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Bye Week Press Conference

In a press conference at wildcard weekend, Cal Head Coach Benjamin Day was more than satisfied with his team's 15-1 record in their Inaugural Season.

He especially thanked Defensive Coordinator Eric Allison for his great work: "During the regular season we were the best defense on points, against the passing and in overall yards. I think I can say Eric and his staff did a fantastic job."

Also for Offensive Coordinator David Sampson and his staff he had words of praise: "Our rookie quarterback Blake Bortl ..er.. Johnathan Haney performed better than we expected before the season. I think David and Quarterback Coach Robert Capps had a big part in that he was elected as offensive rookie of the year in the NCAA. And that we had the best rushing offense of the league helped a lot, too. Therefore I cannot enough express my respect for the tremendous work of our coaches."

In addition to that, Runningback Marvin Thompson and Fullback Bart Reily, who joined the team in week three after a trade with Nebraska, were honored as All Pro. And moreover Rookie LT Jeffery Thomas earned a Pro Bowl nomination.

Owner Guy Debord announced that he is looking forward to the first play off game of the franchise history and wished all playoff participants good luck.

Impressive victory silences critics

There was a lot of criticism from media and experts for the management of the Golden Bears due to the many changes that had been made in the team which had won the championship. Especially the replacement of four out of five starters in the secondary caused a lot of unrest. And it was hard to calm down the critical voices after the decision of Head Coach Benjamin Day to bench the championship winning Quarterback Jonathan Haney in the season opener and instead starting with former Minnesota Quarterback Anton Hinton, who had joined the team after a trade in the off season.

"You can not rest on winning a championship. We had to make some decisions for the future.
So our coaching staff did a tremendous job in the training camp and pre season to integrate 20 new players. And I think the game today has shown that we're on the right track.", Head Coach Day responded to the critics at the post-game press conference.

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