SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly head football coach Tim Walsh is heading back to the Big Sky Conference. And the Mustangs, along with UC Davis, will begin competition in the expanded Football Championship Subdivision conference, likely beginning with the 2012 season. Cal Poly and the Aggies have accepted invitations from the Big Sky Conference to become affiliate members in the sport of football only. Currently the two schools play football in the Great West Conference...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly (1-0, 0-0 Great West), which for the first time in three years rallied from a halftime deficit to win a game, defeating Humboldt State in its season opener, plays its second straight home game Saturday night by entertaining No. 1 Montana (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky) for a non-conference game at 6:05 p.m. PDT in Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075). The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio (1280...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. in the president's suite at Alex G. Spanos Stadium to make a major announcement regarding the Cal Poly football program. The press conference will be conducted by interim president Dr. Robert Glidden, director of athletics Alison Cone and head football coach Tim Walsh. The press conference will be broadcast live and free via video stream on the internet....

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Junior slotback Mark Rodgers, who made an impressive debut in a Cal Poly football uniform Saturday night, has been named Great West Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Rodgers, a transfer from West Virginia, surpassed the 100-yard rushing mark in his first game as a Mustang, gaining 105 yards on 14 carries in Cal Poly’s 23-17 victory over Humboldt State. He also caught two passes for five yards and scored one...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – No. 25 Cal Poly (FCS Coaches Poll) overcame a 17-7 halftime deficit with two touchdowns and a safety to beat Humboldt State 23-17 in a season-opening college football game Saturday night before 7,345 in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Slotback Mark Rodgers, who surpassed the 100-yard mark in his first game as a Mustang, scored on a four-yard run and quarterback Tony Smith ran 48 yards for the go-ahead score as Cal...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Ramses Barden returned to the New York Giants lineup Thursday night and caught a pass from Rhett Bomar early in the third quarter as the Giants wrapped up preseason play by defeating New England 20-17 at New Meadowlands Stadium. The former Cal Poly wide receiver sat out the last two weeks with a stress fracture in his lower back. The Giants’ second-year player suffered the injury before the team’s preseason opener,...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly's season-opening football game Saturday night against Humboldt State has been designated as Youth Day. All youth football teams are encouraged to join the Mustangs for the 6:05 p.m. game in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.  Players wearing their team jersey or a T-shirt with team emblem will be admitted free. Tickets for parents and other family members are $14 general admission and $18 reserved ($8 and $12 for youth 13...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly (0-0, 0-0 Great West) opens its second season under head coach Tim Walsh on Saturday night by hosting Humboldt State (0-0, 0-0 Great Northwest) for a non-conference game at 6:05 p.m. PDT in Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075). The Youth Day contest will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio (1280 am) and KCPR Radio (91.3 fm) with Tom Barket providing the play-by-play and Joe Harper adding color commentary. Links...