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Oct 3, 2020Liked by Rick Chen

I wish we could swap out ASU for UCLA but other then that the schedule is fine.

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USC won't play California for the first time since 1925; UCLA-Cal interrupted for the first time since series began in 1933. Unless one of those come up in week 7, which seems highly unlikely at this point.

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Big Game... on a... Friday.

And some of Pac-12 games start after-after-dark at 9 and 10am.

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No spectators means many of us will have various streaks broken such as consecutive home games attended and Big Games attended. Barely seems like college football without a stadium full of people (Stanfurd will hardly notice). The proverbial better than nothing, I suppose.

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The article I'm dying to see is who will be playing for us this year? Who left? Who is refusing to play? What is the status of the walk out? Who will suit up?

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Is the band considered to be spectators for the purpose of PAC-12 rules?

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This is pretty much a worst of all worlds schedule for Cal.

In January of last year it looked like the stars were aligning for Cal to have a terrific season this year, now it seems as if the stars are aligning against us.

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Really curious how interdivision games were picked. There doesn't seem to be any preference for games we'd actually care to see.

I'd go with something like:

Cal vs. UCLA

Stanfurd vs. USC

Oregon vs. Arizona

OSU vs. ASU

Washington vs. Utah

WSU vs. Colorado

as those feature rivalries or frequently competitive games in recent years.

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Not looking forward to that mid-December road trip to the Palouse.

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I didn't see it mentioned above but calbears.com says: "Under current guidelines from both the state of California and the conference, no fans will be permitted to events on Pac-12 campuses out of health and safety concerns, although the policy will be revisited by the Pac-12 in January for future events should conditions allow."

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We have the toughest schedule in the Pac12

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Sounds like the Pac-12 network is doomed. When you say none of the games will be broadcast nationally are you indicating that they will be regional broadcasts (so that we will be able to watch each Cal game?)

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