Provo • BYU running back Squally Canada wasn’t all that impressed when he made the hour or so trip north on Interstate 880 from his home in Milpitas, Calif., as a teenager to Berkeley to watch the California Golden Bears play a football game for the first time.
Even though Cal almost upset then-No. 1 Oregon before falling 15-13 in front of a packed house at Memorial Stadium in 2010, Canada says he fell asleep during the game. A few years later, when Cal coach Sonny Dykes left a message asking Canada to call and set up a recruiting visit, Canada didn’t return the call because his mother, Stacy, didn’t want him playing college football close to home.