Cal quarterback Nate Longshore will get the start against USC on Saturday. Despite his lingering ankle injury, Longshore is the logical starter (especially after his backup's bonehead scramble against Oregon State lost the Bears the game and started their three-game downward sprial). But it is anything but comforting to Cal fans that head coach Jeff Tedford does not think his starter's ankle will ever fully recover, but he expects his QB to play through the pain for the rest of the season.

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Starting defensive linemen Matt Malele and Rulon Davis suffered foot injuries last week in the process of mauling Louisiana Tech 42-12, but the Bears won't be scrambling to fill their spots for long - MRIs on both players revealed that neither injury is as severe as originally thought: Malele has a strained muscle on the bottom of his foot and Davis has a sprained foot. Both players are listed as day-to-day but head coach Jeff Tedford is not sure if either will be ready to play in Saturday's game at Arizona.

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