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Yep....and here's my parallel comparison. Jeff Tedford was a quarterback whisperer when he arrived at Cal, taking Kyle Boller from the ashes to a number one draft pick in one year. We all know what happened next with Aaron Rodgers - remember when Tedford changed his throwing motion starting with the high arm cock? It was all beautiful again with Nate Longshore in the 2007 season with epic wins over Tennessee and Oregon. And then everything changed when Longshore rolled his ankle in the Oregon game. Suddenly the whisperer was gone, and along came Riley, Mansion and Maynard

I don't know what the change moment was for Wilcox - maybe when DeRuyter started to back away and accepted a co-defensive coordinator role - but things clearly aren't the same. And suddenly all those close wins are morphing to close losses.

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