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.…
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.
Bill to lower textbook costs
Students can expect cheaper textbooks by next school year, thanks to a Congressional bill signed into law by the president on Aug. 14 encouraging textbook publishers to help lower book prices. The bill, part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, goes into effect in July 2010.
SLO job growth quickens
Cal Poly students who fall in love with the Central Coast lifestyle may be getting a few more opportunities to stay in town after graduation, despite near-zero job growth in the last three years, according to growth statistics compiled by the UCSB Economic Forecast Project.
Compassionate caregiver guilty on all federal counts
Morro Bay medical marijuana dispenser Charles Lynch was found guilty by a Los Angeles Federal Court jury Aug. 5 for five counts of violating federal drug laws in a trial that stirred controversy.
Lynch, 46, who will be sentenced Oct.
Poly victim loses thousands in Web scam
A 19-year-old Cal Poly student was recently scammed out of $2,375 when a Craigslist Web site exchange went bad, and she’s not the only one. Many people are duped by online con artists, but there are warning signs to prevent it from happening.
Freshman arms race down to two
The Cal Poly football program announced Tuesday evening a quintet of true freshmen with quarterback experience vying to stay under center has — for now, at least — been thinned to a duo. During the Mustangs’ opening practice Wednesday, eight…