Around the Internet
- We’ll start things off with a Stewart Mandel mailbag here talking about why he’s wary of rating our Bears highly to begin the season, with the familiar (and valid) argument that perhaps our team’s lofty preseason rankings have been due to the two games against USC in 2003 and 2004, and in advance of a breakthrough under Tedford which hasn’t quite happened yet.
- Another short little thing from Mandel placing the USC/Cal game as one of the ten games that could shape the 2007 season, because of the impact a big game late into the season could have on both team’s rankings.
- Ivan Mailsel mailbag from ESPN.com here explaining why the Tennessee game will be bigger than the USC game this year, because it would legitmize the Bears as a national power and top team, rather than a mid-tier team with an explosive offense. Kinda like Texas Tech.
- Andy Katz quick look at the Pac-10 here. And I do mean short. Like three lines short. But that’s fine, because that’s about as many lines as every other team got too. Another look at Cal here that’s focused on how Braun thinks the Bears can be a major factor in the Pac-10, as long as the team is healthy. We’ll see.
