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No tackling but also not much offense in first Cal Football scrimmage

By Jake Curtis, Cal Sports Report: Cal’s Saturday practice gave the appearance of a scrimmage.

Players wore full pads and helmets. An officiating crew decked out in clean black and white striped outfits was on hand. Cal’s first-team offense was going against Cal’s first-team defense in an 11-on-11 competition.

Just one important aspect was missing: tackling. There was physical play along the line of scrimmage, but there was no tackling, and football is not really football if there is no tackling.

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