Not coincidentally, Friday's Semper Fi Bowl at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA also marks the end of a two-week dead period.

That's welcome news for the nation's newly assembled coaching staffs, and particularly timely for a Cal program with close to a dozen pledges and targets participating.

For Coach Sonny Dykes, there are two objectives: shore up existing commitments and coax a few undecideds to take a long look at Berkeley.

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