Month: October 2022

The John Madden Football Facility is coming to Cal Poly.

Madden’s family and the school unveiled plans Saturday for the construction of a $30 million football building that has been in the works for a few years, prior to the Pro Football Hall of Famer’s death in December. He was 85.

“He had a few swings and misses at college and Cal Poly came to him when he was a guy needing a third or a fourth chance,” said Madden’s son Mike. “I think he always felt a debt of gratitude to where Cal Poly was there when he needed somebody to be there for him and they were. He didn’t forget that.”

Madden attended three colleges before enrolling at Cal Poly in 1957, where he also played baseball. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the university. The 30,000-square-foot building will be in the end zone of Alex G.

Week 5 of the college football season brings fans a loaded schedule of action as conference play heats up around the country and the contenders begin to separate from the pack. With 22 AP Top 25-ranked teams in action and five games pitting some of those teams against each other, the first Saturday of October should be filled with drama.

The action starts with a loaded noon ET slate featuring No. 4 Michigan traveling to Iowa and a cross-division SEC showdown between No. 14 Ole Miss and No. 7 Kentucky. The afternoon window provides two massive conference clashes with No. 20 Arkansas hosting No. 2 Alabama in the SEC on CBS Game of the Week and No. 16 Baylor hosting No. 9 Oklahoma State in a rematch of last season’s Big 12 Championship Game.

In the evening, No. 5. Clemson hosts No. 10 NC State in a huge ACC Atlantic