Cal let a 17-point, fourth-quarter lead slip away, but then scored the game-winning touchdown with 42 seconds left in a 38-35 upset of 21st-ranked SMU before a

Kendrick Raphael ran in from 2 yards out with 43 seconds left and California upset No. 25 SMU, 38-35, night to spoil its hopes of making the Atlantic Coast Conference championship for a second straight year.

Keawe Sagapolutele needs 117 more passing yards to move ahead of Aaron Rodgers on the Bears’ all-time passing list.

BETTING LINE: Louisville is an 18.5-point favorite as of Friday morning. Over/Under is 50.5 points WEATHER FORECAST: It might be a little wet in Louisville. There is a 50% chance of a brief shower Saturday night and an 11% possibility of thunder storms ...

SMU squanders an chance to play for a national championship after controlling its own destiny coming into the weekend.

BERKELEY — Cal football general manager Ron Rivera said he already has a working list of 14 candidates for the program’s vacant head-coaching position and that he will involve a broad spectrum of people in pursuit of the right man. Freshman quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele won’t be an afterthought in the process.

He was transparent about realities then as a first-time head coach taking over a middling franchise, and he is doing the same now with California fans who want nothing more than to feel part of the current college football establishment.

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