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(BERKELEY) – Former NFL players Akili Smith and Ronnie Bradford have joined the Cal football staff as administrative assistants. Smith will serve in his role for the team’s offensive coaching staff, while Bradford will work with the coaches on the defensive side of the ball.

“We’re pleased to have both Akili and Ronnie join our support staff,” said head coach Jeff Tedford. “Both of these guys have been around football their entire lives and will be tremendous assets to our program.”

Smith, who has spent the past two seasons as the quarterbacks coach at Grossmont College in San Diego, was selected by Cincinnati as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft and played four seasons with the Bengals (1999-2002). He attended training camp with the Packers (2003) and Buccaneers (2005) before finishing his professional football playing career with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe

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(BERKELEY) – Former NFL players Akili Smith and Ronnie Bradford have joined the Cal football staff as administrative assistants. Smith will serve in his role for the team’s offensive coaching staff, while Bradford will work with the coaches on the defensive side of the ball.

“We’re pleased to have both Akili and Ronnie join our support staff,” said head coach Jeff Tedford. “Both of these guys have been around football their entire lives and will be tremendous assets to our program.”

Smith, who has spent the past two seasons as the quarterbacks coach at Grossmont College in San Diego, was selected by Cincinnati as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft and played four seasons with the Bengals (1999-2002). He attended training camp with the Packers (2003) and Buccaneers (2005) before finishing his professional football playing career with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe

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(BERKELEY) – California announced four date changes to the school’s 2010 football schedule on Wednesday, including a move of the 113th Big Game to Saturday, Nov. 20.

In addition to the Stanford contest, date changes for road games at Arizona and Washington State were approved by the Pacific-10 Conference athletic directors this week. The Golden Bears will visit Arizona on Sept. 25 and play at WSU Nov. 6.

Cal’s game at Nevada will also move to Friday, Sept. 17 to accommodate a 7 p.m. PT ESPN2 telecast.

The date of the Big Game was moved up two weeks to Nov. 20 to avoid a conflict with the beginning of final exam week at Stanford. The new date for the Stanford contest necessitated the changes for the Washington State and Arizona games.

“While the timing is not ideal it is important to support the academic needs of our fellow Pac-10 institutions,”

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – One of the nation’s premier spring football events, Penn State’s Blue-White Game presented by AAA, will be televised live by ESPN2 on Saturday, April 24. Kickoff is set for 2:00 p.m. ET in Beaver Stadium.

As in previous years, there will be no admission or parking fee for the Blue-White game, which culminates spring practice for the Nittany Lions. The Blue-White Game also will air on the Penn State Sports Network and www.GoPSUsports.com.

The Blue-White Game presented by AAA will be the first spring football game ESPN has televised among Big Ten Conference institutions. Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma are among the schools that have hosted ESPN for their spring football game over the past five years, with LSU and North Carolina also joining the list this spring.

One of the highlights of the Penn State sports calendar, Blue-White Weekend presented

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DE/OLB Thaddeus Gibson ran the forty-yard dash at 4.54

OLB Austin Spitler (6020, 243) ran 4.23 shuttle; 6.70 three-cone; 32” vj; 32 reps

DB Kurt Coleman ran 4.52 in the forty and 6.75 three-cone

Indiana (PA.) CB Akwasi Owusa-Ansah ran a 4.35 forty and 4.05 shuttle

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OL Mike Tepper ran a 5.25 forty-yard dash

DL Tyson Alualu ran a 4.87 forty-yard dash

CB Syd’Quan Thompson ran 4.65 and 4.73 after pulling his hamstring during the first run

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Holy Cross QB Dominic Randolph (6020, 215) ran 5.00 forty; 31.5” vj; 9-1 bj; 4.26 shuttle; 7.29 three-cone

UMass WR Victor Cruz (5115, 208) ran 4.50 forty; 41.5” vj; 13 reps; 10-5 bj; 4.29 shuttle; 7.02 three-cone

UMass WR Jeremy Home (6013, 193) ran 4.42 forty; 36.5” vj; 10-4 bj; 4.16 shuttle; 6.82 three-cone

Harvard OL James Williams (6043, 290) ran 5.59 forty; 25” vj; 16 reps; 8-7 bj; 5.04 shuttle; 8.36 three-cone

C Matt Tennant (6043, 296) stood on his combine numbers

LB/FB/LS Mike McLaughlin (6004, 241) stood on his combine numbers.

DB Marcellus Bowman (6020, 223) ran 4.60 forty; 37.5” vj; 21 reps; 10-1 bj; 4.21 shuttle; 6.89 three-cone

UMass DB Jeromy Miles (6020, 210) ran 4.46 forty; 35.5” vj; 10-4 bj; 4.23 shuttle; 6.82 three-cone

Duke DB Zack Asack (6031, 229) ran 4.63 forty; 36.5 vj; 17 reps; 10-0

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DE Barry Turner (6036, 254) ran 4.84; 27.5’ vj; 9-3 bj

DT Ndamukong Suh stood on combine numbers

LB Phillip Dillard (6002, 242) had 9-4 bj; 4.53 shuttle; 18 reps

SS Larry Asante (6003, 212) ran 4.67 forty and stood on his numbers from combine

DB Matt O’Hanlon (5105, 207) ran 4.64; 37” vj; 17 reps; 10-0 bj; 4.24 shuttle; 6.97 three-cone

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OL Rodger Saffold (6045, 313) stood on his combine numbers.

DE Greg Middleton (6027, 261) ran 5.10 forty; 4.82 shuttle; 7.74 three-cone.

DE Jammie Kirlew (6011, 261) ran 5.03 forty; 34’ vj; 29 reps; 9-2 bj; 4.65 shuttle; 7.49 three-cone

LB Matt Mayberry ran 4.57 forty; 24 reps; 9-0 bj; 4.32 shuttle; 7.07 three-cone

DB Nick Polk (5111, 218) ran 4.63 forty; 39” vj; 15 reps; 9-2 bj; 4.45 shuttle; 7.24 three-cone

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