Cal wraps up spring practice with bigger goals for second season in ACC

BERKELEY — Cal closed a chapter on its busiest football offseason in years Saturday, with a two-hour scrimmage in its Spring Showcase in front of perhaps 500 fans at sunny Memorial Stadium.

With college football in the throes of dramatic change, ninth-year coach Justin Wilcox is under some pressure to take the Bears to another level heading into their second season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“I think we came together really well,” Wilcox said of progress made over 16 spring practices.