Cal had another losing season in the Pac 12 last year when the conference was historically bad. Gotta believe Washington and USC are going to be markedly better next year with new and better coaching staffs and a ton of four and five stars to accelerate the improvement. DTR is coming back to UCLA, and that's not good for Cal. Oregon Sta…
Cal had another losing season in the Pac 12 last year when the conference was historically bad. Gotta believe Washington and USC are going to be markedly better next year with new and better coaching staffs and a ton of four and five stars to accelerate the improvement. DTR is coming back to UCLA, and that's not good for Cal. Oregon State is improving every year under Jonathan Smith.
I am penciling in four losses right there plus the road game against Notre Dame. I think Plummer easily wins the qb competition, but he lacks the mobility that Garbers had to escape trouble. Add in a lot of inexperience across the skill positions, and the offense takes a step backwards next year, unfortunately. I think the 2022 season is going to look a lot like the 2018 season. Perhaps an upset or two because there will be a lot of ugly and close games due to a good defense that will keep the scores down. But still 5-7 overall and a pretty happy fan base, apparently.
Solid analysis, Steve...DTR & Charbonnet returning was a dagger...that's now an L on the sched...I do think we can battle with UW at home, at least this year, tho DeBoer will build that program back up.
80% of the games are going to come down to a play or two, mostly on offense...I really like what I saw of Plummer as a passer in the video from Purdue, especially on the short and intermediate routes...he had a crisp motion, got the ball out quick and threw a nice, catchable ball. I know Garbers is revered by many on this board, and I appreciate his tenure...2 Big Game wins and a couple over SC is something few QBs at Cal have ever done...as a Niner fan, I just can't shake his striking game manager similarity to Jimmy Garoppolo - both left so many plays on the field, especially in the passing game....hopefully Plummer can complete those throws that Chase never even attempted, if that makes sense...
In the end tho, 6-6 is probably the ceiling, as we've known about Wilcox for 5 seasons now...and not sure the fanbase is all that happy, judging from the stands at Memorial on game days...
Cal had another losing season in the Pac 12 last year when the conference was historically bad. Gotta believe Washington and USC are going to be markedly better next year with new and better coaching staffs and a ton of four and five stars to accelerate the improvement. DTR is coming back to UCLA, and that's not good for Cal. Oregon State is improving every year under Jonathan Smith.
I am penciling in four losses right there plus the road game against Notre Dame. I think Plummer easily wins the qb competition, but he lacks the mobility that Garbers had to escape trouble. Add in a lot of inexperience across the skill positions, and the offense takes a step backwards next year, unfortunately. I think the 2022 season is going to look a lot like the 2018 season. Perhaps an upset or two because there will be a lot of ugly and close games due to a good defense that will keep the scores down. But still 5-7 overall and a pretty happy fan base, apparently.
Solid analysis, Steve...DTR & Charbonnet returning was a dagger...that's now an L on the sched...I do think we can battle with UW at home, at least this year, tho DeBoer will build that program back up.
80% of the games are going to come down to a play or two, mostly on offense...I really like what I saw of Plummer as a passer in the video from Purdue, especially on the short and intermediate routes...he had a crisp motion, got the ball out quick and threw a nice, catchable ball. I know Garbers is revered by many on this board, and I appreciate his tenure...2 Big Game wins and a couple over SC is something few QBs at Cal have ever done...as a Niner fan, I just can't shake his striking game manager similarity to Jimmy Garoppolo - both left so many plays on the field, especially in the passing game....hopefully Plummer can complete those throws that Chase never even attempted, if that makes sense...
In the end tho, 6-6 is probably the ceiling, as we've known about Wilcox for 5 seasons now...and not sure the fanbase is all that happy, judging from the stands at Memorial on game days...
The 2018 team went 7-6 (Cheez-Int Bowl year). Aside from that, I see no fault in any of your logic, as usual...