Letting you know about sports this past weekend...

Cal lost to the worst team in the Pac-10 when Arizona flew by them 52-41. The Wildcats were in a bit of turmoil when their head coach held back tears and publicly apologized for his own effort and his team's performance. I believe this is the most pathetic defense Cal is shown this year. The problem was big and smart wide receivers, of which Arizona had 2. They just ran all over the Bears' secondary. This and the defense's effort does not bode well going into this weekend's Big Game against Stanford, who themselves possess their own big, smart receiver in Teyo Johnson and own a 7-game winning streak over Cal. The game is on Channel 7 on Saturday at 12:30pm for those who don't want to pay $52.50 to get in. The Big Game Bonfire Rally, a towering display of fire compared to Stanfurd's lighting of a cardboard box, is held at the Greek Theatre Friday at 7:00pm.

Invisible San Jose State has a chance to get into a bowl game, most likely their own Silicon Valley Football Classic, if they can just win this weekend's game against Fresno State. They won Saturday against lowly Tulsa. It's a shame too. There's an excellent chance Bulldogs fans will outnumber Spartans fans at Spartan Stadium.

The Sharks split their weekend against the Florida teams, winning at Florida but losing against Tampa Bay.

The 49ers realy need to cut Jose Cortez. He has shown time and time again that he cannot hit a clutch field goal. He missed the first two field goals of the season against the Giants. Missed a game-winning field goal against the Raiders. He quieted his critics by hitting even more important field goals after that. This time, he missed another clutch field goal against the Chargers. But, there would be no second chances. Because of his inconsistency, he is the only player capable of being surprising. And that's something this team doesn't need. Owens does enough to figure out new ways to celebrate touchdowns.

Finally, Oak Grove lost a close one 14-7 to Piedmont Hills. And with it, their streak of 5 consecutive league titles went poof and they were demoted to the Division II playoffs for the first time since 1986 when it was called the Division I-3A playoffs. In fact, even though they were 7-3 this year, they haven't had 3 losses going into the playoffs since 1995. Playoffs start this week with a game against Homestead. One prediction from calpreps.com says Homestead will win by 4.