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Frank Stranzl Frankly Speaking, a weekly sports column, touches on Cal Poly’s playoff game at Texas State. Everything is bigger in Texas. The stereotype held true as the Mustangs battled the Bobcats in a quarterfinal football game in San Marcos, Texas. Here’s a quick comparison of the Bobcats’ home field advantage to what you might […]

Frank Stranzl Quick Recap: The lucky number is 11 this week, the number of years it took Cal Poly to beat the University of Montana. Another lucky number, it took Cal Poly 12 years to make the playoffs, making them the first California team to ever make the Div. I-AA playoffs field. In a first […]

tom sanders The Cal Poly football team took a step ahead of a game this year after placing Cordell Webb, 2004-05 quarterback, into the cornerback position. Webb, a junior, started three games last season in the quarterback position, scoring two touchdowns 21 for 38 passing. “Having a quarterback on defense is like cheating because he […]

michael mullady mustang daily After four years of college athletics, most graduating athletes are obligated to leave the sport they love to make a living doing something unrelated to sports. And when the next season rolls around, a sinking feeling usually rushes into the athlete’s head and heart when the next season rolls around and […]

graphic by sheila sobchik mustang daily With a monumental win last week against Montana, the football team is looking to ride its momentum into this week’s quarterfinal game against Texas State, Saturday. Cal Poly (9-3, 4-1 Great West) defeated the favored Grizzlies in Missoula, Mont. 35-21. Montana (8-4, 5-2 Big Sky) and came into the […]

kiel carreau In 2004, Cal Poly football’s middle line backer Jordan Beck led the Mustangs’ defense and received the Buck Buchanan Award for the best defensive player of the year. Running right behind him in the voting for the Buck Buchanan and further anchoring the Cal Poly defense was the always soft-spoken, defensive end Chris […]

Tonya Strickland Tonya Strickland mustang daily Looking beyond “noticeable obstacles as far as height and weight,” James Noble, a 5 foot 6 inch and 180 lb. Barstow local and now redshirt freshman running back, said Cal Poly was one of the only universities to look beyond the charts, and some may now see that as […]

Bradford Applin I’m itching: itching to talk about the Florida Marlins and their supposed “seafood sale.”  Itching to explain how the Florida Marlins have arguably the shrewdest front office in Major League Baseball.  Even itching to finally get my long awaited revenge on Mike Lowell.  But most of all I’m just itching; I seem to […]