...before the game against the California Golden Bears at Memorial Stadium

Vereen steps up while Miles bails out

Todd McShay offers his Week 12 stock report, including rising RB Shane Vereen and a a pair of coaches who are falling fast.

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Unbeatens still rule roost in AP rankings

Mississippi, California and North Carolina have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.

Big Game lives up to hype as Vereen has 3 TDs; late INT sinks Stanford

Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as California spoiled the Rose Bowl hopes for Stanford with a 34-28 victory.

Opening the mailbag: Is Oregon taking the Civil War for granted?

...rankings: I am just curious why you ranked Cal at #23 and Stanford at #18 right after the Bears out-muscled the Cardinal at Stanford, beating them...

Pac-10 Q&A: UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel

...as an offense to keep pace. The one game we played really well on offense was against Cal and uncharacteristically we had a very poor defensive first half when we gave up 35 points. So...

Harbaugh focused on Irish, not coaching gossip

...Then it lost the Big Game to resurgent California, taking a thorough statistical beating even though it...Notre Dame has quarterback Jimmy Clausen and receiver Golden Tate, who may feast on a Cardinal secondary...

Tedford: No decision on Best return

It remains decidedly questionable whether California running back Jahvid Best will...short touchdown run in the Bears loss to Oregon State on...it's possible that his Cal career is over

UCLA-Southern Cal Preview

UCLA-Southern Cal Preview

...during the game against the Cal Golden Bears at the Rose Bowl in...

Best-case scenarios: Rooting interests over the next two weekends

...Area team, either Stanford or California. And it has the option...State, it could take a Cal team that: 1. Lost to...at least once (though the Bears probably would be selected ahead...

Pac-10 lunch links: UCLA's bowl picture cloudy

...needs to beat the Wildcats. California was the more physical team...in the Big Game. For Bears fans who want all of...day of the season against Cal. The Pac-10 blog would...

Pac-10 power rankings

...By the way, welcome back Cal. 1. Oregon: The Ducks have...Bowl berth since 1965. 3. California: In 2007, the Bears fell apart when they fell...

Power Rankings

It was an eventful Week 12 of the college football season. How did the results affect the Power Rankings?

Pac-10 bowl projections

...6-3 conference records: USC, California, Oregon State and Stanford. In...Bowl then likely would take Cal, even though it lost to Oregon State. The Bears will have a better overall...