I saw this Cal uniform come out of nowhere. It was special because it was my roommate.

In the Pac-10, we're not used to seeing option teams. The last option team we saw was Utah.

As far as I was concerned, I saw (having a black roommate) as being something very natural. When Casey came in and I was chosen to be his roommate, that did not raise my eyebrows as maybe some people would think. I had a good feeling being around Casey ... and I trusted any decision coach McGuire made.

because he was the former director's roommate.

Cal had been waiting for us at the pond. When he’d seen me, he’d given me a barely perceptible nod, which was the Cal version of waving his hands over his head and yelling, “Hey, Sophie!

I?ve never played there, so it is kind of a special thing. It?s been around for so long and it?s got a lot of history and nostalgia about it. I?m pretty excited to go up there and play. It?s another opportunity for us to see where we?re at as a football team.