they will be hosting the Lobos at Haas Pavilion, though with a win, they will likely go on the road as their next opponent will be the winner between No. 1-seed and 2007 NCAA Tournament runner-up Ohio State and No. 8-seed UNC Asheville.

There is really no way to spin it so that a berth to the NIT is a laudable accomplishment. Having said that, there are a few reasons fans should still make it out to Haas Pavilion for one last time this year: (Click here to read more…)