The Cal Football schedule for 2012 includes a number of highly anticipated games at the renewed Memorial Stadium. Visit the Cal Football website for more information, tickets and scores when the season starts Sep. 1.
As the Berkeley Daily Planet points out, the big game with Stanford on Oct. 20 takes place a "whopping four conference games before the end of the season." The alternative, apparently, was a Thanksgiving weekend game — which neither team was too keen about.
Date Opponent / Event Location Sat., Sep. 1 vs. Nevada Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Sep. 8 vs. Southern Utah Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Sep. 15 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio (Ohio Stadium) Sat., Sep. 22 at USC * Los Angeles, Calif. (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) Sat., Sep. 29 vs. Arizona State * Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Oct. 6 vs. UCLA * Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Oct. 13 at Washington State * Pullman, Wash. (Martin Stadium) Sat., Oct. 20 vs. Stanford * Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Oct. 27 at Utah * Salt Lake City, Utah (Rice-Eccles Stadium) Fri., Nov. 2 vs. Washington * Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Nov. 10 vs. Oregon * Berkeley, Calif. (Memorial Stadium) Sat., Nov. 17 at Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. (Reser Stadium)Which games are you most excited about? What are your predictions for the coming season? Let us know in the comments.