Game info

Who: Cal (0-0) vs. UC Davis (0-0)
When: 2:00 p.m.
Where: California Memorial Stadium | Berkeley, Calif.
TV and/or streaming: ACC Network Extra (ESPN+)
Radio: 810 AM | SiriusXM: 113 or 202
All-time series: Cal leads 11-0
Odds: Cal (-20.5), O/U (54)

Cal is set to open the season this afternoon and the Bears are heading into their matchup with UC Davis as a heavy favorite. There have been some lingering questions throughout camp that will begin to be answered Saturday when the team takes the field for its eighth season under Justin Wilcox. I will be at California Memorial Stadium to bring you full coverage of the matchup from start to finish, so stay locked in as I'll post updates before the game during and after.

As always, I invite you to join the conversation throughout the day. It's game day!

Pregame notes

- In case you missed it, Fernando Mendoza is expected to get the start at quarterback today while Chandler Rogers is also expected to see the field in the opener. I'll pass along any other pregame notes when I arrive in the press box.

- Here are the captains for today's game, and it seems positive that Craig Woodson is one of them. He missed nearly all of training camp with an injury but would certainly be a welcome addition when the Bears hit the field.

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- Today's uniform combo

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- The timeline of events for Game 1

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A bit of a poorly kept secret at this stage, but Cal is expected to start Fernando Mendoza this afternoon in the season opener against UC Davis. Mendoza battled with North Texas transfer Chandler Rogers throughout the offseason, and the staff had a difficult time arriving at any kind of decision so the plan right now is to get both in the game today.

This is in line with how things played out during training camp and led to Justin Wilcox not naming a starter publicly this week. I'd expect that you see pretty even reps today even if one guy is playing better than the other (assuming Cal has control in the contest) and I don't think it's out of the question that you see CJ Harris get his feet wet a little bit as well.

Next week is when a true decision has to be made, so today's game will be an audition of sorts for Mendoza and Rogers. The staff has to see what each guy can offer in a game.

"I feel really good about the quarterback room," Wilcox said this week. "It's been very competitive in there, and really looking forward to watching that position compete."

Looking like a Sonny dykes team so far