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Spring Practice Day 7 -- Bears Put On the Pads
Day seven of Cal’s spring football practice on Saturday was a busy one. The Bears introduced new defensive backfield coach Tre Watson to the media. Prior to that, they had a full-padded workout that included simulated game situations in varying formats.
“We did a number of scripted plays and then we did a number of true, live ‘play the game’ plays,” quarterback Chase Garbers said in a Zoom meeting afterward. “There was live tackling to the ground. It was good for both sides. Ball-carriers getting hit, defenders trying to make tackles.
“Overall it went really well. Both sides played with a lot of swag and enthusiasm. We each can build on that for the next two weeks.”
Garbers said he was particularly impressed with some of the younger receivers.
“Tommy Christakos had a couple of good catches on deep balls, he played really well today,” Garbers said. “Jeremiah Hunter’s getting off good, he played really well. Justin Baker had a great touchdown at the end, a fade in the corner (from QB Robby Rowell), a little toe tap. It’s great to see these young guys step up.”
Garbers completed 7 of his 17 passes for 35 yards. Zach Johnson threw for 4 TDs and Rowell three.
Damien Moore was the leading rusher with 55 yards on eight carries. Christopher Brown had 52 yards on seven tries.
On the defensive side, outside linebacker Orin Patu made a pest of himself, being credited with two unofficial “sacks”. Tackling the quarterback is a no-no. He certainly seems to have stepped up his game.
“I definitely think I am (different from a year ago),” Patu said. “The hard work that me and my teammates are putting in since last season, during the offseason, trusting that the coaches know what they are doing and guiding us the right way.”
It was the first full day on the job for Watson, the first time he saw his troops on the field. “It’s been exciting to get my feet wet, really get going today,” he said. “It’s a veteran group, they are very competitive.”
Although Watson had not supervised any of the Cal DBs prior to Friday, he knew a number of them, mainly through his recruiting the last three years. “Football is a small world,” he said.
After two years as a grad assistant at Oregon, Watson became a full-fledged assistant last year when he ran the secondary at UNLV. It was a learning-on-the-job experience.
“The biggest thing for me learning was managing the personalities in the room,” “Watson said. “Being a GA for the two years prior, you’re always kind of the assistant to learning things. Controlling that whole room, teaching the guys in different ways is what is new, Whether the guy’s a visual learner, whether the guy needs an extra walk-through on the field, managing the personalities of how they go.”
Cal Football Training Camp Scrimmage
March 6, 2021 – California Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, CA)
Weather: 58 degrees, sunny
Scoring Plays
Zach Johnson 11 TD pass to Gavin Reinwald … red zone period
Zach Johnson 10 TD pass to Kekoa Crawford … red zone periodZach Johnson 6 TD run … red zone period
Robby Rowell 9 TD pass to Tommy Christakos … red zone period
Robby Rowell 3 TD pass to Aidan Lee … red zone period
Ashton Stredick 6 TD run … red zone period
Zach Johnson 22 TD pass to Nick Alftin … fastball period
Zach Johnson 45 TD pass to Jeremiah Hunter … play the game period
Robby Rowell 4 TD pass to Justin Richard Baker … play the game period
Team Statistics
Rushing (Att-Yards, TD)
51-211, 2 TD
Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds, TD)
27-44-1-290, 7 TD
Penalties (No-Yds)
Offense (5-30)
Defense (4-25)
Total (9-55)
Individual Statistics
Rushing (Att-Yds, TD) ... 10 different players ran the ball
Damien Moore (8-55)
Christopher Brown Jr. (7-52)
Ashton Stredick (5-26, 1TD)
Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Yds, TD)
Zach Johnson (13-15-0-145, 4 TD)
Robby Rowell (6-9-0-81, 3 TD)
Chase Garbers (7-17-1-35)
Spencer Brasch (1-3-0-29)
Receiving (Rec-Yds, TD) ... 14 different players had receptions
Tommy Christakos (3-65, 1 TD)
Trevon Clark (3-23)
Kekoa Crawford (3-18, 1 TD)
Damien Moore (3-17)
Jeremiah Hunter (2-51, 1 TD)
Nick Alftin (2-28, 1 TD)
Gavin Reinwald (2-16, 1 TD)
Tackles
Raymond Woodie III 5
Trey Paster 4
Other Defensive (team totals - 5.0 sacks, 1 INT)
Orin Patu 3 (2.0 TFL, -8 yards; 2.0 sacks, -8 yards, 1 PBU)
Jaedon Roberts 3 (2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack)
Ricky Correia 3 (1.0 TFL)
Patrick Hisatake 3 (1.0 TFL)
Collin Gamble 3 (1 PBU)
Blake Antzoulatos 3 (1 PBU)
Erick Nisich 2 (1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack)
Chigozie Anusiem 2 (1 INT)
Ryan Puskas 1 (1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, 1 PBU)
Tyson McWilliams 1 (1 PBU)
Isaiah Young (1 PBU)
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