Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net It hasn’t been easy for head coach Tim Walsh and the Cal Poly football team. In the team’s first year in the Big Sky Conference, the injuries are beginning to get to the Mustangs. The Cal Poly football team finished the 2012 regular season a co-champion of the Big West […]
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Tim Walsh named Big Sky Co-Coach of the Year
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net The Big Sky Conference announced Wednesday the selection of head coach Tim Walsh as the Co-Coach of the Year, sharing the honor with Eastern Washington’s Beau Baldwin. Walsh, who has coached the Mustangs to a 26-18 record in his four seasons at Cal Poly, celebrated his first coach of the […]
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They’re in: Football clinches first playoff berth since 2008
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net The Mustangs were in the air traveling back from Arizona while the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoff selection show aired on national television. Awaiting an at-large bid to the postseason, the entire team — give or take — read the same message when they finally were able to turn on […]
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Football team defeats Northern Arizona 42-34
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net One season, one championship. It didn’t take long for the Cal Poly football team to find success in the Big Sky. During its first campaign in the conference, the Mustangs walked away with a share of the Big Sky title after defeating Northern Arizona 42-34 on Saturday. The Mustangs finished […]
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Cal Poly football set for regular season finale
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The magnitude of Saturday’s regular-season finale against Northern Arizona can’t be overstated for the Cal Poly football team. It has title implications. It has playoff implications. It has historical implications. The No. 17 Mustangs (8-2, 6-1 Big Sky) face off against the No. 15 Lumberjacks (8-2, 6-1) in Flagstaff, Ariz. for at […]
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Mustangs win big, defeat Idaho State 70-14
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net On the Mustang’s first offensive play, Andre Broadous connected with Willie Tucker for a 48-yard score. Deonte Williams then punched in a 9-yard touchdown run on the team’s second. Seventeen seconds, two touchdowns. And they weren’t done. Cal Poly gained a season-high 505 rushing yards, the most the team’s gained […]
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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 concentration in industrial technology, it’s nice to know punctuality is still a priority for junior […]
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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 crucial in determining a playoff berth. This week’s nonconference showdown is no exception, as it […]
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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 football team, this year was no exception. The Mustangs dropped their first game of the […]
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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 both the media and coaches polls, and sit tied for first place in the Big […]
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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 to fill in for the absentee father he’s never met. While his mother was working […]