Bears Open 2025 In opposition to Beavers

The California soccer crew will meet former convention foe, Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon, for the 2025 season opener. The Golden Bears and the Beavers will kick off at Reser Stadium on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. PT, with the sport set to be aired stay on ESPN. It would be the 88th all-time assembly between the 2 packages on the gridiron and the thirtieth consecutive.  
 
SATURDAY LINEUP

Venue: Reser Stadium
Time: 7:30 p.m. PT
Watch (ESPN): Dave Flemming (PxP), Brock Osweiler (Analyst) & Stormy Buonantony (Sideline Reporter)
Cal Bears Sports Network: 810 AM
Justin Allegri (play-by-play), Mike Pawlawski (analyst), Scott Butler (sideline reporter); SiriusXM or SXM App, The Varsity App 
 
BEARS ‘N BEAVS
– Familiar former convention foes California and Oregon State will sq. off in Corvallis for the primary time in three years, having final met in Reser Stadium on Nov. 12, 2022.
– The assembly is the 88th all-time between the Beavers and Golden Bears and the thirtieth consecutive. The two packages have met on the gridiron each season since 1995.
– Cal leads the all-time sequence, 40-37, with Oregon State main, 17-13, in video games performed in Corvallis.
– The Bears and the Beavers final met in Berkeley in 2024, when Cal dealt with OSU 44-7 in a nonconference tilt on Oct. 26. It was the primary nonconference matchup since 1960 when Cal was within the AAWU and OSU performed as an unbiased.
– OSU has captured the final two wins in Corvallis, beating the Bears 38-10 in 2022 and 31-27 in 2020.

– OSU alumnus and former Beavers’ DC Keith Heyward can be again on the sideline at Reser Stadium, this time carrying Blue & Gold as a defensive backs coach for the Bears. This is Heyward’s second stint in Berkeley, beforehand serving as the skin linebackers coach in 2021.
– Saturday’s contest would be the season opener for each packages.
 
CAL …
– Is taking part in in its second season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
– Is taking part in its first of 4 video games scheduled for kickoff beneath the lights and proven stay on ESPN.
– Has gained its season opener for the final three consecutive seasons.
– Has gained two of the three season-opening street contests within the Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox Era, together with his career-first win over North Carolina (35-30) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and a 58-21 win at North Texas in 2023. Cal dropped its first recreation of the season in opposition to UCLA in 2020 when the Bears’ initially scheduled season premiere in Berkeley was canceled as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
 
Introducing JKS
– Pronunciation: JARE-en KEY-Ah-VAY Song-Ew-Polo-Tell-Ay
– Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele is simply the second true freshman to be named the Bears’ beginning quarterback for a season opener since Jared Goff arrived in Berkeley in 2013, on his option to turning into the No. 1 total NFL draft decide in 2016.
– As a senior at Campbell High School in Ewa Beach, Hawai’i, Sagapolutele accomplished 213-of-302 passes for 3,404 yards and 46 TDs with simply 3 interceptions. He notched six video games with 300+ yards passing and two video games of 400+ yards passing. He additionally tallied 5 video games with six TD passes and eight contests with a number of TD passes in 2024.
– In whole, he recorded 10,653 yards passing in his prep profession from 2022-24 to set Hawai’i all-time passing yards file, surpassing each Dillon Gabriel (10,048 yds) and Tua Tagovailoa (8,158)
– He was rated as a 5-star recruit and the No. 19 total participant (No. 4 QB) by On3 and a 4-star recruit in response to 247, ESPN and Rivals. He was a 2024 Elite 11 finalist and a 2024 Elite 11 Rail Shot Challenge winner.
 
Captain Cade
– Junior inside linebacker Cade Uluave will captain the Bears for the 2025 season.
– The 2024 All-ACC Honorable Mention linebacker tallied 71 tackles, three TFL, three passes defended, one interception and a half sack in solely 9 video games performed.
– He recorded six video games with eight or extra tackles and three video games with 11 or extra final season.
– Uluave and three different teammates will function recreation captains, which can be introduced weekly forward of every contest.
 
Ron Returns Home
– Former consensus All-American for the Bears Ron Rivera returns to Berkeley in Cal Football’s newly created General Manager position, which has full oversight over the soccer program.
– He was inducted into the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994 simply over a decade after taking part in 4 seasons (1980-83) for the Golden Bears. He capped his collegiate taking part in profession by incomes consensus All-American and Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors as a 1983 senior.
– Rivera spent 36 seasons within the NFL as a participant for Chicago (1984-92) and a coach (1997-2023) with stops in Chicago (twice), Philadelphia, San Diego, Carolina and Washington.
 
Welcome To Bear Territory
– Cal welcomes 55 new faces to its roster for the 2025 season, with 27 new members of the offense, 22 new defensive gamers and 6 new specialists.
 
Preseason Honors
– Cade Uluave leads the Bears in preseason recognitions with a Bednarik Award Watch List nod, and appearances on the Preseason All-American Third Team (Phil Steele, Preseason All-ACC First Team (Phil Steele) and Preseason ACC All-Conference Second Team (Athlon Sports)
– UNLV switch WR Jacob De Jesus notched recognitions on the Paul Hornung Award Watch List, the Preseason All-ACC Third Team (Phil Steele), Preseason ACC All-Conference Punt Returner (Athlon)
– DL Aidan Keanaaina was named to the Preseason All-ACC Fourth Team (Phil Steele) and Preseason ACC All-Conference Fourth Team (Athlon Sports)
– TE Jeffrey Johnson is a 2025 Allstate AFCA Goodworks Team nominee and Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List member
 
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