Ron Rivera’s job description is simple: Make Cal football relevant

Ron Rivera’s job description is simple: Make Cal football relevant

Can Ron Rivera save Cal football? An overreaction? Maybe not. As the college football landscape continues to undergo seismic shifts, the Golden Bears are striving for more than an improved win-loss record. They’re fighting for survival as a major-college program. Rivera, the long-ago Cal All-America linebacker and more recently an NFL head coach with two different franchises, was hired in March as general manager of the Bears’ football program. …