The Cal Poly football team simply kept the ball moving, drive after drive. But the Mustangs weren’t doing so within the triple-option scheme they had become so famous, and infamous, for sticking to the past few years. They came out…
The third-string quarterback, the 83-yard touchdown and the win no one saw
None of it made sense — it wasn’t supposed to. If you take the 83-yard touchdown bomb, sprinkle in some heroics of a third-string quarterback, add in the No. 1 team in the nation and shake that cocktail up in…
Boise State joins Big West
Boise State agreed to join the Big West Conference on Friday, completing a deal to send most of the Broncos athletic teams westward starting in 2013. As a result, the agreement helps the Broncos keep their nationally-ranked football team in…
Oberhelman expects improvement during second year at the helm
Cal Poly’s athletics director, Don Oberhelman, who will be starting his second full year this fall, expects the Mustangs to bring new success — in all sports. Oberhelman is in charge of all of the officially sanctioned sports including soccer,…
Behind the mask: Who is Musty?
The most spirited person in the gymnasium or on the field can’t even speak. Cal Poly’s mascot, Musty the Mustang, can be seen at football, basketball and soccer games, as well as fundraisers and community outreach programs, and the group of six…
A day in the life of a student-athlete
A student-athlete’s job is all-year round. There is off season conditioning and then in-season training. It is a job that requires you to take care of your body, learn plays and more importantly, acquire an education. If you don’t maintain…
Welcome to Rivalries 101
[box]Breaking down the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe and the Blue-Green Rivalry. [/box] Soccer With 11,075 fans looking on in dead silence, former Cal Poly defender and four-time All-Big West Conference selection Patrick Sigler stepped to the penalty spot. As…
Hanson resigns, Fendall named new defensive backs coach
Following former assistant coach Randy Hanson’s alleged involvement in an altercation a week ago, he’s announced his resignation from the Cal Poly football coaching staff, effective Friday. In turn, Neil Fendall, who played safety under head coach Tim Walsh at Portland State, has been hired…
Coach suspended after alleged assault
Cal Poly’s football program will make do with one less coach this season. First-year defensive backs coach Randy Hanson was arrested Saturday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and consequently suspended indefinitely from his coaching position, as…
Keddy undergoes surgery, set to redshirt season
A torn abdominal muscle during her sophomore year didn’t keep Cal Poly volleyball senior middle blocker Jennifer Keddy off the court, but a shoulder injury will bench her for the upcoming season. Keddy will sit out this year after she underwent outpatient surgery…
New conference, New Season
Entering its inaugural season in the Big Sky Conference, the Cal Poly football team was picked to finish fifth by both the media and the coaches in the 2012 preseason polls. The polls were released last week at the…