Mel's Matchups: CFB Week 12

Mel Kiper spotlights the best individual matchups of Week 12 in college football, including Dane Sanzenbacher and DeVier Posey versus Donovan Warren, Jacoby Ford versus Ras-I Dowling and more.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

OLB Bowman has all the NFL tools

Penn State junior OLB Navorro Bowman has risen steadily up the draft board this season and there is plenty of buzz that he will enter the draft after ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Pac-10 players of the week

...of Oregon State, end Ricky Elmore of Arizona and safety Rahim Moore of UCLA and cornerback Syd'Quan Thompson of California. Also nominated for special teams play were kick returners Travis Cobb of Arizona and...

Tests normal on Cal tailback Best

California star tailback Jahvid Best was released from the hospital Sunday and will miss at least one game after sustaining a concussion on a terrifying fall in the end zone.

Mel's Matchups: Week 10

Mel Kiper looks at the key matchups of Week 10 in college football, including two main CB-WR battles in Tuscaloosa, Jared Odrick vs. Justin Boren in Happy Valley, and a few Big 12 pass-rushers getting challenged.

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Cal edges ASU as Tavecchio nails field goal in final minute

Giorgio Tavecchio kicked a 24-yard field goal with 21 seconds left, and California rallied for a sloppy 23-21 victory over Arizona State on Saturday afternoon.

Final Pac-10 injury report

...Thomas Weber, groin, probable WR Kerry Taylor, hamstring, questionable OG Zach Schlink, knee, out California CB Syd'Quan Thompson, hip, questionable K Vince D'Amato, shoulder, doubtful OG Matt Summers-Gavin, shoulder, probable FB Brian...

Some injury updates

...Stanford game. C/OG Garth Gerhart (toe) and cornerback Omar Bolden (knee) are questionable. California Cornerback Syd'Quan Thompson sat out the second half of the UCLA game with a hip pointer but he is...

Why isn't Cal any good?

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller A reporter who covers California and I were chatting during the late moments of USC's 30-3 whipping of the Bears, a...

Pac-10 lunch links: USC is eyeballing Jahvid Best

...been around for a while. California is still looking for the right cornerback to play opposite Syd'Quan Thompson. Meanwhile, at Oregon, there's a football game this weekend. Oregon State defensive tackle Stephen Paea...

QB Brown must read coverages better

Scouts Inc. was in West Virginia on Thursday for the matchup between the Mountaineers and the Colorado Buffaloes and got a good look at a few prospect...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Final Pac-10 injury report

...Aaron, elbow, out California WR Nyan Boateng, foot, out OG Matt Summers-Gavin, illness, probable CB Syd'Quan Thompson, back, illness, probable TE Spencer Ladner, knee, out Oregon S T.J. Ward, ankle, doubtful WR...

Huskies' Butler leads improved linebacker depth

...it seemed most difficult to pick the two cornerbacks among UCLA's Alterraun Verner, Cal's Syd'Quan Thompson, Oregon's Walter Thurmond and Arizona's Devin Ross (not to mention USC's Josh Pinkard...

Syd'Quan Thompson looked great against Minnesota and star WR Eric Decker this past weekend

Draft Lab: Syd'Quan Thompson's stock

Cal's Syd'Quan Thompson is a bit short for what scouts like in a NFL CB, but KC Joyner looked at the heights and weights of all 64 starting NFL CBs and came to an interesting conclusion.

Story | Conversation | September 22, 2009