Coach Sonny Dykes has plenty of work to do as he starts Year 2 of spring practice at California. After a disappointing one-win debut season, the Golden Bears opened spring ball Monday looking to overhaul a porous defense by implementing a new system, tinker with a ''Bear Raid'' offense that showed flashes last year but lacked consistency and make changes to the practice structure in hopes of making major improvement. The toughest task might be rebuilding the confidence of the players in a program that only beat lower-division Portland State last season and has lost 16 straight games against FBS opponents. I think they're anxious to get back out there and get it fixed.'' The Bears waited longer than any other team in the Pac-12 to get the 2014 season started as spring practice started more than four months after the 63-13 season finale loss to rival Stanford on Nov. 23. More...