Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s defense has stepped up every time it’s needed to this season. Against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) foe Wyoming, cornerback Nico Molino nabbed an interception in the final minutes to help the Cal Poly football team to its first FBS win under head coach Tim Walsh. A week later, […]
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Offense powers Cal Poly to 41-14 victory in season opener
The Cal Poly football team simply kept the ball moving, drive after drive. But the Mustangs weren’t doing so within the triple-option scheme they had become so famous, and infamous, for sticking to the past few years. They came out in multiple new formations en route to showing that their new offense wasn’t one to […]
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Coach suspended after alleged assault
Cal Poly’s football program will make do with one less coach this season. First-year defensive backs coach Randy Hanson was arrested Saturday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and consequently suspended indefinitely from his coaching position, as announced by athletic director Don Oberhelman. “(Hanson) has been suspended from the university as we gather […]
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Food for football
Rather than a standard entry fee, attendees of the Spring Green and Gold Game will be asked to donate one non-perishable food item or monetary contribution for the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County (SLO Food Bank). Bins for food donations and small monetary donation boxes will be dispersed throughout Alex G. Spanos Stadium. As […]
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Football preps for Spring Game
Cal Poly football, a new member of the Big Sky Conference, has begun spring practice hoping to improve upon its 6-5 overall and 3-1 conference records. Cal Poly, along with UC Davis, was extended an invitation to join the Big Sky as a football-only school. To welcome the upcoming season, the Mustangs will play their […]
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Asa Jackson plays in Senior Bowl
Former Cal Poly cornerback Asa Jackson recorded two tackles and returned a punt during his appearance in the Senior Bowl on Saturday. He was the second Mustang to be invited to the annual event that gives professional scouts another chance to watch possible draft picks. Jackson was one of four players to the game from […]
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My interview with Ramses
On Tuesday, Dec. 6, I interviewed New York Giants wide receiver Ramses Barden. Barden, a Cal Poly alumnus, who was nice enough to talk to me over the phone — on his day off — for almost 30 minutes. As a journalism major with a concentration in news editorial, this was one of the most […]
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Save the date: Football team will host Yale in 2013
After two consecutive losses, including a triple overtime thriller against Eastern Washington in the Cal Poly’s final home game on Nov. 12, the Cal Poly football team’s chances of making a postseason bowl game have ended. With winter quarter and spring workouts looming, it is time for the program to start looking to the future. […]
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Comeback for Mustangs cinches Great West tie
At noon, kicker James Langford sat in Sierra Vista Regional Center with a sharp pain running through his chest. At nine, Langford channelled that pain to the South Dakota sideline with a game-winning 39-yard kick as the Mustangs completed an improbable comeback after being down 14 points in the fourth quarter and then winning 27-24. […]
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Jackson's pick-six sparks Mustangs
With the Central Oklahoma Bronchos up one point in the fourth quarter and looking for more, Asa Jackson turned the game in the blink of an eye. Broncho quarterback Ethan Sharp dropped back to pass and tested Jackson on the sideline. The Mustang cornerback read it all the way, intercepting the pass, and sprinted 52 […]
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Mustangs programs gear up for weekend games
School is back in session, and Mustangs athletics is approaching conference play as men’s soccer, women’s soccer, football and volleyball are all in action this weekend. Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team is 9-3-1 in its last 13 matches dating back to 2010 and have one last tune up on Friday against Fresno State before […]