With the usual touristy things - Opera House, Harbour Bridge and meeting mascot-sized koalas - out of the way, the California Golden Bears and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors were set to continue their practice sessions in Australia on Wednesday ahead of the opening college football game of the season.The midday Saturday game - prime time Friday night in the United States - will be held at Sydneys Olympic stadium, where organizers expecting a crowd of more than 65,000.On Tuesday, both teams were welcomed to the city at an Opera House reception. Cal coach Sonny Dykes and Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich were presented with Malibu-sized surfboards and some of the players posed for selfies with the iconic Opera House and bridge in the background.After the festivities, both teams held workouts and Dykes said Cal got the kinks out during the fully-padded practice.The guys are getting acclimatized to Sydney time, so we had a good, intense practice and the guys worked hard, Dykes said.Defensively it was one of the better ones weve had. Offensively I thought we were a little out of sync, but the guys were moving around well and I though mentally we were pretty sharp.Dykes said it was good to mingle with the Hawaii players at the Opera House welcome.It was a great activity, fun to see the guys from Hawaii, he said. It gets you thinking about the ball game when you see your opponent.Cal had a seven-win turnaround from the past two seasons, going from 1-11 in 2013 to 8-5 last year.Hawaii, with former quarterback Rolovich in his first season as coach, is the most travelled team in U.S. college football. The Rainbow Warriors will play again on Sept. 3 when they make their first appearance at the Big House, taking on Michigan in Ann Arbor.In the meantime, hes happy to make his coaching debut Down Under and give his players a unique lifetime experience.If they kick me out of my country, Im coming here, save me a room, Rolovich told local media. How many people get to play their first game in Australia in Sydney? Your grandkids arent going to believe you that you got to do this in September when youre 20 years old.Larry Murphy Penguins Jersey .4 million title. Ryan Riess emerged with the title after a session in which he started behind, but used expert skill to gather the chips to his side amid the unpredictability of no-limit Texas Hold em. Riess put his final opponent Jay Farber all-in with an Ace-King. Mark Recchi Jersey . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. http://www.penguinsauthenticofficial.com/brian-dumoulin-jersey/ . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. Matt Murray Penguins Jersey . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Patric Hornqvist Penguins Jersey . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach.The knockout matches of the Ranji Trophy have been rescheduled to accommodate the two league fixtures in Delhi which were postponed due to pollution and smog. The quarter-finals, initially scheduled to begin on December 17, will now be held from December 24 to 28.The semi-finals were moved from December 27 to January 3, while the final, originally set to be played from January 7, will now take place from January 12 to 16. The BCCI also announced that the Irani Cup, to be played between the Ranji winners and Rest of India, will be held from January 22 to 26.The two postponed league matches - the Group A clash between Gujarat and Bengal and the Group C fixture between Hyderabad and Tripura - will now be played from December 15 to 18 in Visakhapatnam and Kolkata respectively.Both the fifth-round games, originally scheduled to be played at Feroz Shah Kotla and the Karnaill Singh Stadium respectively, were called off without a ball being bowled.dddddddddddd The players had complained of burning eyes on the opening day, and play was called off on the second afternoon after there was no improvement in the air quality. The smog was believed to be an after-effect of Diwali fireworks, as well as the burning of paddy stubble in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.The BCCI had then announced that the matches would be played after the league phase, and shifted games out of Delhi in the next round. The Group B fixture between Assam and Odisha, originally scheduled at the Karnail Singh Stadium, was shifted to Hyderabad, while the Hyderabad-Services game in Group C was moved from Feroz Shah Kotla to Mumbai. ' ' '