Money from Wisconsin game could fund locker room, field upgrades

Wisconsin’s offensive linemen outweigh Cal Poly’s defensive counterparts by about 60 pounds each, and the three-time Rose Bowl champion Badgers lured 81,746 fans per home game last season compared to Cal Poly’s 9,644.

Many have inquired why Cal Poly will face Wisconsin on Nov.

New pool a watershed for Cal Poly

The day when the Cal Poly swimming and diving team can compete on campus in an Olympic-size pool is finally becoming a reality.

Anderson Pool, located behind Mott Gym, is being replaced with a new pool that will meet Division I regulations.

Construction on the new pool was originally planned for January 2008, but the entire process took longer than expected, head coach Tom Milich said.

Rushing attack keeps Mustangs rolling

Last year the Cal Poly football team relied heavily on the connection between Jonathan Dally and Ramses Barden in its victory over Idaho State. On Saturday Dally completed just five passes for 88 yards. Barden caught just four balls for 77 yards. But it didn’t matter.

Mustangs take over first place in Big West

Kyle Montgomery scored the first goal for the Cal Poly men’s soccer team just 22 seconds into its Sunday afternoon match against No. 11 UC Davis before 2,817 at Alex G. Spanos Stadium, leading to a 2-0 victory.

“I actually thought I had one of my better performances, but the goal definitely helped boost my confidence,” said Montgomery, a sophomore midfielder.

Cal Poly drops finale, will visit UCSB in tournament

The Cal Poly women’s soccer team’s regular season came to an end Sunday afternoon at Alex G. Spanos Stadium with a 3-2 loss to Long Beach State, but the Mustangs still have their sights on the Big West Conference Tournament.

With the loss and UC Santa Barbara’s win later in the day, the Mustangs fell to third in the conference standings, meaning they’ll visit the Gauchos in a tournament semifinal Thursday.

Gonia leads Mustangs to sixth Big West title in a row

UC Riverside’s Chad Hall, the younger brother of Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall, entered Saturday’s Big West Conference Cross Country Championships as the favorite in the men’s race, just ahead of Cal Poly’s Daniel Gonia. Midway through the 8K race, though, the Mustangs’ leader made his move.

Cal Poly, Idaho State defenses unlikely to rest

Four years before Jared Allen was sacking NFL quarterbacks as an all-pro defensive end, he was at Idaho State wrecking opposing backfields, and Cal Poly wasn’t immune.

The current Minnesota Viking not only scored two touchdowns during a 38-31 win at Cal Poly on Nov.

Young unknowns worth a look

Welcome to Week 9 of the football season. It seems like this year has been full of players sitting for non-injury reasons. Larry Johnson may not suit up again for the remainder of the season, while the Giants’ top receiver, Plaxico Burress, has missed a game for skipping a team meeting and last week was benched for the first quarter after missing a therapy session.

Mustangs picked fifth, seventh in Big West

The Cal Poly women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big West Conference by coaches and seventh by members of the media at the Big West Conference media day Wednesday.

UC Riverside was tabbed to win the conference for the third straight year.

Rushing attack grounds Idaho State

This story was posted at 11:13 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1. Last year the Cal Poly football team relied heavily on the connection between Jonathan Dally and Ramses Barden in its victory over Idaho State. On Saturday Dally completed just five passes for 88 yards.

Cross country star: Going, going, Gonia

Sure, there was a chill sharp enough by California standards to force the shirtless, chest-painted fans in the Alex G. Spanos Stadium student section to cover up, and enough fog to make out-of-state observers assume San Luis Obispo was adjacent to either Los Angeles or San Francisco, not somewhere in between.