The San Francisco Chronicle did some interesting and, at times, terrible reporting on a variety of issues at Cal’s Football Program under Sonny Dykes and S&C coach Damon Harrington. It touches on a number of intersecting issues that highlight football's normative culture struggling to explain itself against the backdrop of a society that has shifted in its own assumptions and beliefs. It also highlights the tragic consequences of ignorance in a young player's death.
The main issues are focused around what Cal's critics contend are: 1. abusive S&C practices that fostered a vigilante environment and 2.