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The 2006 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the college football 2006–2007 season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford. The Bears began the season with a Top 25 #12 ranking. After sustaining an upset by then #23 ranked Tennessee in their opening game, the Bears won their next eight games before suffering another upset to unranked Arizona followed by a subsequent loss to then #4 USC. All of these defeats came in away games. The Bears went on qualify for a share of the Pac-10 title after USC was upset by rival UCLA the following week. The team made its second Holiday Bowl in three years, blowing out #21 Texas A&M and finishing the season ranked #14. ==Pre-season== Since Jeff Tedford took the Cal football coaching job after their dreadful 1–10 2001 campaign, Cal saw an immense improvement in its football program, having five straight winning seasons from 2002 to 2006. This particular Bears team, with a wealth of talent returning from their previous season, had a good amount of pre-season hype surrounding it, with the preseason AP Poll ranking the Bears #9, while the Coaches Poll rated them #12,〔(2013 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 1 - ESPN ), retrieved November 3, 2006 〕 their highest ranking since 1952.〔(), retrieved November 3, 2006 〕 After a season-ending injury in the first game of the 2005 season,〔(), retrieved November 3, 2006 〕 sophomore Nate Longshore was named the starting quarterback for the Bears over Joe Ayoob, who had struggled in the 2005 games that he had started. After a very impressive season, Cal also launched a program to officially campaign for running back Marshawn Lynch to win the Heisman Trophy.〔(Marshawn Lynch ), retrieved November 3, 2006 〕 In the College GameDay preview on ESPN, Lee Corso predicted the Bears to win the Pac-10 championship over the USC Trojans, and even went as far to say the Bears would win the national championship over West Virginia, saying "they play a tough schedule, but they could lose to Tennessee and still run 11 straight ball games. I like Cal...I'm telling you, it's Cal versus West Virginia, and then Cal wins it; the national title goes to Cal." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 California Golden Bears football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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