Cal Bears' Tailback Jahvid Best Should Go Down As Cal's Best Ever

On a cart. Not the shoulders of 70,000 screaming fans, not in a sea of blue and gold, not on a bed of roses. No, Saturday night, the Bears faithful saw electric junior tailback Jahvid Best exit Memorial Stadium, likely for the final time, on a cart. The preseason Heisman hopeful sustained a frightening concussion midway through the second quarter of Cal's 31-14 loss to Oregon State on Saturday after being hurled into the air during a touchdown dive, before landing on the back of his head in the end zone. Best briefly lost consciousness following a fall of more than five feet, Cal head coach Jeff Tedford told the Associated Press, and was carted off the field 13 minutes later wearing an oxygen mask to the nervous applause of 56,496 onlookers. Best was brought to nearby Highland Hospital in Oakland and preliminary reports showed the Vallejo native had movement in all of his extremities. With concussions in straight weeks, my guess is Best won't be back in a Bears uniform this season.  ... (link)