This story was posted at 7:17 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8. In light of his team’s recent field-goal struggles, Cal Poly football head coach Rich Ellerson said Monday there will be open competition for kicking duties. The season started on an emotional high for junior Andrew Gardner, who booted a game-winning 21-yarder as time expired to carry the Mustangs over San Diego State 29-27 in each team’s opener Aug.
Cal Poly's football game at McNeese State canceled
Because of potential effects of Hurricane Ike on Lake Charles, La., Cal Poly’s football game there Saturday night against McNeese State was canceled by school officials Thursday morning.
“This decision was made in the interest of safety for our fans,” McNeese State president Robert Hebert said in a news release.
Weis wanted to head to San Diego
Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis reportedly wanted to watch San Diego State take on Cal Poly this weekend in order to scout the Aztecs, who’ll visit South Bend on Sept. 6. He reportedly told Irish Illustrated he asked…
Cal Poly outdoes 16 FBS teams in Sagarin ratings
Cal Poly was ranked 121st in the Jeff Sagarin NCAA football preseason ratings released Friday. The Sagarin ratings rank all Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) and Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) teams top-to-bottom. USC topped the list, with…
Saving the best poll for last
Several Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) preseason rankings have placed Cal Poly in the top 15, but arguably the most important top-25 did the same Thursday, when the Mustangs found themselves slotted No. 14 in the FCS coaches poll.…
Getting in the Delta Spirit: San Diego band coming to SLO
Just days after gracing a San Luis Obispo stage, San Diego rock-and-soul band Delta Spirit will make its TV debut on the Late Night with Conan O’Brien stage on Sept. 3.
One of the band’s first summer performances to promote its new album, “Ode to Sunshine,” will be at Boo Boo Records in downtown San Luis Obispo for an in-store show August 27 – the day after the album’s re-release.
Presto's new album lacking
Capitalizing on the talent of some of the genre’s godfathers, hip-hop producer Chris Douglas (stage name: Presto) may well just have the needed star power behind him to get an audience for his new album, “State of the Art”.
The young producer has yet to cross the threshold to greatness, even as artists including Sadat X of Brand Nubian fame, CL Smooth and Pete Rock, and O.
'Pineapple Express': A train wreck
“Pineapple Express,” written by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, is the latest film to emerge from the Judd Apatow fun factory and, dare I say, it wasn’t that much fun.
Meet Dale Denton (Rogen) and prepare to be un-amazed. As with every role Rogen plays, he doesn’t stray too far from his preexisting, laid-back, charming loser profile.
Multimedia: Cuesta Ridge at Concerts in the Plaza
Cuesta Ridge, a local Central Coast band, performed at San Luis Obispo’s concert in the plaza. With a “new grass” feel that mixes traditional blue grass with a modern, rock twist, the band had the crowd on its feet from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Click the image below to see photos, hear interviews, and listen to audio of the event.
Incoming basketball player to face bank robbery charges
An 18-year-old Minnesotan on the Cal Poly men’s basketball roster will face two felony charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a Wisconsin bank robbery Saturday morning, authorities said Wednesday.
Anthony Di Loreto of Minnetonka, Minn.
Poly grad brings home gold
BEIJING – Cal Poly graduate Stephanie Brown Trafton won the gold medal in the women’s discus Monday night at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and became the first gold medalist from Cal Poly after posting a mark of 212 feet, 5 inches.
“Someone told me that I was coming to the Bird’s Nest to lay a golden egg,” she told reporters.