I am going with 6 wins. The first game against Nevada scares me. Nevada is coming off a 6-2 season and is picked to win their division in the Mountain West. Cal has lost its last two games against Nevada. I cannot go any higher in win predictions because of Cal's offense in the Wilcox era. Every team that Cal plays - even Sacramento Stat…
I am going with 6 wins. The first game against Nevada scares me. Nevada is coming off a 6-2 season and is picked to win their division in the Mountain West. Cal has lost its last two games against Nevada. I cannot go any higher in win predictions because of Cal's offense in the Wilcox era. Every team that Cal plays - even Sacramento State - is going to know they can be in the game into the fourth quarter because Cal lacks a knockout punch in the scoring department.
And we all know those fourth quarters can be scary. Even making an extra point to stay in the game is not totally certain. I am ordering some extra bottles of Pepto Bismol as we speak.
You watched the Oregon State game last year, obviously. And I have vivid memories of last year's Oregon game when Cal could have iced the game by getting a first down. Instead, three predictable running plays up the gut and rely on the defense to win. It's apparently in the man's DNA. It's why I believe we will have a ton of games this year where the outcome will be in doubt until the last possession.
I am going with 6 wins. The first game against Nevada scares me. Nevada is coming off a 6-2 season and is picked to win their division in the Mountain West. Cal has lost its last two games against Nevada. I cannot go any higher in win predictions because of Cal's offense in the Wilcox era. Every team that Cal plays - even Sacramento State - is going to know they can be in the game into the fourth quarter because Cal lacks a knockout punch in the scoring department.
And we all know those fourth quarters can be scary. Even making an extra point to stay in the game is not totally certain. I am ordering some extra bottles of Pepto Bismol as we speak.
I don't think it helps that our strategy if we're up is to start ending the game at the start of the 2nd half.
You watched the Oregon State game last year, obviously. And I have vivid memories of last year's Oregon game when Cal could have iced the game by getting a first down. Instead, three predictable running plays up the gut and rely on the defense to win. It's apparently in the man's DNA. It's why I believe we will have a ton of games this year where the outcome will be in doubt until the last possession.