Here's some morning reading to get you ready for today's Cal-UC Davis match-up.

Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Bay Area News Group take a look at the financial incentives for school's such as UC Davis to play Cal.

College football mismatches often about cashing in

San Francisco Chronicle

Golden Bears happy to provide UC Davis much-needed football payday

Contra Costa Times

Bay Area News Group columnist Cam Inman writes about the art of quarterbacks using their eyes to deceive defenses.

Playing eye-spy with Stanford, Cal quarterbacks

Contra Costa Times

And in case you missed it, Dave Newhouse wrote a column a couple of days ago relating a conversation between a cancer patient and head coach Jeff Tedford.

The coach with a (blue and) gold heart

San Jose Mercury News