Sullivan Grosz: Friend, leader, student of the game

Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com “How late am I?” he said with a smile. Coming from a guy who’s played four different positions since high school, trained with professional football players in the offseason and is a business administration major with a…

Cal Poly Football looks to regroup against Eagles

After suffering its first loss of the season, the Cal Poly football team is looking to rebound this Saturday against the No. 7 Eastern Washington Eagles. With just three weeks remaining in the regular season, each game is becoming increasingly…

Cal Poly football team falls to Sacramento State

Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net For 19 years in the Division I era, every Cal Poly football team that began its season 7-0 has lost in the eighth week of conference play. Unfortunately for head coach Tim Walsh and his…

No. 11 Mustangs travel to Sacramento State

Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly football team has slowly climbed up the national rankings with every win this season. And after last week’s 37-25 victory over Portland State, the Mustangs (7-0, 5-0 Big Sky Conference) reached No. 11 in…

Deonte Williams puts family first

Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net Deonte Williams was forced to be a leader off the field before he could be one on it. Growing up in south Sacramento, he became the man of the house at 8 years old, trying…

Mustangs remain undefeated, upend Portland State 37-25

Jacob Lauing sports@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly head coach Tim Walsh knows a thing or two about Portland State. After all, he managed the Vikings for 13 years before coming to San Luis Obispo in 2009. And tonight, his Mustangs (7-0, 5-0…

Molino struggles in football win over Portland State

Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net Nico Molino has proved to be the backbone of the Cal Poly secondary this season. But just when his senior year was riding on nothing but highs, it took a dip against Portland State. “I had…

The Portland connection: Mustangs look to defeat Vikings in homecoming game

Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly football head coach Tim Walsh may understand how to beat Saturday night’s opponent Portland State better than anyone. That’s a perk of being the former Vikings head coach for 14 years. Walsh, now in his…

Football scores five unanswered touchdowns in win

Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly football team found itself trailing after the first quarter of last week’s game against Weber State. This week, Cal Poly found itself in a similar scenario – tied at the end of the opening…

Football hosts Northern Colorado this weekend

The Cal Poly football team was a few plays away from dropping its first game of the season last week against Weber State.  This week, the Mustangs are trying to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Rolling off their first…

Mustangs win fifth straight, defeat Weber State 45-23

Junior defensive lineman Barrett Wangara grabbed the football and kept running. After snagging a ricochet interception in the third quarter of the No. 19 Mustangs matchup against Weber State, the 275-pound lineman ran down the field 58 yards into the end zone to…