Will Cal’s first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference start with a quarterback controversy? It might When the 2023 regular-season ended, it appeared the Golden Bears had found their long-term answer at the position in redshirt freshman Fernando Mendoza.
It’s been a whirlwind few days for class of 2024 signal caller Alberto Mendoza. After repeating as a state champion quarterback on Friday evening, he flew up to Indiana Saturday for an official visit.
Your UCLA Bruins walked off the Rose Bowl field for the final time this season, with their heads hanging low after a frustrating defeat to the Cal Golden Bears.
Fernando Mendoza threw a pair of touchdown passes to Jeremiah Hunter, Jaydn Ott returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and Cal gained bowl eligibility for the first time since 2019 with its 33-7 rout of UCLA on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif.
Most of the country will be asleep or watching something else on TV by the time Cal finishes its game against UCLA in Pasadena next Saturday night. But for Golden Bears fans the outcome is crucial, because a Cal win would make the Bears bowl-eligible.
Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Jaydn Ott rushed for 166 yards and a score, and visiting California retained "The Axe" in its annual Big Game against Stanford with a 27-15 victory Saturday in the rivals' final Pac-12 meeting.
No. 24 Southern California rallied from down two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and snapped a two-game losing skid with a 50-49 road defeat of Pac-12 Conference counterpart California on Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.
Cal lost to No. 16 Utah 34-14 on Saturday afternoon in Salt Lake City as the Utes won their 18th straight home game. Utah controlled the line of scrimmage, rushed for 317 yards and scored a season-high 34 points.
Cal may have found a quarterback, but it lost the game. The Golden Bears gave redshirt freshman quarterback Fernando Mendoza his first collegiate start on Saturday night, and he performed well.
TCU transfer Sam Jackson V will open the season as the starting quarterback for California after winning a training camp competition over Ben Finley and Fernando Mendoza.
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