Just like professional athletes, student-athletes competing at a university like Cal Poly have to adapt to a strict routine to stay on top of their game during the season and offseason. This includes maintaining firm sleep schedules, diet plans, workout plans and preserving a healthy mental state. However, a few student-athletes are known to go […]
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Update: Cal Poly Football roster changes typical for the end of the season
Editor’s note: Mustang News previously published a story with the headline “Cal Poly Football makes massive roster cuts,” but it was removed from the website due to significant factual errors. The story previously reported that all three quarterbacks were cut from the team, when only one quarterback was cut. Fourteen players from Cal Poly Football’s spring […]
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Incoming Cal Poly athletes describe recruitment during COVID-19
Amidst the global pandemic, NCAA athletics shifted operations quite a bit. From holding events with no fans, limiting the rules on recruitment, to outright canceling events and seasons, college sports constantly dealt with the unprecedented during COVID-19. While athletes at Cal Poly feel the impact of coronavirus on their seasons, high school recruits on their […]
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Football opts out of the rest of 2021 season
Cal Poly Football has decided to opt out of the rest of the 2021 spring football season. “It was a variety of factors, we’ve had a number of injuries, an unusual number of injuries,” Cal Poly Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman said. “We had some early season opt outs that depleted our roster and then […]
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Football suffers third straight loss in 62-10 blowout against Eastern Washington
Cal Poly Football tallied their third straight loss in blowout fashion as they lost to Eastern Washington 62-10 on Saturday, March 27 at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington. The Mustangs (0-3) struggled to pass the ball throughout the game as the three quarterbacks to take snaps combined to pass for 70 yards, one touchdown, […]
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Football suffers 73-24 loss to UC Davis for 0-2 start
Cal Poly Football lost the first of two matchups of the spring season against rival UC Davis in a blowout, 73-24 on Saturday, March 20 UC Davis Health Stadium. Despite gaining the lead two times in the first minutes of the game, the Mustangs (0-2) were unable to hold back the offense of UC Davis […]
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Cal Poly Football falls short in season opener to Southern Utah 34-24
Cal Poly Football lost to the Southern Utah Thunderbirds 34-24 in their spring season debut and first game under head coach Beau Baldwin on Saturday, March 13 at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Southern Utah (1-2) outscored Cal Poly (0-1) 31-7 through the first half, including 21 straight points in the second quarter. The Mustangs managed […]
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After 16 months off, Cal Poly Football looks ahead to 2021 spring season
After 16 months since their last game, Cal Poly Football will finally take the field on Saturday, March 13 against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds to kick off the official spring 2021 season. Since beating Northern Colorado back in Nov. 2019, the team experienced a plethora of changes. The Mustangs saw a change in coaching staff, […]
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Cal Poly Football gears up for a six-game spring season
Cal Poly Football announced its schedule for the 2020-2021 season on Nov. 4, making it the first Cal Poly sport to release a schedule for an upcoming spring season after being forced to shut down in March 2020.
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How the head coach of football responded to adversity this year
Beau Baldwin was officially named the head coach of the Cal Poly Football team on Dec. 11, 2019. In his first season as head coach, Baldwin had to adjust quickly to not only being a first-year head coach but also to coaching during COVID-19. “I always look at any adversity or situation as an opportunity […]
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Football kicks off Fall practices
Cal Poly Football officially kicked off their offseason Fall practices on Nov. 3, their first action in pads as they begin their preparations for the upcoming 2021 Spring season. Due to the effects of COVID-19, the team was unable to hold their annual Spring practices back in March, which is used to prepare the team […]