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 fourth year at the helm of a Cal Poly program (6-0, 4-0 Big Sky) that […]
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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 frame. But with the help of five consecutive touchdowns in the final three quarters, Cal […]
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No. 19 Mustangs set for Friday night matchup
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net Head coach Tim Walsh and company set a lofty goal to start the season. In their first season playing in what is considered one the best conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), the Mustangs aimed to finish as one of the top 10 rushing offenses in the nation. Four […]
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Cal Poly football fighting for 4-0
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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Mustangs defeat UC Davis for first time since 2008
The horseshoe is coming back to Cal Poly. In the Mustangs’ first game in the Big Sky Conference, Deonte Williams rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns to help the Cal Poly football team to a 28-20 victory over the Aggies in the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe on Saturday. “We want to do that […]
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Mustangs seeking revenge in Battle of the Golden Horseshoe
This game needs no hype — linebacker Kennith Jackson knows it. He’s been on the field for the past three contests against UC Davis. He knows the team’s never beaten the Aggies under head coach Tim Walsh. He witnessed the Mustangs lose grip of a 21-3 halftime lead two seasons ago and watched the Aggies […]
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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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The third-string quarterback, the 83-yard touchdown and the win no one saw
None of it made sense — it wasn’t supposed to. If you take the 83-yard touchdown bomb, sprinkle in some heroics of a third-string quarterback, add in the No. 1 team in the nation and shake that cocktail up in the middle of 8,000 fans, that formula — in any so-called expert’s mind — never […]
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Hanson resigns, Fendall named new defensive backs coach
Following former assistant coach Randy Hanson’s alleged involvement in an altercation a week ago, he’s announced his resignation from the Cal Poly football coaching staff, effective Friday. In turn, Neil Fendall, who played safety under head coach Tim Walsh at Portland State, has been hired as his replacement and will coach the Mustangs defensive backfield this upcoming season. For the past […]
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Football debuts hurry-up 2.0
Snap after snap, the Cal Poly offense made an effort to push the tempo. And after a few drives, head coach Tim Walsh made it clear the Mustangs are going to try and win games this season in a particular fashion. By outrunning everyone, that is. “We want to wear people out, that’s the way that we […]
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Pie in the Big Sky? Athletic department dreams of more
What conference does your favorite college football team play in? Odds are either it or its conference has been affected by the shifting college sports landscape and now Cal Poly is no exception. One conference expansion that went mostly under the radar was the Big Sky, a part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Next […]