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The Cal football program hosted another fun women's huddle on Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Jeff Tedford brought the idea to Cal shortly after he became the team's head coach in 2002, and the annual evening that happens on the final Friday each July about a week before training camp opens has turned into one of the most enjoyable Cal football events of the year.

>"The women's huddle is a fun event for everyone," said Tedford. "We enjoy this every year."

For more information, visit CalBears.com.

The annual Cal Football Women's Huddle is scheduled to take place at Memorial Stadium on Friday, July 30. The popular event is designed to provide a "football outlet" with attendees taking part in an on-field clinic featuring Cal head coach Jeff Tedford, assistant coaches and players from the 2010 Golden Bears squad.

Bear Blog will have more after the event.

For more information, visit CalBears.com.

2010 West Coast Pac-10 Media Day: Pac-10.org Live Video Stream (9:30 a.m. PT)
2010 Cal Football: Schedule | Tickets | Information Guide

Cal head coach Jeff Tedford and preseason honorable mention All-American Mike Mohamed will participate in the West Coast Pac-10 Media Day at the historic Rose Bowl this Thursday, July 29. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. PT and will be streamed live on Pac-10.org, with Tedford and Mohamed appearing on stage at 10:45 a.m. PT.

Fans can ask questions for the players and coaches via the Pac-10 Twitter account (twitter.com/pac10)

For more information on media day activities, visit CalBears.com.

The Bear Blog caught up with Mike Mohamed in Pasadena on the eve of West Coast Pac-10 Media Day after Cal's preseason All-American linebacker had made the journey down to Southern California on Wednesday

Mohamed caught a late afternoon flight, checked in at his hotel, grabbed some dinner at a local restaurant and then was still nice enough to give Bear Blog a few minutes of his time before we let him get some rest for his big day of interviews on Thursday.

Here's some of what we asked ...

Bear Blog: Tell us a little bit about your day today.
Mike Mohamed: Well I had class that went until 3:30 p.m. Once I got done with class, I just kind of got packed up and ready to go. My flight left around 7, I got here a little after 8, got a little dinner and about to hit the hay to get ready for a long day tomorrow.

BB: What are you expecting Thursday at media day?
MM: 30-40 interviews, it's going to be a grind (laughter), but I think I can get through it.

BB: What question do you fear the most at media day and how are you going to handle it?
MM: A lot of people ask about predictions or how bad you're going to beat a team, but that's something you want to stay away from. You don't want to build any of that controversy, because that just gives the media something to talk about leading up to that game.

BB: What's the craziest question you've ever been asked?
MM: Actually, I think the funniest question I've ever been asked was actually in class. Somebody asked me if we studied "The Play." If you knew anything about football, you'd know that "The Play" was just a bunch of random pitchbacks ... laterals ... it just happened by chance. For somebody to ask if we studied the play was kind of funny. 

BB: What are you looking forward to in 2010?
MM: Just some great game play from the Cal Bears. Especially at home, because we really appreciate all the fans coming out. Two years ago we went undefeated at home and that's what we want to try to replicate.

The Pac-10 media tour continued Wednesday on the East Coast. Here's a few of the group's activities of the day.

• Video of the Pac-10 group ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ
• Photo of the Pac-10 crew on the bus on the way to ESPN
• Group photo in front of NASDAQ in Times Square

The group will be back on the West Coast at the Rose Bowl on Thursday for Pac-10 Media Day. Stay tuned, we'll have more from Thursday.

More signs of the New York trip's positive bounce for the conference:

Andy Staples on SI.com weighs in with Pac-10 Rebrands its image, giving praise to new Pac-10 commisioner Larry Scott.

In the article, Scott says: "'Cal is a microcosm of what's happening across our conference and, frankly, across the country. So I feel a tremendous responsibility and pressure, in a sense. ... There is more pressure on schools and conferences to be entrepreneurial, to pay for themselves."

ESPN's Ted Miller said the commitment to bi-coastal media day "is already accomplishing what it intends to do this week -- to use Scott's phrase -- 'telling our story more aggressively and in a more dynamic way.'"

Heard Commisioner Scott's voice yet? Here's a podcast also from ESPN.

That's the skinny from NY. Was I there? No, I follow Sandy Barbour on Twitter!

Tuesday's press conference at the W New York Hotel in Manhattan has generated a lot of national publicity about the Pac-10. Below is a sampling of the media stories that were generated on Tuesday.

Pac-10 in New York: Yes, hype works
ESPN.com Blog (Ted Miller)

Pac-10 comes to New York, announces name change
Associated Press (Ralph Russo)

Pac-10 steps up marketing effort
Los Angeles Times (David Wharton)

The Pac-10 is in the blog business on its new website. Check out the Pac-10 Blog some of what's going on back in New York City for Tuesday's media events.

More to come Wednesday.

2010 Cal Football: Schedule | Tickets
Pac-10 Media Day Coverage: Pac-10 Website | Bear Blog

Cal head coach Jeff Tedford and preseason All-American linebacker Mike Mohamed will participate in a series of activities for a bi-coastal Pac-10 Media Day running this Tuesday-Thursday, July 27-29.

For more information, visit CalBears.com.

Pia Halbig and Daniela Holmqvist competed at the 72-hole International Ladies Amateur Championship at Kunětická Hora Golf Spa and Resort in Dříteč in the Czech Republic.

Halbig finished in a tie for 28th place at four-over. Holmqvist was a shot behind at five-over, tying for 35th in a field of 63 of Europe's top amateurs.

For complete results, follow this link:Complete Results

2010 Cal Football: Single-Game Tickets & 3-Game Plan | Season Tickets | Schedule | Build Your Own Billboard
Manning Award Website

Senior quarterback Kevin Riley has been added to the Manning Award Watch List. The award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, is releasing its 2010 watch list one player per day through its official website, Facebook and Twitter pages. Riley is the ninth player to be named on a list that is being announced in completely random order.

For the full story, visit CalBears.com.

2010 Cal Football Tickets: Single-Game & 3-Game Plan | Season | Schedule

Single-game tickets for 2010 Cal football home games are on sale now. Visit CalBears.com or call 800-GO BEARS to purchase tickets for any of the seven contests on the team's 2010 home schedule.

For the full story, visit CalBears.com.

Competing at a meet in Lignano, Italy, on Sunday, July 18, former Cal All-American Alysia Johnson won the women's 800 meters in a personal-best 1:57.85, a time that ranks No. 9 on the all-time U.S. list. Flotrack captured the race and you can watch it by clicking here.

2010 Cal Football: Tickets | Schedule | Build Your Own Billboard

Cal wants your help selecting which billboards will be in your neighborhood this season. Vote for your favorite Cal football gameday photos. The top five selections will be featured on billboards throughout the Bay Area beginning in August. Voting ends Monday, July 26 at 5:00 p.m. PST.

2010 Cal Football: Tickets | Schedule | CFI Preseason All-American Team

 

Junior punter Bryan Anger, junior tight end Anthony Miller and senior linebacker Mike Mohamed added to their 2010 preseason honors on Wednesday when they earned honorable mention recognition on the inaugural College Football Insiders Preseason All-American team.

For more visit CalBears.com.

Lauren Boyle took seventh place in the 800-meter freestyle preliminary race on July 8 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on the USC campus. The former Golden Bear posted a time of 8:46.82, while former Cal teammates Sara Sun and Shelley Harper finished 26th (9:06.92) and 29th (9:08.98), respectively, in the event.

Meet results for the L.A. Grand Prix, which ends on July 11, can be found on this page: http://www.socalswim.org/HTResults/2010LAGrandPrix.

Check out this story in California Magazine on three Forgotten Sports Heroes of Cal - Walter Gordon '18, J.D. '22, Helen Wills '26 and Archie Williams '39.

2010 Cal Football: Season Tickets | Schedule

BERKELEY - Seat locations for remaining 2010 Cal football season tickets are now available online for the first time. Fans purchasing 2010 season tickets now can choose their exact seats before buying through a clickable maps on CalBears.com.

Call the Cal Athletic Ticket Office at (800) GO BEARS or visit CalBears.com to purchase your 2010 season tickets now.

Visit CalBears.com for the full story.

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BERKELEY - The annual Cal Football Women's Huddle is scheduled to take place at Memorial Stadium on Friday, July 30. The popular event typically draws as many as 500 women and is designed to provide a "football outlet" with attendees taking part in an on-field clinic, where they will have the opportunity to learn about the game from Cal head coach Jeff Tedford, assistant coaches and players from the 2010 Golden Bears squad. Participants should wear workout apparel and tennis shoes.

Visit Cal Bears.com to check out the full story.