J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net Winning hasn’t been complicated for Cal Poly baseball this season. Pitching and defense have carried the load while the Mustangs’ bats have provided just enough spark to give them a win. After tossing nine innings and allowing one…
Asa Jackson takes flight
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net “Oh shit, we just won the damn Super Bowl.” Those were the first words out of Asa Jackson’s mouth as he ran onto the Superdome field to celebrate with his Ravens teammates. Just 14 months after playing…
Cal Poly football announces 2013 recruiting class
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@gmail.com Cam Akins had dreams of playing wide receiver for schools in the Pac-12, but an injury to his meniscus scared off scouts. Now, after becoming one of 12 recruits to receive football scholarships from the Mustangs, he’s…
Local linebacker picks Mustangs
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net In elementary school, Jack Ferguson played Pop Warner football at halftime of Cal Poly games, but the next time he takes the field at Alex G. Spanos Stadium it will be for the Mustangs. The hotly pursued…
Punchd creators move to new apps
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@mustangdaily.net Whenever you can take something in real life and put it on your phone, it’s a good idea. Especially when Google agrees. Cal Poly computer science alumni Reed Morse and Grantland Chew added Punchd, an app that puts…
Mustangs trounce Warriors 88-59
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net The rout was on almost from the beginning. The Mustangs trailed 4-0 three minutes into the game, then went on a 14-0 run and never looked back. Cal Poly (8-9) beat Hawaii (10-9) 88-59 and moved to…
Williams makes the leap
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net The accolades speak for themselves. Deonte Williams can put all-star selection and second team All-American on his football résumé, but there’s one thing he wants to add: NFL running back. Williams grew up as what his mother…
Mustangs men move to top of Big West
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net An 11-point Cal Poly halftime lead had been whittled to nothing by UC Irvine, which used a 23-6 run to take a six-point advantage with eight minutes remaining. A quick-paced Anteaters squad sucked the energy out of…
When in Rome … Exploring the historic city
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and a Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. If I were an author staging the opening act of a grisly novel, the place I found myself on Thursday night would be the scene of…