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Cal didn’t face USC or UCLA this season in its first year away from the Pac-12, but the Bears will play in Southern California, after all. The Bears (6-6, 2-6 ACC) were selected Sunday to play in the LA Bowl against UNLV (10-3, 6-1 Mountain West) on Dec. 18. Kickoff at SoFi Stadium is set for 6 p.m. and the bowl will air on ESPN. Cal opened as a 1.5-point favorite, according to the Action Network. In Justin Wilcox’s eighth year leading the program, Cal finished tied for 14th in the 17-team ACC after going 4-0 in non-conference play. The former Pac-12 teams kept the ties to the conference’s bowl games rather than taking on new affiliations in their new conferences, and Cal ended up with the shortest commute possible. The Bears will travel further than the Rebels, though, for a game that could help both teams recruit the Los Angeles area, though UNLV will do so with a new voice as coach Barry Odom accepted the job at Purdue this weekend. Wide receivers coach Del Alexander was named the Rebels’ interim head coach Sunday morning. Cal will be the more rested team as UNLV played Friday night in the Mountain West championship game, losing 21-7 on the road to College Football Playoff-bound Boise State. The Golden Bears will look to bounce back from a regular-season finale in which they were blown out 38-6 by Southern Methodist , another team headed to the playoff. Sophomore quarterback Fernando Mendoza missed that game with an illness and should be available for the bowl game. Dual threat quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams will pose questions for the Bears defense through the air and on the ground after accounting for 26 total touchdowns in 10 games following the departure of starter Matthew Sluka in an NIL dispute. Mendoza may have a chance to pile up yardage as the Rebels are No. 105 nationally allowing 241.2 passing yards per game, but UNLV only allows 109.8 rush yards per game, good for 17th in the FBS, one spot behind the Bears. Perhaps surprisingly, the Bears have only played the Rebels once in the teams’ history, winning 20-14 in Berkeley in 2022 . Cal played in the Independence Bowl last year, losing 34-14 to Texas Tech . The last time the Bears made consecutive bowl appearances was 2018 and 2019 in Wilcox’s second and third seasons in Berkeley. Cal has never played in the LA Bowl, which only began in 2019.USC QB Miller Moss enters transfer portal after losing starting job to Jayden Maiava
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers will make their Hard Knocks debut on HBO Max on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Throughout the show’s 23 years of history in the NFL, the Steelers have avoided Hard Knocks, but the NFL has wanted to get them on the show for years. The in-season version covering the AFC North will not exclusively follow the Steelers , as it will focus on all four teams in the division, but it is the first time that fans will get a peek behind the curtain. Head coach Mike Tomlin might be the show’s star, but he views it as a challenge. When asked if he would watch the premiere tonight, Tomlin said ‘absolutely not.’ He was mic’d up on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals for the entire game. That is a burden that Tomlin hopes to overcome. "To me is something to conquer," Tomlin said. “To be quite honest with you, we have to deal with it better than the other three teams. That’s how I view a lot of things that come across my plate, particularly when others have to deal with it. I’m less concerned about the inconvenience of it and more concerned about whether are we positioning ourselves, to, perform under those conditions better than those that we compete against. And so, it’s something that everyone in the AFC North has to deal with. It’s our agenda to do better than the other three teams.” It will be fascinating to see what gets revealed from the Steelers' side of things, especially since crews have now been around a few weeks. Either way, this is rare glimpse into how the Steelers work behind the scenes that most fans do not see. BETTING: Check out our guide to the best PA sportsbooks , where our team of sports betting experts has reviewed the experience, payout speed, parlay options and quality of odds for multiple sportsbooks. More Pittsburgh Steelers News Injured Pittsburgh Steelers pass rusher reveals he underwent surgery Mike Tomlin isn’t worried about Joey Porter Jr.‘s struggles. Here’s why Pittsburgh Steelers could get two key players back from injuries Pittsburgh Steelers could lose explosive wide receiver for Browns game after concussion Mike Tomlin is not the favorite for Coach of the Year, oddsmakers sayGophers look to duplicate 2019 upset of Penn State on Saturday